Valentina Lisitsa records Liszt’s most technically challenging work, the “unplayable” La Contrabandista, conceived by Liszt as a spectacular recital encore. Seldom recorded, this work is a true virtuosic challenge for any pianist. Performed with Valentina’s legendary fiery aplomb, this is an...
Track Listing Disc 1 1Andante 2Allegro 3A Capriccio, Con Forza 4Tempestoso 5Piacevole 6Brioso 7Con Grazia 8Presto Tenebroso, Agitato 9Lento (Tempo Rubato) 10Alla Ballata 11Allegro 12Andante Cantabile 13Patetico 14Presto 15Etude No. 2 in F Sharp Minor, Op. 42 16Prestissimo 17Andante 18Affanato...
Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 is quite simply one of the greatest works of sacred music ever written and without doubt the most varied and inspired before Handel and Bach began composing their oratorios and passions. Where it was written, why it was written and who it was written for are actually...
24 Tone Clocks Featuring two of New Zealand's finest pianists, Jenny McLeod's 24 Tone Clocks is the definitive recording of an extraordinary series of compositions. A lifetime in the making, 24 Tone Clocks is a summation of Jenny's decades-long immersion into Peter Schat's ‘tone clock’ theory of...
Moses of SOL3 MIO – NZ’s most beloved highest selling classical trio – releases his debut solo album. The album is classically influenced but is a soulful dedication to his grandmother with the album titled – Grace. Recorded in LA at Furaha Studios (studio to Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga), Moses called...
Following up on the success of both Piano Guys and Piano Guys 2, get ready for the next volume of crossover hits from the guys. Hailing from Utah, The Piano Guys became an Internet sensation by way of their immensely successful series of strikingly original self-made music videos. They’ve made more...
This holiday season, internationally renowned tenor Andrea Bocelli is teaming up with his 24-year-old son Matteo Bocelli and 10-year-old daughter Virginia Bocelli for their first ever album together, A Family Christmas. A Family Christmas captures the Bocelli festive spirit: “We are offering our...
Francois-Joseph Gossec: Symphonies
Young Chinese virtuoso Yuja Wang plays two of the most demanding of all piano concertos in one concert, joining an orchestra and conductor of similar age The first recording with a soloist for the Simón Bolívar Orchestra and Gustavo Dudamel captures the extraordinary energy levels of a very special...
John Philip Sousa personified the comparative innocence and brash energy of America around the turn of the 20th Century. Alongside the march that made him famous and later sparked a world-wide dance craze, The Washington Post, this disc includes excerpts from one of the earliest musicals to achieve...
The works on this disc are representative of Harold Meltzer’s unique sensibility, profound imagination and inquisitive musical mind, quickened both by the things of the world and by a wide range of music, including the works of Franco Donatoni and the Stravinsky of Agon. Brion was praised by the...
“Some Kind Of Peace” is Ólafur Arnalds most intimate album to date. Deeply personal, it shows a new side of the artist. A change in musical direction, the album ranges from solo piano to electronic .
Social Democrats in 3/4 Time "Less work and more pay!" It was with this perennial demand that Senior Overman Martin instigated the first strike on the Viennese operetta stage. Even though the miners’ struggle gets lost in the further intricacies of the action, after the premiere of Der Obersteiger...
Tony Banks, founder member of rock band Genesis, has already written a much admired orchestral work called Seven, which was praised for its ‘genuine melodic gift’ (Gramophone). His new work consists of six evocative songs without words which may evoke in the listener ideas of seduction, journey,...
Giacomo Meyerbeer was one of the most significant opera composers of all time. The four grand operas represented here brought him his greatest fame, with Les Huguenots being one of the most performed of all operas. Meyerbeer’s contributions to the French tradition of opera-ballet acquired...
Eight of The Sixteen’s celebrated Handel recordings (12 CDs in total) in one beautiful boxed set edition. Harry Christophers and The Sixteen have long been celebrated for their recordings and performances of Handel. Over the past three decades Harry Christophers and his award-winning ensemble have...
An Orchestrated Songbook is the new album by Paul Weller with Jules Buckley & The BBC Symphony Orchestra, through Polydor Records. CD in Deluxe Hardback DVD-sized casebound book with 32-page book and inserts.
In celebration of their 20th Anniversary, ground-breaking classical crossover group Il Divo, perform a very special evening of music at the Taipei Music Center, Taiwan, which is presented on this unique CD+DVD set. Delivering timeless pop classics and traditional standards, Il Divo raise the bar,...
The Italian Job
Musical compatriots. Collaborators. Teachers. Friends. Pianists. These are the links that bound the four remarkable 20th century composers, whose one-piano-four-hands works are brought together by Sono Luminus on this first CD from the dynamic ZOFO duet. Whether performing public duet concerts...
