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Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov showed musical promise as a child, but the pursuit of a Naval career meant that much of his grounding in musical theory was gained in between various tours of duty. Although best known in the Western world for...

The first Soviet conductor of whom it can truly be said that he is a citizen of the world John Warrack BBC Radio 3 1978 Gennadi Rozhdestvensky is a musician of catholic taste as this 10CD illustrates. His discography includes around 800 works! He...

A stunning 15 CD collection of some of the greatest sacred music ever written. From the great Lamentations of Byrd, Tallis and Palestrina, the listener is taken on a remarkable spiritual journey through Bachs great St Matthew Passion, Purcells...

One of the lesser-known composers of the mid 18th-century, Turin-born Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer relocated to Paris, where he earned a reputation as a formidable harpsichordist. He was in the service of Louis XV for many years, and wrote many...

The 19th century Italian guitar virtuouso Mauro Giuliani wrote many works for guitar in combination with other instruments, but very few are for guitar and keyboard. This rare recording includes four such works, three of which were written with...

Known as the English Orpheus, Henry Purcell, born in London in 1659, began his career as a chorister in the Chapel Royal, an appointment that was to mark the start of his life-long commitment to the monarchy. Today his music occupies a central...

After studying composition at the Conservatory Santa Cecilia in Rome, Marco Frisina enrolled at a theological college, and was ordained as a priest in 1982. He carries out his ministry in Rome, where he founded and directs the Choir of the Diocese...

One of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century, Dmitri Shostakovichs output includes symphonies, concertos, operas and film scores, among others. With his career constantly hampered by political intervention and the social pressures of...

The most beautiful vocal classics. Artists include Jussi Bjorling, Maria Callas, Enrico Caruso, Lynn Dawson, Stephen...

The C minor Passacaglia and Fugue is one of the great masterpieces for the instrument and one which inspired countless responses from composers great and lesser. So its all the more astonishing to think that Bach wrote it while still a...

With hardly any documents relating to his life having survived, very little is known about the French guitarist, theorbist, lutenist and composer Robert de Visée. In 1680 he was supposedly appointed to the court of Louis XIV -- the so-called Roi...

One of the best-loved of all operas, Puccinis Madama Butterfly was given its premiere at La Scala Milan in 1904, where it received a terrible reception. The chemistry of the collaborators should have ensured success -- the librettists Luigi Illica...

Bach composed his St Matthew Passion in 1727. Only two of his five Passion settings have survived -- the St Matthew and the St John. The St Mark survives in a realisation after the manuscript was destroyed in a bombing raid in the Second World War....

The Polish composer Lutoslawski is one of the towering figures of 20th century music. His Concerto for Orchestra can stand comparison to the famous example by Bartók, and Mi-parti from 1976 has become a modern classic. Lutoslawski came from a...

The second 2CD volume of Respighis orchestral music (of a projected four from the Rome orchestra) focuses on the concerto form, and on Respighis relationship with early music. He was a pioneer in this field, and applied Renaissance rhythms and...

The third volume of Respighis complete orchestral cycle contains several concertante works for piano, violin and cello, large-scale compositions giving evidence of Respighis diverse sources of inspiration, going back as far as Gregorian Chant from...

Dividing his time in the 1830s between Paris and Berlin, renowned German composer Giacomo Meyerbeer was considered the father of the Grand Opéra thanks to his skilful combination of elements of both the German and Italian opera traditions. After...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is considered one of the most influential composers of all time. The child prodigy would become the author of some of todays best loved instrumental works, and a true king of sung drama. La Betulia liberata KV118/74c, the...

Spanning three CDs and providing hours of fascinating listening, this compilation surveys an important facet of the Russian school through detailing one of the lesserknown areas of its output: piano trios. The compilation begins with Tchaikovskys...

Spanning 6 CDs and featuring many a consummate performance, this release celebrates the genius of Schubert through detailing all of his late chamber music. The compilation begins with the two piano trios, works of immense virtuosity whose...