Classical

It was on American soil that Antonín Dvoák (1841–1904) began the composition of his Cello Concerto. Free of all prejudice, he had taken a keen interest in Amerindian and Afro-American cultures...

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...

SECOND-HAND CD Award-winning conductor René Jacobs and the B'Rock Orchestra complete their Schubert pentatone cycle with the composer's two most famous symphonies, the Unfinished and the...

SECOND-HAND A captivating self-titled album from 2000 by the brightest star of the opera world, soprano Renée Fleming . This gem of classical music, released by Decca, brings together the most...

In this majestic production of Verdi’s Don Carlo, Riccardo Chailly’s qualities as a Verdi conductor are brilliantly displayed in the dramatic precision and transparent instrumental detail he draws...

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

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...

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...

The final part of Ferdinand Ries’s (1784–1838) groundbreaking and highly acclaimed cycle of compositions, composed by Tapiola Sinfonietta and conductor Janne Nisosen, contains the composer’s two...

An album by Finnish pianist Risto-Matti Marin titled Solace. The album was released in 2023 and includes solo piano music by Matthew Whittall, Johannes Brahms and Jean Sibelius (SECOND-HAND CD)...

For a classical music CD called "Grand & Glorious: Great Operatic Choruses" (SECOND-HAND CD)

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...

SECOND-HAND LP Roland Pöntinen: Music for a Rainy Day is an album of piano music that brings together atmospheric and peaceful works by various composers. The album focuses on delicate, meditative...

SECOND-HAND VINYL BOX, 3 x LP ‘Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra is a fascinating opera and a key work by Gioachino Rossini. It marks the young composer’s first creation in 1815 for Naples, the...

Born in Stuttgart in 1957, Axel Ruoff's organ works are one of the most important contributions to organ literature since Messiaen. Ruoff has often used the unparalleled resources of the organ to...

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...

The Munich Radio Orchestra celebrated its 60th anniversary with Stephen Sondheim's first complete recording, which became even more famous thanks to the film version starring Johnny Depp. The...

Symmetry Pario: Creation explores "the beginnings of things," the origin of the universe expressed in music, and various creation stories from different cultures around the world. BUT when...

Many of Kaija Saariaho's works are named after natural phenomena, which serve as the starting point for her compositional process. Composed in 1998, Neiges was inspired by the different properties...

The Northscapes recording project weaves together works from the first decades of the 21st century by composers from the Nordic and Baltic countries into a tapestry of soundscapes that oscillates...