Orchestral & Symphonic

The Unknown Sibelius presents a spectrum of the music that is the least wide-spread of the Finnish master's production, either because the pieces included belong to genres not usually associated with 'Sibelius the symphonist', or because they appear in...

The third installment of Yevgeny Sudbin's complete Beethoven BIS piano concerto cycle. A prime coupling of two works both written in the richly evocative and dramatic key of C-minor. Mr. Sudbin's 'mother-of-pearl sheen pianism is backed by a special...

The third album on The Cleveland Orchestra's label follows the 'old-new' pairing of their previous release, showcasing recordings of Prokofiev and Schnittke that cover both preand post-pandemic music-making. Prokofiev's Symphony No.2 is a beautiful and...

The Style in Which the Finnish Composer Sebastian Fagerlund Composes Might Be Described As.1. Energico - Pekka Kuusisto/Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra 2. Lento Intenso - Pekka Kuusisto/Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra 3. Bruscamente - Pekka...

The start of a recording project marking Felix Mendelssohn's special relationship with the city. Recorded at Birmingham Town Hall, where Mendelssohn conducted many times. This series which will feature Mendelssohn's complete symphonies. Edward Gardner...

The Staatsphilharmonie Nurnberg under the direction of Marcus Bosch present their latest recording: The Symphony No. 5 by Antonin Dvorak. The fifth symphony was composed in the year 1875 and was first performed 4 years after it was written. The symphony...

The second release in Sir Colin Davis' acclaimed Nielsen cycle with the London Symphony Orchestra features the first and sixth symphonies.

The second release from the Choir of King's College, Cambridge's own record label features conductor Stephen Cleobury leading the choir and the Academy of Ancient Music in a performance of Mozart's Requiem. In addition to the complete Sussmayr edition,...

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra has established impeccable Mozartian credentials with it's award-winning discography, to which 'Mozart: Opera Arias and Overtures' is the latest addition. The SCO's previous forays into operatic repertoire (Handel with...

The San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas have won Grammy Awards for previous Mahler symphonies in this cycle. This one, with it's "chorus of 1000" should be a strong contender for the 3 awards it is nominated for: Best Classical Album, Best...

The Russian National Orchestra was founded by the conductor and pianist Mikhail Pletnev in 1990, following sweeping changes in the former USSr. Under his artistic leadership, the orchestra soon achieved international renown and established it's hallmarks...

The recently released second volume of the Carl Nielsen symphony cycle from the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and Sakari Oramo has already met with acclaim similar to that for the first disc: 'an ideal blend of fieriness and loving care' (Norddeutscher...