Giocomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864), originally Jakob Beer, was born in a small village just outside of Berlin. Upon his maternal grandfather's death in 181...More
Giocomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864), originally Jakob Beer, was born in a sm...
Was this skilfully composed work really written during a game of ninepins? The legend persists, although there is no reliable source. At all events th...More
Was this skilfully composed work really written during a game of ninep...
This diptych consists of two brief contrasting movements which however have a common focus on the amalgamation and fusion of tonal colour in the three...More
This diptych consists of two brief contrasting movements which however...
Devienne was born in Joinville, as the youngest of fourteen children of a saddlemaker. After receiving his first musical training as a choirboy in his...More
Devienne was born in Joinville, as the youngest of fourteen children o...
Maurice Duruflé was a French composer, organist and teacher who was little known in his lifetime but has won many admirers in recent years. An intros...More
Maurice Duruflé was a French composer, organist and teacher who was l...
Heinz Holliger composed the three-movement work in January 2016 as funeral music for the legendary flutist Aurèle Nicolet who had died shortly beforeMore
Heinz Holliger composed the three-movement work in January 2016 as fun...
When the greatest German composer was discussed around 1720, Johann Sebastian Bach's name was never mentioned; instead, his friend Georg Philipp Telem...More
When the greatest German composer was discussed around 1720, Johann Se...
Should muses be silent while the guns speak?' asks Jörg Widmann, who was only 20 years old when composing this piece, with his Trio for Clarinet in B...More
Should muses be silent while the guns speak?' asks Jörg Widmann, who ...
The Divertimento K. 247 in B-flat major was composed for the name day of Countess Antonia Lodron, and was first performed on 18 June 1776 in Salzburg....More
The Divertimento K. 247 in B-flat major was composed for the name day ...
The Concerto for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra in C major, K. 299/297c, is a concerto by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for flute, harp, and orchestra. It is on...More
The Concerto for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra in C major, K. 299/297c, i...
Scharwenka's compositions include an opera (Mataswintha), a symphony, four piano concertos, chamber music (all with piano part) and numerous piano pie...More
Scharwenka's compositions include an opera (Mataswintha), a symphony, ...
Born in Hamburg but living most of his life in Leipzig, Carl Reinecke was one of the most versatile musicians in 19th century Germany. In a career tha...More
Born in Hamburg but living most of his life in Leipzig, Carl Reinecke ...
The Trio pour piano, hautbois et basson by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) represents a milestone in the repertoire of music for double-reed instruments. ...More
The Trio pour piano, hautbois et basson by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)...
The trio sonata, a musical form that was popular in the 17th and early 18th centuries, was written for two solo melodic instruments and basso continuo...More
The trio sonata, a musical form that was popular in the 17th and early...
Bach expert Klaus Hofmann presents a valuable addition to the Bach repertoire: he has taken J.S. Bach’s Violin Sonata in A major BWV 1015 and recons...More
Bach expert Klaus Hofmann presents a valuable addition to the Bach rep...
Telemann’s chamber music is historically unique in its range of instrumental settings. From his huge output these new editions present the six quart...More
Telemann’s chamber music is historically unique in its range of inst...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Clarinet Quintet, K. 581, was written in 1789 for the clarinetist Anton Stadler. A clarinet quintet is a work for one clarin...More
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Clarinet Quintet, K. 581, was written in 178...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart actually wrote his stylistically pace-setting Clarinet Quintet K. 581 for an instrument that has become known as the "basset c...More
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart actually wrote his stylistically pace-setting ...
About Piano Trio In Eb Major, K. 498 (Kegelstatt)By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), edited by Wolfgang Plath, Wolfgang Rehm. K. 498. Set of perfo...More
About Piano Trio In Eb Major, K. 498 (Kegelstatt)By Wolfgang Amadeus M...
We not only owe three of Mozart’s horn concertos to his friendship with Ignaz Leutgeb- the solo part of this unusual chamber music work was also wri...More
We not only owe three of Mozart’s horn concertos to his friendship w...
