Orchestral & Symphonic

Sergei Prokofiev's Symphony No. 6 was composed as an elegy to the fatalities of World War II. Musicologists frequently regard this piece as the darker twin to the triumphant Symphony No. 5. Prokofiev wrote of this piece: "Now we are rejoicing in our...

Sebastian Fagerlund has made a name for himself primarily through his concertos and orchestral works. As demonstrated on previous recordings, his music displays a huge range of colors and an uncommon rhythmic vitality, as well as a sure feel for...

Schoenberg says: "I have dreamt of having an orchestral disc of my music since first becoming a composer. This is an extraordinary gift, and I am thrilled to be sharing my music with all of you. The three pieces that you will soon experience embody my...

SACD. Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony add an evocative recording of Ives's songful Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4 to the SFS Media label's Grammy award-winning discography. With nineteenth-century Americana spirit, MTT and the SF Symphony,...

Rosanne Philippens is considered one of the most promising violin talents in the Netherlands. Her open and communicative style of performance won her first prizes at competitions including the Dutch National Violin Competition in 2009 and the Freiburg...

Richard Strauss's legendary Joseph Legende is complemented by the love scene from Feuersnot and the early work Festmarsch. All are performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Neeme J?rvi, who in 2012 celebrated his thirty-year recording career...

Regarded as one of the greatest Greek composers and a legend in his native land, Manos Hadjidakis is also one of the best-known internationally thanks to a body of works that touches many musical genres, from concert music to popular songs and scores for...

Recorded in the Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, this disc offers an opportunity to sample music by Armenian composers, here represented by three works for cello and orchestra, and is in a way a follow-up to the 2011...

Raised in the Danish countryside as the son of a poor folk musician, Carl Nielsen's indomitable courage and infinite curiosity helped him develop into one of the greatest symphonists of the 20th century and eventually Denmark's national composer. Carl...

Rachmaninoff's tone poem The Isle of the Dead was composed in Dresden in 1908 - 09, inspired by the 1880 painting of that name by the Swiss symbolist Arnold B?cklin. The painting depicts a ferryman rowing a coffin towards the Isle of the Dead, and...

Published in Rome in 1553 and rediscovered during the twentieth century, the collection Tratado de Glosas by Spanish composer Diego Ortiz offers listeners an unmatched panorama of the instrumental music of it's time. The reissue of this 1990 album in...

Principal players of the London Symphony Orchestra display their virtuosic talents on this album of concertos for wind instruments by Mozart, recorded in concert with conductor Jaime Mart?n in the excellent acoustic of the Jerwood Hall at LSO St Luke's...