Corelli: Concerti grossi Op. 6, 1-6
Following their acclaimed Handel trilogy, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin presents a recording of Arcangelo Corelli’s Concerti grossi, Op. 6, 1-6. Led by concertmasters Mayumi Hirasaki and Georg Kallweit, the ensemble showcases the enduring brilliance and influence of Corelli’s music with their signature virtuosity and historical insight. ...
Composer: Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Brahms-Koncz: Sonatas for Clarinet and Orchestra
Daniel Ottensamer presents Brahms’ two legendary clarinet sonatas, reworked for clarinet and orchestra by Stephan Koncz, who also conducts the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin on this recording. Koncz’ orchestrations bring these masterful pieces out of the limited space of chamber music, presenting them in a new symphonic light. The idea to create this very personal ...
Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Walter Rabl (1873-1940), Stephan Koncz (1984)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
L'extase: Debussy & Messiaen Songs
With mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená and pianist Mitsuko Uchida, two world stars join hands on L’extase, a collection of songs by Claude Debussy and Olivier Messiaen. Debussy was Messiaen’s life-long idol, and their songs are equally colourful, sumptuous, sensual, and occasionally exotic. The album derives its name from the ...
Composer: Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
This album, which Denis Kozhukhin dedicates in memory of his parents, is very special and deeply personal to him. It brings together the innocence of Tchaikovsky’s Children’s Album, the playful yet technically demanding Music for Children by Prokofiev, and Alexey Shor’s emotionally rich ...
Composer: Serge Prokofieff (1891-1953), Alexey Shor (1970), Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky (1840-1893)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Future Horizons: Pieces for Oboe and Violin
On Future Horizons, François Leleux, one of the most distinguished oboists of our time, presents a collection of works for oboe by renowned living composers Nicolas Bacri, Michael Jarrell, and Thierry Escaich, expanding the instrument’s repertoire to new artistic possibilities. ...
Composer: Nicolas Bacri (1961), Michael Jarrell (1958), Thierry Escaich (1965)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Vienna Mandolin Stories is Alon Sariel’s first full concerto album, inviting listeners on a journey through late-18th and early-19th-century Vienna. The album features works for mandolin and orchestra by Haydn, Mozart, Krähmer, and Paisiello. While some pieces were originally composed for mandolin, others have been skillfully adapted by Sariel. ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Ernest Krähmer (1795-1837), Alon Sariel (1986), Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Violinist Arabella Steinbacher, the Luxembourg Philharmonic (previously called Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg) and conductor Gustavo Gimeno present violin concertos by Beethoven and Lentz. Beethoven’s violin concerto may well be the most iconic contribution to its genre, and to Steinbacher, ...
Composer: Georges Lentz (1965), Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
On her solo debut album Indomita, soprano Eleonora Buratto pays tribute to the greatest composers and most insurmountable heroines of Italian nineteenth-century opera, together with the Orchestra & Coro dell’Opera Carlo Felice Genova under the baton of Sesto Quatrini. For Buratto, these scenes from Bellini’s Il pirata, Donizetti’s Anna ...
Composer: Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835), Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848), Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
The Dresdner Philharmonie and Marek Janowski present a recording of Antonín Dvořák’s Stabat Mater, together with the MDR Leipzig Radio Choir, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller (soprano), Roxana Constantinescu (mezzo-soprano), Christian Elsner (tenor) and Tareq Nazmi (bass). In terms of scope and duration, Dvořák’s Stabat Mater is ...
Composer: Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Quatuor Diotima celebrates Pierre Boulez’ centenary with a recording of his Livre pour quatuor, containing the world-premiere of the piece’s fourth movement, which the composer conceived in close cooperation with the members of Diotima, and was completed by Philippe Manoury after his ...
Composer: Pierre Boulez (1925-2016)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra and its Music Director Jader Bignamini present Wynton Marsalis’ Blues Symphony. The work is a triumphant ode to the power of the blues and the scope of America’s musical heritage. With a blend of influences from ragtime to habanera, the work takes listeners on a sonic ...
Composer: Wynton Marsalis (1961)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
A Tribute To The Master of 18th-Century Neapolitan Opera: Soprano Rosa Feola, Cappella Neapolitana and maestro Antonio Florio pay tribute to Niccolò Piccinni, master of the 18th-century Neapolitan opera tradition, with Son regina e sono amante. Deliberately avoiding his most famous work, La buona figliola, the album offers arias from ...
Composer: Niccolo Piccinni (1728-1800)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
The Czech Philharmonic and its Chief Conductor and Music Director Semyon Bychkov continue their acclaimed Mahler cycle with the composer’s Third Symphony, working together with mezzo-soprano Catriona Morison, the Prague Philharmonic Choir and Pueri Gaudentes. In this monumental work, ...
Composer: Gustav Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Le temps des lilas is an ode to Romanticism, a love song and a nostalgic reflection on the bittersweet beauty of lost happiness. Dedicated to the music of Ernest Chausson, this album oscillates between passion and melancholy, wonder and nostalgia. The Concert Op. 21, a masterly work on the borderline between chamber music ...
Composer: Ernest Chausson (1855-1899), Barbara (1930-1977)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Don’t Look Down is an accidental diary of having lived through the worst pandemic of the last hundred years. When I started writing this piece in February 2020, it would be inconceivable to imagine the world we live in now. The one thing that kept me sane during this period was clocking into work—that is, working on this piece. ...
Composer: Christopher Cerrone (1984)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Modern Composition
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 & Ode to the End of the War
Prokofiev's Fifth Symphony is extraordinary music, but typical of the composer in its blend of lyric and rhythmic elements. Conductor Vladimir Jurowski grasps all facets of the Russian composer's music, and the fine Russian National Orchestra responds to his direction splendidly. The flittering rhythms of the second movement ...
Composer: Sergej Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Mozart: March & Serenade "Haffner"
If you step out of Mozart's birthplace in Salzburg, turn right along Getreidegasse to the next corner and then turn right again, you will find yourself in Sigmund-Haffner-Gasse. It commemorates a wealthy Salzburg merchant and mayor whose son, also called Sigmund, ‘smuggled’ the name Haffner into the history ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
The Cappella Amsterdam and its principal conductor Daniel Reuss present a complete recording of Orlando di Lasso's Penitential Psalms. Following on from their highly acclaimed recording of Alfred Schnittke's Penitential Psalms, this release explores new levels of the ‘penitential’ theme and marks a return to the Renaissance repertoire after their ...
Composer: Orlando di Lasso (Lassus) (1532-1594)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
Based on the beloved 1934 novella Goodbye, Mr. Chips and other stories by James Hilton, the opera tells the heart-warming story of a teacher at Brookfield, an English boarding school for boys, to which “Chips” devotes most of his adult life. The opera chronicles Chips’ story of love, loss and ...
Composer: Gordon Getty (1933)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Organist and pianist James McVinnie makes his PENTATONE debut with Dreamcatcher, an intimate sequence of contemporary classical music centred around the act of imagining. The recording features the organ of St Albans Cathedral—an epoch-making instrument closely associated with legendary organists Peter Hurford and Ralph Downes.
Composer: Gabriella Smith (1991), Nico Muhly (1981), Laurie Spiegel (1945), Meredith Monk (1943), Marcos Balter (1974), John Adams (1947), Giles Swayne (1946), Bryce Dessner (1976)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
