Classical Artists

Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

Aalborg Symphony Orchestra

The Aalborg Symphony Orchestra is a Danish symphony orchestra which was founded in 1943 and currently consists of 65 musicians. profile & recordings >>


Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Academy of St Martin in the Fields has an enthusiasm for fresh, brilliant interpretation of the world's most loved classical music. profile & recordings >>


Accademia Bizantina dir. Ottavio Dantone

Accademia Bizantina dir. Ottavio Dantone

The Accademia Bizantina is regarded as one of the most versatile and select ensembles using original instruments directed by its harpsichordist Ottavio Dantone. profile & recordings >>


Ailish Tynan

Ailish Tynan

Ailish Tynan is an award-winning soprano whose performances in opera and recitals have established her as a sought-after vocalist. profile & recordings >>


Akiko Suwanai

Akiko Suwanai

The youngest ever winner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition, Akiko Suwanai is a violinist who enjoys a prestigious international career performing in concerts and recitals in major cities in Europe, North America and Asia. profile & recordings >>


Al Qantarah

Al Qantarah

Al Qantarah plays medieval Sicilian music, they play on replicas of traditional medieval instruments of the Sicilian, Arabic and Persian traditions. profile & recordings >>


Albalonga dir. Anibal E. Cetrangolo

Albalonga dir. Anibal E. Cetrangolo

Albalonga has produced several first modern-day performances of works by Latin-American composers.  From the beginning Anibal E. Cetrangolo has directed the ensemble's musicological and concert activity. profile & recordings >>


Aldo Baerten

Aldo Baerten

In addition to being the Principal Flutist at the Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Aldo Baerten is a regular guest of many of Europe's leading ensembles, orchestras and festivals. profile & recordings >>


Aldubáran

Aldubáran

Aldubáran is a Faroese ensemble with 14 members and a repertoire which comprises both standard classical works from well-known composers as well as traditional Faroese compositions. profile & recordings >>


Alec Frank-Gemmill

Alec Frank-Gemmill

Born in 1985, Alec Frank-Gemmill ranks among the finest of a new generation of horn players. He is recognised internationally for the beauty of his tone and the keen sense of musicianship he brings to performances of works by a wide range of composers. profile & recordings >>


Aleksandra Kurzak

Aleksandra Kurzak

Aleksandra Kurzak is a Polish-born soprano who has performed worldwide at many highly respected venues and under many renowned conductors. profile & recordings >>


Alessandra Ammara

Alessandra Ammara

Alessandra Ammara has drawn the attention of the musical world from a young age and has succeeded in several major international piano competitions. profile & recordings >>


Alessandro Stradella Consort

The Alessandro Stradella Consort is a group dedicated to the authentic performance of Italian Baroque music, using exclusively Italian singers and performing on period instruments where applicable. profile & recordings >>


Alexander Janiczek

Alexander Janiczek

Alexander Janiczek is highly sought after as a director, soloist, guest leader and chamber musician. profile & recordings >>


Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin

Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin

Scriabin stands as one of the most innovative and also controversial of early modern composers, influencing Prokofiev, Roslavets and Stravinsky. profile & recordings >>


Alexander Soddy

Alexander Soddy

Soddy is at the forefront of today's young pianists and conductors.

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Alexandre Guerra

Alexandre Guerra

Alexandre Guerra is a composer, arranger and music producer who is a graduate of the Berkelee College of Music and is well known for his composition and orchestration of soundtracks. profile & recordings >>


Alexei Lubimov

Alexei Lubimov

Alexei Lubimov is counted among today's most outstanding pianists. His wide repertoire, dedication to principles and musical morals make him a most welcome exception on the music scene today.

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Alfie Boe

Alfie Boe

Alfie Boe is in possession of one of the finest tenor voices to come out of the UK for many years.

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Alfred Brendel

Alfred Brendel

Alfred Brendel's place among the greatest musicians of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries is assured. Renowned for his masterly interpretations of the works of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms and Liszt, he is one of the indisputable authorities in musical life today and one of the very few living pianists whose name alone guarantees a sell-out anywhere in the world he chooses to play. profile & recordings >>


Alina Rotaru

Alina Rotaru is a Romanian-born harpsichord player who both performs and teaches worldwide. profile & recordings >>


Alison McGillivray

Alison McGillivray

Versatile cellist Alison McGillivray takes a break from her ensemble work with Concerto Caledonia and Ricordo, for this, her debut solo album. profile & recordings >>


Alison Stephens

Alison Stephens

Alison Stephens was arguably the leading exponent of the classical mandolin in the UK. She was the first graduate of mandolin from Trinity College of Music, London, and was appointed as a teacher upon graduation and Honorary Fellow on her death. Alison played across the UK and toured extensively across the Far and Middle East, Australia, South Africa, across Europe and in USA. profile & recordings >>


Alla Francesca

Alla Francesca

Alla Francesca is the ensemble in residence at the Musee National de Moyen Age in Paris and is dedicated to the performance of music from the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries. profile & recordings >>


Alois Posch

Alois Posch

As a leading European orchestral double bass player, Alois Posch regularly performs in some of the world's most prestigious festivals. profile & recordings >>


Alvaro Cassuto

Álvaro Cassuto is Portugal's foremost conductor. He has been music director of the Portuguese National Radio Symphony Orchestra, the University of California Symphony Orchestra, the Rhode Island Philharmonic, the National Orchestra of New York, the Nova Filarmonia Portuguesa, the Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Raanana Symphony Orchestra, the Algarve Orchestra, and the Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra. profile & recordings >>


Amandine Beyer & Gli Incogniti

Amandine Beyer & Gli Incogniti

Amandine Beyer is a rising star of baroque violin with a strong modern violinist background. She performs with her own group: Gli Incogniti. profile & recordings >>


Amati Quartet

Amati Quartet

The Amati Quartet are a string quartet associated with the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. The ensemble performs with four instruments made by the Amati family of luthiers. profile & recordings >>


Amir Tebenikhin

Amir Tebenikhin

Amir Tebenikhin is a Kazakhstan born award-winning pianist who regularly performs worldwide. profile & recordings >>


Andre Moisan

Andre Moisan

Andre Moisan is a French-Canadian bass clarinettist, saxophonist and conductor who performs extensively throughout both Canada and Europe.

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Andrea Bocelli

Andrea Bocelli

Andrea Bocelli is an Italian tenor, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist who is arguably the best known tenor worldwide, being a household name throughout much of the West. profile & recordings >>


Andreas Scholl

Andreas Scholl

Andreas Scholl is an award-winning German countertenor who specialises in Baroque compositions. profile & recordings >>


Andrew Davis

Andrew Davis

Maestro Andrew Davis is an English conductor who has worked with all of the world major orchestras, conducting concerts and at festivals worldwide as well as for recordings. profile & recordings >>


Andrew Lawrence-King

Andrew Lawrence-King

Baroque-harp virtuoso and imaginative continuo-player, Andrew Lawrence-King is one of the world's leading performers of early music. profile & recordings >>


Andrew Marriner

Andrew Marriner

Andrew Marriner has toured the world as a soloist, chamber musician and as Principal clarinet for the LSO and The Academy of St Martin in the Fields profile & recordings >>


Andy Sikorski

Andy Sikorski

Andy Sikorski is an eclectic composer with a diverse body of work, skillfully combining new age, world, and ambient music into a new form of art that aims to stimulate our senses profile & recordings >>


Anhaltische Philharmonie Dessau

Anhaltische Philharmonie Dessau

The Dessau Orchestra counts as one of the oldest and most tradition-steeped orchestras in Saxony-Anhalt.  In August 2009, Dutchman Antony Hermus succeeded Golo Berg to the position of Principal Conductor and Music Director. profile & recordings >>


Anima Eterna Brugge

Anima Eterna Brugge

Anima Eterna Brugge is an orchestra which was founded by Jos van Immerseel in 1987, and which is based in Bruges. Depending on its repertoire (which ranges from Monteverdi to Gershwin), it numbers from 7 to 80 musicians. profile & recordings >>


Anna Cramer

Anna Cramer

Anna Cramer's compostions are very much influenced by the German romanticism, although with her own distinctive style. Influenced by Wagner, Strauss and Mahler but also incorporating features of folk and cabaret. profile & recordings >>


Anna Malikova

Anna Malikova

Anna Malikova is an award winning pianist from Uzbekistan whose recordings and international performances have been highly praised.  profile & recordings >>


Anna Tilbrook

Anna Tilbrook

The distinguished pianist and accompanist, Anna Tilbrook, has collaborated with many leading singers and instrumentalists including Sir Willard White, Lucy Crowe and James Gilchrist. "Anna Tilbrook is excellent" (Gramophone)  profile & recordings >>


Anneke Scott

Anneke Scott

Anneke Scott is a leading horn player who has a particular interest in chamber music. While specialising in period performance, she also performs as a solo artist, with bands and orchestras. profile & recordings >>


Anneleen Lenaerts

Anneleen Lenaerts

Anneleen is a very young harpist, and the youngest to become a member of the Vienna Philharmonic. profile & recordings >>


Anne-Sophie Mutter

Anne-Sophie Mutter

For more than 35 years, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter has sustained a career of exceptional musicianship with an unwavering commitment to the future of classical music.  Anne-Sophie Mutter has also been awarded the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis, the Record Academy prize, the Grand Prix du Disque, the Internationaler Schallplattenpreis as well as several Grammys profile & recordings >>


Antoine Tamestit

Antoine Tamestit

The multi-award winning French violist, Antoine Tamestit, performs repertoire ranging from the Baroque to Contemporary and is sought after as a soloist, chamber musician and recitalist. As Die Welt commented 'Antoine Tamestit possesses the most elegant viola tone in the world.' profile & recordings >>


Antonio Lucio Vivaldi

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi

Vivaldi is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers. Known mainly for composing instrumental concertos, especially for the violin, as well as sacred choral works and over 40 operas. profile & recordings >>


Antonio Lysy

Antonio Lysy

Cellist Antonio Lysy is an artist of international stature. He has performed as soloist worldwide and has collaborated with distinguished conductors such as Yuri Temirkanov, Charles Dutoit, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Sandor Vegh and Kees Bakels. profile & recordings >>


Antony Hermus

Antony Hermus

Dutch conductor Antony Hermus was appointed musical director of the Anhaltisches Theater Dessau and principal conductor of the Anhaltische Philharmonie in August 2009. profile & recordings >>


Arabella Steinbacher

Arabella Steinbacher

German violinist Arabella Steinbacher has firmly established herself as one of today's leading violinists on the international concert scene. profile & recordings >>


Arditti Quartet

Arditti Quartet

The Arditti Quartet enjoys a world-wide reputation for their spirited and technically refined interpretations of contemporary and earlier 20th century music.

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Arnauld de Pasquale

Arnauld de Pasquale

Arnauld de Pasquale is a French harpsichordist whose playing is marked by a lifelong passion for baroque music. profile & recordings >>


Ars Nova Copenhagen

Ars Nova Copenhagen

ARS NOVA Copenhagen is widely recognized as one of the finest vocal groups in Europe. Founded in 1979, the ensemble today is busier than ever. In addition to its annual season of concerts in Copenhagen and throughout Denmark, the ensemble regularly appears across Europe, in North and South America and Asia. Ars Nova is also building collaborations with creative artists in different fields such as drama, film and ballet, as well as cultivating new modes of concert performance and innovative repertoire. profile & recordings >>


Arte Ensemble

Arte Ensemble

The Arte Ensemble was founded in 1993 and perform both in concert halls and at music festivals. Lead by Kathrin Rabus, they are comprised of soloists from the NDR Radiophilharmonie and have recorded two albums together to date. profile & recordings >>


Artur Pizarro

Artur Pizarro

After winning the Leeds Piano Competition in 1990, Artur Pizarro has released several oustandingly beautiful solo albums on Linn Records. Artur is renowned for his "breath-takingly sensitive playing" Glasgow Herald. profile & recordings >>


Artur Pizarro and Vita Panomariovaite

Artur Pizarro and Vita Panomariovaite

Celebrated pianist Artur Pizarro combines his extensive experience with that of his pupil and friend Vita Panomariovaite profile & recordings >>


Athena Ensemble

The Athena Ensemble is a London based group with a repertoire encompassing music from the eighteenth to twentieth century. The ensemble has both toured and recorded extensively. profile & recordings >>


Ayumi

The Japanese word ‘Ayumi' translates aptly to the English 'encounter'. This lute duo is an encounter between two musicians, two generations and two worlds, different yet closely connected. Toyohiko Satoh and his daughter Miki comprise this lutenist duo, playing baroque lutes by S.L. Weiss, Corigniani and G.P. Telemann. profile & recordings >>


Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is internationally recognized as having achieved a preeminent place among the world's most important orchestras profile & recordings >>


Bamberger Symphoniker

Bamberger Symphoniker

Formed in 1946, the award-winning German orchestra is famous for its association with the renowned Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition. profile & recordings >>


Barocco Locco

Barocco Locco

Barocco Locco are an ensemble dedicated to the performance of authentic 17th century music on reconstructed historical instruments. profile & recordings >>


Barokksolistene

Barokksolistene

Barokksolistene is an esemble that was founded in 200 and counts up to 20 musicians, all on a solistic level. The ensemble is flexible and its versatility remarkable, appearing as a chamber orchestra, but also as a pub-band, free improvising group, cross-over ensemble or intimate chamber group.

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Barry Douglas

Barry Douglas

Barry Douglas is an award-winning Irish pianist who is also the conductor for Camerata Ireland. profile & recordings >>


Bassano Quartet

Bassano Quartet

A world renowned recorder quartet featuring Adriana Breukink, Ronald Moelker, Sanne Vos and Wolf Meyer. profile & recordings >>


Bassiona Amorosa

Bassiona Amorosa

Bassiona Amorosa are an award-winning international double bass quartet comprised of master class students of Professor Trump from the State Conservatory of Music in Munich.

Bassiona Amorosa are best known for their combined, flawless command and technique, unmistakable musicality, for the refinement of their sound and the interesting and particularly engaging arrangements put together by Professor Trumpf.

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BBC Concert Orchestra

BBC Concert Orchestra

Famous for their versatility, the BBC Concert Orchestra players can turn their hands to classical, jazz, film music and crossover compositions. profile & recordings >>


BBC National Orchestra of Wales

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Based in Cardiff, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales has performed throughout Wales, UK and internationally. profile & recordings >>


BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

The BBC Philharmonic is acknowledged as one of the UK's finest orchestras. It is part of the BBC's family of six performing groups, and from its new home in Salford it tours widely in the UK and internationally. Most concerts are broadcast live or recorded for BBC Radio 3. profile & recordings >>


BBC Symphony Orchestra

BBC Symphony Orchestra

The BBC Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1930. Since its establishment it has played a central role at the heart of British musical. It provides the backbone of the BBC Proms with around a dozen concerts each year, including the First and Last Nights, and is Associate Orchestra of the Barbican.

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Begoña Uriarte

Begoña Uriarte

For a long time the names Begona Uriarte and Karl-Hermann Mrongovius have constituted the ideal of a piano duo in the music world. profile & recordings >>


Belcea Quartet

Belcea Quartet

Established at the Royal College of Music in 1994, the Belcea Quartet is one of the leading quartets of the new generation. They consistently receive critical acclaim for their performances and possess an impressive discography. profile & recordings >>


Belenus Quartett

Belenus Quartett

The Belenaus Quartet is a prize-winning Swiss string quartet comrpised of three violinists and one cellist. profile & recordings >>


Benjamin Britten

Benjamin Britten

Benjamin Britten, was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. profile & recordings >>


Benjamin Grosvenor

Benjamin Grosvenor

Internationally recognised for his electrifying performances, exquisite technique and ingenious flair, Benjamin Grosvenor is one of the most sought-after young pianists in the world. profile & recordings >>


Benoit Haller

Benoit Haller

In 2001, Benoît Haller founded La Chapelle Rhénane to bring together French and German musician friends and has directed the ensemble ever since. profile & recordings >>


Benoit Laurent

Benoit Laurent

Benoit Laurent is a Belgian oboist whose performs primarily early music compositions. profile & recordings >>


Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra is one of the world's oldest orchestral institutions. It performs some 110 concerts a year, and is based at the 1,500-seat Grieg Hall in Bergen, Norway.

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Berit Johansen Tange

Berit Johansen Tange

Berit Johansen Tange is a confident and dynamically empowered pianist who has been highly praised for interpretations of Rued Langgaard's work. profile & recordings >>


Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra is a Berlin based symphony orchestra who perform concerts at the Konzerthaus Berlin and at the Berliner Philharmonie. profile & recordings >>


Berliner Philharmoniker

Berliner Philharmoniker

The Berliner Philharmoniker is a world-renowned orchestra whose conductors have included Herbert von Karajan, Sir Simon Rattle, Wilhelm Furtwängler and its founder Hans von Bülow. profile & recordings >>


Bine Brynedorf

Bine Brynedorf

Bine Bryndorf is a teacher of the organ at The Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen.

She has given concerts and master classes all over Europe, in Japan and in the USA and has recorded organ works of J.S.Bach, D.Buxtehude and some contemporary composers.

