Chamber Music & Recitals

This is not an historical recording. Yet mysteriously the music is performed in an interpretation which is historically authentic down to the last detail. The key to this mystery is: The original performer was present at the recent recording session, but...

This audiophile demonstration album contains 11 tracks, including a microphone comparison, the giant organ at Temple Church, and a fantastic drum solo, which will test your loudspeakers to the limit! A vast selection of music which should take you and...

This album, The Privacy of Domestic Life, explores thresholds between temporal stability and instability, human- and electronically produced sounds, and popular and contemporary musical idioms. There is something here for listeners of all persuasions:...

Thibault Cauvin unveils his singular reinterpretations of timeless works by BACH on February 3rd. "Recording Bach's music... Perhaps the greatest and most beautiful adventure for a performer, immersing himself in his timeless and eternal notes is deeply...

These Wicked Things is the fourth release from the determinedly eclectic Boston-based band Beat Circus and the final installment in singer/multi-instrumentalist/composer Brian Carpenter's "Weird American Gothic" trilogy. The record bridges a number of...

The year 2017 was a vintage one for Giovanni Antonini: he was awarded an Echo Klassik, two Gramophone Awards, and a Diapason d'Or of the Year for his recent releases. Two of these prizes were for his release 'Il Distratto, volume 4' of the complete...

The triumph of truth and hope is one way to describe that special moment experienced by the orchestra and the public (including President Vßclav Havel) in sold-out Smetana Hall at the Municipal House in Prague on the evening of 12 May 1990. It was the...

The title of "The Decalogue" has a touch of the grandiose: it means "The Ten Commandments." Yet this score, composed by Sufjan Stevens for a dance work choreographed by Justin Peck that premiered with the New York City Ballet in May of 2017, is quiet and...

The selection bears witness to a marked sense for emotional, almost sentimental pieces. I wouldn't have been able to make this selection, but it corresponds to exactly what I find to be quintessentially beautiful - Andreas Spreer.1. Allegro Molto -...

The relentless Bluebeard now has a soundtrack thanks to Dutch saxophone pride Yuri Honing. Yuri Honing dedicated his new album to the gruesome heritage of Bluebeard, title character of the 17thcentury French fairytale. The duke with the seven wives...

The practice of hocketing is defined by splitting a single melody across multiple parts, often in surprising ways. While the form dates back as far as the Middle Ages, it is still found in musical traditions all over the world. Meara O'Reilly has written...

The phenomenal French-horn player Radek Baborak comes with a new album (his second on Animal Music) featuring music by the Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla, in arrangements that were tailor-made for his eleven-member ensemble which unites foremost...