Chamber Music & Recitals

The third volume in this popular series, Revival III features arrangements of 14 familiar Christmas carols for contemporary ensembles. The words and melodies that have reflected, shaped, and sustained a rich tradition of hymn singing across a range of...

The third release from Colin Currie's label celebrates the percussionist's artistic relationship with American cultural icon, Steve Reich. Programed at the composer's request and performed under his supervision, it captures a group of truly world-class...

The third installment of this trailblazing series again showcases contemporary choral music, and once more, it is mesmerizing - mesmerizingly tonal and aesthetic. Cantonese-born Kong-Yu Wong introduces the album with Three Lyrics of Lu Fang Weng. The...

The third and final volume of the Berlin radio recordings by Cuban-born American pianist Jorge Bolet on audite presents repertoire novelties. With the exception of the Fledermaus paraphrase, all recordings are released for the first time. Once again,...

The third and concluding 2-CD set of works by one of the last surviving members of the generation of composers the Nazis sought to extinguish, Walter Arlen, presents short songs for piano solo as well as songs with soprano, describing different...

The theremin is the only instrument that can produce sounds without being touched. The hands of the performer dance in the air. Invented in the 1920s, the theremin did not really achieve a breakthrough in the following decades. On "Touch! Don't Touch!"...

The theorbo is a plucked instrument of the lute family, with an extended neck and a second peg-board. Due to extended bass range it was used in the early Italian operas and in the basso continuo, the accompanying instrumental ensemble. Swedish theorbist...

The theme of this release is ricordanza (reminiscence). This is established right at the beginning by "La Ricordanza", a very thoughtful, rarely played piece by Liszt's teacher, the important educator and composer Carl Czerny. Born in Georgia and based...

The theme of this album is the birth of Christ, reflected in the words and music of twenty-two carols spanning more than six centuries. Some of these carols have long been widely known and loved; others have become so thanks to the annual Christmas Eve...

The theatre music of Poland is a peculiar phenomenon; almost every Polish composer has created a score for the needs of this spectacle, and many have entirely devoted themselves to this field. This music is awarded and honored. Nevertheless, it...

The term used to describe the epoch in which the works brought together on this album were composed is a matter of dispute. Did it come before the period of Viennese classicism, which means that it represents "pre-Classicism?" Or is it part of this...

The term toccata stems from the early Baroque. In the hands of Girolamo Frescobaldi and Johann Jacob Froberger, it signified an extended piece that consisted of several contrapuntal sections that were headed by a brilliantly figured introduction, full of...