The Swiss Orchestra plays works by Swiss composers from the 18th to the 20th century.

Renato Wiedemann is a violin player with Brazilian origin. He has recorded an original programme with works by composers from Brazil and Switzerland.

In November 2022, there was a memorable performance at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden: Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni, undoubtedly one of the most important key works of musical verismo. For the first time the audience could experience the work as it was performed at its premiere in Rome in 1890.

Conductor Thomas Hengelbrock had reversed cuts and restored the original vocal range of some of the singers' parts. Meticulous study of the autograph score enabled him to implement the composer's original instructions and intentions in an exemplary manner. He was supported in this by his Balthasar Neumann Choir and Orchestra, trained in "historically informed performance practice", as well as by a topclass ensemble of young soloists.

The result sounds exciting and stirring, and also excitingly new.

With his "Lyric Pieces", Edvard Grieg kept a kind of poetic piano diary: between 1867 and 1901 he wrote 66 short character pieces, which were published in ten booklets. Pieces such as "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen", "Train of Dwarfs" or "To Spring" are among Grieg's most famous works ever. In addition to these quite virtuoso pieces, however, there are also numerous simpler dances and melodies that can be mastered and successfully performed by piano students at a fairly early age.

The Israeli-American pianist Daniel Gortler has selected his personal 21 favourites of the "Lyrical Pieces" for his debut album on Prospero Classical. Pianist Daniel Gortler delights audiences and critics worldwide with memorable performances and his technical mastery as well as his musical ingenuity. He has performed worldwide as a soloist with orchestras such as the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, the NDR Sinfonieorchester, the Nord West German Philharmonic Orchestra and other orchestras. Career highlights have included a debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, a recital at Wigmore Hall in London and tours of South Africa, Brazil, South Korea and Turkey.

With his "Lyric Pieces", Edvard Grieg kept a kind of poetic piano diary: between 1867 and 1901 he wrote 66 short character pieces, which were published in ten booklets. Pieces such as "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen", "Train of Dwarfs" or "To Spring" are among Grieg's most famous works ever. In addition to these quite virtuoso pieces, however, there are also numerous simpler dances and melodies that can be mastered and successfully performed by piano students at a fairly early age. The Israeli-American pianist Daniel Gortler has selected his personal 21 favourites of the "Lyrical Pieces" for his debut album on Prospero Classical. Pianist Daniel Gortler delights audiences and critics worldwide with memorable performances and his technical mastery as well as his musical ingenuity. He has performed worldwide as a soloist with orchestras such as the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, the NDR Sinfonieorchester, the Nord West German Philharmonic Orchestra and other orchestras. Career highlights have included a debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, a recital at Wigmore Hall in London and tours of South Africa, Brazil, South Korea and Turkey.

After the big success of her album "Grenzgänge", pianist Alexandra Sostmann has now done extensive research and has recorded the first volume of Bach's well temperied Clavier.

Rarely performed works for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach's son Johann Christoph Friedrich.

Selection of the most popular recorder concertos by Antonio Vivaldi; combined with arias and arrangements like "Winter" from "Le quattro stagioni".

The Art'Ventus Windwood Quintet plays works by Swiss composers such as Peter Mieg; Paul Huber; Paul Juon and Gian Antoni Derungs.

Piano recital of Georgiana Pletea, a young Romanian pianist, winner of the competition Rahn Kulturfonds.

Georgiana Pletea is a pianist who, besides her great technical skills, also shows an enormous range of creative variations. As a result, she is able to make music out of the moment and, with all the precision in her preparation, finally gives free rein to her emotions on the concert stage.

Even though the three compositions on this album were written in different centuries and under different stylistic conditions, they have something in common: in all works, the composers search for new piano sounds, for expanded technical possibilities and for limits in the respective aesthetics. Georgiana Pletea knows how to convey the atmospheric density of this music and instinctively brings out the dark and abysmal. Let yourself be carried away by her art of interpretation! - Benjamin Engeli, jury member Rahn Music Prize 2020

A "Czech" program with Sarah Rumer and Ulrich Koella.

As Principal Flautist of the Swiss Romande Orchestra, Sarah Rumer performs in the major concert halls of the world.

For many years Ulrich Koella has been accompanist of choice for numerous prominent national and international music competitions, and he is frequently called upon by most of the Symphony and Chamber Orchestras in Switzerland to be orchestral pianist and audition accompanist.

This recording features the complete motets by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), set in the context of music from the previous generation of his family which inspired him. In his final decade, J.S. Bach researched and performed motets by his father’s cousin, Johann Christoph (1642-1703), whom he greatly admired. Although Johann Sebastian took the motet genre (and presumably his singers) to the limits of possibility, one can also hear the strong influence of the family tradition. This is the first of a series of location-specific Solomon’s Knot recording projects. We chose Arnstadt's inspirational Bachkirche for these works, not only for its wonderful acoustic, but also as a place which connects the two Bachs: Johann Christoph was born in Arnstadt, and Johann Sebastian's first job as an organist was at the church, which came to be named after him.

After several years of intensive preparation and many live concerts, Swiss pianist Oliver Schnyder has recorded the Goldberg Variations. He has recorded the cycle two times; it was only the second time that the result met his expectations. Rare recording of the cycle on a Bösendorfer grand piano.

Interesting works for violin and orchestra, inspired by vocal compositions. Lalo: Violin Concerto No. 1 & No. 4, Rimsky-Korsakov: Songs, arranged for violin & chamber orchestra, etc.