Super-Audio CD

The success of Ottorino Respighi's 'Roman Trilogy' brought the composer international fame as an outstanding orchestrator. One side effect of this are the orchestral transcriptions gathered on this album: all made in 1929-30 and commissioned by eminent...

The Sublime Porte (Sublime Gate) was the name of the open court of the sultan, led by the Grand Vizier.

The Style in Which the Finnish Composer Sebastian Fagerlund Composes Might Be Described As.1. Energico - Pekka Kuusisto/Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra 2. Lento Intenso - Pekka Kuusisto/Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra 3. Bruscamente - Pekka...

The streets of eighteenth-century Madrid; a contaminated test-bombing site in Australia and a song from El Salvador provide some of the subject matter for this album by the United Strings of Europe (USE). Formed in 2012 by students at London's Royal...

The Stockholm Syndrome Ensemble is - as the name implies - based in Stockholm, and consists of five of the city's leading musicians. Project-based and often inviting guest performers, the SSE is known for it's imaginative programmes built around a...

The start of a recording project marking Felix Mendelssohn's special relationship with the city. Recorded at Birmingham Town Hall, where Mendelssohn conducted many times. This series which will feature Mendelssohn's complete symphonies. Edward Gardner...

The Staatsphilharmonie Nurnberg under the direction of Marcus Bosch present their latest recording: The Symphony No. 5 by Antonin Dvorak. The fifth symphony was composed in the year 1875 and was first performed 4 years after it was written. The symphony...

The Sound of the Arctic is an acoustic atlas: a musical expedition that reaches as far into the Earth's interior as it does into our minds and souls. It stands both as a multi-dimensional cultural and historical fable and as an environmental statement -...

The sixth volume in the perpetually popular Linn Sampler series features an appealing selection of tracks from it's catalogue of award-winning artists. From solists like jazz vocalist Claire Martin and Reich-playing percussionist Kuniko Kato to opera,...

The singer/songwriter duo who bewitches US with the rule of three: their roots: Belgian, Greek and Australian, their music - akin to the Chinese symbol for listening which is made up of three symbols: head, ear and heart - holds delights for each. To the...

The shimmering string harmonics at the opening of Gustav Mahler's First Symphony bring to mind the suspended breath of spring, and will have signaled even to the very first audiences that a new symphonic era was being ushered in. Soon enough the composer...

The Seven Last Words of Christ refers to the seven short phrases uttered by Jesus on the cross, as gathered from the New Testament. Over the centuries the crucifixion has served as inspiration to countless composers, and settings of these utterances have...