The German Romantics

Over 1,500 titles featuring works by German Romantic composers are on sale now at ArkivMusic!

Discover music by four icons from the Romantic era: Ludwig von Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert, and Robert Schumann. Each composer influenced by the German Romanticism movement, defined by expansive emotional colors and innovative musical language. 

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  • Ellis Island
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    Ellis Island

    $11.99 Regular price $16.99

    (summary) "Ellis Island" or the sound odyssey of Julia Hamos, who examines in this very first album her family history, American and Hungarian, while displaying a longing for adventure. A poetic journey that takes us...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: June 06, 2025

  • Brahms & Contemporaries, Vol. 2
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    Brahms & Contemporaries, Vol. 2

    $13.99 Regular price $20.99

    Brahms's Third Piano Quartet gestated for a long time - the first sketches were made in 1855, whilst the work was not completed until 1875. Numerous commentators tie the work to Brahms's infatuation with Clara...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: May 16, 2025

  • Kiss On Wood
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    Kiss On Wood

    $11.99 Regular price $16.99

    Revolving around the first recording of Sir James MacMillan's Kiss on Wood for viola and piano arranged and performed by Rachel Yonan, this album explores the polarity of light and darkness. Minimalist composer Arvo Pa�rt's...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: May 09, 2025

  • Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem
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    Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem

    $14.99 Regular price $21.99

    Before conquering concert halls with his symphonies, Johannes Brahms made a name for himself as a choral conductor. He led vocal ensembles in his hometown of Hamburg, in Detmold and Vienna, enriching the repertoire with...


    Format: SACD

    Release Date: May 02, 2025

  • Beethoven & Lentz
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    Beethoven & Lentz

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    Violinist Arabella Steinbacher, the Luxembourg Philharmonic and conductor Gustavo Gimeno present violin concertos by Beethoven and Lentz. Beethoven's violin concerto may well be the most iconic contribution to it's genre, and to Steinbacher, it is...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: April 25, 2025

  • Thomas Hampson sings Brahms, Schubert, and Mendelssohn
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    Thomas Hampson sings Brahms, Schubert, and Mendelssohn

    $13.99 Regular price $20.99

    Since it's foundation in 2017 and it's inaugural performance on the occasion of the opening ceremony of the Carmen Wurth Forum, the Wurth Philharmonic Orchestra has been impressing audiences with a broad repertoire ranging from...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: April 18, 2025

  • Sergio Fiorentino - The Legacy
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    Sergio Fiorentino - The Legacy

    $48.99 Regular price $74.99

    The most comprehensive tribute ever issued on record to the art of the Italian pianist Sergio Fiorentino. Many recordings here newly remastered and receiving their first-ever issue in the digital age. A landmark set for...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: April 18, 2025

  • Schubert: Schubert Voyage
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    Schubert: Schubert Voyage

    $12.99 Regular price $19.99

    Kristjan Randalu reimagines Schubert's Winterreise with a unique blend of classical and jazz influences. Collaborating with Estonian-American bassoonist Martin Kuuskmann, the duo creates a distinct sound through the combination of piano and bassoon, offering a...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: April 18, 2025

  • Schubert's Four Seasons
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    Schubert's Four Seasons

    $14.99 Regular price $21.99

    After A Soprano's Schubertiade (BIS-2343) and Elysium (BIS-2573), Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton present a new recital devoted to Schubert's songs on the theme of the changing seasons. While there have also been other successful...


    Format: SACD

    Release Date: April 04, 2025

  • Schumann & Faure: Samsara
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    Schumann & Faure: Samsara

    $13.99 Regular price $20.99

    For her fourth recital on Alpha Classics, mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey has chosen to record two cycles, Schumann's well-known Frauenliebe und Leben and Faure's La Chanson d'eve, a much more unfamiliar work. What the two cycles...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: April 04, 2025

  • Schumann: Novelletten Op. 21; Nachtstucke Op. 23
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    Schumann: Novelletten Op. 21; Nachtstucke Op. 23

    $12.99 Regular price $19.99

    Reviewing previous issues of Schumann's piano music played by Constantino Catena, critics in Fanfare have noted the Italian pianist's affinity for the composer's unique sound world, it's peculiar subtleties and idiosyncrasies. 'Catena's playing is a...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: March 21, 2025

  • Bartok & Beethoven: Face2Face
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    Bartok & Beethoven: Face2Face

    $12.99 Regular price $19.99

    The new album Face2Face is an extraordinary experience that juxtaposes the iconic String Quartets of Beethoven with the avant-garde compositions of modern masters. This first volume in an ongoing series showcases how Beethoven's innovative spirit...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: March 21, 2025

  • Arc III
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    Arc III

    $14.99 Regular price $21.99

    The music recorded on Arc I [FHR127] expresses foreboding from the brink of disaster. The music on Arc II [FHR128] was written by composers dealing with tragedy. At last, Arc III is a set of...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: March 21, 2025

  • Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 4
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    Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 4

    $14.99 Regular price $21.99

    Edward Gardner's Schubert cycle concludes with the 'Great' Symphony No. 9 in C major. Having (remarkably) composed a symphony a year between 1813 and 1818, the onset of syphilis and it's intrusive treatment seemed to...


    Format: SACD

    Release Date: March 14, 2025

  • Such stuff as dreams are made on
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    Such stuff as dreams are made on

    $13.99 Regular price $20.99

    The last album with the current line-up, The King's Singers present a new album of choral music from the early 20th century, with a feature from sopranos Grace Davidson and Victoria Meteryard. "Such stuff as...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: March 14, 2025