Some of Stephen Hough's most exquisite recordings come from his collaborations with EMI and Virgin Classics during this early period, offering a taste of the pianist's impeccable touch, his musical and intellectual rigor, and his fondness for the short showpieces that filled late 19th-century salons and peppered the 78 rpm records of golden-age pianists. In the two all-Liszt recitals, Stephen Hough is also in his element, creating atmospheric colors, with notes flowing like streams of pearls, shaping and magnifying the dramatic depth of these works. From Mozart to Schumann, Brahms to Britten, looking back at the great virtuoso tradition while looking forward through his own arrangements, Stephen Hough presents, through these early recordings, a fascinating portrait of a young artist whose brilliant, artistic intellect and appetite for creativity remains unmatched today.

2019 release. Happy Days celebrates Andr� Rieu's amazing career on the occasion of his 70th birthday on October 1. A selection of 20 world famous tunes includes "Second Waltz," "I Could Have Danced All Night" (from My Fair Lady), "Love Unspoken" (from The Merry Widow) and "Happy Days are Here Again."

Gautier Capu�on's triple album is a collection retracing his career on the label with highlights of his most important recordings both in chamber music (Schubert trio and quintet, Saint-Sa�ns "Le cygne" from Le carnaval des animaux), and in concertos (Haydn, Dvorak, Schumann, Tchaikovsky). It features new recordings of J.S. Bach's Cello Suite No. 2, Dutilleux's 3 Strophes, Kodaly's Cello Sonata, and Campos's Ambre Cello.

Deluxe CD/DVD edition. Andre Rieu presents his new album, Happy Together - a wonderful and emotional "ode to joy" celebrating the return to life, happiness, and love! For this new album, Andre has personally chosen his favorite songs from all over the world. Fans can look forward to many classics like "Happy Together," "You Are My Sunshine," "Valencia," "Estudiantina," and more. The Dutch King of Waltz is excited to delight millions of fans around the world once again!

WORKS FOR PIANO

ERATO RECITALS

CARMEN

Gramophone Magazine - Tharaud combines pianistic imagination and stylistic sensitivity to locate the fidgety energy of La poule, the rhythmic playfulness of Les tricotets and the grandeur and verve of the Gavotte et doubles, and his playing has clarity and brilliance. To my mind no other pianist has reproduced the spirit of this composer more enchantingly.

SYMPHONIES / CELLO CTOS / CELLO

PIANO CONCERTO

MONTEUX PLAYS TCHAIKOVSKY

CONCERTI PER DUE VIOLONI

LULU SUITE DREI ORCHESTERSTUCKE

RITE OF SPRING FIREBIRD

LES ARTS FLORISSANTS / RAMEAU: PLATEE - WILLIAM CHRISTIE A marsh nymph thinks she is so irresistible that Jupiter himself will take an interest in her... Brimming with exceptional dramatic and musical verve, this strangely under-recorded 'ballet bouffon' offers us Rameau's art in a nutshell: glittering orchestration, harmonies and rhythms of unprecedented modernity. William Christie and his comrades plunge with delight into what is one of it's composer's most fascinating works. William Christie and Les Arts Florissants plunge with delight into what is one of it's composer's most fascinating works. HARMONIA MUNDI USA

DIE SCHOPFUNG

SYMPHONY 2

Johann Sebastian Bach and the Akademie f�r Alte Musik Berlin go back a long way together. This recording, made with the welcome participation of Isabelle Faust and Antoine Tamestit, follows the complete violin concertos (2019), which left a lasting impression. Ever since a memorable first recording in the late 1990s, the Berlin musicians have returned regularly to the inexhaustible source of the Brandenburgs. They have achieved a sovereign mastery of what is not a single work, but six. In their hands, they become successive episodes of a piece of musical theater in love with dance, transparent sound and freedom.

PLANET

Vivaldi's set of four Concertos known as "The Four Season" is the quintessential piece of classical music for anyone's collection. Recorded by Grammy Award winning violinist Joshua Bell with the celebrated musicians Academy of St Martin in the Fields. It is coupled with another masterpiece of Baroque virtuosity, Giuseppe Tartini's the Devil's Trill.

Sukanya is Ravi Shankar’s only opera. He began writing it at the age of 90 and it was left incomplete at the time of his death in 2012. It was completed and orchestrated by David Murphy, a longtime collaborator of Shankar’s, with the help of Shankar’s wife Sukanya and daughter Anoushka.

Inspired by Shankar’s own wife and based on a tale from the Mah?bh?rata, Sukanya seamlessly blends Western and Indian musical traditions to tell an epic and magical love story which transcends time and space.

Featuring the original cast of the opera, including Susanna Hurrell and Alok Kumar as Sukanya and Chyavana the elderly sage performing alongside masters of traditional Indian instruments and the BBC Singers. This blend of traditions was praised for its “soundworld of arresting beauty and originality” (What’s On Stage). This World Premiere recording is taken from a live performance during the premiere production of the opera. Classical Source praised the production and said it created “a blaze of colour and energy... ravishing musical moments and gorgeous spectacle... Sukanya is a triumphant celebration of shared humanity.” The Telegraph called the production “a delightful evening of pure escapism,” and The Guardian described it as “a ravishing spectacle.”

LPO concert performance of Sukanya on 15th January 2020 at London’s Royal Festival Hall.

Here (Jurowski) offers performances that are near ideal, the electric tension giving the illusion of live music-making. We have had some impressive recordings from this orchestra in the past but this one is among the finest. Tchaikovsky's Third Suite... Jurowski, maybe influenced by conducting opera and ballet, brings out the surging lyricism...'Elegie', the phrasing totally idiomatic. The rhythmic Waltz leads to a dazzling Scherzo, taken at a genuine presto, while the Variations have rarely seemed so attractive, with a thrilling build-up and conclusion. With exceptionally vivid sound, recorded by Dutch engineers in Moscow, this disc cannot be recommended too highly. (Gramophone)

VERY BEST OF JUSSI BJORLING: PEARL FISHERS DUET

LA MER / LA VALSE / L'ARBRE DES SONGES

that Albinoni wrote excellent solo concertos is clear enough from this record, all players involved are splendid... very well recorded. These will please admirers of I Musici, the group is well-balanced and the soloists admirable. The oboe concerto No.2 is splendid, while the finale of No.5 is irresistible. Of the violin concertos Nos.7 and 10 are outstanding... Op.5 is an altogether tauter piece, and indeed a very distinguished one by any standards, with an exquisite central Adagio(Gramophone)