WORLD OF GORECKI

Japanese 3 x SACD pressing. Features 2017 remastering. Sony. 2018.

BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 3 EROICA

VIVALDI: CANTATE PER SOPRANO

SYMPHONY 7 OP 60 LENINGRAD

Japanese CD pressing. 2014.

Japanese CD pressing. 2014.

Following on from the successful release of Passacaglia on a Theme of Benjamin Britten and Other Organ Works (PFCD174-5), organist Simon Passmore returns to the organ of St. Ann's Church, Manchester, for this second volume of organ music by British composer Richard Pantcheff. This new disc comprises works for organ solo, as well as works written for organ with other instruments: Violin (Benedict Holland), and Flugelhorn (Neil Fulton). The programme contains highly melodic modal works, including the Sonata for Violin and Organ (Opus 74) and it's forerunner 'Agnus Dei' (Opus 41). The more contemporary Nocturnus I (Opus 90, No. 1) for Flugelhorn and Organ is complemented here by the solo organ work which completes the Nocturnus series of compositions, Nocturnus VI (Opus 90, No. 6). Both works were completed while the composer was living in South Africa. Lastly, the six Chorale Preludes (2021/No. 2) for solo organ are here recorded in full for the first time. Written during the depths of the pandemic, these sparse, elevated, works are like icons in music: where time seems to stand still, and the listener is immersed in the intense spiritual dialogue presented in the music. Simon Passmore is originally from Hexham, Northumberland. He was a chorister at Hexham Abbey where he received piano lessons from the Directors of Music, John Green and Michael Haynes, and later with Newcastle University's Head of Keyboard, David Murray. He completed a BMus at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, studying with Murray McLachlan, and went on to take a Postgraduate Diploma in Repetiteur Studies, supported by a full scholarship. Simon was Director of Music at St Ann's Church between 2015-2022, and had previously been organ scholar there from 2011, studying with the late Ronald Frost. Simon currently lives in Altrincham and works full-time at Chetham's School of Music as a staff pianist.

SAINT-SAENS: LE CARNAVAL DES ANIMAUX

Japanese SACD pressing.

Japanese SHM-CD reissue. Universal. 2025.

ART OF COURTLY LOVE

SYMPHONY NO. 7

MOZART: SONATAS FOR PIANO & VIOLIN

DOUBLE CONCERTOS: BACH, MOZART, BRAHMS

BEETHOVEN: PIANO CONCERTO 5 EMPEROR

DEBUSSY: PIANO WORKS

COMPLETE BRANDENBURG CONCERTI

SIBELIUS: SYMPHONIES 2 & 7 / FINLANDIA

CHAUSSON: CONCERT IN D OP 21 FOR PIANO

MOZART - LES CHEFS D'OEUVRE

MORRICONE DUEL: THE MOST DANGEROUS CONCERT EVER

MOZART: REQUIEM

Bryan Senti's La Marea, out on 10th October, is a poignant new work for string orchestra that moves like the ocean. Written as a tribute to his father's journey from Cuba to the United States, the music carries the listener across waters filled with memory, loss, and hope. Performed by the Czech National Symphony, La Marea is both intimate and cinematic, guiding the listener through a story that transports us from the mountain to the sea.

Exclusive Japanese reissue from Universal. During his brief 54-year life, Carl Richter made an indelible mark on the history of Bach performance, recording 76 of Bach's church cantatas and one secular cantata, along with monumental works such as the Matthew Passion and the John Passion. His extraordinary achievements remain a benchmark for excellence in interpreting Bach's music.