If you were interested in acquiring Mendelssohn’s complete Psalm Cantatas, the only way that you could have done so would have been to spend the money for the eight CD set of the composer’s complete sacred music. Now, with the release of this generously-filled Brilliant Classics CD...

The unifying thread that runs through the program on this Profil CD titled “The Belyayev Project”, performed by pianist Miki Aoki, violinist Andrey Baranov and cellist Alexey Zhilin, is that all of these pieces were initially published by Mitrofan Belyayev as part of the Belaieff...

Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor is among the best-loved works in the entire classical canon; it is also the composer’s only completed concerto. Grieg was not as comfortable writing large scale works as he was when working in smaller forms (his Concerto for Piano was prompted by a...

The program of this Brilliant Classics CD pulls neatly together five rarely recorded early chamber works by Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857). These are early works, all composed before Glinka had reached his thirtieth birthday. The earliest one, of which we have a sample for you to hear, is from...

This is the second album to appear on Expedition Audio dedicated entirely to the music of Théodore Gouvy (1819-1898). The program of an earlier recommendation on the cpo label is made up of his orchestral music; this Toccata Classics recording offers three chamber serenades for flute with...

The entire output for keyboard of Austrian composer Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907), including the composer’s lone work for Organ, the Sonata Op. 2, fits neatly on one CD, and that is the program we have on this Champs Hill Records CD. The performances are by pianist Alasdair Beatson...

This Guild CD of romantic piano trios performed by the esteemed London Piano Trio is not appearing here on Expedition Audio for the fine recording of the Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1. While there is no shortage of splendid versions of this work available, there are no available versions of...

What a delightful disc this is! If you haven’t already, I suggest that you start playing the audio sample that accompanies this recommendation before reading on - go ahead, I can wait. The music on this cpo CD is by Swedish composer Tor Aulin (1866-1914). If you are listening to...

Ever the sleuth for great, unknown music, Timpani Records has released the world premiere recording of the Symphony No. 2 by French composer Henri Rabaud (1873-1949). The Orchestre Philharmonique de Sofia under Nicolas Couton provide first rate performances making this an easy recommendation...

Making their debut appearance on CD is the Arild Quartet with this Dacapo disc of music for string quartet by two Danish composers, C.F.E. Horneman and Asger Hamerik. The Arild is made up of musicians holding important positions with the Royal Danish Orchestra and the Odense Symphony...

From the opening measures of this Naxos CD, you’ll be thinking Respighi. The likeness may not last very long, but it’s meaningful. The music is by Luigi Mancinelli (1848-1921) and includes the world premiere recording of his Scene Veneziane Suite (Venetian Scenes) (1889), and...

Mendelssohn Rarities from Loft Recordings is comprised of pieces for solo organ, for a cappella chorus, for choir and organ, and one meditative and very beautiful five minute work for choir with string quintet and organ that concludes the program. This is the repertoire of Loft’s...