Challenge Classics
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On SaleChallenge ClassicsMozart: Piano Sonatas / Duo Morat-Fergo
Although being technically very different instruments, we are convinced that the romantic guitar and the fortepiano share the same aesthetics. This was...
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On SaleChallenge ClassicsMouton: V2: Den Bosch Choirbooks / Cappella Pratensis
At the dawn of the Renaissance the southern Dutch city of ’s-Hertogenbosch, with its abundance of churches and monasteries, was also referred...
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Challenge ClassicsJeths: Ritratto / Paterson, Amsterdam Sinfonietta
“I wish to be a living work of art,” reads the famous comment made by Luisa Casati, the extravagant marchesa who drew...
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Challenge ClassicsNox / Hannes Minnaar
Nox, the Latin word for 'night'. In the world of art, the night of Schumann's Nachtstücke, Robert Zuidam's Nox and Ravel's Gaspard...
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Challenge ClassicsMozart: Requiem, K 626 / Kuijken String Quartet
Transcriptions for string quartet by the composer or someone else was common practice in Mozart's time. In that light this string-version of...
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Challenge ClassicsKorngold: String Quartets 2 & 3 / Alma Quartet
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) was a genius. Naturally he was most widely known and rewarded as one of the founding composers of...
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Challenge ClassicsHamm: Rediscovered / Boomsma
Camiel Boomsma: “Discovering the music by Dutch composer Gerhard (and his son Karel) Hamm was really a game of fate. After a...
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Challenge ClassicsSchumann: Einsam / Nino Gvetadze
Nino Gvetadze finally takes on Robert Schumann’s music, a repertoire we think she is especially fit to. She chose three great works...
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On SaleChallenge ClassicsDen Bosch Choirbooks, Vol. 1 / Pratensis
Music clearly fascinated the great Dutch artist Hieronymus Bosch (c.1450-1516); his sketches and paintings are peppered with closely observed depictions of music-making...
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Challenge ClassicsCieco Amor / Foresti, Buccarella, Abchordis Ensemble
In his first album for Challenge Classics, Sergio Foresti, one of leading baroque baritones of our days, sings a subtly thought-out selection...
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On SaleChallenge ClassicsBruckner: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 / Van Zweden, Netherlands Philharmonic
This release, containing all nine of Bruckner’s symphonies, is one of Challenge Classics’ greatest achievements so far. The quality of the performances-...
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On SaleChallenge ClassicsBruckner: Symphony No. 7 / Haitink, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
Bernard Haitink was born and educated in Amsterdam. His conducting career began at the Netherlands Radio where in 1957 he became the...
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On SaleChallenge ClassicsBeethoven: Sonatas For Piano & Violin, Vol. 1 / Michael Foyle, Maksim Stsura
Michael Foyle: Exploring these Sonatas in 2020 took on a deeper significance beyond the anniversary celebrations. Recording all ten in Mechelen, Belgium,...
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Challenge ClassicsBach: Die Kunst der Fuga / Rasi, Accademia Strumentale Italiana
The Art of Fugue is both Johann Sebastian Bach’s opus summum and last complete work, presumably undertaken between1740 and 1742. Die Kunst...
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Challenge ClassicsBach: Goldberg Variations / Minnaar
We at Challenge are proud to present a new account of the Goldberg Variations by critically acclaimed young pianist Hannes Minnaar. His...

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