Super-Audio CD

Schubert's empathy with women is evident in his body of songs, which include songs to, by, about and for women. Devised by Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton, the present recital brings us each of those possibilities and more. The playwright Helmina...

Schubert composed his first five symphonies while still a teenager, but they represent just one facet of his prodigious fluency. At this time some of his musical ideas bear a family resemblance to certain themes from Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven, but...

Schoenberg says: "I have dreamt of having an orchestral disc of my music since first becoming a composer. This is an extraordinary gift, and I am thrilled to be sharing my music with all of you. The three pieces that you will soon experience embody my...

Samuel Barber's piano music is rarely heard, for one reason simply because of it's enormous challenges in matters of technique. The young Korean pianist Yeseul Moon has not let herself be deterred and on her MDG debut is presenting a breathtaking new...

Samuel Adler believes "Life is a Gift." The risk-taking composer of 400 published works in all media taught for 63 years at Juilliard, and Eastman and has given masterclasses and workshops at over 300 universities world-wide. Having studied with Aaron...

Saint-Sa?ns's chamber music broke new ground in France at a time when public taste tended to favour opera and op?ra-comique. His first Sonata for violin and piano, one of the earliest composed in France, is a masterpiece of boundless beauty. It's...

SACD-HYBRID) An audiophile quality selection from Groove Note featuring artists like Jacintha, Eden Atwood, Anthony Wilson, Bennie Wallace and others. The program features a fine selection of favorite tracks in various genres (jazz, jazz vocals, blues)...

SACD/SHM CD release. Only playable on SA-CD players. Recorded in March, 1966, Vienna. Original item of Japan.

SACD. Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony add an evocative recording of Ives's songful Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4 to the SFS Media label's Grammy award-winning discography. With nineteenth-century Americana spirit, MTT and the SF Symphony,...

SACD. Jazz Hands is Bob James' third outing for evosound, following in the wake of 2018's Espresso and 2022's Feel Like Makin' LIVE. Produced by the pianist with his manager Sonny Abelardo, the ten-track album was mostly recorded during the months of the...

SACD pressing. The liner notes pioneering writer Ralph J. Gleason penned for the back cover of Simon and Garfunkel's Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme ring as true now as they did upon the record's original release in 1966. He mused: 'Today's popular...

SACD pressing. Sony. 2014.