Despite being a prolific symphonist, Shostakovich only wrote two piano concertos. His first features a prominent solo trumpet part which provides dialogue with the piano and an independent voice “commenting” on the music of the piano and orchestra. The Second Concerto, by contrast, is more unified, and is unusually happy and optimistic in nature for Shostakovich.   Rodion Shchedrin has so far composed six piano concertos, each signifying a new phase in his compositional development, as well as a double concerto for piano and cello and a substantial corpus of solo piano works. His Fifth Concerto is influenced by the music of both Shostakovich and Prokofiev.   Since winning the 11th International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1998  Matsuev has established a reputation as one of Russia’s leading pianists. Here, he joins Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra for his second release on the Mariinsky label.   Reviews:    Clef du Mois 'We particularly admire the combination of strength and variety of colour which perfectly suits these concertos ... the pianist twirls the notes into constant musical fireworks ... One of the most impressive advances in recent years' ResMusica (France)   ‘Denis Matsuev's account of the Piano Concerto No. 1 for Piano, Trumpet and Strings leaves one breathless in admiration for his formidable technique and the accuracy of his playing … All three works are performed by the gifted Russian virtuoso Denis Matsuev accompanied by the Mariinsky Orchestra and Valery Gergiev whose affinity with the music of both composers is clearly evident in the performances on this disc … There is no doubt that this recording will further enhance the growing reputation of this outstanding Russian virtuoso. Definitely recommended’ SA-CD.net (UK)   ‘Matsuev remains a dazzling soloist’ ClassicsToday.com (US)  

• Wykonawca Matsuev Denis
• Data premiery 2012-04-01
• Nośnik SACD

Angela Hewitt turns to two of Mozart’s greatest and most popular concertos for herlatest album. Together with her frequent collaborators, the Orchestra da Camera di Mantova and brilliant Finnish conductor Hannu Lintu, she presents these works in performances which are both elegantly stylish and profoundly felt. This release is completed by a personalreflection on the music by Hewitt herself in the accompanying booklet.

• Wykonawca Hewitt Angela
• Data premiery 2013-03-01
• Nośnik CD

Tracklista:1. Great Expectations2. The Rest of Your Life3. Grandaddy4. It's Gonna Be One of Those Nights5. Memory6. Sun Son7. Mama Mama8. Drink a Round to Ireland9. Angel On My Side10. Don't Say Goodbye to Love11. Only You12. Sweetheart On Parade13. Everybody Works in China14. Yellow Kimono15. From Where I Stand16. Home Again17. Shoot First18. Don't Say Love19. Dream On20. The Best Is Yet to Come

• Wykonawca Judy Collins
• Data premiery 2018-11-16
• Nośnik CD / Album

Makeness wydaje swój debiutancki album "Loud Patterns" nakładem Secretly Canadian. Kyle Molleson, bo tak naprawdę nazywa się muzyk, wyraźnie inspiruje się house i techno i czerpie z dziedzictwa tychże gatunków. Łączy awangardowe eksperymenty i popową przebojowość. "Loud Patterns" jest następcą serii mniejszych wydawnictw m.in. autorskiej EP "Temple Works" czy singla wydanego wraz z Adult Jazz zatytułowanego "Other Life". Tracklista: 1. Loud Patterns 2. Fire Behind The Two Louis 3. Who Am I To Follow Love 4. Stepping Out Of Sync 5. Gold Star 6. The Bass Rock 7. Day Old Death 8. Rough Moss 9. Our Embrace 10. 14 Drops 11. Motorcycle Idling

• Wykonawca Makeness
• Data premiery 2018-04-06
• Nośnik CD

BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE BEST OF THE YEAR ; DIAPASON D'OR 'A marvellous disc' (BBC Music Magazine)'This is by any standards a distinguished recital, and clearly the work of a master pianist' (CDReview)'This excellently chosen selection of Rachmnaninov's finest solo piano works is played with superb panache by Demidenko … With warm acoustic, a most appealing disc' (BBC Music Magazine)

