Die Rettungsoper schlechthin Nach ihrer umjubelten Einspielung von Webers Freischütz präsentieren die Dresdner Philharmonie und ihr Chefdirigent Marek Janowski mit Beethovens Fidelio einen weiteren deutschen Opernklassiker. Sie arbeiten mit einer hochkarätigen und opernerfahrenen Besetzung zusammen: ...
Komponist: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Opera
Gershwin: Porgy & Bess (Highlights) [Live]
The Philadelphia Orchestra and conductor Marin Alsop present a live recording with highlights of Gershwin’s self-proclaimed American “Folk Opera” Porgy and Bess, together with a stellar cast and the Morgan State University Choir. Since its premiere in 1935, Porgy and Bess has been one of the most significant attempts to ...
Komponist: George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 "Hammerklavier" & 15 Variations & Fugue "Eroica"
After his acclaimed interpretation of Messiaen’s Catalogue d’Oiseaux, pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard returns to PENTATONE with a recording of Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata and Eroica Variations. The Hammerklavier Sonata is one of the pinnacles of Beethoven’s creative output, ...
Komponist: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
After his acclaimed Mendelssohn album with cellist Johannes Moser, Alasdair Beatson presents his first PENTATONE solo album Aus Wien, on which he brings together piano music from Schubert, Schumann, Schoenberg, Korngold and Ravel. Ranging from treasures of late-Romantic and early atonal music to carnivalesque, grandiose dance pieces, ...
Komponist: Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951), Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Eilífur (Eternal) is Icelandic contemporary composer Viktor Orri Árnason’s solo debut and first PENTATONE album, on which the prospect of living forever is contemplated. Sparked by the realisation that medical advances will soon eradicate death by natural causes, Eilífur weaves together a lucid, near-future narrative via a combination ...
Komponist: Viktor Orri Árnason
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Classical Crossover
PRIMAVERA I the wind is the first collection in a momentous series encompassing 81 world premieres for solo cello. This digital album presents 14 new commissions by THE PRIMAVERA PROJECT for groundbreaking, multi-Grammy nominated cellist Matt Haimovitz. Each composer responds to Sandro Botticelli’s enigmatic painting, ...
Komponist: David Sanford (1963), Vijay Iyer (1971), Jake Heggie (1961), Luna Pearl Woolf (1973), Gabriella Smith
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Brabant 1653: Baroque Vocal Music from Brabant
Extensive research, in addition to a wealth of repertoire, provides insight into the rich musical culture of North Brabant during the 17th century. Holland Baroque is releasing a new album with the renowned label PENTATONE entitled Brabant 1653. With established soloists, Holland Baroque explores the ...
Komponist: Cornelis Verdonck (1563-1625), Benedictus a Sancto Josepho (1642-1716), Carl Rosier (1640-1725), Herman Hollanders (1595-1640), Herman Finkers (1954)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Francisco Coll: Orchestral Works
Zeitgenössische Klangwelt in der Tradition verwurzelt: Das OPL und Gustavo Gimeno setzen ihre gefeierte PENTATONE-Reihe von Komponistenporträts mit einer Monographie über einen lebenden Komponisten, Francisco Coll, fort. In Colls Musik verschmelzen Vergangenheit und Gegenwart in einem Raum, indem er eine ...
Komponist: Francisco Coll (1985)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Chromatische Reise von erstaunlicher Schönheit: Die Cappella Amsterdam und ihr künstlerischer Leiter Daniel Reuss geben mit In Umbra Mortis ihr PENTATONE-Debüt. Das Album bringt Wolfgang Rihms zeitgenössische Sieben Passions-Stücke und Passions-Motetten des flämischen ...
Komponist: Giaches de Wert (1535-1596), Wolfgang Rihm (1952)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Erhabenes Zeugnis der Liebe: Die Sopranistin Lisette Oropesa präsentiert ihr Solo-Debütalbum Ombra Compagna, ein Kaleidoskop von Konzertarien Mozarts, dessen Musik ihr sehr am Herzen liegt. Diese Konzertarien, die für bedeutende Sopranistinnen in seinem Leben geschrieben wurden ...
Komponist: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 & Academic Festival Overture (Live)
Maestro Herbert Blomstedt and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig continue their integral Brahms symphonies project with a recording of the composer’s Second Symphony in D Major, alongside his Academic Festival Overture. Although idyllic and pastoral at first sight, Brahms himself ...
Komponist: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Frische Perspektive auf Bach als Mensch und Komponist: Auf ihrem dritten PENTATONE-Album Bach Unbuttoned bringt Ana de la Vega eine Gruppe aufregender junger Solisten und das Württembergische Kammerorchester Heilbronn zusammen, um eine lebendige und frische Perspektive ...
Komponist: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
On Bach Nostalghia, his second PENTATONE album, pianist Francesco Piemontesi presents original works of Bach, alongside Bach transcriptions and works inspired by Bach from Ferruccio Busoni, Wilhelm Kempff and Maximilian Schnaus. Whereas many modern-day musicians aim to revive the instruments used in Bach’s own time, ...
Komponist: Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Recorder player Bolette Roed and Arte dei Suonatori present Vivaldi’s famous violin concertos, “The Four Seasons”, combined with other concertos that share a kinship with them, resulting in Vivaldi’s Seasons; a programme consisting of sixteen concertos, four for each season, including favourites ...
Komponist: Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Anton Bruckner & Michael Haydn: Motets
Ein Stück österreichische Kirchenmusikgeschichte: Er ist für seine großen Werke für Orchester bekannt. Doch bevor Anton Bruckner Sinfoniker wurde, komponierte er vorrangig Kirchenmusik, so auch Musik für groß besetzte Chöre. Eine musikalische Herausforderung wie gemacht für den MDR-Rundfunkchor ...
Komponist: Anton Bruckner (1824-1896), Johann Michael Haydn (1737-1806)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
Anna Lucia Richter returns to PENTATONE after her acclaimed Schubert album Heimweh with Il delirio della passione; a recording full of Monteverdi treasures, from heart-wrenching opera scenes (Lamento d’Arianna, ‘Pur ti miro’ from Poppea and the Prologue of L’orfeo) ...
Komponist: Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Jake Heggie: Songs for Murdered Sisters
Following the murder of his sister in 2015, acclaimed Canadian baritone Joshua Hopkins set out on a journey to use his personal and professional voice to wake people up to the global epidemic of violence against women. His call to action inspired the great Canadian ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
J.S. Bach: Harpsichord Concertos, Vol. 2
Bach’s harpsichord concertos are arguably the first in the history of music designed specifically for this instrument. Composing them, Bach aimed to adapt the string writing of Italian instrumental concertos to a keyboard instrument, while simultaneously enriching this style with ...
Komponist: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
R. Schumann: Complete Symphonies
Robert Schumann started his career as a composer of piano music and Lieder, and is still best known for his work in these genres. Intimidated by Beethoven’s legacy, as well as by his friend Felix Mendelssohn’s prolific output, Schumann long avoided the symphony. Spurred by his wife Clara, who was convinced that his imagination could not find sufficient ...
Komponist: Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Puccini: La fanciulla del West, SC 78
Lawrence Foster conducts Puccini's La Fanciulla del West (1910), together with the Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Cluj-Napoca and a cast of seasoned Puccini singers, including Melody Moore (Minnie), Marius Vlad (Dick Johnson) and Lester Lynch (Jack Rance). Puccini's 'Spaghetti Western'...
Komponist: Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Opera
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