Orchestral & Symphonic

B?la Bart?k's Concerto for Orchestra, one of his greatest works, was written in the United States after the composer was forced to flee Hungary during World War II. It is not only a brilliant display vehicle for each instrumental section but a work of...

B?la Bart?k plays a major role in many works by Peter E?tv?s. The love of Bart?k's music first appears in the piano piece "Kosmos". The title refers to Bart?k's famous piano cycle "Mikrokosmos". However, the work also bears the title "Kosmos" because...

B?la Bart?k is regarded as one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century, the creator of a body of works as immense as it is complex. He was passionate about Hungarian folk music and carried out serious ethnological research in the field, his...

Award-winning composer Richard Danielpour has been championed by musicians ranging from Leonard Bernstein to the Emerson String Quartet. Lacrimae Beati owes it's origin to Mozart's Requiem and was conceived after a perilous flight in 2002. Darkness in...

Award winning pianist Rudolf Serkin is joined by the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Seiji Ozawa for this performance of Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto, subtitled "Emperor". Just listen to the feelings and emotions pour into this recording by...

Award winning conductor Antonio Pappano and his acclaimed Roman orchestra the Academia di Santa Cecilia release Rossini's Stabat Mater. The recording includes star soloists Anna Netrebko, Joyce DiDonato, Lawrence Brownlee and Ildebrando d'Arcangelo.1. A...

Award winning conductor and composer Johan de Meij's First Symphony 'The Lord of the Rings' is a spectacular evocation in five portraits and scenes based on Tolkien's tale of a grand quest and the struggle of good against evil. The Second Symphony is an...

Award winning Canadian violinist James Ehnes returns to the greatest body of work for solo violin: Bach's 6 Sonatas and Partitas. After many years of performing these masterpieces, it was lockdown 2020 that led to James recording the complete set at his...

Available for the first time on CD.

Available again at a special price, Rene Jacobs's acclaimed recording of Haydn's oratorio the Seasons enables the listener to hear the work as it might have sounded at it's premiere in April 1801. The dramatic changes in style brought about by the...

Autumn 2012 marks the release of Mission, a sensational release from the world's best-selling classical artist Cecilia Bartoli and a project with international politics, religious conflict, diplomatic secrecy, spying and sensational music at it's heart...

Authentic performances by a 19th Century string quartet whose second violinist was the composer Josef Suk, Dvorak's pupil and son-in-law. Recorded in 1928.1. Smetana: String Quartet No.1, in E minor, "From My Life": I. Allegro Vivo Appasionato 2...