Classical

Dresden-based composer/producer, Sven Helbig, presents `Requiem A' to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, honoring the victims of war and sending a profound plea for peace. The world premiere performance was recorded on February 9, 2025 at Dresden's Kreuzkirche...

Finally, the Gramophone critic expected "extraordinary things" of Marc-Andre Hamelin in CPE Bach's Sonatas & Rondos. It's safe to say her instincts were proved correct: "In short, I cannot think of a better introduction to CPE Bach on the modern piano." 2 LP set...

Deutsche Grammophon presents The Importance of Birds, the new inspiring project from Icelandic composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Snorri Hallgr?msson. The multi-awarded composer has written and produced seven original tracks for an EP that is an observation and reflection on the fragility and finiteness of...

Gulda was equipped with a special affinity and an ideal mindset for Mozart's music, with a special closeness of the interpreter to the composer: each garnered acclaim as a child prodigy and were gifted improvisers with a kind of provocateur and penchant for irreverent...

For the first time, the complete recordings of the Austrian pianist Friedrich Gulda (1930-2000) are presented in one collection, including 84 CDs and a DVD in an Original Jackets Collection. More than 50 years of recording history: from the recordings of the 17-year-old exceptional...

Utterly outstanding," "a ferocious new talent" and "electrifying" were just a few of the superlatives lavished upon Andrey Gugnin's Hyperion debut album of Shostakovich's Preludes & Piano Sonata upon its 2019 release. Gugnin was the winner of the 2016 Sydney International Piano Competition, "of...

Following her worldwide success and award rally for soundtracks of "Joker" and the HBO mini-series "Chernobyl," Hildur Guonadottir presents her DG debut solo album. "As is common with musicians, I have a fairly constant stream of music playing in my head. Sometimes I record...

Silvestrov: Silent Songs

For her latest studio album, pianist HelŠne Grimaud travels to Salzburg where she creates a fascinating juxtaposition between the eternal Mozart and the Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov (b. 1937). HelŠne has long had a passion for Silvestrov's music, which some call post-modernist or even...

Credo (2LP)

This album marks the 150th birthday of Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis, Lithuanian composer and painter whose work continues to shape the country's artistic identity. Led by internationally acclaimed conductor Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, Back to Nature brings together the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio...

Conducted by Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Randall Goosby performs Max Bruch's Violin Concerto and both of Florence Price's Violin Concertos. Recorded by the Grammy-winning team behind Yannick's Florence Price Symphonies 1 & 3.

Originally recorded in 1974, Dizzy's Big 4 consists of Joe Pass on guitar, Ray Brown on bass, Mickey Roker on drums, and, of course, the legendary Dizzy Gillespie; one of the greatest, if not the greatest, Jazz trumpeters of all time. This is truly...

El na Garanea's supple, seductive mezzo is aflame with the neon hues and rhythmic dash of Romany in excerpts from beguiling Gypsy roles in opera and operetta. Stand alone numbers add to the panache of Habanera. With gorgeous pieces eliciting every gift Elina Garanea...

Pl?nio Fernandes - "Bacheando" / In his sophomore album, Brazilian guitarist Pl?nio Fernandes explores the enduring genius of J.S. Bach, the vibrant musical culture of Brazil, and all the richness in between. Alongside Bach's music, Fernandes performs works by Heitor Villa-Lobos and other Brazilian...

Tractus emphasizes Arvo P?rt compositions that blend the timbres of choir and string orchestra. New versions predominate, with focused performances from the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under Tonu Kaljuste's direction that invite alert and concentrated listening. Recorded in Tallinn...

Sondheim In The City

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The British composer and multi-instrumentalist Roger Eno presents his 3rd solo album with DG. Without Wind, Without Air is an 8-track album featuring orchestral pieces and piano solo tracks, including features by Cecily Eno and a stunning vocal track, composed and sung by Roger...

2023 release. Roger Eno's second solo album for Deutsche Grammophon invites listeners to reflect on the nature of sound and silence. The Skies, They Shift Like Chords. Contains a dozen tracks that express nostalgia for something lost while projecting a sense of something timeless,...

Roger Eno releases his second solo album the skies, they shift like chords on Deutsche Grammophon. His new album the skies, they shift like chords builds on the soundscape of piano and strings that Eno first introduced on his first solo album The Turning...

Two CDs + Blu-Ray. Filmed and recorded in the Sheldonian Theatre and presented on CD/Blu-ray in Dolby Atmos, this performance from Good Friday 2021 marked Sir John Eliot Gardiner's return to the stage. He says: "I recorded the piece for the first time for...

The Ellington Suites is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington which collects three suites recorded in 1959, 1971 and 1972. The album won a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band. Interesting fact: Ellington wrote the Queens...

A new collection of songs, personally selected by the world's biggest streaming "classical artist" - Ludovico Einaudi, from across more than 25 years of music making. This remastered double album explores music from across Einaudi's catalogue, unearthing hidden gems from across 9 albums. Includes...

Double vinyl LP pressing. 2023 release. Groundbreaking composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi releases a collection of hidden gems from his rich and extensive back catalog. Following on from 2020's Vol. 1, Undiscovered Vol. 2 contains tracks hand-picked from Ludovico, including tracks previously unreleased physically...

Seven Days Walking explores the idea of the same walk done over seven days, but each day the experience is different due to many factors - the weather, the season, the walker's mood, the appearance of different wildlife, a new observation within the landscape,...

Recorded in a remote monastery in Verona, Ludovico Einaudi's In a Time Lapse explores the concept of capturing emotions and experiences in a single moment in time.

The Danish String Quartet's Grammy-nominated Prism project links Bach fugues, late Beethoven quartets and works by modern masters. In volume two of the series, Bach's Bb minor, Beethoven's Op. 130 is joined with Schnittke's Quartet No.3 (1983). As the quartet explains, "A beam of...

Chant, is the most peaceful music imaginable. CHANT: MUSIC FOR THE SOUL, is the ultimate in relaxation and stress relief the perfect antidote to our fast-moving modern world. Chant has proven to heal, calm and also give strength; it's power is timeless and universal....

10 years after Seong-Jin Cho's first prize victory in the 2015 Warsaw Chopin Competition (during which the young Korean pianist ascended into stardom with a Deutsche Grammophon discography that includes Liszt, Brahms and Debussy), he prepares a monumentous body of work for the 150th...

Sergei Prokofiev completed his Scythian Suite op. 20 in 1914, when he was about to turn his back on his homeland. The Symphonic Suite op. 60 was composed almost two decades later, after Prokofiev had returned to Russia in 1933. The biographical turning points...

A concert in Baden-Baden's Festspielhaus ended to euphoric applause, with no one knowing who was at whose feet. The conductor, the orchestra, the audience, or all together the composer, Brahms? The reason for the enthusiasm was his Second Symphony, "Lichtentaler," because he had completed...

Together with the Filarmonica della Scala, Riccardo Chailly explores the iconic film scores of Nino Rota in a new collection, The Fellini Album, on Decca Classics. Released to mark 40 years since Rota’s death in April 1979, the album contains music from classic Federico...