Classical

Sophie Hutchings -"become the sky" 'become the Sky' is a collection of meditative, piano-led pieces, deeply exploring themes of change, travel, and the profound feeling of returning home. The album was recorded at the beautiful Australian Chamber Orchestra's studios. The recording space itself became...

Konstantinos Destounis has made a speciality of Ravel's piano works, playing them in concert on many occasions, including a two-night survey of the whole solo-piano output at the Conservatoire in Athens last November. He made this recording around the same time and captures the...

Francois d'Agincour (1684-1758) was a French composer, organist, and harpsichordist. Though overshadowed by contemporaries such as Francois Couperin and Jean-Philippe Rameau his surviving keyboard works offer a fascinating glimpse into the refined and ornate French classical organ tradition of the early 18th century.

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Everyone tells a story differently, and that story should be told compellingly and spontaneously. If it is not compelling and convincing, it is without value." In these words, from 1991, Radu Lupu outlined his artistic vision. He remains one of the most outstanding pianists...

Music which lulls to sleep and which sings, which is of new blood, speaking gestures, an unknown fragrance, an unsleeping bird; music of stained-glass church windows, a whirl of complementary colors, a theological rainbow." This personal definition from Olivier Messiaen points to both the...

Complete Recordings on Command Classics (17CD)

Engagierte Kämpferin für Politik und Musik Rom-Preisträgerin, Konservatoriumsprofessorin, politische Aktivistin: Das Leben der Komponistin Elsa Barraine (1910-1999) ist so spannend und vielfältig wie ihre Musik. Dieser engagierten Stimme der französischen Musikgeschichte den Raum zu geben, den sie verdient, haben sich das Orchestre National de...

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She was unquestionably the most popular and famous child star in the history of the silver screen! Now two specially selected films from Shirley Temple's amazing motion picture career are here for the first time on DVD in this charming collection. Sit back and...

30 years ago, on the starry evening of 7 July 1990, on the eve of the Italia '90 FIFA World Cup, an "impossible dream" came true. Against the majestic backdrop of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, superstar tenors Jose Carreras, Pl?cido Domingo &...

Berlioz wrote of Halévy’s La Reine de Chypre (1841): ‘Its success will at least equal that of La Juive.’ And Wagner added: ‘It is in La Reine de Chypre that Halévy’s new style has appeared with the most brilliance and success.’ So several voices...

On a sweltering night at London’s Royal Opera House in June 2017, Jonas Kaufmann made his debut performance in Verdi’s Otello - one of the most coveted and challenging roles in the tenor operatic repertoire. The Guardian commented on his performance: “Kaufmann thrills in...

The Piano Guys

GLENN GOULD - BACH: 1981: GOLDBERG VARIATIONS (180 G/GATEFOLD) - VINYL

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As a young man, the composer Hans G?l witnessed an artistic turning point, for it was during the First World War that late Romanticism met the modern musical era. Everything was in motion. He himself was however critical of many musical initiatives and admitted:...

In 1819 the publisher and composer Anton Diabelli invited 50 Austrian composers to write one variation a short waltz he had composed. He specified that it take up just one sheet (which he supplied) and this already contained his waltz. Composers such as Czerny,...

Itzhak Perlman Plays Fritz Kreisler (2015) Itzhak Perlman, Samuel Sanders "He was an incredibly intimate artist," said Itzhak Perlman of Fritz Kreisler in an interview with The Strad magazine, "For me, he was best in violin-and-piano repertoire". Perlman pays tribute to the great Viennese...

Saluting a glorious and unparalleled career that, since 1959, has embraced some 150 operatic roles and spans the Italian, French, German and Spanish repertoires, this 3-CD collection draws on recitals and complete operas recorded over more than three decades. It captures the full range...

Gleustein

Coinciding with the 200th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi's birthday, CSO Resound releases it's second recording with Maestro Riccardo Muti featuring Verdi's second-to-last opera, Otello. Recorded live in concert at Symphony Center in 2011, this album will stand for years to come as a unique...

Buzz Brass inspired dreams with this new opus, Christmas. The quintet takes the listener out of the familiar with this majestic, elegant and refined arrangements to highlight the holiday season. The male vocal quartet Quartom joins as guest artists in 'No?l canadien' and 'The...

Natalie Dessay est un ph?nom?ne ! Vocal, tout d'abord. Vous pourrez en juger d?s les premi?res mesures de cet album tr?s d?monstratif, puissance et virtuosit? sont deux caract?ristiques majeures de notre nouvelle star lyrique tricolore. Th??tral, ensuite. Le son suffit ? imaginer l'implication physique...

By 1750, the cello was an important and fashionable instrument in Paris and throughout France. Cellist-composers contributed dozens of works and the best performers throughout Europe were heard on Parisian stages. However, a newly-developed type of harp, the single-action pedal harp, was about to...

With an unrivalled catalogue of over 450 complete opera recordings produced over the last 60 years. EMI Classics, with its sister label Virgin Classics, can rightly claim to be the Home of Opera. Among the 21 releases launching a new series of complete operas...