Orchestral & Symphonic

Highly regarded prior to the Great War, York Bowen's (1884-1961) romantic lyricism later fell out of favor. Saint Saens once described him '... as the most remarkable of the young British composers'. The Gould Trio, and guests, perform in this recording...

High quality large format hardback book featuring exceptional photography and music. Art printing on 150gsm quality paper (28cm x 28cm) with approximatly 120 pages per book with images from named photographers.

Herv? Niquet resurrects Ariane et Bacchus (1696), using for the first time the exact performing forces and layout of the Paris Op?ra orchestra in 1700 and thus giving us a historically informed version of this trag?die en musique by Marin Marais. The...

Hermann Behn (1859-1927) was one of Mahler's close friends in Hamburg. The doctor of law also studied composition with Anton Bruckner in Vienna and Joseph Rhein-berger in Munich. His compositional work includes no less than nine song books and a piano...

Here is the second volume of Bach's Sonatas for violin and obbligato harpsichord. Terakado and Bonizzoni offer a thoroughly distinctive account of these famous masterpieces. Their approach combines a deep musical and philosophical insight with a...

Here is Challenge Classics fourth orchestral release of Robin de Raaf's music. Robin de Raaf is counted amongst the contemporary leading composers in the Netherlands. His music is complex and much elaborated, but also approachable to the ear. On previous...

Here are three monuments of the history of music and the arts, three crucial stages in the history of modernity. The Orchestre de l'Opera de Paris made these three unique, subversive and visionary works into cornerstones of it's repertoire-and it's...

Here are 11 complete operas plus the "Requiem" and "Four Sacred Pieces" conducted by the world's greatest living Verdi conductor. This 28-CD collection derives from more than 20 years of collaboration between Muti and EMI, and the DVD documentary finds...

Here (Jurowski) offers performances that are near ideal, the electric tension giving the illusion of live music-making. We have had some impressive recordings from this orchestra in the past but this one is among the finest. Tchaikovsky's Third Suite.....

Herbert von Karajan's iconic 1966 recording of the Missa Solemnis with the Berliner Philharmoniker & a quartet of stunning soloists - Gundula Janowitz, Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich & Walter Berry. Newly remastered by Emil Berliner Studios and...

'Herbert Blomstedt's Beethoven cycle with the Staatskapelle Dresden is one of the great ones, as much for the magnificent playing of this finest of all German orchestras as for Blomstedt's effortlessly musical interpretations. ' 10/10 for artistic...

Her recordings of Sarasate' music for violin and piano have earned the young violinist Tianwa Yang praise for her 'great Polish and confidence', American Record Guide describing her playing as 'perfect'. This disc is her first volume of the Spanish v.1...