Orchestral & Symphonic

The baritone Georg Nigl is fascinated by ballads, which unfold in him "dream images". Schubert's long and little-known lied Viola, based on a poem by Franz von Schober, or the great ballads based on texts by Goethe "opened up a world that has always...

The band is cult. This band wrote history from 1972 to 1982 combining the energy of rock music with the power of free improvisation. With enormous vitality they bring together the experiences of a young generation electrified by Jimi Hendrix, fascinated...

The ballet Dybbuk was Bernstein's fourth and final collaboration with choreographer Jerome Robbins, written to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the state of Israel.1. I. Invocation and Trance 2. II. the Fathers (David and Jonathan)-The Pledge 3. III...

The Bach Arcades bring together two of the best German ensembles on one recording. The Calmus Ensemble and the Lautten Compagney combine their high musical ability and their inexhaustible pleasure in experimentation. The result is an exciting program...

The B minor Cello Concerto, op. 104, one of the seminal works in the concerto literature for cellists, coupled with the 'Dumky' Trio in e, op. 90, a work of similar standing in the chamber music literature, both from the pen of Anton?n Dvork, are the...

The award-winning Silesian quartet present a new album featuring two composers from Warsaw - Joachim Mendelson and Graznya Bacewicz. After completing his music studies in Warsaw and Berlin, Joachim Mendelson moved to Paris in 1929, where he joined the...

The award-winning Greenwich Trio, comprising Slovenian violinist Lana Trotovek, Canadian cellist Heather Tuach and Japanese pianist Yoko Misumi, makes it's debut on Linn with a recording of Brahms Piano Trios. Pairing Op. 36 with Op. 87, this is the...

The award winning Adam Laloum is one of the most exciting young pianists from France right now. Each of Brahms' piano concertos are titans of any pianist's repertoire in their own right, so it is a testament to the young, French pianist Adam Laloum's...

The artist's first task is to forget himself. This statement, bold in it's time, has been ascribed to Eug?ne Ysaáe, referred to as the "King of the Violin", who as a composer and performer considerably contributed to the modernisation of violin playing...

The Artemis Quartet pairs Brahms' intense First Quartet with his lighter-spirited Third Quartet, both works that the Artemis' cellist, Eckart Runge, describes as "remarkable and multi-faceted". He says that "Brahms marries a Romantic spirit with the...

The art of Shakespeare was a recurring fascination for Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. In addition to two operas and numerous settings of songs and sonnets, he wrote 11 Shakespeare Overtures which here receive their first ever complete recording.

The art of Shakespeare was a recurring fascination for Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. In addition to two operas and numerous settings of songs and sonnets, he wrote 11 Shakespeare Overtures which here receive their first ever complete recording.1. Giulio...