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C.P.E. BACH / IGOR STRAVINSKY / DARIUS MILHAUD / CHARLOTTE SOHY
Symphonies in 3 Movements Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Bar Avni [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 27/Feb/2026 ] Winner of the 2024 La Maestra competition in Paris and recipient of five additional prizes, conductor Bar Avni is pursuing a very promising career. Born in Israel, she first studied percussion before turning to conducting. She counts Yoav Talmi,... |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 7 Orchestre National de Lille; Alexandre Bloch [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Alexandre Bloch, who has been Music Director of the Orchestre National de Lille since 2016, has chosen to devote a whole season of concerts to Mahler's symphonies. The Seventh (1904-05) is the most rarely recorded of the cycle - unjustly, because... |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: La Damoiselle élue, Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien & Nocturnes Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France; Maîtrise de Radio France; Chœur de Radio France; Mikko Franck [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 8/Apr/2022 ] The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and Mikko Franck continue their collaboration with Alpha Classics and here invite the Maîtrise and Chœur de Radio France to join them in a Debussy programme. This recording couples La Damoiselle élue, a... |
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PIERE HENRY
Pierre Henry: La Dixième Symphonie, Hommage à Beethoven Bruno Mantovani, Marzena Diakun, Benoît Rameau, Orchestre du Conservatoire de Paris, Jeune Chœur de Paris, Chœur de Radio France Orchestre Philharmoni [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 11/Sep/2020 ] Pierre Henry, a supreme innovator in the field of sound aesthetics, opened the gates to many other musical universes through the applications of his technological research..... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 "Jenamy" & 12 / Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Major ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien; Howard Griffiths; Evren Ozel; Jan Mrá?ek [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 18/Jul/2025 ] Mozart's piano concerto in E flat KV 271 has long been known as the 'Jeunehomme' - but it was discovered in 2004 that it was actually composed for Louise Victoire Jenamy; Mozart misspelled her name as 'jenomy' in a letter to his father in 1778 and so... |
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 19 KV 459 - Concerto for Flute & Harp KV 299 - Andante for Flute KV 315 - Horn Concerto No. 1 KV 412/514 ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Howard Griffiths, Thomas Zehetmair, Aaron Pilsan, Nicolas Rames, Diren Duran, Elisabeth Plank [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 17/Nov/2023 ] For the seventh volume in this collection devoted to Mozart by the younger generation of soloists, the award-winning Austrian pianist Aaron Pilsan records the concerto K.459 with the ORF Radio Symphonieorchester in Vienna. French horn player Nicolas... |
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EDUARD TUBIN
Tubin: Kratt Paavo Järvi; Estonian Festival Orchestra; Florian Donderer [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 23/Jun/2023 ] For their fourth recording on Alpha Classics, Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra - who bring together the best Estonian talent and leading musicians from around the world each year in Pärnu - celebrate composers from Estonia and Poland,... |
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JOHN ADAMS
John Adams Paavo Järvi, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 9/Sep/2022 ] In this programme, Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich celebrate one of the most important composers of our time with works from different periods and citing a wide range of references, autobiographical or typically American. John Adams has... |
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Paavo Järvi; Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
Tchaikovsky Symphonies [ Alpha Classics / 5 CD - released 8/Oct/2021 ] Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich have put the finishing touches to their complete recording of Tchaikovsky's symphonies. Assembled here are the six famous works, coupled with the Capriccio Italien, Romeo and Juliet, the Waltz and... |
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PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 "Winter Daydreams" / Italian Capriccio / Waltz from "Eugene Onegin" Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Paavo Järvi [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] The Estonian conductor Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich continue their journey through Tchaikovsky's symphonic works. This fourth volume opens with the Symphony no.1 (1866), subtitled 'Winter Daydreams'. |
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Paavo Järvi; Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 'Pathétique' & Romeo and Juliet [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 8/Oct/2021 ] After two volumes praised by the international press (Diapason d'Or, Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik etc.) the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich presents the third release in its Tchaikovsky cycle, featuring the Sixth Symphony and Romeo and Juliet. A... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / GEORGE ANTHEIL / MORTON FELDMAN / JOHN CAGE
Le monde selon George Antheil Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) Joonas Ahonen (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] George Antheil called himself a 'Pianist-Futurist'. A lover of speed, cars and aeroplanes, the American composer settled in the Paris of the Années Folles, where he frequented Picasso and Stravinsky, and composed works such as Sonate sauvage. |
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MARTON ILLES
Márton Illés: Bowed Spaces Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Nicolas Altstaedt, SWR Experimentalstudio, Münchener Kammerorchester [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 20/Feb/2026 ] Born in Budapest in 1975 and based in Germany, composer Marton Illes studied with Detlev Muller-Siemens and Wolfgang Rihm. In 2020, he composed the violin concerto Vont-ter for Patricia Kopatchinskaja, a long-time partner who performs his music with... |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Death And The Maiden Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) / The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 15/Apr/2018 ] Grammy Awards 60th Awards (2017) - Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT / EUGÈNE YSAŸE / IVAN WYSCHNEGRADSKY / ANDRZEY PANUFNIK
Exile Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Thomas Kaufmann, Camerata Bern [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 24/Jan/2025 ] This programme brings together composers who, for the most part, were compelled to flee their homeland. |
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ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: Pierrot lunaire Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) [ Alpha Classics / CD/Book - released 9/Apr/2021 ] Pierrot lunaire, premiered in Berlin in 1912, is a series of twenty-one short melodramas for voice and five instruments on German translations of poems by Albert Giraud. Here the composer first introduces Sprechgesang (speech-song), a technique that... |
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JOHN ZORN / KARL AMADEUS HARTMANN / FRANK MARTIN / LUBOŠ FIŠER / JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Time & Eternity Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Camerata Bern [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 13/Sep/2019 ] "This is very much a concept album and, as such, it needs to be listened to as programmed. Kopatchinskaja's playing is daring in her use of extreme dynamics, sometimes down to a spidery whisper." Gramophone Editor's Choice November 2019 |
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LEOS JANACEK / JOHANNES BRAHMS / BELA BARTOK
Janáček - Brahms - Bartók: Violin sonatas Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Fazıl Say (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 6/Jan/2023 ] "Every phrase [of the Bartók] is sharply characterised - as well as powerfully gestural - and their playing is as volatile as the music itself." Gramophone Editor's Choice Feb 2023 |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Plaisirs Illuminés Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Sol Gabetta (cello) / Camerata Bern, Francisco Coll (cond) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 29/Jan/2021 ] BBC Music Magazine Awards 2022 WINNER - Concerto |
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BIBER
Biber: Les sonates du Rosaire Patrick Bismuth; Ensemble La Tempesta [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 23/Aug/2019 ] Following the Alpha label's successful Red, Yellow, Blue and Pink collections (a total of fifty-six reissues), which brought the pearls from the Baroque catalogue back into the spotlight, there are now fourteen new titles offering a chance to... |