Chamber Music & Recitals

The mezzo-soprano Elena de Simone and the Ensemble Il Mosaico are the interpreters of this production that continues the journey of Tactus in the precious rediscovery of various female characters forgotten by history, that played a fundamental role in...

The mezzo-soprano Dagmar Peckov decided to give herself and her friends and fans a very personal gift in the form of this Christmas album. The listener is treated to Bohemian and Moravian carols and to the tender poetry of Christmas songs from...

The Messiah of a Significant Church Composer The Messiah of Gottfried August Homilius was performed by the S?chsisches Vocalensemble and the Batzdorfer Hofkapelle under the conductor Matthias Jung at St. Anne's Church in Dresden on the occasion of the...

The Messiaen Monster, ridiculed by critics at it's premiere - in the best tradition of works of genius - is now, "established as one of the most astonishing classics of the twentieth century," as Nigel Simeone writes in the booklet of this brilliant new...

The Messa di Gloria belongs to the period before Cavalleria Rusticana: the lack of a choral or a fugue as well as the simple, almost ingenuous tonalities reveal the dominance of the operatic style over the religious one. Only a careful listening can...

The members of Trio Im?ge stumbled upon this score by chance and were thrilled to incorporate it into their repertoire: "This early work of a mostly forgotten composer nevertheless features a series of astounding, imaginative ideas and innovations: this...

The members of the Kuijken family are renowned for their contributions to early music scholarship and performance practice. Flutist Barthold Kuijken specializes in the performance of early music on original instruments. Currently principal flutist in La...

The members of Les Vents Fran?ais, which has been described as "the wind-quintet equivalent of a supergroup" join the Munich Chamber Orchestra and conductor Daniel Giglberger in five examples of the sinfonia concertante. The form flourished in the...

The members of Bearthoven (pianist Karl Larson, double bassist Pat Swoboda, and percussionist Matt Evans) are a piano trio in the jazz sense of the term, but in practice, they're a progressive classical ensemble that has become an expressive vehicle for...

The Mediterranean Sea has been the hub of resettlement and migration for centuries. After the fall of the Byzantine Empire, the people who settled in those areas that were depopulated by years of war, expulsion and flight. And in 1492, the Spanish...

The MDR Leipzig Radio Choir and it's chief conductor Philipp Ahmann present motets by Anton Bruckner and Michael Haydn. While Bruckner's Locus iste, Christus factus est and Ave Maria enjoy great popularity and can be heard frequently in concerts, Michael...

The Maxwell Quartet's recording debut stands out for it's innovative approach: each of Haydn's Op. 71 quartets is paired with a tune, or set of traditional tunes, from the ensemble's homeland of Scotland. This prize-winning quartet believes classical...