Orchestral & Symphonic

The principal champion pre-Colin Davis of Hector Berlioz's neglected 19th c. masterpiece Les Troyens was Rafael Kubel?k. This Milan 1960 recording - now back in the catalog - is a remarkable sound document. The sound is basic; there are cuts; and it's in...

The prestigious concert was conducted by Austrian conductor Franz Welser-M?st for the 3rd time (2011, 2013). The New Year's Concert live from Vienna is one of the world's most famous and spectacular classical music events. The annual New Year's Day...

The present release is a stunning 2- album collection with songs, lieder and pieces referring to the topic "Heimat"; all pieces arranged for tenor and horn quartet. The tenor Daniel Behle is equally successful in the concert, Lied and opera genres and is...

The present release by baritone Sergio Foresti on Challenge Classics. The second where he is accompanied by the remarkable Abchordis Ensemble, conducted by Andrrea Buccarella. This recording is devoted to the arias composed by Nicola Porpora, probably...

The present cpo recording of George Enescu's Fourth Symphony in E minor is, like the Symphony No. 5 in D (cpo 777 823-2) another world-premiere release from Peter Ruzicka and the NDR Philharmonie, Hannover. The composer's Rumanian idiom is subtly...

The present boxed set brings together all the studio recordings made by the virtuoso pianist Georges Cziffra (1921-1994) for EMI and Philips, from his first 25cm LP released in 1956 when he arrived in Paris, to the last sessions in the Senlis chapel in...

The present album is another in a series featuring music by J?zef Zeidler, one of the leading representatives of the Classicist period in Polish music. He is a composer who for many years was known solely to a narrow circle of musicologists, one of the...

The presence in this collection of keyboard and vocal works of a sacred character has a meaning deeper than the frequently glib description of such music as minor and even imperfect corollaries to what is often imperfectly described as 'personal...

The premiere of Nabucco at La Scala, Milan in 1842 was a huge success for Verdi and soon led to foreign performances of the work. For it's appearance in Brussels under the name Nebuchodonozor Verdi fashioned an orchestral Divertissement which was...

The Pra?k Quartet, one of the most eminent modern quartets and a major heir to the Czech tradition, celebrates it's 50th anniversary in 2022. On this occasion, Praga Digitals is presenting a limited edition anniversary box set of 50 CDs featuring all the...

The Polish soprano Aleksandra Kurzak needs no introduction. After having dazzled the opera stage and the discographic world both in duets and solo, she has devoted the whole of her new recording to Mozart. From The Magic Flute to Zaide, Mitridate and La...

The Polish National Radio Orchestra is the country's leading performing ensemble and one of Europe's finest broadcasting orchestras. Building on a long tradition, the group performs throughout the world as a musical ambassador for Poland, often featuring...