Orchestral & Symphonic

As an influential figure in Viennese circles that included Mozart and Haydn, Paul Wranitzky was often called upon to take on commissions from the Imperial Court and the Empress Marie Therese in particular. Das listige Bauernm?dchen, a ballet from her...

As An Eleven-year-old in 1895, Wilhelm Backhaus Met And Performed for D'albert, Grieg, Nikisch And Brahms, Among Others. Here Was a Pianist Who Shunned Hectoring Gestures of the Late Romantic Ear for Economy And Purposefulness. "his Facial Expression...

As a young chorister, the fourteen-year-old Franz Schubert penned his first string quartets, a genre that he would continue to explore until the last years of his life. Fifteen quartets, of remarkable originality and bewitching lyricism, entered into...

As a teacher, Siegfried Thiele has had an impact in the eastern part of Germany comparable to that of Rudolf Wagner-R?geny after World War II. His thorough grasp of the subject, cheerfulness of demeanor and adept methodology also contribute to the high...

As a sequel to The Secret Faur?, the present recording features a number of other orchestral and concert works by the French composer. Most of these performances are based on the new critical edition of Faur?'s works published by B?renreiter Verlag,...

As a one-of-a kind company, standing at the crossroads between musical, lyrical and theatrical worlds, Les Monts du Reuil specialises in the forgotten treasures of French opera. Here, it offers a distinctively rare program centred around the fables of La...

As a child in Romania, Dana Ciocarlie was cradled by the music of Mozart and the cimbalom that accompanies the dances of the Dobruja region. As a teenager she discovered the pieces of Chopin and Debussy, indelibly linked with her teachers of that time...

As a boy Benjamin Godard was a celebrated violin prodigy, but later turned to composition as his life's work. With the notable exception of the ever-popular Berceuse from the opera Jocelyn, the most of Godard's works have fallen out of the repertoire.1...

Arwel Hughes (1909-1988) was the tenth son of a Welsh coal miner, and his progress through life was a remarkable one. Along the way, he studied composition at the Royal College of Music where his tutors were Gordon Jacob, Gustav Holst and, importantly,...

Arvo P?rt's music takes us from darkness to light, says Renaud Capu?on. "It looks relatively simple on paper, but each note needs to have it's own life as it undergoes change. This music is not just relaxing - it has a depth and drama." In Autumn 2021...

Arvo P?rt, one of the world's most performed living composers, will be eighty-seven in September. His music has been featured in many films, including Nanni Moretti's Mia Madre and Habemus Papam, Sorrentino's La grande bellezza, Paul Thomas Andersson's...

Arturs Maskats (b. 1957) is an award-winning Latvian composer who has been at the center of Latvian cultural life for decades, especially in the field of theater and opera. Besides operas, incidental music and film music, his catalogue of works includes...