Orchestral & Symphonic

A prestigious name since it came into being in 1945, the Philharmonia was established by legendary producer Walter Legge as a high-calibre house orchestra for EMI. It's history of collaboration with the world's greatest musicians includes numerous...

A premiere recording from the Talujon percussion ensemble of The Plains at Gordium by composer Petr Kotik, whose pioneering work as founder and leader of the S. E. M. Ensemble has been a stalwart champion of the Avant-Garde from it's inception, at the...

A precursor in this field as in so many others, Telemann gave the viola it's very first masterpieces, immediately establishing it as a solo instrument in it's own right. Alongside Sabine Fehlandt and the musicians of the Akademie f?r Alte Musik Berlin,...

A precocious violin talent, Bloch left home at the age of seventeen to study with the illustrious Belgian violinist and composer Eugene Ysaye, who regognised his pupil's extraordinary creative potential and persuaded him to pursue composition.1. 1...

A precious sound document by the late maestro Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini - also in some Tactus' historic early recordings (see TB460090) - in a live recording on the Giuseppe Serassi 1764 organ of the Cathedral of Guastalla, on 2 October 2011. The event...

A pioneering Handel recording of the 1950s in a new digital remastering, released on Decca CD for the first time. The scholar and conductor Anthony Lewis was one of the early luminaries of the L'Oiseau Lyre label which became, over time, the early-music...

A pioneer of 'historically informed' performance, Philippe Herreweghe recorded a extensive selection of Bach's finest cantatas with harmonia mundi - versions now regarded as milestones in the works' discography. This boxed set provides an opportunity to...

A pioneer in the rediscovery of the French Baroque repertory, William Christie has been recording Charpentier's finest works for over forty years. This boxed set offers you the opportunity to rediscover the key titles among these benchmark...

A pianist whose exceptional intelligence and sensitivity draws on her effervescent spirit, Anne Queff?lec learned her craft in both Paris and Vienna. Her close relationship with Erato, which dates back to 1970, has produced the rich discography collected...

'A passionately committed performance... outstanding recommendation' [BBC Radio]; 'I enjoyed the whole sweep of his conception, his commanding pianism and complete sympathy with the music... I enjoyed both performances enormously... The recording has an...

A passionate advocate of both historic and new music, Mark Steinbach is University Organist, Curator of Instruments, and Senior Lecturer in Music at Brown University. On Glass and Bach in Dresden, he performs on the renowned 1755 Silbermann Organ, one of...

A newly remastered, richly documented set celebrating the art of a Spanish Beethoven specialist recorded at the peak of his powers in the late 1950s. Born in Zaragoza in 1905, Eduardo del Pueyo left Spain in 1920 to enter the Paris Conservatoire, but...