Orchestral & Symphonic

Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (2 November 1739 - 24 October 1799) was an Austrian composer, violinist and silvologist. Music from this Classical period can be difficult to be positive about when it's compared to the works of Mozart, but Dittersdorf's...

Carl Czerny is remembered as a pupil and friend of Beethoven and the composer of numerous piano studies, but in his lifetime he was renowned for a prodigious output of brilliant concert works, most of which remain entirely unknown to present-day...

Captured live in a gripping concert event dated 30 August 1964, at a point in time many consider the prime of his career or something very close to it, Herbert von Karajan here offers a dazzlingly powerful display of his mastery in music of Richard...

Capriccio presents the first complete recording of songs for voice and piano by Arnold Schoenburg. This 4 CD set includes pieces such as Gurre-Lieder, Fifteen poems from "The book of the hanging gardens" and Brettl-Lieder. Featured artists are sopranos...

Capriccio presents a re-release of Beethoven repertoire for voice and piano featuring baritone Hermann Prey and soprano Pamela Coburn. This special priced 3 CD set includes rarely recorded pieces such as 8 Lieder op.52, Lobkowitz-Cantata and Der Jungling...

Cappelletti and Bamert's coupling is salutary in what little remains to apologize for in Respighi's music when played with real opulence and virtuosity. The fact is that the Concerto belies it's name: both have shrewdly perceived that Respighi's use of...

Cappella Amsterdam does not just sing music that charms and captivates, but does this at the highest possible level. For it's performances, the choir has received many prizes and a stream of positive reviews. Cappella Amsterdam offers the classical choir...

Capella Savaria has earned it's fame as the first period- instrument chamber orchestra of Hungary. The ensemble's objectives were, from the onset, to play baroque and classical music in an authentic way. Established in 1981, in Szombathely, they most...

Capella de Ministrers was formed in 1987 in Valencia by it's director, the Valencian musicologist Carles Magraner (viola da gamba). The primary importance of the group is in the focus on restoring Valencian musical culture. Part of the group's mission is...

Canadian Brass playing songs from Canada... Is there anything more Canadian? To be covered by Canadian Brass means a song has to be able to transcend their lyrics and be easily recognised and enjoyable to the ear as instrumental covers. Aptly named...

Canadian Baroque keyboard specialist par excellence Angela Hewitt turns to the rich seam of Domenico Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas. The prolific Italian composer wrote over 555 sonatas in his lifetime. For this collection, Hewitt performs sixteen of the...

Can you remember last time you watched a movie and felt the actor's pain as if it was your own, or laughed so much your stomach ached? Now imagine a scene when a warrior charges towards his enemy, or where a great white shark is swimming in the dark...