Chamber Music & Recitals

The premiere of Chausson' Concert in D major was a major triumph for the composer. Not only had the great Eugene Ysaye performed on violin, but audiences and critics had recognized a work of exceptional intensity.1. I. Decide - Anime 2. II. Sicilienne:...

The preeminent violin and piano partnership of Alina Ibragimova and C?dric Tiberghien give matchless accounts of Brahms's three Violin Sonatas. The works, which reveal the composer at his most lyrically reflective, are coupled with a fabulous encore by...

The pre-eminent lutenist of his day, John Dowland was an almost exact contemporary of William Shakespeare. This third volume of Dowland' Lute Music explores the three principal dances of the time, Pavans, Galliards and Almains.1. Pavana Doulant

The predecessor of the modern brass quintet had it's heyday in the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras, phasing out with the advent of the violin and wind instruments. This 1967 recording, performed on modern instruments, captures the spirit and...

The Prague-based ensemble Collegium 1704 and it's founder Vaclav Luks here perform an oratorio by the Czech composer Jan Dismas Zelenka. This edifying work, typical of the oratorios produced during the Counter-Reformation, presents the faithful with an...

The practice of composing for two keyboard instruments, very common in the illustrious Bach family, naturally achieved it's apotheosis with Johann Sebastian, whose three concertos for two harpsichords are performed here by Olivier Fortin and Emmanuel...

The powerful and amazingly varied music of Czech composer Erwin Schulhoff, whose art was suppressed by the Nazi regime and who died in captivity in 1942, is given stirring performances by brilliant young players from the Colburn School, Los Angeles'...

The positive response to Capriccio's first recording of his Piano Quartet and Piano Quintet (C5390) has enabled this series to be continued now with three works representative of Labor's oeuvre from the early 1890s. In Vienna, Labor was part of Johannes...

The Portuguese composer and pianist ?scar da Silva (1870-1958) was one of the major figures in Portuguese and Brazilian musical life in the first half of the twentieth century He left an extensive legacy of compositions for his instrument, cast in a soft...

The portrait of the British composer Rebecca Saunders, who lives in Germany, begins with her 2011 two-part violin concerto Still written in 2011. It was premiered at the Beethoven Festival in Bonn (with Carolin Widmann as soloist). The chamber music...

The popular overture from Vaughan Williams' incidental music for Aristophanes' the Wasps introduces a suite whose mischievously witty, noble and farcical movements underline the play' satire of the Athenian legal system.1. I. Overture 2. II. Entr'acte 3...

The Polyphonia Ensemble Berlin, which was founded by musicians from the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, presents French chamber music from around 1900 on this recording. The featured composers - Th?odore Dubois, Vincent d'Indy and Andr? Caplet -...