CHALLENGE CLASSICS

There are some encounters in life about which one could say that they were simply destined to happen. The meeting of the two musicians in question is, without a doubt, one of them, because Michael...

Altri Canti D'Amor / Century Instrumental / Var Altri Canti D'Amor / Century Instrumental / Var CD

Anderson / Parish / Berlin / Van Kralingen Merry Christmas CD

Andriessen / Kint / Van Nuenen / Luymes Dutch Airlines CD

Two great artists of the current classical scene gather here for a unique project. It is a simple and effective idea: to intertwine Lieder and piano transcriptions. Cyprien Katsaris writes:...

Gunar Letzbor writes: "Franz Josef Aumann was born in the Austrian town of Traismauer in 1728 and studied music in Vienna, where he came across many important musicians of his time. It has not yet...

Here is the second volume of Bach's Sonatas for violin and obbligato harpsichord. Terakado and Bonizzoni offer a thoroughly distinctive account of these famous masterpieces. Their approach combines a...

?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...

Seven years have gone since third and latest Elbipolis Barockorchester disc was released by Challenge Classics. The new disc is devoted to the Bach family. Along two Brandenburg Concertos and the...

Finally the Challenge Classics catalogue accommodates an account of violin's literature highest work: Bach's Sonatas and Partitas. As an ever inquisitive label, Challenge has chosen a young violinist...

This is the first volume in a complete survey of Bach's harpsichord concertos, recorded by La Risonanza in one-to-a-part practice performance. With his Fifth Brandenburg Concerto, Bach had created...

Bach,J.S. / Cappella Amsterdam Weihnachts-Oratorium CD