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Bo Skovhus

Bo Skovhus

Bo Skovhus is a Danish Baritone who is well known for his opera performances throughout Europe and America. profile & recordings >>


Bob van der Ent

Bob van der Ent

Bob van der Ent is a well respected young Dutch violinist who already has already won a substantial number of prizes both nationally and internationally and performed extensively with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. profile & recordings >>


Boris Brovtsyn

Boris Brovtsyn

Boris Brovtsyn is a highly critically acclaimed Russian violinist who has performed as a soloist with numerous conductors and international orchestras of great renown. He regularly performs in chamber music concerts as well as at various music festivals worldwide. profile & recordings >>


Boston Baroque

Boston Baroque

Three-time Grammy-nominee Boston Baroque-the first permanent Baroque orchestra established in North America-is now widely regarded as ‘one of the world's premier period-instrument bands' (Fanfare). profile & recordings >>


Boston Symphony Orchestra

Boston Symphony Orchestra

The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is an orchestra which was founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1881. It is one of the five American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five". profile & recordings >>


Brentano String Quartet

Brentano String Quartet

Since its inception in 1992, the Brentano String Quartet has appeared throughout the world to popular and critical acclaim. profile & recordings >>


Brian Brooks

Brian Brooks

Brian Brooks combines the roles of violinist and musicologist, bringing them together in his research into the emergence of the violin as a solo instrument in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. profile & recordings >>


Brodsky Quartet

Brodsky Quartet

The Brodsky Quartet is a British string quartet which performs internationally, touring worldwide as well as maintaining a career as a recording group. profile & recordings >>


Bruno Boterf

Bruno Boterf

Bruno Boterf is a French high tenor whose focus is on early music. He is the founding member of the Renaissance vocal ensemble Ludus Modalis.

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Bruno Procopio

Bruno Procopio

Bruno Procopio is a highly respected French harpsichordist who is a worldwide Baroque specialist and performs internationally. profile & recordings >>


Budapest Festival Orchestra

Budapest Festival Orchestra

The Budapest Festival Orchestra, Hungary's leading orchestra, is conducted by Iván Fischer. profile & recordings >>


Camerata Academica des Mozarteums Salzburg

Camerata Academica des Mozarteums Salzburg

The Camerata Salzburg is an Austrian chamber orchestra based in Salzburg, Austria. The Camerata's principal concert venue is the Mozarteum Salzburg. They have made several commercial recordings for such labels as Decca, Warner Classics and Sony Classical. profile & recordings >>


Camerata Bern

Camerata Bern

Located in Bern, Switzerland, the Camerata Bern was founded in 1962 by musicians as a small and flexible chamber orchestra without a conductor. The Camerata Bern's repertoire stretches from early Baroque to contemporary classical music. The group tours extensively worldwide and has released several albums.

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Cantatrix

Cantatrix

Cantatrix is an ensemble aiming for the highest level of choral singing.  Cantatrix may consist of amateur singers, but their collective sound is no less than gorgeous, appreciated not just in their native Holland, but abroad as well. profile & recordings >>


Canty

Canty

Canty, Scotland's only professional Medieval music group, create a beautiful soundworld full of captivating chants and haunting melodies with their unique blend of Medieval chant and contemporary music. profile & recordings >>


Capella Coloniensis dir. Bruno Weil

Capella Coloniensis dir. Bruno Weil

The Cappella Coloniensis is an orchestra of historical performance practice. Its aim is to play the compositions in the way they have sounded at the time of their origin according to the will and the ideas of the composer. profile & recordings >>


Capella Istropolitana

Capella Istropolitana

The Cappella Istropolitana - sometimes spelt Capella Istropolitana - is a Slovakian chamber orchestra based in Bratislava, Slovakia. profile & recordings >>


Capilla Flamenca

Capilla Flamenca

Capilla Flameca is a vocal and instrumental ensemble comprised mainly of musicians from Flanders and is devoted to the authentic performance and 15th and 16th century music.  profile & recordings >>


Cappella Nova

Cappella Nova

This outstanding Scottish choral group is famous for premiering works by leading contemporary composers and performing Scotland's unique treasury of early vocal music. profile & recordings >>


Carl St. Clair

Carl St. Clair

Carl St. Clair is a regular guest conductor of many important orchestras worldwide. profile & recordings >>


Catherine King and Jacob Heringman

Catherine King and Jacob Heringman

American lutenist Jacob Heringman and British mezzo-soprano Catherine King are highly respected interpreters of early music. profile & recordings >>


Catherine King and Norwegian Baroque Orchestra

Catherine King and Norwegian Baroque Orchestra

Scandanavia's premiere small orchestra accompanies the versatile mezzo-soprano Catherine King in this lovely recording. profile & recordings >>


Cecilia Bartoli

Cecilia Bartoli

Cecilia Bartoli an Italian mezzo-soprano who is best known for her interpretation Mozart and Rossini's compositions as well as for her performances of lesser-known Baroque and classical pieces. She is also renowned for her versatility, being able to perform both soprano and mezzo roles. profile & recordings >>


Cedric Pescia

Cedric Pescia, pianist of dual French and Swiss nationality, was born in Lausanne. He studied with Christian Favre at the Conservatoire de Musique in Lausanne, later with Dominique Merlet at the Conservatoire de Musique in Geneva where he earned a Premier Prix de Virtuosite with honors and completed his studies with Klaus Hellwig at the Universität der Künste in Berlin. profile & recordings >>


Chamber Domaine

Chamber Domaine

Chamber Domaine integrates chamber music and song from our time with music from the 18th and 19th centuries. It takes an innovatory approach to programming in its recitals, recordings and educational activities and is constantly exploring ways of developing audiences and broadening understanding and interest in the genre. profile & recordings >>


Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Chamber Orchestra of Europe

The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, established in 1981, comprises 57 members coming from all over Europe. The players pursue parallel careers as international soloists, members of eminent national orchestras and chamber ensembles, and as professors of music.

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Charlotte Margiono

Charlotte Margiono

The Dutch operatic soprano has enjoyed great international successes with leading roles in operas such as Don Giovanni and Die Walküre. profile & recordings >>


Chassol

Chassol

Christophe Chassol is a pianist, composer, arranger and conductor based in Paris who writes and performs music widely for theatre, film, radio and television. profile & recordings >>


Chenyin Li

Chenyin Li

Chenyin Li is an immensely accomplished Chinese pianist and one of the best known and most in-demand of her generation. profile & recordings >>


Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is consistently hailed as one of today's leading orchestras. Performances by the CSO are much in demand at home and in the most prestigious music capitals of the world. profile & recordings >>


Chilingirian Quartet

Chilingirian Quartet

The Chilingirian Quartet is one of the world's most celebrated and widely-travelled ensembles, renowned for its thrilling interpretations of the great quartets - and commanding performances of the contemporary repertoire. profile & recordings >>


Chiyomi Yamada

Chiyomi Yamada is a Japanese singer who specialises in early music and performs worldwide. profile & recordings >>


Cho Liang Lin

Cho Liang Lin

 

Cho-Liang Lin was born on the 29th of January 1960 in Hsinchu, Taiwan and is a Taiwanese American violinist who is renowned for his appearances as a soloist with major orchestras.

'Musical America' named him its 'Instrumentalist of the Year' in 2000. He founded the Taipei International Music Festival in 1997, the largest classical music festival in the history of Taiwan, performing to an indoor audience of over 53,000.

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Choeur L’Echelle

Choeur L’Echelle

Choeur L'Echelle is a French Canadian choir which is over forty years old and comprises of an equal number of male and female voices which now total over a hundred. Its repertoire contains the work of such great composers as Haydn, Beethoven and Handel. profile & recordings >>


Choir of St John's College, Cambridge

Choir of St John's College, Cambridge

The Choir is made up of fifteen Choral Scholars, sixteen Choristers and four Probationers who are all members of St John's College, and its primary purpose is to enhance the liturgy and worship and daily services in the College Chapel. profile & recordings >>


Choir of Worcester College

Choir of Worcester College

The Choir of Worcester College is a mixed choir based in Worcester College Chapel with a repertoire stretching from medieval to contemporary works. The choir has a recorded substantial discography and performs regularly at services and cathedrals throughout the UK. profile & recordings >>


Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin

Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin

The chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, one of the world's largest choruses, has been led and formed by prominent conductors and chorus-masters. profile & recordings >>


Christian Poltera

Christian Poltera

Christian Poltera is one of the most prominent cellists of his generation; he has worked with renowned orchestas includig the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, NDR Hamburg Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna and Bamberg Symphonies, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Orchestra Santa Cecilia in Rome, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre National de Lyon, BBC Philharmonic, BBC Scottish Symphony. He made his solo debut in the US in 2006 with the American Symphony Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall in New York.

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Christian Tetzlaff

Christian Tetzlaff

Christian Tetzlaff is recognized as one of the most inspiring musicians of his generation. Equally at home in the Classical/Romantic repertoire and contemporary music, he sets standards with his interpretations of the violin concertos by Beethoven, Brahms and Tchaikovsky as well as Berg, Ligeti, Schönberg and Shostakovich. profile & recordings >>


Christine Busch

Christine Busch

Christine Busch is a German violinist who performs across the world as both a modern and baroque style musician.  profile & recordings >>


Ciaramella Ensemble

Ciaramella Ensemble

Ciaramella brings to life Medieval and early Renaissance music from historical events and manuscripts. profile & recordings >>


Clara Sanabras

Clara Sanabras

Anglo-Spanish singer and multi-instrumentalist. 'Sanabras has a voice that immediately seduces with its wily and occasionaly wilfully knowing ornamentation.... a tasteful and at times elegiac recording.' Classical Guitar Magazine

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Classical Opera

Classical Opera

Classical Opera was founded in 1997 by conductor Ian Page. It specialises in the music of Mozart and his contemporaries, performing with its own period-instrument orchestra, and is emerging as one of Britain's most exciting and highly regarded young arts organisations. profile & recordings >>


Claudio Ferrarini

Claudio Ferrarini

Flautist Claudio Ferrarini is known for his absolute virtuosity and has a fresh sound wth a beautiful singing tone. profile & recordings >>


Cleveland Orchestra

Cleveland Orchestra

Under the leadership of Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, The Cleveland Orchestra has become one of the most sought-after performing ensembles in the world. In concerts at its winter home at Severance Hall and at each summer's Blossom Festival, in residencies from Miami to Vienna to New York, and on tour around the world, The Cleveland Orchestra sets standards of artistic excellence, creative programming, and community engagement. profile & recordings >>


Collegium Musicum 90

Collegium Musicum 90

Collegium Musicum 90, founded by Simon Standage and Richard Hickox, has a well-established reputation for the performance of Baroque and Classical music.

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Collegium Vocale Gent

Collegium Vocale Gent

In 2010, Collegium Vocale Gent celebrated its founding forty years before, by a group of friends studying at the University of Ghent, on Philippe Herreweghe's initiative. They were one of the first ensembles to use new ideas about baroque performance practice in vocal music. Their authentic, text-oriented and rhetorical approach gave the ensemble the transparent sound with which it would acquire world fame. profile & recordings >>


Concerto Caledonia

Concerto Caledonia

Original and vibrant chamber group specialising in Scottish early music directed from the harpsichord by David McGuinnness. profile & recordings >>


Concerto Soave

Concerto Soave

In a few years, Concerto Soave has become a reference in the interpretation of Italian music of the Seicento. Born from the meeting of soprano María Cristina Kiehr and harpsichordist Jean-Marc Aymes, they bring together soloists specializing in the Italian repertoire of the 17th century. profile & recordings >>


Corina Marti

Corina Marti

Corina Marti is a classical musician who specializes in performance on Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque flutes as well as the earliest keyboard instruments. profile & recordings >>


Coro della Radio Svizzera

Coro della Radio Svizzera

Since being founded in 1936, the internationally-renowned choir has recorded many works and won many awards - the choir has even been nominted in the Grammy Awards. profile & recordings >>


Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

At the end of the 19th century, the Chorus of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia assumed a definitive role and took part in performances of polyphonic music as well as of the great symphonic-vocal repertory.  Today, the chorus consists of about 90 members and performs with the Accademia Orchestra for the execution of great classical and modern symphonic-choral works.

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Craig Ogden

Craig Ogden

Australian born guitarist Craig Ogden is one of the most exciting artists of his generation. He studied guitar from the age of seven and percussion from the age of thirteen. Ogden was recently honoured by the Royal Northern College of Music with a Fellowship in recognition of his achievements. He is the youngest instrumentalist to have received this award from the RNCM.

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Cristina Ariagno

Cristina Ariagno

Since the nineties the pianist Cristina Ariagno (great scholar of the Art nouveau movement) has dedicated herself to the execution and revaluation of the French composers who operated in the late 19th and early 20th century. profile & recordings >>


Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Dallas Symphony Orchestra has a history that spans from 1900. The orchestra was awarded the Gramophone Awards 2005 Editor's Choice; CD of the Week and Record of the Year 2004 from The Sunday Times; and Classical Brit Award 2005 Critics' Choice. profile & recordings >>


Dame Janet Baker

Dame Janet Baker

Baker was an acclaimed master of both opera and lieder for more than 30 years.  In 2011 she was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award by Gramophone Magazine. profile & recordings >>


Damien Guillon

Damien Guillon

Damien Guillon is a French counter-tenor whose repertoire is primarily focussed around Renaissance and Baroque works. He is also the lead member of the ensemble Le Banquet Celeste. profile & recordings >>


Daniel Barenboim

Daniel Barenboim

The history of music is full of thrilling conductors. It has seen thousands of visionary pianists too. There have even been musicians who have entered the political arena. But never have they all joined forces in one man. Step forward, Daniel Barenboim.  From his first concert as a gifted seven-year old piano prodigy in Argentina, to his recent incarnation as the founder of the inspirational and life-changing West Eastern Divan Orchestra, he's defied expectations and broken barriers.

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Daniel Bolshoy

Daniel Bolshoy

 

Daniel Bolshoy is a guitarist who is regularly praised for his friendly and informative spoken introductions, and progressive programming of solo and chamber music. His concert tours take him from prestigious international concert stages to remote villages and house-concerts.

 

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Daniel-Ben Pienaar

Daniel-Ben Pienaar

Daniel-Ben Pienaar is an active pianist who has worked closely with Jonthan Freeman-Attwood in his quest to explore 'new' trumpet repertoire to critical acclaim. profile & recordings >>


Danish National Symphony Orchestra

Danish National Symphony Orchestra

The Danish National Symphony Orchestra was founded as a radio orchestra in 1925, since its establishment it has toured in Denmarkt and other parts of the world. The Orchestra has also toured to Europe's finest concers halls and performed in events like BBC porms, the Salzburg Festival and Prague Spring.

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Daria Kameneva

Daria Kameneva

Daria Kameneva is a Russian pianist who performs widely across Europe and whose repertoire ranges from compositions of the Baroque period to those of the 21st century.  profile & recordings >>


David Eben

David Eben

David Eben is the founder and art director of the Schola Gregoriana Pragensis Ensemble. He has worked extensively in conducting Gregorian chant as well as teaching in the same field. profile & recordings >>


David Fung

David Fung

David Fung is an Australian concert pianist who performs with orchestras including the Israel Philharmonic, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the San Diego Symphony and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. profile & recordings >>


David Howard

David Howard

Clarinetist DAVID HOWARD has been a member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 1981, when, at age 25, he was hired by then Music Director Carlo Maria Giulini. Over the last few seasons he has performed and given master classes at international festivals in Tel Aviv, Vancouver, Helsinki, Beijing, and Stockholm. profile & recordings >>


David Jalbert

David Jalbert

Pianist David Jalbert is one of the most remarkable talents of the new generation. With his personal style, incomparable stage presence, and refined ear, he has wowed audiences and critics everywhere in North America. profile & recordings >>


David Paul Jones

David Paul Jones

David Paul Jones is an extraordinary composer, pianist and vocalist who produces beautiful and atmospheric journeys in his intimate and deeply moving music.

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David S. Lefkowitz

David S. Lefkowitz

David S. Lefkowitz is a native of New York City and is a composer whose works have been performed across the world. profile & recordings >>


David Soar

David Soar

Opera Today describes bass David Soar as ‘... definitely a singer to listen out for'. profile & recordings >>


Dejan Lazic

Dejan Lazic

Pianist Dejan Lazic is quickly establishing a reputation worldwide as "a brilliant pianist and a gifted musician full of ideas and able to project them persuasively" (Gramophone). profile & recordings >>


Denis Raisin Dadre & Doulce Mémoire

Denis Raisin Dadre & Doulce Mémoire

When Denis Raisin Dadre founded the Doulce Mémoire ensemble in 1990, could he have imagined he was taking the first step in conquering Renaissance music, and that he would soon be performing in the most prestigious venues worldwide? profile & recordings >>


Detroit Symphony Orchestra

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) is an American orchestra based in Detroit, Michigan. Its main performance center is Orchestra Hall at the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit's Midtown neighborhood. Its live concert series is attended by 450,000 people a year and includes a series of free educational concerts for children begun in 1926.

