Orchestral & Symphonic

The multifaceted and multi-award winner Tan Dun has made an indelible mark on the world music scene with a creative repertoire that spans the boundaries of classical music. The Symphonic Poem on Three Notes describes an evolutionary arc from nature...

The multi-award winning and ever-popular Jean-Efflam Bavouzet is back with Volume 2 of Chandos' highly acclaimed Haydn Sonata series. This new release follows Bavouzet's complete Debussy cycle and a number of recent concerto recordings all of which have...

The much-f?ted Takcs Quartet presents three popular string quartets from Czechoslovakia. Jancek's String Quartet No.1 was inspired by Leo Tolstoy's novella, The Kreutzer Sonata, which was in turn inspired by Beethoven's Violin Sonata No.9. Jancek's...

The movements and melodies of many composers get forgotten more and more every year or become the province of aficionados only. Not so for Giacomo Puccini, the great Italian opera composer whose sumptuous strains have penetrated popular culture around...

The motets of Gottfried August Homilius are among the most demanding and interesting works for choir. Homilius left to posterity an extensive oeuvre, including more than sixty motets. In their day, his works were very popular and extraordinarily well...

The most successful and best-known Welsh Male Voice Choir, now in a popular budget collection.1. Myfanwy 2. All in the April Evening 3. Rhyfelgyrch GWYR Harlech/March of the Men of Harlech 4. Sospan Fach/Little Saucepan 5. Linden Lea 6. Shepherd's...

The most important Danish composer of the first third of the twentieth century, Carl Nielsen was prolific in almost all genres. Dissociating himself strongly from Late Romanticism.1. 1. Allegro Espansivo 2. 2. Andante Pastorale 3. 3. Allegretto Un Poco 4...

The most famous and enduringly successful composer of nineteenth-century light music, Johann Strauss II captivated not only Vienna but the whole of Europe and America with his abundantly tuneful waltzes, polkas, quadrilles and marches.1. Gunstwerber, Op...

The most distinguished pianist of his generation, a brilliant pedagogue and a highly gifted composer, Jos? Viana da Mota was a towering personality in the field of Portuguese music. Disapproving of 'modernistic' compositional trends he stopped composing...

The most comprehensive tribute ever issued to Hungarian pianist Andor Foldes (1913-1992) renowned for his polished and self-effacing style, containing many recordings new to CD, freshly remastered and enhanced by an extensive booklet appreciation by...

The most comprehensive collection ever issued of the recorded art of Herman Krebbers (1923-2018) featuring the great Dutch violinist as concerto soloist, chamber musician and concert master and issued to mark the centenary of his birth. An original...

The most comprehensive collection ever issued of Clemens Krauss's commercial legacy of recordings, newly remastered and presented as an original jackets limited edition. In Mark Obert-Thorn's new remasterings for this Eloquence box set, we can appreciate...