After coming to prominence as resident organistof the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Iveta Apkalnahas most recently been to the Far East, where in2018 she inaugurated Asia's largest concert organin Kaohsiung, Taiwan. She has now recorded hernew album on the organ at the NationalKaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying). It isan impressive instrument: Almost 10,000 pipes inover 120 registers, located in a twin organ. On theright-hand half of the stage is the great symphonicorgan, which recreates the aesthetic timbre of theFrench Romantic style. And on the left there is thesmaller "echo organ", oriented on the GermanBaroque repertoire. On this new album, IvetaApkalna has compiled a programme that unitesthe two organs by placing the focus on the FrenchRomantic style and making a brief foray to thefather of organ music, J.S. Bach. UPC: 885470014210Label: Berlin ClassicsRelease Date: 4.24.26Format: CD
In this recital, prize-winning Canadian pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko explores the evolving language, dramatic breadth and technical daring of Alexander Scriabin's piano works. The album charts the remarkable evolution of Scriabin's musical language from his earliest pieces, to the sensual, volatile Piano Sonata No. 5, which stands at the summit of Scriabin's creative trajectory. As a resonant counterpart, Izik-Dzurko plays Rachmaninov's brooding Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor. A digital-only release of four early piano works by Scriabin is also available on 9.70408. UPC: 747313465873Label: NaxosRelease Date: 4.24.26Format: CD
Jack Brymer's work is well represented on record as an outstanding orchestral player and concerto soloist. He also made appearances directing The London Wind Soloists on the Decca label in the 1960s, notably in the five LP set of Mozart Complete Wind Music (1963). But of his recital work with piano there is very little apart from a Discourses LP release, and the Nimbus album recorded in October 1973 and released in 1979. This recital contained two cornerstones of Brymer's repertoire, one or both of them invariably included in virtually every concert he gave, Weber's 'Grand Duo Concertant' and Brahms' F minor Sonata. The LP remained in the catalogue until Nimbus closed it's LP manufacturing in the early 1980s. The present issue is the first reissue in any format. The session notes show an entirely trouble-free couple of days. They include ideas for further projects, listing music by Schubert, Brahms, Poulenc and Hindemith, but no return visits occurred at this time. UPC: 0710357712128Label: Nimbus RecordsRelease Date: 6.5.26Format: CD
We do not know precisely the date of birth and death of Gaetano Sborgi, a composer who lived between the second half of the eighteenth century and the beginning of the nineteenth. We can say with reasonable certainty that Sborgi was born in Florence, as in the frontispiece of his sonatas he states that he is Florentine. Sborgi was chapel master and piano-forte teacher at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts in Florence. He studied with his brother (or father according to Picchianti) Gasparo and then moved to Naples in the Conservatory of S. Onofrio, where he had Marco Santucci as a companion and where he stayed for seventeen years. Back in Florence "he made himself known.... with several of his theatrical pieces of real good taste, and in others of different kinds. He had three works of piano sonatas printed, which show his genius and talent". Six harpsichord sonatas dedicated to Lorenzo Niccolini, ciamberlano of Peter Leopold i and Ferdinand iii, can be included in the context of those compositions that show the gradual transition from the traditional harpsichord with plucked strings to the new conception, piano et forte, with struck strings. Jacopo Sibilia uses a copy of a 1783 Stein fortepiano, which can be played with two different types of action, in order to make the performance more expressive and harmonious. UPC: 8007194108439Label: Tactus RecordsRelease Date: 4.17.26Format: CD
