In 1822, the young Donizetti was engaged by La Scala to compose an opera. Chiara e Serafina was the outcome and the librettist was Felice Romani, a refined scholar but a notoriously slow and touchy worker. Consequently, Donizetti had barely twelve days to compose the whole work. Because of the incoherent plot, which concerns Don Meschino and his daughter Chiara who are kidnapped by Algerians, and the villainous Don Fernando who schemes to marry the nobleman’s younger daughter Serafina, the result was a fiasco. Donizetti’s music, however, is characterful and profuse with delightful duets, trios and ensembles.

Following her acclaimed Brahms release on Signum Classics in May 2021, Leeds International Piano Competition Winner (2015), Anna Tsybuleva, releases a new album of Debussy’s 24 Preludes pour solo piano. Tsybuleva has been described by as embodying “superb pianism and intelligent musicianship” (Gramophone Magazine) and “A pianist of rare gifts: not since Murray Perahia’s triumph in 1972 has Leeds had a winner of this musical poise and calibre” (International Piano Magazine). Praise for Tsybuleva on Signum Classics “One is speechless. As far as their performance is concerned, the German Symphony Orchestra Berlin, the soloist and the conductor Ruth Reinhardt are an extremely eloquent team that realizes their musical ideas together. You can hear a direct and gripping Brahms, without any airs, without frills – music that speaks to you directly” – Piano News

Béla Bartók is one of the unquestionably ‘great’ composers and one of the few of a more recent age to succeed in establishing themselves in the repertoire.

One of the leading brass ensembles of our time, Stockholm Chamber Brass!

The Sonus Quintett is Germany's first reed quintet, consisting of clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone, oboe, and bassoon.

Santiano is a German band from the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, whose songs combine rock, Irish folk, sea shanty, and schlager music.

The duo formed by Rale Micic and Abe Rábade explores the traditional Serbian and Galician repertoire (that of their origins) and their own musical writing.

Urban Chaos: Inspired by the climate of contemporary creative music, Nick has blended a series of compositions that is predicated on a frenzy of rhythmic and melodic questions. The players carry out the vision of this ensemble with clever intent, and meaningful dialogue.

No fewer than four pianists are called on to tell these hugely enjoyable 'unplayed stories', a unique selection of early Romantic concertante works for multiple pianos and orchestra by Mendelssohn, Moscheles, Schubert and Liszt.

"Featuring Ingrid Jensen and Symposium Brass, I started this project by considering how I might compose for a brass ensemble and soloist by drawing inspiration from three artists who have greatly influenced my musical life: American composer Aaron Copland, Canadian composer and trumpeter Kenny Wheeler, and American composer and trumpeter Ron Miles." - Cameron Pearce.

The Bavarian Radio Chorus enjoys the highest international reputation on account of its uniquely homogeneous sound as well as its stylistic variety in every area of the choral repertory from the medieval motet to contemporary music and from oratorios to operas.

American vocal and instrumental duo consisting of sister Karen, and brother Richard Carpenter.Carpenters were the #1 selling American music act of the 1970's. Though often referred to as "The Carpenters," their name on official releases and press materials was "Carpenters." During a period in the 1970's when louder and wilder rock was in great demand, Richard and Karen produced a distinctively soft musical style that made them among the best-selling music artists of all time.

Founded in 2017 by Arranger/Producer Constantine Delo, The Hindley Street Country Club (The HSCC) started as a group of Adelaide musicians, recording re-arranged covers and uploading them to Facebook and YouTube weekly. Fast forward to today, The HSCC has amassed over 590 million YouTube views with over 1,000,000 subscribers globally and accumulated over a billion views accross social media platforms. Following on from major internet success, The HSCC now tours throughout the world to audiences far and wide. Still releasing videos weekly on YouTube every Friday at 8am

Horace Andy (born Horace Keith Hinds, 19 February 1951) is a Jamaican roots reggae songwriter and singer, known for his distinctive vocals and hit songs such as "Government Land", as well as "Angel", "Spying Glass", and "Five Man Army" with English trip hop group Massive Attack. He is also famous for a cover version of "Ain't No Sunshine". Andy is often described as one of the most respected and influential singers in Jamaica.

Polymath saxophonist Jeff Lederer explores lying and truthing in political discourse and in music in this razor-sharp politically motivated work fusing jazz and electronics incorporating political speech samples.