Orchestral & Symphonic

The discovery in 2015 of a 15th-century parchment chansonnier still in it's original binding was made still more startling because it contained twelve previously unknown, anonymous chansons. Most are rondeaus, and they range from the uncomplicated to the...

The disc brings together two different versions of Handel's two lesser-known cantatas, and includes the first ever recording of the two versions of Mira Lilla gentile. Largely neglected until now, these latter works tell the story of a young man's...

The Dichter Trio takes us on an imaginary visit to one of the most iconic couples in 19th-century Germany: the home of Robert and Clara Schumann, enlivened by their artistic, musical, and personal exuberance. Bach was one of their models; Gade, Kirchner,...

The developmental stages of the clarinet are marked by repeated interest in improving the instrument at crucial stages in it's history, definitively accomplished in an 'accelerated' manner during the course of the 19th century thanks to daring projects...

The Desert Music is a work of music for voices and orchestra composed by the minimalist composer Steve Reich. It is based on texts by William Carlos Williams and takes it's title from his poetry anthology The Desert Music and Other Poems. The composition...

The decision as to where the borders of music lie can only be determined by the work of composers, who are always trying to make understandable that which is incomprehensible, to turn chaos into order, to encompass that which has no borders: an impulse...

The Decca Sound in Hamburg and Paris: a trio of 1950s Tchaikovsky albums, including a pair of symphony recordings previously unpublished on CD. This supple and beautifully proportioned 1952 mono account of the Fifth Symphony marked the debut on disc of...

The Decca Recordings by the Fitzwilliam Quartet - Collected here in one edition are the complete Decca recordings of the Fitzwilliam String Quartet. 15 CDs with spined wallets, original jackets, and original LP program. The recordings are accompanied by...

The Decca legacy of WILHELM KEMPFF, one of the last century's greatest keyboard poets. Wilhelm Kempff is known, with good reason, as a Beethoven interpreter of sublime simplicity, with several cycles of the concertos and sonatas to his credit, all of...

The Decca ansermet legacy on eloquence continues to garner the highest plaudits from publications all around the world and the latest batch presents the maestro's recordings of four key austro-German romantics: Schubert, Weber, Mendelssohn and Schumann...

The debut recording by virtuoso saxophonist Anthony Brown includes seven world premi?re recordings of brand new commissioned works for the saxophone. Each work has it's own unique sound world, offering different, exciting new duo and solo works. The...

The debut classical work from the Bee Gees' Robin Gibb and his son RJ Gibb, completed in time to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the catastrophic oceanic legend. Performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the RSVP Voices Choir, & features...