Challenge Classics Label Sale 2025
Over 450 titles from the Netherlands-based Challenge Classics are on sale now at ArkivMusic! Their extensive catalogue offers much in the way of chamber music, but also contains a number of excellent recordings of the ‘lied-repertoire' and symphonic music.
Sale ends at 9:00am ET, Tuesday, April 29, 2025.
467 products
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![Rachmaninoff: The Return - Piano Trio No. 2 / Trio 258]()
On SaleRachmaninoff: The Return - Piano Trio No. 2 / Trio 258$11.99 Regular price
$18.99Challenge Classics celebrates the Rachmaninov anniversary (150 years from his birth) with two noteworthy releases. The first one is a stunning debut recording by a young piano trio with strong, original and much thought-out ideas....
Format: CD
Release Date: February 10, 2023
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![Handel: Five Great Suites for Harpsichord (London, 1720) / Koopman]()
On SaleHandel: Five Great Suites for Harpsichord (London, 1720) / Koopman$11.99 Regular price
$18.99George Frideric Handel made a name for himself as a brilliant organist and harpsichordist early on in his career. As a young man, he travelled from Germany to Italy in 1707. We do not know...
Format: CD
Release Date: February 03, 2023
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![Sweelinck: The Art of Variation - Secular Cycles for Harpsichord / Falcone]()
On SaleSweelinck: The Art of Variation - Secular Cycles for Harpsichord / Falcone$11.99 Regular price
$18.99Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, although considered an isolated phenomenon, transformed Amsterdam into the center of interest for keyboard music. Today, Sweelinck is considered not only one of the most famous organists, but also one of the...
Format: CD
Release Date: January 27, 2023
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![Silvestrov: The Messenger / Rowland, Fedorov]()
On SaleSilvestrov: The Messenger / Rowland, Fedorov$11.99 Regular price
$18.99Alfred Schnittke and Arvo Pärt have both called the Ukrainian Valentyn Silvestrov "one of the greatest composers of our time”. He is also one of its true originals; though a leading figure in the former...
Format: CD
Release Date: January 27, 2023
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![Beethoven: Sonatas for Piano & Violin, Vol. 3 / Foyle-Štšura Duo]()
On SaleBeethoven: Sonatas for Piano & Violin, Vol. 3 / Foyle-Štšura Duo$11.99 Regular price
$18.99The present release is the third and final instalment in Foyle/Štšura’s complete recording of Beethoven’s Piano and Violin Sonatas. The sonatas on the first two albums were emblematic of Beethoven’s early and middle periods, showcasing...
Format: CD
Release Date: January 13, 2023
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![Ivanschiz: Chamber Music at Lambach Abbey / Letzbor, Ars Antiqua Austria]()
On SaleIvanschiz: Chamber Music at Lambach Abbey / Letzbor, Ars Antiqua Austria$13.99 Regular price
$20.99Amandus Ivanschiz was baptized Matthias Leopold Ivanschiz on 24 December 1727 in the Austrian city of Wiener Neustadt. As early as 1742, at the age of fifteen, Matthias decided to join the Pauline Order and...
Format: SACD
Release Date: January 13, 2023
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![Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87 / Minnaar]()
On SaleShostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87 / Minnaar$17.99 Regular price
$26.99After Bach's Goldberg Variations, which won him worldwide honors (including a Diapason d'Or from France's Diapason Magazine), Hannes Minnaar challenges and confronts what has become a 'classic' of the 20th century repertoire: Shostakovich's Preludes and...
Format: CD
Release Date: November 18, 2022
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![Schubert: Complete Symphonies Vol. 4 - nos. 5 & 6 / de Vriend, Residentie Orchestra The Hague]()
On SaleSchubert: Complete Symphonies Vol. 4 - nos. 5 & 6 / de Vriend, Residentie Orchestra The Hague$13.99 Regular price
$20.99Fourth and final volume in de Vriend’s survey of Schubert’s symphonies. It includes symphonies no. 5 (composed in 1816) and no. 6 (1817). They represent an important step towards the composer’s maturity. As a fill-up...
Format: SACD
Release Date: November 04, 2022
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![Porpora: L'aureo serto – Arias / Foresti, Buccarella, Abchordis Ensemble]()
On SalePorpora: L'aureo serto – Arias / Foresti, Buccarella, Abchordis Ensemble$11.99 Regular price
$18.99The present release by baritone Sergio Foresti on Challenge Classics. The second where he is accompanied by the remarkable Abchordis Ensemble, conducted by Andrrea Buccarella. This recording is devoted to the arias composed by Nicola...
Format: CD
Release Date: October 21, 2022
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![Schreker: Der Schatzgräber (Reissue) / Faveyts, Uhl, Albrecht, Netherlands PO]()
On SaleSchreker: Der Schatzgräber (Reissue) / Faveyts, Uhl, Albrecht, Netherlands PO$13.99 Regular price
$21.99Schreker is well known for his operas and wrote the libretto and composed his opera "Der Schatzgräber" after the great success of "Der ferne Klang" (1912) and "Die Gezeichneten" (1918). "Der Schatzgräber", questioning the value...
Format: CD
Release Date: October 21, 2022
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![Martin, Pierne, Poulenc & Ravel: ...du silence au silence]()
On SaleMartin, Pierne, Poulenc & Ravel: ...du silence au silence$11.99 Regular price
$18.99Veronica Kuijken writes: “There was more than one surprise in store for me as I took a closer look at the chronology of the works Héléna and I have recorded here. For instance, the timeline...
Format: CD
Release Date: October 21, 2022
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![La Petite Bande: 50th Anniversary - Bach's Passions, Mass & Christmas Oratorio]()
On SaleLa Petite Bande: 50th Anniversary - Bach's Passions, Mass & Christmas Oratorio$34.99 Regular price
$53.99This amazing box celebrates the 50th anniversary of one of the most influential and seminal Baroque ensembles of the recording history: La Petite Bande. The box contains the St. Matthew Passion, the St. John Passion,...
Format: CD
Release Date: September 23, 2022
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![Hellendaal: Six Concerti Grossi, Op. 3 / Fentross, La Sfera Armoniosa]()
On SaleHellendaal: Six Concerti Grossi, Op. 3 / Fentross, La Sfera Armoniosa$11.99 Regular price
$18.99Pieter Hellendaal, concertmaster of Handel’s orchestra, was born in 1721 on the milk market of the Dutch city Rotterdam. Exactly 300 years later, this album with his sumptuous Grand Concertos was recorded live in Rotterdam....
Format: CD
Release Date: September 16, 2022
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![Ravel: A Moune – Chamber Music with Violin / Tur Bonet, Testori, Goy]()
On SaleRavel: A Moune – Chamber Music with Violin / Tur Bonet, Testori, Goy$13.99 Regular price
$20.99This is a ‘concept-album’ around Maurice Ravel and his special relation with Hélène Jourdan Mourhange, a dear friend and violinist nicknamed "Moune." The program is set-up in order to take the listener by the hand...
Format: SACD
Release Date: September 02, 2022
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![D a r k V e l v e t: An Autobiography in Music / Hartig, Broekhans, Bogdanović]()
On SaleD a r k V e l v e t: An Autobiography in Music / Hartig, Broekhans, Bogdanović$11.99 Regular price
$18.99Julia Hartig writes: “This album can be seen as an autobiographical story. It is a reflection of my Yugoslav and Dutch identity described in 10 pieces by 8 composers. All of these pieces have their...
Format: CD
Release Date: August 26, 2022
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