The soundboard is painted with flowers, fruits, and animals and decorated with a typical light-blue ornamental border. Around the soundboard, the walls are adorned with block-printed wallpaper. The lid contains a landscape painting, which was added later, an idyllic stream landscape with four staffage figures: The observer watches a boy gazing intently into the water, a young woman carrying provisions or something similar home, and a couple, who are also only visible from behind. A bridge and a mill enliven the rural scene.' If the corresponding technical terms 'soundboard,' 'ornamental border,' or 'lid' were missing, the reader would hardly associate this vivid, florid description with a keyboard instrument. In such a manner, the renowned harpsichordist and expert in historical performance practice and basso continuo, Wolfgang Brunner, describes the instrument dated 1628 by Andreas Ruckers, from the Flemish harpsichord-making dynasty of the Ruckers family, which is heard on this recording featuring the six French Suites by J. S. Bach. UPC: 9003643100077Label: GramolaRelease Date: 11.20.26Format: Vinyl
Babe: Elaboratio is Harry Connick Jr.'s most personal work to date: a 50-minute orchestral piece for piano, big band, and full orchestra, written as a tribute to his mother. Connick was ten years old when his mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer; she died three years later, when he was thirteen. Sweeping in scope and deeply intimate in origin, Babe: Elaboratio finds Connick moving beyond the stage to reveal a side of his story he's never shared before - the private grief, memory, and devotion behind the music. Whether you know Harry Connick Jr. As a Grammy- and Emmy-winning vocalist, pianist, actor, or bandleader, Babe: Elaboratio stands apart as a singular artistic statement - a son's musical love letter to his mother, four and a half decades in the making.
Tracklist:
New York
Nouasseur
New Orleans
UPC: 881453593703Label: Mindfish Music LlcRelease Date: 11.13.26Format: Vinyl
Burning Song, composer and organist Kali Malone's first new album since 2024's All Life Long, represents a transformation in her compositional strategy towards a process that is intuitive and direct. The album was recorded at the historic Thomaskirche in Leipzig, Germany, where J.S. Bach was cantor for the last 27 years of his life; his body rests beneath the sanctuary. Malone is the first musician to perform contemporary works on the church's Bach Organ, an instrument completed in 2000 but with bespoke tuning and temperament systems based on historical norms of the baroque period. She is joined by Lucy Railton on cello and Stephen O'Malley on bowed acoustic guitar, the same trio that honed a profound connection based on deep listening through the development of Malone's work Does Spring Hide It's Joy. Chord follows chord, each in slow succession, emerging like stones of various shades and shapes on a winding path. The trio moves as one, stepwise, through passages that are alternately ambiguous and radiant, at times triumphant as the tones rise towards the organ's upper register.The first half of Burning Song was commissioned for the 2023 Venice Music Biennale and presented at the remarkably ornate San Pietro di Castello. Initial seeds of these pieces were developed on a piano backstage at Bozar in Brussels following a solo electronic performance, long after the audience and staff had departed. The album's final three pieces were composed swiftly in the month preceding the recording session in 2025, their stately progressions emerging within her mind's ear with a sense of ease and inevitability, hovering in the moment just before understanding, where revelation lives. The album's final piece, "My Eve My Dawn," represents a clear vision of this process; foregrounding the cohesion between endings and beginnings, it moves through passages of sadness and joy, the linking tones offering a sense of continuity, and thus of acceptance. The freedom found in the process of composing and realizing Burning Song is one that opens innumerable doors of possibility. In the fertility of ashes grows whatever comes next.
