Orchestral & Symphonic

These from his landmark complete cycle... all well received and I enjoyed hearing them again. B?hm is as excellent a Mozart conductor as Karajan, playing the quick movements in the most lively manner... Haffner is enjoyable, with a faster tempo in the...

These 'Five Legendary Opera Recordings' offers optimum sound quality. Four of the five releases (Carmen, Die Zauberflte, Don Giovanni, Tosca) were originally recorded using analogue techniques, these releases have been remastered at Abbey Road Studios...

These earliest and rare Weinberg (Vainberg) Russian recordings were too early to be reviewed then even if ever issued... "(In 1994), with only 14 months to live, Weinberg celebrated his 75th birthday... he lived just long enough to witness a new wave of...

These are three of the greatest works for cello and piano, beautifully performed by Paul York, cello, and Dror Biran, piano. Recently hailed by The New York Times for his "warm-toned" performance of Lutoslawski's Grave (Metamorphoses), cellist Paul York...

These are the best World War II performances of Beethoven's symphonies under the baton of Furtw?ngler. Previously released versions on our label were acclaimed in Fanfare, American Record Guide, Pulse!, Absolute Sound, Diapason, Musica, and numerous...

These 7 CDs take us from the '30s to the '70s as we hear the great EMI recordings by Fournier, whose sensitive, lyrical style earned him the sobriquet "The Aristocrat of the Cellists." You'll hear Schumann's Cello Concerto in A Minor; Brahms' Double...

There was a time when classical music was a natural part of Hollywood. From the moments with Jascha Heifetz in They Shall Have Music (1939) to the unrivaled performances of Oscar Levant and Isaac Stern in Humoresque (1946). In it's Golden Era, Hollywood...

There is, naturally, only a small region which sings in Danish. The psalms sung by religious communities during the time of the Reformation in Denmark were, for the most part, borrowed from other languages and used with existing melodies. With this...

There is no shortage of recordings of Vivaldi's Four Seasons, but this one really is different. First of all, it is played on the viola, not on the violin - by David Aaron Carpenter. He has been described by the German newspaper Die Welt as "a new star...

There is an indisputable historical link between Beethoven and Indian culture: in his quest to fathom the depths of this culture, and captivated by the translation of the Upanishads that was published in Germany in 1816, he immersed himself well and...

There is an evaporating quality to the music of Icelandic composer and conductor Dan?el Bjarnason, with sounds that can start softly or loudly, serenely or fiercely, but ultimately dissipate into intangible air. This album, conducted by the composer...

There is a strong connection between a healthy body and a sharp mind, so what could be better than a compilation of classical music with a special focus on meditation and Yoga. On this album X5 has chosen to emphasize the spiritual aspects of the...