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For this recording Organist Matthew Owens presents a diverse recital of some of the greatest Christmas music ever written for the instrument. Traditional tunes, whether Lutheran chorales, plainchant, French no?ls, or medieval carols, have provided the...

For this first recording, Andrea Buccarella explores the history of the most emblematic form of Baroque music, from it's appearance in Italy at the end of the sixteenth century right up to it's apotheosis in Johann Sebastian Bach: the toccata. With it's...

For their new production, the renowned Aurelius S?ngerknaben Calw have made "V?lkerverst?ndigung" (international understanding) their mission: From Europe to Asia to Africa and America, the programme of folk songs is a true celebration. Particularly...

For the first time, here is an album full of piano duets written expressly for teacher and student, from the first in the genre, Haydn's Il Maestro e lo Scolare, through many well-known composers of the 19th and 20th centuries up to the current decade...

For the first time the large clavicytherium of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum (Nuremberg) - a kind of vertical harpsichord built by an anonymous German master during the late sixteenth century - is recorded here on album. The present instrument is...

For the first time on Challenge Records well-known Supertramp Saxofonist John Helliwell releases his brand new album with compositions of Peter Gabriel, Richard Davies, Andy Scott, Paolo Fresu and many more arranged by Andy Scott. John Helliwell is an...

For the 75th anniversary of the Detmold University of Music, GENUIN is presenting a collection of lovingly restored recordings from the 1970s and 80s. As we gradually leaf through the booklet and listen through the four albums, we are treated to a...

For over half a century, the Polish royal court chapel of the Vasa dynasty was one of the best ensembles in Europe. Known for his cultural tastes, King Zygmunt III - thanks to (for that time) enormous funds allotted to music ensemble activity - was able...

For more than a century, from the last Valois kings to the early years of the reign of Louis XIV, the air de cour was truly the emblematic genre of French secular music. The term bears witness to the influence on and transformation by worldly and...

For many composers-Bach, Handel and Mozart among them-the fact that woodwind players need to breathe from time to time appears to be an inconvenience, an unwanted interruption to the long line, the continuous stream of activity. Breath breaks, becomes a...

For her first solo outing on Glossa, entitled Haydn and the harp, Chiara Granata presents a gorgeous demonstration, full of elegance and refinement, of the importance of the harp in the Classical era - and of Franz Joseph Haydn's significant contribution...

For anyone new to opera, the first question is often: where to start? The 'Best Loved' series offers an easy answer to that question with a perfect introduction to the wonderful, varied world of operatic music. Highlighting some of the best-loved arias...