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Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie

Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie

The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen is one of the world's leading orchestras, delighting audiences throughout the world with its unique musical style. The Estonian conductor Paavo Järvi has been the orchestra's Artistic Director since 2004. profile & recordings >>


Diego Fasolis

Diego Fasolis

Diego Fasolis is an internationally renowned award winning conductor and composer. profile & recordings >>


Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was a German lyric baritone and conductor of classical music, one of the most famous Lieder performers of the post-war period, described as 'one of the supreme vocal artists of the 20th century' and 'the most influential singer of the 20th Century'. profile & recordings >>


Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Dmitri Hvorostovsky is an internationally acclaimed baritone opera singer from Russia. He debuted in 1989.

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Do.gma Chamber Orchestra

Do.gma Chamber Orchestra

The Do.gma Chamber Orchestra brings together personalities and the many-sided musical experiences of orchestra members into a complex acoustic sound. profile & recordings >>


Don Kosaken Chor

Don Kosaken Chor

Don Kosaken Chor is an all men's choir, founded in 1921 and originally comprised of the exiled Don Cossacks. Their repertoire consists of Russian sacred chants, classical choral works and Russian folk songs. profile & recordings >>


Dorian Keilhack

Dorian Keilhack

Dorian Keilhack is a European pianist and conductor who has toured worldwide and offers master classes for singers, other musicians and teachers of music. profile & recordings >>


Dorothee Mields

Dorothee Mields

Dorothee Mields is a German soprano who specialises in Baroque and contemporary music. profile & recordings >>


Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra

Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra

The Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra is one of Germany's most respected orchestras dating back to 1877.  British conductor Jonathan Darlington is the Orchestra's current musical director. profile & recordings >>


Dunedin Consort

Dunedin Consort

The Dunedin Consort is one of the leading exponents of historical performance in the UK. Under the direction of John Butt OBE, the ensemble has become particularly acclaimed for its inquisitive approach, shining new light into some of the best known pieces of the baroque repertoire.

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Duo Amade

 Duo Amade is a violin and piano duo comprised of violinist Catherine Mackintosh and pianist Geoffrey Govier. The focus of the duo is to perform Mozart's violin sonatas, particularly on period instruments. The duo also collaborates with other musicians in order to perform Mozart's chamber music compositions. profile & recordings >>


Duo Seraphim

Duo Seraphim

Duo Serpahim is a classical duo comprised of mezzo-soprano Margot Kalse and lutenist Elly van Munster. profile & recordings >>


Duo Stoica

Duo Stoica

Performing together since 1996, Duo Stoica has captivated both audiences and critics alike. During numerous concerts, the members of Duo Stoica, Razvan and Andreea Stoica have proven themselves to be musical personalities who combine technical brilliance and sensitivity with true artistic vision, thereby achieving perfect homogeneity. profile & recordings >>


Early Opera Company

Early Opera Company

The Early Opera Company is a well known, award-winning British early music ensemble dedicated to the performance of baroque operas using period instruments. profile & recordings >>


Edoardo Catemario

Edoardo Catemario

International Guitarist and Pedagogue, Edoardo Catemario performs works from the romantic repertoire to the baroque, to the XXth century music and to contemporary music and vanguards.  profile & recordings >>


El Cortesano

El Cortesano is a Spanish musical duo specialising in Spanish Golden Age compositions. profile & recordings >>


Elena Rachelis

Elena Rachelis

Elena Rachelis is a dedicated and talented Uzbekistan-born pianist who has spent her life developing and honing her piano playing technique, from her first piano lesson at age 6 to post-graduate education in Germany and experience touring throughout Europe. profile & recordings >>


Elena Riu

Elena Riu

Spanish-American pianist whose playing was described by Gramophone as "exceptionally fine and beautifully meditative". profile & recordings >>


Elinor Frey

Elinor Frey

Elinor Frey is a Canadian cellist, an expert in both baroque and modern works. profile & recordings >>


Elinor Frey & David Fung

Elinor Frey & David Fung

Elinor Frey and David Fung share an intimate dialogue as a duo, with sincere and sympathetic musical sensitivity. profile & recordings >>


Elizabeth Kenny

Elizabeth Kenny

Elizabeth Kenny is one of Europe's leading lute players.  She is a principal player with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Concordia. profile & recordings >>


Elliott Carter

Elliott Carter

Elliott Carter is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning composer from New York City. profile & recordings >>


Elsa Grether

Elsa Grether

Elsa Grether is a French classical violinist who has won prizes across Europe and who has appeared on French language television and radio. profile & recordings >>


Emily Beynon

Emily Beynon is principal flute of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam. profile & recordings >>


Emma Bell

Emma Bell

Astonishingly talented soprano who is a regular on the opera scene in both Berlin and London. "Bell...is, quite simply, one of the most beautiful things you will ever hear." The Guardian profile & recordings >>


English Chamber Orchestra

English Chamber Orchestra

The English Chamber Orchestra is the most recorded chamber orchestra in the world, its discography containing 857 recordings of over 1,500 works by more than 400 composers. profile & recordings >>


English Classical Players

English Classical Players

Directed by Jonathan Brett, The English Classical Players was formed to give performances primarily of the works of the classical masters. profile & recordings >>


Enrico Dindo

Enrico Dindo

Enrico Dindo is an award-winning Italian cellist and conductor who also works as artistic director to Pavia Municipality and the Fondazione Banca del Monte di Lombardia and professor of cello at the Accademia Musicale di Pavia. profile & recordings >>


Ensemble Braccio

Ensemble Braccio

Ensemble Braccio is a period music ensemble dedicated to the historically faithful re-enactment of renaissance and early baroque string music. profile & recordings >>


Ensemble Dumont

Ensemble Dumont

Founded and directed by Peter Bennett to perform music of Renaissance France. profile & recordings >>


Ensemble Marsyas

Ensemble Marsyas

Formed in Edinburgh in 2011, Ensemble Marsyas is devoted to exploring and championing the virtuoso wind music of the Baroque and Classical eras. Among its members are several of the finest historical instrumentalists working in Europe today. profile & recordings >>


Ensemble Meridiana

Ensemble Meridiana

The award-winning musicians of Ensemble Meridiana play on copies of original baroque instruments. The combination of recorder or bassoon, oboe or recorder, violin, viola da gamba and harpsichord offers a wide variety of instrument combinations and enables them to cover a wealth of baroque repertoire.

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Ensemble Midtvest

Ensemble Midtvest

 

Ensemble MidtVest consists of a string quartet, a wind quintet, and a pianist. The ensemble is renowned for its creative programming, pushing the boundaries of the traditional classical concert form through creativity and excellence. The eleven players are classically trained musicians, all of whom specialise in chamber music. Together they form a dynamic ensemble, performing a huge range of music at an international level.

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Ensemble Rossignol

Ensemble Rossignol

A duo featuring recorder and Theorbo. profile & recordings >>


Eric Le Sage

Eric Le Sage

Eric Le Sage is established as one of the leading pianists of his generation and a famous representative of the French piano school, regularly boasted for his very subtle sound, his real sense of structure and poetic phrasing. profile & recordings >>


Eric Whitacre

Eric Whitacre

Eric Whitacre is one of the most popular and performed living composers, as well as a distinguished conductor and public speaker. He has written for the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Chanticleer, Julian Lloyd Webber, the Philharmonia Orchestra, Rundfunkchor Berlin, and The King's Singers, among others. Eric's ground-breaking Virtual Choir, Lux Aurumque, received over a million views on YouTube in just 2 months, featuring 185 singers from 12 different countries. profile & recordings >>


Erich Kleiber

The eminent Austrian conductor is renowned for his performances of the music of Mozart and L.v. Beethoven. He also composed; among his works are a Violin Concerto, Piano Concerto, orchestral variations, Capriccio for Orchestra, numerous chamber music works, piano pieces, and songs.

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Erika Budday

Erika Budday

Erika Budday is a professional organist who works as a performing and recording artist as well as the church music director at Maulbronn Monastery. profile & recordings >>


Ernest Ansermet

Ernest Ansermet

Ernest Ansermet is known for founding his own orchestra, the Orchestre de la Suisse Roman with whom he toured in Europe and America. Ansermet was one of the first in the field of classical music to take jazz seriously, and in 1919 he wrote an article praising Sidney Bechet. profile & recordings >>


Eroica Quartet

Eroica Quartet

The Eroica Quartet is a pioneering string quartet devoted to the authentic performance of nineteenth-century quartet literature. profile & recordings >>


Esbjerg Ensemble

Esbjerg Ensemble

The Esbjerg Ensemble is a Denmark-based group consisting of 12 international musicians and is one of the foremost Danish chamber music groups. profile & recordings >>


Estrio

Estrio

Violinist Laura Gorna, cellist Cecila Radic and pianist Laura Manzini are regarded as being among the best performers of the new generation. profile & recordings >>


Fantasticus

Fantasticus

Fantasicus is an ensemble based in the Netherlands. The three members, Rie Kimura, Robert Smith and Guillermo Brachetta (Japan, UK and Argentina) all came to the Netherlands to profit from the fertile early music scene. profile & recordings >>


Ferenc Fricsay

Ferenc Fricsay

Ferenc Fricsay's career lasted barely 20 years, but during that time, he became one of the most acclaimed conductors of his generation and left behind a body of recordings that are still admired profile & recordings >>


Ferenc Vizi

Ferenc Vizi

Ferenc Vizi is a Romanian pianist who has won numerous international prizes whose repertoire focuses on eighteenth and nineteenth century compositions. profile & recordings >>


Filarmonica 900 Teatro Regio Torino

Filarmonica 900 Teatro Regio Torino

The Filarmonica 900 Teatro Regio Torino are an Italian orchestra who are known for their particularly wide repertoire which ranges from traditional classical compositions to film music and jazz. profile & recordings >>


Finzi Quartet

Finzi Quartet

The Finzi Quartet was formed under the guidance of Dr Christopher Rowland at the Royal Northern College of Music and received First Prize in the 2010 Royal Over Seas League Competition. The Quartet consists of Sara Wolstenholme, Natalie Klouda, Ruth Gibson and Lydia Shelley. profile & recordings >>


Fitzwilliam String Quartet

Fitzwilliam String Quartet

Founded in 1968 by four Cambridge undergraduates, first became well known through their association with Shostakovich, who entrusted them with the Western premieres of his last three quartets profile & recordings >>


Flemming Dreisig

Flemming Dreisig

Flemming Dreisig is the organist at Copenhagen Cathedral. He has held this post, the most prestigious in Denmark for an organist, since 2003. Flemming Dreisig has thus been enrolled in the ‘royal succession' of Danish organists - his predecessors have included the composers C.E.F. Weyse and J.P.E. Hartmann. profile & recordings >>


Floraleda Sacchi

Floraleda Sacchi

Described as an 'artist of exceptional talent', Floraleda Sacchi has always dedicated herself to the harp solo and chamber music repertoire trying to develop original projects and a personal way of making music. profile & recordings >>


Florilegium

Florilegium

One of the UKs finest period instrument ensembles profile & recordings >>


Folkert Buis

Folkert Buis

Folkert Buis is a contemporary Dutch composer and percussionist.

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Fone Ensemble

Fone Ensemble

The Fone Ensemble is directed from the violin by Marco Fornaciari who is dedicated to "historically-faithful" performances. profile & recordings >>


Forestare

Forestare

Forestare is composed of young classical guitarists with a commitment to the environment. The group's keen interest in actual music is expressed through the performance of commissioned works, orchestral arrangements and collaborative projects with renowned performing artists, such as Richard Desjardins, who have made their mark on Quebec's culture. profile & recordings >>


Fort Smith Symphony

Fort Smith Symphony

Founded in 1923, the Fort Smith Symphony is one of the most outstanding orchestras in the State of Arkansas and enjoys wide regional support and sell-out concerts. profile & recordings >>


Fortuna

Fortuna

Fortuna are an early music ensemble that present a fresh approach to late medieval polyphony – brilliant voices, high-pitched instruments and vivacious tempi – creating the distinctive sound the ensemble achieved critical acclaim for, both in The Netherlands and around the world. profile & recordings >>


Francesco Cera

Francesco Cera

Francesco Cera is now one of Italy's leading early music specialists, and is greatly admired both as a performer and for his extensive knowledge of styles and different musical expressions. He is particularly well-known for his performances of 17th century harpsichord and organ music. profile & recordings >>


François Chaplin

François Chaplin

His sumptuous sonority with its innumerable inflections, his musical intelligence and his sense of phrasing make François Chaplin an ideal interpreter of the concertos of Mozart, the sombre moods of Brahms, the fantastic atmospheres of Schumann, and the radiance of Debussy. profile & recordings >>


François Dumont

François Dumont

François Dumont is a French classical pianist notable for winning fifth prize in the sixteenth International Chopin Piano Competition. profile & recordings >>


Francois Salque

Francois Salque

Francois Salque is recognised as one of the most stunning cellists of his generation. His profound musical thinking and phenomenal technique have earned him many prestigious awards. profile & recordings >>


Franz Schubert

Franz Schubert

Schubert was a prolific composer, and is admired as one of the leading exponents of the Romantic era in music. He remains one of the most frequently performed and recorded composers. profile & recordings >>


Franz Vorraber

Franz Vorraber

Franz Vorraber is a German pianist who is renowned as an expert on Schumann's piano works. He performs internationally and teaches master classes throughout Europe and the USA. profile & recordings >>


Frederic Chopin

Frederic Chopin

Chopin was a Polish composer, virtuoso pianist, and one of the great masters of Romantic music. profile & recordings >>


Frederic Rosselet

Frederic Rosselet

Frédéric plays subtly and athletically.  He is not a showy performer, but his technical prowess rivals the great virtuosi.  He uses this skill tastefully and reservedly. profile & recordings >>


Frode Anderson

Frode Anderson is an accordionist who plays as both a solo and chamber musician. Frode has performed all over Scandinavia, in Europe and in the USA. His repertoire is wide and encompasses from folk and classical music to experimental improvisations with electronics. profile & recordings >>


Frode Haltli

Frode Haltli

Frode Haltli, is a Norwegian accordion player who performs both as a soloist and with ensembles worldwide. profile & recordings >>


Gabriel Fauré

Gabriel Fauré

Fauré was a French composer, one of the foremost of his generation, as well as organist, pianist and teacher. His musical style influenced many 20th century composers. profile & recordings >>


Galina Gorchakova

Galina Gorchakova

Galina Gorchakova is a distinguished Russian lyric soprano. profile & recordings >>


Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper is one of the foremost ambassadors of the harpsichord and fortepiano - in particular, as an interpreter of Bach and Beethoven's music - and of period performance in general. Along with countless performances worldwide he has made many recordings for TV, radio and CD.

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Georg Solti

Georg Solti

Sir Georg Solti was one of this century's most brilliant conductors and a leading figure of musical culture in Europe and the US. The great Maestro made his first recordings for Decca in 1947, as a pianist with Kulenkampff (Brahms and Beethoven violin sonatas) and as a conductor with the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra (Beethoven Egmont Overture). profile & recordings >>


George Frideric Handel

George Frideric Handel

Handel was a German-British Baroque composer who is famous for his operas, oratorios, and concertos. profile & recordings >>


George-Emmanuel Lazaridis

George-Emmanuel Lazaridis

Born in Greece and signed to Linn Records in 2006, George-Emmanuel Lazaridis is the Megaron European Concert Halls Organisation Rising Star representative for 2006-7. profile & recordings >>


Gerald Stempfel

Gerald Stempfel is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist who plays such instruments as the recorder, harpsichord and viola da gamba.

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Géza Anda

Géza Anda

A celebrated interpreter of classical and romantic repertoire, particularly noted for his performances and recordings of Mozart, he was also a tremendous interpreter of Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms and Bartók. profile & recordings >>


Giacomo Franci

Giacomo Franci

Maestro Pianist Giacomo Franci is the Artistic Director and the Conductor of The New York Chamber Players, an organization he founded in 2004. From the Season 2010-11 he has been elected Guest Maestro of Escuela de Direccion de Orquesta in Cordoba, Spain.

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Gianandrea Noseda

Gianandrea Noseda

Gianandrea Noseda is a Milan-born Italian conductor, now working worldwide with such orchestras as the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and the Pittsburg Symphony Orchestra. profile & recordings >>


Gidon Kremer

Gidon Kremer

Gidon Kremer is an award-winning and internationally renowned Latvian violinist and conductor who left the USSR in 1980 in order to re-locate in Germany. His repertoire stretches from the Classical and Romantic eras to modern day compositions. profile & recordings >>


Gillian Weir

Gillian Weir

Dame Gillian Weir is one of the world's foremost organ recitalists. "Weir's playing throughout is sensitively shaped and rhythmically rock-solid". AVguide.com profile & recordings >>


Giuliano Carmignola

Giuliano Carmignola

Giuliano Carmignola is an award-winning Italian violinist specialising in both classical and pre-classical repertoire.

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Glen Wilson

Glen Wilson

Glen Wilson is an American harpsichordist and conductor who has performed in over 30 countries and has received extensive radio play. profile & recordings >>


Gonzaga Band

Gonzaga Band

The Gonzaga Band is an ensemble dedicated to the authentic performance of sixteenth and seventeenth century music. profile & recordings >>


Gordan Nikolic

Gordan Nikolic

Gordan Nikolic is a Serbian violinist and concertmaster of the London Symphony Orchestra. profile & recordings >>


Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Named the 'National Orchestra of Sweden' in 1997, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra were founded in 1905 and have a repertoire ranging from the commonplace to the works of rarer composers such as Prokofiev.

