Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 - Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
This recording marks the start of a new complete Tchaikovsky symphony cycle for PentaTone from Mikail Pletnev and the Russian National Orchestra. To hear such dramatic Tchaikovsky compositions performed ...
Komponist: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 - Francesca da Rimini
The second in a new Tchaikovsky Symphonies cycle. "Just to be clear from the outset, this is not only a great improvement on Mikhail Pletnev’s previous, rather low-voltage account of Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony ...
Komponist: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique” / Capriccio Italien
This is the third release in the new complete Tchaikovsky Symphony cycle. “It's far from just an updated clone of their earlier "Pathétique", which was serious fiery (E4717422). This one is a touch mellower in tone and style, ...
Komponist: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
The Oregon Symphony under Carlos Kalmar performed this striking program titled 'Music for a Time of War' on their Carnegie Hall debut. These profound and moving works spoke musically directly to the audience and made an indelible impression.
Komponist: Charles Ives (1874-1954), John Adams (1947), Walt Whitman, Benjamin Britten, Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Brahms: Complete Works for Violin and Piano
Im Œuvre von Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) nimmt die Kammermusik einen besonderen Stellenwert ein. Er beschäftigte sich immer wieder mit den unterschiedlichsten Besetzungen der Kammermusik und schrieb ...
Komponist: Johannes Brahms
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2; Rondo brilliant, Op. 29
The young pianist Martin Helmchen has already been awarded two of the most important prizes in the music scene: the Credit Suisse Young Artist Award and the ECHO Klassik. He received the Credit Suisse Award in September 2006.
Komponist: Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Rachmaninov: Morceaux de Fantaisie / Etudes-Tableaux / Variations on a Theme of Corelli
In her early twenties the Armenian pianist Nareh Arghamanyan, winner of the 2008 Montreal International Music Competition, belongs to the promising generation of today’s fine pianists.
Komponist: Sergei Rachmaninov; Fryderyk Chopin
Genre: Instrumental
Subgenre: Piano
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Eine exzellente Sängerriege steht für die Fortsetzung des großen Wagnerzyklus des RSB bereit: Albert Dohmen als Hans Sachs, Dietrich Henschel als Beckmesser, Robert Dean Smith als Walther von Stolzing und Edith Haller als Eva.
Komponist: Richard Wagner
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Opera
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 and Grieg: Piano Concerto
Sa Chen has been called “a brilliant pianist” by Emmanuel Ax. Here she performs what are probably two of the best known of all piano concertos.
Komponist: Sergei Rachmaninov; Fryderyk Chopin, Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
This England - Britten / Elgar / Vaughan Williams
The Oregon Symphony releases their second album with music director Carlos Kalmar at the helm. Entitled This England, the all-British record kicks off in grand style with Sir Edward Elgar's euphoric and energetic Cockaigne Overture.
Komponist: Edward Elgar (1857-1934), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), Benjamin Britten
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Song of the Earth)
Das Lied is considered the most personal of Mahler’s works. It represents a synthesis of the two great pillars in Mahler’s oeuvre, the symphony and the song. On the face of it, it is cycle of six orchestral songs.
Komponist: Gustav Mahler (1860 – 1911), Hans Bethge
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E major (1881-1883) Nowak Edition
In the more than 100 years since his death in 1896, the appraisals by musicologists, critics and the public at large of Anton Bruckner, the man, and Anton Bruckner, the composer, have consistently been radical in character.
Komponist: Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 in C minor (Linz Version 1866) Nowak Edition
This is the latest release in the very successful Janowski Bruckner cycle. The previous releases have received rave reviews. Rob Cowan wrote in the Gramophone (Symphony No.7); “This is yet another significant step towards ...
Komponist: Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C minor (1890 Version) Nowak Edition
This is the second version of this symphony. It took Anton Bruckner slightly more than three years to complete his Symphony No. 8 in C minor. Or, to be precise, to complete his first version of this symphony.
Komponist: Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A (Nowak Edition)
As this symphony is the first not to be subjected to extensive revision by the composer, an interested person scrutinising or listening to Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 6 in A major is not forced to deal with the complex aspect ...
Komponist: Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat (1875-1878) Nowak Edition
This is the third instalment in PentaTone’s Bruckner Symphonies cycle with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Marek Janowski. "Wow." This is not your parent’s Suisse Romande Orchestra, and it definitely ...
Komponist: Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D minor Nowak Edition
If one includes the F-minor study symphony dating from 1863, and the Symphony No. “0” dating from 1869, then Anton Bruckner composed a total of 11 symphonies. However, Bruckner weeded out both early works ...
Komponist: Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Dvorak: String Quintet in G major, Op. 77
The Berlin Philharmonic String Quintet has become one of the best ensembles in its field, gaining a world-wide reputation. Here they give a sublime interpretation of Dvořák’s String Quintet.
Komponist: Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 in D minor
For this 2011 recording of Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 3, Marek Janowski and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande perform the 1889 revision, edited by Leopold Nowak. Considering the rush of younger conductors ...
Komponist: Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
