Chamber Music & Recitals

The Hamburg composer Hermann Behn (1859-1927) bore, like numerous other composers of that time, the hard fate of Wagner's succession. After he had largely ended his compositional activities around 1883, he developed another great talent, i.e., the...

The Halle and Sir Mark Elder follow their previous highly acclaimed DeBussy albums, with a stunning orchestral collection including a world premiere recording. This collection features works from across the composer's career, from his early winning of...

The Hall? announces the latest release in their series of works by Vaughan Williams, with two landmark pieces which are pinnacles of the composer's output. Composed between 1901 and 1904, the Songs of Travel, settings of Robert Louis Stevenson for voice...

The Hall? and Sir Mark Elder follow their recent highly acclaimed Debussy Nocturnes album, with a stunning orchestral collection including a world premiere recording. Debussy took seven years to produce Images, following the success of La mer, and the...

The guzheng is the most recognized traditional Chinese instrument, in both it's appearance and it's sound. Throughout it's long history, playing techniques have evolved along with the instrument itself, influenced by regional culture and folk music. Some...

The Gurre-Lieder occupied various phases in Schoenberg's life. He explained it to Alban Berg thus: "I wrote the first and second parts and much of the third in March 1900. Then a long break, filled with operetta orchestration. Rest completed March 1901...

The guitar is most often and rightly linked to Spanish music and Spanish composers. These recordings of the Prague Guitar Quartet are all dedicated to works by Spanish composers, be they original four-guitar compositions or transcriptions. The Prague...

The guitar duo Siempre Nuevo was founded in 2007 by two outstanding Czech guitarists Matej Freml and Patrik Vac?k during their studies at the Hochschule f?r Music Franz Liszt in Weimar. These top chamber players are regularly invited to various concerts...

The growing genius of a titan of English music comes vividly into focus in a stunning collection of Edward Elgar's music for chorus and orchestra from the Brighton Festival Chorus and BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth. The voice was at...

The group of six orchestral works known as the Brandenburg Concertos, commissioned by and dedicated to the Margrave of Brandenburg, are among the greatest works of Johann Sebastian Bach. These are consummate examples of the art of Baroque composition.1...

The Grey Land is a story of a Black mother trying to survive the reality in this land that doesn't fully see her continued hope: that the great American experiment will one day become a belonging place where anyone can dream of "stillness and stars" free...

The Greek Medieval music ensemble Ex silentio's new album reflects the musical life of the oriental courts of Thessaloniki (Greece), Nikosia (Zyprus) and Istanbul (Turkey), from the Middle Ages to the 17th century. After the album "Mneme" from 2015 on...