Orchestral & Symphonic

The threads that weave through this entire music program, and indeed that inspired it, are 15 fugues taken from the 95 such works covering the eight church modes written by Pachelbel as preludes to settings of the Marian Magnificat canticle sung at...

The thirteen 'minor pentatonically' tuned strings of the long-necked Japanese floor harp sit like a mantra beneath my hands, Vetter writes. His koto playing is, however, more varied than a constantly repeated mantra, and more innovative in technique,...

The third volume in a series of recordings from the Caville-Coll organ of La Madeleine Paris features Widor's Symphonies No. 3 and No. 4.1. Prelude: Moderato 2. Minuetto 3. Marcia 4. Adagio 5. Finale: Allegro Molto 6. Toccata 7. Fugue: Moderato Assai 8...

The Third Symphony, one of Brahms's most poetic and evocative works, was hailed by the critic Eduard Hanslick as 'artistically the most perfect'equal to the best of Brahms's works'a feast for the music-lover and musician'.1. Allegro Con Brio - Un Poco...

The third opera by the twenty-seven-year-old Sicilian Vincenzo Bellini, Il Pirata marked an important step forward in his career. His first score written for the brand leader of Italian opera houses, La Scala, Milan, it also represented his first...

The third limited edition volume of Boult's complete Decca recordings features Boult the insightful accompanist and inspired Russian interpreter, featuring many long-unavailable and newly remastered Decca recordings. After twenty years as the BBC's...

The third installment of this highly acclaimed series. A special release in commemoration of the 300th Birthday of CPE Bach's in March, 2014 Includes CPE Bach's Concerto for 2 Pianos and rarely played masterworks the previous two CDs from pianist Michael...

The third and final CD devoted to Rameau's glorious keyboard output completes the aim of recording all of Rameau's keyboard music - the first ever recording project to do so. Pianist Stephen Gutman is a French and Baroque music specialist whose readings...

The themes of Monteverdi's arias, madrigals and concertos are timeless: passion, longing, hope, pain and happiness are as affecting today as they were four centuries ago. Dorothee Mields, one of the 21st century's most exceptional sopranos devotes her...

The thematic material of Arcana (1925-27) for orchestra - the score of which is prefaced by a quotation from the sixteenth-century Swiss physician and alchemist Paracelsus - is derived from the varied repetition of a handful of motifs including a rising...

The ten short orchestral works by Frederick Delius that are performed in chronological order on this recording span the whole of his creative life.1. Marche Caprice 2. I. Summer Evening 3. II. Winter Night (Sleigh Ride) 4. III. Spring Morning 5. American...

The Temple of Apollo at Delphi is the best-known excerpt from Taneyev' only opera, Oresteia, the mammoth overture to which has all the force of a Romantic symphonic poem. His Overture on a Russian Theme is based on the same folksong that Rimsky-Kor.1...