Tracklist:
Grieving Figure
Map The Path
Bells On A Branch
Crawling Ashore
Sounding A Void
Heavy With Fruit
My Eve My Dawn
UPC: 647581409305Label: Ideologic OrganRelease Date: 10.30.26Format: Vinyl
Geoff Kirkwood (Man Power)I'd gained some notoriety as a music producer and DJ but I hit a horrible case of writers block around 2018. Later, in the middle of lockdown, I was emboldened enough to apply for an artist in residence position at a big regional opera house. I submitted a ridiculously ambitious plan for what I would like to do as a project, and to my absolute shock I was selected for the position. I got as far as suggesting writing a full symphony to be performed by an orchestra. The biggest issue for me, beyond raising the money to pay for everything, was how does a person actually write a symphony?I was introduced to Fiona Brice, a multi instrumentalist and orchestral arranger. She's also a recording artist who releases on Bella Union. On top of that, she's a violinist who used to be part of the band Placebo and who used to appear regularly playing for other bands on things like Top of the Pops. Not only was Fiona uniquely placed to not look down on the strange provenance of someone from an acid house background wanting to write a symphony, but more to the point we really hit it off from day one. Fiona coached me in the essentials of writing for an orchestra, and then I went off and wrote the 8 movements.I'd love to say I labored for years over this bit, but it took about 2 weeks in total. I'd also love to say what I wrote was a complete symphony, but the version of this which is solely me feels like looking at something without your glasses on. The shape, feel, and borders were all there, but the definition was absent. Fiona taught me the broad language of a symphony, but without her it would have lacked all intonation, nuance, and detail. Where I had shaped ideas with a hammer, she brought out my meaning with precision using a scalpel. I think the prodigiously quick turnaround for the music is as much proof of how conceptually and musically aligned Fiona and I are. I know we're both incredibly proud of what we've created.The work itself is inspired by the working class experience, but it's also a comment on how we get to decide what we are and how we're defined, and we get to choose what we do to prove these things. The original recording was contractually impossible to ever share again, so we re-recorded it. In many ways it's a record that feels like it shouldn't exist, which is why we're all so happy that it does. UPC: 5050580878860Label: Athens Of The NorthRelease Date: 9.18.26Format: Vinyl
Another fine Pfeiffer / Chase / Heiftez collaboration. Throw in Hendl conducting the Dallas Symphony Orchestra on the Rozsa Violin Concerto and Izler conducting the RCAVVO on Benjamin's Romantic Fantasy and you've got a winner. The result? Not to be missed!For classical enthusiasts and collectors alike, this album represents the essence of what made RCA's Living Stereo series legendary: great artists at their peak, captured in sound that has stood the test of time.Mastered by Bernie Grundman from the original master tape, cut at 45 RPM and plated and pressed at Quality Record Pressings - makers of the world's finest-sounding vinyl LPs. No other editions match these for the quietest 180-gram platters available. Each reissue in the RCA Living Stereo 45 RPM Series also includes a special 2-panel insert.RCA Living Stereo classical LPs - the gold standard for top quality orchestral performance and sound!Part of the Analogue Productions RCA Living Stereo 45 RPM Series!Remastered from the original master tape and cut at 45 RPM by Bernie GrundmanIncludes 2-panel insert180-gram vinyl 45 RPM double LP pressed at Quality Record Pressings UPC: 753088276774Label: Analogue Prod.Release Date: 8.28.26Format: Vinyl
(2-LP set) Recorded at Kingsway Hall and engineered by Kenneth Wilkinson, this record couples Moussorgsky's Pictures at An Exhibition with Night on Bare Mountain. It has long been considered among the greatest sounding records ever made. Perhaps most stunning about Power of the Orchestra are the effortless dynamics, which have been reviewed and raved about ever since the first RCA shaded dog. From the teeny, tiny, itsy, bitsy gentle plucks of strings to the power of a full orchestra without a bit of notice. It's heart-stopping, jump-out-of-your-seat-type dynamics. The Power of the Orchestra - a more appropriate title there never was. UPC: 753088265976Label: Analogue Prod.Release Date: 8.28.26Format: Vinyl
German/American violinist David Garrett's new Deutsche Grammophon recording, Immortal, is a deeply personal project dedicated to the enduring legacy of classical music. The album pays tribute to some of history's greatest composers, including W.A. Mozart, Claude Debussy and John Williams, reimagining their works through a contemporary yet profound human lens. Each piece has been meticulously crafted, reflecting David's deep musical understanding and unwavering commitment to authenticity. "If we talk about things that come close to immortality, art - especially music - stands out as something that endures over time and approaches the idea of being immortal," David reflects. "Over the past twelve months, I made it my responsibility to do each composer justice in the way I approached their work." Standard Edition in CD jewel case features 20 tracks.
