Orchestral & Symphonic

Peter Garland's "The Basketweave Elegies" is an enchanting nine-movement work for solo vibraphone, performed by celebrated percussionist William Winant. Garland writes: "I want to write music that is well-made, sturdy, useful, and beautiful-like a basket...

PETER & THE WOLF Menuhin conducts Prokofiev Christopher Lee (narrator), Hu Kun (violin) English String Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin NIMBUS RECORDS1. Peter and the Wolf- a Musical Tale for Children - Sergei Prokofiev 2. Allegro 3. Larghetto 4. Gavotta: Non...

Perhaps the most beautiful, imaginative gift France ever bestowed upon Spain bears the name Maurice Ravel. Bego?a Uriarte: piano / Karl-Hermann Mrongovius: piano.1. S?r?nade Grotesque 2. Sites Auriculaires 3. Pavane Pour Une Infante D?funte 4. Rapsodie...

Perhaps no other English composer of the first half of the twentieth century reveals a stylistic musical journey as varied as that of Frank Bridge.1. Enter Spring 2. Summer 3. Two Poems 4. The Sea (Suite)

Performed by the Soli Chamber Ensemble. From composer Peter Lieuwen: I compose music that is challenging and spiritually uplifting for the performers and the audience; a musical journey in which timbre, drama and dialog among the musicians, elicits...

Performances of carols both ancient and modern have become central to the celebration of Christmas. The choral music on this disc includes Holst' surprisingly neglected Christmas Day, as well as music by Leighton, Joubert, Mathias, Gardner and Rutter.1...

Perfectly cast, magnificently performed and superbly recorded, this is one of Karajan's most stylish performances. Under his direction everyone is inspired to give of their best.1. CD 1- Ariadne Auf Naxos, Op. 60, TRV 228A, Prologue: Overture 2. Ariadne...

Pentatone presents a new album full of world-premiere recordings of orchestral songs by Hans Sommer, sung by an excellent quartet of soloists - Mojca Erdmann, Anke Vondung, Mauro Peter and Benjamin Appl - together with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester...

Penderecki's Eighth Symphony, which receives it's world premiere recording here, is a setting of Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century German poems entitled Lieder der Verganglichkeit.1. Nachts 2. Ende Des Herbstes 3. Bei Einer Kinde 4. Flieder 5...

Penderecki' Utrenja was inspired by the Orthodox liturgy for Holy Saturday with it's focus on the lamentation of Christ' death and the Easter Sunday morning service commemorating the Resurrection.1. No. 1. Troparion (Incipit: Blaniy S Dresnyem S Dreva...

Pell?as et M?lisande has taken it's place as one of opera's greatest masterpieces. Debussy deployed a unique style in this work, flexible and natural, never forcing the prosody of words and phrases. In this new historically informed interpretation,...

Peaceful or tormented, serene or disquieting, clear or obscure, the night comes in an infinite variety of atmospheres that composers have always tried to capture. Drawing on the vocal repertoire, Roland Pidoux has written the transcriptions of this...