Originals: Compositions for Brass & Percussion
Founded in 1995 by members of the Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra during a tour in South-East Asia, WorldBrass quickly grew to become one of the most renowned and well-respected brass ensembles on the European Continent.
Composer: Marcin Blasewicz (1953), Lorenz Raab (1975), Tom Harrold (1991), Theo Brandmüller (1948-2012), Hannu Kella (1976)
Genre: Classical
The Aeolian Organ at Duke University Chapel
The Aeolian Opus 1785 pipe organ of Duke University Chapel in Durham, NC was built in 1932 and completely restored in 2008. It stands today, as it did over eighty years ago, as a towering testament to the twentieth-century symphonic
Composer: Jean Sibelius (1865-1957), Herbert Howells (1892-1983), Andre Fleury (1903-1995), Edwin Henry Lemare (1866-1934), Marcel Dupre (1886-1971), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), Herbert Brewer (1865-1928), William Bolcom (1938), Eugene Gigout (1844-1925)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
J. Strauss II: Der Zigeunerbaron (Live)
Johann Strauss Jr. is the most prominent member of the famous musical Strauss family and with more than 500 dance compositions to his name, became known as ‘The Waltz King’. While conducting the world première of his operetta Der
Composer: Johann Strauss II (1825-1899), Johann Strauss (1825-1899)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Opera
Dvorak: Symphony No. 6 in D Major, Op. 60 & 2 Slavonic Dances
Antonín Dvořák dedicated his Symphony No. 6 in D major to Hans Richter, who was the director of the Vienna Philharmonic and who had commissioned the symphony. When Dvořák finished composing it in October 1880, Richter seemed to be
Composer: Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Tchaikovsky & Grieg: Piano Concertos
This new PENTATONE release of Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 and Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 marks the start of the musical collaboration between the label and the young
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Back in 1990, highly respected both nationally and internationally, Russian pianist and conductor Mikhail Pletnev formed the first independent orchestra in the history of his country, the Russian National Orchestra.
Composer: Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky (1840-1893)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
This album of Russian Dances is beautifully performed by Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, under the baton of Kazuki Yamada. The album contains masterful works from brilliant conductors, including Tchaikovsky’s Suite from Swan Lake,
Composer: Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky (1840-1893), Alexander Glasunow (1865-1936), Dimitri Schostakowitsch (1906-1975), Igor Strawinsky (1882-1971)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Dvorák: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
Owing to his great talent for melody and the delightfully fresh Czech character of his music, Antonín Dvorák achieved worldwide recognition. His technical abilities and rich melodic inspiration enabled him to create an oeuvre that includes
Composer: Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
For a large part, thanks to the effort of Johannes Brahms, who introduced him to his publisher Simrock, Czech composer Antonín Dvorák developed into a composer with an international reputation. Don’t we all know his Slavonic
Composer: Antonín Dvorak (1841-1904)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
It would be no exaggeration to name Antonio Vivaldi as the “pioneer of the bassoon concerto”. The first milestone in the emancipation of the bassoon, until the beginning of the 17 century exclusively used as a basso continuo instrument,
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Genre: Classical
Schubert: Lieder (Orch. by Max Reger & Anton Webern)
Given his magnificent achievement in the field of art song, and the vast volume and consistently high quality of his Lieder oeuvre, it is not surprising that Schubert’s songs have been recorded numerous times. It is not surprising either that
Composer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
J.S. Bach: The Cello Suites According to Anna Magdalena
Fresh off the heels of his revelatory period-instrument recording of the complete Beethoven Sonatas and Variations with Christopher O’Riley, Beethoven, Period., Haimovitz releases J.S. Bach: The Cello Suites according to Anna
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Schubert: Complete Works for Violin & Piano
The recordings by these two brilliant German artists, Julia Fischer and Martin Helmchen — originally launched in two separate volumes in 2009 and 2010 — were remarkably successful from both a critical and a commercial standpoint.
Composer: Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Dvorak & Lalo: Cello Concertos
German-Canadian international soloist Johannes Moser recently signed an exclusive recording contract with PENTATONE. He regularly performs with the world’s leading orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, New York
Composer: Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904), Edouard Lalo (1823-1892)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major / Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5 / Schlime: 3 Improvisations
Young Luxembourg-born virtuoso Francesco Tristano Schlimé is in no rush in either of the two piano concertos here, considerably stretching tempos beyond the norms in almost every movement. He is abetted by an equally laid-back
Composer: Sergei Sergeievitch Prokofiev (1891-1953), Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), Francesco Tristano Schlimé (1981-)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Dvorak: Symphony No. 6 / The Water Goblin
Joining Yakov Kreizberg and the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra's previously released recordings of Dvorák's Eighth and Ninth Symphonies is their recording of the same composer's Sixth Symphony coupled with his symphonic
Composer: Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Schubert, F.: Symphonies No. 4 Tragic and No. 5
The Netherlands Chamber Orchestra has an extensive repertoire available on CD and new recordings on the PentaTone label are scheduled. Their leader Gordan Nikolic is a professor at the Royal College of Music and the Guildhal
Composer: Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Composer Arnold Schönberg considered it vitally important to study the techniques of other composers in order to thus penetrate more deeply into the true content of their music ⎯ and he believed the best way to do this was by arranging the
Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
