Classical

Hyperion's album of the month, recorded and released in both Handel's and Haydn's "anniversary year," is an extravagant celebration of these two composers. It is performed by an...

Angela Hewitt's new album is clearly becoming a favorite. Some of the most famous musical declarations of love throughout the centuries, heard in transcriptions by some of the great pianists...

Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin Enrico Pace, piano Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra / Paavo Järvi Paul Hindemith's first instrument was the violin, which he mastered so thoroughly that he became...

It is striking that two true classics of English orchestral music were composed within a short period of time, approximately fifteen years, at the turn of the last century. Edward Elgar's Enigma...

If this premiere recording of Stephen Hough's String Quartet No. 1 can be considered definitive – the work is dedicated to the Takács Quartet – the quartets by Ravel and Dutilleux are equally...

Norwegian composer SVEIN HUNDSNES has composed a considerable number of works, ranging from concertos to pieces for young musicians. His piano music is wide-ranging in style and occupies a significant...

Violinist Ilja Gringolts, who is fond of giving interviews, has chosen two very different concerts for this collaboration with Copenhagen Phil, but in both the melody is emphasized. Young Finnish...

On this recording, the Wang-Zadra duo, consisting of saxophone and guitar, explores the diverse tonal possibilities of this unique and unusual chamber music ensemble. All of the works on the CD were...

Steven Isserlis has once again curated a typically imaginative recital, with all the works coming, in one way or another, from a particularly fruitful decade in the history of the cello....

Charles Ives' Concord Sonata is often described as one of the greatest American piano works. Published in 1920 at the composer's own expense, the work contains radical experiments in harmony...

William Jackson (1730–1803) from Exeter – a painter, writer, and composer – has been something of a hidden treasure until now. As Timothy Roberts writes in the preface to this first album of...

Leoš Janá?ek's 15-part piano cycle On an Overgrown Path is presented here in a new form, arranged for string orchestra and performed by Camerata Zürich under the direction of solo violinist...

Soloists: Janine Jansen (violin), Sir Antonio Pappano (piano) Director: Gerald Fox Directed by PRIX ITALIA award-winning documentary filmmaker Gerry Fox and assisted by the legendary Sir Antonio...

Ballet Suites by Kristjan Järvi, released 29 March 2000, includes the following tracks: "Tanz Der Zuckerfee", "Arabischer Tanz", "Tanz Der Rohrfloten"...

Jean-Yves Thibaudet's classic recording of Debussy's Preludes, featuring artwork by Vivienne Westwood. A unique, collectible, limited edition marble-patterned color LP and CD. One of Vivienne...

In his four-part consort works, John Jenkins (1592–1678) demonstrated his much-praised contrapuntal skills, characterized by a fanatical devotion to the equality of the four independent parts. The...

The Italian newspaper La Repubblica calls him almost Italy's "most talented Bach pianist," and Andrea Bacchetti has performed internationally on the world's greatest classical music...

Soloists: Peter Schreier (Evangelist and arias), Bernd Weikl (Jesus), Mitsuko Shirai (soprano), Marga Schiml (alto), Franz Grundheber (bass) Orchestra, choir: Hamburg Ballet, St. Michaelis Orchestra...

Soloists: Peter Schreier (Evangelist and arias), Bernd Weikl (Jesus), Mitsuko Shirai (soprano), Marga Schiml (alto), Franz Grundheber (bass) Orchestra, choir: Hamburg Ballet, St. Michaelis Orchestra...

Orchestra, choir: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Seiji Ozawa Director: Brian Large It has long been a New Year's Day tradition for the Philharmonic to perform a program consisting of...

Is the creative process of a composer essentially the same as that of a visual artist painting a picture? Jóhann Jóhannsson and Berlin-based painter Thilo Heinzmann explored this profound question...

Soloists: Roger Daltrey (Macheath), Stratford Johns (Peachum), Patricia Routledge (Mrs. Peachum), Carol Hall (Polly Peachum), Rosemary Ashe (Lucy Lockit) Orchestra, choir: English Baroque Soloists...

Soloists: Roger Daltrey (Macheath), Stratford Johns (Peachum), Patricia Routledge (Mrs. Peachum), Carol Hall (Polly Peachum), Rosemary Ashe (Lucy Lockit) Orchestra, choir: English Baroque Soloists...

Soloists: Lloyd Riggins (Gustav von Aschenbach, master choreographer), Laura Cazzaniga (his assistant, his mother, Tadzio's mother), Ivan Urban (his "Friedrich der Gr0ße"), Hélène...

Soloists: José Carreras, Hermann Baumann, Sebastian Baumann, Lorenzo Bavaj Orchestra, choir: Mozart-Sängerknaben Wien Venue: Jesuitenkirche Luzern What a joy to accept such an invitation – a...