Orchestral & Symphonic

This CD presents the Jena Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Frank Cramer's world premiere recording of Finn Huffding's rarely performed Third Symphony and the slightly later fantasias for orchestra Evolution and Deter ganske vist. The repertoire has...

This CD offers Oscar Shumsky's first commercial recording of Mozart's Violin Concerto No.5 in A, K.219, made originally for the Music Appreciation Society in 1955. This work has a special place in Shumsky's repertoire as he performed this concerto with...

This CD marks the beginning of a new recording cycle of the complete symphonic poems of Richard Strauss as performed by the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg and their principal conductor, Francois-Xavier Roth.1. Der Held 2. Des Helden...

This CD launches a complete series of recordings of Robert Schumann's orchestral works, performed by the WDR Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Heinz Holliger. Holliger's performances draw on a lifetime study of Schumann's music, thought, personality...

This CD Is the Sixth Centaur Records Release in Which Michael Tunnell Played a Featured Role. Sadly, Mr. Tunell Died Far Too Soon in Late 2014. This Album, a Testament to His Artistry, Was Recorded Between June 2012 - March 2014 and Features a Total of...

This CD is devoted to some of the most significant pieces for trumpet and piano, a formation that was born, literally, at the beginning of the last century. No prominent nineteenth-century composer has left us chamber pieces, let alone duo pieces, that...

This CD is dedicated to early works by the Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov: "Avant-garde is an attempt to break out of an enclosed space into a more open one. In the attempt to break out of this space, the fireworks of avant-garde artists are like...

This CD celebrates the Scottish, but Blackburn born, composer Ronald Stevenson, best known for his piano music (he was himself a virtuoso pianist), but his enormous work list spans most genres except opera. This disc includes all his works for recorder,...

This boxset provides an introduction to more than twenty of the composer's lesser-known works, including the complete studio recordings of Vert-Vert and Robinson Crusoe, as well as a selection from some of his finest works, all performed by an impressive...

This boxed set collects all 9 discs in fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout universally acclaimed Mozart Keyboard Music cycle. Praised by Gramophone as "interpretations of today" and BBC Music Magazine for bringing "out all the drama and intensity," this...

This box set comprises all the operas and sacred works Otto Klemperer conducted for EMI Columbia and HMV. Oratorios by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms and Handel are accompanied by operas of Beethoven, Mozart and Wagner. There are also rehearsals and listening...

This album, featuring several of the UK's most accomplished performers, explores the Macedonian composer's search for 'chroma' (color) in both harmonic and formal structures, traditional and experimental sonorities and in a need for deeply dedicated...