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Playing four-hands piano was both vital in the dissemination of music in the nineteenth century and also a popular domestic activity. The French composers recorded here span the Romantic century,...

The wild originality of Alkan was little appreciated during his lifetime (1813-88), nor during the century which followed, when he was largely lost from sight. But now Alkan is increasingly...

This is the second volume of a two-CD series presenting the first recording of the complete Chants in over 20 years; it also contains the world premiere recording of of Alkan's Chapeau bas! Playing a...

In spite of the differences of time and distance, the choral works of the Australian composer Andrew Anderson (born in Melbourne in 1971) further the English cathedral tradition of such composers as...

One could hardly intuit from these fresh and flowing violin sonatas the obstacles their female composers had to face - family opposition for Mel Bonis in France and Ethel Smyth in England,...

Although much of the music of the Dutch composer Hendrik Andriessen (1892-1981) has now been explored in recordings, his works for piano largely remain to be discovered. This first conspectus of his...

The American composer George Antheil (1900-59) enjoyed the sobriquet 'the Bad Boy of Music' thanks to the mechanistic scores of his early career. This anthology of piano music from the last twenty...

This recording pairs music for violin and piano by two young British composers who found themselves marooned in American exile by World War II: Richard Arnell (1817-2009) and Stanley Bate (1911-59)...

These two works present two sharply contrasting sides of Malcolm Arnold: his limitless resources of knockabout fun, and a sense of existential tragedy. But each score presents it's own surprises: the...

Ashton (b. 1859 Durham) is a best-kept secret of British music. He has a generous output of piano music chamber works and songs. Ashton's writing for both cello and piano is virtuosic. What strikes...

Bacevicius / Alekna / Oppens / Lewis Piano Music 1 CD1. Premier Mot, Op. 18 2. Deuxi?me Mot, Op. 21 3. Troisi?me Mot, Op. 37 4. Quatri?me Mot, Op. 31 5. Cinqui?me Mot, Op. 59 6. Sixi?me Mot, Op. 72 7...

Bacevicius / Puodziukas / Lukocius / Staskus Orchestral Music CD1. Poeme Electrique 2. Sur Les Themes Lituaniens - Aidas Puodziukas 3. Allegro 4. Andante Funebre 5. Allegro Molto 6. Cosmique 7...