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Following a long friendship between composer and soloist, Phibbs and van de Wiel collaborated to create this stunning and virtuosic new work for clarinet and orchestra. It features a thrilling cadenza at the end of the first movement and is paired with a live concert-recording of Mozart's timeless Concerto for Basset Clarinet in A Major, K. 622, performed with the London Chamber Orchestra.
Stephen Layton and the Trinity College Choir of Cambridge beautifully showcase some of the most exquisite English choral writing of the last century. This program of choral miniatures from Finzi culminates in one of the composer's most intense, visionary masterpieces.
Bernhard Forck and the Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin kickstarts their Handel trilogy with this recording of the first six concerti grossi op. 6. Originally designed as attractive interludes to English oratorio performances, Handels concerti grossi soon gained fame as the most appealing orchestral music of the baroque era. The players of the Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin demonstrate why many consider them the best baroque ensemble of today.
The latest from Nicola Benedetti features the world premiere recordings of pieces written especially for her by jazz icon Wynton Marsalis: Violin Concerto in D and Fiddle Dance Suite for Solo Violin. Benedetti is joined by The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Cristian Macelaru.
