Orchestral & Symphonic

Ivan Bosnar, the First Prize Winner in the American Guild of Organists' 2020 National Competition in Organ Improvisation, plays a program of romantic-era organ music, plus 4 short improvisations, an improvised passacaglia and fugue and improvised...

It's testament to the force of Sappho's art that, even though practically all that remains of her work is, tantalisingly, just fragments, those fragments of her work still have the power to move, intrigue and inspire us. Huge thanks to Ralph Woodward for...

It's most unusual to find these voice, trumpet and piano together in a song cycle. The composer and pianist Fr?d?ric Chaslin delivers here the first chamber work ever written for such a combination. Inspired by poems written by Jean Cocteau, Boris Vian...

It's his greatest, or at least his most popular, opera, and she one of the finest interpreters of it's title role. Though she seems somehow to have slipped from view when considering the greatest 20th c. sopranos, Renata Tebaldi is etched firmly into...

Italian-born cellist and conductor Antonio Janigro is best known for his performances with the chamber orchestra that he founded in 1954, I Solisti di Zagreb. The ensemble, since inception, has helped bring contemporary fame to Baroque composers such as...

Italian pianist Cinzia Bartoli presents a wonderful album of the complete piano works of Maurice Ravel.1. S?r?nade Grotesque [04:07] 2. Menuet Antique (Version for Piano) [05:52] 3. Pavane Pour Une Infante D?funte (Version for Piano) [06:24] 4. Jeux...

Italian composer Licinio Refice was ordained as a priest in 1905, and his achievements as a composer sometimes led to conflict with the Catholic authorities. Cecilia was his first opera inspired by sacred themes, but even as a gloriously melodious azione...

It was The Bach Choir (under Sir David Willcocks) that played an important role in helping rehabilitate the Missa Sabrinensis. This ?ne recording with David Hill marks a signi?cant new chapter in the work's performance history.1. Howells: Missa...

It was not until 1884, and the publication of the Prelude, Choral & Fugue, that C?sar Franck would truly begin to develop his personal voice - innovative and ground-breaking whilst at the same time reverent to the greats of the past, and displaying a...

It was in the Baroque period that composers first began to compose music for Christmas that reflected the special character of the Feast, and these works are showcased on this new release from Christophorus featuring instrumental music for the Christmas...

It was EMI producer Suvi Raj Grubb who not only effectively "discovered" the young Daniel Barenboim for records but also gave him his first chance to conduct an orchestra on record with this cycle of the complete Mozart Piano Concertos, of which this was...

It was as a young church organist that Leopold Stokowski grew to love the music of Bach. Later, he arranged a number of Bach's organ works for full symphonic forces.1. Air 2. Sheep May Safely Graze 3. Chorale 4. Es Ist Vollbracht! 5. Pastoral Symphony 6...