Orchestral & Symphonic

Renaud Capu?on recognises Vivaldi's Four Seasons as "a highlight of the violin repertoire", but it has taken him some time to add it to his discography. "For years, I refused to play it," he explains. "I'd heard it too much in the corridors of the M?tro...

Renaud Capu?on recognises Vivaldi's Four Seasons as "a highlight of the violin repertoire", but it has taken him some time to add it to his discography. "For years, I refused to play it," he explains. "I'd heard it too much in the corridors of the M?tro...

Renata Scotto became James Levine's soprano of choice for Italian repertoire at New York's Metropolitan Opera. She embodies Tosca, the passionate Roman diva, with compelling immediacy and beguiling finesse, while Plcido Domingo gives glorious voice to...

Ren? Clausen and Stephen Paulus are two of the biggest names in American choral music of the last few decades. Clausen is best known as the Artistic Director of the annual Concordia Christmas Concerts, and as an outstanding teacher and conductor. Paulus...

Remembered as the first of the great piano virtuosos, Muzio Clementi condensed his years of composition and performance into the monumental, three-volume Gradus ad Parnassum.1. No. 1. Con Velocita 2. No. 2. Allegrissimo 3. No. 3. Vivacissimo 4. No. 4...

Released for this bicentennial year of Cesar Franck's birth (1822-2022), this recording of the most popular of Franck's symphonic poems, including Les Djinns and the Symphonic Variations that feature piano, has taken on an additional significance and...

Released for the first time in their entirety, these remastered live recordings document two piano icons in their Lucerne Festival debuts. The Hungarian-born Annie Fischer concertized more than she recorded, and as a result perhaps enjoys a greater...

Released for Mr Perlman's 70th birthday, this 3-CD collection explores his artistry from the finest concerto highlights (Mendelssohn, Brahms, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Korngold, Sibelius, The Four Seasons), to virtuoso solo and chamber repertoire (Paganini...

Related to the harp but positioned horizontally by the player, the kannel possesses an uncommon timbre, at times reminiscent of the harpsichord. Anna-Liisa Eller offers us a chance to discover this treasured symbol of Estonia's musical heritage courtesy...

Reissued specially in the run-up to Mahler year 2010, this legendary, not to say cult recording - of the single occasion when Leonard Bernstein conducted (or was permitted to conduct) Herbert von Karajan's Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra - is now available...

Reissue Box Set. A pioneer in the rediscovery of the French Baroque repertory, William Christie has been recording Charpentier's finest works for over forty years. This boxed set offers you the opportunity to rediscover the key titles among these...

Reinvention of jazz standards is certainly what the Theiler - Mezgolits - Juhasz Standards Trio is about here. Each member, having mastered their craft, eschews the possibility of "treading water*, with the command to make it new. Indeed, they do. Jerome...