Elgar & Tchaikovsky: Cello Works
The profoundly moving, elegiac lyricism of Elgar and the wistful charm and brilliance of Tchaikovsky are on full display in this irresistible new release played with consummate virtuosity by the German-Canadian cellist ...
Composer: Edward Elgar (1857-1934), Piotr Illych Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Bold, turbulent defiance sits alongside pained introspection and bittersweet reverie in this penetrating recital of Brahms piano works by the acclaimed young Russian pianist ...
Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Between 1860 and 1870, a group of composers got together in St Petersburg under the leadership of Mili Balakirev. The “Mighty Five”, as they came to be known, aimed to create ...
Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Rachmaninoff & Prokofiev: Works for Cello & Piano
The achingly beautiful, haunting lyricism of early Rachmaninov and the soaring effusiveness of late Prokofiev are glowingly brought to life by the German-Canadian cellist Johannes Moser and the Russian ...
Composer: Sergei Rachmaninov (1943), Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Dvorak: Symphonic Variations & Slavonic Rhapsodies
For the third of his three-album series for PENTATONE, the young rising star Jakub Hrůša conducts the PKF-Prague Philharmonia in an all Dvořák programme of appealing orchestral works comprising the evergreen favourite
Composer: Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Matt Haimovitzs continuously-evolving and intense engagement with the Bach Cello Suites reaches a new zenith with Overtures to Bach, six new commissions that anticipate and reflect each of the cello suites. The new overtures expand
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Philip Glass (1937), Du Yun (1977), Vijay Iyer (1971), Roberto Sierra (1953), David Sanford (1963), Luna Pearl Woolf (1973)
Genre: Classical
Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane - Debussy: 6 Épigraphes antiques - Poulenc: Les biches
Vibrant, striking colours, sensuous harmonies and coruscating wit abound in this irresistible collection played by the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) under the baton of the young rising star Kazuki Yamada. Hailed by Gramophone
Composer: Albert Roussel (1869-1937), Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Wagner: Overtures, Preludes & Orchestral Excerpts
Celebrating the conductor Marek Janowski’s triumphant Ring cycle at this year’s Bayreuth festival, PENTATONE rounds off his groundbreaking survey of Wagner’s operas with the release of a double album featuring orchestral highlights from
Composer: Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Fantasies, Rhapsodies & Daydreams
Thrilling flights of fancy abound from violinist Arabella Steinbacher in Fantasies, Rhapsodies and Daydreams. Spectacular virtuoso playing, bravura passagework and show-stopping melodies are balanced with wistful lyricism and
Composer: Franz Waxman (1906-1967), Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921), Jules Massenet (1842-1912), Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
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
