Classic-romantic music

Soloists: Fiorenza Cedolins, Marcelo Álvarez, Ruggero Raimondi Orchestra, choir: Orchestra e Coro dell’ Arena di Verona Conductor: Daniel Oren Director: Hugo de Ana Italian opera producer Hugo de...

Soloists: Daniela Dessì, Fabio Armiliato, Claudio Sgura Orchestra, choir: Orchestra and Choir of the Teatro Carlo Felice, Children's Choir of the Teatro Carlo Felice Conductor: Marco Boemi...

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...

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

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

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: 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...

This highly acclaimed production of Strauss's opera Salome at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden is the work of German director Nikolaus Lehnhoff. The lead role is played by Angela Denoke, who gives a...

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: 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...

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

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

Roger Eno's debut solo album, The Turning Year, released on Deutsche Grammophon, opened a window onto the British composer's vision. Now Eno has returned to this repertoire and expanded it...

The universal appeal of Jean Sibelius's (1865–1957) music has inspired generation after generation of pianists to delve deeper into his piano works. Pianist Ruusamari Teppo’s relationship with...

Dalindèo combines jazz, surf influences, and northern mysticism in a unique way. The album Tropicalia Nordica takes the listener on a rhythmic journey combining tropical melodies and arctic...

SECOND HAND CD These two works are cornerstones of Franz Schubert's piano music, and Alfred Brendel is one of their most respected interpreters. Brendel has recorded them several times, and they...

This recording of Schumann's poetic Hausmusik – music intended for home use – is one of the first to feature performances recorded on period instruments. The clarinet is a replica of the early...

Robert Schumann's Fourth Symphony was conceived shortly after his first success, but the dramatic original single-movement version confused audiences, and after considerable revisions, the...

The three works on this recording are collections of short pieces that are linked together to form a coherent whole – a form that Schumann himself invented, developed, and refined to perfection....

Royal Scottish National Orchestra Conducting Thomas Sondergard

Shostakovich's two piano concertos span a period of almost thirty years. The youthful first piano concerto is a masterful example of eclecticism, combining incomprehensible humor and seriousness...

Alongside his great symphonies and tone poems, theater music played an important role in Sibelius's development. From the tranquility of the night to the macabre "Dance of Life,"...

Pia Pajala, soprano Tuomas Katajala, tenor Nicholas Söderland, bass Mikaela Palmu, violin Cathedralis Aboensis Choir; Turku Philharmonic Orchestra / Leif Segerstam Rarely performed but recognized as...

Jean Sibelius was the most important figure in the formation of Finland's musical identity. In addition to his famous symphonies and tone poems, he was also prolific in other genres, such as...

This third part of Sibelius's orchestral work from Turku contains all the incidental music from the opera Pelléas et Mélisande.

The symphonic and ambitious music of Shakespeare's play The Tempest was one of Sibelius's last orchestral works before his mysterious "Järvenpää silence," which lasted until his...

SECOND-HAND CD Bedich Smetana's best-known works represent Czech national romanticism at its best. His "greatest hits" often center around his massive series of symphonic poems and his...

A classic series based on a new concept, aimed at a new audience. These works focus on composers and their most famous works of all time, presented in beautiful, hand-drawn expressionist packaging....