Chamber Music & Recitals

In 2007 Frank Peter Zimmermann was able to realize his long-cherished dream to establish a string trio, together with Antoine Tamestit and Christian Polt?ra. Three individually superb string players do not necessarily add up to a top-flight trio - even...

In 1995 Masaaki Suzuki and his Bach Collegium Japan began the monumental task of recording J.S. Bach's extant church cantatas - an adventure that was brought to a close 18 years later. But Bach also composed a number of cantatas for secular occasions of...

In 1971, Einojuhani Rautavaara was asked to compose a Finnish Orthodox church service, an all-night vigil similar to that of Rachmaninov, comprising Vespers as well as Matins. Soon after the first performance he reshaped the music into what we now know...

In 1892, when Camille Saint-Sa?ns started on his Piano Trio No. 2, almost 30 years had passed since his first, widely celebrated work in the genre, his Op. 18. In the meantime the composer had come to be regarded as hopelessly old-fashioned by many of...

In 1805, on the basis of his brilliant yet expressive playing, the 21-year-old Louis Spohr was appointed Konzertmeister at the ducal court in Gotha. By this time he had also begun to make his mark as a composer, and during his years at the court he would...

In 1799, after having made a name for himself with major compositions, but before finishing his first symphony, Beethoven wrote a work for mixed strings and winds. This piece, the Septet op. 20, would become one of his most popular compositions, with a...

In 1728, the recently appointed court Kapellmeister Johan Helmich Roman was approached by Count Golovin, the Russian ambassador in Stockholm. Golovin was organizing a celebration of the recent coronation in Moscow of Tsar Peter II, and naturally wanted...

Improvisation, composition, language and culture meet, merge and influence each other. Under The Surface knows no boundaries. On their extraordinary third album, the group reflects on their own background and finds their own "folk". After the group's...

Import only 2 x SACD pressing. Codaex.1. Symphony No 38 in D Major (Prague), K.504 2. Symphony No 39 in E Flat Major, K.543 3. Symphony No 40 in G minor, K.550 4. Symphony No 41 in C Major (Jupiter), K.551

Import Hybrid-SACD pressing. Universal. 2022.1. Pablo de Sarasate- Carmen Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 25 13:53 2. Camille Saint-Sa?ns- Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso for Violin and Orchestra in a Minor, Op. 28 9:01 3. Pablo de Sarasate-...

Import Hybrid-SACD pressing. Universal. 2022.1. I Adagio Sostenuto - Presto - Adagio 11:46 2. II Andante Con Variazioni 16:27 3. III. Finale. Presto 8:50 4. I Allegro 10:45 5. II Adagio Molto Espressivo 6:25 6. III Scherzo ; Trio. Allegro Molto 7. IV...

Import Hybrid-SACD pressing.