Chamber Music & Recitals

The Bulgarian violinist Zefira Valova graduated from the National Music Academy of her native Sofia, Bulgaria, before specializing in Baroque violin studies with Lucy van Dael. While still based in her homeland, having founded Bulgaria's only annual...

The Bulgarian Emil Tabakov (b. 1947) follows in the footsteps of such musicians as Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss, being active as both composer and conductor. Like Mahler, he prefers to write for large forces and now has ten symphonies to his name...

The Budapest Trio was founded in 1980 by the Hungarian Ferenc Kiss, leader of the State Philharmonic of Rhineland-Palatinate, and soon gained international renowned. The violinist's partners, violist Tivadar Popa (also from Hungary) and cellist Peter...

The Budapest String Quartet was American Columbia's premier quartet in the 1940s and 1950s. In 1963 the foursome revisited the three Brahms quartets, which they had recorded triumphantly in the 78 era. "Imperious, vibrantly expressive yet finely...

The Brunsvik String Trio, named after Beethoven's "Eternal Beloved" Josephine Brunsvik, presents this recording of his five String Trios in celebration of 250 years since the great composer's birth. These works display everything we love about Beethoven...

The Brooklyn Youth Chorus writes of this new release: "The Silent Voices project began during the Brooklyn Youth Chorus's 25th anniversary season, born out of the desire to create music that was both topically relevant to our own choristers, and to the...

The Brook Street Band's enthusiasm for the music of George Frideric Handel shines through on this recording of the nine Violin Sonatas by- or attributed to- the Baroque composer. The ensemble's 10th release for Avie compliments it's critically acclaimed...

The Brook Street Band celebrates it's 20th anniversary as a champion of the music of Handel with another imaginative album that completes the ensemble's survey of Handel's Trio Sonatas for violins and continuo. A bonus is an arrangement for two violins...

The Britten Quartet gives exceptionally powerful readings... The magnificent No.2 of 1945 with it's rare example of him using sonata-form... they never let you forget the emotions behind his writing" [No.1] "warm and spacious treatment of his writing...

The British soprano Linda Richardson has performed extensively across the UK and continental Europe under conductors such as Bernard Haitink, Edo de Waart, Sir Mark Elder, Daniele Rustioni, Libor Peek, and Carlo Rizzi. Her extensive repertoire includes...

The British composer Robin Stevens (b. 1958) is a great talent who is being discovered by the global music community, due in part to the critical acclaim given to the two previous Divine Art albums of his music. His varied, stimulating and expressive...

The British composer Edward Elgar wrote a great deal more than just his "Pomp & Circumstance" marches: his highly diverse oeuvre encompasses symphonies, concertos, chamber works, piano music and numerous choral works (oratorios, cantatas and partsongs)...