Orchestral & Symphonic

Sonates : Prima, Seconda, Terza, Quarta, Quinta & Sesta / Christoph Ehrsam, fl?te - Attilio Cremonesi, clavecin - Eunice Brand?o, viole de gambe.1. Largo E Nobile 2. Allegro 3. Largo 4. Allegro 5. Largo 6. Allegro 7. Largo 8. Allegro 9. Largo 10. Allegro...

SOMM Recordings is thrilled to announce Dance!, the debut recording by the Minerva Piano Trio, featuring seminal pieces by Stravinsky and Ravel alongside new work by two British composers, Cheryl Frances-Hoad and Richard Birchall, and Pulitzer...

SOMM Recordings' celebration of the 150th anniversary of Ralph Vaughan Williams' birth continues with Volume 2 of Vaughan Williams Live, featuring historic performances by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted...

Sometimes time flies by. For example, when something stimulating happens all the time, as here with the new volume No. 8 of the complete recording of all 555 sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti. And not because of the two organ sonatas, which are actually...

Something demonic and ghostly fills the air: we find ourselves in the age of Dark Romanticism, which cast it's shadow on the opera. The fateful drama is of Scottish origin, whose essence consists of inherited curses, dark, guilty entanglements and bloody...

Somehow, even if not consciously, virtually all of American musicians have been touched by Morton and affected by him... as a composer, as pianist, as arranger and as an unpretentiously enlightening commentator... Without the slightest...

Some three hundred compositions by Handel such as Overtures, dances and short instrumental interludes titled Ritornello, Sinfonia or Sarabande are hardly ever perceived as a separate category, despite appearing in his most important compositions. Such...

Some of the most wonderful music in the world is how William Christie describes Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea, noting in particular the opera's overriding humanism and interest in questions of morality and ambition. Christie's acclaimed...

Some of Stephen Hough's most exquisite recordings come from his collaborations with EMI and Virgin Classics during this early period, offering a taste of the pianist's impeccable touch, his musical and intellectual rigor, and his fondness for the short...

Some classical compositions are at a first hearing not always so easy to comprehend. In the case of the 33 Diabelli Variations it may be a challenge for some listeners. The connections with Diabelli's waltz theme are always present, but at times well...

Solungga Liu has been acclaimed as a pianist of great breadth. She is a champion of early twentieth-century American music and underrepresented works of the standard repertoire. She is also known as an uncanny interpreter of new music. Her November 2017...

Solo piano effort of world-renowned Swedish keyboardist Jens Johansson. Swedish press called it 'exciting and projective' and 'rich in association and saturated with atmosphere'.1. Dance of Chaos 2. Dark Skies 3. Ghosts of the Yellow River 4. Lullaby 5...