Orchestral & Symphonic

Orthodox in it's four-movement structure but, according to the composer, 'very unorthodox inside', Havergal Brian' Symphony No. 2 was originally inspired by Goethe' play Gotz von Berlichingen. In 1972, however, following the death of his beloved daughter...

Orson Welles chose Jacques Ibert to write the music for his Shakespearean tragedy in 1948, and what a score Ibert composed! Triumphant marches, eerie piano and harp solos, even a breathing choir (almost inaudible on the historical soundtrack, but present...

Orli Shaham continues her survey of Mozart's complete Piano Sonatas in this, the fourth of a six-volume set. Shaham is revered as a "thrillingly expressive" interpreter of Mozart's works, bringing "technical virtuosity and deftness" to performances that...

Originally written as a set of piano pieces, Mussorgsky's splendid Pictures at an Exhibition translates the artistry of the composer's friend Victor Hartmann into unforgettable music. Peter Breiner's new orchestration creates a showpiece for our times,...

Originally released in 1986, this set was one of our classical best sellers for well over a decade, and was reissued in improved sound in 2003 due to popular demand. Harvey Sachs writes in his liner notes "Performances of the Verdi Requiem often...

Originally Release '01. Second Album from a Madagascar group playing traditional music. 10 Tracks.1. Victim of Tradition 2. Sifaky'n'jive 3. Rickshawman 4. Rahiso's Madness 5. Androy Wave 6. Antsa 7. Tromba 8. Karata 9. Fararano 10. Mavandy

Originally recorded in 1968 with Zubin Mehta and featuring the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra "Also Sprach Zarathustra" is guaranteed to make or break your audiophile sound system. This music written by Richard Strauss and based on Nietzsche's famous...

Originally planned for April 2020 to celebrate Beethoven's 250th birthday, the project "Beethoven: The Symphonies" is the third collaboration between Yannick N?zet-S?guin and the COE, having already performed and recorded complete Schumann and...

Originally from the Czech Republic, Eduard Npravn?k is now inevitably associated with the rise of the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra of St. Petersburg, which he led for nearly half a century and elevated to a leading international orchestra. He thus left...

Originally from Michigan, Doc Rossi has performed across North America and Europe and has recorded with various groups, playing Early Music, Hawaiian Slack-key guitar and Irish, Mexican and American traditional music. One of only a handful of players who...

Organist Eberhard Kraus performs three pieces composed by famed English composer John Bull: My Selfe, MB 38, My Grief, MB 139, and Dr. Bull's Jewell, FWB CXXXVIII.

ORFEO CHAMAN - A unique retelling of the Orpheus myth drawing on Baroque music and folksongs from South America to Sicily, with a real-life Orfeo - the blind Argentinean singer-guitarist Nahuel Pennisi - in the title role. The resulting opera composed...