Orchestral & Symphonic

An original Philips album of two light-orchestral masterpieces by Dvork, with the Serenade for Strings receiving a first international reissue on CD. While best known as a conductor of the central symphonic repertoire, and the operas of Berlioz and...

An original album from the critically acclaimed Quatuor ?b?ne, 'round midnight features Dutilleux's quartet Ainsi la nuit, Sch?nberg's Verkl?rte Nacht, and a composition by the group's cellist Rapha?l Merlin: Night bridge. All the works on the album are...

An ode to silence is how harpsichordist Jean Rondeau has described Bach's Goldberg Variations. "I feel they were written for silence, in the sense that they take the place of silence," he says. "All Bach is there in the Goldberg Variations... all music...

An increasing number of recordings now feature orchestrations of Mussorgsky' Pictures other than Ravel' popular warhorse. Leonard Slatkin' eclectic selection, some more outlandish than others, invites US to bask in the high spirits.1. Allegro Maestoso 2...

An Homage to Swiss Art Song - The point of departure is the song cycle Lieder us um Tal (1981) (Songs of the Valley) by Eugen Meier (*1934), which is expanded with selected songs on the same themes by Swiss composer of the last two centuries.

An extremely enjoyable and idiomatic side to the great Finnish composer. Unjustly overlooked, these works are exciting expressive and vivid. You come away with a great sense of Sibelius as an original creator who entertains.1. Pell?as ; M?lisande Op.46...

An exciting new series for Violin Collectors and followers of the Russian violin school, some not heard much in the West1. Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn-Violin Concerto;Sinfonia. Andante. Allegretto 2. Ostinato. Andantino. Finale. Vivace 3. Sergey...

An A-Z of 23 conductors in a feast of classic recordings from Decca's early years - 1929-1949 - including the golden age of it's 'ffrr' technology. Newly remastered from the best available sources by Mark Obert-Thorn, Ward Marston and Andrew Hallifax,...

An alter ego (second or different self) is both a close companion to the individual as well as an additional personality. David Orlowsky and David Bergmueller are companions, however, they could hardly be more different. They hail from different musical...

An all-Wagner recital program, featuring famous arias from 'Tannhauser' and 'Tristan und Isolde', and the lovely, rapturous Wesendonck Lieder. Soprano Anne Schwanewilms sucessfully debuted recently at the Metropolitan Opera, New York. Ms. Schwanewilms...

An album with a mission to defy classification, BariTenor is a tour de force for Michael Spyres. It ranges wide, encompassing repertoire normally assigned to both tenors and baritones. Programming 18 arias by 15 composers, it covers three centuries of...

An album of opera arias and symphonies by Francesco Cavalli, the prolific 17th century Venetian composer with 41 operas to his name, who was Handel's predecessor in Hannover.1. Il Xerse, Act 1: "Ombra mai fu" (Xerse) 2. Statira, principessa di Persia,...