Tracklist:
Beau Soir
Jesus Bleibet Meine Freude
Allegro
Theme from "Schindler's List"
Valse Sentimentale
La Chasse
Nessun Dorma
Cantabile
Elégie
Hungarian Dance No. 17
Sweet Remembrance
Perpetuum Mobile
Nocturne
Menuetto
Waltz No. 2
Deux Guitares
Adagio
Légende
Andantino
Romanza Andaluza
UPC: 028948689019Label: Deutsche GrammophonRelease Date: 10.9.26Format: Vinyl
In 2026, Neue Meister celebrates the tenth anniversary of The Blue Hour with a limited-edition vinyl reissue. Inspired by the mysterious period between daylight and darkness, the album moves between intimate piano miniatures, atmospheric electronics and richly layered arrangements. It's cinematic depth and delicate balance of stillness and tension established Albanese as an important artist within the growing modern classical and neoclassical music scene. UPC: 885470047492Label: Neue MeisterRelease Date: 11.6.26Format: Vinyl
This Pure Analogue Vinyl Edition combines Richard Strauss's An Alpine Symphony with a consistently analogue production process. The live performance by the Wiener Symphoniker under their Chief Conductor Petr Popelka, recorded in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein Vienna on 26 February 2026, was captured on analogue tape using a reel-to-reel process and mastered directly from tape to vinyl without any digital intervention. The result is an exceptionally authentic listening experience, preserving the natural dynamics, spatial depth, and tonal warmth of the live performance in all it's immediacy.Strauss's monumental tone poem unfolds in all it's orchestral splendour-from the mysterious colours of night and the ascent to the summit to the elemental force of the storm and the serenity of the closing pages. With commanding musical insight and a finely judged sense of the work's architecture, the Wiener Symphoniker and Petr Popelka guide the listener through a musical journey that reaches far beyond the depiction of Alpine landscapes, emerging as a profound reflection on the human experience.An insightful essay on the work by Thomas Leibnitz offers fresh perspectives on Strauss's final tone poem. The edition is further enriched by Martin Hoffmeister's specially commissioned essay, ""Melancholy, Contemplation, and Quiet Happiness: Vinyl as a Mark of Distinction"", an exploration of the long-playing record as a cultural artefact, a collector's object, and a uniquely mindful way of experiencing music. UPC: 4260234833485Label: AccentusRelease Date: 11.6.26Format: Vinyl
For this fourth volume of their complete recording of Mahler's symphonies, Paavo Jarvi and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich present a monumental work: Symphony No. 2, with it's five movements and colossal orchestra, complemented by a choir and soloists: 'Mahler's Symphony No. 2 is a gigantic work - both in substance and in scale', says Paavo Jarvi. Mahler completed the composition in 1894, after more than six years of work, at a time when, whilst he was certainly regarded as a great conductor, his life was difficult: he had lost his father, mother and sister Leopoldine in quick succession - suddenly finding himself responsible for his brothers and sisters - his first symphony had not been well received, and he was the target of an anti-Semitic press campaign in Budapest, where he had been director of the Royal Opera from 1888 to 1891. In a letter dated 1896, Mahler wrote: 'When you wake from this melancholy dream and have to return to life and it's chaos, it can easily happen that this ceaselessly moving, never resting and always incomprehensible bustle of life becomes horrifying to you"" UPC: 3701624512777Label: AlphaRelease Date: 11.6.26Format: Vinyl
A clerestory is an upper section of wall, most often in a church punctuated by windows. It is a powerful image for grasping this luminous new music from Jules Reidy. Light casts shadows, of course, and logics of shadowing, mirroring, and distorted reflection—of key importance for Reidy’s work as a whole—inform the sumptuous surfaces of Clerestory.‘Shadow Symmetric’ is a string quartet commissioned and performed by the JACK Quartet as part of their JACK Studio program. Reidy’s pairing with the quartet is felicitous: JACK are one of the preeminent new music ensembles working today, with a particular interest in just intonation, an important component of Reidy’s music. The piece’s gentle pacing and constrained dynamic range invites us to become immersed in its language of static resonance, complex beating tones, and subtle harmonic surprise. Through it, there threads a melodic theme, passed between instruments and tuning systems, almost at the threshold of perception but with the same yearning quality familiar to listeners of Reidy’s guitar works.‘Clerestory Windows’ offers up a distorted mirror image of the string quartet, arranged as a series of episodes that each remake the material in their own way. It begins with an arrangement of the string quartet material for MIDI strings and voices, then moves into a lyrical 12-string acoustic guitar air performed at the installation opening, before the strings from the first side reappear, now frozen and stretched into slow-moving waves. From this emerge flickering arpeggios, achieved by arranging the string quartet material for the RMI. This cues a move into more active terrain, preparing the way for the delirious final episode, where the string quartet material is re-arranged once more, eventually giving way to spacious chords shadowed by a pair of ringing sine tones.
