Orchestral & Symphonic

Way ahead of his time, misunderstood, and a rebel. It is difficult to believe, as we hail Beethoven's achievements, that the great German composer had only been dead three years when Berlioz wrote the erotic Symphonie Fantastique. It was not progress, it...

Was the golden age of the piano that of a defeat for female composers? If they occupied an important place in ancient and baroque music, the bourgeois society which emerged from the Enlightenment limited their access to the conservatory and to the quarry...

Was it a sign of conductors' general satisfaction with Bruckner's Eighth Symphony or editorial foot-dragging, that the work's original 1887 version wasn't published and performed until 1972? It certainly was Hermann Levi's dissatisfaction or at least...

Was Carl Maria von Weber born only to compose Der Freischutz? So, at least, many people have thought, forgetting the existence of a catalogue of more than 300 compositions in every genre. The Piano Quartet, written when Weber was only 22, already...

Warner Classics' final release for Beethoven's 250th anniversary year is a charming programme of chamber music with flute. The four works, all dating from the earlier years of the composer's career, were recorded in June 2020 in Berlin's Pierre Boulez...

Warner Classics - Schubert: The Complete Piano Sonatas, Wanderer Fantasy - Elisabeth Leonskaja Eight CD set. These very recent recordings by Elisabeth Leonskaja, released on her label a few years ago, have been bought by Warner Classics at the occasion...

Warm humanity that infuses everything technical with life and a sense of duty - Numerous composers who were victims of Nazi persecution have been rediscovered in recent years. As in the case of many other outstanding musicians, one can only wonder why it...

Waltz until your heart is content with this charming compilation - the music of Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Mancini and Porter the finest waltz's from Australia's finest orchestras and soloists as well as the 'King of Waltz' himself, Andre Rieu.1. Voices of...

Walter Braunfels was applauded as a pioneering representative of New Music. Leading conductors such as Hans Pfitzner, Ernst von Schuch, Bruno Walter, Arthur Nikisch and Wilhelm Furtw?ngler performed his orchestral works in major cities. Following the...

'Wales is rich in folk songs, and the art of singing these songs is very much alive today,' writes Osian Ellis to the original note (reprinted in the CD booklet) accompanying this L'Oiseau-Lyre LP. Renowned for his harpistry and to many through his...

Walden writes with old-school technique but far-reaching vistas. - Downbeat Magazine. Well known throughout his native Germany and in his adopted home of Los Angeles as a consummate composer & arranger for film, orchestras, and his Grammy-nominated Big...

W. vocals by Tommy Tucker, Don Brown, Amy Arnell, the Two Timers, Voices Three.1. I Love You-Theme Song - the Voices Three 2. Conchita, Marquita, Lolita, Pepita, Rosita, Juanita Lopez - Amy Arnell/Don Brown/The Voices Three 3. It's Dawn Again - Tommy...