Recordings Archive

Brahms and Joachim: Hungarian Dances The forty-year friendship between Johannes Brahms and violinist Joseph Joachim was an important relationship in the lives of both musicians. Their admiration of each other’s artistry was very strong, and …

Venice by Night Adrian Chandler and his group called “La Serenissima”, with virtuoso soloists soprano Mhairi Lawson, trumpeter Simon Munday and bassoonist Peter Whelan, transport you back to the old days of the Venetian Republic …

Leonard Bernstein conducts Beethoven & Haydn This recording is quite unusual because we get to hear music that is rarely performed. This includes a transcription for string orchestra of Beethoven’s string quartet Op. 135, and …

Martin Helmchen piano recital Live recording from the Verbier Festival, July 2011 Martin Helmchen, in this 2011 Verbier Festival recital, presents a program of Bach, Liszt and Beethoven. Bach, J S: Partita No. 1 in …

Bloch and Bruch Ernest Bloch’s music is deeply rooted in Jewish tradition and spirituality. Natalie Clein, in a sleeve note for her new recording of three of Bloch’s cello works, says that his output “was …