Orchestral & Symphonic

The Ares Trio brings together two requiems in the form of piano trios by two composers whose active periods fell within those of the Soviet Union and who were harassed by the cultural bureaucracy there: Shostakovich composed his Trio for Piano and...

The appealing, warmly Romantic bloom on these concertos suggests the spirit of an earlier generation-both works date from the 1880s-but the music of the Armenian St?phan Elmas always retains it's own distinctive voice.1. Elmas: Piano Concerto No.1 in G...

The Anonim Trio was formed in 2021, and features three faculty members at Washington State University: Martin D. King, horn; Chris Dickey, tuba, and Yoon-Wha Roh, piano. The group was formed because the members love the sound of these three instruments...

The anniversary of the destruction of Dresden was annually marked with the performance of a requiem, until February 13, 1995. For the 50th anniversary of that terrible day, conductor Bernard Haitink presented Gustav Mahler's Second Symphony...

The American Project - Yuja Wang is the brilliant soloist in a piano concerto by a longtime friend of hers: Teddy Abrams. The music director of the Louisville Orchestra, which he conducts here, describes his virtuosic piece as "an opportunity for the...

The American composer John Stamp (b. 1954) - universally known as 'Jack' - is a familiar figure in the worlds of the symphonic wind-band movement that flourishes in US universities and of the brass band on both sides of the Atlantic. This first Toccata...

The album Series by Camille & Julie Berthollet brings together themes from popular soundtracks and TV series such as Ramin Djawadi Game of Thrones, Max Richter The Leftovers, Downton Abbey main theme, Jeff Beal, House of Cards, Lalo Shiffrin Mission...

The album features two string quartets which thematically deal with the subject of death. Schubert's 'Death and the Maiden, No. 14 in D Minor', a key piece in chamber music repertoire, dates from 1824. Mendelssohn's 'String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op...

The album features music from Pirates of the Caribbean, Master And Commander, Mutiny on the Bounty along with other classic seafaring films by Korngold, Waxman, Elmer Bernstein, Alfred Newman, Miklos Rozsa, Hans Zimmer, and more.1. Alfred Newman's...

The album "I Am Hera" is the debut album from recently signed Deutsche Grammophon artist Hera Hyesang Park. Describing herself as a nomad and free spirit, Park is determined to follow her own path as she travels the world, challenging cultural, racial...

The album "Atlantic Crossings" by the Parisian Orchestre Pasdeloup, directed by Wolfgang Doerner, is dedicated to music written by European composers who came across the Atlantic to New York or later had to flee there from the Nazis. Gustav Mahler, who...

The Alban Berg Quartett approach Schubert with classical discipline while vividly conveying the mysterious fervent power that is so instantaneously unique in the composer's works. They capture the quintessentially Viennese spirit of Schubert, as ABQ's...