Chamber Music & Recitals

The Helsinki Chamber Choir (Helsingin kamarikuoro) was founded in 1962 as the Finnish Radio Chamber Choir and assumed it's current name in 2005. It is currently Finland's only professional chamber choir. The choir's Artistic Director from 2005-2007 was...

The Heinrich Sch?tz Complete Recording with the Dresdner Kammerchor under Hans-Christoph Rademann has set new artistic and editorial standards. Now the third of three box sets is being released. It encompasses Volumes 15 to 20 of the Complete Recording...

The Heidelberger Sinfoniker have named conductor Johannes Klumpp as their Artistic Director for the 2020/2021 season. In so doing, they have chosen him as successor to their founder Thomas Fey, who established the "Heidelberg Symphonists" as one of the...

The Heart of the Dragon Ensemble and Chinese composer Jiang LI present an elegant union of 'East meets West', unveiling a wealth of Chinese art and culture to a broader audience. It showcases traditional Chinese music and literature via the sophisticated...

The Heart of the Cello (compilation - 30th Anniversary of death: October - Jacqueline du Pr? - "She clearly was born to play the cello," wrote the New York Times of Jacqueline Du Pr? in 1967. Just five years later her career was cut tragically short by...

The heady, youthful tenor of Robin Tritschler guides listeners through Volume nine of Hyperion's Brahms Complete Songs Series. This rewarding journey, spanning more than three decades of the composer's creative life, is full of musical riches.1. Brahms:...

The HAYDN2032 edition celebrates the release of the tenth volume in the complete recording of Haydn's 107 symphonies. Entitled 'The Times of Day', this program is devoted to Symphonies nos. 6, 7 and 8, whose individual names translate as 'Morning',...

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...