Orchestral & Symphonic

Following on from the internationally acclaimed, prize-winning success of ?BERBACH, this is the second joint production by the pianist Sebastian Knauer and the composer Arash Safaian: "This Is (Not) Beethoven". The Piano Concerto that Arash Safaian has...

Following on from his formidable complete recording of the Preludes, Nikolai Lugansky now immerses us in two more major cycles by Rachmaninov, the ?tudes-Tableaux. Like Chopin and Liszt, the Russian composer here transcends every technical difficulty to...

Following many requests from collectors, Strauss' Graduation Ball - a collection of a few familiar, but mostly unfamiliar pieces by Johann Strauss II that Dorati discovered in the Vienna State Opera library. The coupling is another collection of...

Following it's audio biographies of Mahler, Wagner and Verdi, BR-KLASSIK now presents the fourth in the series: an audio biography of Richard Strauss, to coincide with the Strauss anniversary year of 2014. In operas such as "Elektra" and "Salome", the...

Following his recording of Mieczyslaw Weinberg?s 24 Cello Preludes, Op. 100 and Sonata for Solo Cello, No. 1, Op. 72 (8.572280), Latvian-born cellist Josef Feigelson here presents Weinberg?s three other sonatas for solo cello using the composer?s...

Following his award-winning recording of Donizetii's Les Martyrs, Opera Rara's Music Director Sir Mark Elder turns his attention to another forgotten masterpiece of 19th century French opera, Gounod's delightful two act opera La Colombe. He is joined by...

Follow up to the success of their recordings of Sibelius' Night Ride and Sunrise, Belshazzar' Feast Suite and Kuolema.1. I. Andante, Ma Non Troppo - Allegro Energico 2. II. Andante (Ma Non Troppo Lento) 3. III. Scherzo: Allegro 4. IV. Finale (Quasi Una...

Florian Noack offers a clear, imaginative and vigorous reading of these brilliant yet still little-known pieces. Like Liszt's Douze ?tudes d'ex?cution transcendante, which Lyapunov revered, these visionary and colorful works, sometimes steeped in Russian...

Florent Schmitt life spanned both the late Romantic and 20th century eras and he counted Erik Satie and Maurice Ravel among his close friends. For most of his career he worked as a music critic and early on perceptively predicted the influence jazz would...

Flight Is the Stunning New Album of Works from British Composer Oliver Davis (B. 1972), Composed for and in Collaboration with Violinist Kerenza Peacock. Flight Captures the Spirit of Movement and Energy Present in Many of Davis's Compositions, Which...

Flautist Emmanuel Pahud and pianist Eric Lesage play arrangements of short pieces and songs by four German composers of the mid-19th century: Robert Schumann and his wife Clara (born Clara Wieck), and Felix Mendelssohn and his sister Fanny. Major...

Flanked by a spectacular cast featuring the role debuts of Nicky Spence and Simona ?aturov, the conductor Ben Glassberg (Music Director of the Op?ra de Rouen Normandie) once again demonstrates his Mozartian temperament. This late masterpiece (written at...