'Orbital Resonance' presents pianist Sumire Kuribayashi in a deeply expressive and introspective setting, showcasing her distinctive voice within the contemporary Japanese jazz scene. Leading a piano trio format, Kuribayashi crafts a collection of original compositions that balance delicate lyricism with rhythmic interplay, drawing on influences from modern jazz and European classical traditions.

String Quartet No. 1 (1959) falls under the McKinley’s First Early Period. Performed ably here by the Martinů Quartet, it is dedicated to Nikolai Lopatnikoff, McKinley’s early mentor and composition teacher at then-Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon). Lopatnikoff was a student of Prokofiev and one of McKinley’s early influences. The composer was 20 years old at the time of the composition of String Quartet No. 1, and yet the piece is fully formed and already mature.

In the small Silesian town of Schweidnitz (Świdnica), shortly after the end of the Thirty Years' War, the Protestant Church of Peace was built, which Marcin Swiatkiewicz and the Arte dei Suonatori chose as the recording location for the present production for obvious reasons: Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, the composer of the four works, saw the light of day in the city when the magnificent half-timbered building was half a century old and, according to Swiatkiewicz, he must have received many impressions from the genius loci that accompanied him on his further path. After his first local lessons, this led him to study law in Frankfurt an der Oder, into the service of the then Prussian Minister of War and to the court of Crown Prince Friedrich in Rheinsberg, who allowed him to organize regular concerts for bourgeois audiences with his own orchestra - a groundbreaking step, in whose success the gallant and sensitive style of the music, as can be heard here, certainly played no small part.

A new chapter in the iconic series, Buddha-Bar XXVIII continues a legacy that has become a global reference. Inspired by a reimagined India, between heritage and modernity, this edition delivers a contemporary vision of deep house and ethno house, shaped by organic sounds and a signature elegance that is instantly recognizable.

No performance of the Ninth with chamber forces has ever done it justice, and good as this is (or at least consistent as this cycle has been), it’s no exception.

Wasteman' is the BAFTA nominated debut feature film by Cal McMau, an acclaimed prison drama set in the crumbling British justice system, with an original score by Forest Swords (aka producer, composer and sound artist Matthew Barnes).

This final release of Capriccios Bruckner Symphonies - The Complete Versions Edition includes his very first and last Symphony.

"Mozart always had a special affinity with wind instruments: for him they were essential components of his musical expression," claims French clarinettist Nicolas Baldeyrou, a globally renowned soloist who has performed with some of the greatest conductors and virtuosi: this album is the first volume of a complete set of Mozart's chamber and concertante …

Brahms was a severe critic of his own work, often assailed with uncertainty and reluctant to publish works he considered immature or incomplete.

Tomoki Sakata is a talented pianist who has attracted worldwide attention since winning the first prize at the Franz Liszt International Piano Competition in 2016, and has captivated audiences with his overwhelming technique and rich expressiveness. This second album, to be released in 2020, contains eight pieces selected by Mr. Sakata based on the concept of "projecting to the listener an 'Illusion' of various compositions, including symphonies, concertos, songs, and operas. Sakata is interested in not only piano works but also orchestral works, songs, and operas. The recording of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 "Waltz" (world premiere recording) and No. 6 "Pathetique" (world premiere recording), both arranged by Feinberg, are extremely difficult pieces that could be described as theoretical. The performance of these pieces, which embody the phrase "10 fingers x 1 piano," will fascinate you not only with Sakata's technique, but also with his rich musicality. And then there is Liszt, a work that is synonymous with Sakata. The performance of Rigoletto Paraphrase and Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 is a masterpiece, sung freely but intelligently constructed.

Mitsuru Sawamura is a one-of-a-kind saxophonist. Musicians who have collaborated with him on past albums and experienced his unique studio work have unanimously remarked, "This is Mitsuru's world," which is the origin of the name "Mitsuru World" for his creative work. This time, two albums—"Mitsuru World II," the second installment following the 2016 album "Mitsuru World," and "Mitsuru World Jazz Standard I," a jazz standard cover album—have been simultaneously released worldwide. Kazumi Watanabe, who participated in "Mitsuru World Jazz Standard I," recorded in 2019, left the following comment at the time: "It has a strangely mysterious ambient feel. And yet, it's thrilling, which is what makes it interesting!"

Mitsuru Sawamura is a one-of-a-kind saxophonist. Musicians who have collaborated with him on past albums and experienced his unique studio work have unanimously remarked, "This is Mitsuru's world," which is the origin of the name "Mitsuru World" for his creative work. This time, two albums—"Mitsuru World II," the second installment following the 2016 album "Mitsuru World," and "Mitsuru World Jazz Standard I," a jazz standard cover album—have been simultaneously released worldwide. Kazumi Watanabe, who participated in "Mitsuru World Jazz Standard I," recorded in 2019, left the following comment at the time: "It has a strangely mysterious ambient feel. And yet, it's thrilling, which is what makes it interesting!"

Renowned pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s recording of Olivier Messiaen’s Catalogue d’Oiseaux created a sensation when first released on PENTATONE in 2018, and now returns to the market in an attractively-priced stereo re-issue. Aimard had intimate ties to the composer himself and his wife, Yvonne Loriod, for whom Messiaen wrote the Catalogue, a grand hymn to nature from a man who never ceased to marvel at the stupefying beauty of landscapes or the magic of bird song. With his Catalogue, Messiaen tried – in his own words – “to render exactly the typical birdsong of a region, surrounded by its neighbours from the same habitat, as well as the form of song at different hours of the day and night,” suggesting an almost scientific approach to his subjects.

Following the series devoted to Korngold's string quartets, here is the first instalment in a new project by Alma Quartet and Challenge Classics. In five CDs the Alma Quartet will bring out the late string quartet output by Beethoven and Shostakovich. Each volume will couple a late quartet by the two composers, who shared a "late style" on this medium.

The Czech Philharmonic is renowned for its interpretations of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 9 in D Major, notably under conductors Karel Ančerl (a "searingly intense" classic recording) and Václav Neumann. More recently, Semyon Bychkov conducted the orchestra in 2019.