Yunchan Lim -"Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3" - It was the performance that launched a career, garnering 16 million views on YouTube and catapulting him to fame. It is now available to own, as part of Yunchan's future legacy, released just ahead of the 2025 Cliburn Competition - the first since Yunchan's historic win. Marin Alsop declares, "From the moment we started playing together, I noticed just how incredibly musical Yunchan was, and that he seemed like an old soul, rather than a young performer." Crescendo, the film made about the 2022 competition, will finally be available for download at the same time. Until now, it has only been available in Korean cinema or on American Airlines and is much anticipated by fans. The product will include a note by US journalist Jed Distler, with new comments from Marin Alsop. Artist Hometown: South Korea Verve Label Group; Decca; Classical; Catalog.

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Global superstar Yunchan Lim's Cliburn-winning performance of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 is available to own for the first time on CD. Yunchan Lim's performance made him the youngest ever winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2022 and launched his career, catapulting him to fame and earning him millions of views on YouTube and sold-out concert halls worldwide.

Bruce Liu, winner of the 2021 International Chopin Piano Competition and famous for his distinctive mix of "feline agility and lightness of touch" (New York Times), breaks new ground with the supposedly well known. Following his enormous success with WAVES, a tribute to French composers and nature themes, The Seasons now focuses on Tchaikovsky's and Liu's relationship with music. "For me, this is a moment to explore some personal emotion," the pianist says of his latest album, which envelops the Russian composer's intimate and profoundly poetic language with musical breathing space.

Dresden-based composer/producer, Sven Helbig, presents 'Requiem A' to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, honoring the victims of war and sending a profound plea for peace. The world premiere performance was recorded on February 9, 2025 at Dresden's Kreuzkirche and performed by the Dresden Kreuzchor, Saxon State Orchestra and celebrated bass-baritone Rene Pape with conductor Martin Lehmann. Released by Deutsche Grammophon, this poignant work seeks to serve as a universal message of remembrance, reconciliation, and cultural exchange.

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Vinyl LP pressing. For his latest Deutsche Grammophon release, the legendary composer, conductor and pianist Joe Hisaishi turns the spotlight on his work with another leading figure in Japanese cinema, Takeshi Kitano. Recorded as part of the hugely successful collaboration with the Wiener Symphoniker that began with Hisaishi's acclaimed debut at the Vienna Musikverein in March 2023.

Vinyl LP pressing. Broadchurch became "a bona fide national obsession" (Entertainment Weekly) on both sides of the pond. It's BAFTA-winning composer Olafur Arnalds returned for the third and final season in 2017 with another soundtrack of evocative and atmospheric music, deemed crucial by fans and critics alike to this poignant series.

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Esa-Pekka Salonen/San Francisco Symphony -"Saariaho: Adriana Mater" [2 CD] GRAMMY Award-winner for Best Opera Recording, the late Kaija Saariaho's much-admired second opera, Adriana Mater, was recorded at Davies Symphony Hall in June 2023, just days after it's composer's untimely passing. In it's review, the New York Times wrote, "Saariaho's delicately consoling music stares down the worst of the world and says: the only way forward is grace." Featuring Esa-Pekka Salonen, Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan, Christopher Purves, San Francisco Symphony & Chorus. 2 CD set.

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Berliner Philharmoniker/Herbert von Karajan - "Schoenberg - Berg - Webern (The Original Source Series)". In 1973-74, Herbert von Karajan took an innovative step and recorded orchestral pieces by Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern and Alban Berg together with the Berliner Philharmoniker - all three representatives of the Second Viennese School. The results were groundbreaking recordings presented in a 4-LP boxset designed by Holger Matthies. The Original Source Series presents recordings from the 1970s in a whole new sound quality. Emil Berliner Studios have remastered and edited the original 4- and 8-track tapes in 100% analog (AAA) using technologies developed specifically for the series. Presented on 180g virgin vinyl in a deluxe gatefold with original covers and lyrics, the copies of this series are released limited and numbered, accompanied by additional photos and facsimiles of the recording logs and band boxes.

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Georgijs Osokins - "For Arvo". Georgijs Osokins, the first Baltic (Latvian) pianist to establish himself at the highest level on the international music scene, brings a deeply personal and eloquent perspective to the stage. He takes on an extraordinary project: an ultimate 21-track collection of Arvo P�rt's music for solo piano in celebration of the Estonian composer's 90th birthday in 2025.

The Kanneh-Masons - "River of Music". "This is a story about our family and the sources of our music. Music runs like a river through the generations, and our passion for listening and playing music comes from our grandparents, and from their stories, flowing from the places and dreams they passed on..." - Konya Kanneh-Mason, Grandad's Dream. From their Welsh grandmother following love across the sea to Sierra Leone, to their Antiguan grandad passing on his own dashed hopes of a musical career, this album celebrates the musical threads of the Kanneh-Mason family. Surrounding Schubert's Trout Quintet, which they all grew up playing, are new arrangements of classical favorites most loved by their grandparents, Welsh folk songs and spirituals, performed and often arranged by the seven siblings. The album is pulled together with a story by writer Konya, called 'Grandad's Dream.' 2 LP set.

Julius Asal - "SIENA TAPES". Inspired by the 150th anniversary of Ravel's birth, Asal curates a personal program that combines the French composer's music with his own improvisatory pieces. SIENA TAPES presents Ravel's Jeux d'eau, Pr�lude in A minor, Menuet sur le nom de Haydn and � la mani�re de Borodine, interwoven with Asal's Pr�lude (3191) and Cascades I-III.

Jean-Yves Thibaudet -"Satie: The Magic of Satie". The solo piano music ofErik Satie is both classic and contemporary, facets which mirror the qualities of Jean-Yves Thibaudet, "the quintessential contemporary French pianist," This repertoire perfectly showcases Jean-Yves' famous palette of sound colors in musical images ranging from "The Dreamy Fish" to the enormously popular "Gymnop�dies." Originally released in 2002.

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This landmark album, originally released as Columbia 33CX 1415, features David Oistrakh in two cornerstone works: Tartini's Devil's Trill Sonata and Mozart's Violin Sonata in B-flat major, K. 454. Long recognized for it's interpretive depth and technical brilliance, the recording has become a collector's item. Available for the first time on vinyl in stereo, this album benefits from the 2024 remastering from the original tapes made for the Oistrakh / The Warner Classics Edition box. As a bonus, the release includes Debussy's Clair de lune, taken from Oistrakh's Encores album.

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Jean-Yves Thibaudet -"Satie: The Magic of Satie". The solo piano music of Erik Satie is both classic and contemporary, facets which mirror the qualities of Jean-Yves Thibaudet, "the quintessential contemporary French pianist," This repertoire perfectly showcases Jean-Yves' famous palette of sound colors in musical images ranging from "The Dreamy Fish" to the enormously popular "Gymnop�dies." Originally released in 2002. 2 LP set.

Secret Garden, the Irish-Norwegian band specialist in new instrumental music is one of the world's most successful duos with more than 3 billion streams and 5 million physical albums sold. Their upcoming 12th studio album "Songs in the Circle of Time", is an enchanting blend of dreamy melodies and powerful arrangements, transporting listeners to a world of beauty and timeless elegance. The sources of inspiration are many and feel timeless, from 17th century baroque - classical music and contemporary melting into their own style.