Few musicians shaped the evolution of keyboard writing as profoundly as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. His sonatas and concertos aligned technical brilliance with lyrical sensitivity to elevate the piano from largely domestic use to a powerful vehicle for solo and ensemble musicianship. This collection of hidden gems includes pieces spanning early childhood miniatures to complete sonata movements, minuets, a set of variations and a wide variety of incomplete works filled with Mozart's characteristic delicacy, surprise and operatic drama. Vijay Venkatesh's recording of Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 6 can be heard on a digital-only release, 9.70390.

Dear to Us, the debut album by violinist sisters Hina & Fiona, captures the rare and radiant bond between two rising stars of the classical music world. Born in New York to French-Vietnamese and Japanese parents, these gifted sisters have already achieved remarkable milestones individually: Hina recently won first prize at the 2023 Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition, while Fiona debuted with the New York Philharmonic at 16, and respectively embark on illustrious solo careers. Together, their playing reveals a profound connection shaped by lifelong collaboration, honest artistic dialogue, and complementary interpretations. Accompanied by the distinguished pianist Rohan de Silva, they present a thoughtfully curated program that balances beloved classics with lesser-known treasures, showcasing works by Halvorsen, Moszkowski, Ysaye, Rozsa, and contemporary composer Anna Clyne. From the fiery virtuosity of Ravel's Tzigane and Sarasate's Navarra to the tender warmth of Ponce's Estrellita, Dear to Us is a compelling journey through technical brilliance and heartfelt expression. The sisters' extraordinary synchronicity, paired with their distinctive voices, creates a musical experience both intimate and exhilarating.

In this captivating album, pianist Saskia Giorgini explores the porous boundaries between chamber music and concerto, weaving a nuanced narrative that connects Mozart's lyrical elegance with Shostakovich's biting wit. Mozart's Piano Concerto in A Major, KV 414, originally conceived for both orchestra and string quartet, reveals it's intimate side in this chamber setting-it's melodic grace and quiet complexity enriched by subtle interplay. In contrast, Shostakovich's Concerto No. 1 for Piano, Trumpet, and Strings bursts with irony and theatrical flair, shifting from parody to poignancy in a flash. The album closes with Shostakovich's Piano Sonata No. 2, a work of stark introspection and formal ingenuity. Written in 1943 and dedicated to his late teacher Leonid Nikolayev, the Sonata carries a subtle, tragic undercurrent as it moves between baroque clarity, melancholic lyricism, and quietly defiant modernism-offering a deeply personal counterpoint to the extroverted brilliance of the concerto. Together, these works trace a lineage of innovation, where form, function, and emotion collide-delivering music that is as emotionally compelling as it is stylistically daring. A pianist of exceptional depth and imagination, Saskia Giorgini, brings her signature refinement to every phrase. Her acclaimed discography with PENTATONE includes Liszt's Harmonies poetiques et religieuses (Diapason d'or, 2021) and Consolations (Gramophone Critics' Choice 2023), both hailed for their poetic insight and technical brilliance. She has also collaborated with tenor Ian Bostridge on celebrated recordings of Schubert's Die schone Mullerin (2020), Respighi Songs (2021), and Twilight Schumann Songs (2025). This release also marks the PENTATONE debut of trumpeter Per Ivarsson, while the Trondheim Soloists return to the label following two previous recordings: Transfigured Night - Haydn/Schoenberg (2018) with Alisa Weilerstein, and Haydn & Stamitz (2020) with Ana de la Vega and Ramon Ortega Quero. With this new album, Giorgini once again confirms her status as one of today's most compelling and versatile pianists.

Four-time BAFTA winning composer Christopher Gunning, has composed twelve symphonies as well as concertos for the piano, violin, cello, flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, and guitar. Here the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and conductor Kenneth Woods, perform his eighth and ninth symphonies, recorded in Hoddinott Hall in March 2024. "Each scored for a moderatelysized orchestra (the 8th has only one trumpet and no lower brass, while the 9th adds a second trumpet, a harp, and a small percussion section) and both [grapple], in Gunning's highly individual way, with the legacy of classical symphonic form" - Richard Bratby. [9th Symphony] "I believe this piece has a strong emotional flavour but if you try and untangle the story you're going to end up with your own story - and to me, that is absolutely perfect." - Christopher Gunning. "Gunning's [...] symphonies, numerous concertos and sundry orchestral pieces are as meticulously wrought as they are powerfully conceived." - Gramophone

