Chamber Music & Recitals

The viola is surely not the most assertive instrument among the string family. It reaches neither the extreme height of the violin nor the rumbling depth and the strength of the cello and contrabass. It's role is more integrating than leading or...

The vihuelist Ariel Abramovich teams up with the legendary soprano Mar?a Cristina Kiehr and the rising star, tenor Jonatan Alvarado, in producing a very special view on Josquin Desprez, with transcriptions of some of the composer's most significant works...

The vihuela is the forerunner of the modern guitar; it had a great fortune in Spain during XVI Century that it is testified by a series of compositions. In this album Paolo Chierici gives us a wonderful anthology of the two composers who are well known...

The Viennese-born Carl Czerny (1791-1857) is best remembered for his countless pedagogical studies - hundreds and hundreds of them. But Czerny's astonishing fecundity - his opus numbers go up to 861, but there is much more music than that - has served to...

The Viennese Court Kapellmeister Johann Joseph Fux (1660-1741) is regarded in music history as the forefather of modern counterpoint, and his instructional work "Gradus ad parnassum" continues to influence education in this subject to the present day...

The Vienna Boys' Choir is one of the oldest boys' choirs in the world and still a living tradition after more than 500 years. Even Haydn sang there and Schubert also commenced his musical career there. Antonio Salieri was a member of the admissions jury...

The very special mixture of virtuosity and melancholy, so characteristic for the British way of making music, is clearly dominated by composers like John Dowland or Britten, Henry Purcell or the Beatles. So, by arranging the tunes written by Jimmy Page...

The very present sound image underlines the playing of the musicians, as clear as it is free of ornateness, so that the effect of the interpretations is not only thanks to their musical ability, but to the recording technology that has captured Haydn's...

The very first audition brought Oliver Mascarenhas to the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover in 1997. This was followed by a busy concert schedule, radio and television productions, and successes at international competitions. On his first album production,...

The Vertavo Quartet is recognized as one of the most exciting and experienced string quartets of our time. On this new release, the Quartet tackles works by Giuseppe Verdi and Jean Sibelius. While Verdi does not attempt to emulate the rigorous...

The version submitted by Howard Arman for the Bavarian Radio Chorus is based on surviving Mozart sources as well as on S??mayr's additions; in several places, however, it reaches new conclusions that are implemented with due caution and humble respect...

The Venetian-born Antonio Caldara was the son of Giuseppe Caldara, a violinist and, allegedly, a youthful pupil of Giovanni Legrenzi. For more than thirty-five of the forty years of his creative life, vocal music - whether in the shape of cantatas,...