Global star tenor Piotr Beczala presents Vincerò!, the first fruit of his exclusive collaboration with PENTATONE. Vincerò! is a collection of heart-wrenching opera arias by Puccini, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Giordano and Cilea. For Beczala, this recording documents his vocal transition from the lyrical tenor ...
Composer: Giacomo Puccini, Francesco Ciléa, Pietro Mascagni, Umberto Giordano, Ruggero Leoncavallo (1858-1919)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Telemann: Miriways, TWV 21:24 (Live)
PENTATONE presents Telemann’s rarely-performed opera Miriways (1728) with a stellar cast and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin conducted by Bernard Labadie. Star vocalists such as André Morsch (Miriways), Robin Johannsen (Sophi), Sophie Karthäuser (Bemira), Lydia Teuscher ...
Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Opera
Beethoven: Piano Concertos, Vol. 2
After an acclaimed first installment, Inon Barnatan, Alan Gilbert and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields complete their Beethoven piano concertos diptych. This recording project bears the fruit of longstanding and profound musical friendships. ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
Sa Chen here gives serviceable performance (in splendid sound) of two concerto warhorses. The Pentatone label seems to have cornered the market in surround sound recordings of the great concertos, but it was perhaps inevitable that their unbroken series of definitive recordings would ...
Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
After her acclaimed complete recording of Beethoven’s piano sonatas, Mari Kodama returns with a programme consisting of Beethoven string quartets transcribed for piano by Saint-Saëns, Mussorgsky and Balakirev, as well as Beethoven’s variations on the finale of Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet. Most pieces are recorded for ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881), Mily Balakireff (1837-1910), Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana (Live)
Marek Janowski and the Dresdner Philharmonie present a new recording of Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana, the verismo opera par excellence. Mascagni’s debut opera turned him into an overnight world star, and continues to captivate listeners today. Even if the depiction of simple village ...
Composer: Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Opera
Bach: Cello Suites, BWVV 1007-1012
After her acclaimed PENTATONE debut with Transfigured Night, Alisa Weilerstein returns with a complete recording of Bach’s Cello Suites. These pieces present the highest mountain to climb for any cellist, and one of the most transcendent and rewarding experiences for listeners alike. With his suites, Bach crafted ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
J.S. Bach: Harpsichord Concertos
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 ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Aspects of America: Pulitzer Edition (Live)
Oregon Symphony and Carlos Kalmar continue their acclaimed Aspects of America series with this second instalment, featuring three symphonic works that were all awarded a Pulitzer Prize. Walter Piston’s Symphony No. 7 (Pulitzer Prize 1961) is a pastoral and jubilant glorification ...
Composer: Walter Piston (1894-1976), Howard Hanson (1896-1981), Morton Gould (1913-1982)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
The young players of the Swiss string ensemble Camerata du Léman make their recording debut with energetic performances of Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, in a new arrangement by concertmaster Simon Bouveret. The Camerata realise an ensemble ...
Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Brahms: String Sextets Nos. 1 & 2
After their acclaimed Brahms String Quintets recording, the WDR Chamber Players now present the composer’s string sextets. Brahms wrote his two sextets at the beginning of his career, partly as a way to evade the “Ghost of Beethoven” haunting the string quartet, but also as the ideal genre to ...
Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
On her PENTATONE debut Reine de coeur, star soprano Hanna-Elisabeth Müller brings the German and French art song traditions together, focusing on song cycles by Robert Schumann, Alexander von Zemlinsky and Francis Poulenc, accompanied by pianist Juliane Ruf. The album presents a highly ...
Composer: Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871-1942), Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
From a deeply stirring Mass to hauntingly re-imagined Leonard Cohen masterpieces, LUNA PEARL WOOLF: Fire and Flood encompasses 25 years of vocal works by composer Luna Pearl Woolf, as performed by the Choir of Trinity Wall Street, cellist Matt Haimovitz, and more, conducted by ...
Composer: Leonard Cohen (1934-2016), Luna Pearl Woolf (1973)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Haydn, A. Stamitz & C. Stamitz: Concertos
Flautist Ana de la Vega teams up with two-time ECHO award-winning oboist Ramón Ortega Quero and the Trondheim Soloists on her second PENTATONE album, to explore the intricate and unique relationship between flute and oboe in concertos by Joseph Haydn and Carl Stamitz. ...
Composer: Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Händel: 12 Concerti grossi, Op. 6 Nos. 7-12
Immaculately Played Baroque Favourites: The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin continue their Handel trilogy with this recording of the last six concerti grossi of the composer’s Op. 6. Originally designed as attractive interludes to English oratorio performances, Handel’s concerti grossi soon gained fame as ...
Composer: Georg Friedrich Händel
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7
After their prize-winning Mendelssohn symphonies cycle and acclaimed Mozart symphonies album, the NDR Radiophilharmonie and its chief conductor Andrew Manze now present Beethoven’s Fifth and Seventh symphonies. While Beethoven’s Fifth ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Beethoven: Complete Works for String Quartet
The Miró Quartet, generally considered as one of the most established US classical ensembles, makes its PENTATONE debut with a complete recording of the Beethoven string quartets. Beethoven’s quartets truly stand at the centre of the repertoire, and present the summit for any quartet. ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 "Winter" (EP)
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-breaking ..
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Toccata - 200 Years of German Organ Music
Almost two centuries passed between the creation of the first and last pieces on the CD programme at hand, which was recorded by Bram Beekman on the De Rijckere organ in the Oostkerk (East Church) in the Dutch town of Middelburg. Almost 200 years in the wide-ranging history of the organ separate both the...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14 (Live)
After the tremendous success of Swan Lake, Vladimir Jurowski and the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia “Evgeny Svetlanov” continue their Tchaikovksy ballet series on PENTATONE with this recording of The Nutcracker. Tchaikovsky’s enchanting masterpiece is an absolute audience ...
Composer: Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1993)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
