Classical CD

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...

Jan Lehtola: J.L. van den Heuvel Organ in Mänttä, Finland Saint-Saens, Camille (1835-1921) Trois Préludes et Fugues opus 99 (Durand ) Fantaisie (without opus number) (Billaudot ) Fantaisie opus 101...

Jan Lehtola, on the Wegelius Organ (1933) in Kuusankoski, Finland Bach, Johann Sebastian Chaconne D minor (bearb. Wilhelm Middelschulte) Prelude & Fugue B flat minor (arr. Oskar Merikanto) Chromatic...

Naji Hakim (b. 1955) Påskeblomst (Easter Flower) for strings Concerto No. 1 for organ and strings Esquisses Grégoriennes Concerto No. 3 for organ and strings Mikkeli City Orchestra Petri Komulainen...

Jan Lehtola, organ Touko Lundell, trumpet The Guards Band Elias Seppälä, conductor Einojuhani Rautavaara: Annunciations, Concerto for Organ, Brass Group and Symphonic Wind Orchestra Hymn, for...

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...

This album by Dutch violinist Janine Jansen, Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra contains two cornerstones of violin literature: Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D...

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...

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks Mariss Jansons, conductor The two middle symphonies by Johannes Brahms form a highly contrasting pair of works, which define the radius of Brahms's...

Recently awarded the prestigious Brahms Prize of the Schleswig-Holstein Brahms Society, Kent Nagano and the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra, of which he was principal conductor from 2015 until...

Johannes Moser, cello PKF-Prague Philharmonia Conducted by Jakub Hruša German-Canadian international soloist Johannes Moser recently signed an exclusive recording contract with PENTATONE. He...

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...

On The Fields of Tapiola Jorma Hynninen, baritone Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra Juha Kangas, conductor Toivo Kuula: South Ostrobothnian Folk Songs, Op. 17b Prelude & Intermezzo, Op. 16b The Song of...

Five Cello Sonatas Sonata in C major G6 Sonata in C minor G2 Sonata in A major G4 Sonata in A major G13 Sonata in B flat major G565 Jukka Rautasalo, cello (solo) Jussi Seppänen, cello Cello classics...

Spend Christmas with Karajan's fragrant and famous performances! The 25th anniversary of Karajan's death. Karajan's most powerful collection of Christmas masterpieces with the BPO!...