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Pianist Lukas Geniušas pays tribute... 

This... 

Kerson Leong, winner of the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition in 2010, and... 

Greek-Russian pianist Sasha Stychkina, born in December 2003 in Moscow into a family of musicians and filmmakers, is the youngest finalist and... 

Alim Beisembayev is... 

With ""An American Dream?"" Barbara Hannigan explores the concept of The American Dream. “I grew... 

“Generally labelled as a Baroque instrument and thought to have disappeared with the French Revolution, the harpsichord flourished again... 

Always curious and seeking new horizons, the musicians of the Voce quartet fell in love with Argentina during their concert tours. In... 

This 19th volume of Haydn's complete symphonies coincides with the 40th anniversary of Il Giardino... 

Behzod Abduraimov's performances combine great musical depth with phenomenal technique: ‘He has a magical touch,’ wrote The Times. This... 

For this second volume of their complete Beethoven piano trios, the Busch Trio illustrates the great variety that the composer was... 

For his tenth solo recording for Alpha Classics and Outhere Music, Nelson Goerner returns to... 

The NFM choir from Wroclaw juxtaposes Penderecki and French composers, creating a dialogue between Polish and French music of the... 

As chief conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Santtu-Matias... 

Giovanni Antonini and Shen-Fang Chiu form a leading recorder duo who enjoy exploring varied and unexpected repertoires. This... 

This album pays tribute to composer Benjamin Britten, who will be commemorated in... 

Simon-Pierre Bestion immerses us in the world of Charles V and a Spain marked by Arab-Andalusian culture. From 1515... 

After exploring the Gran Partita, Nicolas Baldeyrou opens the doors to concertante music in this second volume. The... 

After exploring lesser-known works for light lyric tenor from the opéra-comique repertoire with... 

Nicolas Altstaedt's starting point for this recording was... 

Vsevolod Zavidov (born in 2005 in Moscow) is now considered one of the most promising young pianists to emerge from... 

Leonardo... 

Anne-Sophie Mutter is launching her own series of recordings on Alpha Classics, ASM Forte Forward, devoted to the music of our... 

In 1800, France was... 

Hervé Niquet likes to say that recording is a source of stress and sometimes tension: “None... 

For his third solo album for Alpha, keyboard polyglot Anthony Romaniuk returns to the piano, exploring the seven modes: derived from the... 

Born in Zaragoza in 1999, Miguel Bonal began studying the viola da gamba at the age of seven. He continued his higher education at the... 

Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich continue their complete cycle of Mahler symphonies with the... 

After ""Passion"" (ALPHA747), Véronique Gens reunites with Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas’ ensemble Les Surprises to celebrate a type... 

Alena Baeva and Vadym Kholodenko are starting their recording of Beethoven's complete... 

This recording, made at Noirlac Abbey in January 2025, is dedicated to Denis Raisin Dadre, who... 

In 2018, four friends studying at the Royal Academy of Music in London decided to form an ensemble they called Théodora. Mariamielle... 

Winner of the 2024 La Maestra competition in Paris and recipient of five additional prizes, conductor... 

For her new recording, entitled Or (light), cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton has devised a two-part narrative, “a... 

Following the departure (of his own accord) of its founder Damien Guillon, Le Banquet Céleste has reinvented itself as a collective of... 

With these works for accordion and orchestra, Ksenija Sidorova and Paavo Järvi pay tribute to... 

Olga Pashchenko and Il Gardellino present a third recording of Mozart's piano concertos. Following two volumes... 

The Ensemble Intercontemporain and its musical director Pierre Bleuse continue their monographs on the great figures... 

This... 

The Leonkoro Quartet, founded in 2019 and winner of multiple prestigious awards in 2022—nine prizes at the Wigmore Hall International Competition, including... 

Born in Budapest in 1975 and based in Germany, composer Márton... 

After a 'spellbinding' album for Alpha devoted to her American roots (Alpha1071), pianist Claire Huangci now celebrates female composers, acknowledging: ‘The... 

Founded ten years ago, Ensemble Ouranos is now one of the best French wind quintets in the world. For this new recording, their first... 

For his second recital, Giorgi Gigashvili chose Prokofiev, a composer he has been playing intensively... 

French soprano Julie Roset is one of the rising stars of the younger generation. Winner of both the Operalia First Prize in... 

