Orchestral & Symphonic

This is the first time he has tried recording them without a conductor in the eighteenth-century way; The result is an enormous success. The orchestra lacks nothing in precision, while the balance is the best I ever remember in these works.. His tone...

This is the first recording of the Complete Original Version of Stravinsky' most popular work, the Firebird. Among the many differences between the present recording and it's predecessors is the restoration of two long, valveless trumpets on stage.1...

This is the first digital recording of the legendary score, a unique onetime collaboration between two of the greatest artists who ever composed music for the cinema: Alfred Newman and Bernard Herrmann. With rich orchestral colors and complex...

This is the first commercially available recording of Tippett's first opera in over 50 years, recorded in a landmark performance conducted by Tippett enthusiast Edward Gardner. Performed at the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall and broadcast live on...

This is the first and only complete recording of the Beethoven Symphonies with Mariss Janson's and his Symphonie Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. This long-awaited cycle consists of the best concerts recordings of the orchestra's Japan tour and it's...

This is the first album of song from acclaimed bass-baritone and King's College alumnus Christopher Purves, alongside one of the UK's finest pianists, Simon Lepper. Lieder by Strauss, Schubert, Pfitzner and Mahler come to life in dramatic performances by...

This is the final release in Oxford Lieder's complete Hugo Wolf song series - the first ever complete recording of Hugo Wolf's songs. It features the second half of Wolf's incredible Goethe settings, performed by seven superb singers (Fflur Wyn, Sophie...

This is the final of four installments in the Ehnes Quartet's survey of the late Beethoven Quartets. It was recorded in the US with their producer overseeing the sessions from London as the pandemic halted travel plans and sessions were canceled. "The...

This is the eagerly awaited second volume of orchestral works by Piern?, played by the BBC Philharmonic under Juanjo Mena and featuring Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. The first volume, released five years ago, was 'a delectable aperitif' (American Record Review)...

This is the 3rd full Navona Records release from Piffaro, the renaissance band. Los Ministriles in the New World is a broad and varied collection of early music by Spanish composers of the 16th and 17th centuries. Piffaro's commendable dedication to...

This is the 21st CD of the complete recordings of the Haydn symphonies by Thomas Fey and the Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra. Pizzicato praised Fey's interpretations of Haydn as 'mature and coherent.' It's a balanced performance of using historical...

This is simply one of the greatest, most deservedly legendary recordings of Beethoven's 9th Symphony ever offered to the public. Tempos and dynamics vary widely, with Fricsay always considerate of the works many thematic challenges. His handling of the...