Orchestral & Symphonic

The Catalan cellist Pablo Casals (1876-1973) was first to bring to wider notice the works that open this set, J.S. Bach's solo cello suites. Thereafter we hear his celebrated partnership with Horszowski in Beethoven and the groundbreaking piano trio...

The Carmina Burana is the most famous of all treasuries of medieval Latin and Middle High German poetry, named after the Bavarian monastery where it was compiled and preserved. It is best known today for Carl Orff's hour-long selection from it's rich...

The career of London-born composer Benjamin Frankel ranks among the most remarkable and diversified of the 20th century. A musically gifted child, he faced stern parental opposition to notions of a career in music and was apprenticed to a watchmaker,...

The Canadian violin virtuoso, author, and chamber musician Steven Staryk's performing career has encompassed half a century. A child prodigy, he served as concertmaster of the Royal Philharmonic (where he was the youngest concertmaster appointment in...

The Canadian pianist Glenn Gould burst onto the world' musical stage in January 1955 when he made his United States recital debut in Washington D.C. with Bach' Goldberg Variations.1. Praeambulum 2. Allemande 3. Corrente 4. Sarabande 5. Tempo Di Minuetto...

The Canadian contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux, with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo and it's Artistic and Music Director Kazuki Yamada, interprets the now 'traditional' recorded pairing of two sumptuous, escapist French song cycles: Berlioz's...

The Caliban Quartet is surprising audiences everywhere with their unique combination of good humor, eclectic programming and virtuosic playing. Though bassoonists love this group, other listeners are delighted with the variety and exuberance they hear...

The Busch Trio continues it's Schubertian explorations in two works brimming with melodic invention and nostalgia: the Trio in B flat and the famous 'Trout' Quintet in A major. But to those who see Schubert as the embodiment of the gem?tlich (cosy) face...

The Bulgarian-born mezzo-soprano Vesselina Kasarova fairly quickly became a crowd favorite early in her professional career at the Zurich Opera House, reaching international stardom soon after with her Salzburg Festival debut in 1991. During the...

The BR-KLASSIK label has already released several recordings with Bernard Haitink, who has now been connected with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks for over 55 years. Following Bruckner's Fifth Symphony, Mahler's Ninth and Haydn's...

The Brahms Experience, music that smiles through tears presented in 25 great tracks in a two CD set1. Hungarian Dance for Piano, 4 Hands, in G minor, Woo 1/5 2. Rhapsody for Piano in G minor, Op. 79/2 3. Choruses (4) for Female Voices, 2 Horns ; Harp, Op...

The birth of opera began around 1600 in Florence, where this new genre was used to accompany important political events. The court conductor Marco da Gagliano, who had also become acquainted with Monteverdi's new style during his time in Mantua, created...