CHALLENGE CLASSICS

The chansons are about human experiences, human emotions. About love, deep sadness, the fear of being abandoned, but also about the joy of relationships and love. These chansons invite us to dare to...

The angel as a symbol of the tango-dance, death, and resurrection. Without losing the romance, the violence, eroticism and devotion of the traditional tango that he saw as empty and hollowed out,...

A series of high-quality concerts launched the success story of the Isabelle van Keulen Ensemble, which has since become well established on international concert stages and festivals. The subsequent...

Prokofiev / Koelman / Winterthur / Boyd Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Super-Audio CD

The Dutch composer, music journalist and novelist Elmer Schonberger once described the Second Symphony as a sub-genre of a primarily psychological nature, albeit with considerable stylistic...

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...

Prokofiev / Poulenc / Groothof Peter En De Wolf; Het Olifantje Babar CD

For their debut album on Challenge Classics, La Sfera ARmoniosa and it's artistic director have chosen orchestral music and arias from the operas by Henry Purcell. La Sfera Armoniosa, founded in...

Robin de Raaff completed Atlantis in the summer of 2016. The work is one that predominantly seems to progress from light to dark, with voice and instruments frequently melding into an overall...

Here is Challenge Classics fourth orchestral release of Robin de Raaf's music. Robin de Raaf is counted amongst the contemporary leading composers in the Netherlands. His music is complex and much...

Raaff / Rotterdam Philharmonic Orch / Nezet-Seguin Robin De Raaff: Entangled Tales CD

After Trio 258 record (CC 72920) with the immense Second Piano Trio, here is Challenge Classics second tribute to Rachmaninov, celebrating his 150th Anniversary. Young cellist Ella van Poucke offers...