Twenty years after their acclaimed trilogy, Eric Rasmussen and his long-standing quartet return with School of Tristano 4-a revelatory deep dive into the compositions and aesthetics of Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz, and Warne Marsh, paired with striking originals. Drawing from decades of study, stage experience, and personal connection, Rasmussen's quartet reinvents this rich, often-underrepresented repertoire with stunning clarity, warmth, and spontaneity. While the album brims with telepathic interplay and ensemble finesse, Rasmussen's alto saxophone sings with a personal voice, never imitative, always rooted in the language of deep jazz tradition but reaching forward. Guitarist Nate Radley, bassist Dave Ambrosio, and drummer Mark Ferber bring unmatched sensitivity, groove, and lyrical depth. School of Tristano 4 offers both serious jazz heads and adventurous listeners a fresh insight into classic modernist repertoire-an album that resonates with the spirit of Tristano while speaking entirely in the quartet's own voice.

This album, Throwback to Dance, explores how composers turn to dance forms to carve out new paths: predominantly court dances, folk dances but also the more 'modern' waltz. The album is inspired by the charming meeting between Ravel and Grieg back in 1894, and looks at Grieg's influence on Ravel, seldom documented, as well as that on Pejacevic and Chaminade.

CD1 : STORMY WEATHER - THE WAYWARD WIND - AFTER THE LIGHTS GO DOWN LOW - IF YOU DON't LOVE ME - TRALA LA - IF I HAD A NEEDLE AND THREAD - TONIGHT MY HEART SHE IS CRYING - PUH-LEEZE! MISTER BROWN - TAKE MY LOVE, TAKE MY LOVE. BORN TO SING THE BLUES : BORN TO SING THE BLUES - BEALE STREET BLUES - WABASH BLUES - BASIN STREET BLUES - THE BIRTH OF THE BLUES - CARELESS LOVE BLUES - BLUES IN THE NIGHT (MY MAMA DONE TOLD ME) - THE ST. LOUIS BLUES. Shirley Bassey AT THE CAFe DE PARIS : BORN TO SING THE BLUES - SOMEBODY LOVES ME - MY BODY'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN MY MIND - SEX - I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN - HANDS ACROSS THE SEA - THERE'S NEVER BEEN A NIGHT. CD2. THE BEWITCHING Shirley Bassey : BURN MY CANDLE - NIGHT AND DAY - CRAZY RHYTHM - THE WALL - THE BANANA BOAT SONG - THE GYPSY IN MY SOUL - LOVE FOR SALE - FROM THIS MOMENT ON - KISS ME, HONEY HONEY, KISS ME - YOU YOU ROMEO - MY FUNNY VALENTINE - HOW ABOUT YOU? - FIRE DOWN BELOW - AS I LOVE YOU. THE FABULOUS Shirley Bassey : A FOGGY DAY IN LONDON TOWN - I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN - CRY ME A RIVER - APRIL IN PARIS - I'VE NEVER BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE - THE MAN THAT GOT AWAY - 'S WONDERFUL - I'LL REMEMBER APRIL - EASY TO LOVE - NO ONE EVER TELLS YOU - THEY CAN't TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME - THE PARTY'S OVER. CD3. : IF YOU LOVE ME - COUNT ON ME. SHOWBOAT : CAN't HELP LOVIN' DAT MAN - BILL - WITH THESE HANDS - AS LONG AS HE NEEDS ME - ABOVE ALL OTHERS. SHIRLEY : IN STILL OF THE NIGHT - LET THERE BE LOVE - ALL AT ONCE (DeJ�) - FOR EVERY MAN THERE'S A WOMAN - I'm IN THE MOOD FOR LOV - SO IN LOVE - IF I WERE A BELL - THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU - HOORAY FOR LOVE - TOO LATE NOW - I'm SHOOTING HIGH - EV'RY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE. CD4. : YOU'LL NEVER KNOW - HOLD ME TIGHT - REACH FOR THE STARS - I'LL GET BY (AS LONG AS I HAVE YOU). Shirley Bassey : LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING - THE NEARNESS OF YOU - FOOLS RUSH IN - WHO ARE WE? - ANGEL EYES - TILL - A LOVELY WAY TO SPEND AN EVENING - THIS LOVE OF MINE - YOU'RE NEARER - GOODBYE LOVER - HELLO FRIEND - WHERE OR WHEN - WHERE ARE YOU - CLIMB EV'RY MOUNTAIN - TONIGHT - LET'S START ALL OVER AGAIN. CD5. YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE - AVE MARIA - FAR AWAY - MY FAITH - ANGEL D'AMORE - WHERE SHALL I FIND HIM - IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING. LET'S FACE THE MUSIC : LET'S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE - I SHOULD CARE - LET'S FALL IN LOVE - THE SECOND TIME AROUND - IMAGINATION - ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE - I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU - EVERYTHING I HAVE IS YOURS - SPRING IS HERE - ALL OF ME - I CAN't GET YOU OUT OF MY MIND - WHAT NOW MY LOVE - WHAT KIND OF FOOL AM I. DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE : OLIVIER JULIEN

