Rafal Blechacz is by talent, proclivity, and nationality the perfect choice to record works by his fellow Pole, Szymanowski, and therefore to record Debussy, too - whose presence in Szymanowski's musical DNA looms large.

Andreas Scholl follows up his much-praised Purcell collection, 'O Solitude' (4782262), with a project perfectly matched to his artistry and musical heritage. Andreas Scholl first sang the music of JS Bach as a boy chorister. Now the leading countertenor of our time returns to his musical roots with his own selection of arias from Bach's cantatas - including one of the best-loved of all Bach's vocal works, 'Ich habe genug'.

Following his critically acclaimed recording of all the Mozart concertos, Giuliano Carmignola fulfills his long-held wish to record the unjustly neglected violin concertos of Joseph Haydn. Carmignola's technical precision, disciplined musicality and gorgeous tone bring every one of the composer's intentions to vivid life. His musical collaborators here, the remarkable Orchestre des Champs-Élysées - known for performing repertoire from Haydn to Mahler on period instruments - makes an ideal partner.

This is a 3-CD limited-edition hardcover book, with repertoire chosen personally by the artist, consisting of complete works (not extracts or 'bits and pieces') from his repertoire - so, from Stravinsky's Petrushka and Chopin's op.25 Études to complete concertos by Beethoven and Mozart. As an added bonus there is the 1960 performance of Chopin's First Piano Concerto from the Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw.

Pierre Boulez, renowned for championing the most daring music of the 20th century, leads this 2003 Tokyo concert, played in the presence of Japan’s Emperor and Empress. Schoenberg’s Pelleas and Melisande could have received no treatment more royal than Boulez gives it at Suntory Hall with the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra.

The Swedish record company BIS means different things to people with different musical interests. They are a highly respected 'early music' label recording with, among others, Emma Kirkby and Bach Collegium Japan as well as one of the liveliest contemporary music labels with composers like Kalevi Aho, Sally Beamish and James MacMillan and the Scandinavian music label par excellence with recordings of many Scandinavian composers.
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Divine Art is 'a distinctively different classical music' label. The catalogue contains unusual and neglected repertoire and while it does have mainstream repertoire, they aim to have on each CD at least one work or arrangement which is a first or only recording. As a consequence their recordings have been critically well received.
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Berlin Classics can be described as the forum for many important historical recordings of important contributions to the musical centers of Leipzig, Dresden and Berlin as well as major new productions with established and emerging young artists. Artists include - Kurt Masur, Herbert Blomstedt, Kurt Sanderling, Hermann Abendroth, Peter Schreier, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and new artists include - Ragna Schirmer, Lynne Dawson, Christiane Oelze and Thomas Zehetmair..
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