In November 1949, at age eight, Idil Biret entered the studios of ORTF in Paris and made her first recordings. + In the following decades she made over eighty LPs and CDs – released on ten record labels – and many additional recordings for radio and television around the world. + These included the complete piano works of Brahms, Chopin and Rachmaninov, as well as the Etudes of Ligeti. + The Idil Biret Archive (IBA) is bringing together and issuing as many of her recordings as possible on both CD and digitally. + The IBA is distributed worldwide by Naxos.

In November 1949, at the age of eight, Idil Biret entered the studios of ORTF in Paris and made her first recordings. In the following decades she made over eight LPs and CDs and many recordings for radio and television stations around the world. The Idil Biret Archive attempts to bring together as many of those recordings as possible.

The most exciting young pianist to come to Montreal in years. She has a personal magnetism that belongs only to a certain type of virtuoso performer, one who succeeds in hypnotizing you no matter how what he or she is playing.

Building a new organ is always an exciting journey for an organ builder. What should a new organ look like, how should it sound, how should it fit into the church interior, what traditional reference points are there, what should be played on this new organ in addition to the important church music, how historical, how modern may the action, wind system and finally the entire pipework be built. In the Church of the Four Evangelists in the Protestant parish of Berlin-Pankow, the requirements were clear. An organ by the famous Berlin organ builder Carl August Buchholz (1796 - 1884) no longer existed in the church. Is it possible to rebuild a Buchholz organ in such a way that it seems possible that C.A. Buchholz would have built this new organ in exactly the same way in 1840, for example? We organ builders at the Wegscheider organ workshop set ourselves this special task, having already restored and reconstructed several Buchholz organs, visited and examined other surviving Buchholz organs and were very familiar with this particular organ sound language of the first half of the 19th century in the Prussian lands. A suitable specification with 27 stops was created, an early Schwellwerk with side doors (entirely in the Buchholz style) was designed, the metal and wooden pipes as well as the reed stops were built according to the models and the voicing was adapted to the church interior in terms of response, sound volume and dynamics. Particular emphasis was placed on the feel of the keys, which must harmonise with what the player hears. The aim was not to build a particularly light action, but rather one that harmonised with the early romantic sound. The historical keyboard aesthetics with the stop action, the music desk, the swell lever, the historical proportions between the manual pianos and the pedal keyboard also serve to immerse the performer completely in the early romantic tonal spirit. Kristian Wegscheider, master organ builder Dresden, Henry Fairs, Professor of Artistic Organ Playing at the Berlin University of the Arts, plays the complete works for organ by Robert Schumann.

Gerhard Oppitz plays Robert Schumann Piano Works, Vol. 2 In the second part of his Schumann cycle, Gerhard Oppitz combines four works composed in the second half of the "piano decade" from 1830 to 1840 with two from the beginning and end of Schumann's piano music period: on the one hand Carnaval op. 9 (1837), Piano Sonata no. 1 op. 11 (1836), Kinderszenen op. 15 (1839) and the Drei Romanzen op. 28 (1840), and on the other Schumann's Papillons op. 2 published in 1832 and the Drei Fantasiestucke op. 111 published in 1852.

As winner of the international conducting competition "Guido Cantelli", Eliahu Inbal was already in demand as a guest conductor with the world's leading orchestras at the age of 26. Over the years, he has been principal conductor of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra del Teatro la Fenice, the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI Turino, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. The present album contains recordings from 1971 and 2012.

This 2 DVD set is a unique and intimate live performance by a chamber ensemble of actors, singers, and instrumentalists, portraying the deep and ultimately tragic love between the composer Robert Schumann (Sting/Simon Keelyside) and his pianist wife Clara.

Jan Vogler presents his 2nd recording of Schumann's Cello Concerto but this time, with his own orchestra, the Dresden Festival Orchestra, consisting of more than 50 members from Europe's most renowned early music ensembles. In addition to the concerto, the orchestra plays Schumann's Second Symphony. The repertoire presented here connects the Dresden Music Festival and its orchestra to the productive Dresden period of Schumann's work since both works were composed during that time. The Second Symphony was written between December, 1845 and October, 1846 in Dresden, the Cello Concerto immediately followed after he had left the city.

Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of Tiffany Poon, "classical pianist of the new generation", with this deluxe vinyl edition of her PENTATONE debut album Diaries: Schumann. Through her vivid interpretation of Robert Schumann's masterpieces, Tiffany invites us on a journey through her musical diary. This album topped the Billboard Traditional Classical Albums charts in the first weeks of it's release. With a selection ranging from the introspective Kinderszenen to the passionate Davidsbundlertanze, she creates a tapestry that reflects the different aspects of her life and her personal growth. With this album, Tiffany invites listeners to connect with themselves and be vulnerable and imaginative, like Schumann's Eusebius and Florestan. This album also encourages daydreaming in open spaces, "feeling all the feels", without any judgement. Experience the brilliance of this rising star as she shares her innermost thoughts and musical prowess through the captivating melodies of Schumann. This special vinyl product contains a 12" booklet with exclusive photo content of Tiffany. Born in Hong Kong, Tiffany Poon has appeared with orchestras and in recital throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and China since she was first accepted to the Juilliard pre-college program at the age of eight. She made her PENTATONE debut in 2024 with Diaries.

The Young Schumann, the new release by British pianist Charles Owen, is a musical narrative of Robert Schumann's early career, featuring works written in the 1830s when the composer was in his 20s. His first two published works, Abegg Variations and Papillons, the impetuous six Intermezzi, Op. 4, and the characterful Carnaval, Op. 9, are all fuelled by some of Schumann's compositional hallmarks: his imagination and attraction to the fantastical, his love of ciphers and cryptograms, and his frequent quoting of each work within the others.

Poul Elming Sings H. C. Anders

Humoreske, Davidsb］dlert・ze

Complete Trio Works

Complete Violin Sonatas

Works For Cello And Piano