Classical CD

World Premiere Recording of Leevi Madetoja’s Chamber Music for Strings and Piano. Melodia Intima double album brings together for the first time on record the complete body of Leevi Madetoja’s...

Reetamaria Rajala: New album Stories includes the entire published piano works by composer Cecilia Damström . Album track list: Epitaph Op.58 Characters Op.37 Under Sjärnhimlen Op.35 Unda Op.88...

The most successful physical Max Richter album yet. This recording is performed on period instruments & vintage synthesizers Featuring Chineke! Orchestra, as Europe’s first majority Black and...

Tracks: Kvandal, Johan (1919-1999) Horn Quartet, Op. 73 1 I Maestoso, adagio non troppo 5:03 2 II Scherzo, allegro 4:16 3 III Largo – allegro 5:11 Almila, Atso Small Suite for Four French Horns 4 I...

The five players and soprano Kajsa Dahlback are clearly very comfortable with the Venetian style, and they have chosen music of the highest quality-by nine composers-to demonstrate their strengths. In...

Hans Abrahamsen's Schnee (2008) is a magnificent marvel that encapsulates the spirit of winter. Already a classic of the 21st century, this instrumental cycle consists of ten canons that form an...

Born in Prague in 1979, composer, conductor, and choirmaster Ondréj Adámek studied in his hometown in the Czech Republic and in Paris, and has already won numerous prestigious awards for his...

In March 2020, Thomas Adès, one of the most respected and frequently performed contemporary composers of our time, conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Kirill Gerstein in the world premiere of...

Composer Thomas Adès' monumental Dante work comes to life impressively in the hands of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and conductor Gustavo Dudamel. This award-winning recording takes the listener...

Although Finnish composer Kalevi Aho is best known as a symphonist, his ever-expanding repertoire includes numerous concertos as well as countless chamber music works and arrangements of works by...

Kalevi Aho is one of the most prolific orchestral composers of our time, with 17 symphonies and 32 concertos to his name. Less well known is the fact that he has also composed chamber music and an...

"The Keski-Pohjanmaa Chamber Orchestra, a cutting-edge ensemble from the Finnish orchestra scene, has enjoyed collaborating with numerous composers over the years. It is therefore only natural...

Sonata for accordion no 1 1. Prelude and Passacaglia 2. Prelude and Fugue Sonata for accordion no 2-Black Birds (1990) 1. Birds of light 2. Birds of the night 3. Strange birds 4. Birds of desclation...

When Andreas Haefliger planned this unusual concerto combination, he wanted to put into perspective three works, each of which was unique and highly expressive highlights in the composers' output....

On Spiegel im Spiegel, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, the Netherlands Chamber Choir, Candida Thompson, Martina Batic, Hülya Keser and Tim Posner, perform a program of Baltic and English compositions, wherein...

André Rie's album Falling In Love, released on November 24, 2016, includes the following songs: "Sleepy Shores (theme song from 'Owen Md')," "My Heart Will Go On (from the...

André Rieu's album December Lights, released on October 18, 2012, includes the following songs: "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)," "O Holy Night, Arv 11...

The first chapter of an exciting new recording project. A portrait of a master craftsman at the peak of his abilities. An expedition into two of the most significant, creative, and groundbreaking...

Konttori-Gustafsson, Annikka: Piano Lehtola, Jan: The Paschen organ of Kerava Church, Finland Escaich, Thierry (b. 1965) Choral’s Dream Heininen, Paavo (b.1938) Linjama, Jouko (b.1934) Quincunx...

George Antheil called himself a "pianist-futurist." A lover of speed, cars, and airplanes, this American composer settled in Paris during the Années Folles, where he often visited Picasso...

The music of Grazyna Bacewicz (1909–1969) has experienced a renaissance over the past two decades. Bacewicz was a significant figure in 20th-century music, an important Polish composer and a...

Harp virtuoso Alexander Boldachev makes his debut on the PENTATONE label with Credo, offering a transcendental journey into the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and Arvo Pärt. Through eight visionary...

CPE Bach's music places complex stylistic demands on the performer that are unique in the music of his time: exceptional drama and intensity are balanced by Enlightenment elegance and Baroque...

After recording a groundbreaking selection of Johann Sebastian Bach's most important keyboard works, one of the greatest Bach interpreters of our time turns his attention to the composer's...

De occulta philosophia - Bach's works for the organ

GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE ...Effortlessly outshining all competitors ... the entire album is pure pleasure; definitely one of my picks of the year... (Gramophone) ...Everything has been...