Super-Audio CD

Although two of the works on this disc were composed for weddings, they are completely different in character. Weichet nur, betrubte Schatten is a charming and gracious garland of recitatives and arias for soprano solo in which Spring, Flora, Apollo and...

Although Kurt Weill's principal legacy lies in music theatre works of both popular appeal and intellectual weight, he was equally at home in purely orchestral works as evidenced by his two symphonies. Written just over a decade apart, they reveal his...

Although highly productive and respected in his lifetime as a Lied composer, Robert Franz (1815-92) has since become a peripheral figure in music history. As they began to explore the songs of Franz, Georges Starobinski and baritone Christian Immler were...

Although born in Sweden, Klas Torstensson has spent most of his working life in the Netherlands following his studies in Utrecht in the early 1970s. Stylistically, he may call to mind Var?se, Xenakis and - perhaps more distantly - Stravinsky. First and...

Although Born Forty Years Apart on Opposite Sides of the World, Edvard Grieg and Percy Grainger Have Much in Common. Both Left Their Native Countries to Gain Access to the Great, Then Dominant Central European Musical Tradition, and Both Found Their...

Already during his lifetime George Onslow was known as the "French Beethoven." This extraordinary distinction earned above all for his manifold chamber music does not do complete justice to his special rank. On this release, Markus Becker teams up with...

Alongside his celebrated performances of the classical repertory, H?kan Hardenberger is also renowned as a pioneer of significant new trumpet works. The three works on this album were all composed with him in mind, and illustrate his many-faceted musical...

Along with Vivaldi's 'Seasons' or Beethoven's 'Fifth', Bach's Brandenburg Concertos belong to those works that are so well-known that we risk taking them for granted. In order to (re-)discover the special qualities that can inspire us today, in 2001...

Along with Dag Wir?n, Lars-Erik Larsson (1908-86) remains among the most popular composers of classical modernism in Sweden. +Their popularity can be explained in part by the fact that both continued to abide the tradition of tonality without being...

Allan Pettersson's Symphony No. 15 is characterized by a high degree of tension right from the striking opening: brief, emphatic chords from horns and trombones above the tremolo of a side drum. Soon an expressive melodic subject is heard from the first...

All three composers featured on this recording were central to the Danish Golden Age, a period of blossoming in the arts and music that delivered countless gems. Here, principal players from the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra perform fine concertante works...

ALL THAT OUR MOTHERS HAVE FOUGHT is a collection of contemporary, Norwegian choral works portraying strong women. The music illustrate some of the many storms that women have had to - and still have to - weather. They tell stories about the women's...