It was through fantasias written for the piano based on operatic themes that many people became familiar with opera music in the 19th century. This collection brings together themes from operas by ...więcej »
Handel was commissioned to supply four new works for the coronation in 1727 of King George II of Great Britain. Zadok the Priest, Let Thy Hand be Strengthened, The King Shall Rejoice and My Heart i...więcej »
The Three Orchestral Pieces, Op. 6, (1913-1915) are in Berg's unique voice - highly chromatic, dark, brooding, often romantic – and rank among the most remarkable and explosive large-scale or...więcej »
Julian Rachlin (Violin)Pittsburgh Symphony OrchestraLorin MaazelAlthough he first learnt the piano, little ‘Janne’ Sibelius showed far greater interest in ...więcej »
If it is a cliché to refer to Mozart’s last four string quartets as ‘unjustly neglected’, they have nonetheless been overshadowed not only by Mozart’s own ‘Hayd...więcej »
Julliard String Quartet:Robert Mann, Joel Smirnoff (Viool)Samuel Rhodes (Altviool)Joel Krosnick (Cello)When one considers the string quartet, one tends to think of the...więcej »
Detailing many an inspiring performance, this release celebrates the rich musical heritage of St Mark’s Basilica through a selection of liturgical works – all of which were written by c...więcej »
In 1909, when Claude Debussy began work on his Préludes for piano, he could look back on a number of recent successes, not least the British premiere of his opera Pelléas et Mé...więcej »
Bela Davidovich emigrated to the United States in 1978, yet it is her Russian training with the great pedagogues Konstantin Igumnov and Yakov Flier that characterises her musicianship and the parti...więcej »
The contralto Nathalie Stutzmann was not yet 30 years old when she made this extraordinarily dramatic recording displaying her impressive depth of tone and voice of tremendous projection, bringing ...więcej »
Schubert wrote various kinds of work for the stage. Yet his greatest dramas are to be found in the two song-cycles to poems by Wilhelm Müller. Here voice and piano together depict a natural se...więcej »
Although often overlooked by lovers of his most grand music for the concert hall, there is no doubt that Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky had a passionate love affair with the operatic stage. Audiences in t...więcej »