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Long absent from the active catalog following the unfortunate demise of the Calliope label, the highly-praised Beethoven interpretations of the legendary Talich Quartet make a welcome return with...

These works from Mahler and Schoenbergare are expressionist and romantic monuments, but they are already at a turning point. The harmonic tension is taken to extremes, and dissonances are daring,...

C?sar Franck was an architect of sounds. "My organ is an orchestra", he famously declared. Thanks to the genius of the organ builder Cavaill?- Coll, the beauty of the organ of the basilica of Saint-...

Brahms: Cellos Sonatas Nos.1 & 2 - Brahms's two Cello Sonatas were written more than 20 years apart. The first was popularized by German cellist Robert Hausmann. Brahms returned the favor by...

While any of Liszt's superb transcriptions of Beethoven's first eight symphonies is a challenge for the pianist, the two-piano arrangement of the Ninth is at once spellbinding and a formidable test...

As a child in Romania, Dana Ciocarlie was cradled by the music of Mozart and the cimbalom that accompanies the dances of the Dobruja region. As a teenager she discovered the pieces of Chopin and...

Brahms: The 3 Violin Sonatas (Les 3 Sonates pour violon) (The Violin Sonatas #5) - Following the model of Josef Suk and Julius Katchen, whose recording they regard as the benchmark, Amaury Coeytaux...

A respected interpreter of Faure?, Jean-Philippe Collard has over the years recorded all of his piano works, not to mention his complete chamber music and a recording of songs with Frederica von...

Within the framework of his complete Brahms cycle, Geoffroy Couteau presents an original program focusing on the trio Brahms formed with Robert and Clara Schumann, and on their relationship with...

After an album devoted to Beethoven, Michel Dalberto returns to the world of Liszt, with the immense Sonata in B minor forming the centerpiece of his new recording. The composer was a visionary, but...

First prize winner at the 1981 Cleveland International Piano Competition and silver medalist at the 1985 Van Cliburn Competition, French pianist Philippe Bianconi studied at the Nice conservatoire...

Faurr / Cassard,Philippe Piano Music - Ballade & Nocturnes & Pelles Et CD1. Ballade in F-Sharp Major, Op. 19 - Philippe Cassard/Orchestre National de Lorraine 2. Nocturne No. 2 in B Major, Op. 33 -...