This album celebrates Antonio Vivaldi’s compositions for a particular vocal register, the alto, and... 

An internationally renowned oboist, Victor Aviat was a soloist with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, the Orchestra Mozart under Claudio Abbado, and... 

Joseph Haydn gave lessons in singing, keyboard instruments, theory, and composition throughout... 

The French composer and organist Thierry... 

Feminine Voices celebrates the female voice and the Christmas season, with a kaleidoscopic selection made... 

Jodie Devos is sorely missed. Aged just thirty-five, she died on 16 June 2024. Wishing to perpetuate her memory and her art, we have decided to... 

Although Israel... 

Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich present the second volume of their complete Mahler Symphonies, with... 

Thibault Noally and his ensemble here reaffirm their love for and expertise in... 

We know Satie as a loner, but it is less well known that Satie had also been in love. He had a brief and stormy affair with the... 

The Simply Mozart adventure, dedicated to his... 

This is the new recording we have been waiting for. Three years after Brahms (ALPHA792), the Belcea Quartet returns in... 

Alain Altinoglu and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra have begun... 

This recording is... 

Martin Helmchen embarks on a complete recording of Schubert's piano sonatas, with four double albums to be released between now... 

Véronique Gens' talent as a storyteller needs no introduction; she is an eminent ambassador for French mélodie and tragédie lyrique... 

Born of a friendship formed at London’s Royal College of Music over 10 years ago and boasting a discography of seven recordings, the... 

In keeping with the fascinating rediscoveries of French music made by the Palazzetto Bru Zane, this... 

The “American dream” is the thread that connects these three works. Amy Beach was born in New Hampshire in... 

After a first album (Because, Alpha 936) devoted to African American spirituals that won several awards (Opus Klassik, Edison Klassiek, GRAMMY® Award... 

Joseph... 

Since founding their ensemble La Néréide in 2019, sopranos Camille Allérat, Julie Roset, and Ana Vieira Leite have sought to... 

Nelson Goerner has always dreamed of recording these two masterpieces of... 

Accordionist Théo Ould describes this new album as ""my most personal—I had never allowed myself to feature the music of Astor Piazzolla. I... 

Castor... 

Sandrine Piau admits that she has always been fascinated not only by Schubert’s music but also by the genre of... 

Spunicunifait is the curious name adopted by a group of five musicians, all of whom have a great deal of... 

For... 

For her second recital with piano, mezzo-soprano Adèle Charvet reunites with Florian Caroubi, who has been her regular... 

In 1777, Mozart met the wealthy Ferdinand Dejean, an amateur flautist and retired... 

The... 

Camille Saint-Saëns was only fifteen years old when he... 

Alpha Classics proudly presents Baroque Stories, a new series of recordings devoted to young talents in early music; its first... 

Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra pay tribute to Arvo Pärt, who celebrates his 90th birthday in 2025. The Estonian composer has... 

The French harpsichordist Céline Frisch has an extensive discography, including many award-winning recordings devoted to Bach. Now she presents... 

How did Mozart hear his own music at home in Salzburg? This recording provides the answer, as it was made not... 

Mozart’s Piano Concerto in E-flat, KV... 

Baritone Benjamin Appl pays tribute to his mentor, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, whose... 

Per il Luigi is the 17th volume of the complete Haydn 2032 collection and presents a... 

The Hecker-Helmchen duo is renowned for the high standard of their performances, which is reflected in... 

In the summer of 1717, after performing his Water Music during a royal cruise on the Thames, Handel... 

“We have wanted to record Bach’s violin concertos with Sophie Gent ever since she joined Ensemble Masques in... 

This recital by Jean-François Borras honours the fascinating history of the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, the house that has... 

The harpist Emmanuel Ceysson is unanimously recognised for his powerful virtuoso playing. He was... 

Electric Fields' offers modern arrangements of centuries-old vocal music, as well as new compositions, all involving soprano, pianos, and... 

Justin Taylor has a passion for early keyboards and is always keen to match the works he tackles with the most appropriate historical instruments. Justin... 

Aaron Pilsan completes his recording of the Well-Tempered Clavier, five years after the first volume was praised by... 

The Office of Tenebrae was extremely popular in France in the 17th and 18th centuries. It was tightly structured and... 

To mark the 150th anniversary of Bizet's death and the premiere of his immensely popular Carmen, Alpha Classics... 

