For the first time, listen to the complete concert from the Grande Ballroom in Detroit on May 2, 1968.

For the first time, listen to the complete concert from the Grande Ballroom in Detroit on May 2, 1968.

A collection of 66 tracks and approximately 4 hours and 6 minutes of masterpieces by the famous pianist Richter. Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 2-3rd Movement, "Butterfly" from "The Clown at the Vienna Carnival", Handel: Keyboard Suite No. 2, Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 31-2nd Movement (Oleg Kagan), Mozart/Grieg: Piano Sonata No. 16 (2 Pianos) (Leonskaya), Beethoven: Violin Sonata "Spring"-2nd and 3rd Movements, and more.

Total of 42 tracks, approximately 3 hours and 42 minutes. Sarah Chang is known as one of the most fascinating and talented performers of her generation, with astonishing musical insight, technical virtuosity, and emotional range. She recorded exclusively for EMI Classics from the beginning of her career, from 1992 to 2009. This is a collection of her best performances. Vivaldi: Winter, Autumn, Spring, Summer, Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 12 No. 1, Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy, Massenet: Meditation from Thais, Dvorak: Piano Quintet, Franck: Violin Sonata, Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2 - 2nd & 3rd Movements, Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 - 3rd Movements, etc.

A collection of great performances by the renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman. 33 tracks, approx. 3 hours and 18 minutes. Debussy/Altman: The Girl with the Flaxen Hair, Debussy/Dushkin: Petite Suite - Minuet, Vivaldi: Summer - 3rd Movement, Bach: Sonata for Solo Violin No. 1 - 3rd Movement, Kreisler: La vie dell'Amour, Elgar: Salut d'Amour, and more.

A total of 86 tracks, about 3 hours and 42 minutes of recording. A collection of masterpieces by conductor Hugh Wolff. Dvorak: Cello Concerto (Rostropovich), Haydn: Symphony No. 1 to 3rd Movement, Stravinsky: Suite for Small Orchestra No. 1 and No. 2, Copland: Appalachian Spring, Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye, Bartók: Suite: The Miraculous Mandarin, Bach & Gounod/Arranged by Passatieri: Ave Maria (Hampson), and more.

Total of 53 tracks, about 3 hours 44 minutes. Alexandre Tharaud's original interpretation of piano performance, who has a fantastic way of manipulating the piano. In particular, the collection of short pieces recorded here allows you to find such picturesqueness. Satie: Three Gymnopédies No. 1, Debussy: In a Boat, Bach: Prelude in C minor BWV999, Khachaturian: Album of the Child, Volume 1, Op. 62 No. 1, Lully/Tharaud: From "The Townsfolk", Schubert: Moments Musicaux No. 3, Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Op. 67 No. 2, Gershwin: My Boyfriend, John Williams: Main Theme from "Schindler's List", and more.

This recording combines three of the most significant musicians belonging to the generation of the empfindsame or “sentimental” style. As a reaction to the late baroque of J.S. Bach and Handel, they systematically explored contrast and extreme juxtapositions in their compositions. This avant-garde style remained in fashion for only a short period but anticipated many pre-eminent aspects of early romanticism. In this recording a harpsichord concerto by W.F. Bach (J.S. Bach’s eldest son) is combined with two concertos by Bohemian composer G. Benda.

The mandora is a lute instrument that gradually disappeared with the advent of the guitar and has been completely forgotten since around 1820 - until today. The lutenist Jakub Mitrik has set himself the goal of reviving this instrument and its repertoire with this CD.

Although it has been clearly established for which instruments the Musical Offering and the Art of Fugue were intended, the Musical Offering has continued to be the object of realisations for other instruments, such as Anton Webern's orchestrated version of the Ricercar à 6. Here Cindy Castillo marks the completion of a new organ in the German baroque style by Dominique Thomas in the church of Saint-Loup in Namur with her own realisation of this work, a monument to the late Baroque style.

Mr Takács now joins forces with veteran violinist Daniel Stepner for Beethoven’s final two Violin Sonatas. I’m not sure whether this is the start of a new cycle or a one off. What I am certain of, however, is that Takács is one of the finest Beethoven interpreters around. He seems to have made the composer something of a speciality. Violinist Daniel Stepner, who studied with Steven Staryk in Chicago and Nadia Boulanger in France, is the Artistic Director of the Aston Magna Festival and Foundation. He is also Professor Emeritus at Brandeis University, where he was first violinist of the Lydian String Quartet from 1987-2016.

To celebrate Frank Black’s landmark solo album, Teenager Of The Year, turning 30 comes a special vinyl pressing to accompany a tour of North America plus Paris and London where Frank and original band will be performing the album in its entirety. Recorded amid a rich songwriting vein, just as the Pixies had been placed on hold, Frank Black’s ambitious 22-track album Teenager Of The Year came out in May 1994, just one year after his fantastic self-titled solo debut. Recorded with scene legend Eric Drew Feldman (Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band, Pere Ubu, The Residents) and featuring the single ‘Headache’, Teenager Of The Year is seen by many as his greatest solo work, subsequently appearing in both Pitchfork’s Top 100 Albums of the 1990s poll and the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die book.

The pieces in this recording belong to Messiaen's first compositional period, from the 1940s to the early 1950s.The music of O. Messiaen had a major influence on the Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu(Tokyo, 1930 ibid., 1996). Raised in militaristic Japan during the Second World War (at just 14 years old, in anticipation of an American invasion, he was drafted into the Japanese army), Takemitsu initially had a sort of rejection of the culture and philosophy of his own country and instead showed great interest in the various musical trends of the Western avant-gardes, especially French.The pieces in this recording cover a compositional span of about fifty years.

Following the success of Prokofiev Milestones Vol. 1, SOMM Recordings is pleased to announce the release of the second volume of Prokofiev Milestones featuring the Slovenian violinist Lana Trotovsek and Spanish pianist Maria Canyigueral.

SOMM Recordings is pleased to announce a release devoted to the singular 20th century Spanish composer and pianist, Manuel de Falla, with three late-Romantic scores that capture the very essence of Spain: The Three-Cornered Hat, Nights in the Gardens of Spain and Seven Spanish Folksongs.