Orchestral & Symphonic

Anton Rubinstein was one of the towering figures of nineteenth-century music, a great piano virtuoso, conductor and influential teacher. The fifth of his six Symphonies is thoroughly Russian in it's melodies, and is often compared to his student...

Anton Rubinstein (1829-94) was a central figure in the growth of Russian music in the second half of the 19th century. He was famous across Europe as a virtuoso pianist, but in Russia he was also well known as a composer, conductor and educator. In 1862,...

Anton Kuerti (born 1938) has performed with leading orchestras and in recitals in 40 countries. In Canada he has appeared in 150 communities and played with every professional orchestra, including 41 concerts with the Toronto Symphony. Kuerti has...

Anton Bruckner, who had been cathedral organist in Linz since Christmas 1855, had already been a student of the Viennese music theorist Simon Sechter since he took up this post. Despite these intense and extensive studies, he then took private lessons...

Antoine Tamestit & C?dric Tiberghien Harmonia Mundi France - Antoine Tamestit & C?dric Tiberghien - Brahms: Sonatas Op. 120 Nos. 1 & 21. Brahms: Viola Sonata No.1 in F minor Op.120 No.1 - I. Allegro Appassionato 2. Brahms: Viola Sonata No.1 in F minor Op...

Anthony Romaniuk, multi-keyboardist, alchemist of pianos, or 'musical polyglot' as some people call him, presents his new album as follows: 'I remember very clearly the occasions in my childhood when I would be at a concert and a magical feeling would...

Anthony McGill, New York Philharmonic principal clarinet and 2020 Avery Fisher Prize winner, and the multiple Grammy Award-winning Pacifica Quartet join forces on an album illuminating the diversity of the American experience through works by Richard...

Anthony Hedges was a popular and versatile composer with some 300 broadcasts to his name in Britain and abroad. He wrote prolifically in a variety of genres, often in response to commissions, from music for massed children's choirs and youth orchestras...

Antarctica label launches a new series named Spring and focused on debut recordings by a selection of compelling musicians whose talents and creativity are characterised by noteworthy essence and individuality. The first release is by Romanian pianist...

Antal Dorti's complete Haydn and Mozart recordings for Mercury, predating his landmark collection of the Haydn cycle for Decca. In 1966 the Stereo Review critic made a prescient observation: 'Dorti here establishes himself as a first-rate Haydn conductor...

Ansermet's invigorating and unsentimental way with Haydn has been documented on Eloquence with reissues of the Paris symphonies (480 1942) and the Symphonies Nos. 22 and 90 (480 0378). What Ansermet loved about Haydn above all was his ability to 'express...

Another superb Leningrad collection, this time most interesting symphonies including very successful composers in recent years1. Yevlakov: Symphony No. 3, Op. 35 (1967) I Andante Sostenuto - II Allegro Marcato 2. III Andante - IV Andante Maestoso Ma Con...