Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 (Narrated in English)
Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, in which a young boy catches a wolf and brings him to the zoo, is arguably the most famous children’s story with classical music. Once designed to introduce young audiences to the workings of an orchestra and its instruments, it showcases the composer’s superb ...
Composer: Sergei Sergeievitch Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3
Multiple prize-winning conductor René Jacobs and the B’Rock Orchestra continue their Schubert cycle on PENTATONE with a recording of the composer’s Second and Third Symphony. Jacobs approaches these pieces as a symphonic pair revealing contrasting aspects of Schubert’s personality ...
Composer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Jake Heggie: Unexpected Shadows
Star mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton presents a recital of songs by American composer Jake Heggie, with the composer at the piano. UNEXPECTED SHADOWS is a celebration in words and music of powerful, exceptional women. The program contains four song cycles, a standalone art song, and an opera aria. ....
Composer: Jake Heggie
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) not only enriched the piano repertoire with his colourful and lyrical music, but simultaneously captured the Norwegian landscape, folk tales and fantasy creatures in sounds, putting his fatherland on the cultural and musical map. ...
Composer: Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85
The profoundly moving, elegiac lyricism of Elgar is on full display in this irresistible re-release from PENTATONE played with consummate virtuosity by the German-Canadian cellist Johannes Moser with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande under Andrew Manze. ...
Composer: Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Star mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton presents a recital of songs by American composer Jake Heggie, with the composer at the piano. UNEXPECTED SHADOWS is a celebration in words and music of powerful, exceptional women. The program contains four song cycles, a standalone art song, and an opera aria. ...
Composer: Jake Heggie (1961)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Live)
Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin continue their exploration of Mahler with a new recording of Das Lied von der Erde, on which Dame Sarah Connolly and Robert Dean Smith provide the vocal contributions. Residing somewhere between symphony and song cycle, ...
Composer: Gustav Mahler (1860 – 1911)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Opera Omaha presents Missy Mazzoli’s opera Proving Up (2018) in its premiere recording with the International Contemporary Ensemble and conductor Christopher Rountree and soloists. Crowned as “Brooklyn’s post-millennial Mozart” by Time Out New York, Mazzoli is one of today’s most ...
Composer: Missy Mazzoli (1980)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Opera
Handel: Concerti grossi, Op. 3
A multifaceted opus: The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin complete their Handel trilogy with this recording of the Op. 3 concerti grossi. Even if this selection of concertos was most likely compiled by Handel’s publisher rather than by the composer himself, the overall quality and colourful nature of the music ...
Composer: George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3
It is all too easy to forget that when Ludwig van Beethoven presented his early symphonies to the Viennese public at the beginning of the 19th century, the genre there had already lost much of its allure. But the facts speak for themselves: by around 1795, well-known symphonic composers such as Haydn, Gyrowetz ....
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Melancholic violin, affectionate duets, and comforting concertos, enjoy Julia Fischer’s most introspective & reflective repertoire. Put together with privacy and familiarity in mind, let this music be the accompaniment for your most preciously intimate moments. ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 113 “Babi Yar”
The Russian National Orchestra continues its Shostakovich cycle with Symphony No. 13, Babi Yar, together with bass Oleg Tsibulko, the Popov Academy of Choral Arts Choir, the Kozhevnikov choir and maestro Kirill Karabits. Inspired by Yevgeny Yevtushenko's poem Babi Yar about a Nazi ...
Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Star mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton presents a recital of songs by American composer Jake Heggie, with the composer at the piano. UNEXPECTED SHADOWS is a celebration in words and music of powerful, exceptional women. The program contains four song cycles, a standalone art song, and an opera aria. ...
Composer: Jake Heggie (1961)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Mozart: Mass in C Minor, K. 427 "Great" (Reconstr. H. Eder) [Live]
Marc Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre present a new recording of Mozart’s Mass in C Minor, the iconic opening Kyrie of which is among the most cherished religious music ever written. Mozart performed parts of the Mass in 1783, but the score remained unfinished, ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau (After H. Andersen) [Live]
A Fin-De-Siècle Little Mermaid: Marc Albrecht and the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra present Zemlinsky’s lush symphonic poem Die Seejungfrau. Zemlinsky was a child of fin-de-siècle Vienna, who for decades has been overshadowed by colleagues such as Gustav Mahler – the man who married Alma, the woman Zemlinsky ...
Composer: Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871-1942)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Star violinist Arabella Steinbacher presents Antonio Vivaldi’s world-famous Four Seasons alongside Astor Piazzolla’s Cuatro estaciones porteñas, creating a lively combination of baroque and tango. The enormous popularity of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons tends to make us forget the original and ground- ...
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741), Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 "L'estate"
This is the fourth and final of four digital pre-releases taken from the full album.
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Franck: Symphony in D Minor, FWV 48 & Variations symphoniques, FWV 46
The Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg and its Music Director Gustavo Gimeno present a composer portrait of César Franck. The album features the famous Symphony in D Minor, as well as the lesser known, but equally enchanting Symphonic Variations for piano and orchestra, with Denis Kozhukhin as soloist. ...
Composer: César Franck (1822-1890)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Bruckner: Mass No. 2 in E Minor - Stravinsky: Mass
The Rundfunkchor Berlin, led by its chief conductor Gijs Leenaars and accompanied by wind players from the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, presents masses by Bruckner and Stravinsky. The mass is arguably the oldest genre in music history, full of traditions, but also an inexhaustible soil ...
Composer: Anton Bruckner (1824-1896), Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
Jake Heggie: The Work at Hand (Version for Mezzo-Soprano, Cello & Piano)
This is the second pre-release EP derived from UNEXPECTED SHADOWS, a celebration in words and music of powerful, exceptional women, with songs composed by Jake Heggie, and performed by mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton, with the composer at the piano. The Work at Hand sets poetry by the late Laura Morefield, ..
Composer: Jake Heggie (1961)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
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