Super-Audio CD

Jordi Savall leads La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Hesp?rion XXI in Toms Luis de Victoria's Officium Hebdomad? Sanct?. One of the most compelling examples of creative genius in a composer, this toweringly poignant masterpiece on the Passion of Christ,...

Jordi Savall attempta to recreate a certain art of sounding the bow over time. Above all, this programme is a tribute to all the jongleurs and poet-musicians who were convinced that through music the soul could be moved to boldness and valour,...

John Wilson and Sinfonia of London release their second album of Rachmaninoff. The Second Symphony was mostly composed in Dresden - where Rachmaninoff was escaping the political and professional pressures of Russia - in 1906 - 07. An hour's worth of...

John Wilson and his Sinfonia of London shine in an all-Korngold programme full of wit, romanticism, sensitivity, and virtuosity - an orchestral tour de force! Conductor John Wilson has earned a reputation for his interpretations of British and American...

John Wilson and his Sinfonia of London release their second album, following widespread and universal critical acclaim for their first recording, of Korngold's Symphony in F sharp. This new recording explores the unique sound world of French orchestral...

John Williams is a game changer. Early in his career he crossed the lines between music that was "art" and music that was "commercial," and never looked back. He is one of the best known, most awarded and most successful composers in US history, and his...

John Storg?rds and the BBC Philharmonic continue their survey of Shostakovich's late symphonies with this recoding of the 14th, with Elizabeth Atherton and Peter Rose as soloists. Completed in the spring of 1969, and premiered later that year, the...

John Ireland was something of a child prodigy, entering the Royal College of Music at the age of fourteen. There he studied piano, organ and composition (under Charles Villiers Stanford). He quickly progressed to significant positions as an organist,...

John Hammond emerged out of the blues renaissance of the 60's. And while the 60's renaissance was largely an electric affair, Hammond has maintained the embodiment of the quintessential acoustic blues troubadour with brilliant guitar and harmonica...

Johannes Martin Doemming, born on 30 September 1703 in Spiez (Thuringia), was employed at the court of Bentheim-Tecklenburg (County of Limburg) under Prince Moritz Casimir. In addition to free board and lodging, he received the not particularly high sum...

Johannes Geffert plays the organ of Sint Paul's Church, Antwerp, an instrument originally dating from 1654. This organ is a unique synthesis built at a meeting place between cultures (Latin and Germanic) and confessions of faith (Catholicism and...

Johannes Brahms had decided that his composing days were over, but then the retiree met Richard Muhlfeld, the clarinetist of the Meiningen Court Orchestra. Muhlfeld's playing so very much charmed the great composer that he once again put pencil to score...