On this new release, The Klenke Quartett, who are well-versed in the performance of Mozart, present the Mozart’s String Quartets Nos. 1-6. The Klenke Quartett, based in Berlin and Thuringia, was founded in 1991 at the Musikhochschule Weimar. Since then, and still in its original formation, it enriches the concert life “as one of the most distinguished European ensembles.”

Herbert von Karajan, Denise Cloutier, Libor Pešek, Volker Hartung, Carl Michalski

Artists Of StoMo Blues & Boogie Artist Collection No.11 contains the definitive Artists & Blues, Rock. The Best hits from Ronchi, Wedling, Maass, Dominic Schoemaker, Jive Boys and many more.

Midnight Riot look to finish the year strong with a long overdue compilation dedicated to the distinct, futuristic and spacey sound of Italo Disco. It cannot be understated the influence of Italo Disco had on the foundations & development of house music, especially the explosion that took place in Chicago during mid 1980’s. Following on from these origins, Italo has been one of the hottest sounds of 2018 with heavy rotation from the likes of Gerd Janson, Hunee, Palms Trax, Erol Alkin and many more.

Christmas in Paris contains the definitive Artists & Chillout. The Best hits from Papik, Ely Bruna, Christian Lisi, Melania and many more.

Composed between 1874 and shortly before Parry’s death in 1918, the English Lyrics come from a time of immense change as old certainties gave way to new complexity and a global war that would utterly change Britain’s standing in the world. Parry’s riposte was the English Lyrics: a defiant assertion that English poetry was the equal of Germany’s Lied and French mélodies and arguably created the template for the development of the emerging English art-song.

A celebratory collection of the biggest composers and albums to grace the Varese catalog during an unparalleled 40 year history as the preeminent soundtrack label. The greatest composers; Bernard Herrmann, Alex North and Jerry Goldsmith of Hollywood's Golden Age to the Modern Age of Hans Zimmer, James Horner and Brian Tyler. These composers and more are represented with some of their finest compositions; Vertigo, Spartacus, Aliens, Driving Miss Daisy, The Matrix, The Omen, Whiplash and Star Trek.

SOMM Recordings is delighted to announce a major new release by Leon McCawley focusing on the piano music of Franz Schubert. The new recording is the latest offering from a highly acclaimed partnership between SOMM and McCawley that has seen earlier albums devoted to Haydn, Chopin, Schumann, Brahms, Rachmaninov and Samuel Barber. Leon McCawley has been one Britain’s foremost pianists since winning the International Beethoven Piano Competition in 1993, when he also took second prize in the Leeds International Piano Competition. Perhaps “the most enigmatic of all musical geniuses”, as Bryce Morrison describes him, Schubert himself famously declared “I came into this world for nothing else but to compose”.

Previously-unreleased live recording from Vienna’s Große Saal, 31st May 1971: these tapes were recently discovered in the archives of Austrian Radio – the ‘ORF’. Abbado’s long association with the Wiener Philharmoniker began when he first conducted the orchestra at Herbert von Karajan’s invitation in 1965. The orchestra was so impressed by what the young music director from La Scala achieved that they immediately invited him to conduct one of their subscription concerts in the season after next in the city’s Musikverein. The programme included Schubert’s “Unfinished” and Fifth Symphonies. Austrian Radio recorded the concert on the morning of Whit Monday, 31 May 1971, but the recording lay untouched in the corporation’s archives until now. Now, nearly fifty years later, this recording allows us to rediscover the maestro as we would rediscover a Vermeer with every fresh viewing.

Leonard Bernstein was certainly not surrounded by an aura of aloofness. He enjoyed his immense popularity, although he never consciously attempted to be “everybody’s darling” and to be hailed as “Lenny” by everyone on the street. His parents had officially named him Louis, but tended to call him Leonard. Serge Koussevitzky, his teacher and elder friend – with whom he not only shared an outstanding musical talent but also an East European Jewish family background – called him “Lenyusha”.

The Berlin vocal ensemble sirventes berlin and its director Stefan Schuck present a real Berlin Christmas album: Berlin composers from the 19th to 21st centuries are collected here on one release, from Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Carl Thiel, Albert Becker, Peter Cornelius and Heinrich von Herzogenberg to the contemporary composer Frank Schwemmer. In addition to such famous works as “Frohlocket, ihr Völker” by Mendelssohn, numerous unknown treasures have been rediscovered. Stefan Schuck founded the vocal ensemble sirventes berlin in 2003 to perform the world premiere of the a cappella cantata “that they may life” by the Jewish composer Josef Dorfman as part of the Ecumenical Kirchentag in Berlin. Since 2008 the ensemble works regularly for the NoonSong. The outstanding quality of the ensemble is a testament to their intense and hard work.

Following an initial reconstruction on disc in 2015, the Ballet Royal de la Nuit enjoyed a triumphal modern premiere at the Théâtre de Caen in November 2017. That staged version, presented in this outstanding box set, at last includes the entire musical score (twenty-seven additional dances). The meticulous reconstitution of Sébastien Daucé, the incomparable poetry of Francesca Lattuada, an oneiric universe featuring more than 120 costumes designed by Olivier Charpentier, all contribute to an incredible enchantment further enhanced by the exploits of virtuoso jugglers and circus artists. In this ballet, a masterly achievement from every point of view, the spell remains unbroken from first note to last.

Berlin Radio Swingband, Leipzig Radio Orchestra, RBT Orchestra, Kurt Hohenberger Soloists Orchestra, Rex Stewart's "Hot Club Berlin" Session, Walter Dobschinski, Kurt Henkels, Horst Kudritzki, Kurt Hohenberger, Rex Stewart

Universal Music Presents Joe Christmas All The Way contains the defining tracks of the decade and features some of the biggest hits from artists including John Lennon, ABBA, Boney M, Sting, Elton John and many more.

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