In the Netherlands in the first half of the 19th century, musical life was still in it's infancy. There were no orchestras of international stature, and the dividing line between the inspired amateur and the professional musician was as yet unclear. Two musicians, Johann Wilhelm Wilms (1772-1847) and Johannes Meinardus Coenen (1824-1899), played an important role in the gradual establishment of a professional musical life. Johann Wilms may be counted among the leading Dutch composers of his generation. His many activities as a composer, musician, organist and organizer have been of invaluable importance to musical life in the Netherlands. Wilms is chiefly remembered as the composer of Wien Neêrlands bloed, which served as the Dutch national anthem before Wilhelmus. Wilms' compositions were published in Germany, Britain and Denmark as well as the Netherlands. In his Concertino in G minor for flute and orchestra (c.1814), Wilms balances on the borderline between the classical and the romantic. At times, the piece displays a Beethovian flair.Theodoor Verhey (1848-1929) seems to have been of a somewhat less ambitious disposition than Johann Wilms or Johan Coenen. Alter attending the School of Music in his home town Rotterdam and the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, Verhey studied for four years with Woldemar Bargiel, a stepbrother of Clara Schumann and a member of the Leipzig circle around Schumann, Brahms and Joachim.Verhey's music moves comfortably within the musical conventions of his day. He preferred to use classical forms and harmonies. The strength of his flute concertos lies in their almost disarming simplicity and in the efficient vehicle they provides for the flute to show off it's expressive powers through the registers in a virtuoso display. The gypsy manner ('alla zingara'), which Verhey often uses, naturally invites such a display.Played with great virtuosity, flair and sensitivity by Jacques Zoon, one of the world's foremost flute players. He was solo flutist of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the Luzern Festival Orchestra (handpicked by Claudio Abbado) and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. UPC: 5063758970044Label: Brilliant ClassicsRelease Date: 4.17.26Format: CD
When one first imagines the sound of a magisterial bass voice and a pipe organ, one cannot help but image some sort of glorious Vox Dei pronouncing eternal truths from the numinous beyond, but in this extraordinary recital from Danish-Spanish organist and composer and acclaimed Danish bass-baritone Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Eros and Agape are twined and intertwined. Three incredibly different song cycles from three outstanding Danish composers explore this unique sound world; the late Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen is represented in what may well be his musical Last Will and Testament, a set of transcriptions from his opera Sun Rises, Sun Sets based on the Biblical Song of Solomon. Bent Lorentzen, one of the key figures and pioneers of early Danish electronic music explores the themes of love, sensual and divine in a manner somewhat reminiscent of a Nordic Messiaen in his song cycle Erotic Hymns. Our recital concludes with Nicolai Worsaae's emotionally (and sonically) devastating theater piece for bass voice and organ, A Shipwreck, which explores the themes of life, death, and resurrection, pushing the magnificent organ at Our Saviour's Church (Vor Frelsers Kirke), Copenhagen to it's expressive limits, all captured vividly by one of Denmark's most celebrated recording engineers, Preben Iwan.A MUST HEAR for vocal and organ aficionados! UPC: 0636943693520Label: Our RecordingsRelease Date: 4.3.26Format: CD
When one first imagines the sound of a magisterial bass voice and a pipe organ, one cannot help but imagine some sort of glorious Vox Dei pronouncing eternal truths from the numinous beyond, but in this extraordinary recital from Danish-Spanish organist and composer and acclaimed Danish bass-baritone Jakob Bloch Jespersen, Eros and Agape are twined and intertwined. Three incredibly different song cycles from three outstanding Danish composers explore this unique sound world; the late Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen is represented in what may well be his musical Last Will and Testament, a set of transcriptions from his opera Sun Rises, Sun Sets, based on the Biblical Song of Solomon. Bent Lorentzen, one of the key figures and pioneers of early Danish electronic music, explores the themes of love, sensual, and divine in a manner somewhat reminiscent of a Nordic Messiaen in his song cycle Erotic Hymns. Our recital concludes with Nicolai Worsaae's emotionally (and sonically) devastating theatre piece for bass voice and organ, A Shipwreck, which explores the themes of life, death, and resurrection, pushing the magnificent organ at Our Saviour's Church (Vor Frelsers Kirke), Copenhagen, to it's expressive limits, all captured vividly by one of Denmark's most celebrated recording engineers, Preben Iwan.A MUST HEAR for vocal and organ aficionados! UPC: 636943693520Label: Our RecordingsRelease Date: 4.17.26Format: CD
