Super-Audio CD

This sounds like a recipe for disaster. Here we have four stubbornly independent artistic individuals, a creative quartet of highly-trained instrumentalists, two women, two men, each with their own moving and impressive backgrounds, four unmistakable...

This Sept. 2012 performance would have been the third in a long series of Requiems conducted by Mariss Jansons. Unfortunately the 'new tradition' was cut short by Jansons's departure as the Royal Concertgebouw's chief conductor during the 2014/2015...

This second, star-studded installment of Valery Gergiev's Szymanowski symphony cycle features tenor Toby Spence as tenor soloist in the Symphony No.3, subtitled Song of the Night, and internationally renowned pianist Denis Matsuev as soloist in the...

This second release from versatile cellist Mayke Rademakers on Challenge Classics features a well-thought-out selection of Spanish and Latin American works based on flamenco and tango music. Rademakers first undertook tuition from Hungarian cellist...

This second and last volume completes two different sets of string quartets: the four so-called Solo Quartets by Franz Anton Hoffmeister and Gioachino Rossini's six String Sonatas (or Sonate a quattro). Both sets differ from the 'normal' configuration in...

This SACD presents main works of the repertoire for flute and piano from the 20th century. Anne-Catherine Heinzmann is one of the most renowned German flautists of her generation. She regularly performs as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician in...

This release of Aaron Copland's orchestral works follows a highly successful recording of the composer's ballet music led by American music specialist, John Wilson. This program is unique, and Mr. Wilson has chosen works which best highlight Copland's...

This release marks the last volume in the Chandos label's Vincent d'Indy series of recordings. The project, undertaken with the Iceland Symphony and conductor Rumon Gamba, brings the neglected, eclectic and richly orchestrated works of an eminent,...

This release is the fruit of the French pianist Nicolas Stavy's efforts to uncover unknown works by Dmitri Shostakovich. Spanning some fifty years of the composer's career, these rarities include early piano pieces influenced by Chopin and the fragment...

This release is a delicious offering of Villa-Lobos' clear and expressive works, unique pieces reflecting the transitional period between the classic and the romantic of Giuliani, bound together with the melodious and lush works of Castelnuovo-Tedesco...

This release has been eagerly anticipated since Ingrid Fliter's applauded recording of Chopin 1 & 2, which gained her a nomination for a Gramophone Award. The repertoire chosen for this recording is close to Fliter's heart. Fliter performs with the...

This release grew out of the fascination of Robert von Bahr, founder and managing director of BIS Records, for the television series House of Cards. It wasn't only - or even primarily - the script or the acting that grabbed him, however, but just as much...