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Gottlieb Wallisch

Gottlieb Wallisch

Gottlieb Wallisch is recognised internationally as one of the finest present day interpreters of the Viennese Piano tradition. profile & recordings >>


Grand Désir

Grand Désir

Grand Désir, ensemble for late-medieval and contemporary music, was founded in December 2004. The ensemble strives to combine the latest musicological research with exciting and fresh performances at a high musical level. profile & recordings >>


Grupo de Canto Coral

Grupo de Canto Coral

The Grupo de Canto Coral is an ensemble which is comprised of both a chamber-choir and a baroque-orchestra. Founded in 1973, the enesmble specialises in Latin American music and tours regularly throughout the USA and Europe. profile & recordings >>


Gustav Mahler

Gustav Mahler

Mahler was a late-Romantic Austrian composer and one of the leading conductors of his generation. profile & recordings >>


Hagen Philharmonic Orchestra dir. Antony Hermus

Hagen Philharmonic Orchestra dir. Antony Hermus

The Philharmonic Orchestra Hagen was founded in 1907 as the first municipal orchestra of Westphalia.  The Orchestra is currently conducted by Antony Hermus. profile & recordings >>


Hamburg Ratsmusik Ensemble

Hamburg Ratsmusik Ensemble

The Hamburg Ratsmusik Ensemble specialises in early music and is comprised of Klaus Mertens, Ulrich Wedemeister and Simone Eckert who are vocalist, guitarist and viola da gamba player respectively. profile & recordings >>


Hannu Lintu

Hannu Lintu

Hannu Lintu was conducted Principal Conductor of the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra in 2002. He has conducted orchestras all over Europe, in America and Asia, and in Scandinavia has become particularly well known for his contributions to contemporary music, premiering works by among others Per Nørgård, Marc Anthony Turnage, Jouni Kaipainen and Kaija Saariaho.

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Hanoverian Court Orchestra

Hanoverian Court Orchestra

The Hanoverian Court Orchestra are the 'orchestra in residence' at the Herrenhausen Festival Weeks and have a repertoire ranging from Baroque music to classical works such as the Mozart operas and Romantic era compositions. profile & recordings >>


Harmonices Mundi dir. Claudio Astronio

Harmonices Mundi dir. Claudio Astronio

An ensemble dedicated to tackling the entire classical repertoire and to help those who do not usually listen to this type of music to appreciate it. profile & recordings >>


Hebrides Ensemble

Hebrides Ensemble

The Hebrides Ensemble has built a reputation as Scotland’s foremost chamber group.  The Ensemble has premiered new works by more than forty composers including John Bevan Baker whose works are celebrated on their debut album on Linn Records. profile & recordings >>


Heinz Holliger

Heinz Holliger


Heinz Holliger is a Swiss oboist, composer and conductor who is world renowned for his accomplishments in each field. His repertoire is particularly vast, covering all genres with compositions ranging from solo to orchestral.

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Hélène Grimaud

Hélène Grimaud

A truly multi-faceted and charismatic artist - for pianist Hélène Grimaud music is a limitless passion.  Hélène is one of DG's most important recording artists with a string of imaginative and highly successful discs. profile & recordings >>


Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

The Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra is one of Sweden's oldest, founded as early as 1912. Today it consists of around 50 musicians and gives about 75 concerts a year in Helsingborg and around southern Sweden. profile & recordings >>


Henning Kraggerud

Henning Kraggerud

Award winning Norwegian violinist Henning Kraggerud is renowned for the unusually sweet tone, beauty of expression and impressive virtuosity with which he performs. profile & recordings >>


Herbert von Karajan

Herbert von Karajan

Herbert von Karajan was perhaps most famously associated with the Berlin Philharmonic, of which he was principal conductor for 35 years. He is generally considered to have been one of the greatest conductors of all time, and he was a dominant figure in European classical music from the 1960s until his death. profile & recordings >>


Horenstein Ensemble

Horenstein Ensemble

The Horenstein Ensemble aims to show chamber music's breadth of scope by combining different groups of instruments, such as strings, woodwind and harp. Its exciting and varied programmes bring together the old and the new, both standard works and rarely performed pieces. profile & recordings >>


Howard Shelley

Howard Shelley

Howard Shelley is an award winning British conductor and pianist who debued as a conducor in 1985 and as a pianist at the young age of 10 on television where he gave a recital of Bach and Chopin. profile & recordings >>


I Barocchisti

I Barocchisti

An international ensemble which concentrates on the vocal and instrumental works of the Baroque period. profile & recordings >>


I Fagiolini

I Fagiolini

I Fagiolini is a British solo-voice ensemble specialising in Renaissance and contemporary music, directed by Robert Hollingworth. It is the only early music ensemble ever to be awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society's Ensemble Prize.

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I Musici

I Musici

At present I Musici are regular guests at the most important international festivals and they carry out an intense concert activity in prestigious theatres and concert halls. profile & recordings >>


Iain Quinn

Iain Quinn

Iain Quinn is an organist, choral conductor and composer. He was the youngest person to ever hold the position of Director of Music at St. Michael's Theological College, Llandaff, at the age of 14. profile & recordings >>


Iceland Symphony Orchestra

Iceland Symphony Orchestra

The Iceland Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1950 and has established itself as one of the leading Nordic orchestra through its acclaimed performances and recordings.

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Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky

Stravinsky was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor and is widely acknowledged as one of the most important and influential composers of 20th century music. profile & recordings >>


Il Concerto Barocco

Il Concerto Barocco

Il Concerto Barocco are an orchestra of very experienced and professional musicians who have a passion for Baroque music.

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Ilja Reijngoud Quartet feat. Fay Claassen

Ilja Reijngoud Quartet feat. Fay Claassen

For many years now, Fay Claassen has been Ilja's favorite jazz singer. The sound of her voice is unique, clear and honest. In 2006 Ilja invited her to perform five sonnets arranged for his quartet. profile & recordings >>


Itamar Golan

Itamar Golan

Israeli pianist Itamar Golan ranks among the most admired and prominent classical musicians in the world today. He leads a distinguished career as a chamber music performer, appearing with outstanding international soloists and ensembles. profile & recordings >>


Ivan Fischer

Ivan Fischer

Ivan Fischer is an award-winning Hungarian conductor and composer who is in great demand world-wide. profile & recordings >>


Iveta Apkalna

Iveta Apkalna

Iveta Apkalna's playing combines a profound musicality and a flawless technique. During the last years she managed to put the organ as the Queen of instruments back on the map. profile & recordings >>


James Ehnes

James Ehnes

James Ehnes is a Canadian concert violinist who is well known for his many award-winning recordings and has a Grammy and a number of Junos to his name. profile & recordings >>


James Gilchrist

James Gilchrist

English tenor James Gilchrist is a sought-after recitalist whose voice has been described as pure and sensitive with an even and beautiful tone. profile & recordings >>


James Levine

James Levine

James Levine is considered the preeminent American conductor of his generation. A piano prodigy, he made his debut at the age of 10 with the Cincinnati Orchestra. By 1971, he was conducting at the Metropolitan Opera. He conducted for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Munich Philharmonic, and the Boston Symphony, among others. profile & recordings >>


Jan Lisiecki

Jan Lisiecki

Jan Lisiecki is a young Canadian classical pianist of Polish descent who has already achieved great success as both a performing and recording artist. profile & recordings >>


Janaki String Trio

Janaki String Trio

Janaki String Trio brings together three friends and virtuoso musicians whose passion and commitment captivate their audiences as they tackle their music with freshness, energy and maturity. profile & recordings >>


Janina Fialkowska

Janina Fialkowska

Beloved across the world for her exquisite pianism, Janina Fialkowska has enchanted audiences for over thirty years with her glorious lyrical sound, her sterling musicianship and her profound sense of musical integrity. profile & recordings >>


Janine Jansen

Janine Jansen

Ever since her Concertgebouw debut in 1997, Janine Jansen has been a huge star in her native Holland. Today she is internationally recognised as one of the great violinists - a truly exciting and versatile artist. profile & recordings >>


Jasper de Waal

Jasper de Waal

Eminent Dutch horn player Jasper de Waal, currently first horn with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, is considered one of the masters of the instrument. profile & recordings >>


Jean Saulnier

Jean Saulnier

Jean Saulnier is a French-Canadian pianist who leads an active career as a recitalist, chamber musician and teacher. profile & recordings >>


Jean-Efflam Bavouzet

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet is one of the most engaging live performers of his generation.  The multi award-winning pianist regularly works with conductors such as Pierre Boulez, Valery Gergiev, Neeme Järvi, Ingo Metzmacher, Andrew Davis, Andris Nelsons and Krzysztof Urbánski.

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Jeanette Balland

Jeanette Balland

Jeanette Balland is a Danish musician who is active both as a soloist and as a chamber musician. She has won several prizes as a member of REED-5 and DuoDenum (saxophone and percussion). She is also the first choice saxophonist of the Royal Danish Orchestra and the Danish National Symphony Orchestra / DR. profile & recordings >>


Jean-Pierre Armengaud

Jean-Pierre Armengaud

Pianist Jean-Pierre Armengaud's renown stems also from his highly respected interpretations of French repertoire, from Chabrier to Dutilleux, and especially through his recordings of the complete piano works of Erik Satie and Poulenc as well as those of works by Scriabin and music of the Russian avant-garde. This reputation can only be enhanced by his recordings of Debussy. profile & recordings >>


Jennifer Pike

Jennifer Pike

Jennifer Pike is an award-winning British violinist who performs concerts and recitals in major venues all over the world. profile & recordings >>


Jesper Sivebaek

Jesper Sivebaek

Jesper Sivebaek is a Danish guitarist who works as both a soloist and chamber musician. He has received awards for his performances throughout Europe and currently works as associate professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen. profile & recordings >>


Jill Feldman

Jill Feldman

Jill Feldman is an American soprano and baroque specialist. profile & recordings >>


Jim Perkins

Jim Perkins

Composer, producer and artist mixing elements of contemporary classical and electronica.

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Joan Sutherland

Joan Sutherland

Hardly any other singer of our time has had such an uninterrupted and brilliant career as the Australian soprano, Joan Sutherland. profile & recordings >>


Joanne Pearce Martin

Joanne Pearce Martin

Joanne Pearce Martin is the Los Angeles Philharmonic's keyboardist and performs all over the world as a soloist, chamber musician and recording artist. Her versatility allows her to perform with the Philharmonic on multiple keyboard instruments including the celesta, various synthesizers, and occasionally a Mac computer, in addition to the ubiquitous piano. profile & recordings >>


Johan Brouwer

Johan Brouwer

Johan Brouwer is a Dutch harpsichord and organ player who performs widely across Europe and has recorded an extensive discography with particular focus on baroque compositions. profile & recordings >>


Johaneette Zomer and Bart Schneeman

Johaneette Zomer and Bart Schneeman

Dutch soprano Johannette Zomer performs with Bart Schneemann principal oboist of the celebrated Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. profile & recordings >>


Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach

Considered by many to be the supreme composer of the Baroque style, and regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time. profile & recordings >>


Johannes Brahms

Johannes Brahms

Johannes Brahms was a German Romantic composer. profile & recordings >>


Johannes Søe Hansen

Johannes Søe Hansen

Johannes Søe Hansen is an award-winning Danish violinist who works both as a performing and recording artist worldwide. profile & recordings >>


Johannette Zomer

Johannette Zomer is an award-winning Dutch soprano who works both as a recording and performing artist. Her repertoire encompasses medieval, baroque and classical music. profile & recordings >>


John Toll

John Toll

Organist and harpsichordist with a reputation for excellence in the field of early music who sadly passed away in 2001. profile & recordings >>


John Walz

John Walz

John Walz is a celebrated soloist and chamber music artist, known for his dazzling virtuosity and elegant musicianship. profile & recordings >>


John Williams

John Williams

John Willams is a popular and successful American orchestral composer of the modern age with 5 Academy Awards, 17 Grammys, 3 Golden Globes, 2 Emmys and 5BAFTA. He is best known for his film scores and ceremonial music such as Jaws, ET, Indiana Jones, and Star Wars amongst many others.

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Jonas Kaufmann

Jonas Kaufmann

Jonas Kaufmann is a German tenor who has sung a number of leading roles but remains best known as a top Wagnerian specialist. profile & recordings >>


Jonathan Darlington

Jonathan Darlington

Jonathan Darlington is music director of the Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra and the Vancouver Opera. His demand for the highest level of professionalism and precision, infused with genuine enthusiasm, has ever increased the quality and popularity of both orchestras. profile & recordings >>


Jonathan Faralli

Jonathan Faralli

Jonathan Faralli performs both as a soloist and in chamber ensembles, and has given many world premieres of percussion works by contemporary composers. profile & recordings >>


Jonathan Freeman-Attwood

Jonathan Freeman-Attwood

Trumpeter Jonathan Freeman-Attwood is a multi-talented musician who continues to explore 'new' trumpet repertoire to critical acclaim. profile & recordings >>


Jonathan Talbott

Jonathan Talbott

Virtuoso violinist Jonathan Talbott is known for his performances on renaissance and baroque violins, rebec and medieval fiddle. profile & recordings >>


Joop Celis

Joop Celis

A Dutch pianist with a carefully honed technical skill, a lifelong passion for classical music and influence spanning from East to West, Joop Celis gives new life to the powerful, deep composition of  twentieth century composer York Bowen.

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Joris van der Hauwe

Joris van der Hauwe

Joris Van den Hauwe is, without doubt, one of today's greatest oboists. His many performances and recordings, ranging from baroque to avant-garde, have been widely acclaimed by both the public and press alike. profile & recordings >>


Joseph Calleja

Joseph Calleja

Joseph Calleja is a Maltese tenor, blessed with a golden age voice that routinely inspires on both sides of the Atlantic. At only 33 years of age, he has sung 28 principal roles and performed on most of the world's leading opera stages, including New York's Metropolitan Opera, London's Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, and the Vienna Staatsoper. profile & recordings >>


Joseph Swensen

Joseph Swensen

Joseph Swensen was principal conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra from 1996-2005. profile & recordings >>


Juan Diego Florez

Juan Diego Florez

For the world's leading opera houses, Juan Diego Florez is very much the bel canto tenor of choice. His fluid, expressive singing and dazzling virtuosity make him ideal for the operas of Rossini, Donizetti and Bellini. His operatic and recital appearances at the most prestigious venues in the world have earned him the acclaim of critics and audiences alike. profile & recordings >>


Julia Dahlkvist

Julia Dahlkvist

Julia Dahlkvist (earlier Mustonen) is a brilliant young pianist who is fast gaining a reputation as one of the most exciting pianists in Scandinavia. profile & recordings >>


Julia Fischer

Julia Fischer

German violinist Julia Fischer is recognized worldwide for possessing a talent of uncommon ability and as an exceptionally gifted artist. profile & recordings >>


Julia Lezhneva

Julia Lezhneva

Julia Lezhneva is a Russian soprano and coloratura mezzo-soprano opera singer. profile & recordings >>


Juliana Steinbach

Juliana Steinbach

Praised by the critics for her fiery temperament, exceptional charisma and great command of her instrument in the romantic and modern repertoires, Brazilian-born pianist Juliana Steinbach is considered one of the most gifted artists of the young generation. profile & recordings >>


Junko Inada

Junko Inada

Junko Inada is a Japanese classical pianist whose performances and recordings have won her awards the across the world. profile & recordings >>


Karen Cargill

Karen Cargill

Karen Cargill is a Scottish mezzo-soprano who performs regularly at the BBC Proms and often appears as a soloist at the Edinburgh International Festival’s orchestral concerts.
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Karen Geoghegan

Karen Geoghegan

Karen Geoghegan is a Scottish bassoonist. She was spotted on the 2007 BBC reality show, Classical Star, by the managing director of Chandos Records, Ralph Couzens and has gone on to record albums with the independent label. profile & recordings >>


Karl Richter

Karl Richter

Karl Richter is best remembered for his interpretations of Johann Sebastian Bach's and Handel's music. As well as a conductor, Richter is also remembered as an excellent organist. His performances of Bach's organ pieces are known for their imposing registrations and favorable pace. profile & recordings >>


Karl-Hermann Mrongovius

Karl-Hermann Mrongovius

For a long time the names Begona Uriarte and Karl-Hermann Mrongovius have constituted the ideal of a piano duo in the music world. profile & recordings >>


Katherine Bryan

Katherine Bryan

Young flautist Katherine Bryan is rapidly confirming her place as one of Britain's bright musical stars of the future. As an in-demand concerto soloist and principal flautist with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Katherine certainly is one to watch. profile & recordings >>


Kathryn Stott

Kathryn Stott

Kathryn Stott is one of Britain's most versatile and imaginative musicians and among today's most engaging pianists. She has appeared in nearly a dozen BBC proms since 2010.

