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
Mahler’s symphonic output is in one sense much smaller than, say, Mozart’s: 11works (including Das Lied von der Erde and the unfinished Tenth Symphony), compared with about 50.
Composer: Gustav Mahler (1860 – 1911)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Mozart Symphonies Nos. 5 and 29 / Serenades Nos. 6 and 13
Mozart’s early career was spent mostly on tour with his father, Leopold, and sister, Nannerl. By the time they reached The Netherlands in late 1765, Wolfgang had already conquered much of western Europe.
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Taneyev: At the Reading of A Psalm, Op. 36, Cantata No. 2
Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev (1856-1915) is considered to be Russia's most idealistic composer. His students at the Moscow Conservatory included Rachmaninoff and Scriabin. Cantata No. 2 is his last work, ...
Composer: Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
Stamitz / Richter: Early String Symphonies, Vol. 2
Following the delectable String Symphonies Volume 1 comes an equally delectable Volume 2, with one sinfonia by Johann Stamitz (1717-1757) and three by Franz Xaver Richter (1709-1789).
Composer: Johann Stamitz, Franz Xaver Richter (1709–1789)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Stamitz / Richter: Early String Symphonies, Vol. 1
The musicians at Mannheim formulated a codified, highly articulate musical language, which is full of rhetorical musical gestures and effects borrowed from earlier musical languages.
Composer: Johann Stamitz, Franz Xaver Richter (1709–1789)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto / Clarinet Quintet in A Major
The two compositions by Mozart recorded on this album are not just brilliant pièces de résistance taken from the oeuvre of an outstanding composer, they also provide two top-ranking international musicians with an opportunity to ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Stravinsky: Grand Suite From Histoire Du Soldat / Dumbarton Oaks Concerto
This lively and lovable album of Stravinsky's neoclassical and small ensemble pieces stands with the best available. The two Suites for Small Orchestra never have been better done, the opening Andante taken a bit more slowly than ...
Composer: Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 4, 8 and 14
Beethoven raised the bar for Classical music with his Fourth Sonata. Michelangeli acknowledged the new, grand scale of the work by including it alone, like the “Hammerkavier,” on a 1970s DG LP. Young Mari Kodama from Japan doesn’t ....
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op 10, No 1, 2 & 3
Mari Kodama continues her cycle of piano sonatas. 'What really comes across, is her affection for the music, her wish to give it time so that we may enjoy its shape, harmonies and details.'
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Szymanowski, K.: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Dvorak, A.: Violin Concerto / Romance
An intriguing coupling of Slavic violin concertos finds Marek Janowski and the Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin conjuring a wealth of colours and inflections from Szymanowski’s exotic orchestration. What a marvellous violinist Arabella ...
Composer: Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Bartok: The Two Violin Concertos
Arabella Steinbacher’s program of Béla Bartók’s two violin concertos begins with the second from 1938, and the violin’s entry makes it seem as though she will favor muscular strength over romantic lushness; whether or not the two ...
Composer: Bela Bartok
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Schubert: Complete Works for Violin and Piano, Vol. 2
This album together with volume 2 completes the collaboration between Julia Fischer and Pentatone. Since all works which Schubert wrote for Violin and Piano, Volume 2 will show Julia Fischer as pianist as well (in the 4-hands ...
Composer: Franz Schubert (1797–1828):
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Schubert Complete Works for Violin and Piano, Vol. 1
Julia Fischer is outstanding in this recording. The three sonatas featured on this album – D.384 in D, D.385 in A minor, and D.408 in G minor – date from 1816, but despite being early works they exhibit all the characteristics ...
Composer: Franz Schubert (1797–1828):
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
