With his 9th piano concerto, composed in 1777, Mozart entered a new world. The traditional long orchestral introduction is dispensed with, and the soloist enters after the second bar. Nothing as... more

Be Still My Heart presents works by two little-known Viennese composers. Robert Gund (1865-1927), born in Switzerland, a pianist, teacher and composer who was highly regarded in Vienna but whose... more

Experience the beauty and tranquility of Spain with a captivating collection of peaceful guitar music, crafted by some of the country's most iconic composers. This unique compilation brings together... more

Although Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) is now best known for his keyboard music, it was his vocal works that were published during his lifetime. Perhaps his greatest achievement ass a... more

Pianist extraordinaire Anthony de Mare's landmark commissioning project, Liaisons: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano, reaches Volume II with a diverse range of 14 tracks by a roll call of... more

Step into the world of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's timeless chamber music, masterfully brought to life by the Goldmund Quartet. This album captures the emotional breadth of Mendelssohn's... more

The composer and soprano Liza Lehmann played a key role in revitalizing English song, writing several hundred vocal works. Acclaimed in concert halls around the world, she collaborated with the... more

A Norman composer from the early 20th century and a little-known figure in French music, Gabriel Dupont was one of the last representatives of French post-romanticism, which died with him at the dawn... more

The unsuspected summits of virtuosity Playing fast and loud... Letting the rapidity of your fingers go to your head... Is this really the definition of virtuosity? Virtuosity has it's origins... more

Performed using gut strings, the Dudok Quartet's Tchaikovsky String Quartet cycle is notable for the 'new' sound world gut strings reveal. There is a raw naturalness to the sound together with an... more

Since winning the 2021 Song Prize at the Cardiff Singer of the World competition, South African Masabane Cecilia has been selected as a BBC New Generation Artist, and awarded the 2024 Herbert von... more

This volume concludes the complete Sibelius symphonies performed by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra under Santtu-Matias Rouvali. This series has already won numerous awards around the world and... more

First prize winner of the prestigious Naumburg Competition in 2017, like Stephen Hough, one of his mentors, Albert Cano Smit is a pianist noted for his bold choices and his taste for atypical musical... more

After two albums devoted to Ireland and Scotland, Alix Boivert and The Curious Bards cross the North Sea to Sweden and Norway. Rejecting the artificial distinction between 'art' and 'folk' music,... more

The Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra enjoyed a long and intensive artistic collaboration, which came to an abrupt end with Haitink's death in October 2021.... more

The Promises of Darkness marks the next chapter in the visionary collaboration between Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Roger Reynolds and conductor/producer Mathias Reumert. Released by Ekkozone,... more

This programme brings together composers who, for the most part, were compelled to flee their homeland. In 1920, Ivan Wyschnegradsky took refuge in Paris, where he wrote for a quarter-tone piano at a... more

Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev open two different paths toward the summit of pianism: one, a spiritual, profound, and tragic journey; the other, a macabre dance between irony and despair. Both, in their... more

The emerging quartet Gaman Ensemble shows in this album the evolution and cross-influences of that strong Spanish presence in the French capital over the last century. It's four members (Jesus... more

Pianist Kate Liu rose to international prominence after winning the Bronze Medal and Best Mazurka Prize at the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Competition in Warsaw, along with the audience prize... more

The Quatuor Ellipsos tells us a family story through four iconic works firmly ingrained in the collective unconscious: Carmen, Casse-Noisette, West Side Story and Rhapsody in Blue. Like a small-scale... more