Mezzo-soprano Anna Lucia Richter interprets Gustav Mahler's Wunderhorn Lieder and Kindertotenliederwith great emotional depth and subtle creative power - two cycles that illuminate human fate in all itsfacets like few others. In the Wunderhorn Lieder we encounter tender childhood memories and bizarre stories - a worldbetween irony, folk song and deep melancholy. The harrowing contrast is provided by theKindertotenlieder, in which Mahler sets the pain of the loss of a child to music with poignant clarity andtouching restraint. Together with the Gurzenich Orchestra Cologne under the baton of Jordan de Souza, Anna Lucia Richtergives these songs a new, very personal dimension with her highly nuanced voice.

Reaching number one on both the Billboard and Amazon charts, The Wexford Carols stars celebrated Irish singer Caitriona O'Leary alongside Grammy winners Sir Tom Jones, Rosanne Cash, and Rhiannon Giddens, backed by an all-star band. Produced by four-time Grammy winner Joe Henry, the album presents Ireland's greatest Christmas music-much of it recorded for the very first time-through a magical blend of traditional Irish, Americana, Blues, and Gospel. With lyrics by Luke Waddinge and William Devereux set to popular 17th- and 18th-century tunes, these musically sublime, spiritually rich, and emotionally powerful carols offer listeners a fresh and compelling way to experience the story of Christmas. Reaching number one on both the Billboard and Amazon charts, The Wexford Carols stars celebrated Irish singer Caitriona O'Leary alongside Grammy winners Sir Tom Jones, Rosanne Cash, and Rhiannon Giddens, backed by an all-star band. Produced by four-time Grammy winner Joe Henry, the album presents Ireland's greatest Christmas music-much of it recorded for the very first time-through a magical blend of traditional Irish, Americana, Blues, and Gospel. With lyrics by Luke Waddinge and William Devereux set to popular 17th- and 18th-century tunes, these musically sublime, spiritually rich, and emotionally powerful carols offer listeners a fresh and compelling way to experience the story of Christmas.

Composer Michael Hersch adapts the tragedy of Medea from Ovid's�Metamorphoses�in his new opera for soprano Sarah Maria Sun, the vocal ensemble Schola Heidelberg, and Ensemble Musikfabrik. With librettist Stephanie Fleischmann. Hersch's setting underscores the profound psychological trauma at the heart of the tale with a characteristically powerful, bracing score.

