Chamber Music & Recitals

The Haydn and Hummel Concertos were composed for a brand new instrument invented by Anton Weidinger - who was a member of the court orchestra in Vienna - a trumpet with keys which increased both the range and flexibility of the instrument.1. Hummel:...

The Hartwick Faculty Wind Octet and conductor Andrew Pease are proud to present "Stravinsky: Alone No More." This first-of-it's-kind recording takes Igor Stravinsky's seminal Octet for Winds (1923) as it's starting point, with it's Neo-Classical form and...

The harpsichord of the Elizabethans and Jacobeans was known as the virginal. The name "virginal" does not come, as one may think, from the "Virgin Queen," Elizabeth I, nor from the instrument's being "suitable for young ladies to play on." Apparently it...

The harpsichord duo Le Petit Concert Baroque studied with Pierre Hantai, Elisabeth Joy and teachers at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. The sisters won prizes at the international competitions of Melk, Roverto and Gottingen. On this recording they...

The Harmonium had a great fortune starting from the second half of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century. The instrument was immediately adopted in the salons of the upper class together with the piano. Thus a specific...

The Harmonia Nova series welcomes young artists singled out for their exceptional talents. For a pianist abundantly supplied with such gifts, look no further than the Tbilisi-born Sandro Nebieridze, finalist at the inaugural China International Music...

The harmonia mundi label's ongoing series of recordings marking the centenary of the death of Claude Debussy continues with this fascinating album of chamber works. On it, violinist Isabelle Faust has brought together an all-star team of musicians...

The harmonia mundi label's ongoing series of new recordings marking the centenary of the death of Claude Debussy continues with this collection of piano works. Following his acclaimed recording of Rachmaninov's Preludes, Nikolai Lugansky presents a...

The Handel and Haydn Society presents one of Haydn's early Sturm und Drang (storm and stress) symphonies - No.49 in F minor, more commonly known as 'La Passione' because of it's dark, brooding penitential adagio. Symphony No. 87, the last of the six...

The Handel and Haydn Society celebrates Haydn with a dazzling pairing of two of the composer's masterpieces. In one of his final performances as Artistic Director of the Society, Harry Christophers leads the ensemble and a stellar cast of soloists in...

The Handel Album is the Aulos Ensemble's fifth in a series of critically acclaimed releases for Centaur Records, which include a collection of Christmas music, as well as albums dedicated to Rameau, Telemann and the Bach family. Soprano Dominique...

The Hamburger Ratsmusik - an ensemble looking back on a five-hundred-year history - teams up with the young countertenor Benno Schachtner on this recording of Georg Philipp Telemann's Six Moral Cantatas. During the decades between 1720 and 1750 the...