Chamber Music & Recitals

This is a story about a struggle for power in old Denmark, and a magnificent opera about events which led to the murder of King Erik Clipping in 1286. To present this dramatic episode from Danish history, a power play rooted in love, jealousy and honor,...

This is a 'concept-album' around Maurice Ravel and his special relation with H?l?ne Jourdan Mourhange, a dear friend and violinist. The program is set-up in order to take the listener by the hand into Ravel's musical world through a series of pieces...

This instrument revolutionizes organ building. The main organ in the church of St. Martin in Kassel, consecrated in 2017, already boasts numerous innovations; now the experimental organ, completed in 2021, turns the laws of organ building that have...

This highly anticipated box set brings together Valery Gergiev's acclaimed cycle of the complete Rachmaninov symphonies, which were recorded alongside the London Symphony Orchestra across 2008 to 2015. These masterful accounts of the Russian's complete...

This first installment in a new Brahms series from Edward Gardner demonstrates the strength and suppleness of the Bergen String section, and outstanding ensemble playing across the orchestra. Chief Conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic since October 2015,...

This fascinating recording offers the listener a chance to compare the 1919 original version (which may be considered by some to be more 'authentic') with the final version from 1923.

This exquisite new recording from the Grammy award-winning partnership of Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony is proof that good things come in small packages. Discover charming, wistful, and even haunting timbres in music by some of the...

This enthralling double album brings together opposites that normally would not attract: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's violin sonatas, including the surprisingly original Violin Sonata in F major by the eleven-year-old child prodigy, and Camille...

This double SA-CD is the penultimate release in the complete Beethoven piana sonatas Edition by Mari Kodama for PentaTone.1. Allegro Con Brio 2. Adagio Con Molto Espressione 3. Menuetto 4. Rondo (Allegretto) 5. Andante Con Variazioni 6. Scherzo (Allegro...

This double album offers a testimony to Stravinsky's overwhelming musical heritage, covering all the phases of his creative life. Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) is twentieth-century music! More than any other composer, he continued to develop his...

This collection of works for string orchestra combines two of Britten's first masterpieces, Simple Symphony and the Frank Bridge Variations, with the even earlier Elegy for Strings - recorded here for the first time - and Two Portraits, composed between...

This CD marks the silver jubilee of the Amsterdam Sinfonietta. Under Lev Markiz, the first artistic director, the orchestra presented numerous national and international premieres by composers including Schnittke, Shostakovich, Ustvolskaya, Port and...