Orchestral & Symphonic

Another exceptional debut on Challenge Classics: 28 years old Latvian pianist Georg Kjurdian presents a throroughly mature recital of music by the Three Great B's. It is really noteworthy the way these over-recorded pieces by Bach, Beethoven and Brahms...

Anne-Sophie Mutter's first Bach recording for DG couples his Concertos BWV 1041 and BWV 1042 with the world-premiere recording of the Concerto commissioned by her from Sofia Gubaidulina, the Russian composer who regards Bach as her greatest source of...

Ann Marie Brink has served as Associate Principal Viola of the Dallas Symphony for two decades, and has performed in solo and chamber music recitals at Carnegie Hall, the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center, Aspen Music Festival, Library of...

Anima mea explores the Christian concept of the soul through these masterpieces of medieval Sacred Music. Hildegard of Bingen' beautifully exalted harmonies represent God' order in the music of the spheres.1. Adorna Thalamum [Erfurt, 1301] (Arr. C. Haas)...

Anima Aeterna, an adventurous album of sacred arias and motets from the 18th century, follows in the vein of Anima Sacra, which in 2018 decisively announced Jakub J?zef Orlinski's arrival as a recording artist. It's programme - music by Zelenka, Handel,...

Angela Hewitt's voyage of discovery through Mozart's piano sonatas is proving a joy, the works sounding newly minted in vital, alert accounts which respect their scale and sensibility while revealing influences of Mozart's orchestral and concerto writing...

Angela Hewitt's new album is clearly destined to become a favorite. It features some of the best-known musical declarations of love across the centuries, heard in transcriptions by some of the great pianists (including Angela herself).1. Schumann:...

Angela Hewitt has been much praised in her earlier recordings of Beethoven's piano sonatas and now turns her passion and scholarship to four more works spanning the composer's career, the Piano Sonatas Ops. 2, 10, 78 and 110. As ever, Angela's...

Andris Nelsons and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig continue their award-winning Bruckner cycle. This time the Symphonies are coupled with the Prelude and Liebestod from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde.1. 1 Prelude to Act I 2. Mild Und Leise Wie Er L?chelt...

Andrew Parrott is a master of musicological detective work, known for his adventurous and uncompromising scholarship. He is also internationally known for his pioneering historically informed performances and recordings of pre-classical repertory. This...

Andreas Scholl, the Czech Ensemble Baroque and Roman Vek, introduce us to the splendid works of Frantisek Tuma - a little-known Czech composer who was a prominent musical figure in the 18th century. The musicians here perform several of his emblematic...

Andre Previn conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for this recording of the Planets by Holst. Written by Gustav Holst over a 3-year period in 1914, "The Planets" is a true masterpiece of Classical Music that has been continuously imitated over the...