Britten & Hindemith: Violin Concertos
Breathtaking virtuosity flows seamlessly with expansive lyrical passages and fiendish passagework in this commanding performance by Arabella Steinbacher of the restless and technically demanding violin concertos of Britten and Hindemith in this new release from ...
Composer: Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Acclaimed for their adventurous and wide-ranging recording projects – from Beethoven Sonatas on period instruments to genre-bending arrangements of Radiohead and Arcade Fire – the endlessly inventive duo of cellist Matt Haimovitz and pianist Christopher O'Riley returns ...
Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975), Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953), Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1934), Viktor Tsoi
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra - Mahler: Totenfeier
Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin excel in these new recordings of Richard Strauss’s electrifying Also Sprach Zarathustra and Mahler’s Totenfeier, to coincide with the Russian maestro taking up office as Chief Conductor and Artistic Director ...
Composer: Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), Anton Bruckner (1824-1896), Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Jake Heggie: It's a Wonderful Life (Live)
Composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer knew before they ever wrote a note or a line of It s a Wonderful Life that there are challenges in adapting a treasured classic for the operatic stage. After all, Heggie and Scheer s hit 2010 opera Moby-Dick raised ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Handel: Parnasso in festa, HWV 73 (Live)
Andrea Marcon and La Cetra Barockorchester & Vokalensemble Basel sparkle in this new release of Handel's forgotten masterpiece Parnasso in testa, recorded shortly before their hugely successful Netherlands premiere of the opera in November 2016. ...
Composer: Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Opera
New from the PENTATONE Oxingale Series, Tippet Rise OPUS 2016: Domo is a live recording birthed from the inaugural season at the Tippet Rise Art Center in Fishtail Montana. The center's intimate concert space is set on a 10,260-acre working sheep and cattle ranch dotted ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Graceful, refined and irresistibly charming, the Flute Quartets occupy an exquisite place in Mozart’s incomparable chamber music. This light, airy music with its vivid contrasts, delicious textures and irrepressible wit is brought to life by the soloists of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin in this new release. ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 –1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Une barque sur l'océan & Pavane pour une infante défunte
Sensuous, lushly evocative and intricately constructed, Maurice Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé is widely regarded as his greatest orchestral masterpiece and one of the 20th century’s finest ballet scores. This vast musical fresco with its shimmering harmonies, ...
Composer: Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ
Russia’s foremost composer Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev’s compositions are noted for their deep spirituality and commitment. With this new release, he brings the same sense of awe and wonder to the music of Bach in a series ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Marc Albrecht conducts the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra with the acclaimed mezzo-soprano Alice Coote in a persuasive new recording of Mahler’s incomparable orchestral song cycles Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Kindertotenlieder and the Rückert-Lieder. ....
Composer: Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Gemeinsam mit dem italienischen Ensemble Il Pomo d’Oro feiert die herausragende Sängerin Ann Hallenberg den venezianischen Karneval. Wir hören z. B. Arien und Kompositionen von Giacomelli, Orlandini, Händel, Leo und Porpora. ...
Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli (1692-1740), Giuseppe Maria Orlandini, Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, Nicola Porpora (1686-1768), Leonardo Leo (1694-1744), Leonardo Vinci (1690-1730)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
The Canterville Ghost was first performed in 2015 at Leipzig Opera, with Matthias Foremny conducting the Gewandhaus Orchestra and an international cast of singers. This premiere recording invites us to witness again the delightful culture clash of the Old World invaded ...
Composer: Gordon Getty (1933-)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Opera
Beethoven: Missa solemnis, Op. 123 (Live)
The conductor Marek Janowski and the Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin continue their critically acclaimed collaboration with PENTATONE in a magnificent reading of Beethoven’s monumental Missa Solemnis, recorded live at the Berlin Philharmonie in September 2016 in partnership ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
From London to Venice via Leipzig and The Hague, with Grand Tour – Baroque Road Trip, Simon Murphy and the New Dutch Academy take a fascinating journey through Europe in a sumptuous programme of Baroque musical treasures. Using authentic instruments in an immersive ...
Composer: George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
De Falla: Noches en los Jardines de España & El Sombrero de Tres Picos
Manuel de Falla’s richly evocative music erupts in a riot of colour in this vibrant new recording from Kazuki Yamada with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande for PENTATONE. Works included are the ever popular Noches en los jardines de España and El sombrero de tres picos as well ...
Composer: Manuel de Falla (1876–1946)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 & 4 Orchestral Pieces
In his keenly anticipated first release for PENTATONE, rising young star Gustavo Gimeno conducts the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg in a riveting performance Bruckner’s towering First Symphony, heard in the lesser-known “Vienna” version of 1890/1891. ...
Composer: Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1, Scherzi, Theme and Variations & 5 Fragments
Gustavo Gimeno conducts the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg in a fascinating survey of confident, assured and striking orchestral works by the young Shostakovich. This new recording for PENTATONE includes his breathtaking Symphony No.1 op. 10 – the student work which brought Shostakovich international fame. ...
Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 53, 64 & 96 (Live)
Whether it’s a confident swagger or a balletic grace, a beguiling folk-melody or a quicksilver rondo, there is always something new to discover in the endlessly inventive symphonies of Haydn, especially in these firm favourites played ...
Composer: Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" & 2 Slavonic Dances
"Dvorak's New World Symphony is counted among the most successful and distinctive symphonies ever written and it loses none of its drama or appeal on repeated playing. Inspired by American spirituals ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
On My Journey Now: Spirituals & Hymns
Life affirming, defiant and uplifting, there is nothing quite like the extraordinary power and simplicity of American Spirituals to move and inspire, abundantly demonstrated ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
