Pierre Boulez - "Boulez: The Composer" [13 CD Boxset] Created entirely under the composer's supervision, including the choice of performances, Boulez: The Composer presents a survey of the works he considered representative of his compositional art in a single 13 CD boxset. This reissue, produced to mark the composer's centenary in 2025, has been updated with new artwork. Featuring recordings by Boulez himself; Pierre-Laurent Aimard; Alfons and Aloys Kontarsky; Christine Schafer; Severino Gazzelloni; David Tudor; Jeanne-Marie Conquer; Roger Desormiere; Ensemble intercontemporain; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Orchestre National de al RTF; and many more. Also Included, is a disc of historical recordings of 'Le Marteau sans maitre', the 1950 premiere of 'Le Soleil des eaux' and the 'Sonatine,' a disc with an exclusive interview with the composer by musicologist Claude Samuel, all accompanied with a 252-page booklet. Verve Label Group; Deutsche Grammophon; Classical; Catalog.

Daniil Trifonov - "Tchaikovsky". Star pianist Daniil Trifonov burst on to the international scene winning the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2011. With this album, Trifonov returns to the music of Tchaikovsky in a beautiful selection of solo works evoking youth and family. The selected pieces include the rarely performed Sonata Op.80, the Children's Album, the Variations Op.19/6 and Pletnev's Concert Suite from Sleeping Beauty. They reflect Tchaikovsky at his most effervescent and intimate and contain some of Trifonov's most electrifying playing to date. 2 CD Digipak.

Snorri Hallgrimsson - "The Importance of Birds". Deutsche Grammophon presents The Importance of Birds, the new inspiring project from Icelandic composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Snorri Hallgrimsson. The multi-awarded composer has written and produced seven original tracks for an EP that is an observation and reflection on the fragility and finiteness of life and the relationships with those closest to us and how they are ever changing and growing as time marches on.

Eunike Tanzil - "The First of Everything". Deutsche Grammophon proudly presents: Eunike Tanzil 'The First of Everything.' The LA-based Indonesian composer-pianist-producer's debut album reflects the versatility, sense of freedom and spirit of adventure that are all part of Tanzil's modern take on orchestral music. "There's a story behind each track, and all the tracks are based on personal experiences, specifically first experiences - the key moments in my life that shaped me into who I am today," - Eunike Tanzil.

Julius Asal - "SIENA TAPES". Inspired by the 150th anniversary of Ravel's birth, Asal curates a personal program that combines the French composer's music with his own improvisatory pieces. SIENA TAPES presents Ravel's Jeux d'eau, Prelude in A minor, Menuet sur le nom de Haydn and A la maniere de Borodine, interwoven with Asal's Prelude (3191) and Cascades I-III.

HILARY HAHN & EUGENE YSAYE: SIX SONATAS FOR VIOLIN SOLO OP 27 EugSne Ysa-e, universally regarded as one of the foremost violinists of all time, was one such composer. Ysa-e wrote six solo sonatas, which taken as a group mark one of his most ambitious compositional efforts. "These sonatas are iconic, generation-defining and a beautiful celebration of the instrument" - Hilary Hahn

Leonard Bernstein - "The Maestro - Very Best of Leonard Bernstein" / Electrifying conductor, brilliant composer, gifted pianist, inspiring teacher: Leonard Bernstein is one of the most famous and influential musicians of all time. Highlights of the Maestro's legendary recordings for Deutsche Grammophon include his incandescent interpretations of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Mahler, composers for whom he felt a profound affinity. 2 CD set with 4-page folder. Verve Label Group; Deutsche Grammophon; Classical

2 LP, Limited Edition. Luxurious 180 g heavyweight vinyl pressings from OPTIMAL. This release includes a voucher with a unique code to download the digital audio files (MP3) of the full album for free. Works by Chopin, Tan Dun, Haydn, Liszt, Schubert, Schumann. "An awesome new recording of the most spectacular recital I've ever seen" (Gregory Krischling, Entertainment Weekly)

Andre Schuen/Daniel Heide - "Schubert: Winterreise" / With this album, baritone Andre Schuen and longstanding accompanist Daniel Heide complete Schubert's three big song cycles, among which Winterreise holds a special place for the singer. "Almost everyone would agree with me when I say that it is the first work that comes to mind when you talk about Lieder. The feeling that you're always at the beginning with this work never goes away." - Andre Schuen. CD Digipak.

Double vinyl LP pressing. Max Richter's groundbreaking soundtrack score for Waltz With Bashir (2008) is as provocative and powerfully intense as the searing images of a film that confronted audiences with lasting lessons in recent history and the psychology of trauma. His music moved millions worldwide, earned him the European Film Award (2008) for Best Composer and contributed significantly to his stellar rise on the contemporary scene as well as gaining world-wide exposure and acclaim.

2019 release. The Vienna Philharmonic, led by Franz Welser-Most and supported by an all-star line-up, among them pianist Yuja Wang, performed a concert of pieces highlighting war and peace in commemoration of the end of WWI. 100 years after the first of the devastating human catastrophes of the 20th century officially ended at Versailles, a group of inspired musicians gathered at the historic site for a concert that is now available on film and CD.

Hilary Hahn/Andres Orozco-Estrada/Frankfurt Radio Symphony - "Eclipse" - Hilary Hahn's latest album, Eclipse, celebrates the power of authenticity. Recorded with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony and it's Music Director (2014-2021), Andres Orozco-Estrada, it sees the triple Grammy-winning violinist deliver interpretations of three works charged with universal emotions yet rooted in their composers' musical heritage: Dvorak's Violin Concerto, Ginastera's Violin Concerto, a strikingly original 20th-century gem, and Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy.

Vinyl LP pressing. Celebrated violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter introduces a new concerto by her friend and frequent collaborator John Williams, with the legendary composer himself conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Composed especially for Anne-Sophie Mutter, John Williams's Violin Concerto No. 2 is the culmination of several years of collaboration and friendship between two of the world's most celebrated musical artists.

Lang Lang presents with this album a treasure trove of musical discoveries. Saint-Saens's Piano Concerto No. 2 was recorded with a stellar cast, the Gewandhausorchester and Andris Nelsons and is for Lang Lang a true romantic masterpiece that rivals the greats like Rachmaninoff or Tchaikovsky.