Our latest New Release Round-Up contains atmospheric new recordings from Sylvie Courvoisier, Henrique Gomide's solo piano debut, the engaging Myele Manzanza trio, a live recording by some of ECM's finest plus the final album from Tony Oxley.
A selection of some of the best recordings of music by perhaps the last of the great viola da gamba players, in a slightly belated celebration of the 300th anniversary of his birth.
Amanda Majeski and Katarina Dalayman go head-to-head in Janáček's opera from the Barbican, Elīna Garanča makes her Wagner debut on a live *Parsifal* from Vienna, and Domingo Hindoyan and the Liverpool Philharmonic mark this year's Bruckner bicentenary.
Marking the centerary of this drummer *par excellence*, we explore the life of one of the figureheads of bebop and his tireless fight as a civil rights activist.
Chris introduces this month's selection, headed by a programme of Penderecki from the Latvian Radio Choir which demonstrates 'a palpable grasp of the music’s emotional heart'.
Henle editions of piano works by Schönberg, Liszt, Beethoven, and Ravel; *Gradebusters Grade 5*; a collection of lieder by Schubert; music from the motion picture *Wish*; and Breitkopf & Härtel editions of Rachmaninoff and Mendelssohn orchestral works.
Our latest genre guide covers the many artists to have been influenced by Middle Eastern sounds as well as the international musicians who proudly wear their heritage on their sleeves.
Handbooks on music by Berlioz and Schumann, a guide to the songs of Sibelius, a volume of essays on Messiaen, a history of the horn, a new look at the practices and theory of tonality, a method for teaching the saxophone, an exploration of musical models of democracy, and an evaluation of the relationship between jazz and wider aspects of American culture.
Johannes X. Schachtner's idiomatic new orchestrations of the composer's sixteen published songs inspire some ardent, full-throated singing from the American tenor - with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester on incendiary form under Ivan Repušić.
Stravinsky from James Ehnes & Sir Andrew Davis, Bruckner from Markus Poschner and the late Bernard Haitink, and a starry revival of Laurent Pelly's classic production of Rameau's *Platée* (with Lawrence Brownlee in the title-role).
A live recording of the sole performance from this stellar pairing is both tender and poignant, and is almost certainly destined to become a future classic.
Our first Round-Up of the year contains solo piano music by Nitai Hershkovits and Fergus McCreadie, Jasper Høiby's locked-in new trio, bluegrass from the charming Invoke quartet as well as one of the legendary Hank Jones' final appearances alongside Steve Davis.
Our 50 best-selling titles across all formats for the whole of last year, with Víkingur Ólafsson's recording of Bach's *Goldberg Variations* on Deutsche Grammophon leading the pack...
With a new boxset celebrating their threescore years in the business, explore the lives and careers of the coregent figures of Brazilian Jazz along with some of their greatest works and collaborations.
Our 25 best-selling titles across all formats for December, with John Nelson's live recording of Handel's *Messiah* from Coventry Cathedral (released on Erato at the end of November) in first place...
Host Rob Cowan is joined by the President of Warner Classics & Erato, Alain Lanceron, to discuss La Divina’s legacy on record – picking out some highlights from her vast discography on his label along the way…
Recordings of works by Franz Schreker, Shawn E. Okpebholo, Andrew Poppy and the late Einojuhani Rautavaara feature among the editorial team's individual picks of the year.
The Italian conductor looks back on his first few years as Artistic Director of Opera Rara, including recordings of Leoncavallo's *Zingari* and Mercadante's *Il Proscritto* - plus a new mission to record the complete Donizetti songs with singers including Lawrence Brownlee and William Thomas.