Orchestral & Symphonic

Noted for having "an extraordinary range of color" (Montreal Gazette) and "poetic brilliance" (Toronto Star), pianist Francine Kay is acclaimed for the beauty of her sound and the intensity and depth of her interpretations. Ms. Kay has performed at...

Notated on four staves, as though intended for some unspecified set of instruments (or even voices), these thirteen erudite contrapuncti, four canons, and an unfinished triple fugue-incorporating the letters of Bach's name-are often considered to be his...

Not without respect you could call Johan Wagenaar the Dutch Richard Strauss. (1862-1941). Both of them wrote virtuoso orchestral works that stand out for their brilliant orchestrations. Riccardo Chailly, brand new at the KCO, convinced the Decca label to...

Not to distract you from the excellence of the orchestral playing, but the accomplishments and inspiration displayed here represent English choral singing at it's best. The smoothness, unanimity of enunciation, and ear-endearing luminosity of the singing...

Not the least extraordinary thing about this wonderful blend of the sublime and the humane is that it draws from all musicians the best of which they are capable... This issue is specially commended to those who are after the mystery and elevation of The...

Not just one of the most sprawling epics in classical music, but one of the largest-scale works of art ever conceived, Wagner's epic masterpiece was written to be performed in at least 14 hours over four nights (famously, a theater was built in Bayreuth...

Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg (18431907) is famous for compositional masterpieces in a variety of different genres, such as piano concerto, orchestral suites, short piano pieces, and songs. Yet Grieg wrote curiously little instrumental chamber music...

Norwegian boy-soprano Aksel Rykvvin has quickly built a reputation as a rare talent, combining an intelligent musicality with a beautifully resonan ttreble voice. On his debut recording he is accompanied by The Orchestra of the Age of Englightenment...

Northern Europe was a fertile ground for lyrical music. It has borrowed many memorable historical figures, but is also indebted to it for many masterpieces by Baroque composers. Handel and Bach come to mind, of course, but we would be forgetting the...

No one who is aware of Ravel's talent for transcription will be surprised to find his music performed here on the marimba! On Ravel Influence(s), Trio SR9 and their guests, Kyrie Kristmanson, Shani Diluka and Astrig Siranossian, explore his various...

No conductor working in the recording studios in the 1960s and beyond did more than Richard Bonynge to recover the sound of the 19th-century ballet, especially in it's home of the Paris Op?ra-Comique. A central figure in that culture was Adolphe Adam,...

Nine CD set. Igor Levit - the recent recipient of the prestigious Gilmore Artist Award and the Royal Philharmonic Society's Instrumentalist of the Year- has now completed the recording of all 32 sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven. Igor Levit, exclusive...