Orchestral & Symphonic

Morton Gould is most famous for his colorful light music and arrangements, always attractive, tuneful and marvelously scored, and often drawing on popular music and folk music in original and unexpected ways. But he also wrote more serious concert music,...

Morton Feldman described the score as his "canvas." Amongst his most important influences were abstract painters, and his spectacular piece Rothko Chapel was named for the Houston, TX chapel built to house his friend Mark Rothko's site-specific paintings...

More than fifty years after the harmonia mundi's coveted Historical Organs of Europe set, Arnaud de Pasquale has taken up the torch and invited us to hear instruments that have been preserved as close as possible to their original state, as if their...

More than 50 years are between Henze's Second Symphony and his Tenth, which was to be his last. Right in time for Marek Janowski's 75th birthday in February 2014, the eagerly awaited complete recording of Hans Werner Henze's symphonies has now been...

More sought after Soviet Rareties, played here by the legendary Taneyev Quartet1. Benyamin Basner;String Quartet No.1 2. German Okunev String Quartet No.2;I. Introduction 3. II. Scherzo 4. III. Andante 5. IV. Intermezzo 6. V. Final 7. Sergey...

More Mozart for Your Mind, with it's fast-moving music full of surprising twists and turns, is meant to sharpen listening skills and, as proven in University studies, raise audiences' I.Q.s! The original Mozart for Your Mind (part of the best selling Set...

More great Melodiya recordings (never issued) from Petersburg studios1. Ustvolskaya: Galina Ivanovna Ustvolskaya (1919-2006) ; Concerto for Piano, Strings and Timpani (1946) 2. Yevlakhov; Orest Alexandrovich Yevlakhov (1912-73); Poem Concerto for Violin...

More from the unique Leningrad/ Soviet Series featuring here top Russian cello stars1. LENINGRAD CELLO CONCERTOS Boris TISHCHENKO (1939-2010) Concerto for cello, 17 wind instruments, percussion ; harmonium, Op. 23 (1963) 2. Vladimir TZITOVICH (1931-2012)...

Morale was low in Vienna after the suppression of the 1848 revolution, but Johann Strauss the Elder's celebratory ball in January 1849 provided new waltzes which 'were heard to general applause and were excellent.' This final volume of the complete...

Montsalvatge was one on the most influential musical figures in Catalan music during the late the 20th century. He explored virtually every musical form, but many of his most significant works were written after his discovery of the art of the Antilles...

Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 is quite simply one of the greatest works of sacred music ever written, without doubt the most varied and inspired before Handel and Bach began composing their oratorios and passions. It's variety alone makes it unique, from...

Mons Leidvin Takle's vigorous opener - everything you would expect from a work called "Yes!" - sets the mood for the whole of an infectiously upbeat recital from Christopher Herrick.1. Takle: Yes! 2. Farrington: Lay my burden down - III. Amazing grace 3...