This recording is a live recording of Niccolo Jommelli's one-act opera La Critica from the Order Hall of Ludwigsburg Palace on November 20, 2016. The Austrian ensemble Concerto Stella Matutina, conducted by Thomas Platzgummer, presents the rediscovery of this brilliantly triumphant parody of opera seria with a cast of outstanding singers in fine form, including tenor Jan Petryka and soprano Marie-Sophie Pollak. It is a real pleasure to listen to them! UPC: 4260307431792Label: Fra BernardoRelease Date: 5.15.26Format: CD
During the long, uneasy days of the Covid Pandemic, I listened to radio dramas of the 1940's and 50's. These tales of extortion, infidelity and murder were filled with ominous organ hits, creaking doors, stilted dialog and droll one-liners; a mix of the deadly serious with the absurd.Radio Noir recalls the strange pandemic mood of dusk encroaching and isolation. ___Joseph M. Levin UPC: 044747418124Label: CentaurRelease Date: 4.17.26Format: CD
Shostakovich's Sixth and Ninth Symphonies stand as sharply contrasting yet deeply connected reflections of a century scarred by violence, fear, and forced optimism. The Sixth Symphony, composed in 1939 at the height of Stalin's Great Terror, opens with a vast, searing Largo that unfolds like a requiem for a silenced society-mourning lost friends, broken lives, and collective suffering. It's bleak introspection is followed by movements of icy detachment and grotesque parody, where frantic energy and empty cheer mask a profound spiritual void. Through this unsettling trajectory, Shostakovich speaks with "secret freedom," revealing a truth that words could not safely express: a tragic meditation on human dignity under oppression.Written in 1945, the Ninth Symphony defies expectations of monumental victory music. Instead of triumphal bombast, Shostakovich offers a compact, ironic, and life-affirming work, brimming with wit, clarity, and subtle defiance. Beneath it's Haydnesque lightness and carnival spirit linger shadows of war, grief, and memory-solemn brass rituals, elegiac melodies, and moments of fragile reflection. In this recording, the Janácek Philharmonic Orchestra and Daniel Raiskin illuminate the symphonies' dual nature: tragedy entwined with irony, joy haunted by loss. Together, these works form a powerful portrait of resilience, humanity, and artistic truth in the face of history's darkest pressures. UPC: 608917200430Label: Challenge ClassicsRelease Date: 5.1.26Format: CD
Danish Dynamite! The Danish Quartet, established in the 1930s, was quite famous for more than two decades in Denmark as well as abroad. Many composers wrote music for their nontraditional setting, such as, on this album, Niels Viggo Bentzon, Fini Henriques, Herman D. Koppel, Otto Mortensen, and Knudage Riisager. With one exception (Riisager) it is all world premiere recordings performed by today's highly ranked and award-winning Swedish-Danish musicians: Janne Thomsen (flute), Cecilia Zilliacus (violin), Andreas Brantelid (cello), and Bengt Forsberg (piano). UPC: 7393787262215Label: Db ProductionsRelease Date: 4.3.26Format: CD
With Magische Töne, Jonas Kaufmann returns to the world of operetta and late Romantic opera, presenting a collection of some of the genre's most beautiful and beloved melodies. Recorded in Budapest with the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra under the baton of Dirk Kaftan, the album celebrates the rich musical heritage of the Austro Hungarian Empire (1867-1918). The new recording brings together perennial favourites by Emmerich Kálmán, Franz Lehár, and Paul Abraham, alongside lesser known treasures such as Bob's entrance aria from Jeno Huszka's (Bob Herceg). Several duets enrich the programme further, including the sparkling "Komm mit nach Varasdin" from Gräfin Mariza, performed with soprano Nikola Hillebrand, one of today's most sought after voices. Among the collection's highlights are the two opera arias "Hazám, hazám" from Ferenc Erkel's Bánk bán and the album's title track, "Magische Töne" from Karl Goldmark's Die Königin von Saba. These works demonstrate Kaufmann's versatility across contrasting styles and vocal demands, resulting in a glowing tribute to a cosmopolitan era of European music. UPC: 199584135427Label: MasterworksRelease Date: 4.10.26Format: CD
'Nothing short of phenomenal' (Fanfare), British-American clarinettist Jean Johnson makes her Linn debut with her partner and husband, pianist Steven Osborne. A keen chamber musician, who has performed in some of the world's finest venues, Jean has assembled a programme of luscious Romantic works. Albeit not included in this recital, Brahms serves as the link to all four works. Gustav Jenner was his only long-term pupil; the teacher's stylistic shadow can be sensed in Jenner's Clarinet Sonata, an ambitious work showcasing the instrument's innate mellifluousness. Robert and Clara Schumann were Brahms's friends and mentors, and Jean has recorded arrangements of their beautiful Romances. Weber aptly closes the recital - Brahms delayed his retirement after hearing his clarinet concerto - with the Grand Duo Concertant. UPC: 691062076326Label: Linn RecordsRelease Date: 4.10.26Format: CD
