Chamber Music & Recitals

The Munich concert year of 2005 began at the end of January with two highlights: the two performances of Bruckner's Third Symphony with Mariss Jansons conducting the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks in the Philharmonie i'm Gasteig. The live...

The multi-award-winning Latvian composer Eriks Esenvalds' 21st-century choral sound is both exquisite and angular, and in this album he explores ideas of 'translation,' legend and the divine. With his expanded tonality and employment of shimmering...

The much anticipated second volume of Peter Donohoe's complete survey of Mozart's Piano Sonatas for SOMM Recordings focuses on three sonatas produced during the composer's ill-fated journey to Paris in 1777. This new release follows remarkable critical...

The much acclaimed series of the complete Mahler Symphonies with the D?sseldorf Symphonic under the baton of ?dm Fischer gets more complete with the release of the Symphony No. 2. ?dm Fischer writes: "Mahler's Second Symphony has special significance for...

The Mozartists present an unprecedented survey of Mozart's childhood stay in London from 1764-65. The wide-ranging programme includes Mozart's remarkable first symphony (composed when he was eight years old), along with his two other London symphonies...

The Mozartists continue their MOZART 250 project of staging operas by Mozart and his contemporaries with their recording of the UK premi?re of Niccol? Jommelli's Il Vologeso, first performed over 250 years ago on 11 February 1766 for the Stuttgart court...

The Mozart symphonies on this album were recorded within two weeks at the European Music Festival Stuttgart in September 2006. More than 20 symphonies, ranging from the earliest to the last ten, were chosen to represent the superb range of the composer's...

The Mozart Effect Volume 6: Morning, Noon and Night - Music for Yoga - Compiled and sequenced by Don Campbell.1. Morning - a. Larghetto from Piano Concerto #26 in D Major, K537 - B. Adagio from the Grand Partita, K361 - C. Andante Ma from Piano Concerto...

The motets written during Bach's first years in Leipzig form a group of works in their own right, and stand apart from other sacred music because they were not composed for the regular church liturgy, but for private occasions instead. This is why they...

The most prominent member of a distinguished Dutch line of musicians in the 17th century, Anthoni van Noordt (1619-1675) was organist of the Nieuwezijds chapel in Amsterdam between 1636 and 1664, when he took up the more prestigious post the Nieuwe Kerk...

The most popular album in Merry Miller's children's collection, "Dream Baby" features timeless songs such as "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" "Brahms' Lullaby" "You are My Sunshine" performed on the harp and enhanced by calming sound effects like gentle...

The most influential and prolific composer of concertos during the Baroque was the Venetian Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741). He composed approximately 500 concertos for one or more soloists, including about 350 solo concertos. He was one of the first...