Super-Audio CD

Prodigiously gifted, Camille Saint-Sa?ns entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1848, at the age of 13. There he discovered the symphonies of the great German and Austrian composers and soon began to try his own hand at the genre. The Symphony in A major...

Prior to the age of mechanical reproduction, music lovers had two primary ays in which to enjoy music: they could attend concerts, which was fraught with difficulties due to the dilapidated state of the road system and lack of transportation methods, or...

Principal trombonist of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, J?rgen van Rijen is also much in demand as a soloist with a special commitment to promoting his instrument. Various composers have written new pieces for him, including James MacMillan and Theo...

Principal players of the London Symphony Orchestra display their virtuosic talents on this album of concertos for wind instruments by Mozart, recorded in concert with conductor Jaime Mart?n in the excellent acoustic of the Jerwood Hall at LSO St Luke's...

Previous releases from the New York-based Escher Quartet include an acclaimed set of Mendelsohn's six string quartets as well as an album with works by Dvork, Tchaikovsky and Borodin. For their latest offering the members have looked closer to home,...

Previous instalments of the Beethoven sonata cycle from Frank Peter Zimmermann and Martin Helmchen have met with wide acclaim. Described as 'conversations by a perfect instrumental pairing' in BBC Music Magazine, the albums have received a Choc in...

Powerful female characters and a woman's powerful voice: MDG listeners are familiar with Mary-Ellen Nesi from several outstanding Handel recordings. In her most recent recital the acclaimed mezzo-soprano turns to dramatic roles from Baroque and classical...

Podger astounds with her playing... Arpeggios are beautifully even, the adagios rightly toned. The outer movements are brim full of Haydn's good nature and the virtuoso aspects are exquisitely played.... The soloists' years of experience working together...

Playing with a fine synthesis of perfectly interlocking elements that can only be forged through years of collaboration, Italy's Ensemble l'Ornamento's second release engages with two of the great masters of the Baroque era, Antonio Vivaldi and George...

Pl ?s?lfsson was the first director of the Reykjav?k Music School, which opened in 1930. Like other musicians, he was forced by the lack of opportunity in Iceland to study abroad but, unlike others, he was able to return and work as the Organist at...

Pianist Paolo Giacometti presents a fascinating new recording of music by Maurice Ravel that compares the music's sound when played on modern and authentic instruments. Although trained on modern pianos, Giacometti has long been a proponent of period...

Pianist Elena Margolina enjoyed an excellent musical education. She completed her studies at the Saint Petersburg State Conservatory with a concert diploma. In 1996 she completed her concert diploma at the Detmold Conservatory of Music with distinction...