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The penultimate release in Angela Hewitt's cycle of the complete Beethoven piano sonatas features the Piano Sonata in F minor Op.2 No.1. The listener's understanding is again enhanced by Hewitt's illuminating booklet notes, in which she sets out her approach to performing these most canonic of works in the entire piano literature.
Sara Andon and Simone Pedroni present a collection of Morricone's best known scores including The Mission, Cinema Paradiso, The Untouchables and Days of Heaven. The album is a distillation of his melodies in haunting, intimate arrangements for flute and piano.
Stephen Cleobury and the Choir of King's College, Cambridge celebrate the powerful, emotional and exuberant music of Herbert Howells with an album exploring the finest examples of his choral and orchestral music, as well as his writing for the organ.
A remarkable expansion on the ideas Adams developed for his Pulitzer-winning (and Grammy-winning) work, Become Ocean. While not necessarily a 'sequel' in the literal sense, the recording shares multiple elements with its predecessor, including the renewal of Adam's creative partnership with conductor Ludovic Morlot and the Seattle Symphony.
Inspired by the many composers who lived and wrote during wartime, Albrecht Mayer releases this album, featuring Richard Strauss' notoriously difficult Oboe Concerto, written by the octogenarian composer at the end of WWII, with lesser-known masterworks by Elgar and Goosens and a new arrangement for oboe and orchestra of Ravel's yearning Le Tombeau de Couperin.
The album collects the most beautiful sacred music recorded and dedicated to Notre-Dame, and featuring some of Decca and Deutsche Grammophon's greatest classical artists: Olivier Latry (Organist at Notre-Dame), Cecilia Bartoli, Jessye Norman, Roberto Alagna, Pierre Cochereau, Herbert von Karajan and many more.
Pavarotti lifts the curtain on the icon who brought opera to the people. Academy Award winner Ron Howard puts audiences front row center for an exploration of The Voice...The Man...The Legend. This collection features music from the film and highlights some of Pavarotti's finest recordings.
The new album for the percussion ensemble features world premiere recordings of new works by Philip Glass, Gavin Bryars, Peter Martin and Robert Dillon.
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra through a performace of Symphony No. 21 in this celebration of Weinberg's 100th birthday. Symphony No. 2 is performed by Gidon Kremer.
