Orchestral & Symphonic

Music on royal occasions. Includes John Rutter's anthem, written for the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton.1. This Is the Day 2. Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K. 339: Laudate Dominum 3. Psalm 23, Op. 132, D. 706 4. Ein Deutsches Requiem (A...

Music from her own library. 'Aunt Jane began her day with music... much that she played from was manuscript, copied out by herself' Her manuscripts survive, and this programme is drawn from them: A mixture of the light and fashionable music of the day...

Music for Pomp and Circumstance. Grand music for coronations, for ceremonial occasions, for matters of state and for formal dancing is brought together in this special album. 400 years of quintessentially British music, from Matthew Locke to Eric Coates,...

Multi-award-winning violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins is the entrepreneurial spirit behind Music Kitchen, the pioneering project that brings top classical music and musicians into homeless shelters, sharing the inspirational, therapeutic, and uplifting power...

Muddy Waters, ARG, Import.1. Diamonds At Your Feet 2. The Stuff You Gotta Watch 3. Iodine In My Coffee 4. You Gotta Miss Me 5. Close To You 6. Mean Red Spider 7. You Gotta Need My Help 8. She's Alright 9. So Glad I'm Living 10. So Glad I'm Living 11. One...

Much of the richly diverse oeuvre of Albert Roussel (1869-1937) grew from his far-flung travels as a young navy officer. One of the major French composers of his time, he produced music that embraces the exotic colours of so-called Impressionism, the...

Much of Carl Czerny's concert music for piano was considered 'wild and almost unplayable' in his day, but these world premiere recordings reveal inspired melodic writing, great skill in orchestration and colourful virtuoso challenges in a programme that...

Much has been written about Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio, formerly Leonore. Beethoven worked on it on and off for almost a decade. During that time the four different overtures included on this recording were composed. They are substantially...

Much admired today as a pioneer of film music, Erich Korngold was a precociously talented composer of concert and chamber music, opera and stage works, as his Schauspiel Overture, written when he was only fourteen, shows. The phenomenal success o.1. I...

Much admired by Aaron Copland, the Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera is widely regarded as one of the most important and original South American composers of the 20th century.1. Moonlight on the Parana 2. Native Festival 3. Girls' Round Dance 4...

Mstislav Rostropovich, one of the greatest 20th-century cellists, studied composition with Dmitri Shostakovich. Their mutual respect soon grew into a close friendship that resulted in the dedication of Cello Concerto No. 1 to Rostropovich and, years...

Mravinsky's only recorded version, now re-mastered from recently discovered sources1. War, Allegretto 2. Memories, Moderato (Poco Allegretto) 3. My Native Field, Adagio 4. Victory, Allegro Non Troppo