To be the dedicatee of a work by Benjamin Britten was a much coveted honour among 20th-century classical musicians. And for an artist to be the dedicatee of a whole series of works, then the musician...More

Boccherini owes his celebrity to more than just the Minuet of the Quintet op.11 no.5 (although that can be heard here too)! This recording proves the fact with stunning brilliance: from the castanets...More

Orlande de Lassus was an undisputed master of all the vocal genres of the late Renaissance, from German Lied to Latin Mass. He was extraordinarily prolific, and this recording features the glorious p...More

Three years before the Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, Felix Mendelssohn wrote this amazing Concerto for (forte) piano and violin, built on the Classical model but brimming with new, even iconoclas...More

Stephen Hough has a unique affinity for the music of Chopin, whose music has always been a central part of his repertoire. His earlier Chopin recordings for Hyperion garnered huge critical acclaim. H...More

The first recording by Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra for BIS centred on Berlioz’ Symphonie Fantastique, a work which stands squarely on the threshold between Classicis...More

The group was formed in 1990 in Fogo Island. It has been recognized in Canada for keeping alive the traditional music of Newfoundland & Labrador. They have played in Celtic festivals throughout Canad...More

The legendary Michael Tilson Thomas-San Francisco Symphony Mahler cycle is presented together for the first time in a 17-Hybrid SACD box set, with a neverbefore-released bonus of mezzo-soprano Susan ...More

Giacomo Gates is an extraordinary vocal stylist. He's often credited as a contemporary Eddie Jefferson, but with his full-bodied baritone and blazing inventiveness he sounds like a cross between Bill...More

There are two essential conditions for the birth of a particularly gifted young musician as B.W. is, of whom we are witnesses. Work first of all –work non-stop on his instrument and one can realize, ...More

"“Jazz is our contribution to the world and us Afro-Americans, even if this world prefers to ignore it and always tries to make it the product of something else.” Art BLAKEY Frémeaux & Associés’ «...More

World-première recording featuring the debut of professional chamber choir Apsara. A powerful and inspiring new vocal work by the UK’s leading choral expert, Ronald Corp. A wonderfully contemplativ...More

World-première recording of string trio version of Enescu’s Aubade The debut recording from the Lendvai String Trio Music by Martinu, Francaix and Enescu, composed in Paris around the early decades o...More

The first recording of the songs of one of England’s best loved contemporary composers, Ronald Corp. Contains 39 songs – all world première recordings Corp’s previous discs of orchestral and chambe...More

The next disc in Signum’s series of live orchestral recordings with the Philharmonia features the late Sir Charles Mackerras conducting Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.6 (Pathétique). This was Tchaikovsky...More

After having suffered from numerous legends that were negative to the point of defamation, Antonio Salieri has long been rehabilitated. He in fact shares many traits with his supposed competitor Moza...More

The Mariinsky label’s opera recordings have garnered acclaim and awards from around the world, most recently for Valery Gergiev’s recording of Parsifal released in 2010. For the label’s fifth opera, ...More

‘Wonderfully fresh and intelligently paced performances from a choir who can make 16th-century polyphony sound the most natural in the world’ (Gramophone) ‘The choir is outstanding in tone, precisio...More

Baiba Skride is not just one of the most sought-after artists when it comes to finding a soloist for one of the great violin concertos. She is also much in demand for chamber music. This makes her id...More

Described as 'a prince among violists', Maxim Rysanov was in 2010 chosen to perform at the Last Night of the Proms. On that illustrious occasion he played his own adaptation of Tchaikovsky's Rococo V...More

Antonio Rosetti was born around 1750 in Litoměřice, a town in Northern Bohemia, and was originally called Franz Anton Rösler. In 1773 he left this native country and joined the Hofkapelle of Prince v...More

Having written his first concerto for the concert hall back in 1987, Philip Glass has since created a large catalog of concert works including ten symphonies and eleven concertos. Among these, his 20...More

Defined imposed by Haydn with his 64 "Streichquartette", the string quartet became an opera without words with Mozart (Hayn-Quartette) and already went beyond its da camera framework with Beethoven a...More

Mozart’s contribution to the repertoire of music with wind instruments is of considerable significance. Not only did he write concertos for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn, but he also made f...More

To many, the Lahti Symphony Orchestra has become synonymous with excellence in Sibelius repertoire. Its numerous recordings with the previous chief conductor Osmo Vänskä have received countless disti...More

NEA Jazz Master Cedar Walton has enjoyed an up-tempo career, which never seems to slow down. Maintaining a non-stop itinerary, Walton has accompanied a litany of Jazz greats while also fronting his o...More

Recorded in the Armenian capital of Jerevan, this disc offers a rare opportunity to sample music by Armenian composers, here represented by three works for cello and orchestra. Naturally Khachaturian...More

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