Rossini: Petite messe solennelle
In Rossini’s Petite Messe solennelle (1863-1867), sacred tones blend seamlessly with allusions to his comic operas. “Is this sacred music which I have written or music of the devil?”, the composer tellingly asked himself in a personal letter. Rossini’s enigmatic but highly enjoyable ...
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Featuring works by Abel, Reichardt, Zelter, Storace, Mozart and Paisiello, this album follows the musical “jet set” of the 18th century as they “do” the splendid cosmopolitan cultural epicentres of the time, including London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna and St Petersburg. Exploring the ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Schubert: Early Symphonies & Stage Music
By presenting Schubert’s first three symphonies and a selection of stage music, this album showcases a less-known, but fascinating part of the composer’s oeuvre. His extraordinary achievements in the fields of Lieder and string quartet composition tend to overshadow his ...
Composer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
On her first PENTATONE album, pianist Tamara Stefanovich presents a highly personal selection of solo works by Bach, Bartók, Ives and Messiaen. Influences shows how these extraordinarily original and idiosyncratic composers let themselves be inspired by the exterior world, ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), Bela Bartók (1881–1945), Charles Ives (1874-1954), Olivier Messiaen (1930)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Tchaikovsky: The Symphonies & Manfred
Tchaikovsky defined the symphony as being the most lyrical of musical forms. After all, is it not meant to express that for which there are no words, but which forces itself out of the soul, impatiently waiting to be uttered? With these words, the composer makes us aware of the ...
Composer: Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky (1840-1893)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 40 & 41 (Live)
Considered to be the highest triumph of instrumental composition in his own day, Mozart’s final symphonies continue to sweep audiences away. From the famous G-minor opening movement of the 40th symphony that cuts straight to the chase to the unprecedented complexity of the 41st ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
In her PENTATONE debut album, young German star soprano Anna Lucia Richter explores the heart-wrenching, timeless and universal feeling of Heimweh (homesickness) through a collection of extraordinary Schubert songs. Richter approaches the notion of Heimweh from several perspectives: ...
Composer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Angel Heart: A Music Storybook
Created by soprano Lisa Delan and composer Luna Pearl Woolf, the recording of Angel Heart is a music storybook narrated by Jeremy Irons with an original story by Cornelia Funke and music by Luna Pearl Woolf, and performed by Matt Haimovitz & Uccello with world-class artists Frederica von Stade, Daniel Taylor, Delan and more. Woolf’s original ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings / Souvenir De Florence
Only a few works from Pjotr Tschaikowski's huge oeuvre have gained general acceptance, however, these are of such an enduring nature that the Russian is ranked among the great composers in the history of music. The way the world of music highlights especially his last three symphonies, ...
Composer: Pjotr Tschaikowski (1840–1893)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Debussy: La mer, Ibéria, Images & 6 Épigraphes antiques
Released in the year of Claude Debussys death centenary, this album demonstrates the exceptional harmonic and coloristic richness of his music. The centerpiece of the album is La Mer (1903-1905), a musical realization of the composers sincere devotion to the sea that ...
Composer: Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Strauss II: Die Fledermaus (Live)
Die Fledermaus (1874) is the ultimate Viennese operetta, composed by Johann Strauss Jr., the most famous member of the Strauss Waltz Dynasty. Once conceived as an attempt to creatively outgrow the dance-hall, the operetta was a huge success from the outset and still enchants audiences today ...
Composer: Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
ELEGANT, EXHILARATING, ELECTRIFYING! From the moment they were performed, Gioachino Rossini’s overtures have enjoyed the status of colourful, elegant orchestral showpieces. With their sweet cantilene, their rich harmonies, their brilliant orchestration, and their powerful and ...
Composer: Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
This live recording was produced in honor of the 20th anniversary of Gospel Christmas with the Northwest Community Gospel Chorus and the Oregon Symphony. Once considered an unlikely marriage of musical genres, gospel music with symphony orchestra has now established itself as a tradition. While blues, hymns, and spirituals are typical sources of ...
Composer: DeMarcus Williams, Bill Winston, Milton Biggham, Terry Davis, Joseph Joubert, Buryl Red, Michael McElroy, Norman Hutchins, Gary Hemenway, James Fortune, AyRon Lewis, Joseph Pace II, George Frideric Handel (1685–1759), Lynn DeShazo, Traditional, Gary Sadler, Israel Houghton, Charles Floyd, Erasmus Mutambira:
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
Lutosławski & Dutilleux: Cello Concertos
This album features cello concertos by Witold Lutosławski and Henri Dutilleux performed by the multiple prize-winning German-Canadian cellist Johannes Moser and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, conducted by Thomas Søndergård. These works, premiered in 1970, are two of the biggest gems ...
Composer: Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013), Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 22, TH 12 (1877 Version)
Swan Lake is the first of the three great ballets that Tchaikovsky wrote, and arguably the most famous. The piece is mainly known in the shape it obtained in 1895, when it became a classic in the choreography of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov. That “imperial” version strayed from Tchaikovsky’s world premiere score,
Composer: Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1993)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6
On his first album released on PENTATONE, multiple prize-winning conductor René Jacobs finally records Schubert, his first great musical love. Jacobs delivers his fresh perspective on the favourite composer of his youth together with the exceptional players of the B’Rock Orchestra, acclaimed for their inspired playing, musical curiosity and ...
Composer: Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - Night on the Bare Mountain
These well known pieces are presented in superb sound. Carlo Ponti Jr. is the son of Carlo Ponti Sr. and Sophia Loren and is a regular conductor of the Russian National Orchestra. "It may seem perverse with a Russian orchestra to have the least Russian-sounding orchestration of Pictures, albeit the most inspired one. Yet Carlo Ponti, so far as he can, ....
Composer: Maurice Ravel (1875–1937), Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1884-1908), Anatol Liadov (1855-1914)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
This double album offers a testimony to Stravinsky’s overwhelming musical heritage, covering all the phases of his creative life. Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) is twentieth-century music! More than any other composer, he continued to develop his compositional style throughout his seven-decade-spanning career, ...
Composer: Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
This album is violinist Arabella Steinbacher’s tribute to the favourite composer of her family household. The music of Richard Strauss has played a crucial role throughout her life. As great Strauss lovers, her parents named her after the main character of Strauss’ opera Arabella, and ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Strauss, Debussy & Ligeti: Orchestral Works
This album presents extraordinary works of three twentieth-century composers with diverse cultural backgrounds, underlining the versatility and legacy of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in its centenary year. Richard Strauss’ Schlagobers (Whipped Cream, 1924) is a playful ballet set in a Viennese Konditorei, of which the orchestral suite is ...
Composer: Claude Debussy (1862–1918), Jean Sibelius (1865–1957):, Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
