Classical

This collection of recordings is particularly meaningful to me because it chronicles my growth as an orchestral composer from my student years—when the Marimba Concerto was composed—to more mature...

The Estonian vocal ensemble Vox Clamantis and their conductor Jaan-Eik Tulve have established themselves among the leading interpreters of Arvo Pärt's music during more than a quarter of a...

Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra pay tribute to Arvo Pärt, who will celebrate his 90th birthday in 2025. The Estonian composer has been part of Paavo Järvi's life since...

Quartet Ajaton has released their third album Fin 23.1.2026. The group's innovative musicians now delve into the core emotions of Finnish tradition: tangos, Sibelius and folk melodies breathe new...

Rachmaninoff's First Piano Concerto was composed while he was studying at the Moscow Conservatory, and it was completely reworked before he left Russia in 1917 and again in 1919. It is difficult...

Sergei Rachmaninoff's symphonic career got off to a difficult start with the premiere of his First Symphony. Today, the First Symphony is recognized as one of the great Russian symphonic works of...

The second of Boris Giltburg's Rachmaninoff recordings includes the ever-popular Piano Concerto No. 2 and Etudes-tableaux, Op. 33. Etudes-tableaux

The previous concerto recording in this series was Concerto No. 2, catalog number 8.573629, about which Gramophone wrote: "A combination of freshness and generosity of spirit and soul gives this...

Yevgeny Sudbin has been recording Sergei Rachmaninoff's works for piano and orchestra for almost 10 years. The journey began in the United States in 2008 with his fourth piano concerto, described...

Bach, Double Sens Nemanja Radulovic, released October 13, 2016. This version of Bach is available on 1 CD.

Conductor Robert Trevino's fourth album on Ondine focuses on the late works of composer Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928–2016). Rautavaara is one of Finland's most famous composers after Sibelius...

The Czech Bohuslav Martinu and the Finnish Einojuhani Rautavaara may not seem to have much in common, but both have adopted an attitude free of musical puritanism and have constantly found new sources...

Ravel grew up in Paris during the Belle Époque, about thirty years before 1914, when Paris was the undisputed artistic center of the world. At the end of the 19th century, he began his studies at the...

Lucien's fourth Warner Classics project, featuring two of the most famous trumpet concertos. They were recorded with the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra under the baton of conductor Michael Sanderling....

Soloists: Soile Isokoski, Johan Botha, Sophie Koch, Daniela Fally, Peter Mati?, Jochen Schmeckenbecher Orchestra, choir: Vienna State Opera Orchestra Conductor: Christian Thielemann Venue: Vienna...

Soloists: Soile Isokoski, Johan Botha, Sophie Koch, Daniela Fally, Peter Mati?, Jochen Schmeckenbecher Orchestra, choir: Vienna State Opera Orchestra Conductor: Christian Thielemann Venue: Vienna...

Christoph von Dohnányi Director: Claus Guth Ariadne auf Naxos is one of many beautifully crafted operas by Richard Strauss and his librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal. In this fascinating production by...

Soloists: Hakan Hagegard, Kiri Te Kanawa, Tatiana Troyanos Orchestra, choir: San Francisco Opera Orchestra Conductor: Donald Runnicles Director: Stephen Lawless Capriccio is a somewhat unique work in...

Soloists: Adrianne Pieczonka, Angelika Kirchschlager, Miah Persson Orchestra, choir: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Choir Conductor: Semyon Bychkov Director: Robert Carsen Arthaus...

Soloists: Adrianne Pieczonka, Angelika Kirchschlager, Miah Persson Orchestra, choir: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Choir Conductor: Semyon Bychkov Director: Robert Carsen Arthaus...

Soloists: Camilla Nylund, Michèle Losier, Nadine Sierra, Günther Groissböck, Roman Trekel Orchestra, choir: Staatskapelle Berlin Conductor: Zubin Mehta Director: André Heller The Viennese...

Soloists: Camilla Nylund, Michèle Losier, Nadine Sierra, Günther Groissböck, Roman Trekel Orchestra, choir: Staatskapelle Berlin Conductor: Zubin Mehta Director: André Heller The Viennese...

Soloists: Marjana Lipovšek, Eva Johansson, Melanie Diener Orchestra, choir: Zurich Opera Choir and Orchestra Conductor: Christoph von Dohnányi Director: Martin Kušej The Zurich Opera's second...

Soloists: Marjana Lipovšek, Eva Johansson, Melanie Diener Orchestra, choir: Zurich Opera Choir and Orchestra Conductor: Christoph von Dohnányi Director: Martin Kušej The Zurich Opera's second...

