“There is music that provides answers. And there is music that has the courage to leave questions unanswered.” This is how Andrè Schuen describes the songs of Gustav Mahler. Ever since his first encounter with the “Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen” more than ten years ago, they have accompanied him throughout his artistic journey—as works that reveal themselves anew with every performance and continually illuminate different facets of the human experience.

With "25 - Best Of" Laith Al-Deen celebrates his greatest songs. Newly recorded, newly arranged and more emotional than ever.

Explore the world of Kraftwerk with the German version box specification edition of "Kraftwerk / 3-D Der Katalog". This box set is a must-have for fans and collectors alike, featuring the iconic red Parlophone label. The set is in mint condition (graded as M) and includes inlay and case, ensuring a high-quality listening experience.

The album "Nashville" is a collaboration between two famous German musicians, Peter Maffay and Johannes Oerding, which was released on October 2, 2026.

The Chilean soprano Catalina Bertucci joins Helmut Deutsch, the grand Seigneur of lied accompanying, in a programme of art songs by three great late Romantic composers. Together, they create a world of extraordinary beauty, strength, and sensitivity.

On December 3, 1721, Johann Sebastian Bach, the court Kapellmeister in Köthen, married the court singer Anna Magdalena Wilcke. After a year of grief and setbacks, Bach was once again able to look to the future with hope, along with his four children from his first marriage. Anna Magdalena must have been a very talented singer; through her marriage, she was now elevated to the rank of Mrs. Kapellmeister. However, upon moving to Leipzig, she was no longer permitted to perform in public as a woman. Nevertheless, there are a number of soprano parts that Johann Sebastian may have composed specifically for her vocal abilities. Foremost among these is the wedding cantata "Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten".

Nico Dostal is generally regarded as one of the last masters of the operetta – yes, it is even said that along with Paul Abraham he rang in what may somewhat grandiloquently be termed this incredible genre’s „Gattungsdämmerung”, its twilight. The operetta singer in black face in Abraham’s „Die Blume von Hawai” sings the operetta’s swan song: „Bin nur ein Jonny, zieh durch die Welt, singe für Money, tanze für Geld. Heimat, dich werd ich niemals mehr sehn!” [I’m only a Jonny, travel around the world, sing for money, dance for dollars by the roll. Home, you I’ll never see again!] By contrast, Dostal’s „Clivia“ is anything but a swan song.

This series of new LPs on Bureau B sees each living member of the legendary 1971-1974 line up present their own interpretation of the Faustian myth, working alone or with collaborators to create new material that reflects their contemporary vision of what Faust can be.

The church music Franz Liszt composed in his later years was always innovative, radical and thoroughly idiosyncratic, yet was frequently and unjustly overlooked in the repertoire. Now, the Bavarian Radio Chorus, conducted by Peter Dijkstra, has taken on the cycle VIA CRUCIS. It was never performed during Liszt’s lifetime; the composer worked on it in the autumn of 1878 as a guest of Cardinal zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst at the Villa d’Este in Tivoli, not far from Rome.

It is impossible to imagine the modern bassoon without him: almost 200 years ago, Carl Almenrader, together with Johann Adam Heckel, founded the instrument-making workshop that continues to dominate the global bassoon market unchallenged to this day. Almenrader's skill on the instrument, his refined sense of tone, and Heckel's precision craftsmanship laid the foundations for the success that Almenrader carried out into the world as a travelling virtuoso with his own compositions. Michael Kaulartz and Carl Sonje Montag present Almenrader's duets in an impressively agile, virtuosic and yet surprisingly rich and varied manner.

Massendefekt was founded in March 2001 by Christian "Ole" Olejnik, Claus "Clausi" Pütz, Mike Duda and Sascha "Utti" Utecht. At that time, the band only wanted to play a benefit concert in Meerbusch. Wolfgang "Wölli" Rohde was also on drums at the performance, who supported the band in the following years.

The LP Sehnsucht by Annett Louisan is released on the Annett Louisan label and brings together new songs that continue the artists familiar focus on precise language and emotional closeness. On this record, delicate melodies and well-balanced arrangements meet a deliberately restrained instrumentation that directs attention to the voice and the lyrical imagery. Annett Louisan moves style-wise between chanson and pop; her work is characterized by pointed lyrics, a fine sense of irony, and a subtle sensuality that emerges in reduced yet carefully crafted song structures.

In a world that is turning faster and faster and in which the headlines are chasing each other, TANZWUT are coming back with a work that starts exactly where it hurts – and where it heals.

"I never truly believed in inspiration through natural beauty; in the Roman ruins I was taught otherwise, there the ideas just come flying in.' With these words Richard Strauss describes his work on his Symphonic Poem 'Aus Italien' (From Italy), which besides these Roman places also depicts scenes 'At the Beach at Sorrento' as well as 'Neapolitan Folk Life', setting these impressions to colorful music. In addition to this work with the Munchner Rundfunkorchester under the baton of conductor in residence of the Richard Strausstage festival in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Remy Ballot, selected songs for orchestra and soprano were performed by German soprano Joo-Anne Bitter, who made a name for herself internationally with her acclaimed Richard Wagner interpretations."

Franz Schubert’s 'Die schöne Müllerin' receives a deeply personal and strikingly intimate new interpretation in this recording by tenor Markus Miesenberger and guitarist Christian Haimel. Based on Wilhelm Müller’s timeless poems, the cycle follows the emotional journey of a young miller’s apprentice consumed by love, longing, jealousy and despair.