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This album brings back to life the beautifully crafted piano concertos of Swedish composer Melcher Melchers (1882-1961), works full of elegance, warmth, and Romantic spirit. Long overlooked, Melchers's concertos reveal a composer with a distinctive voice-refined, expressive, and deeply musical. Jablonski's performances, paired with the orchestra's vibrant sound, offer listeners a rare chance to discover these re-markable pieces anew.","brand":"Ondine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46167341432915,"sku":"2834966X","price":17.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/1937\/5187\/files\/4529798_b6584775-0f19-4acf-8e2e-fe5576483b62.jpg?v=1788660717"},{"product_id":"mahler-symphony-no-2-resurrection-3700187690939","title":"Mahler: Symphony No. 2 \"Resurrection\"","description":"(summary) In October 2024, the Orchestre National de France under the baton of music director Cristian Macelaru, immersed itself in one of the great symphonic works of Gustav Mahler (1860-1911): his extraordinary Resurrection Symphony. On this new recording, the epic journey unfolds serenely, bathed in warm pastoral colours.   (complete blurb) Over two evenings on 24 and 25 October 2024, the Orchestre National de France under it's music director Cristian Macelaru immersed themselves in the extraordinary symphonic epic that Gustav Mahler wrote in the 1890s: his utterly unrestrained Symphony No. 2, the Resurrection. What a baptism of fire! The Romanian conductor, not known for his Mahler until now, boldly takes up, in Paris, the very same score that the legendary Leonard Bernstein conducted at his first great Parisian triumph on 13 November 1958-which as it happens was also with the Orchestre National. More than 70 years after Bernstein, Cristian Macelaru offers a vision that is the complete opposite, with a chamber-like approach of delicacy and pastoral warmth, in contrast to his illustrious predecessor's grandiose and solemn take. The textures are therefore amazingly light: the magnificent transparency of the strings is answered by woodwinds brimming with freshness, discreetly revealing the roots of a composer born not far from Prague who was passionately drawn to new sonorities and unexpected instrumental blends. Under the Romanian conductor's direction, joined here by the luminous soprano of Hanna-Elisabeth Muller and the amber-toned mezzo of Karen Cargill, the passionate journey of Resurrection becomes one of profound serenity. The architecture of the work remains consistently natural and supple, and the symphony finds it's unity effortlessly despite the remarkable diversity of soundscapes of which it is made. It was in 1888 that Gustav Mahler first conceived the large-scale symphonic piece he called Todtenfeier (Funeral Rites), in which he portrays, from the height of a steep promontory, the entire life of the hero of his First Symphony, the Titan. Slightly revised, this became the introductory Allegro maestoso of the Second Symphony, to which Mahler later added four more movements. The second takes the form of a shimmering Landler, deceptively gracious, with interwoven motifs. The third is a scherzo based on his song Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt ('St. Anthony of Padua preaching to the fishes', No. 6 from Des Knaben Wunderhorn). For the fourth movement, the composer draws on another song from Des Knaben Wunderhorn, No. 12, Urlicht ('Primeval Light'), preserving the vocal line while altering some of the orchestration and harmonic progressions. Gustav Mahler searched a long time for inspiration for the Finale, finding it eventually while listening to a choir sing a hymn during the funeral of the great conductor Hans von Bulow. The hymn was based on words by the poet Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, and Mahler resolved then and there to conclude his work with this hymn to resurrection, supplementing Klopstock's text with several verses of his own. Overall, then, Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2 opens with a meditation on death, and moves steadily through earthly life in all it's tenderness and irony to a proclamation of faith in the resurrection-the sole subject of the Finale-in which soloists, chorus and orchestra come together in a glorious gesture of reconciliation.","brand":"Naive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46174902616147,"sku":"2835113X","price":17.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/1937\/5187\/files\/4529775.jpg?v=1788772375"},{"product_id":"hourglass-3700187692384","title":"Hourglass","description":"Philip Glass, a towering figure in New York's musical life in the latter half of the twentieth century and an essential voice of the minimalist movement, crafted soundscapes that seem made for the screen. In 2002, the director Stephen Daldry commissioned him to compose the score for his new film The Hours, bringing together- in the roles of three women living in three different eras-none other than Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, and Meryl Streep. For this study on womanhood and the passage of time, the American composer devised a score that then became emblematic of his late style. It is a veritable manifesto of his expressive simplicity, in which layers and motifs are in constant, subtle transformation, giving rise to a richly wrought polyphonic universe that beguiles us with it's expansive sonic textures.  The rich score composed for Daldry was later distilled by Michael Riesman-musical director of the Philip Glass Ensemble and a close collaborator of the composer-into a three-movement suite for piano, strings, harp, and celesta, which is performed here by pianist Simone Dinnerstein and her New York ensemble, Baroklyn. Their expansive phrasing (Movement I), their serene assurance, and the intense sonority of the American pianist combine to highlight the music's almost classical elegance, as if it were a newly discovered Mozart concerto. Such a moving interpretation reflects the profound artistic bond that has united Simone Dinnerstein and Philip Glass for many years, an affinity poignantly captured in the photograph at the centre of the album, of their hands tenderly intertwined.  During the same recording session in May 2025, Baroklyn's musicians also immersed themselves in Tirol Concerto (2000), the first concerto that the composer wrote for piano, which is framed solely by strings. Two brief, fleeting movements in neo-Baroque vein enclose a broad elegy-music for an imagined film-threaded with numerous reminiscences of Glass's etudes for piano, which he began writing in 1994.  