• Wykonawca Demidenko Nikolai
• Data premiery 2007-01-01
• Nośnik CD

As the composer that Johann Sebastian Bach at the age of twenty walked more than 400 kilometres in order to meet, Dietrich Buxtehude holds a place of honour in the history of music. Luckily, an important portion of his music, mainly vocal works and organ pieces, has also survived. Having spent his childhood and early years in Helsingborg and Elsinore, on either side of the strait that divides Denmark and Sweden, Buxtehude was recruited as organist by the congregation of the great Marienkirche in the wealthy Hanseatic city of Lübeck. On the basis of this, as well as the challenges posed by his organ compositions, it is safe to assume that he was a virtuoso on his instrument. He would also have been a connoisseur of fine organs – the finest of which at the time were to be found in Northern Germany. Two such magnificent instruments still exist in the small towns of Altenbruch and Lüdingworth, some 130 kilometres west of Lübeck, and on them Masaaki Suzuki here performs a varied selection of Buxtehude’s organ works. This ranges from brief chorale preludes to the magnificent Te Deum laudamus and the celebrated Ciaccona in E minor. Although he is most widely known for his on-going, highly praised series of Bach’s cantatas on BIS, Masaaki Suzuki in fact began his professional career as a church organist at the age of twelve, later studying the instrument both in Tokyo and in Amsterdam. For BIS he has previously recorded Bach’s Organ Mass (‘an organist of distinguished musicianship and superior technique’ wrote the American Record Guide) and organ works by Sweelinck, a disc which upon its release was recommended by Gramophone and described in International Record Review as containing ‘performances which are compelling in their stylistic integrity and uncompromising musicianship'

• Wykonawca Suzuki Masaaki
• Data premiery 2010-01-01
• Nośnik SACD

Tracklista:1. Complete Works for A Cappella Choir (38 tracks on 1 CD)

• Data premiery 1999-10-01
• Nośnik CD

A modern and stylistically flexible  symphony  orches t ra ,   the  Roya l  Flemish Philharmonic demonstrates  an artistic flair which allows for a variety  of styles - from classical to contemporary  - in a historically authentic manner. Chief  Conductor Edo de Waart is responsible for  the orchestra’s main repertoire. Drawing  on his vast orchestral experience, as former chief conductor of the San Francisco  and Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra,  he contributes to the unique character  of the Royal Flemish Philharmonic. He  works in close co-operation with Principal  Conductor Philippe Herreweghe, who  makes use of his specific background  in his readings of (pre)Romantic music.  Martyn   Brabbins   is   Principal   Guest  Conductor, former Chief Conductor Jaap  van Zweden retains his affiliation with the  orchestra.

• Wykonawca Various Artists
• Data premiery 2011-10-01
• Nośnik SACD

Tracklista:1. Work(s): Suite de danses: Intrada - Anglaise - Allemande - 5:132. Kyrie cunctipotens: Quatre versets 2:283. Branle de Basque, for harpsichord in F major (Pičces de clavecin, No. 73) 1:384. Mass for the parishes, for organ: Gloria 17:515. Fiori Musicali, No.31, Tocata per l'Elevazione, for keyboard 2:556. Il secondo libro de toccate, canzone...di cimbalo et organo, No.7, Toccata Settima 3:007. Work(s): Canzone dopo l'Elevazione 1:478. Fugues et caprices ŕ quatre parties 3:209. Fugue 12čme in D major 3:1610. Fugue 5čme for organ 4:1611. Fugue 10čme for organ 4:2512. Toccata for organ No. 10 (Apparatus musico-organisticus, Part 2) 5:0913. Toccata for organ No. 2 (Apparatus musico-organisticus, Part I) 5:4314. Toccata for organ No. 9 (Apparatus musico-organisticus, Part 2) 6:43

• Wykonawca Various Artists
• Data premiery 2007-01-01
• Nośnik CD

The BBC Symphony Orchestra under Edward Gardner, music director of English National Opera and an exclusive Chandos artist, presents Volume 2 of their Polish Music series; a disc dedicated to vocal works by Witold Lutosławski. They are joined by the soloists Lucy Crowe, Toby Spence, and Christopher Purves in looking at some of the composer’s earlier works for voice and orchestra as well as three major works written after 1960: Paroles tissées, Les Espaces du sommeil and Chantefleurs et Chantefables. Among the earlier pieces, Lacrimosa is the only surviving fragment of an intended Requiem and the only sacred work in Lutosławski’s output. In complete contrast, the Silesian Triptych was written at the height of the post-war Soviet doctrine that called for music that connected with the broad masses. In this folk-based work, Lutosławski takes three Silesian songs about the trials of love, giving them sparkle as well as depth to lift them above the mundanity of everyday life. Both works here feature the soprano soloist Lucy Crowe. When Poland finally emerged from the cultural oppression of the post-war decade, its music scene flourished. For Lutosławski, it was a time for personal development. In the first half of the 1960s his music had a raw energy, but by 1965 it had developed a much more subtle tone. Paroles tissées, in which the tenor soloist here is Toby Spence, simply accompanied by strings, harp, and piano, was the first work really to show this new subtlety in his works. Les Espaces du sommeil, with the baritone soloist Christopher Purves, is another prime example of the new lyrical quality that came to colour many of Lutosławski’s later orchestral works. Chantefleurs et Chantefables is made up of nine charming and humourous songs which, inspired by the collection of childrens’ poems by the surrealist Robert Desnos, explores the vivid imagery and bright colours of the natural world through the innocent eyes of a child.

• Wykonawca Crowe Lucy
• Data premiery 2011-08-01
• Nośnik CD