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« Blessed the people who sing, and leave to others the cruel and sad task of sharpening their cutlasses.» Louis Sébastien Mercier. 1788 It is whilst singing that the French people would go about kil...More

Even on paper, this combination is breathtaking. Talvin Singh, is known for his groundbreaking tablatronic style combining Indian traditions and modern European aesthetics. Tabla player, producer, an...More

The American composer Steve Reich pioneered the style of minimalism in music. He has been hugely influential on contemporary composers such as John Adams, but also on the progressive rock movement of...More

Le Duc des Lombards is a marvellous and cosy place to go for a jazz concert; you can immediately feel a complicity between the musicians and the audience. For this first Live, I wanted to share mome...More

• All the music in this eclectic programme reflects the phenomenal influence of gypsy music on both classical and jazz music in the 20th century – even when wearing smart ‘classical’ clothes, the mus...More

This sensational new release from German cellist Alban Gerhardt recaptures the novelty of the much-loved encores performed by Pablo Casals. Spanish-born Casals was universally recognized as one of th...More

The monumental Piano Sonata in D minor was composed by a young Benjamin Dale while he was still a student at the Royal Academy of Music. Dale’s contemporaries included the burgeoning composer-pianist...More

Record Of The Month This latest release from the multi-award-winning partnership of Gerald Finley and Julius Drake features a literary and musical form which inspired the greatest voices of German R...More

Although a lot of mystery shrouds their conception, Bach’s motets count amongst his works which were played uninterruptedly in Leipzig from their origin up until now. For this reason interpretative ...More

Not yet 30, Harold Lopez Nussa was born in Havana in a family of musicians who offered him a double French and Cuban education. After a solid classical training at the conservatory, winning numerous ...More

When it comes to the harmonica, everyone thinks about Bob Dylan. Yet, miles away from virtuosity, Bob Dylan is just breathing in his harmonica! It is this spontaneity Greg Zlap wants to talk about in...More

Dominique Vellard’s interest in music from the Iberian Renaissance has been constantly reflected in the performances and recordings of his Ensemble Gilles Binchois across the last three decades and a...More

Medieval poets took the famous words by Virgil “Omnia vincit Amor” as their motto for an entire literary era: “Amor vincit omnia” (Amor/Love conquers all). This aphorism shaped the character of Weste...More

2011 sees the first recording by The Sixteen devoted entirely to Palestrina. The disc marks the start of a new project which will result in a series of new recordings exploring a selection of the co...More

A premiere – and a twofold one at that! This is Pirouet Records’ first double CD production and its first live CD as well. There is good reason for both – likewise twofold. The first: one of the most...More

These flute sonatas were written between about 1720 and 1741 at a time when the recorder was being superseded by the transverse flute. After about 1725 compositions specifically for or including reco...More

Described as being “soulful, swinging and yet utterly modern", New York based alto saxophonist Jim Snidero's music seems to encapsulate what is both unique and compelling about jazz. Called an "alto ...More

Orange Mountain Music’s series presenting archival music recorded at the Kitchen includes No.1 “New Music, New York 1979”; No.2: “Steve Reich & Musicians, Live 1977”; No.3: Amplified: New Music Meets...More

Vaughan Williams completed The Garden of Proserpine in 1899 and the work was begun in 1897 or 1898. For the twenty-something composer, it was a first attempt at a large-scale work, 489 bars long (at ...More

As a composer, Gustav Mahler was absorbed by song and symphony as complementary genres deeply involved with each other. So deeply involved, in fact, that the dividing line between the two is often bl...More

In the 18th century, Leufsta Bruk – some 140 kilometres northwest of Stockholm – was the centre of a major industry producing iron both for Swedish needs and for export. It was a little principality ...More

“The performances catch every drop of that naturalness...it crystallises its essence perfectly...” The Guardian “The five singers are a vocally attractive lot and truly sensitive.” International Re...More

'There is not one interpretation of these motets that clashes, not a single moment of lassitude in these two discs.' Philippe Vendrix/Diapason Complete Motets of Machaut (re-release) Since the beau...More

Recent News Iván Fischer received the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award for best conductor Fischer: Despite occasional successful stagings of this opera, it is concert performances that stir...More

Florent Schmitt was well known as a critic and composer during his lifetime, but his compositions fell into neglect after his death. Difficult to pigeonhole, he has been called everything from conser...More

This is Volume 2 in the series of orchestral music by Miklós Rózsa. No fewer than four exclusive Chandos artists perform on this release: The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, the conductor Rumon Gamba, an...More

This live recording from the Festival of Aix-en Provence 2008 reveals one of Handel's most gripping dramatic works. The curtain rises on a prophecy: the fall of Babylon is imminent; the moral and po...More

On this disc we present a veritable feast of early to mid-twentieth century orchestral music by composers from Argentina, Peru, Brazil, and Columbia. The works are all premier recordings, and brimmin...More

"a collection of concertos for various instruments, played stylishly" MusicalPointers.co.uk "The highlight is Pietro Domenico Paradies' aptly-titled "A Favourite Concerto", a delightful harpsichord...More