Elgar, Edward (Komp) / Norrington, Roger (Dirigent) / Radio-Sinfonieorchester St

Enigma Variations

Compact Disc

Edward Elgar's masterly Enigma Variations are undoubtedly his most famous work and also the first major piece he composed. The Enigma Variations brought him international recognition and brought England back on the musical map. Elgar...

Villa-Lobos, Heitor (Komp) / Creed, Marcus (Dirigent) / SWR Vokalensemble Stuttg

Choral Works

Compact Disc

The self-taught Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos is best remembered today for his brilliant and idiomatic works for guitar and his series of works for various orchestral and chamber ensembles known as "Bachianas Brasileiras." As the...

Messiaen, Olivier (Komp) / Cambreling, Sylvain (Dirigent) / SWR Sinfonieorcheste

The Complete Works For Orchestra

Compact Disc

On the occasion of 100th birthday of Olivier Messiaen, the Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg des SWR have prepared a sumptuous 8-CD-Box set. It is the first time that Messiaen's complex orchestral scores have been performed by a...

Gubaidulina, Sofia (Komp) / Rilling, Helmuth (Dirigent) / Kammerchor der MHS Tro

St. John Passion and St. John Easter

Doppel-CD

World Premiere Recording

Gubaidulina's mammoth St. John was written in two parts, the Passion to a commission from the International Bach Academy in Stuttgart to celebrate the 250th anniversary of J. S. Bach in September 2000, with the...

Zemlinsky, Alexander (Komp) / Fuchs, Robert (Komp) / Brahms, Johannes (Komp) / R

Brahms and his Contemporaries Vol. I

Compact Disc

hänssler CLASSIC is proud to announce the latest release from the phenomenally gifted young cellist Johannes Moser. This new CD is the first in a series intended to document the period between Johannes Brahms' move to Vienna in 1869 and...

Schönberg, Arnold (Komp) / Gielen, Michael (Dirigent) / Smith, Robert Dean (Teno

Gurrelieder - 2 SACDs

Doppel-CD

brilliant sound - SACD recording

This recording of the Gurrelieder is being released in celebration of Michel Gielen's 80th birthday (July 20, 2007) and is - also - an homage to a great musician and human being. Gielen has this summing...

Bach, Johann Sebastian (Komp) / Tetzlaff, Christian (Violine)

Sonatas & Partitas for Violin solo

Doppel-CD

- Echo Classic 2007 award -

“It can be a rewarding and very touching experience to hear the complete cycle of Bach's Sonatas and Partitas in concert – the formal and emotional development of this journey give fuller meaning to the...

Koechlin, Charles (Komp) / Holliger, Heinz (Dirigent) / SWR Vokalensemble Stuttg

Vocal works with orchestra

Doppel-CD

David Hurwitz on www.classicstoday.com: "This is just incredibly beautiful, sensual music. Although billed as "vocal works with orchestra", conductor Heinz Holliger offers two orchestral works: the dreamy and mysterious nocturne Vers la...

Shostakovich, Dmitry (Komp) / Boreyko, Andrey (Dirigent) / Radio-Sinfonieorchest

Symphony No. 4 C Minor op. 43 & Suite from "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk"

Compact Disc

The current program features two of Shostakovich’s most challenging, provocative and arguably, greatest works! The Fourth Symphony came as a result of the composer’s study of Mahler. Scored for a gigantic orchestra, the symphony consists...

Held, Joachim (Interpret)

Joachim Held - Erfreuliche Lautenlust - Delightful Lute-Pleasure

Compact Disc

In the early 1700s, throughout the German-speaking Habsburg lands of the Holy Roman Empire, the lute gradually gained a
new lease of life and was brought to its highest level of development. The new generation of German virtuosos began...

Weinberg, Mieczyslaw (Komp) / Tschaikowsky, Boris (Komp) / Shostakovich, Dmitry

Cello Sonatas

Compact Disc

Awarded with the Echo Classic 2007.

Composed in 1934, almost concurrent the Congress of Soviet Writers declaration of "Socialist Realism" as the only acceptable mode for Soviet artistic production, the Cello Sonata gives proof of...

Koechlin, Charles (Komp) / Holliger, Heinz (Dirigent) / SWR Vokalensemble Stuttg

Vocal works with orchestra

Doppel-CD

David Hurwitz on www.classicstoday.com: "This is just incredibly beautiful, sensual music. Although billed as "vocal works with orchestra", conductor Heinz Holliger offers two orchestral works: the dreamy and mysterious nocturne Vers la...

Bach, Johann Sebastian (Komp) / Rilling, Helmuth (Dirigent)

Bach-Edition: The Complete Works (172 CDs & CDR)

Compact Disc

The 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of hänssler CLASSIC's EDITION BACHAKADEMIE:
The Complete Works of Johann Sebastian Bach under the direction of Helmuth Rilling!

Globally recognized as the ONLY authoritative edition of Bach's...

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