After their acclaimed recording of Weber’s Freischütz, the Dresdner Philharmonie and its Principal conductor Marek Janowski present yet another German opera classic with Beethoven’s Fidelio. They work together with a stellar cast — well-seasoned in German opera — including Lise Davidsen (Fidelio/Leonore), Christian Elsner ....
Composer: 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 ...
Composer: 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, ...
Composer: 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, ...
Composer: 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 ...
Composer: 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, ...
Composer: 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 ...
Composer: 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
The OPL and Gustavo Gimeno continue their acclaimed PENTATONE series of composer portraits with a monograph of a living composer, Francisco Coll. In Coll’s music, the past and present converge in a single space, by realising a contemporary sound world while creatively employing traditional ...
Composer: Francisco Coll (1985)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Cappella Amsterdam and its artistic leader Daniel Reuss make their PENTATONE debut with In Umbra Mortis. The album brings together Wolfgang Rihm’s contemporary Sieben Passions-Stücke and Passion-related motets by the Flemish 16th-century polyphonist Giaches de Wert, ...
Composer: Giaches de Wert (1535-1596), Wolfgang Rihm (1952)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Mozart has always been my favorite composer. I think I started to feel this strong connection to his music when I studied his concertos as a young flautist. I had to learn the language of the virtuosic writing he is so famous for, and be able to color and create musical phrases without ...
Composer: 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 ...
Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
On her third PENTATONE album Bach Unbuttoned, Ana de la Vega brings together a group of exciting young soloists and the Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn to present a lively and fresh perspective on Bach as man and composer. The programme contains Brandenburg concertos Nos. 2, 4 & 5, a unique ...
Composer: 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, ...
Composer: 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 ...
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Anton Bruckner & Michael Haydn: Motets
The MDR Leipzig Radio Choir and its chief conductor Philipp Ahmann present motets by Anton Bruckner and Michael Haydn. While Bruckner’s Locus iste, Christus factus est and Ave Maria enjoy great popularity and can be heard frequently in concerts, Michael Haydn’s contributions to the same genre ...
Composer: 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) ...
Composer: 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 ...
Composer: 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 ...
Composer: 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'...
Composer: Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Opera
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