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In the early 1960s Goffredo Petrassi's idiom was almost indistinguishable from that of the Italian avantgarde. Completed in 1964, the Seventh Concerto evolves with mounting tension and a sense of... more

This is Naxos's fourth all-Higdon album in the American Classics series. The world premiere recording of Duo Duel for two pitched percussion instruments and orchestra is a double concerto of... more

The violin sonatas by Alfred Schnittke extend over his whole career. The First Sonata is among his earliest major pieces while the Second Sonata typifies the confrontational manner of the works that... more

Handel' violin sonatas have been staples of the repertoire for generations, but there has been considerable confusion about their authenticity. Early editorial practice saw to it that several... more

Marcin Dylla, First Prize Winner in the 2007 Guitar Foundation of America Competition, is considered one of the most outstanding classical guitar players of the younger generation. Between 1996 and... more

The Carpe Diem String Quartet' first volume of Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev' string quartets gained critical accolades both for the revival of this important repertoire and for the ensemble' sensitive... more

Anton Rubinstein remains a towering figure in the history of Russian music. During his lifetime he was regarded as perhaps the only pianist worthy to be compared with Liszt, and also enjoyed an... more

Although Vaughan Williams described himself as 'a cheerful agnostic', he was not only steeped in the traditions of the Anglican Church, but sensitive to the mystical significance 'of what lies beyond... more

Glazunov' beautifully scored incidental music for Lermontov' play Masquerade has only survived in manuscript.

Described by Gian Francesco Malipiero as "the beginning of the rebirth of non-operatic Italian music", Martucci' Second Symphony is his masterpiece. Drawing on his abiding love of Brahms and... more

Joseph Martin Kraus was one of the most gifted and unusual composers of the eighteenth century, whose talent for thematic development, colourful orchestration and theatrical flair caused Haydn to... more

Born in Geneva, Ernest Bloch moved to the United States in 1916.

The music of composer-violinist Giuseppe Tartini bridged the baroque and classical periods. His 135 violin concertos are filled with dramatic emotion, expressive nuances and harmonic subtleties.

A story of love, marital fidelity, the defeat of a tyrant and the triumph of the good, Rossini's Ciro in Babylonia is a bold fusion of biblical andsecular subjects set to brilliant, thrilling music.

It is a little known fact that Bizet's Symphony No. 1, now regarded as a minor masterpiece, was closely modelled on his teacher Gounod's Symphony No. 1, only rediscovered in the 1950s and still... more

Remembered today mainly as an educator, pianist and conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Carl Reinecke has a long and varied list of compositions to his name.

Jose Antonio Carlos de Seixas was both a virtuoso keyboard performer and a prolific composer with almost 100 authenticated harpsichord sonatas to his credit.

Stamitz was a violinist, violist and composer, a formidable virtuoso who absorbed much from his predecessors in the Mannheim school.