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Zubin Mehta has long been a constant in Munich's musical life. Mehta has enjoyed an artistic relationship and deep friendship with the Munich Philharmonic in particular for decades. Since he... more

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) was a seminal composer, organist, and teacher, pivotal in bridging the Romantic and modern eras in music. Born in Pamiers, France, he studied under Camille Saint-Saëns at... more

Songbook is the title of French clarinetist Pierre Génisson's new album, recorded with pianist Bruno Fontaine, and several surprising guests. Featuring a laid-back mix of repertoire taken from the... more

Recorded live at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, 17-19 and 21 September 2008. Ever since the tenure of it's chief conductor Eduard van Beinum (1945-59), the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra has cherished... more

Following his critically acclaimed Beethoven album, Nemanja Radulović returns this fall with a terrific J.S. Bach album. Featuring the well-known Baderie as you have never heard it before, a... more

Building upon the success of the vinyl release of Mahler's Third Symphony under Mariss Jansons (RCO 23004), we proudly present the superb 2006 recording of the Mahler's spectacular First Symphony on... more

Violinist Augustin Hadelich embarks on an American Road Trip, travelling the musical highways and by ways of his adoptive homeland in the company of pianist Orion Weiss. The duo perform works by a... more

Itzhak Perlman, born in 1945, is the supreme violinist of his time. In works composed by Nicolò Paganini and Pablo de Sarasate - two virtuosi who in their own eras defined the art of the violin -... more

An album dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach piano solo, follows Alexandre Tharaud's very original Four Hands project. The protean French pianist brings a programme concentrating on Bach on the piano... more

Hollywood, the new album of German pianist Sebastian Knauer is centred around the music and family story of legendary American film music composer Alfred Newman. He recorded it with the son of Alfred... more

A forbidding and gothic new score by Christopher Young (Hellraiser, Species, Urban Legend, The Grudge, The Exorcism of Emily Rose) for the F.W. Murnau classic 1922 silent-movie 'Nosferatu, A Symphony... more

#LetsBaRock is the new surprising, artistic project by Jakub Józef Orliński and Aleksander Dębicz, the artists created "cover-versions" of baroque pieces, anchoring them in the 21st century.... more

In 1999, Sir Simon Rattle was appointed as successor to Claudio Abbado as the orchestra's principal conductor. He gave his first concert as principal conductor on 7 September 2002, leading... more

Bruckner was working on the Ninth Symphony until the day he died. He left a stark and magnificent torso that marks the end of the 19th-century symphony - but he also left fragments and sketches for a... more

The great Italian conductor Carlo Maria Giulini (1914-2005) was acclaimed for his interpretations of the Romantic and early 20th-century repertoire. He recorded a lot for EMI Classics, including... more

Sergei Rachmaninov was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor renowned for his emotive and virtuosic music. His works, characterized by lush harmonies and sweeping melodies, include the iconic... more

David Oistrakh (1908-1974), renowned for the fullness of his tone, his unparalleled sense of legato, his warm, powerful, and deep sound, his incredible mastery of the bow, and a sonority that is... more

Taking it's title, Nessun Dorma, from the greatest tenor hit of them all, Pene Pati's second album balances favourite numbers with operatic rarities - two of them in world premiere recordings. In... more

This collection is reviving the most popular pieces from blockbuster movies by offering a full fledge state-of-the-art orchestral sound. As the Original Soundtracks for many tracks are recorded in... more

Debut album for Daniel Lozakovich on Warner Classics, a recital with pianist Mikhail Pletnev. Repertoire features César Franck: Sonata for violin and piano in A Major FWV 8, and Edvard Grieg: Violin... more

In response to the vinyl craze and to extend very nice successes of vinyls composers best of on Warner Classics (Beethoven, Pärt, Debussy, Piazzolla and more recently Chopin, Mozart and Bach) the new... more

The first album from Nathalie Stutzmann as conductor features Dvořák's well known Symphony No. 9" From The New World". Nathalie Stutzmann studied conducting with legendary Finnish teacher Jorma... more

The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 "Spring": II. Largo e pianissimo sempre Flute Concerto in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3, RV 428 "Il gardellino": I. Allegro Gloria in D... more

A recording by one of the leading violinists of the last decades, Anne-Sophie Mutter. She made this album with the legendary Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa during the first years of her stunning... more

CAGE2 is the title of Bertrand Chamayou's new album - he calls it the twin brother of his most recent Letter(s) to Erik Satie - both recorded at the Miraval studios. CAGE² is also the title of a... more