'Oriental Landscapes' is a subtle showcase for percussionist Evelyn Glennie's... “Glennie is superb, and somehow self-effacing; you never feel that her performance is screaming 'soloist!' at you...and the recording helps, beautif…
“Tine Thing Helseth is blessed with a combination of great wind-playing attributes: a soulful - dare one say brooding, Nordic - approach to phrasing, quite astonishingly outstanding intonation and a sound which is open and honest, even and focused i…
“Played with Tharaud's trademark elegance, and with a keen sense of style, it amounts to a very clever concoction, in which temperature-changes are judiciously controlled and geographical and cultural connections are subtly implied.” --BBC Music…
“Sidorova here demonstrates the remarkable potential of the accordion, not an instrument generally appreciated in classical circles...[The Bach] is fascinating, with Sidorova making the accordion sound like a miniature organ...An attractive and unus…
“Balsom is a long-term Francophile...and affection and empathy radiates from all the material on this disc. Lovers of Balsom’s glorious, malleable sound will need no prompting from me, but even if you’d normally find the prospect of an entire trumpe…
From the dramatic sweep of Johann Sebastian Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, to the majestic pomp of Walton's Crown Imperial and Sigfried Karg-Elert's Nun danket alle Gott, and the brilliant spectacle of toccatas by Théodore Dubois, …
"The idea of choosing piano works for a solo recording that explores the concept of fantasy may not seem all that original. But on this fascinating album the Israeli pianist David Greilsammer explores the concept in a program of striking divers…
Alison Balsom is the world’s preeminent female classical trumpeter. She is an unique and independent artist who have broken through to the mainstream whilst retaining her integrity and core musical values. Exceptional talent, a glamorous stage prese…
To mark her highly publicised performance at the 2011 Classic Brits, DG are releasing this stunning 2CD set of some of her very best recordings. Arranged chronologically, the compilation’s sequence offers a comprehensive look at Anne Sophie Mutter’s…
Maxim Vengerov is recognised as one of the world's most exciting and brilliant violinists. His exceptional talent emerged when he was very young. He gave his first recital at the age of five and went on to win First Prize in the Junior Wieniawsk…
Transcriptions from Operas of Bizet, Gershwin, Gluck, Mozart, Prokofiev, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rossini & R. Strauss Gil Shaham is the leading violinist of his generation. He was awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 1990, and in 2008 he received th…
Works for Percussion and Chinese Orchestra “Here’s something different: a meeting of Britain’s most famous percussionist and the Taipei Chinese Orchestra. This resourceful Taiwanese ensemble regularly collaborates with Western virtuosi, and the resu…
“Virtuosity is at the heart of this appealing, exhilarating disc...Collins first recorded the Weber, Messager and Lovreglio back in 1992...This time round, he lives up to the standards he set then, both in technical ease and in subtlety of phrasing.…
“This repertoire is as delightful to listen to as it is to play … perfect evening listening” --Classic FM Magazine “You may wonder when you last heard such beguiling, fine-toned fluency … this is a delectable disc finely recorded” --Gramophone Magaz…
Just 26 years old, Nicola Benedetti has been making chart-topping recordings for 10 years. This album celebrates the best of those recordings, and her other successes - from winning the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition in 2004, to her 2012…
36 Piano Masterpieces... For centuries the piano has touched the music lovers' hearts around the world. Masters of the Piano features a cross section of the most popular repertoire performed by the brilliant pianists of our time.
34 Guitar Masterpieces... With the world renowned masters of the guitar, this collection features the most popular works for the instrument and showcases the full emotional range from the vibrant and passionate, to the tender and expressive.
“…(what magically hushed pianissimos) and masterly pedalling… each element adjusted to each composer yet all unmistakably Stephen Hough - vintage Hough at that, for here is a pianist at the height of his powers. The "second half" is devote…
Renowned harpist Yolanda Kondonassis has made several popular concept discs for Telarc, Quietude is the most highly focused album to date. It has been especially created to evoke a mood of calmness and serenity in the listener. "An additional g…