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King's College Choir

King's College Choir

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge is one of today's most accomplished and renowned representatives of the great British choral tradition. profile & recordings >>


Korneel Bernolet

Korneel Bernolet

Korneel Bernolet is a Belgian harpsichordist and conductor who specialises in Baroque compositions. profile & recordings >>


Kronos Quartet

Kronos Quartet

For nearly 40 years, the Kronos Quartet-David Harrington, John Sherba (violins), Hank Dutt (viola) and Jeffrey Zeigler (cello) -has pursued a singular artistic vision, combining a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to expanding the range and context of the string quartet. profile & recordings >>


Krystian Zimerman

Krystian Zimerman

Krystian Zimerman is an extraordinary musician whose intellectual understanding of music coupled with an exquisite musicality make him one of the finest pianists in the world. profile & recordings >>


Krzysztof Meisinger

Krzysztof Meisinger

Krzsystof Meisinger is a Polish musician who has been hailed as one of the most fascinating and charismatic young classical guitar players. profile & recordings >>


Krzysztof Penderecki

Krzysztof Penderecki

Krzysztof Penderecki is a Grammy Award winning Polish composer and conductor, famed for his novel compositional styles. profile & recordings >>


KUNIKO

KUNIKO

KUNIKO is one of the world's most talented percussion soloists in today's contemporary and classical music scenes. profile & recordings >>


L’Estravagante

L’Estravagante

L'Estravagante was founded in 2007, the third centenary of Buxtehude's death. profile & recordings >>


La Barca Leyden

La Barca Leyden

La Barca Leyden is a baroque ensemble founded by flutist Raymond Honing and consists of prominent musicians who have specialised in authentic performance practice of early music. profile & recordings >>


La Beata Olanda

La Beata Olanda is a European ensemble which focuses on lesser-known and unpublished Baroque and early-music compositions. profile & recordings >>


LA CACCIA

LA CACCIA

LA CACCIA is an early music ensemble created by Patrick Denecker which performs regularly at prestigious European venues and has a repertoire consisting of both Continental and British early music compositions.  profile & recordings >>


La Cetra

La Cetra

Founded in 1999 in Basel, Switzerland, the period instrument orchestra La Cetra borrows its name from the title of Antonio Vivaldi's violin concertos Op. 9, published in Amsterdam in 1727. The core of the ensemble is made up of teachers and graduates of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, the Early Music institute in the Musik-Akademie Basel, from which the orchestra receives orginisational support. The orchestra remains independent, however, in artistic, financial and membership matters. profile & recordings >>


La Chapelle Rhénane

La Chapelle Rhénane

The group has appeared in the major French venues, such as the Cité de la Musique in Paris and the Arsenal in Metz, and at leading international festivals. profile & recordings >>


La Nef Ensemble

La Nef Ensemble

The musical production ensemble La Nef, founded in 1991 by Sylvain Bergeron, Claire Gignac, and Viviane LeBlanc, seeks to bring Early Music to audiences of all ages through the use of innovative, poetic, and dramatic performance techniques. profile & recordings >>


La Serenissima

La Serenissima

La Serenissima has firmly established itself as one of the leading exponents of the music of Antonio Vivaldi and his Italian contemporaries. profile & recordings >>


La Tempesta dir. Jakub Burzynski

La Tempesta dir. Jakub Burzynski

Early music ensemble La Tempesta was created by Jakub Burzynski, who is its conductor and artistic director. La Tempesta specializes in the stylistic representation of works from the 16th to 18th century. profile & recordings >>


Lacrimae Ensemble

Lacrimae Ensemble

The Lacrimae Ensemble is a group founded by recorder player Ronald Moelker who wished to create his own baroque ensemble with musicians who specialised in the performance of early music on historical instruments. profile & recordings >>


Lavinia Meijer

Lavinia Meijer

One of the worlds leading harp players, who is taking the instrument to new levels. profile & recordings >>


Lawrence Zazzo

Lawrence Zazzo

The American countertenor Lawrence Zazzo is one of the most outstanding singers of his generation. profile & recordings >>


Le Concert Brisé

Le Concert Brisé (Broken Consort) is so named because the members of the ensemble play instruments from many different families. This chamber music ensemble was created by William Dongois at the beginning of the 1990's. profile & recordings >>


Le Miroir de Musique

Le Miroir de Musique

Le Miroir de Musique is an ensemble which specialises in music from the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance, from the golden age of troubadours to the humanist movements in the 16th century. profile & recordings >>


Leah Kardos

Leah Kardos

Leah Kardos is an Australian-born composer and producer living and working in England, making eclectic music that often combines live instrumental performance with technology, location recordings and found sounds. profile & recordings >>


Lee Santana

Lee Santana is an American-born lutenist who works as a free-lance lute-player and composer as well as with various musical ensembles. profile & recordings >>


Leiderdorps Chamber Orchestra

Leiderdorps Chamber Orchestra

The LKO - Orchestra is directed by Stephan Pas since 1998. Under his leadership the LKO - orchestra has become a disciplined ensemble of high level and now has an expansive repertoire.

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Leningrad Symphony Orchestra

Leningrad Symphony Orchestra

Founded in 1931 and now known as the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra: repertoire includes works by Soviet composers profile & recordings >>


Leonard Slatkin

His over a hundred recordings have brought seven Grammy Awards and more than 60 Grammy Award nominations. He has received many other honours, including the 2003 National Medal of Arts, France's Chevalier of the Legion of Honour and the League of American Orchestras' Gold Baton for service to American music. profile & recordings >>


Les Agremens

Les Agremens

Les Agremens is a Belgian ensemble specialising in baroque compositions, whose primary purpose is to provide support to the Belgian Centre de Chant Choral for their baroque music productions. profile & recordings >>


Les Boreades de Montreal

Les Boreades de Montreal

Founded by Francis Colpron in 1991, Les Boréades de Montréal focuses on early music. The ensemble has chosen an interpretative approach in keeping with the spirit of the Baroque era, plays on period instruments and adheres to historical norms of performance practice profile & recordings >>


Les Éclairs de Musique

Les Éclairs de Musique

The name of the ensemble (Musical Lightning) plays on the glitter of baroque music, its sparkling versatility of sounds, colours and emotions. profile & recordings >>


Les Menestrels

Les Menestrels

Les Menestrels is an ensemble which was founded in 1963. It is devoted to authentic, vivid interpretation of music from the 13th to the 16th centuries and uses reconstructed historical instruments in its performances. profile & recordings >>


Les Violons du Roy

Les Violons du Roy

The chamber orchestra Les Violons du Roy borrows its name from the renowned string orchestra of the court of the French kings. The group specializes in the vast repertoire of music for chamber orchestra, performed in the stylistic manner most appropriate to each era. profile & recordings >>


Les Voix Baroque

Les Voix Baroque

Les Voix Baroques is an ensemble of vocal soloists specializing in works from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. profile & recordings >>


Lesley Schatzberger

Lesley Schatzberger

Clarinettist Lesley Schatzberger has been at the forefront of historical instrument performance since her student days, whilst also remaining active in a broad range of music making.

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Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort

Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort

A multi-prize-winning pianist who has performed in all the major concert halls and with many esteemed orchestras and conductors. profile & recordings >>


Limburg Symphony Orchestra

Limburg Symphony Orchestra

Based in Maastricht, the Limburg Symphony Orchestra is one of The Netherlands' oldest professional orchestras. profile & recordings >>


Lipkind Quartet

Lipkind Quartet

Founded by cellist Gavriel Lipkind, this unusual string quartet has come to stand apart because of the radical and deep thought it invests in every stage of its work; starting with social and inter-personal aspects of working in a quartet and ending with the finest subtleties of an inspired bow stroke. profile & recordings >>


Locky Chung

Locky Chung

Locky Chung is a Korean-born, award-winning baritone who performs worldwide and teaches at Hanyang University in Seoul. profile & recordings >>


London Concertante

London Concertante

The London Concertante is one of the finest chamber ensembles in the country, its players brought together through a shared passion for chamber music. The group has the rare ability to combine flexibility of instrumental grouping and consistently maintain superb artistic endeavour. profile & recordings >>


London Mozart Players

London Mozart Players

Founded by Harry Blech in 1949 as the UK's first chamber orchestra, the London Mozart Players (LMP) is regarded as one of the UK's finest ensembles

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London Symphony Chorus

London Symphony Chorus

The London Symphony Chorus (abbreviated to LSC) is a large symphonic concert choir based in London, England, consisting of over 150 amateur singers, and is one of the major symphony choruses of the United Kingdom. profile & recordings >>


London Symphony Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra

The London Symphony Orchestra is widely regarded as one of the world's leading orchestras. Since its formation in 1904, it has always attracted excellent players from all over the world.

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Lorin Maazel

Lorin Maazel

For over five decades, Lorin Maazel has been one of the world's most esteemed and sought-after conductors. profile & recordings >>


Lorne Balfe

Lorne Balfe

Lorne Balfe is a Grammy award- winning and BAFTA nominated film composer from Inverness, Scotland. Lorne is known for composing the scores to the Dreamworks' animation Megamind, and Ron Howard's film The Dilemma, in collaboration with Academy Award-winning composer, Hans Zimmer. profile & recordings >>


Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson was a American mezzo-soprano opera singer renowned for her passionate, bold interpretations. profile & recordings >>


Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra aim to preserve and advance a living tradition of orchestral music through artistically excellent performances that energize and enrich the lives of players and listeners alike.

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Los Angeles Philharmonic

Los Angeles Philharmonic

The Los Angeles Philharmonic is re-inventing the concept of a 21st-century orchestra under the vibrant leadership of Gustavo Dudamel. Now in its 94th season, the Philharmonic is recognized as one of the world's outstanding orchestras and is received enthusiastically by audiences and critics alike. Both at home and abroad, the Philharmonic is leading the way in innovative programming and re-defining the musical experience. profile & recordings >>


Louis Lortie

Louis Lortie

The French/Canadian pianist Louis Lortie made his debut with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra at the age of thirteen and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra three years later. He is known for his interpretation of Ravel, Chopin and Beethoven.

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Lower Austrian Tonkunstler Orchestra

Lower Austrian Tonkunstler Orchestra

The Tonkunstler Orchestra of Lower Austria is among the most important institutions on the Austrian music scene. The main focus of the orchestra's artistic work is traditional repertoire ranging from the classical to the Romantic period through to the 20th century. At the same time, the Tonkunstler sets important trends in the field of contemporary music. The orchestra thus continues its path of more than 100 years on the Austrian and international concert scenes. profile & recordings >>


Lucile Boulanger

Lucile Boulanger

Lucile Boulanger is an award-winning French viola da gamba player who works widely as a chamber musician whose achievements include first prize in the International viola da gamba competition Bach-Abel in 2009. profile & recordings >>


Ludus Modalis

Ludus Modalis

Established by Bruno Boterf, the twelve-voice ensemble, Ludus Modalis ‘The Mode Game’ – has set itself the task of restoring the sound palette of sacred and secular polyphonic repertoire of the Renaissance and pre-Baroque. profile & recordings >>


Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven

Considered to have been the most crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western classical music, Beethoven remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time. profile & recordings >>


Luis Otavio Santos

Luis Otavio Santos

Luis Otavia Santos is a Brazilian violinist and conductor who has performed worldwide and received the Diapason d'Or for his recording of complete Bach sonatas for violin and harpsichord. profile & recordings >>


Lydia Mordkovitch

Lydia Mordkovitch

Lydia Mordkovitch is one of the leading British violinists from the latter half of the 20th century.

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Magdalena Mullerperth

Magdalena Mullerperth

A young German pianist, Magdalena Mullperth has already received in excess of 35 awards for musical excellence and has performed worldwide both solo and with accompaniment. profile & recordings >>


Magnificat

Magnificat

Directed by Philip Cave, an acclaimed choir formed primarily of former Oxford and Cambridge choral scholars. profile & recordings >>


Marc Monnet and François Frederic Guy

Marc Monnet and François Frederic Guy

Composer Marc Monnet and pianist François Frederic Guy collaborate on their new contemporary music recording. profile & recordings >>


Marco Fornaciari

Marco Fornaciari

Marco Fornaciari dedicates himself actively to the repertoire for viola and to "historically-faithful" performances on baroque violin. profile & recordings >>


Marek Janowski

Marek Janowski

Marek Janowski has made numerous recordings over the past 30 years, including many complete operas and symphonic cycles, many of which have been awarded international prizes. profile & recordings >>


Margaret Fingerhut

Margaret Fingerhut

Margaret Fingerhut is a British concert pianist well known for her unique and energetic performances of an eclectic range of lesser known music which she brings to the audience with vigour and panache.

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Mari Kodama

Mari Kodama

Mari Kodama has established an international reputation for profound musicality and articulate virtuosity at the keyboard. In performances throughout Europe, the United States and Japan, she plays a broad repertoire in a powerful yet elegant style. profile & recordings >>


Marianne Muller

Marianne Muller

Marianne Muller, a participant in and observer of the Baroque revival for more than twenty years now, divides her music-making among many different ensembles all over the world (including La Chapelle Royale and Hespèrion XXI), and plays alongside such outstanding personalities as Les Nièces de Rameau, Chiara Banchini, Françoise Lengellé, Martin Bauer and Violaine Cochard. profile & recordings >>


Marianne Thorsen

Marianne Thorsen

Marianna Thorsen is an award winning Norwegian violinist who works as a solist and director, as well as leading the Nash Ensemble and teaching at the Royal Academy of Music in London and the Trondheim Conservatoire of Music.

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Marie-Elisabeth Hecker

Marie-Elisabeth Hecker

Cellist Marie-Elisabeth Hecker has become one of the most sought-after soloists and chamber musicians of the younger generation, recognised for her deep intensity of expression and natural affinity for the cello. profile & recordings >>


Marie-Josee Lord

Marie-Josee Lord

Marie-Josee Lord is an award-winning Canadian soprano, famed for her captivating personality and dazzling performances.  profile & recordings >>


Marin Alsop

Marin Alsop

Marin's success as Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra was recognised when, in 2009, her tenure was extended to 2015.  She was the first artist to win both Gramophone's "Artist of the Year" award and the Royal Philharmonic Society's Conductor's Award in the same season. profile & recordings >>


Marina Domashenko

Marina Domashenko

Marina Domashenko is a Russian operatic mezzo-soprano. profile & recordings >>


Mario Folena

Mario Folena

Mario Folena has been the principal flautist of the Orchestra of Padua and the Veneto Region, with whom has has played many concerts all over the world. profile & recordings >>


Mario Marzi

Mario Marzi

Mario Marzi is a saxophonist who has won nine national and four international competitions in his career so far. profile & recordings >>


Mark Chaet

Mark Chaet

Mark Chaet maintains a successful solo career as a violinist while also being the head musician and composer of Trio Bravo+. His compositions range from soundtrack to classical composition, from tradition to modernism using a structure borrowed from pop music with occasional influences of folk elements. profile & recordings >>


Marlon Titre

Marlon Titre

Guitarist Marlon Titre has performed all over the world as a solo guitarist and in ensembles in festivals, concert halls and theatres and has won awards at over 20 competitions in 6 countries. profile & recordings >>


Martha Argerich

Martha Argerich

Martha Argerich rose to fame with her interpretations of the virtuoso piano literature of the 19th and 20th centuries. But she does not regard herself as a specialist in 'virtuoso' works - her repertoire ranges from Bach through Beethoven, Schumann, Liszt, Debussy and Ravel, to Bartók. profile & recordings >>


Martin Chalifour

Martin Chalifour

Martin Chalifour is Principal Concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and has performed with many of the world's best orchestra's as a soloist. profile & recordings >>


Martin Helmchen

Martin Helmchen

With his highly virtuosic yet unpretentious style, pianist Martin Helmchen continues to make an impression on the international music scene. A recipient of the "Echo Klassik" and the "Credit Suisse Young Artists Award" he has already achieved two of the most significant prizes in the music scene as well as recent debuts with major orchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic with Herbert Blomstedt, Vienna Philharmonic and Valery Gergiev, London Philharmonic with Valdimir Jurowski and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons. profile & recordings >>


Martyn Brabbins

Martyn Brabbins

Martyn Brabbins is an award winning British conductor who has worked across Europe and Asia and recorded with numerous record labels. profile & recordings >>


Massimo Palumbo

Massimo Palumbo

The Milan-born pianist Massimo Palumbo is the winner of several important international competitions, including the well-known busoni Piano Competition. profile & recordings >>


Màtè Szücs

Màtè Szücs

Màtè Szücs is one of the worlds foremost solo viola players. profile & recordings >>


Matthew Halls

Matthew Halls

Matthew Halls is the Artistic Director of Retrospect Ensemble, one of the UK's most exciting young conductors and an acclaimed keyboard player. profile & recordings >>


Matthias Bamert

Matthias Bamert

Matthias Bamert is a conductor of Swiss origin. While possessing a solid reputation as a conductor of standard repertory, he is best known for his dedication in bringing recognition to new music, obscure 18th century music and neglected music from every era.   profile & recordings >>


Maulbronn Chamber Choir

Maulbronn Chamber Choir

The Maulbronn Chamber Choir, founded in 1983, is one of Germany's top choirs. They have won a considerable number of competition and have toured across the USA, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and South America. profile & recordings >>


Max Richter

Max Richter

The work of the award-winning British composer Max Richter includes concert music, film scoring, and a series of acclaimed solo albums. profile & recordings >>


Maximilian Geller

Maximilian Geller

Maximilian Geller is a German jazz saxophonist whose repertoire blends folk and jazz, reaching out to every kind of audience. profile & recordings >>


Maximiliano Martin

Maximiliano Martin

Young Spanish clarinettist Maximiliano Martin is rapidly establishing himself as one of the most talented and charismatic musicians of his generation. Maxi already has many fans as the popular Principal Clarinet for the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.  profile & recordings >>


Melton Tuba Quartett

Melton Tuba Quartett

The Melton Tuba Quartett was founded in 1987. It was the first and is still the only ensemble of its kind in Germany. profile & recordings >>


Michael Collins

Michael Collins

Michael Collins is indisputably one of the leading clarinetists of his generation. Collins has formed close alliances with conductors such as Charles Dutoit, Carlo Maria Giulini, Neeme Järvi, Tadaaki Otaka, Sir Simon Rattle, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Leonard Slatkin and Mikhail Pletnev.

