Chamber Music & Recitals

The Trio A Cordes Fran?ais was founded in 1959 by violinist G?rard Jarry (1936-2004), violist Serge Collot (1923-2015), and cellist Michel Tournus (1922-2006), and was active for over thirty years. They toured the world and made many notable recordings...

The trigger for this unique album was actually the realization that "there are very few works in the music literature in which one can experience such a concentrated sound," explains Matthias H?fs. And when one of Germany's most renowned trumpet...

The Transorient Orchestra let's the soundtrack of the Ruhr area resound. In the current line-up, musicians play together who have their cultural roots in Germany, Turkey, Iran, Tunisia and Syria. 12 virtuoso soloists form a multicolored iridescent common...

The transcendental heroics of Paganini's Caprices have presented the ultimate test for generations of violinists. Alina Ibragimova's account of this most exclusive repertoire joins a select few of the most celebrated.1. 24 Caprices Op.1 No.01 in E major...

The tragic death of Alberic Magnard, killed defending his home against German troops in 1914, brought a premature end to the composer's life but not before he had completed four powerfully expressive symphonies (the Third and Fourth are on 8.574082)...

The traditional adage of popularizing a phenomenon, trend or style is that "it has gone under thatched roofs." In the case of Fryderyk Chopin's Mazurkas, however, the opposite was true - folk music found it's way to the salons from under thatched roofs...

The tradition of qawwali, originally limited to mausoleums and brotherhoods, has now spread everywhere, carried by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan -an exceptional performer: Sufi poems and incandescent lyricism. While the Mongols conquered by the sword and...

The touch and musicianship of the Hungarian pianist Klra W?rtz is amply attested by a substantial catalogue of Brilliant Classics and Piano Classics albums stretching from Mozart to Bart?k. Her latest recording turns to a pillar of the keyboard...

The Toronto-based period-instrument ensemble Tafelmusik has built in it's special field a reputation as solid as those of the New York or Berlin philharmonics, declared The Washington Post, while the New York Times praised it's impeccable discipline and...

The Toronto-based Elora Festival Singers, conducted by their founder and internationally acclaimed director Noel Edison, are one of the most exciting of contemporary choirs. + Their disc of Eric Whitacre's choral music (8.559677) was nominated for a...

The Toronto Latvian Concert Association is pleased to offer this recording as a tribute to the significant contribution made by Canadians of Latvian heritage to music and culture in Canada. All three composers represented here found a welcoming refuge in...

The topics of death, mourning and consolation move people more than ever. With the Russian invasion of Ukraine, this theme has come upon us in a cruel and numbing way. The music and lyrics of this new album from Elena Margolina and Boris Hait want to be...