Orchestral & Symphonic

With this eagerly awaited recording of Symphonies Nos.2 & 3, Sir Colin Davis completes his enlightening Nielsen symphony cycle. The first title in the series, Symphonies Nos.4 & 5, was Editor's Choice in Gramophone and Orchestral Choice of the Month in...

With the present album, the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Li?ge and John Neschling bring us the sixth and last instalment in a series that has been called 'the finest-ever survey of the composer's orchestral output undertaken by a single conductor'...

With Meditatio I released in 2016, the Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis and H?r?ur ?skelsson presented music commemorating the departed. Recorded some six years later, Meditatio II similarly contains compositions that interpret man's thoughts and feelings...

With his Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra, Lindberg records Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony - one of the composer's best-loved works.1. Symphony No. 5 in E minor Op 64 - Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra 2. Suite from the Ballet Swan Lake - Arctic Philharmonic...

With Gustav Mahler, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra has a very special relationship. The composer conducted the orchestra no less than 12 times and found in Amsterdam an understanding audience. Mahler's Fourth Symphony was premiered in Amsterdam by the...

While it is no surprise to learn that many composers, including Reger and Webern, made arrangements of Schubert's Lieder, what is surprising is how seldom they tend to feature in concert or on record. This release showcases thirteen Schubert songs in...

Where should I begin? with the music or the recording technology? Both are equally thrilling!... (Pizzicato) "Now, without wishing to go OTT about it, this is one SACD which I think I can unreservedly recommend to EVERY reader of this website who likes...

When we recorded this album, in March 2022, no-one could have imagined that it would be Bramwell Tovey's last recording. Chandos Records would like to dedicate this recording to the memory of Bramwell Tovey, with whom the company had collaborated for...

When he was only a child, Jordi Savall entered a church in which musicians were rehearsing Mozart's Requiem. It made such a impression on him that he said to himself: "If music has such a power, I want to be a musician." Now 81, having recorded 230...

What is special about these recordings is the sound recording that fully exploits the Surround effect. It not only feeds in the hall resonance through the rear loudspeaker, but also instrumental groups. The listener actually sits in the orchestra and has...

Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" is one of the greatest evergreens of all time. The sound painting of the Venetian violin virtuoso simply casts a spell over everyone. David Gorol and Theophil Heinke go one better: Their arrangement for violin and organ makes use...

Valery Gergiev's swansong recording with the LSO, these live performances from London's Barbican Center combining the ethereal mysticism of Scriabin's Symphony No 3 'The Divine Poem' and Symphony No 4 'The Poem of Ecstasy' were arguably one of the most...