Chamber Music & Recitals

The legacy of Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953) is by now well explored and universally acknowledged. His music is performed all over the world. It is hard to imagine our musical life without his works, which have become indispensable 'standards' on our...

The launch of Somm Recordings' inspirational Beethoven Plus series sees violinist Krysia Osostowicz and pianist Daniel Tong commissioning 10 leading contemporary composers to write 'companion' pieces for - and inspired by - Beethoven's seminal set of 10...

The latest striking release from soprano Roberta Invernizzi acts as a lightning conductor for this new vocal extravaganza from Glossa devoted to the Italian Baroque composer Francesco Gasparini. Invernizzi finds herself very much home both in the music,...

The latest release of the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra presents three foremost Lithuanian composers who have greatly influenced evolution of the Lithuanian music. In the 1960-70s while still behind the soviet "iron curtain" Bronius Kutavicius kindled not...

The latest release in Halle's award winning Elgar Edition features works which reveal aspects of Elgar as both man and composer, reflecting his nostalgic strain and his gift for memorable, melodic invention. The Want of Youth Suites are based on the...

The latest recording by the award-winning Molinari Quartet presents Krzysztof Penderecki's major chamber music works, including three string quartets, a clarinet quartet, a string trio, and some short pieces for strings. An outstanding figure in...

The latest in their highly regarded Wagner opera series, Halle presents the live recording of their acclaimed Bridgewater Hall performance. Das Rheingold stands as the Varabent or "Preliminary Evening" of Wagner's epic Der Ring des Nibelungen, designed...

The latest album from cellist Laura Sewell, Threescore, is a dedication to family and place featuring chamber music from Minnesota composers commissioned by the Sewell family that span a vast range of musical expression. The culmination of decades of...

The late Sophie Watillon displays her extreme sensitivity in the finest chamber music of Marin Marais, taken from his books of pieces for viol: La R?veuse, Dialogue, Plainte, Caprice, Les Folies d'Espagne, and the Tombeau pour Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe...

The late romantic Jean Cras (1879-1932) managed to unite his passion for the sea and music throughout his life. As a naval officer he was even appointed Konteradmiral in 1931, but this did not prevent him from being a brilliant composer. Cras liked to...

The late Romantic composer Anton Beer-Walbrunn, for many years a professor at the Munich Academy of Music, created convincing works for solo piano, ranging from small character pieces to large-scale sonata form, which this recording fortunately brings...

The late quartets are among the last works that Beethoven completed, and are considered by many as the pinnacle of his achievements as a composer, and among the greatest compositions of all time. The Russian prince NikolaißGalitzinßwrote to Beethoven in...