Classical

Edvard Grieg, probably the most popular composer ever to emerge from the Scandinavian peninsula, made a significant contribution to the chamber music canon with his violin sonatas rather than his...

SECOND-HAND SACD Conducted by Christoph Eschenbach and released by the Ondine label in 2006, Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 6 with the Philadelphia Orchestra is a critically acclaimed...

The Radio Symphony Orchestra's new album focuses on the works of Perttu Haapanen (b. 1972). Haapanen is one of the most important and interesting Finnish composers of his generation. It includes a...

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Symph. No. 6, released on July 14, 1993. This version of Symph. No. 6 is available on 1 CD.

Timo Korhonen (guitar) Oulu City Orchestra / Santtu-Matias Rouvali Ondine is proud to present the world premiere recording of two guitar concertos: one by Kimmo Hakola and the other by Toshio...

The King's Consort, conducted by Matthew Halls, presents the premiere recording of Handel's opera Parnasso in Festa: a unique example of a full-scale festive serenade (or Festa teatrale) from...

Terhi Dostal studied piano at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, where she completed her doctorate in music in 2010. In 2005, she completed a second soloist degree at the Imola Piano Academy in Italy....

Orchestra, choir: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Hannu Lintu Director: Laura Joutsi Venue: Helsinki Music Center With his seven symphonies, Finnish composer Jean Sibelius ranks among the...

This album brings Ukrainian composer Thomas de Hartmann, an important compositional voice of his time, back into the limelight with his glowing, cinematic violin and cello concertos. With the help of...

A dynamic young cellist who rose to fame as part of the global genre-bending music sensation 2CELLOS, Hauser is releasing his first solo album with the London Symphony Orchestra. Each track on Classic...

Haydn admitted that "while working on The Creation, he had felt an exceptional religious fervor." However, this work was also inspired by the spirituality of the Viennese Masonic lodges of...

René Jacobs performs Joseph Haydn's Stabat Mater together with the Basel Chamber Orchestra, the Zurich Singing Academy, and an outstanding quartet of vocal soloists (Birgitte Christensen...

Helena Juntunen, sopraano Oulu Sinfonia Dmitri Slobodeniouk, conductor W.A.Mozart: 1 Ouverture (Così fan tutte KV 588, 1789) 4:37 2 Aria Come scoglio (Così fan tutte) 4:16 3 Ouverture (Idomeneo KV...

Earquake by the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Leif Segerstam is one of the most famous "hi-fi test discs" in the world of classical music. It was released on the Finnish...

This recording is a collection of American chamber music performed by The Nash Ensemble and was released in 2015. (SECOND-HAND CD)

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...

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....