Orchestral & Symphonic

Podger astounds with her playing... Arpeggios are beautifully even, the adagios rightly toned. The outer movements are brim full of Haydn's good nature and the virtuoso aspects are exquisitely played.... The soloists' years of experience working together...

Pl ?s?lfsson was the first director of the Reykjav?k Music School, which opened in 1930. Like other musicians, he was forced by the lack of opportunity in Iceland to study abroad but, unlike others, he was able to return and work as the Organist at...

PentaTone's Bruckner Symphonies cycle with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and Marek Janowski has set the standard for the repertoire in recent years. With this Symphony No. 2 release the great conductor demonstrates that there is "more than a touch...

Pentatone releases it's second album with the Oregon Symphony playing 'This England.' PentaTone has already planned a third album with these forces in 2013 as well.1. Cockaigne, Op. 40 2. Preludio: Moderato 3. Scherzo: Presto Misterioso 4. Romanza: Lento...

PentaTone continues the collaboration between Marek Janowski and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande with the release of the 3rd Symphony of Anton Bruckner.1. Mehr Langsam, Misterioso 2. Adagio. Bewegt, Quasi Andante 3. Scherzo. Ziemlich Schnell 4. Finale...

Passionate about the music of his own country, Peter Friis Johansson has commissioned new works as well as worked toward the unearthing of overlooked masterpieces of Swedish music. His latest disc presents the fruits of these efforts: one older,...

Over the last 15 years, Jordi Savall has been exploring the links between Western and Eastern repertoires because he regards this work as a way to develop a better mutual understanding. On Oriente Lux, Hesp?rion XXI plays alongside the ensemble Orpheus...

Our successful Reger edition can finally continue, and critics continue to be more than enthusiastic about the previous installments, Musik & Theater even claiming, "These recordings are among the best currently available in organ music by Reger." And...

Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) was one of the most important and highly regarded musicians of his day, both as a performer on keyboard instruments and as a composer, particularly of polyphonic vocal music. Gibbons' polyphonic madrigal style is nearer to his...

Originally released in 1975 by Astr+-e, this legendary recording is the first of many milestones by Jordi Savall in the Baroque repertoire. Couperin wrote these two Suites at the end of his life when his talent was at it's peak. Couperin's mastery is...

One of the icons of chamber music, Schubert's celebrated String Quintet is heard in an unusual version on this recording. Schubert's work was styled after those of Boccherini and Onslow, which featured two violins, viola and two cellos. After hearing the...

One of Rachmaninoff's most popular pieces, the Second Symphony is an indulgently melancholic and sentimental work: a magic box of the late-Romantic orchestra. Dramatic sections played by the full orchestra contrast heart-breaking swells that only this...