Tracklist:
Shadow Symmetric
Clerestory Windows I
Clerestory Windows II
Clerestory Windows III
Clerestory Windows IV
Clerestory Windows V
*** Indie Exclusive ***UPC: 790377066319Label: Thrill JockeyRelease Date: 9.25.26Format: Vinyl
On November 6, 2026, audiences worldwide will experience Joe Hisaishi’s The Boy & The Heron: Symphonic Suite for Piano and Orchestra, a concert adaptation of the acclaimed score for Hayao Miyazaki’s Academy Award-winning final masterpiece, The Boy and the Heron. The fourteen-piece suite offers Hisaishi's personal interpretation of the film, following Mahito’s emotional journey through grief, memory, and imagination. Balancing intimate piano writing with rich orchestral textures, the work showcases Hisaishi’s distinctive voice as composer, pianist, and storyteller. Created through an unusually open collaboration, Miyazaki gave Hisaishi exceptional artistic freedom after much of the animation had already been completed. The resulting score, among the composer’s most distinctive works, is centered on the piano as both narrator and emotional guide. CD Digipak with booklet.
Tracklist:
Ask me why (I)
Gray Heron
Memories
A Trap
Sanctuary ~ The Master of the Tomb
Ark
Warawara
Reincarnation
Rain of Fire
A Song of Prayer
The King’s Parade ~ Diversion
The Great Collapse
The Last Smile
Ask me why (II)
UPC: 028948788149Label: Deutsche GrammophonRelease Date: 11.6.26Format: Vinyl
From the spirited wit of the Viennese stage to the quiet sanctuary of his most private sonatas, this collection captures the multifaceted genius of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Journey through the vibrant energy of The Marriage of Figaro, the ethereal dialogue of the Flute and Harp Concerto, and the heartbreaking solemnity of his final Requiem. Whether it is the playful charm of Papageno's aria or the sublime tranquility of the Piano Concerto No. 23, each track has been carefully curated to showcase a legacy that remains as vivid today as it was over two centuries ago. UPC: 827568006684Label: Warner ClassicsRelease Date: 9.4.26Format: Vinyl
On November 6, 2026, audiences worldwide will experience Joe Hisaishi’s The Boy & The Heron: Symphonic Suite for Piano and Orchestra, a concert adaptation of the acclaimed score for Hayao Miyazaki’s Academy Award-winning final masterpiece, The Boy and the Heron. The fourteen-piece suite offers Hisaishi's personal interpretation of the film, following Mahito’s emotional journey through grief, memory, and imagination. Balancing intimate piano writing with rich orchestral textures, the work showcases Hisaishi’s distinctive voice as composer, pianist, and storyteller. Created through an unusually open collaboration, Miyazaki gave Hisaishi exceptional artistic freedom after much of the animation had already been completed. The resulting score, among the composer’s most distinctive works, is centered on the piano as both narrator and emotional guide. CD Digipak with booklet.
Tracklist:
Ask me why (I)
Gray Heron
Memories
A Trap
Sanctuary ~ The Master of the Tomb
Ark
Warawara
Reincarnation
Rain of Fire
A Song of Prayer
The King’s Parade ~ Diversion
The Great Collapse
The Last Smile
Ask me why (II)
UPC: 600574105479Label: Deutsche GrammophonRelease Date: 11.6.26Format: Vinyl
A sweeping orchestral work featuring compositions by Yu-Peng Chen and performances by Liang Zhang with the Shanghai Philharmonic. UPC: 028948688159Label: Deutsche GrammophonRelease Date: 9.25.26Format: Vinyl
Renowned interpretations of two violin repertoire masterpieces, performed with exceptional technical brilliance and emotional depth. UPC: 028948716081Label: DeccaRelease Date: 10.30.26Format: Vinyl
Between Memory and Promise is music composed for the quiet thresholds we all cross: between night and day, life and death, memory and hope. Inspired by the shifting landscapes of inner and outer worlds, these pieces explore the delicate passage between what we know and what we can only imagine. The music inhabits a twilight realm where memory fades into possibility and stillness becomes a place of discovery.
