Classical

“My whole life suddenly changed while listening to Verdi’s Requiem Mass for the first time at the tender age of 13…The experience both represented the death of my childhood innocence AND the birth... 

Margarita Höhenrieder and Julius Berger have known it all their lives: the elucidations of Carl Czerny or Rudolf Kolisch, the latest Urtext editions that will lead them to “faithfulness to the text”, the disquisitions from... 

Ludovico Einaudi, returns with a brand new album ‘The Summer Portraits’. Inspired by the reminiscence of childhood summers filled with freedom and experiences, this nostalgic album is presented on eco-friendly FSC certified materials. “To our summers…endless memories” 

Inner Symphonies is entirely written and performed by Hania and Dobrawa, and recorded in Szczecin’s Philharmonic Hall. ‘It really comes from our two very close but very different worlds,’ explains Hania. ‘Inner means something little, private, intimate, while... 

Max Richter presents his 9th studio album 'In A Landscape'. A record about “reconciling polarities"; bringing together the electronic & the acoustic, the human and the natural world, the big questions of life and the quiet pleasures of living. "A memoir of the present moment”. In... 

Vinyl reissue in facsimile gatefold edition, includes original liner notes in enclosed booklet.

In 1984, ECM brought a new sound into the musical... 

Oscar, Grammy and Emmy-winning Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir announces her upcoming album Where to From. Following her worldwide success with the soundtracks of “Joker” and the HBO mini-series “Chernobyl”, this is her first studio album for DG. Hildur... 

Nils Frahm’s double album 'Old Friends New Friends' gathers together 23 solo piano tracks recorded between 2009 and 2021, almost all hitherto unreleased but omitted from previous albums and projects for one reason or another. The album was pieced together during the pandemic as... 

An audiophile-grade LP transfer for evocative transcriptions of hits from the Ennio Morricone catalogue of classic film scores. For his own selection of highlights from Ennio Morricone’s music, Enea Leone has arranged the themes from the... 

Berlin-based violinist Daniel Hope’s latest album takes a deep dive into the rich repertoire of American music, exploring its roots and distinctive qualities. “We know a piece is from America the moment we hear it,” says Hope. “But what makes music sound American?” America... 

Roger Eno is a British composer and musician whose distinctive style as a recording artist has attracted a cult following. Last year he made his debut on Deutsche Grammophon with Mixing Colours, his first duo album with his brother, Brian, which was released to great acclaim. Now... 

Mari Samuelsen announces her new album 'Life' in which she explores the phenomenon of motherhood through music. She became inspired by moods and chapters in the experience in a way that everyone can relate to: curiosity, frustration, love and happiness. These moods are mirrored in... 

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Olafur Arnalds and Eoin French, known professionally as Talos, come together on A Dawning, a deeply immersive collaborative album via OPIA Community and Mercury KX. Created before the untimely passing of Talos in 2024, the record blends their distinct musical voices into something... 

The previously unrecorded Drone Mass was described by its composer, the late Jóhann Jóhannsson, as “a contemporary oratorio”. Written for voices, string quartet and... 

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Four pieces by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, a pioneer of “holy minimalism.” The album centers around a never-before-released rendition of “Silentium,” the second movement of Pärt’s most famous concerto, Tabula Rasa, performed by Boston-based chamber orchestra A... 

Estonian vocal ensemble Vox Clamantis and their leader Jaan-Eik Tulve have established themselves among the leading interpreters of Arvo Pärt’s music over a quarter-century of close collaboration with the composer – a relationship that builds on the almost half... 

When this album was recorded in 1980, the English Baroque Soloists ensemble had only been founded for barely two years. Indeed, John Eliot Gardiner first created the Monteverdi Choir in 1964, then the Monteverdi Orchestra in 1968 which played on modern instruments. In... 

Four pieces by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, a pioneer of “holy minimalism.” The album centers around a never-before-released rendition of “Silentium,” the second movement of Pärt’s most famous concerto, Tabula Rasa, performed by Boston-based chamber orchestra A... 

Sublime private-press piano improvisations channeled from another world by Willem Nyland. Remastered from the original tapes and reissued for the first time, with in-depth... 

September 2025 marks the 90th birthday of Arvo Pärt, a composer whose music has become a universal language of peace. To honour this milestone, PAX brings together some of his... 

We are set to honour the supreme artistry of Daniel Barenboim throughout the coming year as he approaches his 80th birthday next November. The anniversary celebrations of the great pianist and conductor’s remarkable legacy began on 31 December 2021 with the release of Debussy’s... 

The Danish String Quartet’s new album is a “retracing of musical pathways across the North Sea, a journey through the sounds of traditional music from Northern Europe, taking us from Denmark and Norway to the Faroe Islands, and to Ireland and England.” It follows... 

Francesca Guccione's new album, The Geometry of Time, is a captivating fusion of her rich Sicilian heritage and the stunning landscapes of her homeland. Drawing deeply from Sicily's beauty and cultural depth, Guccione masterfully weaves these influences into her...