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The two chief reasons to collect live recordings are for the excitement of the performance and for the natural sound quality, which, at its best, can beat many studio recordings for depth and resonance. |
Artist: Mariss Jansons, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra|
The programme of Maurice Clement’s album Confluences represents ‘a process of merger’ in which works by a number of composers are contrasted with one another. Taking a transcription of the Prelude from Tristan (in a concert version arranged by the composer) as point of departure, the pieces illustrate the influence of Wagner on German and French composers from the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth. |
Artist: Maurice Clément|
Both accomplished soloists with impressive international careers, violinist Judith Ingolfsson and pianist Vladimir Stoupel began their successful collaboration in 2006. The duo devotes themselves to the discovery and performance of uncommon repertoire. |
Artist: Judith Ingolfsson & Vladimir Stoupel|
Graceful, refined and irresistibly charming, the Flute Quartets occupy an exquisite place in Mozart’s incomparable chamber music. This light, airy music with its vivid contrasts, delicious textures and irrepressible wit is brought to life by the soloists of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin in this new release. |
Artist: Philipp Beckert, Georg Boge, Ulf-Dieter Schaaff, Andreas Willwohl|
These are all world premiere recordings of music by a Russian composer & singer who lived until 1777. The performances are by a highly skilled ensemble of young Russian musicians comprising one of the only original instrument ensembles in Russia. |
Artist: Pratum Integrum Orchestra|
March, 1973... A quartet known for its psychedelic inclinations delivered a fortress of an album: 'The Dark Side of The Moon' was a musical UFO featuring the most advanced technology of the period, a stratospheric record which mirrored society and our errant human ways. |
Artist: Nguyên Lê with NDR Bigband, Michael Gibbs feat. Youn Sun Nah|
The Munich Philharmonic has arguably given more performances of Anton Bruckner’s music than any other orchestra. A great number of Bruckner recordings lead by the many legendary conductors that have worked for and with the Munich Philharmonic are stored in the historical archive of the MPHIL Label including magnificent pieces with Sergiu Celibidache, Christian Thielemann, Rudolf Kempe, Günter Wand and Oswald Kabasta. |
Artist: Münchner Philharmoniker, Valery Gergiev|
Female singers who manage to stir a whole genre are seldom found. Diana Krall and Norah Jones are such outstanding talents who gave vocal jazz a whole new colour, and Korean singer Youn Sun Nah has been equally phenomenal. In the last few years she has conquered the music world with her albums “Voyage” (2009) and “Same Girl” (2010) released on ACT. |
Artist: Youn Sun Nah (나윤선)|
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