Chamber Music & Recitals

The greatest recording of all time is sounding better than ever before. Now, Solti and Culshaw's Ring Cycle can be enjoyed in the highest quality possible. The Hybrid SACD format combines the high-density 24bit/192kHz stereo mix with a standard CD layer...

The Goldberg Variations, or - to use the original title - 'Aria with diverse variations' counts as a milestone in Western music history. With good reason: the huge work and it's highly systematic structure demonstrate with utmost clarity Bach's immense...

The fresh new release from Alba Records presents three pieces by the Finnish composer Juha Leinonen performed by world class artists. The booklet addresses the link between different kinds of art forms as it contains a beautiful painting Landscape in a...

The French composer M?lanie Bonis (1858-1937) came from a modest family of the Parisian petty bourgeoisie. Nothing is known about any musical background on her part: music remains her very personal passion. Immediately enchanted by your sensitive music,...

The fourth and final volume of the complete recordings of Ludwig van Beethovens violin sonatas by Salzburg violinist Thomas Albertus Irnberger with Michael Korstick, piano, focuses on the sonatas op. 30/1 and 30/2. Composed in 1802, the year when he also...

The fourth and final recording of Agnieszka Budzinska-Bennett's "Mare Balticum" project with and about music from the Baltic region, the first of which has already received the coveted ICMA, is perhaps the most beautiful. One-part melodies sung by four...

The first recording of the 4 part series "Mare Balticum" including medieval music from countries around the Baltic sea just received the ICMA (International Classical Music Award). With volume 1 presenting music from Denmark volume 2 is dedicated to 14th...

The first encounter between Chinese composer Tan Dun and Norwegian violinist Eldbj?rg Hemsing took place in 2010 during the Shanghai World Expo, when Hemsing premi?red Tan's Love Concerto. Both have strong roots in the traditional music of their native...

The Finnish-American composer Alex Freeman has been described as being 'as comfortable in the realm of the pop ballad as in that of the concert hall' and yet his songs 'are imbued with the craftsmanship and care one would expect of a composer of his...

'The fantastic thing about art and music is that one can pose questions and conjure up visions at the same time.' The words are those of the Swedish composer Jesper Nordin, who does exactly that in Emerging from Currents and Waves. A large-scale work for...

The Fantaisie sur la Tempete de Shakespeare was composed shortly after Berlioz had won the coveted Prix de Rome (at the fourth attempt) with his cantata Sardanapale, and was originally conceived as a concert overture, with chorus. After various...

The fact that the British Reger contemporary Frederick William Holloway (1873-1954) has today unjustly largely fallen into oblivion may not least be due to the abrupt end of his activity at London's 'Crystal Palace', where he worked as a resident...