Recorded in the beautiful acoustics of the Villa Contucci in Montepulciano (2011 - 2012), by Eleonora Contucci, soprano, and veteran forte pianist Costantino Mastroprimiano, playing a superb Graf... more

German composer Hugo Staehle left few surviving works before dying, aged 21. This disc brings together two collections of his songs, performed by acclaimed soprano Eleonora Contucci and veteran forte... more

Joseph Martin Kraus, regarded in his lifetime (1756-1792) as one of the world's six most formidable composers, has like many other contemporaries since languished in the historical shadow of Mozart.... more

The final volume of Brilliant Classics' acclaimed Clementi series, this release is dedicated to the composer's last and most mature works for pianoforte: the Sonatas Opp. 40, 46 and 50, and the 12... more

Beethoven's genius may have had a dominant presence in early 19th-century Vienna, but the 18-year-old Schubert composed a Sonata in E major, D.157 in 1815 that already encapsulated elements of his... more

This release presents works of Chopin written in his Vienna period, and here they are played on exactly such an instrument, as is still preserved in the Italian Palazzo Contucci in Montepulciano. The... more