Multiple prize-winning conductor René Jacobs and the B’Rock Orchestra complete their Schubert cycle on Pentatone with the composer’s two most famous symphonies, the “Unfinished” and “Great”. In his extensive liner notes, Jacobs develops a theory that the B minor Symphony did not remain “unfinished”, but was deliberately left unfinished, ...
Composer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
With enchanting works from composers such as Gabriel Fauré and Maurice Ravel, performances from French classical artists including Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Julia Fuchs, and romantic works evocative of French history and culture, French Classical Selections offers an assortment of ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Compilations
Schoenberg, Messiaen & Ravel: Orchestral Works
The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and it's Music and Artistic Director Jonathan Nott continue their acclaimed series of 20th-century masterpieces on PENTATONE, together with star pianist Francesco Piemontesi, presenting piano concertos by Ravel and Schoenberg alongside Messiaen's Oiseaux exotiques. ...
Composer: Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951), Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
RIMAVERA III the vessel is the third of six albums in a momentous series encompassing 81 world premieres for solo cello. This digital album presents 9 new commissions by THE PRIMAVERA PROJECT for groundbreaking, multi-GRAMMY nominated cellist Matt Haimovitz. Composers from diverse backgrounds respond to Sandro Botticelli’s enigmatic painting, ...
Composer: Marcos Balter (1974), Layale Chaker (1990), Josquin Despres (1440-1521), Philip Glass (1937), Osnat Netzer (1979), Lewis Spratlan (1940)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Alon Sariel makes his PENTATONE debut with Plucked Bach, a programme exploring Bach’s cello suites performed on different mandolins, lutes, baroque guitar and oud, concluding with Sariel’s own Bach-inspired Mandolin Partita. Bach’s suites are often considered to be “the cellist’s Bible”, but the transferability of his music between ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
On her second PENTATONE album Sinnbild, soprano Hanna-Elisabeth Müller presents an enchanting collection of orchestral songs by Richard Strauss, together with the WDR Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach. Culminating in the famous Four Last Songs, the program explores all forms of farewell ...
Composer: Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Sean Shibe presents three pieces by the legendary self-taught composer Moondog, also known as “The Viking of Sixth Avenue”. Shibe’s spacious electric guitar gives Sea Horse, Pastoral II and High on a Rocky Ledge a unique dimension. ...
Composer: Moondog (1916-1999)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Cappella Amsterdam and its artistic leader Daniel Reuss return to PENTATONE with a world-premiere recording of David Lang’s the writings. For this cycle, Lang has chosen five texts from the Old Testament tied to Jewish holidays. These writings share a universal appeal, a focus on what it means to be human. Lang’s austere and repetitive score ...
Composer: David Lang (1957)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
The Dresdener Philharmonie, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden and conductor Daniel Oren present Verdi’s masterpiece La Traviata, together with a stellar cast including René Barbera as Alfredo, Lester Lynch as Germont, and world star soprano Lisette Oropesa as Violetta. Verdi’s opera from 1853 was revolutionary in the sense that it ...
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Flautist Ana de la Vega’s fourth PENTATONE album My Paris is a declaration of love to the glorious French capital and its rich flute history, as well as a trip down memory lane, featuring some of the greatest gems of French music history, including works by Debussy, Ravel, Fauré, Massenet, Saint-Saëns, Satie, Poulenc, Mozart, Chaminade, Lili Boulanger, Von Paradis, as well as Bizet....
Composer: Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Gabriel Faure (1845-1924), Jules Massenet (1842-1912), Cecile Chaminade (1857-1944), Francis Poulenc (1899-1963), Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759-1824), Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921), Lili Boulanger (1893-1918), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Maestro Herbert Blomstedt and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig close their acclaimed PENTATONE Brahms cycle with the composer’s Third and Fourth Symphonies. Compared to the epic First and gloomily pastoral Second, Brahms’s Third Symphony is a glorious exploration of the chamber-musical possibilities of the symphony orchestra. ...
Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Holland Baroque presents Minne, an improvised programme inspired by the love poetry of medieval mystic Hadewijch from Brabant. Hadewijch was a 13th-century beguine who wrote an impressive oeuvre of love poetry, providing an original, female perspective on medieval life. For this project, Holland Baroque works together ...
Composer: Judith Steenbrink (1977), Heinrich Isaac (1450-1517), Melchior Franck (1580-1639)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein and pianist Inon Barnatan present a complete recording of Beethoven’s cello sonatas. Composed over a span of nearly twenty years, these works not only contain some of the most appealing and lyrical music Beethoven wrote, but also allow the listener to trace his exceptional artistic development. ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Johannes Moser, Julia Doyle (soprano), Tim Mead, Michael Fabiano, Christopher Jacobson, Arabella Steinbacher, Alasdair Beatson, Ian Bostridge, Thomas Adès, Sanford Sylvan, Matt Haimovitz, Eric Vloeimans, Jasper van Hulten, Gulli Gudmundsson, Michelle Breedt, Peter Auty, John Hancock, Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Iestyn Davies, Sarah Connolly ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 21 in E Minor, K. 304 (Arr. for Flute & Piano)
Flautist Ana de la Vega’s fourth PENTATONE album My Paris is a declaration of love to the glorious French capital and its rich flute history, as well as a trip down memory lane, featuring some of the greatest gems of French music history, including works by Debussy, Ravel, Fauré, Massenet, Saint-Saëns, Satie, Poulenc, Mozart, ...
Composer: Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Gabriel Faure (1845-1924), Jules Massenet (1842-1912), Cecile Chaminade (1857-1944), Francis Poulenc (1899-1963), Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759-1824), Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921), Lili Boulanger (1893-1918), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), Erik Satie (1866-1925), Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
On her second PENTATONE album FLOW, Annelien Van Wauwe presents a programme inspired by her love for yoga, combining Mozart’s famous Clarinet Concerto with the world premiere recording of Wim Henderickx’s concerto SUTRA. Van Wauwe performs both works on the characteristic basset clarinet, together with the ...
Composer: Wim Henderickx (1962), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Lyric Opera of Chicago presents The Three Queens, a program that brings together the finales of Gaetano Donizetti’s Tudor trilogy, showcasing three of the most fascinating heroines of opera history. These extraordinary women are interpreted by soprano star Sondra Radvanovsky, who performs them together with an ...
Composer: Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Der Pianist Maxim Bernard ist ein vielseitiger Musiker, der Herausforderungen liebt und für seine originellen Ideen und innovativen thematischen Konzertprogramme gelobt wird. Auf seinem PENTATONE-Debütalbum Hommage à Horowitz lässt er das legendäre Moskauer Konzert von Vladimir Horowitz aus dem Jahr 1986 mit einem Programm wieder ... #!EN!#> On his PENTATONE debut album Hommage à Horowitz, pianist Maxim Bernard revives Vladimir Horowitz’s legendary 1986 Moscow concert with a programme containing gems by Scarlatti, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Moszkowski, Scriabin and Rachmaninoff. While Horowitz’s wife Wanda Toscanini called the Moscow concert ...
Composer: Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Sergej Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915), Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Franz Liszt (1811-1886), Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Handel: Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122 & Armida abbandonata, HWV 105
Il pomo d’oro and Francesco Corti present Handel’s Apollo e Dafne and Armida abbandonata, together with two outstanding vocalists: soprano Kathryn Lewek (Armida & Dafne) and baritone John Chest (Apollo). Handel composed these two cantatas shortly after his Italian sojourn (1706-1709), and they demonstrate his acquaintance ...
Composer: Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
