Orchestral & Symphonic

The late 19th century witnessed unprecedented musical growth in the United States, and it is impossible to imagine a Copland, an Ives or even a Gershwin without the pioneering groundwork of the 'Boston Six', of whom John Knowles Paine was the senior...

The late 1830s, though a difficult period in the personal life of Robert Schumann, saw the emergence of some very bright piano works. Here Fabrizio Chiovetta presents three of them, illustrating different aspects of the composer's poetic style. We find...

The Larghetto and Allegro in E flat major is mature Mozart - contemporary with Idomeneo and Die Entfu?hrung - but remains incomplete. Tomer Lev has finished the job brilliantly, making it the perfect companion for Mozart's official multipiano concertos.1...

The Kuss Quartet takes as inspiration for their latest album the 'KussPlus' event for Berlin Classical Radio station RBB's Klassik Lounge that was held at the trendy Watergate Club in Berlin. Guests Sarah Maria Sun, the soprano in the Reimann Lieder,...

The Korean pianist Su Yeon Kim achieved international acclaim when she won the first prize at the Concours musical international de Montr?al 2021 and the second prize at the International Mozart Competition 2020 in Salzburg. For her debut album on the...

The Kiss Music for Love and Passion and Another Kiss More Music for Love and Passion are timeless collections of romantic music chosen by the Four Winds production team from the Intercord catalog. Using only complete movements, we have picked beautif...

The King's Singers celebrate the hundredth anniversary of Disney with When you wish upon a star, a joyful album of twenty-five hit songs drawn from the soundtrack of the past century. They are joined by mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and a host of guest...

The Kammerorchester Basel under the direction of Giovanni Antonini is completing it's Beethoven cycle - "one of the most exciting Beethoven recordings of our day" (Rondo). After Symphonies 1 to 8 received high critical acclaim as "sensational recordings"...

The Kafka-Fragmente, settings of excerpts from the diary, letters and a posthumous text by the author of The Trial, take the form of an intimate confession with no real narrative thread. Kurtg chose a soprano voice and a solo violin to express this...

The Jubilee Quartet follow their critically acclaimed debut album of Haydn with two contrasting quartets by Schubert. The sunny and joyful D.87, his 10th quartet dates from his 16th year. Already the singing quality of the writing is apparent. The late G...

The Japanese-born pianist Kenji Miura, winner of the 2019 Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition in Paris, ponders on the issue of identity, combining music of the French school with two pieces by Toru Takemitsu, a Japanese composer strongly influenced by...

The Italian guitarist Angelo Marchese introduced the music of the Serbian-US composer Duan Bogdanovic to the Brilliant Classics catalogue in 2015 with an album of sonatas, bagatelles, studies and dances (95194). His second recording dedicated to...