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Michael Ludwig

Michael Ludwig

Michael Ludwig is an award winning American violinist who is particularly well renowned for his work as a soloist. profile & recordings >>


Michel Godard

Michel Godard is a French multi-instrumentalist who plays such instruments as the tuba, serpent and bass and specialises in classical and jazz music. profile & recordings >>


Michele Campanella

Michele Campanella

 

Internationally known as one of major interpreters and virtuoso of the Liszt repertoire. Michele was awarded the Grand Prix du Disque three years running in 1976, 1977 and 1998.

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Mieneke van der Velden

Mieneke van der Velden

Mieneke van der Velden is a viola da gamba player who performs widely across Europe as a soloist and also has an extensive recording career. profile & recordings >>


Milos Karadaglic

Milos Karadaglic

Miloš Karadaglic is a Montenegrin classical guitarist whose skill and passion for music are fast leading him to become world-renowned in his field.  He was named MasterCard's Breakthrough Artist Of The Year at the 2012 Classic BRIT Awards. profile & recordings >>


Mischa Maisky

Mischa Maisky

Mischa Maisky is a Lativan cellist whose achievements include a discography over twenty albums strong, number prize-wins and festival appearances and even surviving internment in a labour camp for a year and a half. profile & recordings >>


Mitsuko Uchida

Mitsuko Uchida

Mitsuko Uchida is a pianist who brings a deep insight into the music she plays through her own search for truth and beauty. She is renowned for her interpretations of Mozart, Schubert, and Beethoven, both in the concert hall and on recordings, but she has also illuminated the music of Berg, Schoenberg, Webern and Boulez for a new generation of listeners. profile & recordings >>


Molinari Quartet

Molinari Quartet

Founded in 1997 by violinist Olga Ranzenhofer in homage to the artist Guido Molinari, the Molinari Quartet has three primary aims: to perform and promote twentieth and twenty first century works written for the string quartet, to encourage new composition by commissioning pieces from composers, and to include, as often as possible, Canadian works in its program. profile & recordings >>


Monastic Choir of the Solemnity of Saint Benedict

Monastic Choir of the Solemnity of Saint Benedict

Stefano Concordia O.S.B. Conductor and Organist leads the Monastic Choir of the Solemnity of Saint Benedict. profile & recordings >>


Monica Huggett

Monica Huggett

Monica's expertise in the musical and social history of the Baroque Era is unparalleled among performing musicians. This huge body of knowledge and understanding, coupled with her unique interpretation of Baroque music, has made her an invaluable resource to students of the Baroque violin. profile & recordings >>


Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra

The Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra was founded in 1981 by some of the finest music graduates from Quebec schools. Today, it comprises a majority of Quebec-born and Quebec-trained musicians, and boasts an international calibre of excellence as an organization dedicated to the performance and dissemination of classical music from around the world. profile & recordings >>


Montreal Studio of Ancient Music

Montreal Studio of Ancient Music

The Montreal Studio of Ancient Music (Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal) is an early music vocal ensemble based in Montreal, Canada. The ensemble is made up of 10 to 13 vocalists and partners frequently with a variety of professional chamber orchestras made up of period instruments. profile & recordings >>


More Hispano

More Hispano is an early music ensemble. The ensemble is unique in its field, performing and recording entirely on an improvisational basis. profile & recordings >>


Moscow State Academic Choir

Moscow State Academic Choir

Over half a century old and with a host of achievements and awards, the Moscow State Academic Choir is renowed for its skill and focus on Russian spiritual and patriotic compositions.

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Moscow Symphony Orchestra

Moscow Symphony Orchestra

The Moscow Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1989 at the Stas Namin Centre. With Stas Namin as a producer and Konstantin Krimets as a conductor, this new orchestra was made up of over 80 first-class musicians, graduates of the Moscow, St.-Petersburg and Kiev conservatories among them. Many musicians have received invaluable experience working with Eugeny Svetlanov, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, and Eugeny Mravinsky. No other orchestra has as many winners of Russian National and International music competitions. profile & recordings >>


Münchener Bach-Orchester

Münchener Bach-Orchester

One of the world's leading orchestras specialising in performance of compositions by Bach. profile & recordings >>


Munich Piano Trio

Munich Piano Trio

Founded in 1982, the Munich Piano Trio is one of the most active and sought-after German chamber music ensembles. profile & recordings >>


Musica da Camera

Musica da Camera

Directed by Robert King, founder of the King's Consort and particularly acclaimed for his interpretations of the major works of Handel, Bach and Purcell. profile & recordings >>


Musica Ficta

Musica Ficta

The Colombian ensemble Musica Ficta which specialises in instrumental music and vocal recitation of  17th century Latin American music, has sought out works of that time and decided to release them in brilliant 24bit / 96kHz sound.

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Musica Secreta

Musica Secreta

Female vocal group co-founded by Tallis Scholars Tessa Bonner and Deborah Roberts with John Toll and Laurie Stras to explore the repertoire of female composers. profile & recordings >>


Nathalie Mees

Nathalie Mees

A versatile and expressive Dutch Soprano profile & recordings >>


Neeme Jarvi

Neeme Jarvi

Neeme Jarvi is a particularly prominent esteemed Estonian-born conductor. He has held several highly respectable positions such as principal conductor of various top world orchestras and has a discography of over 400 recordings.

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Netherlands Chamber Choir

Netherlands Chamber Choir

The Netherlands Chamber Choir (Nederlands Kamerkoor), founded in 1937, is a full-time and independent professional vocal ensemble which concentrates on a cappella repertoire from the early Middle Ages until the present day. profile & recordings >>


Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

The Netherlands Chamber Orchestra annually provides about 25 concerts on their own 'home stage' of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. The orchestra also performs in the other halls in the Netherlands and during foreign tours. Together with the Dutch Philharmonic Orchestra, the orchestra draws 200,000 visitors per year. Artistic director and concert master is master violinist, Gordan Nikolic. profile & recordings >>


Netherlands Philharmonic

Netherlands Philharmonic

The Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra is a reasonably young Dutch orchestra  founded in 1985 which since its birth has enjoyed consistent success with both the public and the press.  profile & recordings >>


New Dutch Academy Chamber Orchestra

New Dutch Academy Chamber Orchestra

This international award-winning orchestra, conducted by Simon Murphy, specialises in early music whilst performing on authentic instruments. profile & recordings >>


New London Consort

New London Consort

Early music ensemble with a uniquely wide and colourful repertoire of medieval, renaissance and baroque music, combining the very best in scholarship and entertainment. profile & recordings >>


New York City Symphony Orchestra

New York City Symphony Orchestra

The New York City Symphony is a New York based orchestra which both records and performs worldwide.  profile & recordings >>


New York Philharmonic

New York Philharmonic

The New York Philharmonic is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious orchestras. It is a symphony orchestra based in the Lincoln Center in the United States and is among the top American orchestras referred to as the ‘Big Five'. profile & recordings >>


New York's Ensemble for Early Music

New York's Ensemble for Early Music

Frederick Renz is a unique figure in the early music movement. Equally adept in all forms of music and music drama from the 11th through the 18th centuries, he has reaped international acclaim for his work as conductor, producer, director and performer while leading EARLY MUSIC NEW YORK to preeminence in the field. profile & recordings >>


New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra is the country's national, full size, full-time professional orchestra and was founded in 1946. One of the world's oldest national symphony orchestras, it has long delighted audiences with memorable concerts and recordings. profile & recordings >>


Nicky Spence

Nicky Spence

Hailed recently in the Daily Telegraph as ‘a voice of real distinction', Nicky Spence is currently an English National Opera Young Artist, having trained at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the National Opera Studio.

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Nicola Benedetti

Nicola Benedetti

Nicola Benedetti is a Scottish classical violinist who has captivated audiences and critics alike with her musicality and poise.  She was named Best Female Artist at the 2012 Classic BRIT Awards. profile & recordings >>


Niels Bijl

Niels Bijl

Niels Bijl is one of the Netherlands' most gifted classical saxophonists. profile & recordings >>


Nigel North

Nigel North

Renowned as one of the world's most respected lutenists Nigel North is has developed a unique musical life embracing work as a teacher, accompanist, soloist, director and writer.

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Nikolai Lugansky

The exceptionally gifted Russian pianist Nikolai Lugansky was born in 1972 and studied with the well-known pianist and pedago-gue, Tatiana Nikolaeva. He is one of the most remarkable talents to have appeared among the new generation of pianists from the former Soviet-Union. profile & recordings >>


Nobuya Sugawa

Nobuya Sugawa

One of the most distinguished saxophonists in Japan.

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Norwegian Baroque Orchestra

Norwegian Baroque Orchestra

Founded in 1988 as the first independent, professional orchestra performing on period instruments in Scandinavia. profile & recordings >>


Notturna

Notturna

Notturna is a Montreal-based ensemble dedicated to the performance of early music written especially for wind instruments. The members of the ensemble are all distinguished performers who specialise in historical performance practise from the 18th and 19th centuries. profile & recordings >>


Odense Symphony Orchestra

Odense Symphony Orchestra is a Danish regional orchestra which plays music ranging from classic symphonic to modern compositions and hosts concerts which transcend typical genres. profile & recordings >>


Ola Gjeilo

Ola Gjeilo

Ola Gjeilo is a Norwegian pianist and composer. He composes primarily for choir, orchestra/symphonic winds and piano. As a pianist, he specialises in improvisation. profile & recordings >>


Olga Pashchenko

Olga Pashchenko

Olga Pashchenko is a Russian pianist, harpsichordist, organist and hammer piano performer with a repertoire stretching from 16th century to modern day compositions.  profile & recordings >>


Olja Kaiser

Olja Kaiser

Olja Kaiser is an internationally performing harpist who plays regularly both as a soloist and in chamber music recitals. profile & recordings >>


Onyx Brass

Onyx Brass

Onyx Brass is one of the rare breed of chamber ensembles whose musical and technical virtuosity is matched by the accessibility and vitality of their presentation. profile & recordings >>


Opera North Orchestra

Opera North Orchestra

The Opera North Orchestra is the latest orchestra to join the Classic FM family. It is the only ensemble in England to have a year-round dual role in the opera house and concert hall.

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Orchestra di Mandolini e Chitarre "Città di Brescia"

Orchestra di Mandolini e Chitarre "Città di Brescia"

The Orchestra di Mandolini e Chitarre "Città di Brescia" is committed to the important work of continuing the musical activity, and of protecting of historical heritage, of the mandolin. profile & recordings >>


Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto

Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto

The Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto enjoys the support of Italian Ministry for Cultural Development, Regione Veneto Government, Padova Municipality and Padova Province. profile & recordings >>


Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Recognised as one of the world’s foremost period instrument ensembles: formed in 1986 as a self-governing orchestra, the OAE has always maintained a player-led approach to artistic planning and programming. profile & recordings >>


Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano G. Verdi dir. Oleg Caetani

Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano G. Verdi dir. Oleg Caetani

Oleg Caetani conducts the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, one of Italy's most important symphonic orchestras. profile & recordings >>


Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Since its creation the world famous Orchestre de Suisse Romande has played, and continues to play, an active role in the history of music by discovering and supporting contemporary composers and premiering their works in Geneva. profile & recordings >>


Orchestre de Paris

Orchestre de Paris

Arguably France's flagship orchestra, the Orchestre de Paris was founded in 1967 as a worthy successor to the Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, the earliest French symphony orchestra, and has its permanent residence at the Salle Pleyel. The orchestra offers a vast repertoire extending from symphonic works to opera and the music of our own time.

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Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg

Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg

The orchestra of the Grand Duchy, the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg (OPL), represents a very dynamic part of the culture of its country. Since its stunning debut in 1933 under the aegis of Radio Luxembourg (RTL), the orchestra has been present all over Europe. profile & recordings >>


Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liege

Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liege

The Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège (OPRL) is a Belgian symphony orchestra, based in Liège which was founded in 1960. profile & recordings >>


Orion Weiss

Orion Weiss

Orion Weiss is an American classical pianist and graduate of Juilliard School in New York. profile & recordings >>


Ottavio Dantone

Ottavio Dantone

Ottavio Dantone started his performing career whilst very young, continuously extending his knowledge of early music, and by this means succeeded in attracting attention as one of the most talented harpsichordists of his generation. profile & recordings >>


Paavo Jarvi

Paavo Jarvi

Paavo Järvi has been the Artistic Director of Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen since 2004 and has received the highest public and critical acclaim for his concerts and recordings of Beethoven's Symphonies. profile & recordings >>


Palladians / The Palladian Ensemble

Palladians / The Palladian Ensemble

Firmly established on the international stage as one of the very best chamber groups performing baroque repertoire with a reputation for sparkling, joyful playing. profile & recordings >>


Pamela Thorby

Pamela Thorby

Always stylish in whichever repertoire she chooses, Pamela's wide appeal stems from an innate love of communicating through her playing, a natural, dynamic stage presence and a sophisticated and intelligent use of her virtuosic skills. profile & recordings >>


Paolo Giacometti

Paolo Giacometti is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist who plays both on period and modern instruments. He performs worldwide and is currently professor of piano at Robert Schumann Musikhochschule Düsseldorf. profile & recordings >>


Pascal Dubreuil

Pascal Dubreuil

Pascal Dubreuil is a French keyboardist who specialises in harpsichord performances. profile & recordings >>


Patricia Petibon

Patricia Petibon

Patricia Petibon is a French coloratura soprano who is widely recognised for her interpretations of French Baroque music. profile & recordings >>


Paul Mann

Paul Mann is an award winning British conductor who conducts orchestras worldwide. Currently, he is Chief Conductor to the Odense Symphony Orchestra. profile & recordings >>


Paul Watkins

Paul Watkins

An accomplished Welsh cellist distinguished as both a solo and chamber musician and conductor, Paul Watkins has toured worldwide and peforms regularly with all of the prominent British orchestras. profile & recordings >>


Pavlo Beznosiuk

Pavlo Beznosiuk

The Ukranian/Irish violinist Pavlo Beznosiuk has been described as an artist with "star quality", a rare performer who is equally at home on instruments as diverse as modern, Classical, Baroque and Renaissance violins, viola and medieval fiddles, he has been praised for his versatility and virtuosity.  profile & recordings >>


Pawel Przytocki

Pawel Przytocki

Pawel Przytocki is a Polish conductor of classical music who is currently Managing Director and Artistic Director of the Krakow Philharmonic and Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra in Poland. profile & recordings >>


Pentaedre

Pentaedre

A unique ensemble in the Canadian musical landscape, Pentaèdre explores and presents a diversified and original chamber music repertoire to the public. Founded in 1985 and under the artistic direction of Louis-Philippe Marsolais since 2005, the five artists-musicians forming the quintet are recognized for the talent, technique, precision and colour they bring to their performances. profile & recordings >>


Peter Breiner

Peter Breiner

Peter Breiner is one of the world's most recorded musicians, with over 180 album released and record numbers sold (1.5 million reached by 2008). Known for his work as a conductor, pianist, arranger and composer he has conducted - while often doubling as a pianist - many of the world's top orchestras. profile & recordings >>


Peter Dijkstra

Peter Dijkstra

Internationally renowned Peter Dijkstra is the Principal Guest Conductor of the Nederlands Kamerkoor. profile & recordings >>


Peter Harvey

Peter Harvey

Peter Harvey has been described as "one of those voices which makes you imagine that if there were to be a voice of God, this is what it would sound like..." (MusicWeb International). The English baritone enjoys an exciting and varied career and has performed on around a hundred recordings in repertoire spanning eight centuries. profile & recordings >>


Peter Kleine Schaars

Peter Kleine Schaars

Founder and conductor of the Inspiration Orchestra, Peter Kleine Schaars is a conductor, arranger, composer and musician. profile & recordings >>


Peter Pears

Peter Pears

Peter Pears is a tenor best known for his lifelong partnership with Benjamin Britten.   Pears sang the leading tenor roles in many Britten's operas and, together with Britten, he founded and organized the Aldeburgh Festival. profile & recordings >>


Peter Pettinger

Peter Pettinger

Peter Pettinger is an English pianist whose repertoire includes both jazz and classical compositions. He works as a performing artist, touring worldwide and also works as a recording artist. profile & recordings >>


Peter van Hove

Peter van Hove

Peter van Hove is a Belgian pianist who excels in chamber music, performing widely as a soloist and as a recording artist.  profile & recordings >>


Peter Whelan

Peter Whelan

Peter Whelan is one of Europe's leading exponents of historical and modern bassoon. profile & recordings >>


Petteri Iivonen

Petteri Iivonen

Finnish violinist Petteri Iivonen is a competition-winning performer who has performed with orchestra's throughout America and Europe. profile & recordings >>


Phantasm

Phantasm

Phantasm, a quartet of viols founded in 1994, catapulted into international prominence when its debut CD won a Gramophone Award for the Best Baroque Instrumental Recording of 1997. Since then, they have become recognised as the most exciting viol consort active on the world scene today.

