Max Reger is regarded by many as the greatest German composer of organ music since Bach.

Max Reger is regarded by many as the greatest German composer of organ music since Bach. The eighth volume of his organ works includes the monumental and demanding Chorale Fantasia on 'Ein feste Burg' and the popular Introduction and Passacaglia in D.

Among J.S. Bach' 200 or so surviving church cantatas, these four for solo soprano include the popular Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, in which singer and solo trumpet engage in thrilling displays of virtuosity.

Distinguished in his day as a conductor and pianist, Reinecke is now remembered chiefly as the teacher of some of the leading composers of the later 19th century. He was, at the same time, an immensely prolific if relatively conventional composer.

In the years before the Spanish Civil War, Catalonia was at the heart of Spanish music. The present release features a stylistically diverse mix of composers, including Albeniz and Granados as well as composers less known outside Spain.

The eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach was hailed as the greatest organist in his time. Living in a time of transition, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach forged his own highly original style, combining the traditional writing learned from his father.

This is the final disc in the Naxos edition of the complete Tchaikovsky songs, which represent a little-known but highly characteristic facet of his musical personality. "Kazarnovskaya possesses a soprano rich in timbre and powerful in projection.

The Argentinian bandoneon-player and composer Astor Piazzolla, by his creation of the 'new tango', brought the popular dance form into the concert hall.

Written mostly during the last five years of his life, Purcell' Theatre Music is a rich and varied collection of some of the composer' finest melodic inspirations.

Mendelssohn' successor as the music director of the famous Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and a close friend of Joachim and the Schumann's, the Danish conductor and composer Niels Wilhelm Gade melded Nordic spirit.

If the career of the Bohemian composer Florian Leopold Gassmann, had not been cut cruelly short by his death resulting from a fall from a carriage, his name might be a good deal better known today for he was an accomplished composer.

Naxos' acclaimed recordings of the music of John Ireland continue with this disc of the three piano trios and music for violin and piano. The tuneful Phantasie Trio of 1908 was one of the first of his works to bring him to public notice.

Includes work(s) by Raffaele Calace. Soloists: Alison Stephens, Steven Devine.

Willoughby Bertie, Fourth Earl of Abingdon, was among the leading English musical amateurs in late 18th century London, a composer himself and a noted patron.

During his tenure as Organist at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, William Henry Harris composed much music for choir and for organ solo as well as larger pieces for the Three Choirs Festival and two premi'res at the London Proms.