Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 in D minor
For this 2011 recording of Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 3, Marek Janowski and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande perform the 1889 revision, edited by Leopold Nowak. Considering the rush of younger conductors ...
Composer: Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Bruckner: Symphony No. 2 in C minor
'Continuing his super audio series of Anton Bruckner's symphonies for PentaTone, Marek Janowski presents the 'Symphony No. 2 in C minor' in the 1877 version, edited by William Carragan.
Composer: Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
This is the fifth release in this very well received Tchaikovsky cycle. It includes the original first movement from 1872. Due to the extreme popularity of Tchaikovsky's Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth symphonies, his earlier, ...
Composer: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 - Marche Slave
This album continues PentaTone’s very successful Tchaikovsky cycle, which has received critical acclaim. Symphony No.5 (PTC5186385) was Album Choice of the Month in the BBC Music Magazine.
Composer: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Leos Janacek – Msa Glagolskaja, Taras Bulba
This album offers two of the best known and most loved works by Leos Janacek. The Glagolitic Mass was thus described by a musicologist: 'It has absolutely everything, it’s engrossing and enthralling and captivating ...
Composer: Leos Janacek 1854–1928
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Performed by 2012 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient Conrad Tao, who was also included on Forbes' 30 Under 30: The Youngest Stars In The Music Business list (the only classical musician on the list!).
Composer: Gordon Getty (1933-)
Genre: Instrumental
Subgenre: Piano
Bruch / Korngold / Chausson: Violin Concertos
This is the 4th concerto album of Arabella Steinbacher. Ms. Steinbacher’s career was launched in 2004 with an extraordinary and unexpected debut in Paris, when she stepped in on short notice for an ailing ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major
Of Anton Bruckner's 11 symphonies, the perennially popular Symphony No. 7 in E major is his most consistently melodious, evenly paced, and lyrically flowing, with comparatively few false starts, ...
Composer: Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Wagner: Preludes and Overtures
Richard Wagner, a symphonic composer in disguise - The overtures and preludes to his operas and music dramas 'I do not know precisely what is my destination: however, I do know that one evening, after for the first time ...
Composer: Richard Wagner
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 11-13, 15, 22 & 27
This double-album set is part of a leisurely complete cycle of Beethoven sonatas released by Japanese pianist Mari Kodama on the Dutch audiophile label PentaTone; the cycle was begun in 2003, and this group of sonatas ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Beethoven: Piano Soantas, Nos. 30, 31 & 32
This release is the latest addition to the complete Beethoven piano sonatas cycle by Kodama. Her previous releases in this series have been well received.
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 / Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D Minor
STROKES OF YOUTHFUL GENIUS: In the year of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s birth, 1756, his father Leopold published one of the most influential of all violin methods: The School of Violin Playing.
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
The Fascinating George Gershwin
Following a number of successful duo performances by Vesko Eshkenazy and Ludmil Angelov the idea of recording an album with the two of them began to take shape. Angelov suggested doing something with music by George Gershwin.
Composer: George Gershwin, Howard Cable, Peter Breiner
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Faure Requiem, Op. 48 / Pavane, Op. 50
Thanks to the dedication, skill, and expressive power of the vocal soloists, choir, orchestra, and conductor, this profound and beautiful performance of Gabriel Fauré's "Requiem, Op. 48," is one of the most moving interpretations ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
DVORÁK: Symphony No. 9 / TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet
Throughout the New World Symphony, Kreizberg makes the most of dynamic contrasts without exaggerating them. He has a wonderful ear for orchestral color and achieves enviable instrumental blend and balances….
Composer: Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904), Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Haydn Symphonies Nos. 22, 44, 64
Tempora Mutantur? Where did that Haydn symphony nickname come from? The notes do say it is an apocryphal title. From Notre Dame University’s handy Latin translation web site I get that it either means ...
Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Schmidt Symphony No. 4 / Notre Dame
This excellent performance of Franz Schmidt’s masterful Fourth Symphony remains competitive regardless of the format in which you listen.
Composer: Franz Schmidt (1874-1939)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