After their explorations of Italian repertoire in Che fai tù? (MU-037) and French in Vous avez dit brunettes? (Alpha 761), Les Kapsber'girls, a... 

Many people have been waiting for Behzod Abduraimov's performance of... 

For her fourth recital on Alpha Classics, mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey has chosen to record two cycles: Schumann’s well-known... 

While Marin Marais is best known for... 

Be Still My Heart presents works by two little-known Viennese composers: Robert Gund (1865–116,907), born in... 

Pianist Olga Pashchenko creates musical narratives with selections from Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn’s Songs... 

On Dazzling Light, Christopher Lowrey and his vocal ensemble Altera explore light in all its forms. There is... 

This volume concludes the complete Sibelius symphonies performed by... 

Benjamin Appl met Hungarian composer György Kurtág in 2019... 

A genuine masterpiece inspires musicians to adopt, adapt, or transcribe it without losing any of its greatness. Nevermind’s four... 

Love is the common thread running through this first recorded recital by soprano Vannina... 

In 2022, 19-year-old pianist Roman Borisov became the youngest winner of the prestigious Kissinger KlavierOlymp competition. After... 

Nearly a century before Gluck, another opera called Iphigénie en Tauride—same plot, same... 

This programme brings together composers who, for the most part, were compelled to flee their homeland. In... 

Fresh from his triumphant onstage success in Paris, Berlin, and Brussels singing leading roles in the... 

Carmina Burana, the staged cantata by Carl Orff, is a work unique in musical history, claims conductor Paavo... 

Following his Rossini recital (Alpha 791), Florian Sempey shares another of his passions: his enthusiasm for the world... 

This album pays homage to the composer Adèle Hugo (1830–1915), the... 

Orlando di Lasso (b. 1532 in Mons) was one of the most important and prolific composers in the whole... 

Arnaud Marzorati and his singers, ‘Les Lunaisiens’, are unrivalled specialists in the popular French songs... 

Astrig Siranossian and Nathanaël Gouin pluck from obscurity three rare works that time has rendered (temporarily) invisible. The... 

German baritone Benjamin Appl celebrates Christmas through the enduring tradition of Bach chorales and popular carols, from as... 

Enchanting tales and timeless legends are the common threads running through this album conceived by Duo Játékok: Naïri Badal and Adélaïde... 

‘Joseph Haydn not only liked surprising his audiences, he also... 

After Piazzolla Reflections (ALPHA664), Latvian accordionist Ksenija Sidorova devotes this new recording to... 

This tenth volume in the ‘Next Generation Mozart Soloists’ series... 

“For me, whenever I play the Bach suites, all of a sudden I find myself visualising Giacometti’s hands... 

“For me, whenever I play the Bach suites, all of a sudden I find myself visualising Giacometti’s hands... 

This boxed set of fifteen CDs brings together all the recordings made by the Belcea Quartet for Outhere Music. This... 

A bestselling recording since its first release in 2008, Amandine Beyer and Gli Incogniti’s memorable... 

Since the Baroque revival of the late 1980s, Iphigénie en Aulide is Gluck’s only French opera to have remained unrecorded... 

The great French pianist Roger Muraro joins Alpha Classics for several recording projects. Born in Lyon to Venetian parents, he... 

Destined to be musicians? The female composers to whom Baroque violinist Sophie de Bardonnèche pays... 

After the immense success of her Bach-Abel album (ALPHA783), Lucile Boulanger celebrates... 

Presented as "An Experiment in Modern Music" when it was premiered in 1924, Rhapsody in Blue made George Gershwin... 

‘If, in a parallel universe, Wagner wrote a symphony rather than a sixteen-hour Ring, it might actually... 

‘If, in a parallel universe, Wagner wrote a symphony rather than a... 

The works of the theorbist Bellerofonte Castaldi and the guitarist Domenico Pellegrini are little known but nonetheless remain... 

Having recorded the 'great' French quartets of Debussy and Ravel (ALPHA295), the Van Kuijk Quartet now takes another... 

Following their recordings of Bruckner’s Symphonies Nos. 7 (ALPHA932, Diapason d'Or) and 8 (ALPHA987, awarded 'best... 

2024 marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of Ronsard, known as the Prince des Poètes, whose... 

Formed as part of the popular Mozart y Mambo project by Sarah Willis of the Berlin Philharmonic, the Sarahbanda explores the captivating Cuban...