Orchestral & Symphonic

Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Trio in B-Flat Major, Op. 11 performed Conrad von der Goltz (violin), Jan Pollacek (violoncello) and Kirste Hjort (piano).

Ludwig van Beethoven: Freedom Above All Else an Audio Biography by Jorg Handstein is racked by revolution, wars, fears and hopes and music, too. "In instrumental music, art is independent and free" that is the proud claim of the Romantic movement, and...

Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the towering heroes of music. As a composer, he became a transformational, sometimes revolutionary force. As a man of spirit and inspiration, he triumphed over deafness to produce a wealth of masterpieces. Over the course...

Ludwig van Beethoven and the stage: this is the story of a predominantly unhappy love affair with an unexpected happy ending - the late breakthrough of Fidelio. If this paean to husbandly love had not triumphed at the third attempt, there would be little...

Ludwig Daser's life and work encompassed both Catholic and Lutheran courts, at Munich and Stuttgart respectively. Cinquecento's program-which, besides the substantial Missa Pater noster, includes a selection of Latin motets and German chorale...

Luciano Pavarotti, one of the most acclaimed and popular Italian tenors of all time, died ten years ago in his hometown of Modena. The whole world mourned the loss one of it's most cherished celebrities. Pavarotti's unmistakable voice with it's open...

Lucia Micallef Is One of the Many Maltese Musicians of Enormous Talent Who Are Making the Island a Hotbed of Music New and Old. This Album Features Lucia in Four of Bach's Keyboard Concertos Played on a Modern Piano with a Superb Clarity of Sound and...

LPO Principal Conductor Vladimir Jurowski completes his survey of Brahms's four symphonies. Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 were recorded live in concert at Royal Festival Hall in 2010 and 2011 respectively. Brahms Third Symphony is one of the composer's most...

Loving the Chambered Nautilus is William Brittelle's iconoclastic follow-up to the art rock epic Television Landscape. Unlike it's predecessor, this album focuses on chamber virtuosity and intimacy. It was written specifically for the players of ACME,...

Lovers of carefully constructed dance pop will surely take notice as Miami native Don Philip proves that he is one of the best new artists to emerge from the Miami dance scene in quite a while. The remarkably talented young singer songwriter first hit...

Love of Beethoven' works threads through Biret' life like a red ribbon. Her studio recordings and live concerts show this in an unequivocal language... Next to the Piano Concertos, the Triple Concerto and the Choral Fantasy she has also recorded and...

Love and faith, mortality and eternity are the abiding themes of these three important and beautifully shimmering works by one of the 20th century' most innovative composers. Les offrandes oubliees, Messiaen' first published orchestral work, is a...