Orchestral & Symphonic

Probably the best recent version available of Aida with the finest possible cast of singers and a wonderful conductor. It was previously available in deluxe casebound 3CD original version (0825646106639) which was too expensive to remanufacture. In...

Probably born in Hamburg in 1623, Dietrich Becker not only mastered organ playing, but also developed into an outstanding violinist and composer. His music-historical importance lies primarily in the field of instrumental music, but his contribution to...

Previously unreleased complete live 1965 concert from Brooklyn plus unreleased recording of Gershwin from 1993.1. Beethoven: Sonata No.18 in E Flat, Op.31, No.3: I. Allegro 2. Beethoven: Sonata No.18 in E Flat, Op.31, No.3: II. Scherzo. Allegro Vivace 3...

Previously released as a deluxe Hybrid SACD with a bonus DVD, Rene Jacobs's acclaimed recording of the Bach St. Matthew Passion is now available as a standard CD at a special price. Jacobs leads a cast of superb soloists, backed by the RIAS Kammerchor...

Presented together for the first time, American composer John McGuire's Pulse Music series (1975-1979) blurs the popular narrative that Minimalism was a reaction against Europe's angular, intellectual, inscrutable high-modernism. McGuire, born in...

Presented here are The Songs of Max Kowalski (1882-1956), whose life and career can be described in two main segments: the first in Germany until 1939, and thereafter in England. Music-which had been the notably successful secondary career of Kowalski,...

Prepare to drift away on the soothing sound of the eternal classics collected on this 2-CD set.1. Canon - Pachelbel 2. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik-Andante - Mozart 3. Fur Elise - Beethoven 4. String Quartet #1 - Tchaikovsky 5. Clair de Lune - Debussy 6. Idyl...

Premiering to great success in 1825, the Naples based composer Nicola Vaccaj's Giulietta e Romeo (Romeo and Juliet) enjoyed a brief period of being actively performed before fading from active repertoire at least in it's entirety, arguably being...

Premiering in Munich in 1903, Le donne curiose numbered among the greatest and earliest successes of the German-Italian composer Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari. No Wagnerian pathos or turn-of-the-century bombast here: Wolf-Ferrari's merry work is based on a Carlo...

Premiered just a few months before the French Revolution, Gr?try's Raoul Barbe-bleue is an op?ra comique with musical and dramatic implications so remarkable they even inspired Offenbach. Raoul Barbe-bleue depicts a cruel gentry from a political point of...

Premiered at the 12th Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival, Warsaw, in March 2008, Jeajoon Ryu' Sinfonia da Requiem was hailed as "a masterpiece" by Krzysztof Penderecki and enthusiastically received by the Festival audience.1. Requiem Aeternam 2. Dies...

Premiere recording! The opera's 1895 Trieste premiere afforded the composer his greatest success. The Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Verdi di Trieste is led by conductor Tiziano.1. Nozze Istriane, Drama: Act 1, Scene 1: 'The Sky Is Black, Heavy with Murky...