Dr. Jerzy Kosmala, internationally acclaimed as a concert violist and pedagogue, has concertized throughout Europe, the former Soviet Union, Canada, North and South America, Asia, and South Africa, and has recordings on several record labels. He is a frequent guest artist and performer at the world's foremost festivals, International Viola Congresses, universities, and academies, and is a permanent jury member of virtually all of the most prestigious international competitions, including the Lionel Tertis, Geneva, Munich, Markneukirchen, Trapani, Primrose Viola Competition, Brahms Viola Competition, and the Concert Artist Guild International Competition in New York City. UPC: 044747418223Label: CentaurRelease Date: 5.1.26Format: CD
Jinhyung Park, winner of the 2023 Jaen Prize International Piano Competition, explores the multifaceted nature of his instrument in this meeting of three 19th-century masters. Brahms' Handel Variations - a birthday gift to Clara Schumann - employs an infinite variety of pianistic and motivic devices, while Granados' Los requiebros is a dazzling interpretation of the Spanish jota folk dance. Dvorak's formidable Second Piano Quintet is swept along by an enveloping lyricism that distils the very spirit of the composer. UPC: 747313467273Label: NaxosRelease Date: 4.10.26Format: CD
With "Beethoven for Flute and Piano - Part II", audite continues it's CD series exploring the composer's contributions to this instrumentation. While the first release, "But in my style!", focused on the late works, this new double album turns to the composer's early Viennese period.Here, the flute does not appear merely as an ad libitum instrument, but takes centre stage as the tonal focus of both original compositions and arrangements. The spectrum ranges from a version revised and authorised by Beethoven himself to adaptations by Friedrich Hermann. In this way, the selection also offers a glimpse into the historical reception of his music. Together with the first volume, it presents a richly varied panorama of Beethoven's oeuvre for flute and piano. UPC: 4022143978240Label: AuditeRelease Date: 4.17.26Format: CD
Born in 1626, John Dowland was an English Renaissance composer, lutenist, and singer, often regarded as one of the greatest masters of the lute song. His melancholic music, filled with deep emotional expression, perfectly captures the mood of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras. His famous works include the Bookes of Songes or Ayres and Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares, featuring pieces like "Flow my tears" and "Come heavy sleep". Dowland's compositions are characterized by their exquisite balance between poignant vocal melodies and intricate lute accompaniments, as well as his virtuosic solo lute pieces, which are still staples in the repertoire today.
Tracklist:
The First Booke of Songes: IX. Go Crystall Teares
The First Booke of Songes: XIX. Awake, Sweet Love
The First Booke of Songes: XVIII. His Golden Locks Time Hath to Silver Turn'd
The First Booke of Songes: VI. Now, O Now
The Second Booke of Songes: XVII. a Shepherd in a Shade Is Plaining Made
The Third Booke of Songs: IX. What If I Never Speede
Lamentatio Henrici Noel: The Lamentation of a Sinner
Lamentatio Henrici Noel: Domine Ne in Furore
Lamentatio Henrici Noel: Miserere Mei Deus
Lamentatio Henrici Noel: The Humble Sute of a Sinner
Lamentatio Henrici Noel: The Complaint of a Sinner
Lamentatio Henrici Noel: de Profundis
Lamentatio Henrici Noel: Domine Exaudi
A Pilgrimes Solace: Disdaine Me Still
A Pilgrimes Solace: Tell Me True Love
A Pilgrimes Solace: Thou Mighty God (The First Part)
A Pilgrimes Solace: When Davids Life By Saul (The Second Part)
A Pilgrimes Solace: When the Poore Criple (The Third Part)
A Pilgrimes Solace: Welcome Black Night
A Pilgrimes Solace: Cease These False Sports
A Shepherd in a Shade
Where Sin Sore Wounding
The Third Booke of Songes: No. 7 Say, Love, If Ever Thou Didst Find
The Second Book of Songes: No. 12 Fine Knacks for Ladies
The Firste Booke of Songes: No. 17, Come Again Sweet Love
The Firste Booke of Songes: No. 17, Come Again, Sweet Love Doth Now Invite
A Pilgrimes Solace: No. 9, Goe Nightly Cares, the Enemy to Rest
La Mia Barbara, Pavan, P. 95
The Firste Booke of Songes: No. 4, If My Complaints Could Passions Move
The Firste Booke of Songes: No. 19, Awake, Sweet Love
A Pilgrimes Solace: No. 10, from Silent Night, True Register of Moanes
The Right Honourable Robert, Earl of Essex, His Galliard, P. 42, "Can She Excuse"
Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: No. 19, Mr. Bucton's Galliard
Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: No. 17, Mr. Thomas Collier His Galliard
Ensemble a Musicall Banquet: X. in Darkness Let Me Dwell
The Second Book of Songes: No. 2, Flow My Tears
The Frog Galliard, P. 23
Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: No. 18, Captain Digorie Piper His Galliard
The Firste Booke of Songes: No. 11, Come Away, Come Sweet Love
Lord Strang's March, P. 65 (Arr. By Jacob Heringman)
The Second Book of Songes: No. 12, Fine Knacks for Ladies (Arr. Heringman)
Lachrimae, or Seven Tears: No. 20, Mistress Nichols Almand (Arr. Heringman)
A Pilgrimes Solace: No. 11, Lasso Vita Mia Mi Fa Morire
The Second Book of Songes: No. 3, Sorrow, Sorrow, Stay, Lend True Repentant Tears
Fantasia in G Major, P. 1
The Third Booke of Songes: No. 2, Time Stands Still
Psalm C. "Be Thou, O God, Exalted High"
Lady Laiton's Almain, P. 48
Second Book of Songs: No. 22, Humor Say What Makst Thou Heere
The Most Sacred Queene Elizabeth Her Galliard, P. 41
Third Book of Ayres: No. 7, Say, Love, If Ever Thou Didst Find
Galliard, P. 24 "Awake, Sweet Love"
First Book of Songs: No. 7, Come Away, Come Sweet Love
First Book of Songs: No. 13, Sleep, Wayward Thoughts
First Book of Songs: No. 20, Come, Heavy Sleep
First Book of Songs: No. 4, If My Complaints Could Passions Move
Pavan a 4
First Book of Songs: No. 5, Can She Excuse My Wrongs
Lady, If You So Spite Me
First Book of Songs: No. 17, Come Again, Sweet Love Doth Now Invite
First Book of Songs: No. 9, Go, Crystal Tears
A Pilgrimes Solace: No. 7, Stay, Time, Awhile Thy Flying
A Pilgrimes Solace: No. 13, If That a Sinner's Sighs
Third Book of Songs: No. 15, Weep You No More, Sad Fountains
Lachrimae: No. 21, Mr. George Whitehead His Almand
First Book of Songs: No. 15, with You, Unkind, Thus Reave Me
Tarletone's Riserrectione, P. 59
Far from Triumphing Court
A Pilgrimes Solace: No. 11, Lasso Vita Mia
The Frog Galliard, P. 23
First Book of Songs: No. 6, Now O Now I Needs Must Part
Third Book of Songs: No. 14, Farewell Unkind, Farewell
The First Booke of Songes or Ayres: Awake, Sweet Love (The First Booke of Songes)
Can She Excuse My Wrongs? (The First Booke of Songes or Ayres)
All Ye Whom Love or Fortune
The First Booke of Songs or Ayres: Dear, If You Change
Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares: Semper Dowland Semper Dolens
Mister Dowland's Midnight (Orpharion)
The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres: Sorrow, Stay!
The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres: Die Not Before Thy Day
The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres: Mourn! Mourn!
Woeful Heart (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)
Now Cease My Wand'ring Eyes
The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Ayres: Behold a Wonder Here
The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Ayres: The Lowest Trees
Me, Me and None But Me (The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires)
The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Ayres: Farewell, Too Fair
The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Ayres: Earl of Derby His Galliard
The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Ayres: Mistress Winter's Jump
A Pilgrim's Solace: Stay, Time
A Pilgrim's Solace: Shall I Strive
A Pilgrimes Solace: Thou Mighty God
Fine Knacks for Ladies
In Darkness Let Me Dwell
Flow My Tears
Sorrow, Sorrow Stay
Sweete Stay a While, Why Will You? from a Pilgrimes Solace
Clear or Cloudy
I Saw My Lady Weepe from the Second Booke of Songs or Ayres
Come Away, Come Sweet Loue from the First Book of Songs or Ayres
Semper Dowland Semper Dolens from Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares
I Must Complain
Charles Daniels/Flow, My Tears (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)
Charles Daniels/Shall I Sue? (The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres)
All Ye Whom Love or Fortune
What Poor Stronomers Are They
The Earle of Essex Galiard from Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares
Now Cease My Wand'ring Eyes
Flow Not So Fast Ye Fountains
Charles Daniels/Me, Me and None But Me (The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires)
Come Heauy Sleepe from the First Book of Songs or Ayres
A Fantasia P 1
Thou Mighty God from a Pilgrimes Solace
When David's Life
When the Poor Cripple
Second Book of Songs: No. 2, Flow My Tears
A Musicall Banquet: No. 3, in Darkness Let Me Dwell
The Firste Booke of Songes: No. 17, Come Again! Sweet Love Doth Now Invite
The First Booke of Songes or Ayres: No. 11, Come Away, Come Sweet Love
The First Booke of Songes or Ayres: No. 20, Come Heavy Sleep
The First Booke of Songes or Ayres: No. 15, Wilt Thou Unkind Thus Reave Me?