Maudits selon l'expression consacree et l'ouvrage eponyme que Verlaine publie en 1884, les poetes amants ont explore ensemble les nouvelles voies poetiques, rejetant les conventions et embrassant l'experimentation formelle et thematique. C'est ce jeu de sons allie � la puissance du verbe que l'on go�te avec delice gr�ce � l'interpretation passionnee de cette selection de leurs poemes par les grands de la Comedie-Francaise tels que Robert Hirsch, Jean Piat ou Jean-Louis Barrault. Stephanie ACQUETTE & Patrick FReMEAUX Cursed, according to the eponymous work published by Verlaine in 1884, the poet lovers explored new poetic paths together, rejecting conventions and embracing formal experimentation and thematics. It is this interplay of sounds and the power of words that we savour with delight, thanks to the passionate interpretation of this selection of their poems by the greats of the Comedie-Francaise, including Robert Hirsch, Jean Piat and Jean-Louis Barrault. Stephanie ACQUETTE & Patrick FReMEAUX CD1 - VERLAINE : MARIA CASAReS ET GeRARD PHILIPE : COLLOQUE SENTIMENTAL - ROBERT HIRSCH : FRAGMENT D'UN NOCTURNE PARISIEN - C'EST LA F�TE DU BLe - PUISQUE L'AUBE GRANDIT - JEAN PIAT : LA LUNE BLANCHE - GREEN - JEAN YONNEL : MON DIEU M'A DIT - JEAN DESAILLY : INITIUM - LE SOLEIL DU MATIN - LE BRUIT DES CABARETS - L'ALLeE - � LA PROMENADE - LE FAUNE - EN SOURDINE - JE DEVINE, � TRAVERS UN MURMURE - LE PIANO - C'EST LE CHIEN - L'OMBRE DES ARBRES - POURQUOI TRISTE, � MON �ME - GASPARD HAUSER CHANTE - UN GRAND SOMMEIL NOIR - JE NE SAIS POURQUOI - DERNIER ESPOIR - MAURICE ESCANDE : ART POeTIQUE - LE SON DU COR S'AFFLIGE VERS LES BOIS - VA TON CHEMIN - AVANT QUE TU NE T'EN AILLES - L'eCHELONNEMENT DES HAIES - APReS TROIS ANS - IMPRESSION FAUSSE - MANDOLINE - JE NE VEUX PLUS AIMER QUE MA MeRE MARIE - FRANcOIS PeRIER : NEVERMORE - MON R�VE FAMILIER - PROMENADE SENTIMENTALE - CHANSON D'AUTOMNE - CLAIR DE LUNE - IL PLEURE DANS MON COEUR - DANS L'INTERMINABLE ENNUI - LES FAUX BEAUX JOURS - eCOUTEZ LA CHANSON BIEN DOUCE - LES CHeRES MAINS - L'ESPOIR LUIT - LE CIEL EST PAR-DESSUS LE TOIT. CD2 - RIMBAUD : GeRARD PHILIPE : LE BATEAU IVRE - ROBERT HIRSCH : VOYELLES - LES CHERCHEUSES DE POUX - LE PAUVRE SONGE - SACHA PITO�FF : ROYAUTe - MAUVAIS SANG - HISTOIRE D'UNE DE MES FOLIES - � QUATRE HEURES DU MATIN, L'eTe - � SAISONS, � CH�TEAUX - JEAN-LOUIS BARRAULT : LE DORMEUR DU VAL - LES ASSIS - ROMAN (ON EST PAS SeRIEUX, QUAND ON A DIX SEPT ANS) - COMeDIE EN TROIS BAISERS - JEAN DESCHAMPS : MA BOHeME - BAL DES PENDUS - OPHeLIE - ROBERT HIRSCH : ENFANCE II - ENFANCE III - UNE SAISON EN ENFER (ADIEU) - APReS LE DeLUGE - FLEURS - MYSTIQUE - AUBE - J'AI TENDU DES CORDES (FRAGMENTS) - JEAN LOUIS BARRAULT : ALCHIMIE DU VERBE. DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE : JEAN-BAPTISTE MERSIOL

Avant de devenir le maestro des bandes originales cultes comme Mission: Impossible ou Bullitt, Lalo Schifrin etait un virtuose du piano et un grand innovateur du jazz et de la bossa nova. Avec un sens de l'arrangement dej� exceptionnel, il arrange et compose pour Dizzy Gillespie ou Quincy Jones. Ce coffret 3 CD, realise par Olivier Julien reunit les premiers enregistrements publies sous son nom et nous plonge dans les debuts eclatants d'un jeune pianiste de jazz argentin lumineux, en passe de devenir l'un des plus grands compositeurs d'Hollywood. Patrick FReMEAUX Before he became the maestro of iconic film scores like Mission: Impossible or Bullitt, Lalo Schifrin was already a piano virtuoso and a major innovator in jazz and bossa nova. With an already exceptional knack for arrangement, he arranged and composed for Dizzy Gillespie and Quincy Jones. Curated by Olivier Julien, this 3-CD box set brings together the first recordings released under Schifrin's name, offering a captivating glimpse into the brilliant early days of a young, luminous Argentine jazz pianist on the cusp of becoming one of Hollywood's greatest composers. Patrick FReMEAUX CD1 : RENDEZ-VOUS DANSANT � COPACABANA AVEC LALO SCHIFRIN, SON PIANO ET SES RYTHMES - MOULIN ROUGE - LES OIGNONS - FASCINATION - CABELLO ROJO - MON HOMME - MAMBOP - PIGALLE - SeReNADE MeDITERRANeENNE. SPECTRUM - RED SAILS IN THE SUNSET - AZURE - THE MOON WAS YELLOW - RUBY - BLACK BEAUTY - WHEN THE WIND WAS GREEN - BROWN PRELUDE - WHITE ORCHIDS - BLUE IS THE NIGHT - SCARLET RIBBONS (FOR HER HAIR) - PURPLE PASTEL. CD2 : PIANO ESPA�OL - FRENESI - THE BREEZE AND I - CAPRICHO ESPA�OL - MY SHAWL - CARAVAN - MALAGUENA - CHA CHA CHA FLAMENCO - WARSAW CONCERTO - HULABLUES - JUNGLE FANTASY - ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE - EL CUMBANCHERO. LALO = BRILLIANCE (THE PIANO OF LALO SCHIFRIN) - THE SNAKE'S DANCE - AN EVENING IN SAO PAULO - DESAFINADO - KUSH - RHYTHM-A-NING - MOUNT OLIVE - CUBANO BE - SPHAYROS. CD3 : BOSSA NOVA, NEW BRASILIAN JAZZ - BOATO - CHORA TUA TRISTEZA - POEMA DO ADEUS - APITO NO SAMBA - CHEGA DE SAUDADE - BOSSA EM NOVA YORK - O AMOR E A ROSA - O MENINO DESCE O MORRO - MENINA FEIA - OUcA - SAMBA DE UMA NOTA SO - PATINHO FEIO (UGLY DUCKLING). PIANO, STRINGS AND BOSSA NOVA - THE WAVE - INSENSATEZ - YOU AND ME (VOCE E EU) - LALO'S BOSSA NOVA (SAMBA PARA DOS) - SILVIA - MURMURIO (MURMUR) - MARIA - RAPAZ DE BEM - SAMBA NO PERROQUET (PARROT SAMBA) - RIO AFTER DARK - TIME FOR LOVE - I'm LOOKING OVER A FOUR-LEAF CLOVER. BONUS CD3 : QUINCY JONES ET LALO SCHIFRIN - SOUL BOSSA NOVA - LALO BOSSA NOVA. DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE : OLIVIER JULIEN

