Orchestral & Symphonic

This SACD presents main works of the repertoire for flute and piano from the 20th century. Anne-Catherine Heinzmann is one of the most renowned German flautists of her generation. She regularly performs as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician in...

This release of Aaron Copland's orchestral works follows a highly successful recording of the composer's ballet music led by American music specialist, John Wilson. This program is unique, and Mr. Wilson has chosen works which best highlight Copland's...

This release marks the last volume in the Chandos label's Vincent d'Indy series of recordings. The project, undertaken with the Iceland Symphony and conductor Rumon Gamba, brings the neglected, eclectic and richly orchestrated works of an eminent,...

This release is the fruit of the French pianist Nicolas Stavy's efforts to uncover unknown works by Dmitri Shostakovich. Spanning some fifty years of the composer's career, these rarities include early piano pieces influenced by Chopin and the fragment...

This release is a delicious offering of Villa-Lobos' clear and expressive works, unique pieces reflecting the transitional period between the classic and the romantic of Giuliani, bound together with the melodious and lush works of Castelnuovo-Tedesco...

This release from the Mariinsky label features two of Prokofiev's most popular works, the Piano Concerto No. 3 and the Symphony No. 5. Denis Matsuev is the soloist in the concerto, in his fourth recording for the label. Since winning the Tchaikovsky...

This release from Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony features Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 coupled with the Leonore Overture No. 3. One of his most stirring works and also one that he considered among his best, Beethoven's...

This release features arguably the two greatest concertos ever written for the violin: performed by one of the most brilliant violinists of her generation, together with one of the finest orchestras, and under the baton of one of the world's foremost...

This release completes the important BIS survey of Allan Pettersson's profound and deeply moving symphonies. The longest in duration of Pettersson's symphonies, composed during a time of increasing debilitation. The Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, led by...

This recording represents the latest chapter in the long time collaboration between composer John Adams and Michael Tilson Thomas. Here, MTT and the San Francisco Symphony perform Adams' orchestral masterpiece Harmonielehre, a milestone of American...

This recording features two of the works that helped cement Beethoven's reputation as a creative genius like none other. Internationally acclaimed pianist Emanuel Ax joins Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony in a dynamic performance of...

This recording contains the piano concertos of Maurice Ravel and a piece for piano and orchestra by Florent Schmitt, performed by pianist Vincent Larderet, the OSE Symphonic Orchestra, and conductor Daniel Kawka. Vincent Larderet's performance of Ravel's...