Orchestral & Symphonic

In his 3rd studio album, Aigars Reinis, the music director and organist of the Riga Cathedral, offers complete works for organ by his predecessor in this position - Alfreds Kalnins. The world premiere recording of these works is performed on the famous E...

In his 13 symphonic poems, inspired by the visual or literary arts, Liszt broke away from the standard four-movement symphony to create a one-movement composition of frequently contrasting moods, unified through thematic transformations.1. Symphonic Poem...

In his "Pulse Music" compositions of the mid-1970s, composer John McGuire forged a unique interpretation of European serialism. A student of Karlheinz Stockhausen, Krzysztof Penderecki and Gottfried Michael Koenig, McGuire moved to Cologne, Germany in...

In her third recital album for Signum Records, celebrated soprano Mary Bevan returns with a selection of French songs, featuring works by composers including Britten, Ravel, Debussy and Faure "Over the years since the release of my debut album Voyages...

In her intriguing new album, viola da gambist Johanna Rose places a prelude by Sainte-Colombe (father) in front of the six movement Bach suite in D minor, and finished the D major Bach suite with a chaconne by Sainte-Colombe. The third 'suite' is an all...

In her A minor Sonata, Op.5, as in her earlier Sonata in C minor for cello and piano (1880), Ethel Smyth favours expressivity over virtuosity, emphasising the cello's warm and lyrical tone. The piano enjoys a key role in all three movements and is often...

In Dualit?, an album of arias from nine Handel operas, soprano Emoke Barth explores "the duality of the female soul - in which sensitivity unites with power" and the potential of the female voice to characterise both heroines and heroes. At the same...

In contrast to his first two quartets, the third quartet, which Marteau composed towards the end of the First World War, is of a completely different nature and presents itself as a strongly biographical work, to which Marteau wrote in 1918: "My new...

In celebration of the 75th birthday of Dmitri Kitaenko, often lauded as one of the great conductors of our time, OehmsClassics has boxed up for release Mr. Kitaenko's recent and most highly regarded, and in one instance awarded a Supersonic notice from...

In Beethoven's own words: "Music is the only incorporeal introduction to the world of knowledge... a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy... reaching beyond even the starry sky to the original source." IN this program by pianist Anne...

In Bach's time, the lautenwreck, or lute-harpsichord, was a very popular instrument. It has a much more mellow sound than a modern harpsichord and Bach himself was quite fond of the instrument. John Paul has made numerous recordings with the lautenwerk...

In August of 2012, the talented team of composers that make up the heart of audiomachine set out to write an album filled with inspirational trailer music. The result was an epic collection of uplifting, heartwarming, and impassioned recordings that were...