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Heinrich Schiff's complete cello recordings on Philips/Deutsche Grammophon. 21-CD collection with original jackets and many with original programming. New liner notes by Julian Haylock in a 24-page booklet with many archive photos. Includes benchmark recordings of Shostakovich's two cello concertos conducted by the composer's...

2015 release, Nigel Kennedy's new interpretation of his block-buster 1989 release of The Four Seasons, which is in the Guinness Book of World Records as the best-selling classical work of all time and has sold in excess of two million copies. Mixed by Damon...

Shostakovich was known for his fun-loving attitude during his early years as a composer. The colourful incidental music for The Shot - reconstructed by Mark Fitz-Gerald from the original piano scores - vividly evokes the raucous life of experimental youth theatre in Leningrad during...

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CARRERAS / DOMINGO / PAVAROTTI THE ORIGINAL THREE TENORS (CD+DVD)

Norwegian Jazz & Pops Singer = Silje Nergaar Tomorrow We'll Figure Out the Rest, the latest album with deep care for parents Norwegian Jazz & Pops Singer Seria Nelgal. The debut album "Tell me where you're going" was released in 1990 in production by...

With over one billion streams worldwide, V?kingur Olafsson is one of the most listened-to classical artists of our time. Following the global success of his Grammy-winning recording of the Goldberg Variations, the Icelandic pianist now presents his latest album: Opus 109. At its heart...

SCRIABIN – SCARLATTI

For her latest studio album, Helene travels to Salzburg where she creates a fascinating juxtaposition between the eternalW. A. Mozartand the Ukrainian composerValentin Silvestrov(b. 1937). Helene has long had a passion for Silvestrov'smusic, whichsome call post-modernist or even neoclassical. 'LikeArvo Part, Silvestrov's music is...

Masako Ohta chooses a haiku by Matsuo Basho as the motto for her musical garden: For a while moonlit night over flowers. Ohta opens with "In a landscape" by John Cage and leads over to "Clair de lune" by Claude Debussy with the Intermezzo,...

5x Grammy and Oscar-winner Jon Batiste returns with a pure piano album, Beethoven Blues (Batiste Piano Series, Vol. 1). Reimagining the transcendent works of Ludwig van Beethoven, alongside original compositions inspired by Batiste's youth competing in local piano competitions and gigging in the heart...

?This selection of transcriptions celebrates childhood in a variety of ways, featuring popular works - Schubert's Erlkönig, Granados's atmospheric Tales of Youth, Mozart's elegant Sonata facile, Schumann's Scenes of Childhood and Debussy's Children's Corner - presented in a totally natural and idiomatic manner within...

Sequentia is one of the world’s most respected and innovative ensembles for medieval music. Benjamin Bagby leads this international group of singers and instrumentalists, dedicated to the performance and recording of Western European music from the period before 1300. Known for meticulous, original research...

On July 13 Lorin Maazel died at the age of 84 in Virginia, from complications following pneumonia.In memoriam Maestro Maazel, Sony Classical re-releases the “Maazel Great Recordings” 30-CD Box to honour his great work.During his career, he conducted more than 150 orchestras in some...

Explore distant galaxies with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. These legendary film soundtracks from the world of science fiction will transport you to the infinite vastness of space with epic sounds and powerful choirs. Experience the music from Dune, Star Wars, Star Trek, and...

Lucia di Lammermoor is one of the most iconic works of the bel canto repertoire, showcasing Gaetano Donizetti's masterful blend of lyrical beauty and dramatic intensity. Based on Walter Scott's novel The Bride of Lammermoor, the opera tells a haunting tale of love, political...

IDI 6468; ISTITUTO DISCOGRAFICO ITALIANO; Classica da camera Piano

The invention of the chromatic pedal, which simplified playing, significantly increased the popularity of the harp. So popular did the instrument become that Beethoven wrote his Variations on a Swiss Song 'pour harpe ou piano'. Later, his most popular pieces were arranged, such as...

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The guitar duo of Adam Cicchillitti and Steve Cowan presents a new album of their original arrangements of 19th and 20th century piano repertoire. Lyrique features the works of Edvard Grieg, Maurice Ravel, Erik Satie, Germaine Tailleferre, John Cage, and Federico Mompou. Though varied...

SOMM Recordings highlights the pianistic mastery of Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963) with a release of extraordinary historic recordings including two of his four major concertante works and selected solo piano pieces. To mark the 100th anniversary of the death of Erik Satie (1866 - 1925),...

