Orchestral & Symphonic

2013 Japanese hybrid sacd. King.

?Only 23 years old, the Belgian pianist Florian Noack is already considered "one of the most promising pianists of the next generation of classical musicians" (concertclassic). For ARS PRODUKTION he's recorded a CD of his own (!) transcriptions and...

?On this disc of Brazil-inspired orchestral works, we hear Respighi's Impressioni brasiliane, in which he communicates his impressions of a summer spent in Rio de Janeiro in 1927. ? It is similar to though smaller-scaled than his famed Roman symphonic...

?Bruckner's last mass is a masterpiece. Rooted in the traditional Austrian mass, it also contains symphonic elements found only in Beethoven's Missa solemnis, although Mahler can be seen on the horizon. Premiered in Vienna in 1872 to immense acclaim, the...

?Thomas Albertus Irnberger, the Salzburg violinist, who performs worldwide, and Michael Korstick, piano, internationally known for his Beethoven interpretations, release works by Sergei Prokofiev for violin and piano on this double SACD. With unmatched...

?This recording presents Kaija Saariaho's works for choir, a cappella and with electronics, and displays her virtuosity in the treatment of texts, which she endows with the full range of verbal expression. At least one of these works is also a...

?This disc provides an opportunity to explore the music of the proud Englishman, the devoted friend, the loyal subject, and the faithful servant that was William Byrd, on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of his death. Through a collection of songs...

?The Ukrainian word mrija" means dream. It's very sound is soft and singing. They are dreams that give us wings, as it were, and lift us out of everyday life - they give us hope and bring us joy and happiness. We experience it as painful when an intimate...

?The pandemic in 2020-21 brought little to dispel the gloom among performing musicians. But these months also proved to be a time of reflection and artistic rebirth for many, the arts became a breeding ground for spiritual offspring, and so it proved for...

?The first Japanese composer to achieve international status, Toru Takemitsu proposed a fusion between Western music and the culture of his country. His music radiates a lyrical intensity that comes as much from his roots in the early modernists Debussy...

?The BBC Philharmonic and it's new Chief Conductor, John Storg?rds, follow their previous release of Shostakovich's Eleventh Symphony with this album of Symphonies Nos 12 and 15. Subtitled 'The Year 1917', the Twelfth Symphony was a project which...

?Serbian-Swedish Djuro ?ivkovic has quickly established himself as one of Europe's leading young composers. His musical style is strongly marked by Byzantine Orthodox music - spiritual, mystical and characterized by fantastic narration, virtuosic...