Orchestral & Symphonic

Svend Simon Schultz (1913-1998) is one of the most remarkable Danish composers and as a conductor he made a significant contribution to Danish songs, not least during his 30 years as head of the Danish Radio Chamber Choir. He was constantly composing and...

Surrounded by a certain air of mystery and revered as a relic, The Art of Fugue is roundly praised for it's complex, mathematical nature. However, these works are also movingly lyrical, and deserve to be enjoyed for their pure beauty, just as one enjoys...

Supraskie Kantyki [Suprasl Canticles] are a collection of 49 musical pieces, written for 6 male voices (treble a, treble b, tenor a, tenor b, bass a, bass b). They were created in Suprasl in the 1670s-80s. At that time, the monastery belonged to the...

Supplementary to his legendary Beethoven cycles for Decca are Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt's recordings for Philips, Mercury, Deutsche Grammophon and Accord. They date from 1944 (Sutermeister) to 1972, when he made his last recording, fittingly by Mozart (Die...

Superheroes!, the latest release from John Morris Russell and the Cincinnati Pops, showcases some of Hollywood's grandest musical scores from recent blockbusters such as the Avengers, the Dark Knight, Iron Man 2, X-Men: The Last Stand, Thor, Spider-Man...

Superb singing from one of England's exceptional vocal ensembles, alongside music for lute and clavichord, in a programme of music from the court of Henry VIII, bringing to life the pages of a musical manuscript which belonged to the King himself, and...

Superb performance all round (Andrew Palmer / Cathedral Music) (of Hymns collection) "Nothing is overstated or outlandish, and the singing has a very pleasing polished and bright sound. Highly recommended" (Music Web International).1. Chorale Prelude for...

Superb collection offers 76 minutes of the composer's best music, with wonderfully spontaneous performances demonstrating above all it's elegance and gentle grace.1. Salute to August Bournonville 2. Amelie Waltz 3. Columbine Polka Mazurka 4. Queen...

Sukanya is Ravi Shankar's only opera. He began writing it at the age of 90 and it was left incomplete at the time of his death in 2012. It was painstakingly completed and orchestrated by David Murphy, a long-time collaborator of Shankar's, with the help...

Suggested by the great Greek poet Constantine P. Cavafy, "M'arr?ter ici..." recounts the stories of these Asia Minor communities driven by a desire for elsewhere or tossed about by history, in search of a place to put an end to their wandering. For this...

Such attributes as charismatic, singular, exceptional are somewhat overused today. Yet in the case of Ida Haendel they are justified. Born in 1928 into a Polish Jewish family, she was a child prodigy, playing Beethoven's violin concerto at the age of...

Subaerial' is the latest and most sophisticated transmission from the long musical partnership of cellist Lucy Railton and keyboardist Kit Downes, a collaborative history that stretches back thirteen years. From the beginning, the pair bridged musical...