Once again, ALIA VOX remains true to its boutique offerings and reveals the secrets of Bulgarian minorities thanks to one of the geniuses of contemporary eth-no-music, Nedyalko Nedyalkov. The Spirit of Bulgarian Traditions is a project that pre-sents in summary form the exquisite and exceptionally intriguing melodies of ethnic groups that have settled in and inhabited Bulgarian lands.

Originally released in 1979 under the title Lessons for the Lyra-Viol, this album is a definitive recording of works composed at the beginning of the 17th Century by William Corkine and Alfonso Ferrabosco. The title refers to one of Corkine’s pieces, part of a suite dedicated to love. This album enables us to enjoy the fantastic sound of Jordi Savall playing two magnificent instruments. A solo recording full of surprises and variety. Jordi Savall plays: Lyra-Viol de Paul J. Reichlin, d’après John Rose, 1598 and Basse de Viole de 6 cordes de Barak Norman, Londres 1697.

Following the success of his Beethoven and Schubert recordings, Jordi Savall is now releasing his first album devoted to the composers Robert Schumann and Anton Bruckner. As you have come to expect from Alia Vox, he casts an entirely new light on a repertoire that has been unfairly for-gotten, starting with Robert Schumann's Zwickauer Symphony, of which he re-veals all the colours and ardour. The Symphony n*0, actually by Bruckner on the manuscript, also fascinated Jordi Savall with its spiritual dimension, which he restores with his customary attention to detail.

Here’s something in 2024 worth celebrating without reservation or caveat or vague dread that it might go away: a new album from Inner Ear Brigade. It’s been a long time since Dromology, but Perkunas is proof that the band not only still exists, but still has all of the qualities that made that album so great.

Rita Arkenau-Sanden (trumpet) and Rolf Müller (organ) interpret works by J.S. Bach and C.P.E. Bach, recorded at the Altenberg Cathedral in the Rhineland.

As a leading force in Japan's progressive rock scene, Evraak continues to push boundaries with their latest album, Requiem for Lost Tide. This work builds upon the dark, dynamic, and dramatic sound of their previous album, EVRAAKI, elevating it to new, transcendent heights.

The Ladies of Soul are a group of childhood-friends and sister-in-laws. have shared childhoods; Oosterhuis and Lewis were neighbours, Rombley, and Lewis became best friends and Oosterhuis and Dulfer were connected through relatives.

Mozart's piano concerto in E flat KV 271 has long been known as the 'Jeunehomme' - but it was discovered in 2004 that it was actually composed for Louise Victoire Jenamy; Mozart misspelled her name as 'jenomy' in a letter to his father in 1778 and so created a misunderstanding that lasted for over two centuries.

Pah-Dah-Ah-Dah is a modern high-energy 12/8 Afro-rock tune with an infectious groove that just might have them dancing in the aisles.

Handel in Italy: Vedendo Amor (Seeing Love) features the “Italian Cantatas” written by Handel at his early years as a composer. In spite of its beauty they are still not well known.

For this album, Narek Hakhnazaryan has selected works that showcase the characteristics of cello playing: its tonal warmth, emotional depth and versatility. The interplay of original works and arrangements has resulted in a program that sees the cello as a unifying voice - inspired by the figure of the medieval minstrel in Glasunov's Chant du ménestrel op. 71.

Linda Guo and Manuel Lipstein make their duo debut on this new release. Titled Pas de deux, the programme features five significant 20th-century compositions for violin and cello. Works by Xenakis, Ravel and Honegger reflect the composers’ French roots, while a diverse, forward-looking harmonic language contrasts with such traditional forms as the sonata and passacaglia, the latter in Norwegian Johan Halvorsen’s Passacaglia for Violin and Cello after Georg Friedrich Händel; Austro-Czech composer Erwin Schulhoff’s Duo for Violin and Cello completes the programme.

This arresting new album presents a major addition to the solo flute repertoire, bringing together the visionary artistry of flautist Noemi Gyori and the intricate, evocative music of composer Sinan Savaşkan. Spanning nearly five decades of Savaşkan’s compositional output, the album explores the full expressive range of the flute—its lyric warmth, its structural clarity, and its capacity for sonic transformation—often in dialogue with subtly woven electronic elements.

Beloved worldwide, Chloe Chua returns to PENTATONE with Mozart’s complete violin concertos – a project that began when she was just 15 years old.

In London in 1736, the Baroque genius Handel celebrated the power of music with his oratorio about Alexander the Great, one of the foremost successes of his life. Covent Garden was never so full as on the evening of the premiere. For this original English version, Alfredo Bernardini unites the fantastic voices of the Arnold Schoenberg Choir with his lively Zefiro Baroque Orchestra. The three soloists Miriam Kutrowatz, Daniel Johannsen and Damien Gastl tell the ancient story of how the singer Timotheus was once able to change the mood of the great Alexander, evoking a whirlwind of diverse emotions, highlighting the power of music over politics and war.