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TCAHIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia "Evgeny Svetlanov", Vladimir Jurowski [ Pentatone / CD - released 15/Nov/2019 ] After the tremendous success of Swan Lake, Vladimir Jurowski and the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia "Evgeny Svetlanov" continue their Tchaikovksy ballet series on PENTATONE with this recording of The Nutcracker. Tchaikovsky's enchanting... |
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Steinbacher/Gulbenkian Orch/Fo
Bruch/Korhgold/Chausson: Violi [ Pentatone / Hybrid SACD - released 8/Apr/2013 ] |
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Steinbacher/Kulek
Brahms: Sonatas For Piano & Vi [ Pentatone / SACD - released 16/May/2011 ] |
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BEETHOVEN
Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 4 Stephen Kovacevich (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 12/Apr/2005 ] "The solo piano enters and what a sound. It is like a magnificent, properly tuned piano! The overall sound is just right. And so it goes, with every release in this series." - Rad Bennett, Radical Sounds (April 1, 2003) |
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Jake HEGGY / Gene SCHEER
Here / After - Songs of Lost Voices Steven Costello, Joyce DiDonato, Nathan Gunn, Talise Trevigne, Carol Wincenc (flute), The Alexander String Quartet [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 21/Oct/2013 ] "Though Heggie's thematic ideas might seem a bit commonplace on first hearing, listeners are advised to stay alert to each song's last note. Invariably, one is ambushed by the music's cumulative effect...Performances by longtime Heggie collaborators |
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Storioni Trio
Beethoven: Piano Trios [ Pentatone / Hybrid SACD - released 9/May/2005 ] |
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Storioni Trio
Brahms: Piano Trios 1 & 2 [ Pentatone / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Nov/2008 ] |
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SCHUBERT
Piano Trio No.1 / Piano Trio No.2 Storioni Trio Amsterdam [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 1/Jul/2007 ] Schubert completed his two piano trios between November 1827 and November 1828, the last year of his life. Despite his ill health, he still managed to write an incredible amount of compositions, and one masterpiece after the other flowed from his pen. |
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BEETHOVEN
Piano Trio No.2 in E flat, Op.1 No.2 / Piano Trio No.5 in D, Op.70 No.1 Ghost Storioni Trio Amsterdam [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 6/Jul/2005 ] The Storioni Trio derives its name from the Laorentius Storioni violin from Cremona, which dates from 1794 and is played by Wouter Vossen. |
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KORNGOLD
Symphony in F-sharp minor / Much Ado About Nothing (Suite) Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conducted by Marc Albrecht [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] "This is, hands down, the best-engineered performance of Korngold's masterful symphony yet released, and that means a lot. The suite from Much Ado About Nothing makes an ideally apt and absolutely delightful encore, but it's the performance of the... |
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Suisse Romande/Janowski
Bruckner: Symphony No 9 [ Pentatone / Hybrid SACD - released 14/Jan/2008 ] |
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Cesar FRANCK / Ernest CHAUSSON
Franck/Chausson: Symphonies Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Marek Janowski [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 13/Nov/2006 ] "Best of all is the way Janowski responds to the variety of harmonic tension in both works: the more chromatic a chord, the more space he tends to give it without ever obstructing the flow." (BBC Music Orchestral Choice Jan 2007) |
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Szeryng/Lso/Gibson
Paganini: Violin Concertos 1/4 [ Pentatone / Hybrid SACD - released 14/Jan/2008 ] |
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BACH / BARKTOK / IVES / MESSIAEN
Influences Tamara Stefanovich (piano) [ Pentatone / CD - released 8/Mar/2019 ] On her first PENTATONE album, pianist Tamara Stefanovich presents INFLUENCES, a highly personal selection of solo works by Bach, Bartók, Ives and Messiaen. Influences shows how these extraordinarily original and idiosyncratic composers let themselves... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Hamlet (incidental music) / Romeo and Juliet (original version) Tatiana Monogarova (soprano) Maxim Mikhailov (bass) / Russian National Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 26/Jan/2009 ] MARBECKS STAFF PICK: CD OF THE YEAR 2009 - "Two Shakspearean fantasy overtures - but, excitingly, not as we know them." - Gramophone Recording of the Month March 2009 |
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GOUNOD / BIZET / MASSENET / CHAUSSON et al
Serenade Thomas Hampson (baritone), Maciej Pikulski (piano) [ Pentatone / CD - released 22/Sep/2017 ] The Captivating World of the Parisian Salon is Evoked in this Masterly Survey of Melodies Françaises. The acclaimed American baritone Thomas Hampson lovingly showcases the riches of French salon music for PENTATONE in this irresistible survey of... |
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Tilling/Rundfunk So & Chor Ber
Brahms: Deutsches Requiem To W [ Pentatone / SACD - released 15/Nov/2010 ] |
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MOZART
Mozart: Flute Quartets Ulf-Dieter Schaaff (flute), Philipp Beckert (violin), Andreas Willwohl (viola) and Georg Boge (violoncello) [ Pentatone / CD - released 4/Aug/2017 ] Graceful, refined and irresistibly charming, the Flute Quartets occupy an exquisite place in Mozart's incomparable chamber music. This light, airy music with its vivid contrasts, delicious textures and irrepressible wit is brought to life by the... |
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Various Artists
Stay In Tune With Pentatone [ Pentatone / Hybrid SACD ] |
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Various Artists
Various: 10 Years Of Pentatone [ Pentatone / 10 Hybrid SACD - released 17/Oct/2011 ] |