Tracklist:
Always Yesterday
In That Amphibious Twilight
The First Star Tremored
The Sleep Of Stars
UPC: 820200665409Label: Loosegroove IncRelease Date: 8.28.26Format: Vinyl
David Norland is an Emmy-nominated English composer, known for his scores for drama and documentary, alongside his experimental choral and electronic music. Bringing stories to life through sound, he received critical acclaim for his debut solo album 'Glam Tear Stain' (2019) and is set to release follow-up album 'La Source' in June 2026 via Denovali Records. Relocated back to his London home after many years in Los Angeles, and free from years of drug and alcohol problems, recent commissions for two choral works allowed Norland to return to the innocent origin of his musical world, and his experience as a parent prompted a lot of outward reflection. What kind of world are we leaving to our children? From the haunting, choral beauty of 'E-Car Soul' to the breezy album title track, Norland blends minimalist classical structures with electronics. A unified tapestry of blended voices, harmonies and textures, 'La Source' is a deeply emotional and melancholic journey for Norland. 'In the end, I'm looking to find meaning through the music, like when I was a kid singing in choirs. But I get the most sense of meaning through transcendent experiences, rather than anything intellectual or dogmatic. I have to feel it, not think it. I'm trying to make work that's luminous, wondrous, shimmering and strange, so I can keep having those experiences,' says Norland. David Norland is an Emmy-nominated English composer who blends minimalist classical structures with electronics. Previous works: Score for Anvil! The Story Of Anvil (2008), directed by Sacha Gervasi. Music supervisor for Hitchcock (2012) featuring Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren & Scarlett Johansson. Score for November Criminals (2017) starring Chloe Moretz and Ansel Elgort. Score for Emmy-nominated HBO ?lm My Dinner With Herve (2018), starring Peter Dinklage and Jamie Dornan.
Tracklist:
E-Car Soul
A Closure
La Source
Coal User
Suor Lace
A Lo Curse
Solar Cue
Oar Clues
Acre Soul
O Sea Curl
UPC: 634457261242Label: Denovali RecordsRelease Date: 10.2.26Format: Vinyl
Vivaldi: Four Seasons (Decca Pure Analog Series) A celebrated interpretation of Vivaldi's masterpiece, newly presented in Decca's Pure Analog Series for exceptional audiophile quality. UPC: 028948716098Label: DeccaRelease Date: 10.23.26Format: Vinyl
Friendship Survival Guide brings together the evocative talents of Adam Wiltzie and the late Jóhann Jóhannsson in a deeply atmospheric and emotionally resonant collaboration. Combining ambient drones, cinematic textures, and minimalist beauty, the album creates an immersive listening experience that reflects both artists' shared gift for crafting expansive and moving soundscapes.
Tracklist:
September Nineteen Sixty Nine
Dazed and Reflective Glory, Pt. 1
Dazed and Reflective Glory, Pt. 2
Mourners Will Be Outcast
Exceptional Proportions
Give Into Gravity
White Gloves and Turtlenecks
Soft Favourites
In Ever Decreasing Circles
Where You Are Now Voyager
UPC: 028948687046Label: Deutsche GrammophonRelease Date: 9.18.26Format: Vinyl
The World of Hans Zimmer – Best Of (Limited Collector’s Edition 2× Color Laser-Etched Vinyl)
Experience the music of Hans Zimmer like never before with this limited collector’s edition 2× color laser-etched vinyl. Featuring highlights from the acclaimed “The World of Hans Zimmer” albums, this premium release combines Hans Zimmer’s iconic music with cutting-edge vinyl design—an essential for collectors and fans alike. The set includes 10 electrifying tracks across the A-sides of two vinyl records, housed in a high-quality gatefold sleeve. The B-sides feature stunning laser-etched artwork instead of audio: a detailed clockwork design on one disc and a cosmic landscape on the other. These unique engravings reflect light across the full spectrum of colors, creating a stunning rainbow-like effect that changes with every movement of the vinyl.
This exclusive edition presents concert suites for orchestra, choir, and the legendary soloists of Hans Zimmer’s band, specially arranged by Hans Zimmer. Each suite reimagines the original film scores in a powerful new symphonic form. The album features excerpts from concert suites based on: Man of Steel, Wonder Woman, The Dark Knight, The Rock, Pirates of the Caribbean, No Time To Die, The Lion King, Gladiator, Interstellar, and Inception.
Performed by world-class musicians, including long-time collaborators such as Lebo M, Lisa Gerrard, and Pedro Eustache, alongside the Odessa Orchestra & Friends (conducted by Gavin Greenaway), the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Martin Gellner), and the Nairobi Chamber Chorus. A visually stunning and sonically powerful collector’s vinyl release—perfect for fans of film music, audiophiles, and Hans Zimmer enthusiasts.
Tracklist:
Man of Steel: What Are You Going to Do When You Are Not Saving The World?
