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![Original & Counterfeit - Concertos after BWV 1052, 1053, 105]()
Pre-orderOriginal & Counterfeit - Concertos after BWV 1052, 1053, 105$16.99
For a long time, the fact that three of J.S. Bach's harpsichord concertos are arrangements of earlier violin concertos led scholars to suspect that the remaining concertos were also adaptations of lost works for strings...
Format: CD
Release Date: September 26, 2025
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![Fantaisies pour la basse de violle]()
Pre-orderFantaisies pour la basse de violle$16.99
The unearthing of Telemann's Fantaisies pour la Basse de Viole in 2015 has been the most important discovery for the repertoire of viola da gamba in recent times. The compositions are a compendium of how...
Format: CD
Release Date: September 26, 2025
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![From the Library of Pisendel]()
Pre-orderFrom the Library of Pisendel$16.99
Please, enjoy one of the most appealing and thought-provoking Baroque discs of the year. It contains a selection of the sonatas drawn from Pisendel's library, the best of Italian and German violin schools. This is...
Format: CD
Release Date: September 12, 2025
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![Complete Works for Viola, Vol. 1]()
Complete Works for Viola, Vol. 1$16.99
First volume of a complete survey of Brahms' music with viola. It includes the Sonatas op.120 anf the Trio op.40. There is a special connection between Brahms's musical world and the sonority of the viola.�Acclaimed...
Format: CD
Release Date: September 05, 2025
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![Ach, was ist doch unser Leben? - Organ Works]()
Ach, was ist doch unser Leben? - Organ Works$16.99
This album presents three large and undoubtedly genuine compositions. In addition, it presents some of Bach's doubtful and spurious works, which were already attributed to him in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. By...
Format: CD
Release Date: September 05, 2025
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![Sonate Accademiche - An Anthology]()
Sonate Accademiche - An Anthology$16.99
Florentine, born Francesco Maria Veracini (1690-1786), was considered one of the greatest violin virtuosos of his day. Periods of residence in London, Dusseldorf, Venice, and Dresden brought the eccentric musician international fame. Amongst his extensive...
Format: CD
Release Date: July 25, 2025
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![A French Odyssey - Music for two cellos by Rameau, Barriere,]()
A French Odyssey - Music for two cellos by Rameau, Barriere,$16.99
The ferment of the Enlightenment, the early signs of the Revolution and the intellectual debate on colonialism fuel this French odyssey. During the Age of Exploration, France experienced an unprecedented cultural fervor. Trade routes and...
Format: CD
Release Date: July 18, 2025
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![Reflections, Op. 28 - Mallorca preludes]()
Reflections, Op. 28 - Mallorca preludes$16.99
Reflections Op. 28: Mallorca preludes marks the debut album of classical concert pianist Egle Andrejevaite. In 2016, the Chopin Festival of Valldemossa commissioned 24 esteemed contemporary Spanish composers to create responses to Chopin's 24 preludes....
Format: CD
Release Date: July 11, 2025
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![Sonatas for violin & harpsichord]()
Sonatas for violin & harpsichord$16.99
This disc contains a selection of beautiful and very individual music for violin and harpsichord by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. The performers are two among the most distinguished musicians of the Baroque on HIP (Historical...
Format: CD
Release Date: June 27, 2025
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![Alma Mahler, lovers & friends - Lieder by Korngold, A. Mahle]()
Alma Mahler, lovers & friends - Lieder by Korngold, A. Mahle$16.99
A refined Lieder recital focused on the fascinating figure of Alma Mahler. All main composers of Vienna at the outset of the 20th century are represented. An unprecedented flourishing of musical and artistic talents concentrated...
Format: CD
Release Date: July 18, 2025
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![Isidora zebeljan - Three Curious Loves]()
Isidora zebeljan - Three Curious Loves$16.99
Isidora zebeljan (Belgrade, 1967-2020) was the most outstanding and internationally acclaimed Serbian composer. Here is a hommage and a passionate portrait of her chamber and orchestral output made by some of Challenge best artists gathered...
Format: CD
Release Date: June 13, 2025
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![Late String Quartets]()
Late String QuartetsLast instalment in Narratio Quartet revolutionary version of Beethoven's String Quartets. This last 4CD box contains all the likewise revolutionary late Quartets, from opus 95 until opur 135, never premiered until after Beethoven's death. Once...
Format: CD
Release Date: June 06, 2025
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![More than Muses - Female creative power in the Golden Age]()
More than Muses - Female creative power in the Golden Age$16.99
First disc and debut recording of Tabea Schwartz's Vernon Consort, another remarkable fruit of the Musik-Akademie Basel. The programme of this recording is an enthralling discovery journey through the female musical environment of the Netherlands...
Format: CD
Release Date: May 23, 2025
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![An Afternoon in van Swieten's Salon]()
An Afternoon in van Swieten's Salon$16.99
An exciting journey through the time: Mozart played on a fortepiano, according to 19th Century performing style, with today sensitivity. Keiko Shichijo introduces us to Baron van Swieten's salon, where Mozart used to play the...
Format: CD
Release Date: May 09, 2025
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![Suonate per violino e violone o cimbalo, Op. 7, Vol. 1]()
Suonate per violino e violone o cimbalo, Op. 7, Vol. 1$16.99
The renowned Austrian Ensemble Castor presents the first part of the world premiere recording of Johannes Schenck's complete Op.7. This is the only work�written by Schenck for violin and basso continuo.. Schenck's exciting music is...
Format: CD
Release Date: May 30, 2025
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