Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin
It’s brave of Julia Fischer to tackle the Mount Everest of music for solo violin at the age of 21. The young German is up against some stiff competition, but she acquits herself well. The great Chaconne in Partita No.2 suits her serious
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Bach: The Two Violin Concertos / Double Concerto / Concerto for Violin and Oboe
According to Gramophone magazine the Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra is the best orchestra in the world, so you won’t find greater quality performances than this release with the Concertgebouw and its principals as soloists.
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Schumann: Symphonische Etüden, Op. 13 / Waldszenen, Op. 82 / Arabeske, Op. 18
This new recital album of Martin Helmchen adds to the large collection of recordings Helmchen has with Pentatone. Helmchen will be touring in the US in late November 2012 & early December, playing with the Oregonn Symphony &
Composer: Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Prokofiev: The 2 Violin Concertos
Composed in an extraordinarily tumultuous time, Prokofiev’s First Violin Concerto is a work with a long and complicated genesis and reception history. In 1915, Prokofiev completed his studies at the St Petersburg Conservatory, where he had
Composer: Sergei Sergeievitch Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3 in D major, Op. 29 - Coronation March
Nowadays, Tchaikovsky’s first three sym- phonies seldom appear on the concert programmes, whereas his symphonies four to six – in other words, the symphonies generally recognized as masterpieces – are regularly included.
Composer: Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
March 2012, Pentatone released a tribute to Yakov Kreizberg exhibited in a double-album. In the first album, we can enjoy his conducting for the work of Antonín Dvořák including Vodník Op. 107 (The Water Goblin – Der Wassermann),
Composer: Yakov Kreizberg (1959-2011), Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904), Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Richard Wagner (1813-1883), Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Johann Strauss Jr. (1825-1899), Franz Schmidt (1874-1939), Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
D'Indy - Saint-Saëns - Chausson
All the pieces included here are by French composers who lived during the impressionist period. D’Indy’s Symphonie sur un chant montagnard français is a sort of hybrid work, a mixture of a symphony and a piano concerto.
Composer: Ernest Chausson (1855-1899), Vincent d' Indy (1851-1931), Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
During a journey through Italy in 1882, Peter Tchaikovsky received a parcel in the post from a friend containing a book with the fairy tale Nutcracker and the Mouse King. This was, however, in the French adaptation Histoire d’un casse-noi-
Composer: Peter IlyichTchaikovsky
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Ballet
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture / Alto Rhapsody / Variations On A Theme by J. Haydn
Memories of Hans Vonk: Towards the end of the 1970’s, I was asked to produce a number of recordings with the Residentie Orkest (Hague Philharmonic Orchestra).The orchestra wanted a new concert hall, and was trying to earn some extra money,
Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Scriabin: Symphony No. 1 in E Major, Op. 26 & The Poem of Ecstasy, Op. 54
In 1899, Scriabin began writing his most ambitious composition to date: the First Symphony. The work still reflects the influence of the traditional four-movement formal scheme. But Scriabin also framed the symphony with an
Composer: Alexander Scriabin (1972-1915)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-32 (Complete)
The waiting has finally paid off: the complete Beethoven piano sonata cycle has finally arrived. Japanese pianist Mari Kodama is only the fourth woman to have recorded all of Beethoven's sonatas (Pizzicato). Although not the first with ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Piano
R. Strauss: Symphonia domestica, Op. 53, TrV 209 & Die Tageszeiten, Op. 76, TrV 256
Richard Strauss’s original working title for the work was “My home. A symphonic portrait of myself and my family” and was intended as a homely sequel to Ein Heldenleben (1898). Instead of the hero’s struggle for supremacy, Symphonia
Composer: Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Mendelssohn & Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos
This release arguably features the two greatest concertos ever written for the violin: performed by one of the most brilliant violinists of her generation, together with one of the finest orchestras, ...
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major
Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 portrays another side of the composer, different to the one hitherto seen by the general public. No major battles are fought in this symphony; rather, it is a portrayal of a childlike vision of life and a better world
Composer: Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 60
It is hard to escape the incredible pull of Symphony No. 7, knowing the background to its composition and its general significance. Shostakovich began to work on the actual composition in July 1941 in Leningrad, where he wrote the
Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Hilarion Alfeyev: De profundis
Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev is one of the most widely performed of all living Russian composers. Each of his new compositions constitutes a milestone in contemporary musical history. His ability to imbue his music with profound religious
Composer: Hilarion Alfeyev (1966 - )
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
Alfred Schnittke: 3rd Symphony
One hundred and eleven musicians celebrating a large-scale symphony that sounds like Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, or Arnold Schoenberg. In fact, the composer of this symphony, Alfred Schnittke, had precisely these composers (and many
Composer: Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Spirit of the American Range (Live)
From its previous all-England recording, the Oregon Symphony turns to all-American music for its third classical recording under Carlos Kalmar's direction. "Spirit of the American Range" presents three American works from
Composer: George Antheil (1900-1959), Aaron Copland (1900-1990), Walter Piston (1894-1976)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
