Orchestral & Symphonic

The young violinist Conor Gricmanis and his early music ensemble Noxwode, have recorded rare and beautiful violin sonatas by the early Italian Baroque composer Marco Uccellini for FHR. His sonatas for violin and continuo contributed to the development of...

The young Taiwanese-American virtuoso pianist Weiyin Chen is an artist whose promise is just beginning to emerge. Ms. Chen is a performer to whom the music matters more than anything else, a refreshing outlook for young artists who normally try to...

The young Swiss soprano Marie Lys was pleasantly surprised to discover that many of the roles she has sung in George Frideric Handel's works in recent years were written for the spectacularly virtuoso soprano Anna Maria Strada, Handel's prima donna in...

The young Johann Friedrich Fasch quickly numbered among Telemann's admirers; even later he always remained true to his model Telemann. Fasch developed into a composer delighting very much in carefully elaborated innovation, above all in the field of...

The young French cellist Edgar Moreau, an established Erato artist, is joined by his siblings - the violinists Rapha?lle and David and the pianist J?r?mie - for Dvork's five Bagatelles op 47 and Korngold's Suite op 23. As David points out, works for the...

The young Egyptian soprano Fatma Said, praised for the luminosity and rich colours of her voice, makes her recording debut for Warner Classics with El Nour. Her enticing and absorbing recital programme crosses cultures, combining art songs by French,...

The year 2022 marks the 400th anniversary of the birth of one of French literature's greatest geniuses: Moli?re. His admirers thought they knew everything about his art, but they long remained deaf to an essential element in his output: the music. In...

The year 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Paul Hindemith, one of the most important composers of the 20th century. It is for this reason that the German cellist Judith Ermert decided to record the repertory for cello and piano, too rarely...

The year 1972 saw the death of Victor Babin, one half of the legendary Vronsky & Babin, arguably the most brilliant piano duo of the 20th century and a worldwide sensation for over three decades. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Babin's death...

The year 1847 witnessed a rich variety of scores from Johann Strauss (the Elder). in May he wrote the Swallows, sparkling avian waltzes, soon after which he unveiled his dramatic Austrian March-Past to great acclaim. His quadrille on themes from Auber's...

The worlds of opera and symphony merge perfectly in daily life in Vienna, and with this album, I'm hoping to take the listener on a wonderful orchestral journey with my harp, says Anneleen Lenaerts. Anneleen chose this repertoire to reflect her life as a...

The world of bossa nova meets classical music on this unique and colorful album, which brings together the great Brazilian singer Toquinho, a living legend of the bossa, with the highly acclaimed cellist Oph?lie Gaillard. It includes bossa standards...