Super-Audio CD

One of the icons of chamber music, Schubert's celebrated String Quintet is heard in an unusual version on this recording. Schubert's work was styled after those of Boccherini and Onslow, which featured two violins, viola and two cellos. After hearing the...

One of the boldest and most radical composers of all time, Alexander Scriabin had a lifelong obsession with occult and mystical ideas. Initially under the influence of Chopin, Wagner and Liszt, his music later became more complex, taking on an expressive...

One of Sweden's leading composers, Rolf Martinsson had an international breakthrough with the trumpet concerto Bridge, composed for H?kan Hardenberger who has also recorded it (BIS-1208). Martinsson has since gone on to compose solo works for performers...

One of Rachmaninoff's most popular pieces, the Second Symphony is an indulgently melancholic and sentimental work: a magic box of the late-Romantic orchestra. Dramatic sections played by the full orchestra contrast heart-breaking swells that only this...

One of Jordi Savall's greatest recording successes was the album La Lira d'Esp?ria, released in 1994 on the Astr?e label. La Lira d'Esp?ria II focuses on Galicia, a Spanish region with rich musical traditions - including a Celtic one - and some...

One of a small handful of truly international wind players, Martin Frost mesmerizes audiences throughout the world, whether he is performing one of the several concertos that have been composed especially for him or core repertoire such as the sonatas by...

One is no longer the same after experiencing the music of Olivier Messiaen, and one clamors for more. It is like a Babette's Feast of music, both exclusive and exotic, yet utterly spontaneous and embracing a universe of colors and rhythms, human, divine...

Ondine brings US the release of Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil follows several earlier releases featuring the acclaimed Latvian Radio Choir under it's Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Sigvards Kava. Inspired by the words, music and atmosphere of...

Once again, Frank Bungarten has delved into the exciting history of guitar making, following the two previous projects, each of which was awarded an "Opus Klassik". Now it is the bowed guitar, equally impressive visually and acoustically, that the artist...

Once again the Berolina Ensemble has a sensational surprise in store. The Clarinet Quintet and Sonata for Piano and Clarinet penned by Hans Weisse are heard on this release in what may be first-ever performances. In any case, this is what the manuscripts...

On two highly praised albums, Susanna M?lkki and her players in the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra have released recordings of B?la Bart?k's three scores for the stage - The Miraculous Mandarin, The Wooden Prince and Bluebeard's Castle, all written...

On this transatlantic album, three American composers born during the first half of the last century rub shoulders with two young musicians from Eastern Europe. A member of the BBC New Generation Artists scheme, the violinist Aleksey Semenenko first met...