Chamber Music & Recitals

The discovery of Rebel's (1666-1747) Dance Symphonies, a genre mixing dance and pantomime in which the narration is delivered by the dancer alone, was a defining moment in the passion of harpsichordist duo Loris Barrucand and Cl?ment Geoffroy. Rebel, the...

The discography of trio of Guillaume de Chassy, Arnault Cuisinier and Thomas Savy treads a path that skirts and blends the edges of jazz improvisation and classical repertoire. With their second release, "Bridges" adds baritone opera star Laurent Naouri...

The disc is rounded off with the imposing Fantasia in F minor. Described in Mozart's own catalogue of work as 'an organ piece for a clock', it was commissioned by Count Joseph Deym for a musical automaton that contained a small pipe organ. When...

The disc features Antal Zalai, praised by Igor Oistrakh as 'an exceptional violinist who has a perfect technique, beautiful large tone, real musical finesse and maturity as well as a noble personality'. Joining him is Jozsef Balog, one of the most...

The Director of the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Li?ge, Daniel Weissmann, is first and foremost a violist. In the company of the pianist Jean-Louis Delahaut, he presents a recital that illustrates the rich repertory of his instrument from the age of...

The dignified bearing and quiet wisdom of Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881-1950) gained him the sobriquet of 'the conscience of Russian music' - and those qualities are reflected in the unemphatic strength of his music. His orchestral, chamber and instrumental...

The development of the classical guitar in the 20th c., both as an instrument and as it has come to be played, is due in no small measure to the efforts and talents of Andr?s Segovia (1893-1987). This IDIS two-disc set of studio recordings made between...

The Deutsche Streicherphilharmonie, Germany's youngest top orchestra, is releasing a new album on GENUIN. Under the direction of Wolfgang Hentrich, the young musicians perform the wonderfully elegiac String Serenade by Anton?n Dvork and an energetic...

The desire to explore the innate human drive for communication is the focus of Babel. For this recording the Calidore String Quartet gathered music which transmits ideas by imitating language; it's rhythms, cadences and intentions. But it also explores...

The demand for piano duet arrangements of concert music during Schumann's lifetime was very considerable. An inveterate piano duettist himself, Schumann supervised the String Quartet arrangements made by the talented young composer Otto Dressel, whose...

The Delos Label's First-Ever Full-Length Italian Opera Recording, This Star-Studded Current Release of Giuseppi Verdi's Simon Boccanegra Promises Quite the Splash Among Today's Opera Fans. As Verdi Was Entering His Glorious Late Period (Otello and...

The Delme Quartet performs two masterpieces from the classical period, recorded in the Long Gallery at Lanhydrock, Cornwall. Features Galina Solodchin and John Trusler on violin, John Underwood on viola, and Jonathan Williams on cello. Includes "Haydn...