Orchestral & Symphonic

Shostakovich was in his early thirties when he first turned to the string quartet. He planned to produce a full cycle of 24; he completed 15. These works embody his resistance to a crushing Soviet power that held the belief that all art should be...

Shostakovich never wrote an original composition entitled "Chamber Symphony". Works known under this title are arrangements of the composer's string quartets by the conductor Rudolf Barshai and authorized by the composer. The String Quartet No. 1, Op. 49...

Shostakovich' First Symphony propelled the teenage composer to international prominence, it's emotional range and innovative orchestration marking him as a daring and precocious talent on the scene.1. I. Allegretto - Allegro Non Troppo 2. II. Allegro 3...

Shortly after the second world war, the archivists at the cathedral of Tournai noted with regret the disappearance of a musical manuscript made up of plainchant and polyphony, written between the 15th century and 1602. It unexpectedly resurfaced in...

Shaped by pianist Andrew von Oeyen's experience of lockdown, this solo recital comprises Bach's eight-movement Overture in the French Style BWV 831, Beethoven's Piano Sonatas No 13 in E flat and No 23 in F minor, 'Appassionata', and arrangements by...

Shani Diluka's new solo-piano album brings a different perspective to 20th-century American classical music. With a few "jazz breaths" by those who worshipped classical music, the album references the great American themes of the first pioneers. It...

Shani Diluka releases a great project dedicated to Marcel Proust and composers he loved, to celebrate the 150-year anniversary of his birth in 2021 and the 100-year anniversary of his death in 2022. It features Reynaldo Hahn's rarely played Piano...

Shall We Gather responds to the darkness of the pandemic and social distancing with the simple question of it's title. Through fifteen art songs by and about a broad swath of people from the United States, Lucas and Irina Meachem offer a vision of...

Sgambati was one of the most important figures in the renaissance of Italian music that began during the second half of the 19th century. This first of two discs blends Italian lyricism with German rigour. Symphony No. 1 was admired by Grieg and...

Sextets featuring piano and harp may be a rarity, but the one included here is a real delight. The three companion pieces are no less attractive, showcasing the individual and collective strengths of The Nash Ensemble as well as the merits of a...

Several long-deleted albums reissued in this comprehensive survey of Andrei Gavrilov's DG career: superbly engineered recordings of a pianist in the great Russian tradition. For three years in the early 1990s, Andrei Gavrilov belonged to the Deutsche...

Several legendary but long-unavailable recordings freshly remastered in a comprehensive 'original covers' set of Ruggiero Ricci's recordings for American Decca during the 1960s. With definitive accounts of the Tchaikovsky Concerto and the Paganini...