Chamber Music & Recitals

The Russian pianist Anastasia Yasko plays four important works by Fr?d?ric Chopin which represent the different periods in his oeuvre: two polonaises - Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante Op. 22 and Polonaise-Fantasie Op. 61, the last Ballade...

The Russian men's chamber choir Akafist, directed by Andrei V. Malutin, is dedicated to the great tradition of Russian choral art and are masters of Orthodox liturgical singing. The choir displays an impressive range of timbres of male voices from the...

The Russian composer Yevgeny Zemtsov (1940-2016) may be better known for the dynasty of musicians - most of them violists - that he fathered than he is for his own music. This first album ever to be devoted to his music features works from the beginning...

The Russian composer Sergey Akhunov (b. 1967) was educated at the Kiev State Conservatory, before he started his career as an oboe player. He subsequently gained experience in various musical styles and genres such as electronic music and rock. In the...

The Russian composer Nikolai Kapustin (1937-2020), who died at the beginning of the pandemic-related cultural hiatus which has been unique with regard to world history, was able to experience considerable appreciation in his last two decades, which...

The Rundfunkchor Berlin, led by it's chief conductor Gijs Leenaars and accompanied by wind players from the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, presents masses by Bruckner and Stravinsky. The mass is arguably the oldest genre in music history, full of...

The roots of handbells as musical instruments go back to the 17th century England where the first miniature copies of church bells were cast. First designed as practice instruments for the carillon players, they soon acquired the status of independent...

The Romantic Leygraf- This headline might raise a few eyebrows. This is the second volume in the archive series with legendary Swedish pianist Hans Leygraf (1920-2011). Leygraf was known worldwide for his meticulous work with classics such as Haydn,...

The Roaring Whirl is a musical journey across the North Indian Punjab - the setting for Rudyard Kipling's 'Kim'. The work was originally commissioned by clarinetist Geraldine Allen as a piece to take on tour, and she approached composer Sarah Rodgers for...

THE RIVER OF TIME, Navona Records' latest release, is a captivating tour de force by conductor Mike Fansler and the Western Illinois University Wind Ensemble. Recorded by legendary engineer Bruce Leek - whose recording portfolio includes the President's...

The Riva series is essential for anyone interested in Spanish piano music. This final volume in the Naxos edition of Granados' complete piano music begins with the composer's final work, an impassioned and colourful transcription.1. No. 1. Jeunesse...

The Richter-Ensemble plays music from the 17th to the 20th century exclusively on gut strings and uses it's experience with historical performance practice to sharpen the sense for the development of musical language over the centuries. It is...