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Philip Edward Fisher

Philip Edward Fisher

Philip Edward Fisher is widely recognised as a unique performer of refined style and exceptional versatility.

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Philip Pickett

Philip Pickett

Director of the New London Consort and respected soloist, Philip Pickett is an accomplished recorder, crumhorn, shawm and rackett player, and is now well-known as Britain’s leading player of these instruments. profile & recordings >>


Philippa Hyde

Philippa Hyde

Philippa Hyde is a British soprano who has a busy concert, operatic and oratorio career and also works widely as a recording artist. She is a member of both the chamber group, The Musicke Companye and the BBC Daily Service Singers.

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Philippe Schartz

Philippe Schartz

Philippe Schartz is a particularly successful contemporary trumpeter with a highly successful career as an orchestral and chamber musician as well as a soloist. profile & recordings >>


Piatti Quartet

Piatti Quartet

Winners of the St. Martins in the Fields Chamber Music Competition, Hattori Foundation Awards and the Martin Musical/Philharmonia Scholarship Fund, the Piatti Quartet are fast emerging as one of the UK's leading young string quartets. profile & recordings >>


Piazzolla Klassik Ensemble

Piazzolla Klassik Ensemble

The Piazolla Klassik Ensemble is a group consisting a classical string quartet and saxophone whose repertoire ranges from Baroque to jazz. As their name suggests, their musical focus is the work of the Argentinean tango composer, Astor Piazzolla. profile & recordings >>


Pierre Henry

Pierre Henry

Pierre Henry is a French composer, considered a pioneer of the musique concrète genre of electronic music. profile & recordings >>


Pieter Wispelwey

Pieter Wispelwey

During the last decade Pieter Wispelwey has been regarded as one of the world's leading cello soloists. profile & recordings >>


Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

For more than 115 years, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) has been an essential part of Pittsburgh's cultural landscape. The PSO, known for its artistic excellence, is credited with a rich history of the world's finest conductors and musicians, and a strong commitment to the Pittsburgh
region and its citizens. profile & recordings >>


Platinum Consort

Platinum Consort

Platinum Consort are a professional vocal ensemble, comprises some of London's best singers. Founded in 2005 by Claire Jaggers and Scott Inglis-Kidger, they offer performances of both early and contemporary music as well as running a boys choir and various choral workshops. profile & recordings >>


Polish Chamber Orchestra

Polish Chamber Orchestra

Poland's leading chamber orchestra, directed from the violin by Jan Stanienda. profile & recordings >>


Priya Mitchell

Priya Mitchell

Priya Mitchell has been described as ‘one of the foremost violinists of her generation' (The Strad).

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Purcell Quartet

Purcell Quartet

Purcell Quartet is one of the leading chamber groups in the realm of Baroque music performance. profile & recordings >>


Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Russian Romantic composer known the world over for works such as Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, 1812 Overture and his last three numbered symphonies. profile & recordings >>


Quartetto d'Archi della Scala

Quartetto d'Archi della Scala

An Italian chamber music ensemble formed in 1953, comprising four prize-winning soloists. profile & recordings >>


QuintEssential Sackbut and Cornett Ensemble

QuintEssential is a British ensemble, dedicated primarily to early music. QuintEssential has performed worldwide and has also recorded music since the 1990s. profile & recordings >>


Rabaskadol

Rabaskadol

Conducted by Fritz Heller, the ensemble's repertoire focuses on music of the 16th century, including music from the Middle Ages and the early baroque period. profile & recordings >>


Rachel Podger

Rachel Podger

Rachel Podger is one of the most creative talents in the field of period performance, and has established herself as a leading interpreter of the music of the Baroque and Classical periods. profile & recordings >>


Raquel Andueza

Raquel Andueza is a Spanish soprano who is particularly involved in early music performance. profile & recordings >>


Rene Rakier

Rene Rakier

Rene Rakier is an extraordinarily accomplished pianist, organist and conductor who has worked as both a performer and a highly esteemed academic in his field. profile & recordings >>


Residentie Orchestra The Hague

Residentie Orchestra The Hague

The Residentie Orchestra, founded in 1904, is a Dutch orchestra based in The Hague. Since it was founded it has established itself as one of the finest orchestras in Europe.

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Retrospect Ensemble

Retrospect Ensemble

Retrospect Ensemble intends to take its musicians and audiences on an exciting journey, exploring the repertoire of four centuries and embracing the practices, styles and aesthetics of former ages with renewed vigour and a fresh approach. profile & recordings >>


Retrospect Trio

Retrospect Trio

Retrospect Trio is a baroque super-group of four superstar baroque instrumentalists: Sophie Gent (violin), Matthew Truscott (violin), Jonathan Manson (cello & viola da gamba) and Matthew Halls (conductor, organ and harpsichord). profile & recordings >>


Riccardo Chailly

Riccardo Chailly

Riccardo Chailly is an Italian conductor. He started his career as an opera conductor and gradually extended his repertoire to encompass symphonic music. profile & recordings >>


Riccardo Minasi

Riccardo Minasi

Riccardo Minasi specializes in the musical repertoire from the Renaissance to the Classicism period. profile & recordings >>


Richard Galliano

Richard Galliano

Richard Galliano is an enormously accomplished French accordionist and composer whose influences stretch from tango to jazz.  profile & recordings >>


Richard Hickox

Richard Hickox

Richard Sidney Hickox was an English conductor of choral, orchestral and operatic music. He won a Grammy as well as a number of Gramophone awards for his work and was also named Commander of the Order of the British Empire by the Queen for his contribution to music. profile & recordings >>


Richard Tunnicliffe

Richard Tunnicliffe

Cellist and viol-player Richard Tunnicliffe has enjoyed a long and varied career at the forefront of Britain's thriving period-instrument movement. profile & recordings >>


Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner

Wagner as a German composer, conductor, theatre director and essayist, primarily known for his operas. His compositions are notable for their complex texture with rich harmonies and orchestration. profile & recordings >>


Ricordo

Ricordo

Ricordo play chamber music entirely from memory, with the freedom this offers further enhancing communication with the listener. profile & recordings >>


Riko Fukuda

Riko Fukuda

Riko Fukuda is a Japanese pianist whose recordings as a soloist and chamber musician have earned her much praise.

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Robert Schumann Philharmonie Chemnitz dir. Oleg Caetani

Robert Schumann Philharmonie Chemnitz dir. Oleg Caetani

Robert Schumann Philharmonie Chemnitz conducted by Oleg Caetani. profile & recordings >>


Robert Vijay Gupta & Badal Roy

Robert Vijay Gupta & Badal Roy

Robert brings "humanity to places humanity has abandoned. The music has an authenticity that cannot be faked, and that engenders everyday interactions that open the door for healing."

Complimentarily, Badal's performance on tabla blends his free jazz improvisational history with the Indian classical tradition to give us a fresh take on a deeply beloved iconic style.

 

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Roberto Gabbiani

Roberto Gabbiani

Roberto Gabbiani was born in Prato, he majored in piano and composition at the Florence Conservatory. His repertoire ranges from the ancient to contemporary. profile & recordings >>


Roberto Loreggian

Roberto Loreggian

Roberto Loreggian works as a soloist and as accompanist at the harpsichord or organ with several orchestras and flautist Mario Folena. profile & recordings >>


Robin Ticciati

Robin Ticciati

A violinist, pianist and percussionist by training, London-born Ticciati turned to conducting at the age of 15 under the guidance of Sir Colin Davis and Sir Simon Rattle, and was appointed Principal Conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in 2009.

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Rodolfo Richter

Rodolfo Richter

Acclaimed violin virtuoso best known for his work with the award-winning ensemble Palladians. profile & recordings >>


Roland Maria Stangier

Roland Maria Stangier

Roland Maria Stangier has been Professor of Organ and Improvisation at Folkwang University in Essen since 1994.  Stanier was awarded three times in competitions and has given concerts all across the world and has recorded numerous CDs as a conductor and organist. profile & recordings >>


Rolando Villazon

Rolando Villazon

Emilio Rolando Villazon Mauleon is a Mexican-born tenor who settled in France and in 2007 became a French citizen. Rolando Villazon has firmly established himself as one of the music world's most critically acclaimed and beloved stars and as one of the leading tenors of our day. profile & recordings >>


Rolf Plagge

Rolf Plagge

Rolf Plagge is an award-winning German pianist who both performs and teaches internationally. profile & recordings >>


Roman Zaslavsky

Roman Zaslavsky

Russian born Israeli pianist Roman Zaslavsky is recognized by international audiences, critics and colleagues alike as one of most important up-and-coming artists of his generation. profile & recordings >>


Romano Vettori

Romano Vettori

Romano Vettori teaches choir and choral repertoire at the Tartini Conservatory in Trieste, and is an Archivist at the Accademia Filarmonica of Bologna, Artistic Director of the Academy of Ancient Music and the Premio Bonporti Rovereto (International Competition of musical interpretation of historical instruments) profile & recordings >>


Romina Lischka

Romina Lischka

Romina Lischka is an Austrian viol player with an extensive career as both a recording and performing artist. profile & recordings >>


Ron Abramski

Ron Abramski

Ron Ambramski is an accomplished, award-winning pianist who has performed across Europe as well as in North America. profile & recordings >>


Ronald Moelker

Ronald Moelker

Ronald Moelker is a recorder player with ideas. He moves with great ease and surprising freedom in diverse musical surroundings. He has collected a large number of styles and timbres, showing that the limits of what is possible on a recorder have not yet been reached by any means. profile & recordings >>


Ronaldo Villazon

Ronaldo Villazon

Through his uniquely compelling performances with leading opera houses and orchestras around the world, Rolando Villazón has firmly established himself as one of the music world's most critically acclaimed and beloved stars and as one of the leading tenors of our day. The Times wrote of his second turn as Offenbach's Hoffmann in London ‘he's simply Villazón: with his trademark exuberance, ringing tenor, and frightening ability to act a part.' profile & recordings >>


Rosario Conte

Rosario Conte is an Italian musician who plays the lute, theorbo and Baroque guitar. He performs as a solo musician as well as with ensembles and orchestras and has recorded extensively. profile & recordings >>


Rosemary Joshua

Rosemary Joshua

Rosemary Joshua is a Welsh soprano who is particularly well known for her performances in Handel's operas. profile & recordings >>


Royal Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra

Royal Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra

The Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra has done it all, including performing at the 1980 inauguration of Queen Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands, and for American Presidents. profile & recordings >>


Royal Flemish Philharmonic

Royal Flemish Philharmonic

A modern and stylistically flexible symphony orchestra, the Royal Flemish Philharmonic demonstrates an artistic flair which allows for a variety of styles - from classical to contemporary - in a historically authentic manner. profile & recordings >>


Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

The award-winning Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra is Britain's oldest surviving professional symphony orchestra and was founded in 1840. profile & recordings >>


Royal Norwegian Navy Band

Royal Norwegian Navy Band

The Royal Norwegian Navy Band (RNNB) is one of five professional bands in the Norwegian Defence Forces. The band employs 29 highly skilled professional musicians, all with four to six years of academic training.

The band is one of two professional bands in the Norwegian Navy as well being one of the most highly acclaimed wind ensembles in Norway.

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Acknowledged as one of the UK's most prestigious orchestras, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) enjoys an international reputation for bringing audiences worldwide first-class performances. profile & recordings >>


Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Royal Scottish National Orchestra

The Royal Scottish National Orchestra is one of Europe’s leading symphony orchestras. profile & recordings >>


Rudolf Kempe

Rudolf Kempe

Rudolf Kempe, Principal Conductor to some of the leading orchestras and opera houses in Europe, was one of the last representatives of the great German conducting tradition of the 19th and 20th centuries. profile & recordings >>


Rumon Gamba

Rumon Gamba

Rumon Gamba is an English born conductor who has worked with such prominent orchestras as Orquesta Nacionales de Espana, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Orchestra and more. A champion of new classical music, Gamba is currently recording exclusively for Chandos.

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Russian Chamber Philharmonic

Russian Chamber Philharmonic

The Russian Chamber Philharmonic are one of the most sought-after chamber orchestras in Europe, best known for the expressiveness with which they play, the exceptional skill of their members and their characteristic Russian string sound. profile & recordings >>


Russian National Orchestra

Russian National Orchestra

Described by the Miami Herald as 'a living symbol of the best in Russian art' and by International Piano as 'the most important cultural story of our time', the RNO has graced international stages since 1990, and has received numerous honors, including the French Diapason d'or, the German Echo Klassik Award and a Grammy Award.

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Russian State Symphony Orchestra

Russian State Symphony Orchestra

The Russian State Symphony Orchestra is one of the leading orchestras in Russia. Along with the Bolshoi Theatre, Kirov Ballet, and Moiseyev Dance Ensemble, it personifies the pride and glory of this country's musical culture. profile & recordings >>


Rustem Hayroudinoff

Rustem Hayroudinoff

Rustem Hayroudinoff is a Russian pianist who in addition to his extensive career as a recording and performing artist, is a professor of piano at the Royal Academy of Music in London. profile & recordings >>


Sa Chen

Sa Chen

Sa Chen is a Chinese Pianist, regarded by many as one of today's most important Chinese pianists.  profile & recordings >>


Salvatore Accardo

Salvatore Accardo

 

Salvatore Accardo; born September 26, 1941 in Turin, northern Italy) is an Italian violin virtuoso and conductor. He is particularly regarded for his interpretations of Paganini, J. S. Bach and Antonio Vivaldi.

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Salvatore Accardo & Orchestra da Camera Italiana

Salvatore Accardo & Orchestra da Camera Italiana

Since acclaimed violinist Salvatore Accardo assumed the position of music director of the Orchestra da Camera Italiana in 1996, the Orchestra has taken on a new degree of activity, involving international touring and recording. profile & recordings >>


Sao Paolo Symphony Orchestra

Sao Paolo Symphony Orchestra

Founded in 1954, the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra is both the leading and largest orchestra in Latin America. profile & recordings >>


Sarah Connolly

Sarah Connolly

Sarah Connolly CBE is one of the foremost Bristish mezzo Sopranos. She has won Edison, Gramophone and South Bank Awards. She was made a Commander of the British Empire in the 2010 New Year Honours. profile & recordings >>


Sarah Jane Brandon

Winner of the 2009 Kathleen Ferrier Competition, soprano Sarah-Jane Brandon studied at the Royal College of Music.

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Sasha Cooke

Sasha Cooke

A critically acclaimed mezzo soprano with a voice which is at once clear, emotive and powerful, Sasha Cooke is fast becoming world renowned for her charm and talent. 

