Berlioz: Le carnaval romain & Symphonie fantastique
The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and its Music Director Rafael Payare explore Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique and Le carnaval romain – two works that reveal the composer’s flair for drama, colour, and psychological intensity. In Symphonie fantastique, Berlioz charts the delirious inner world of an artist ...
Composer: Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
The Netherlands Radio Choir and Benjamin Goodson present The Voice of the Beloved, a powerful collection of 20th-century sacred choral works by Frank Martin, Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur, and Olivier Messiaen. At its heart is Martin’s Mass for Double Choir, a deeply personal expression of faith composed in 1922 and kept private for ...
Composer: Frank Martin (1890-1974), Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur (1908-2002), Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
This captivating new release from PENTATONE celebrates the glittering world of 19th-century opera and the timeless beauty of the golden age of bel canto. Featuring music by Gaetano Donizetti, Gioacchino Rossini, Georges Bizet, Léo Delibes, and Giuseppe Verdi, the album showcases soprano Erin Morley and tenor ...
Composer: Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848), Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868), Georges Bizet (1838-1875), Leo Delibes (1836-1891), Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
A celebration of Bohemian spirit and rhythmic brilliance, Antonín Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances come to life in a vibrant new recording by the Czech Philharmonic, led by the masterful Sir Simon Rattle. These vivid orchestral gems, full of rhythmic vitality, folkloric color, and lyrical charm, are central to Dvořák’s legacy and pivotal ...
Composer: Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
The Romantic Room: Chamber Works by Spohr
The Romantic Room is an expansive six-volume set exploring the rich and often overlooked chamber music of Louis Spohr, brought vividly to life by the WDR Sinfonieorchester Chamber Players. Once hailed as the “German Paganini” and revered across Europe, Spohr was a pivotal figure of early Romanticism – an innovator who shaped ...
Composer: Louis Spohr (1784-1859)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Three Intermezzi Op. 117 (Live)
Francesco Piemontesi, conductor Manfred Honeck, and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig come together in a new recording of Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2. This concerto transcends the traditional form, blending symphonic grandeur with virtuosic brilliance and moments of intimate chamber-like dialogue between piano ...
Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
For Les Arts Florissants, one of the world’s most renowned Baroque ensembles, and artistic director William Christie this is a landmark release: the first complete recording of André Campra’s Requiem, paired with his profoundly moving Miserere. These works, filled with clarity, grace, and emotional power, offer a deeply ...
Composer: Andre Campra (1660-1744)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
The Recovery of Paradise: Blackford Cello Concerto
PENTATONE presents Richard Blackford’s powerful new Cello Concerto, commissioned by Czech Philharmonic for the acclaimed virtuoso cellist Alisa Weilerstein. Orchestra and soloist perform this piece under the baton of Tomáš Netopil. Structured in four vivid movements, the concerto transforms the raw forces of nature—Earth, Air, Water, and Fire—into a deeply personal and emotionally ...
Composer: Richard Blackford (1954)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Intimate Voices: Chamber Music of David Conte
David Conte’s Intimate Voices presents a deeply personal journey through a decade of his chamber music, with works recorded between 2014 and 2024. Celebrating the composer’s 70th birthday, this album reflects his belief in the continuity of musical culture, shaped by his studies with the ...
Composer: David Conte (1955)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
The Miró Quartet, celebrating their 30th anniversary this year, presents an album featuring the complete string quartets of Alberto Ginastera, one of the most influential Latin American composers of the 20th century. A master of vivid contrasts and emotional depth, Ginastera infused his music with the spirit of Argentine folk ...
Composer: Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Beloved worldwide, Chloe Chua returns to PENTATONE with Mozart’s complete violin concertos – a project that began when she was just 15 years old. The album features Mozart’s Rondo in B-Flat Major, K. 269 and Rondo in C Major, K. 373 as well as the Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola & Orchestra in E-Flat Major, K. 364. The latter also features the ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Schnittke: Cello Concerto No. 1
Cellist Matt Haimovitz, together with the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Dennis Russell Davies, continues to spotlight rarely heard and powerful cello concerti, brought to life through dynamic recordings. Following the acclaimed release of Thomas de Hartmann’s Cello Concerto, ...
Composer: Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Corelli: Concerti grossi Op. 6, 1-6
Following their acclaimed Handel trilogy, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin presents a recording of Arcangelo Corelli’s Concerti grossi, Op. 6, 1-6. Led by concertmasters Mayumi Hirasaki and Georg Kallweit, the ensemble showcases the enduring brilliance and influence of Corelli’s music with their signature virtuosity and historical insight. ...
Composer: Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Brahms-Koncz: Sonatas for Clarinet and Orchestra
Daniel Ottensamer presents Brahms’ two legendary clarinet sonatas, reworked for clarinet and orchestra by Stephan Koncz, who also conducts the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin on this recording. Koncz’ orchestrations bring these masterful pieces out of the limited space of chamber music, presenting them in a new symphonic light. The idea to create this very personal ...
Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Walter Rabl (1873-1940), Stephan Koncz (1984)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
L'extase: Debussy & Messiaen Songs
With mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená and pianist Mitsuko Uchida, two world stars join hands on L’extase, a collection of songs by Claude Debussy and Olivier Messiaen. Debussy was Messiaen’s life-long idol, and their songs are equally colourful, sumptuous, sensual, and occasionally exotic. The album derives its name from the ...
Composer: Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
This album, which Denis Kozhukhin dedicates in memory of his parents, is very special and deeply personal to him. It brings together the innocence of Tchaikovsky’s Children’s Album, the playful yet technically demanding Music for Children by Prokofiev, and Alexey Shor’s emotionally rich ...
Composer: Serge Prokofieff (1891-1953), Alexey Shor (1970), Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky (1840-1893)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Future Horizons: Pieces for Oboe and Violin
On Future Horizons, François Leleux, one of the most distinguished oboists of our time, presents a collection of works for oboe by renowned living composers Nicolas Bacri, Michael Jarrell, and Thierry Escaich, expanding the instrument’s repertoire to new artistic possibilities. ...
Composer: Nicolas Bacri (1961), Michael Jarrell (1958), Thierry Escaich (1965)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Vienna Mandolin Stories is Alon Sariel’s first full concerto album, inviting listeners on a journey through late-18th and early-19th-century Vienna. The album features works for mandolin and orchestra by Haydn, Mozart, Krähmer, and Paisiello. While some pieces were originally composed for mandolin, others have been skillfully adapted by Sariel. ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Ernest Krähmer (1795-1837), Alon Sariel (1986), Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Violinist Arabella Steinbacher, the Luxembourg Philharmonic (previously called Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg) and conductor Gustavo Gimeno present violin concertos by Beethoven and Lentz. Beethoven’s violin concerto may well be the most iconic contribution to its genre, and to Steinbacher, ...
Composer: Georges Lentz (1965), Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
On her solo debut album Indomita, soprano Eleonora Buratto pays tribute to the greatest composers and most insurmountable heroines of Italian nineteenth-century opera, together with the Orchestra & Coro dell’Opera Carlo Felice Genova under the baton of Sesto Quatrini. For Buratto, these scenes from Bellini’s Il pirata, Donizetti’s Anna ...
Composer: Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835), Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848), Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
