Orchestral & Symphonic

With selections ranging from Praetorius to Britten, plus all-time favorites such as J.S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio and Handel's Messiah, this album brings together some of the most beautiful and justly famous musical settings of the Nativity story...

With Farewells, Warsaw-born countertenor Jakub J?zef Orlinski, partnered by pianist Michal Biel, offers a panorama of Polish song. Often nostalgic in spirit, the program of the album spans 150 frequently turbulent years. "Michal and I started exploring...

When this album was recorded in 1980, the English Baroque Soloists ensemble had only been founded for barely two years. Indeed, John Eliot Gardiner first created the Monteverdi Choir in 1964, then the Monteverdi Orchestra in 1968 which played on modern...

When the red light in Studio 2 at the famous Abbey Road Studios came on at the start of the recording sessions for Leonard Elschenbroich and Alexei Grynyuk's latest ONYX recording, the control room had a very different atmosphere. The recording was made...

Warner Music Italy is extremely proud to release Giovanni Sollima's new album Natural Songbook. The album is made of all new original compositions from Giovanni Sollima: the Natural Songbook suite, the N-Ice Cello Concerto and the astonishing Sonata 2050...

Volume I inaugurates a series of orchestral synergies from Flore Laurentienne, the vessel of Canadian composer Mathieu David Gagnon. Born near the St. Lawrence River, the classically trained musician channels the nature, grandeur and light of his...

Violinst Fabio Biondi is joined by ensemble Europa Galante for this fresh, uplifting recording of Vivaldi's Four Seasons. 'None begins to approach this new version in respect of fantasy and exuberance... (they) bring something entirely fresh and vital to...

Violinist Rachel Podger is joined by Arte Dei Suonatori for this recording of 12 violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi. 'The performances by Rachel Podger are crackling with vitality and executed with consistent brilliance as well as a kind of relish in...

Violinist Nathan Milstein is accompanied by pianist Georges Pludermacher for this recital of music by Beethoven, J.S. Bach, Handel, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky & more. 'What most astonished was the sheer facility of the 82-year-old violinist's playing; it's...

Violinist Maxim Vengerov is joined by Virtuosi, an ensemble of 11 violins lead by Mikhail Parhomovksy. 'This is above all a fun record - even more than most collections of violin lollipops a disc for those with a very sweet tooth... Here is a young...

Violinist Joanna Madroszkiewicz and pianist Paul Gulda perform compositional works by Chopin arranged by Sarasate, Hubermann, Auer, and Cerne.1. Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) 2. Arrangements By Sarasate

Vinyl LP repressing of this classic 1959 album from pianist and conductor Leonard Bernstein with the New York Philharmonic. Recorded in June 1959 ('Rhapsody in Blue') and December 1958 ('An American in Paris') at St George Hotel, Brooklyn, New York, by...