The First Booke of Songes or Ayres: No. 4, If My Complaints Could Passions Move
The First Booke of Songes or Ayres: No. 3, My Thoughts Are Winged with Hopes
The First Booke of Songes or Ayres: No. 19, Awake Sweet Love
The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres: No. 3, Sorrow, Stay
The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres: No. 12, Fine Knacks for Ladies
The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres: No. 2, Flow My Tears
The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres: No. 19, Shall I Sue
The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres: No. 1, I Saw My Lady Weep
The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Ayres: No. 6, When Phoebus First Did Daphne Love
The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Ayres: No. 7, Say, Love, If Ever Thou Didst Find
The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Ayres: No. 16, Fie on This Feigning
The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Ayres: No. 15, Weep You No More Sad Fountains
A Pilgrimes Solace: No. 4, Love Those Beams
A Pilgrimes Solace: No. 2, Sweet Stay Awhile
A Pilgrimes Solace: No. 3, to Ask for All Thy Love
A Pilgrimes Solace: No. 6, Were Every Thought An Eye
A Pilgrimes Solace: No. 5, Shall I Strive with Words
UPC: 5021732973900Label: Warner ClassicsRelease Date: 3.20.26Format: CD
The piano duo Jonas Hain & Robert Gromotka are joined by cello and violin for added depth and color in this new release. It is a concept album exploring human relationships and the invisible spaces between two people, blending neoclassical clarity with cinematic intensity, creating emotionally resonant soundscapes. Each composition captures moments of closeness, distance, and reflection. For fans of Nils Frahm, Max Richter, and Olafur Arnalds - intimate, poetic, and moving. UPC: 885470044279Label: Neue MeisterRelease Date: 4.17.26Format: CD
David Hackbridge Johnson, born near London in 1963, is an all-round musician - not only a prolific composer but also a conductor, violinist, singer, pianist, jazz drummer and poet. Both works in this album, recorded under the baton of the composer, have extra-musical stimuli. The Piano Concerto evokes the Kafkaesque fantasy world and tragic fate of the Polish-Jewish writer and artist Bruno Schulz, a victim of Nazi oppression - and it also marks the early death of another uniquely gifted individual, since it was written for Jonathan Powell, whose last recording it became. The Symphony, taking it's lead from earlier composers like Bax, Britten and Vaughan Williams, is a response to the English landscape, as seen through the paintings of a number of artists whose work Hackbridge Johnson esteems - it's colours and moods changing as kaleidoscopically as nature itself. UPC: 5060113448033Label: ToccataRelease Date: 6.5.26Format: CD
"Die Kunst der Fuge" (The Art of Fugue) is the fifth album in the Bach series by Jorg Halubek and his ensemble il Gusto Barocco - the think tank for the music baroque master Johann Sebastian Bach. The new recording is led by Jorg Halubek, who plays the historic German Silbermann Organ from 1737. Together with the Early Music ensemble il Gusto Barocco, they present a unique interpretation of the world famous Bach composition "The Art of Fugue". UPC: 885470036212Label: Berlin ClassicsRelease Date: 3.27.26Format: CD
With Organ Landscapes X (Leipzig), renowned organist and Baroque specialist Jorg Halubek concludes his acclaimed album series Organ Landscapes. The tenth and final chapter of a fascinating journey of discovery to Germany's great historic organs. The crowning finale takes us to what is probably the most important place in organ history: St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, where Johann Sebastian Bach worked and made music history. Here, the magnificent Sauer organ (1889/1908) resounds-an instrument of unique tonal depth, which Halubek brings to life with masterful sensitivity and Baroque expressiveness. This album is not only a musical highlight, but also a worthy conclusion to an ambitious project that celebrates the diversity and beauty of the German organ landscape. UPC: 885470036205Label: Berlin ClassicsRelease Date: 4.17.26Format: CD
Under the title "Bach Organ Landscapes", a new complete recording of Bach's organ works will be released over the next few years. It is based on ten historical organ builders who were relevant to Johann Sebastian Bach. With no other instrument like the organ are space and sound so closely linked. The further we look back into the history of music, the more regional developments play a role. Traveling has been part of the world of organists from the very beginning. UPC: 885470020846Label: Berlin ClassicsRelease Date: 4.24.26Format: CD
