Orchestral & Symphonic

On their new GENUIN CD, baritone Florian Gotz and the musicians of the Grundmann-Quartett dare to present well-known works in new contexts: they perform Franz Schubert's moving "Winterreise" in a version in which the vocal part is accompanied by English...

On their label MPHIL, the Munich Philharmonic is opening up it's vast archives, giving listeners the opportunity to enjoy one of the richest collections of recordings by legendary artists. Because of the Celibidache era and it's part in forming the core...

On their first GENUIN release, the young musicians of the Gellert Ensemble from Central Germany bring an absolute repertoire rarity to life. Under it's conductor Andreas Mitschke, the ensemble has produced the oratorio The Raising of Lazarus by Johann...

On their ECM New Series debut, the Boston-based Parker Quartet, hailed by the Washington Post for "exceptional virtuosity and imaginative interpretation," play music of Gyorgy Kurt g and are joined by violist Kim Kashkashian, one of the quartet's early...

On the strength on the immense success of Dido & Aeneas and King Arthur, in 1692 Purcell went on to produce The Fairy Queen, based on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The work is, in fact, a 'semi-opera', or 'opera with dialogue', in which only...

On the occasion of The English Concert's 50th birthday, the oeuvre of the renowned ensemble and it's founder and director Trevor Pinnock appears for the first time with a complete edition: on 99 CD and one DVD, from Purcell to Poulenc, in an Original...

On the occasion of it's 40th anniversary Carus has initiated a new series Carus Classics, featuring ten outstanding CD productions from the past library of recordings. This exclusive collection, designed by Friedrich Forssman and Cornelia Feyll, is...

On the new CD-label Organ Wergo publishes selected recordings by first-class organists playing on outstanding European organs. The first CD of this series presents improvisations by Pierre Pincemaille. Pincemaille completed his musical studies at the...

On THE LAST SYMPHONIES, Nikolaus Harnoncourt explores his fascinating new interpretation of the composer's last three symphonies; that they are one whole work which he calls Mozart's 'Instrumental Oratorium.' Harnoncourt argues that, in terms of...

On Philip Glass - Songs, Baritone Martin Achrainer and pianist Maki Namekawa give the world premiere recording of Glass's 1997 song-cycle Songs of Milarepa, about the spiritual journey of Milarepa, a Tibetan poet who lived 900 to 1,000 years ago. Martin...

On November 12th Adam Wakeman will release his first modern classical piano album since 1996's 'Tapestries' which he recorded with Rick Wakeman. 'A Handful Of Memories' is the result of an appreciation upon reflection of Adam's past experiences, trips...

On March 16, 1968, the United States Army killed over 500 unarmed civilians in the hamlet of M? Lai, Vietnam. The unimaginable brutality of the event impacted all those who witnessed it firsthand, including helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson, who, against...