Chamber Music & Recitals

In his fascinating and scholarly music notes, Maestro Honeck gives us great insight into the history of both pieces, and describes how he conducts and interprets each. He reminds us that Joseph Stalin's Soviet government was offended by Shostakovich's...

In her early twenties the Armenian pianist Nareh Arghamanyan, winner of the 2008 Montreal International Music Competition, belongs to the promising generation of today's fine pianists. The last season saw Nareh Arghamanyan making an impressive New York...

In her early twenties Armenian born Nareh Arghamanyan, winner of the 2008 Montreal International Music Competition, belongs to the promising young generation of today's fine pianists. On this her first concerto recording on PentaTone she performs Listz...

In Gustav Mahler's first four symphonies many of the themes originate in his own settings of folk poems from the collection DesßKnabenßWunderhornß(The Boy's Magic Horn). A case in point, Symphony No.?4 is built around a single song, DasßhimmlischeßLeben...

In English Renaissance collections of music, the term 'lessons' is often used to describe instrumental pieces, even though they aren't pedagogical exercises as such. But as Jonas Nordberg writes in an introduction to his new disc 'there remains much in...

In celebration of Claude Debussy's Centenary in 2018, the French pianist Vincent Larderet presents a recording of three masterpieces: Images (Book I), Pr?ludes (Book II), and the world premiere recording of Andr? Caplet's transcription of the Symphonic...

In an effort to arrange the first performance of his Seventh Symphony, Gustav Mahler declared it to be his best work, 'preponderantly cheerful in character'. His younger colleague Schoenberg expressed his admiration for the work, and Webern considered it...

In a way it is odd that Stenhammar may be best known for a comparative trifle - the Entr'acte from the huge cantata "S?ngen" (The Song). This is an encore for basically all Swedish orchestras touring abroad. So why limit oneself to recording just that?...

In 2019, when Alexandre Kantorow, at the age of 22, became the first French pianist to win the Gold Medal at the Tchaikovsky competition, his program included no less than three works by Johannes Brahms. Two of these, Piano Sonata No. 2 and the Rhapsody...

In 2019, at the age of 22, Alexandre Kantorow became the first French pianist to win the prestigious Tchaikovsky Competition. Before then he had released three acclaimed albums, awarded distinctions such as Diapason d'or de l'Ann?e and Gramophone's...

In 2019, Alexandre and Jean-Jacques Kantorow's recording of the last three piano concertos by Camille Saint-Sa?ns earned the highest praise around the world, including a Diapason d'or de l'ann?e, Editor's Choice in Gramophone and top marks and...

In 2015, when Ruby Hughes discovered Clytemnestra by the Welsh composer Rhian Samuel, the work had not been performed since it's premi?re some 20 years earlier. Hughes describes the 24-minute score as 'sun-scorched and luscious' as well as 'intensely...