Simone Dinnerstein sees a natural affinity between the music of Philip Glass and that of J. S. Bach-one of her most ardent \"obsessions\" and the main foundation of her work with Baroklyn. In her view, the American composer shares many traits with the Cantor of Leipzig: a deeply polyphonic vision, a quest for the absolute independence of each line, and an abiding concern for the singing quality of musical phrases. Repetitive in essence, Glass's music here 'unfolds' with an extraordinarily generous breadth of spirit, under the capable hands of Simone Dinnerstein and her Baroklyn musicians.  25 FEBRUARY 2026","brand":"Naive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46199488446547,"sku":"2804373X","price":15.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/1937\/5187\/files\/4503296.jpg?v=1791432818"},{"product_id":"black-mozart-199957881494","title":"Black Mozart","description":"The second installment of the Batiste Piano Series sees multi-Grammy and Oscar winner Jon Batiste reinterpret Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's most beloved melodies as Black American classical music, infused with influences from jazz, rags, stride, blues and stomps. 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Set in the Scottish Highlands in the early 1970s, Breaking the Waves tells the story of Bess McNeill, a religious young woman with a deep love for her husband Jan, a handsome oil rig worker. When Jan becomes paralyzed in an off-shore accident, Bess's marital vows are put to the test as he encourages her to seek other lovers and return to his bedside to tell him of her sexual activities. He insists that the stories will feel like they are making love together and keep him alive. Bess's increasing selflessness leads to a finale of divine grace, but at great cost. Led by conductor Patrick Summers, the new recording features some of today's most compelling operatic voices, including Lauren Snouffer as Bess McNeill and Ryan McKinny as Jan Nyman. 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On his debut album, Charles Maxtone-Smith brings together some of it's finest treasures by three titans of the organ repertoire, namely Louis Vierne, Charles Tournemire, and Maurice Duruflé, making full use of the resources of Buckfast Abbey's Ruffatti instrument. Vierne's tumultuous Cinquième Symphonie explores chromaticism through his vivid imagining of two overarching themes which coalesce at the end into a triumphal conclusion. Charles Tournemire evokes the beating heart of French mysticism with his sensuous colour and harmony in an improvisation, later transcribed, on the Marian hymn \"Ave maris stella\". Vierne's carefully controlled musical forms and Tournemire's evocative expression are synthesised perfectly in the Maurice Duruflé's Prélude, Adagio et Choral varié, whose beauty and power celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.","brand":"Ad Fontes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46346824712275,"sku":"2827868X","price":25.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/1937\/5187\/files\/4522700.jpg?v=1789667131"},{"product_id":"abel-orchestral-concertante-chamber-works-5063758700504","title":"Abel: Orchestral, Concertante \u0026 Chamber Works","description":"Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787) was a German composer and virtuoso of the viola da gamba, remembered as one of the last great exponents of the instrument. Born in Kothen, he was the son of Christian Ferdinand Abel, a musician in the court orchestra once directed by J.S. Bach. Abel's early exposure to music within this distinguished environment shaped his refined style and command of counterpoint, while his career later flourished in London, where he became a prominent figure in the city's cultural life. Abel is best known for his partnership with Johann Christian Bach in organizing the famous Bach-Abel Concerts (1765-1781), the first subscription concerts in London, which greatly influenced the city's musical culture. These gatherings introduced audiences to both established and contemporary works, laying foundations for the public concert tradition. Abel's music reflects the elegance and clarity of the galant style, bridging the late Baroque and early Classical periods. His compositions emphasize lyrical melody, balanced phrasing, and transparent textures, qualities that made them appealing to both connoisseurs and amateur performers. This 3CD set offers reissues of successful Brilliant Classics recordings with works by Abel: works for flute and orchestra, a symphony, concertos for harpsichord, viola da gamba and orchestra, trio sonatas and sonatas for viola da gamba and B.C. Performers include Nordic Affect (Georgia Brown), La Spagna Baroque Orchestra (Alejandro Marias) and viola da gamba player Marco Casonato and Massimo Marchese (Theorbo). 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The album opens with a blistering take on Julius Eastman's legendary The Holy Presence of Joan d'Arc, which Heller arranged for ten bassoons based on the painstaking transcription of Eastman's 1981 live performance at The Kitchen (NYC) by cellist and composer Clarice Jensen. From there, Steve Reich's original Cello Counterpoint is reworked into Grand Street Counterpoint-again, for ten bassoons, with bassoon soloist-with Reich himself collaborating as co-producer.  Heller also commissioned three composers, all of whom have explored the modern intersection of avant-garde, jazz, experimental, and classical music, to contribute their distinctive voices to the project. Jessie Cox's Sonic Cartographies and Fay Victor's Nurture (for Ingram) both tap into a wellspring of deep inspiration (with Cox drawing from his fascination with sound and movement, and Victor from her poignant memories of jazz musician Ingram Washington), while Green's piece Righteous Rage gives the album it's title: a fiery and fierce exposition on the world we're leaving for the next generation.","brand":"Cantaloupe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46366698963027,"sku":"2833905X","price":19.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/1937\/5187\/files\/4528243.jpg?v=1790398958"},{"product_id":"les-quatre-saisons-du-quebec-722056295727","title":"Les Quatre Saisons du Quebec","description":"Inspired by the tradition of Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Francois Dompierre paints a rich musical portrait of Quebec's seasons in a new work for violin and string orchestra led by Francis Choiniere.","brand":"Atma Classique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50440040644691,"sku":"2835054X","price":13.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/1937\/5187\/files\/4529698_c52b656c-95c1-4ea6-956d-e2db2af04a80.jpg?v=1790359937"},{"product_id":"stranger-things-piano-works-from-a-young-refugee-s-backpack-808857371874","title":"Stranger Things - Piano Works From a Young Refugee’s Backpack","description":"On STRANGER THINGS, pianist and composer Inna Faliks reflects on the musical forces that have shaped her artistic voice. 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