Wunderkammer - Mr. Telemann’s Cabinet of Curiosities
Berlin Classics
CD · 1 disc
$19.99Nov 13, 2026
This program, presented by Max Volbers and the ensemble Il Pomo d'Oro, invites you to discover the astonishing diversity of Teleman's oeuvre. The focus is on works brimming with imagination, humor, and expressiveness-works that tell stories, bring characters to life, and transform moods into sound. Telemann dedicated some of his most significant original compositions to the recorder in particular.
This is the 4th album of the New Talents Editions, showcasing young talented musicians and Saint-Saens complete concertos. In this CD it introduces, on the one hand, the Israeli pianist Ariel Lanyi, who performs two concert pieces composed in 1884: highly virtuosic and melodically inspired works distinct from piano concertos. On the other hand, Lukas Hasler takes his place at the Rieger organ in the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein - a modern instrument with 86 stops, inaugurated in 2011, which the company from Schwarzach (Austria) fitted into the historic case of the original Ladegast organ.
Renowned oboist Celine Moinet releases her 5th album with Berlin Classics. The program features a virtuosic Baroque selection of oboe concertos, highlighting brilliance, elegance, and expressive depth, including concertos by Franz Xaver Richter, Jean-Marie Leclair, Alessandro Besozzi, and Carlo Besozzi. It is a vibrant journey through the rich and rarely explored Baroque oboe repertoire, that showcases Moinet's refined tone, technical mastery, and stylistic sensitivity across diverse European traditions.
In their new album 'DNA' Anouchka & Katharina Hack explore life in artistic families, deep connections and the passing down of musical language, placing creativity and humanity at the center of their work. They created an intimate duo programme that brings artistic heritage, inspiration and personal identity to life with works by Dvorak, Janacek, Schumann, and the Boulanger family. It is a rich blend of classical music, film music ('Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella') and chanson ('La Boheme')?, expanded with contemporary works, solo cello pieces, and improvisational elements.
Elevation explores the search for new sonic possibilities. At it's core is the conviction that the diatonic harmonica possesses far more expressive capabilities than are often attributed to it. It is precisely it's direct connection to the player that makes it an instrument capable of navigating a wide variety of musical worlds. A formative companion on this journey of discovery was Howard Levy. Working with him opened up classical music as a new field for the diatonic harmonica. His Concerto for Diatonic Harmonica and Orchestra remains one of the few significant concert works for this instrument and became an important source of inspiration. The long-standing collaboration between Benyamin Nuss and Konstantin Reinfeld arose from the same curiosity. Over many years, the two musicians developed a shared musical language that bridges classical, jazz, improvisation, and crossover. This deepened musical rapport gave rise to the desire to expand the sound of their duo with the colors of an orchestra. With Elevation, this idea became a reality. The new works by Wolf Kerschek and Benyamin Nuss take up the duo's characteristic sound and transport it into a larger orchestral space. In this way, the album combines the familiar with the new and opens up new perspectives for the harmonica. Elevation was recorded in February 2023 with the Detmold Chamber Orchestra at the Kulturstiftung Marienmünster. The title represents a path on which curiosity, openness, and artistic development give rise to new musical horizons.
Helge Burggrabe is a versatile composer who writes large oratorios and orchestral works, but also realises large-scale projects involving music, dance, and education. The composer has produced his extremely successful HAGIOS series for Berlin Classics, which is continued here with it's 3rd part. The idea behind HAGIOS is musical meditation and making music together, accompanied by concerts and workshops.
For her next album, guitarist Carlotta Dalia performs works by Niccolo Paganini together with the Goldmund quartet on historic Stradivari instruments dating back to Paganini's era. This creates an authentic sound world which connects today's artists with Paganini's timbre. It is the first musical and artistical cooperation of Carlotta Dalia and the Goldmund Quartet.
The Vienna based French bassoonist Sophie Dervaux continues her Vivaldi journey - completing the Bassoon Concerti step by step. She is the first female bassoonist of the famous Vienna Philharmonic. In this recording Dervaux is accompanied by La Folia Baroque Orchestra, which is one of the most important ensembles for historically informed perfomances on period instruments.
Ravel: Symphonic Works / Herbig, Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester [Vinyl]
Berlin Classics
Vinyl · 1 disc
$42.99Mar 24, 2017
Günther Herbig knew the Berlin Symphony Orchestra well, even before being made Principal Conductor in 1977 of what is now the Konzerthaus orchestra. He had deputized in that post from 1966 to 1972. Solo flautist Richard Waage, an orchestra member from 1961 to 2002, also valued the work ethic of his Principal Conductor – notably when it came to the execution of solo parts. “With Herbig things were ‘more open’, when you had worked your way into a certain context, than with other conductors. He allowed you more freedom.” On one occasion when he had the opportunity to see Herbig’s conducting score, he was impressed by how every harmonic step was marked, so that the score bore traces of a musicological analysis. Solo flautist Richard Waage, an orchestra member from 1961 to 2002, also valued the work ethic of his Principal Conductor – notably when it came to the execution of solo parts. “With Herbig things were ‘more open’, when you had worked your way into a certain context, than with other conductors. He allowed you more freedom. You could offer more as an individual. I liked that a lot.” On one occasion when he had the opportunity to see Herbig’s conducting score, he was impressed by how every harmonic step was marked, so that the score bore traces of a musicological analysis. “This was the mathematical impulse” characteristic, he judged, of Herbig’s way of working. This architectural, formally structured approach to the music fitted well with the recording technique of those days, which did not allow breakdown into such small steps as today. Arches of tension thus sound more plausible, because there are fewer pieces to put together. “When you have long takes, of course that makes it all more organic,” concludes Richard Waage. It will surely have been these working conditions and the conductor’s specific style that made it possible, even in such an unpretentious piece as the Pavane, “to bring out the character of mourning”, which so moved Jürgen Kögel and other participants. This recording contains Ravel’s symphonic works La Valse, Ma Mère l'Oye, Pavane pour une infante défunte and last but not least the famous Bolero.
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