Soloists: Angela Denoke, Kim Begley, Doris Soffel Orchestra, choir: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin Conductor: Stefan Soltesz Director: Nikolaus Lehnhoff This highly acclaimed production of...

Soloists: Erika Sunnegårdh, Mark S. Doss, Robert Brubaker Conductor: Nicola Luisotti Director: Gabriele Lavia Oscar Wilde describes his work Salomé as containing “refrains whose recurring motifs...

Soloists: Angela Denoke, Kim Begley, Doris Soffel Orchestra, choir: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin Conductor: Stefan Soltesz Director: Nikolaus Lehnhoff This highly acclaimed production of...

Soloists: René Pape, Stephan Rügamer, Doris Soffel Orchestra, choir: Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala Conductor: Daniel Barenboim Director: Guy Cassiers La Scala's Rheingold in May 2010 marked...

Outside Germany, the name Weimar usually evokes mixed feelings and images from Germany's history over the last hundred years. In Germany, Weimar refers to a city in the state of Thuringia, steeped...

Soloists: Mario Hoff, Tomas Möwes, Erin Caves Orchestra, choir: Staatskapelle Weimar Conductor: Carl St.Clair Director: Michael Schulz Outside Germany, the name Weimar usually evokes mixed feelings...

Soloists: Frieder Aurich, Kirsten Blanck, Erin Caves Orchestra, choir: Staatskapelle Weimar, Opernchor des Nationaltheaters Weimar Conductor: Carl St. Clair Director: Michael Schulz Outside Germany...

Soloists: Frieder Aurich, Kirsten Blanck, Erin Caves Orchestra, choir: Staatskapelle Weimar, Opernchor des Nationaltheaters Weimar Conductor: Carl St. Clair Director: Michael Schulz Outside Germany...

Soloists: Erin Caves, Kirsten Blanck, Catherine Foster Orchestra, choir: Staatskapelle Weimar Conductor: Carl St.Clair Director: Michael Schulz “A free man is the creator of his own destiny.”...

“Weimar charms the conductor and the entire orchestra with standing ovations.” Süddeutsche Zeitung “A free man is the creator of his own destiny.” Richard Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung...

Soloists: Simon O’Neill, Waltraud Meier, Nina Stemme Orchestra, choir: Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala Conductor: Daniel Barenboim Director: Guy Cassiers Richard Wagner called Die Walküre the first...

Soloists: Norbert Schmittberg, Renatus Mészár, Catherine Foster Orchestra, choir: Staatskapelle Weimar Conductor: Carl St. Clair Director: Michael Schulz Richard Wagner's Götterdämmerung...

Soloists: Lance Ryan, Peter Bronder, Nina Stemme Orchestra, choir: Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala Conductor: Daniel Barenboim Director: Guy Cassiers In Siegfried, the second day of the Ring...

Soloists: Johnny van Hall, Frieder Aurich, Tomas Möwes Orchestra, choir: Staatskapelle Weimar Conductor: Carl St. Clair Director: Michael Schulz Richard Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung reflects the...

Soloists: Johnny van Hall, Frieder Aurich, Tomas Möwes Orchestra, choir: Staatskapelle Weimar Conductor: Carl St. Clair Director: Michael Schulz Richard Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung reflects the...

Soloists: Waltraud Meier, Jan-Hendrik Rootering, René Kollo Orchestra, choir: Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor und Ballett der Bayerischen Staatsoper Conductor: Zubin Mehta Director: David Alden The...

The hallmarks of Franz Xaver Richter's mature style are already evident in the six major symphonies published in 1744, several years before he joined the famous musical life of the Mannheim court....

The hallmarks of Franz Xaver Richter's mature style are already evident in the six large symphonies (series 1 and 2) published in 1744, several years before he joined the famous musical life of...

Pauliina Fred, flute Heidi Peltoniemi, cello Aapo Häkkinen, harpsichord Franz Xaver Richter's Sonata da camera shares many of the musical characteristics that make his symphonies so distinctive:...

The first part of Tapiola Sinfonietta's new cycle, led by Janne Nisosen, presents the symphonies of Ferdinand Ries (1784–1838), Beethoven's only recognized composition student, close friend...

The second part of Tapiola Sinfonietta and conductor Janne Nisosen's ongoing complete symphony series by Ferdinand Ries (1784–1838) includes the composer's symphonies nos. 4 and 5. Often...