Mystics & Cynics is a mesmerizing journey through the sacred and the subversive, the ecstatic and the irreverent. Featuring the world premiere of Taumelnd von Glut (Reeling in the Light)-a stunning new song cycle by composer Boris Bergmann, setting the passionate poetry of Otto Braun to music for the first time. Braun's youthful idealism and later disillusionment echo through Bergmann's evocative score, creating a deeply moving meditation on love, war, and loss. This striking new work is woven into a tapestry of mystical and iconoclastic masterpieces: the luminous chant of Hildegard von Bingen, the playful defiance of Erik Satie, and the radical vision of John Cage. Mystics & Cynics invites listeners on a journey through war-torn poetry, cabaret whimsy, and transcendental meditation-where every note is both a question and an answer. An essential release for adventurous ears.

When composer Jeffrey Brooks premiered The Memory Palace at Bang on a Can's summer festival at MASS MoCA in July 2023, he'd perfected the presentation of what we now know as the Stein-o-caster - a new form of prepared piano, fitted with pickups, that he conceived and designed the previous year with electronics engineer Greg Lee. As a featured instrument on two pieces from this new recording, the Stein-o-caster sets the tone for the aural atmospherics and soundscapes that transport the music into fresh dimensions of space and time. An artist of wide-ranging musical tastes, Brooks has also held a lifelong affinity for the electric guitar (Jimi Hendrix is a personal hero), so in the context of The Memory Palace, it made sense to approach longtime collaborator Mark Stewart - in-house guitarist for the Bang on a Can All-Stars, and musical director for Paul Simon's touring band - for a specially commissioned piece. This became "Santuario," scored for double-neck electric guitar, and a mini-epic of sonic exploration in it's own right.

Josef Spacek and Petr Popelka once again in the story of Martinu's music and life! "I'll also be writing a violin concerto for an American, the same person Stravinsky wrote one for; that will be good advertising for me, but also a lot of work." For Bohuslav Martinu, the violin was the instrument especially close to his heart, but it was also companion. He played in the Czech Philharmonic as a violinist, and it was the violin that took him to Paris, the city which enchanted him and become his home for 17 years before the war drove him to America. More than once, the violin was his introduction to the "high society" of the music world. The American from the quoted letter was the star violinist Samuel Dushkin. The violinist praised the work and Martinu ("He really is a nice fellow. [...] he has a very exceptional sense for the violin"), but he constantly demanded more and more changes to the concerto, and in the end the performance did not take place. The score was lost, then it was rediscovered and finally premiered in 1973 by Josef Suk with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Georg Solti. At the time when Martinu's First Violin Concerto was being written, it was the same American Dushkin who was collaborating with Igor Stravinsky on a different work based on music from the neoclassical ballet The Fairy's Kiss; together, they were creating a lovely suite titled Divertimento for violin and piano. In 1943, it was Mischa Elman, another star violinist, who commissioned Martinu's Second Violin Concerto. Elman also gave the concerto it's world premiere with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Serge Koussevitzky. With a new look at Martinu's violin concertos, Josef Spacek and Petr Popelka are following up on their acclaimed album with Martinu's Concerto for violin, piano, and orchestra (Supraphon 2023). Once again, they prove that there is always something to discover and to admire in the music of Bohuslav Martinu.