Orchestral & Symphonic

An album of Handel opera arias from Roberta Invernizzi is outstanding in it's own right because it completely breaks new ground for the Milanese soprano. True, she has taken part in compelte operas on disc as on stage, and has recorded plenty of arias by...

An album of dramatic and passionate Preludes and Intermezzos from some of the most popular Italian operas, from Domingo Hindoyan and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Translations of works by early French and Russian realists, Stendahl, Pushkin...

Amy Dickson is one of the most brilliantly talented and internationally respected saxophonists, she has just won the MasterCard Breakthrough Artist of the Year Classic Brit Award. Catch Me If You Can contains a very personal selection of some of Amy...

Amy Beach's piano quintet proved a deservedly popular success in it's early years. On this recording from the Takcs Quartet and Garrick Ohlsson, it makes a compelling, and surprising, match for Elgar's own piano quintet. A late work by the composer,...

Amore was released on 6th March 2006 and to date has sold 243,000 copies. This updated version includes two more songs: "Somos Novios (English language version)" and "Can't Help Falling in Love" (a duet with the American Idol contestant Katharine McPhee)...

Among the numerous Albums of Wagner's symphonic pieces (Overtures and Preludes) available on the market, the interpretations offered by Hans Knappertsbusch, despite the passing of the years, still defies the time. Unfortunately Knappertsbusch did not...

Among the most versatile contemporary performers, cellist Raphael Wallfisch is especially celebrated as a passionate advocate of British music. Concertos by Elgar, Finzi, and Walton lie at the heart of his repertoire, which also includes concertante...

Among the most compelling of contemporary violinists, the American Hilary Hahn may seem young to already be the subject of a Sony Classical Master series retrospective, but it is a testament to the quality of the evolution of her career and discography...

Among Russian violinists, Nathan Mironovich Milstein was unfairly put in the shade by Jascha Heifetz. Born in Odessa into a middle-class family, Milstein was often compared to Heifetz because they came from a similar violinistic pedigree.1. Allegro Ma...

Among America' most admired, awarded and frequently performed composers, Ellen Taafe Zwilich, who celebrated her 70th birthday in 2009, remains young at heart.1. I. Quarter Note = 60 2. II. Quarter Note = 180 3. I. Opening 4. II. La Poupee Abandonnee 5...

Amidst all of the experimentation in the 20th century, few were more innovative than Witold Lutoslowski. A renowned conductor, musician and composer, his works include symphonies, concertos, orchestral song cycles and more. Born in Warsaw in 1913 he was...

America's best-known and best-loved composer celebrating the 100th anniversary of his birth. These are the first recordings of Copeland's music to be released in high-resolution HDCD sound.1. Fanfare for the Common Man 2. Appalachian Spring Suite 3...