This is Japanese violinist Lisa Oshima debut CD for Quartz. She says of the Violin Sonata: “'This is a very special sonata'. With a serious expression my professor, Dr. Andrievsky, spoke these words to me. From his voice I sensed a feeling of sorrow.

2 Flute Summit: Live Session is the second album from HR Recordings with flute player Avichai Ornoy. On this album he joins forces with Mattan Klein, Sean Clapis, Francisco Loque and Daniel González.

Their second album for Signum Classics, Christopher Gabbitas and the Phoenix Chorale present ‘Sun Moon Stars Rain’ – a new album of vocal works all linking how these pivotal elements shape our cultures, beliefs, and understanding of the world.

Elton John English singer-songwriter, composer and pianist, born March 25, 1947, Pinner, Middlesex.
Elton John has been one of the dominant forces in rock and popular music, especially during the 1970s. He has sold over 200 million records, making him one of the most successful artists of all time. He has more than 50 Top 40 hits including seven consecutive No. 1 U.S. albums, 59 Top 40 singles, 16 Top 10, four No. 2 hits, and nine No. 1 hits. He has won five Grammy awards and two Academy Awards. His success has had a profound impact on popular music and has contributed to the continued popularity of the piano in rock and roll.

With the energy of a jet engine, violinist Oscar Bohórquez and pianist Frank Braley dive into a whirlwind exploration of unknown and thrilling American repertoire.

Take a foundation of classical composition, add a whole lot of jazz influence, and sprinkle in some Bob Dylan and Grateful Dead and you get FILLMORE STREET/LITTLE WOODSTAR, a walloping one-two punch of works for jazz and studio orchestra by composer Sasha Matson.

The songs on this album come from a unique and extraordinary period of our history, between the 13th and 14th centuries, which saw the rise of Comuni and Signorie in central-northern Italy: in the years of truce after the end of struggles between the Empire and the Papacy, Italian national sentiment flared up in great spiritual, artistic, political and social fervor.

"In Jene lebt sich's bene" ("In Jena, life is good") - as students sang in Jena in our great-grandfathers' days, so too does the award-winning vocal ensemble Octavians on their third GENUIN album.

Arriving ten years after the single-disc Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits (known as Rocket Man: Number Ones in North America) and 15 years after the double-disc Greatest Hits 1970-2002, Diamonds ups the game by offering two variations on Elton John's greatest hits: a double-CD version and a limited-edition triple-disc box set.

Eva Zalenga, winner of the German Music Competition, makes her GENUIN debut with an album featuring colorful and striking music for soprano and diverse instrumental ensembles.

In 2024 and 2025, the Eliot Quartett will perform all 15 quartets by Dmitri Shostakovich, combining them with works by other composers thematically connected to Shostakovich’s music.

A child prodigy on tour: Instead of bringing home holiday snapshots, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart returned with brilliant compositions, transforming the music and experiences he encountered on his travels into something uniquely his own.

On February 7, 2025, Dina Grundberg releases her second album. On the follow-up Otäckt överkänslig she has arranged for a larger ensemble and collaborates with nine musicians.

“This is the best of me,” wrote Edward Elgar in 1900 at the end of the manuscript of The Dream of Gerontius.

The latest release from the internationally acclaimed, multi-award-winning Danish National Vocal Ensemble marks an extraordinary milestone in the choir’s history with the appointment of their new Chief Conductor, Martina Batič.