Wonder Woman Suite
The Dark Knight Orchestra Suite
The Rock Suite
Side B is an etching
Pirates of the Caribbean Suite: Part 2
No Time To Die Suite: Part 2, Final Ascent
The Lion King Suite: Part 2
Gladiator Orchestra Suite: Part 3, Now We Are Free
Interstellar Suite: Part 1, Day One
Inception Suite: Part 2, Time
Side B is an etching
UPC: 199584756110Label: Sony ClassicsRelease Date: 11.13.26Format: Vinyl
East meets West: Japanese-American violinist Anne Akiko Meyers pairs the world of French music with contemporary Japanese works on her AVIE Records debut. Sonatas by the fathers of French impression - Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel - foreshadow Olivier Messiaen's Theme et variations, whose chordal structure evokes Toru Takemitsu's Distance de Fee. Anne gives the world premiere recording of Birds in Warped Time II by Japan's most prominent living composer, Somei Satoh, whose work she is closely associated with, having also performed and recorded his Violin Concerto.Newly reissued: repackaged artwork and remastered audio in HD stereo and Immersive Audio, we're excited to be releasing this stunning programme on 180g Vinyl LP for the very first time. UPC: 822252279627Label: AvieRelease Date: 10.16.26Format: Vinyl
Two iconic masterpieces of the twentieth century come together on this exceptional release that will be available on vinyl and digitally: Joaquin Rodrigo's ""Concierto de Aranjuez"" and Maurice Ravel's ""Bolero"".Recorded at Valencia's renowned Palau de la Música, the album combines a live performance of Rodrigo's celebrated guitar concerto and the rarely heard ""Tiento Antiguo"" (June 2024) with a studio recording of Ravel's mesmerizing Bolero (February 2026). Together, these works reveal two distinct yet complementary visions of musical Spain, viewed through the lenses of one of Spain's greatest composers and one of France's most brilliant orchestrators.At the center of the recording is acclaimed Croatian guitarist Ana Vidovic, whose artistry, technical mastery and expressive depth have made her one of the leading guitarists of her generation. She is joined by the Orquesta de Valencia under the direction of Alexander Liebreich, whose dynamic leadership has further strengthened the orchestra's position among Spain's leading symphonic ensembles.From the poetic lyricism and emotional intensity of Concierto de Aranjuez to the irresistible rhythmic momentum and dazzling orchestral colors of Bolero, this release captures music of enduring beauty, passion and brilliance. The combination of live spontaneity and studio precision makes for a compelling listening experience and a distinguished addition to any classical vinyl collection. UPC: 4260234833478Label: AccentusRelease Date: 10.16.26Format: Vinyl
Per il Luigi is the 17th volume of the complete Haydn 2032 collection and presents a number of Haydn's earliest symphonies; these had been composed to display the talent of the musicians who had joined the Esterhazy court orchestra during the same period as Haydn himself. The centre of the programme is the Symphony No. 13 in D major from 1763, whose orchestration includes four horns and whose final movement features a prefiguration of the famous theme of Mozart's 'Jupiter' symphony, to be composed twenty-five years later. The Violin Concerto in C major is marked fatto per il Luigi in Haydn's catalogue of works and was dedicated to Luigi Tomasini (1741-1808), a violin virtuoso born in Pesaro and a friend of Haydn. Two centuries later, the young Baroque violin virtuoso Dmitri Smirnov now brilliantly champions this repertoire with the Kammerorchester Basel under Giovanni Antonini. UPC: 3701624511473Label: AlphaRelease Date: 10.23.26Format: Vinyl
Sir Stephen Hough's new solo piano album, Stephen Hough's Piano Postcards, explores the world from the perspective of the itinerant pianist sending home musical messages from his voyages. Music from Asia includes ""Spring breeze prelude"" by Taiwanese composer Deng Yu-Hsien and a piano version of ""Aka tombo,"" a children's song so beloved in Japan that it features in citywide ""5-o'clock chimes"" across the country. Folk and popular traditions appear in ""Cielito lindo"" and ""Nature boy,"" while the final group of pieces turns to nature, with works by MacDowell, Schumann and Sinding. Alongside these musical travel diaries, he intersperses new transcriptions of songs from popular films, including arrangements he created for Lang Lang's 'Disney Book' album. This is the first chance Sir Stephen has had to include piano arrangements of songs from Frozen, Coco and Mary Poppins. UPC: 034571995649Label: HyperionRelease Date: 9.11.26Format: Vinyl