Chamber Music & Recitals

The Sound of Jacqueline du Pr? is a collection of her finest recordings. The 4-CD, bundled in a beautifully packaged box, includes her spirited interpretation of the Haydn Cello Concerto in C and the first movement of Boccherini's Cello Concert in B flat...

The Sound of Herbert von Karajan TITLE: The Sound of Herbert von Karajan (3CD) Portrait of an iconic conductor: He was the world's most popular podium idol - Herbert von Karajan, the "mythical Maestro'. And nearly three decades after his death he tops...

The soprano voice occupies a central place in Robert Groslot's vocal music, and in The Intimacy of Distance he has created his most ambitious composition yet for voice and orchestra. Exploring how elements of life can only be realized through the...

The soprano Ania Vegry, the recipient of many prizes, was nominated by Opernwelt as the Young Artist of the Year in 2009 and has been an ensemble member at the State Opera of Lower Saxony in Hanover since 2007. The Online Musik Magazin certifies that...

The soprano Angelika Huber has made a considerable name for herself in the field of art song in recent years. One of the main focuses of her song recitals is the presentation of unusual repertoires. The present production documents exemplarily her...

The Sonorous Lyre - a reference to the harp-like instrument of Classical Antiquity - takes the shape of the very resonant double-headed lute, a popular instrument frequently depicted by 17th-century Dutch and English painters. It is an instrument that is...

The sonic grandeur of Monteverdi's spectacular masterpiece is expertly realized in this recording by John Butt and Dunedin Consort. Together with the virtuoso players of His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts and a star-studded line up, including Peter...

The songs recorded on this album by the "late" Erna Berger and the "early" Hermann Prey will certainly give anyone interested in performance history, or music in general, a valuable audio account with a carefully restored sound quality. These historical...

The songs recorded for this release span a whole female composer's life: Still a student at Munz'sches Konservatorium in Karlsruhe, Germany, Margarete Schweikert wrote the songs Der Page on a poem of Frida Schanz and I'm Schilf on verses of A. W. Stern...

The songs presented on this album combine the time of their creation- they were composed around 1915- and their common theme- the world of dreams and fantasies- to create a stunning program. The similarities, however, do not end there, although it is a...

The songs on this album are not as well known as other works by these three composers, but this more intimate form of expression often goes straight to the heart and soul of their work. Tchaikovsky wrote songs throughout his life, and it is easy to find...

The songs of this compilation in the rare combination of tenor, clarinet and piano were composed over a period of 20 years, between 1828 and 1848. In terms of their tonal language and their basic poetic attitude, the songs by Schubert, Meyerbeer, Spohr,...