A Hidden Treasure and a Masterpiece Iván Fischer: There are many hidden treasures among Dvořák’s works and it is a particular pleasure for me to present the beautiful Suite for Orchestra in A maj...More

The release in 2005 of Yevgeny Sudbin’s first disc, a selection of Scarlatti sonatas, caused a sensation. A number of reviewers compared it favourably to the legendary recordings by Horowitz in the s...More

The Treaty of Utrecht was concluded in Utrecht on 11 April 1713. The treaty brought an end to almost two centuries of worldwide warfare (... )This was the first peace achieved through diplomacy, with...More

Symphony No.4 in E-flat major has belonged to Anton Bruckner's most popular works ever since its first performance, in Vienna 1881, when the composer was reportedly called out to take a bow after eac...More

Continuing a commitment which began in 1989, BIS has released a number of discs dedicated to the Finnish composer Kalevi Aho. These includes programmes with chamber music, but the majority involve l...More

The Mariinsky label's fourth release features the acclaimed Russian pianist Denis Matsuev joining Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra for recordings of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 3 and Rhapsody ...More

Vivaldi’s twelve so-called “Manchester” Sonatas derive their description not from any connection that their composer had with this English city (in his day, an obscure provincial manufacturing center...More

BREAKING NEWS! A special website with videos and loads of information all about Richard Egarr's Brandenburg Concertos (copy and paste this into your browser's address bar): http://www.harmoniamund...More

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“Whenever Mackerras appears with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra he produces magical alchemy” The Scotsman “I think that [Pizarro] would have won Beethoven's hearty applause and approval.” Gramoph...More

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Awards Won • Critics’ Award 2009. Classical BRIT Awards. • Disc of the Year Award 2009. BBC Music Magazine • Orchestral Award 2009. BBC Music Magazine • Symphonic Works Award 2009. Midem Classica...More

The numerous sonatas of the violinist-composer Antonio Bertali constitute a fascinating testimony as to the imperial splendour and culture at the Viennese court c. 1650 ● After being a violinist ...More

Music for plucked instruments is music for an ensemble of various plucked instruments and is an integrated part of traditional Chinese (or China's national) instrumental music. Central Music Acade...More

Recorded live at Davies Symphony Hall, the Seventh is Mahler at his most mysterious. Sometimes called "Song of the Night", the work has a tantalizing nocturnal quality, evident in two "Nachtmusik" m...More

"Elevate" is a captivating debut solo album from singer/songwriter Fiona Mackenzie - a leading light who links modern production values with traditional Celtic music. The album showcases Fion...More

Toivo Tulev, one of the principal figures in Estonian music today, contributes to a wide range of styles. His works are deeply influenced by his study of Gregorian chant that gives them a mystic, ...More

Great REMIX of Ozric Tentacles by Will White (Propellerheads), Youth, System 7, Space Raiders, and others. For lovers of Electronica, this is a must-have album, not only for it's hugely dynamic, s...More

This recording is a manifesto: modernism, culture, temporality, style, improvisation are all concepts with which Joël Grare plays, like a juggler. At a time of globalization, of standardization of ...More

Because it sounds great, is easy to learn, light to carry and inexpensive, the Dizi (Chinese Bamboo Flute) is one of the most popular Chinese instruments in Asia. Ms. Tang Jun Qiao, the new icon o...More

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The SFS and MTT present Mahler's Symphony No.2 "Resurrection", recorded live at Davies Symphony Hall at concerts of June 23-26, 2004. Mahler's seconde is one of the great epics of the symphonic repe...More

Mahler's Fifth Symphony is all about action. It's his breakthrough work - a "foaming, roaring, raging sea of sound," he called it, a work of "dancing stars." The famed Adagietto was inspired by M...More

Conducting the musicians of the Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs offers us a chance to rediscover two symphonies whose 'classic' status is such that we thought we knew everything there was to ...More

10/10 Classics Today.com Having previously released recordings of works by Chinese-American composers such as Zhou Long, Chen Yi and Bright Sheng, BIS is proud to present the first disc of music b...More

For experimental sound-producers and loud-speakers. At the invitation of Marc Monnet, Mauricio Kagel performed at the Festival du Printemps des Arts a new version of 'Acustica', a work composed be...More

Less than three years have passed since Yevgeny Sudbin's remarkable début on disc: a Scarlatti recital which caused reviewers to compare the then 25-year4 old pianist favourably to Horowitz and Pletn...More

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Linn Records serves up a mouth-watering array of talent with "Gourmet Jazz", a compilation of classic and lesser-known jazz treats from Linn's enviable jazz catalogue. Featuring the cream of UK tale...More