The guitar has established itself as a national instrument in Latin American countries. It's sonorities can be considered a miniature orchestra, but two guitars can generate an even greater range of possibilities. Each composer in this widely contrasting programme explores these qualities to the...

Friedrich Kiel enjoyed great prestige as a professor of composition in Berlin where his many students included Stanford and Paderewski. As a teacher he remained broad-minded and undogmatic. These elegantly poised works show a rather conservative craftsman but one who absorbed the influences of...

Close harmony singing is the vocal equivalent of a jazz big band, and this programme is the Vasari Singers' personal tour of a style in which they have excelled for years. Their connection with Ward Swingle and the pioneering Swingle Singers is explored in...

Berlin is the focus of this eighth volume of the History of the Russian Piano Trio, which features two Russian composers who lived in the city. Nikolai Lopatnikoff's symphonies were premiered by Bruno Walter and Serge Koussevitzky, and he was once ranked alongside Stravinsky....

Anna Clyne, described as a 'composer of uncommon gifts and unusual methods' by The New York Times, is one of the most in-demand composers today, working with orchestras, choreographers, filmmakers and visual artists around the world. Clyne's unique voice combines tradition with postmodern techniques,...

La Ville morte, opéra en 3 actes AMAZON.COM The New York City Opera scored an astonishing success when they revived this lovely score a couple of decades ago. Since then, it has become the one Korngold opera to remain in the repertory of major...

CD Chopin Recital Vol.2

Canadian organist Vincent Boucher continues his cycle of the organ music of Charles Tournemire (1870-1939) with volume 3 devoted to Triple choral op. 4. This work is crucial to understanding and appreciating not only Tournemire's work, but French symphonic organ music of the early...

Sibelius 2 & 5

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The next album in their mixtape series, Light and Shadow is the new album from Orchestra of the Swan and artistic director David le Page. Featuring new arrangements of works by Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman and Radiohead this latest instalment promises to take you...

Rieu, Andre

Ludovico Einaudi may be the most-streamed classical artist in the world - around 9 billion streams a year at the last count - but as an individual, he retains an eternal sense of mystery. It is a surprise, then, that a video for his...

LUCA D'ALBERTO, / IN OUR HEARTS Italian composer Luca D'Alberto reveals the last chapter "Tomorrow" with the release of his new album "In our Hearts" : a chapter on hope symbolized by electronic influenced tracks. VINYL LP

Joe Hisaishi / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - A Symphonic Celebration - Music From The Studio Ghibli Films Of Hayao - Hitchock and Herrmann, Spielberg and Williams, Zemeckis and Silvestri, Burton and Elfman, Fellini and Rota. There's a certain kind of magic that happens when...

Fisherman’s Friends The Musical

Il Divo - "For Once In My Life: A Celebration Of Motown" - 2021 release. After being discovered by Simon Cowell in 2003, Il Divo went on to sell over 30 million albums and sellout arena tours worldwide. For their 10th studio album, Il...

Internationally renowned Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli releases breathtaking new album, Believe, celebrating the power of music to soothe the soul. It follows his record-breaking `Music for Hope' performance at Easter from Milan's historic Duomo cathedral. Features classic favorites, a previously unreleased track from late...

For most artists, a 'Best Of' compilation is a chance to sit back and take a well-deserved break without having to go through all the work of putting together a new album. But Joyce DiDonato has made a career out of doing things differently,...

Simon Rattle's original 1980 recording of The Planets with the Philharmonia Orchestra. This is still a reference version of this iconic work by Gustav Holst, together with the later version Rattle recorded with the Berliner Philharmoniker in the middle of the 2000s.

Maria Ioudenitch presents her debut album with Warner Classics, a collection of short pieces of Russian and German repertoire. The Daily Journal calls it "phenomenally musical". In 2021, Maria Ioudenitch won the prestigious International Joseph Joachim Violin Competition and the Warner Classics prize associated...

For Quatuor Arod, the six string quartets in Haydn's opus 76 "represent the apogee of the Classical style, but they are also ageless, "presenting almost infinite possibilities". This Haydn project has been close to Arod's heart for a long time. "Haydn, the founding father...

Rising young virtuoso pianist with a profound musical insight. One of Gramophone magazine's piano experts, Bryce Morrison has written: "Levanon's daunting technique allows him the fullest imaginative freedom... Already he is liberated from the cares and concerns of other lesser pianists, free to do...