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Schidlof Quartet

Schidlof Quartet

Named in memory of Peter Schidlof, the distinguished viola player, the quartet has been described as one of the most accomplished to have emerged in the past decade. profile & recordings >>


Schola Cantorum Reykjavik

Schola Cantorum Reykjavik

Schola cantorum is a chamber choir of 12 professional singers, which was founded in 1996 by the conductor Hörður Áskelsson, the cantor at Hallgrímskirkja (Hallgrim's Church) in Reykjavík. The repertoire of Schola cantorum consists mainly of renaissance, baroque and contemporary music including numerous premier performances of works by Icelandic contemporary composers. profile & recordings >>


Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Scottish Chamber Orchestra

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra is one of Scotland’s foremost cultural ambassadors. The Linn series features performances conducted by Robin Ticciati, Alexander Janizcek, Joseph Swensen and Sir Charles Mackerras. profile & recordings >>


Scottish Ensemble

Scottish Ensemble

Versatile and vibrant string ensemble who are as much at home with contemporary music as the Baroque, who deliver consistently high quality performances. profile & recordings >>


Severin von Eckardstein

Severin von Eckardstein

Severin von Eckardstein is one of the leading German pianists of his generation and has lengthy record of solo concerts and concerto performances on major stages around the world. profile & recordings >>


Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra

The Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra is a Venezuelan orchestranamed after the Venezuelan national hero Simon Bolivar. It is began as the country's top youth orchestra and continued its career after its members were no longer of an age to be considered a youth orchestra. profile & recordings >>


Simon Standage

Simon Standage

Simon Standage is an English violinist and conductor best known for playing and conducting music from the baroque and classical eras on original instruments. profile & recordings >>


Sin Tae Kang

Sin Tae Kang

Sin Tae Kang is a Korean classical pianist. profile & recordings >>


Sinfonietta Cracovia

Sinfonietta Cracovia

The Sinfonietta Cracovia ranks among the leading Polish and European orchestras. profile & recordings >>


Singer Pur

Singer Pur

Singer Pur are an acappella sextet consisting of a soprano, three tenors, a baritone and a bass whose extensive repertoire covers from medieval and classical compositions to those of a jazz and improvised nature. profile & recordings >>


Sir Charles Mackerras

Sir Charles Mackerras

Sir Charles Mackerras enjoyed a long relationship with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and was renowned as an expert in Mozart interpretation. profile & recordings >>


Sir Colin Davis

Sir Colin Davis

Sir Colin Davis is an world renowned English conductor. His repertoire is broad, but among the composers with whom he is particularly associated are Mozart, Berlioz, Elgar, Sibelius, Stravinsky and Tippett. profile & recordings >>


Sir David Willcocks

Sir David Willcocks

Sir David Willcocks is best known for conducting King's College Choir Cambridge and The Bach Choir. profile & recordings >>


Sir Neville Marriner

Sir Neville Marriner

Sir Neville Marriner began life as a violinist, playing first in a string quartet and trio, then in the London Symphony Orchestra, during which period he founded the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. profile & recordings >>


Smoke and Mirrors

Smoke and Mirrors

The Smoke and Mirrors Percussion Ensemble was founded in 2009. The name ‘Smoke and Mirrors' was inspired by a phrase Jack Van Geem, the ensemble's teacher, used during a coaching. It also reflects the aim of the ensemble, which is to use the simple tools of rhythm, pitch, and timbre in a complex manner to create intensely effective experiences; and, in the process to develop public awareness of percussion-based repertoire. profile & recordings >>


Soli Brass

Soli Brass

A competition-winning brass band conducted by Frans-Aert Burghgraef. profile & recordings >>


Sonig Tchakerian

Sonig Tchakerian

Sonig Tchakerian, outstanding winner of the Paganini prize, performs the Haydn Violin concertos. profile & recordings >>


Sophie Bevan

Sophie Bevan

Sophie Bevan is an award-winning young soprano who has performed with Classical Opera, English National Opera and Garsington Opera. profile & recordings >>


Sophie Yates

Sophie Yates

Sophie Yates is an award winning harpsichordist who performs worldwide and has a particular affinity for English and French music. profile & recordings >>


Spiritato!

Spiritato!

Spiritato! is an exciting and dynamic group of young musicians based in London, performing music from the 17th and 18th centuries. Founded in 2008, the group has sought to challenge and delight audiences with innovative programmes featuring lesser-known composers alongside old favourites. profile & recordings >>


St John’s College Sinfonia

St John’s College Sinfonia

St John's Sinfonia was set up in the College's Quincentenary. The Sinfonia is a professional ensemble consisting of leading instrumentalists from around the country and is led by Musician in Residence, Margaret Faultless. profile & recordings >>


St Olaf's Choir and Chamber Ensemble

St Olaf's Choir and Chamber Ensemble

The St. Olaf Choir, with 75 mixed voices, is the pioneer a cappella choir in the United States. profile & recordings >>


St. Petersburg Chamber Choir

St. Petersburg Chamber Choir

One of Russia's leading and multi-award winning choirs, conducted by Nikolai Kornev profile & recordings >>


Stadium Chorale

Stadium Chorale

Studium Chorale has been active as a professional chamber choir since 2005. The choir was founded in 1972 and has developed into one of the leading chamber choirs in the Netherlands.

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Stephanie Proot

Stephanie Proot

Young Belgian Stephanie Proot has been playing the piano from the age of six. Since then she has excelled, winning multiple awards and in 2012 released her debut CD of Beethoven's piano sonatas.

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Stephen Farr

Recognised as "one of the brightest and most active English recitalists" who "plays with immaculate finish and buoyancy" (Classic CD), Stephen Farr is widely regarded as one of the finest organists of his generation, with a virtuoso technique and an impressive stylistic grasp of a wide-ranging repertoire. profile & recordings >>


Stephen Stirling

Stephen Stirling

For many years now, Stephen Stirling has been one of England's busiest and most sought-after horn players. Since studying at the Royal Northern College of Music with Ifor James and later with Julian Baker, he has worked mostly in the rather rarefied world of chamber music. He has had an enormously varied career travelling all over the world, particularly enjoying playing in unusual and far flung places.

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Studium Chorale

Studium Chorale

The choir was founded in 1972 and has in recent years developed into one of the leading chamber choirs in the Netherlands. profile & recordings >>


Susan Bullock

Susan Bullock is an English soprano with a particular flair for Wagnerian roles. She performs a wide repertoire worldwide and also works as a recording artist. profile & recordings >>


Susanna Yoko Henkel

Susanna Yoko Henkel

Susanna Yoko Henkel belongs to the leading violinists of the young generation.  Susanna Yoko Henkel performs on the 1710 "Ex Leslie Tate" Stradivarius, kindly loaned by a private owner. profile & recordings >>


Suzanne Husson

Suzanne Husson

"Two phenomenal hands!". This is the way in which the famous pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli described Suzanne Husson, who is considered by international critics to be one of the foremost pianists today. profile & recordings >>


Svetlana Savenko

Svetlana Savenko

Svetlana Savenko graduated from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatoire where she studied with Juri Kholopov as a musicologist. As a singer she was a student of Dora Beljavskaja.

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Tamar Halperin

Tamar Halperin

Tamar Halperin is a keyboard specialist, performing on both piano and harpsichord. She has a repertoire which ranges from early Baroque to contemporary compositions. profile & recordings >>


Tasmin Little

Tasmin Little

Tasmin Little is an English violinist. She received the 2008 Gramophone Award for Audience Innovation. profile & recordings >>


Tempesta di Mare

Tempesta di Mare

 

Tempesta di Mare, Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra & Chamber Players, is an American group specialising in authentic performance of baroque music. The group has toured widely throughout the USA and Europe.

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Thaous Ensemble

Thaous Ensemble

The Thaous Ensemble are a wind octet named for the Egyptian word for 'peacock' who regularly perform both as an octet as well as with soloists from other musical groups. profile & recordings >>


The American Boychoir

The American Boychoir

With a sound to rival their Viennese counterparts, the American Boychoir directed by James Litton, one of America’s most prominent choral conductors, is a joy to listen to. profile & recordings >>


The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra (based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is a full time salaried orchestra managed by Opera Australia. profile & recordings >>


The Austrian Chamber Orchestra

The Austrian Chamber Orchestra

The Austrian Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Ernst Theis has, since its conception in 1991, established its place on the Austrian and international concert scenes profile & recordings >>


The Avison Ensemble

The Avison Ensemble

"They must surely be one of the finest baroque ensembles now in existence." Early Music News

An outstanding period instrument orchestra who has been performing together since 1985.

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The City of London Sinfonia

The City of London Sinfonia

Firmly established as one of the UK's leading chamber orchestras, City of London Sinfonia (CLS) was founded in 1971 by the late Richard Hickox. Led by Stephen Layton (Artistic Director & Principal Conductor) and Michael Collins (Principal Conductor), the Orchestra has earned a reputation for strong, distinctive programming, outstanding performances and recordings.

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The Danish String Quartet

The Danish String Quartet

The Danish String Quartet was formed in 2001 by the four young musicians Rune Sorensen, Frederik Oland (violins), Asbjorn Norgaard (viola) and Carl-Oscar Osterlind (cello) when they were all under 18 years old. The quartet has studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen with Professor Tim Frederiksen as teacher and mentor.

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The Doric String Quartet

The Doric String Quartet

The Doric String Quartet are a globally recognised and highly acclaimed string quartet, hailed by Gramophone Magazine as 'one of the finest young string quartets' and 'musicians with fascinating things to say'. profile & recordings >>


The English Concert

The English Concert

The English Concert is a Baroque orchestra playing on period instruments based in London founded in 1972 by Trevor Pinnock.

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The Gaudete Brass Quintet

The Gaudete Brass Quintet

Since 2004, the Gaudete Brass Quintet has committed itself to presenting serious brass chamber music through compelling concerts, commissioning new works and adventurous recordings. profile & recordings >>


The Gents

The Gents

The Gents is unique All-male Dutch vocal ensemble that has rocketed to a place of prominence within the international music world. The group of young singers is praised because of their special sound, the large degree of flexibility and the unequalled interpretation of the very divergent vocal repertoire.

Whether it concerns religious music from the Renaissance, romantic English music, arrangements of contemporary jazz and pop songs or especially composed works for the ensemble, a performance by The Gents is always an extraordinary experience.

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The King’s Consort

The King’s Consort

The King's Consort is one of the world's leading period instrument orchestras and choirs. Its many recordings have won many prestigious international awards and sold more than 1,500,000 copies. On tour, The King's Consort has appeared in almost every European country, in Japan, Hong Kong, the Far East and North and South America. profile & recordings >>


The Odhecaton Ensemble for Ancient Music

The Odhecaton Ensemble for Ancient Music

The Odhecaton Ensemble for Ancient Music is an award-winning Italian group dedicated to the performance of early music with particular focus on Italian and Flemish compositions from the 15th and 16th centuries. profile & recordings >>


The Opus Project Choir

The Opus Project Choir

The Opus Project Choir Foundation consists of five enthusiastic music-loving board members who have the goal of "yearly performing unique, never before performed music, when possible in the presence of the composer, where the music is combined with another art form." profile & recordings >>


The Orchestra of Scottish Opera dir. Michael Rosewell

The Orchestra of Scottish Opera dir. Michael Rosewell

The Orchestra of Scottish Opera, formed in 1980, is an integral part of Scotland's national opera company. The orchestra performs for all of Scottish Opera's main-scale and medium-scale performances, and is in ever-increasing demand as a concert-giving ensemble. profile & recordings >>


The Prince Consort

The Prince Consort

The Prince Consort is fast emerging as a fresh, exciting and versatile ensemble. Their performances are characterised by wide-ranging programmes and polished presentation, which showcase different combinations of voice and piano, from solos to small groups in piano-accompanied song.  profile & recordings >>


The Purcell Simfony

The Purcell Simfony

Highly accomplished Baroque ensemble featuring the voices of Tessa Bonner, Catherine Bott and Sally Bruce Payne. profile & recordings >>


The Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra

The Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra

The Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra is a student-based, prize-winning ensemble comprised of wind instrument specialists from the Royal Northern College of Music. The Orchestra tours across the country and also records widely. profile & recordings >>


The RSAMD Chamber Choir and Players

The RSAMD Chamber Choir and Players

Directed by John Wallace (conductor) and James Grossmith (chorusmaster), the Academy Chamber Choir and Academy Chamber Players from the Royal Scottish Adademy of Music & Drama are a delightful pairing. profile & recordings >>


The Schubert Ensemble

The Schubert Ensemble has established itself over 29 years as one of the world's leading exponents of music for piano and strings. Regularly giving over 50 concerts a year, the Ensemble has performed in over 40 different countries. In 1998 the Ensemble's contribution to British musical life was recognized by the Royal Philharmonic Society when it presented the group with the Best Chamber Ensemble Award, for which it was shortlisted again in 2010. profile & recordings >>


The Strauss Festival Orchestra

The Strauss Festival Orchestra

The SFO sparkles with its wide range of repertoire, from the classical period to the music of the Strauss dynasty to the Viennese Operette. Peter Guth conducts from his position as principal Violinist accordingly, faithfully maintaining the tradition of Johann Strauss. profile & recordings >>


The Wallace Collection

The Wallace Collection

Founded by John Wallace in 1986 to explore and perform the extensive brass repertory, the Wallace Collection has become one of the world's pioneering brass ensembles with an international reputation for innovative programming. profile & recordings >>


Theatre of Voices

Theatre of Voices is an award winning vocal ensemble which performs at festivals across Europe as a vocal ensemble as well as with various instrumentalists and orchestras. profile & recordings >>


Thomas Dunford

Thomas Dunford

Thomas Dunford is a lutenist who performs with Ensemble Marsyas and whose repertoire includes classical and jazz compositions. profile & recordings >>


Thomas Trotter

Thomas Trotter

Thomas Trotter is one of the most widely acclaimed British musicians.  He was appointed Birmingham City Organist in 1983 and is also Organist at St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey in London. profile & recordings >>


Tibicines

Tibicines

Tibicines aims to draw the listener closer, as much as possible, to the world of Renaissance and Baroque performance practice. profile & recordings >>


Tom Winpenny

Tom Winpenny

Tom Winpenny took up the post of Assistant Master of the Music at St Albans Cathedral in September 2008 after winning First Prize and the Audience Prize at the 2008 Miami International Organ Competition. profile & recordings >>


Torben Snekkestad

Torben Snekkestad

Torben Snekkestad is a classically educated saxophonist, dedicated in both contemporary music and many different forms of improvisation. Alongside with his classical work, he also focuses extensively on jazz. profile & recordings >>


Trinity College Choir

The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge comprises around thirty choral scholars and two organ scholars, all of whom are ordinarily undergraduates of the College. The College's choral tradition dates back to the all-male choir of the fourteenth century, when former Chapel Royal choristers studied in King's Hall which later became part of Trinity College. profile & recordings >>


Trio Dali

Trio Dali

One of the most sought after chamber ensembles. profile & recordings >>


Trio Euphony

Trio Euphony

Hardly anyone would consider combining a soprano, harp and tuba in a musical trio. Three musicians from Wuppertal (Germany), Elena Fink, Manuela Randlinger and Hartmut Muller dared to defy the odds when they formed the Trio Euphony (Greek for 'beautiful sound') in 2007.  profile & recordings >>


Trio Fontenay

Trio Fontenay

The Trio Fontenay was a German classical music piano trio, who performed worldwide and recorded much significant piano trio repertoire between the years 1980 and 2006.

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Trio Italiano

Trio Italiano

Since its foundation Trio Italiano has won the attention of audiences thanks to its personal style of performance in the chamber repertoire. The Trio is made up of outstanding musical personalities: Giovanni Battista Rigon on piano, Sonig Tchakerian on violin and Silvia Chiesa on cello. profile & recordings >>


Trio Sonnerie

Trio Sonnerie

Trio Sonnerie is one of the longest established and most highly regarded chamber groups working in Europe today. profile & recordings >>


Ulrich Herkenhoff

Ulrich Herkenhoff

Ulrich Herkenhoff is a German pan-flute specialist who has performed, recorded and taught worldwide.

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Ulrike Northoff

Ulrike Northoff

Ulrike Northoff is an internationally active German organist who performs widely throughout Europe. profile & recordings >>


University of Kansas Wind Ensemble

University of Kansas Wind Ensemble

The University of Kansas Wind Ensemble is the premier wind band at the University of Kansas and enjoys an outstanding reputation both nationally and internationally. profile & recordings >>


University of Texas Wind Ensemble

University of Texas Wind Ensemble

The University of Texas Wind Ensemble is widely reputed as being among America's top wind bands. The ensemble is conducted by Jerry Junkin and has commissioned new works by composers such as John Corigliano, Michael Daugherty, Donald Grantham, David Maslanka, and Dan Welcher. The ensemble made it's debut at Carnegie Hall in February 1998, and have played some of the world's most prestigious concert halls and festivals. They have released critically acclaimed commercial recordings on the Reference, Klavier, and Naxos Labels. profile & recordings >>


Uto Ughi

Uto Ughi

Italiann virtuoso Uto Ughi is considered one of the finest violinists in the world today. profile & recordings >>


Valerius Ensemble

Valerius Ensemble

The Valerius Ensemble, is a chamber music ensemble based around a group of musicians most of whom are also members of The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra. profile & recordings >>


Valery Gergiev

Valery Gergiev

Since he burst onto the international scene just a few years ago, Valery Gergiev has become one of the most sought after conductors in the world. He is currently the Director of the Maryinsky Theater in St. Petersburg , home to the Kirov Opera and Ballet. Under his leadership, the Kirov Opera has become recognized as one of the great opera companies of the present day. He is also Principal Conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic and Principal Guest Conductor of the Metropolitan Opera. profile & recordings >>


Various Artists

Various Artists

Great value samplers and compilations featuring tracks from our most recent bestselling albums and artists.

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Vasily Petrenko

Vasily Petrenko

Vasily Petrenko was appointed Principal Conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in September 2006; in September 2009 he became Chief Conductor. In 2012 he won Best Male Artist at the Classic BRIT Awards.

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Venice Baroque Orchestra

Venice Baroque Orchestra

Founded in 1997 by Baroque scholar and harpsichordist Andrea Marcon, the Venice Baroque Orchestra is recognized as one of the premier ensembles devoted to period instrument performance. The Orchestra has received wide critical acclaim for its concert and opera performances throughout North America, Europe, South America, Japan and Korea.

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Vesko Eschkenazy

Vesko Eschkenazy

Vesko Eschkenazy is a Bulgarian violinist who, having been raised in a musical family, quickly rose to prominence in European classical music.  profile & recordings >>


Vienna Glass Armonica Duo

Vienna Glass Armonica Duo

A Viennese-born couple with a background in classical music, Christa and Gerald Schonfeldinger now specialise in glass music, specifically on the glass armonica and verrophone. They work to promote better known works for glass instruments as well as to bring attention to newer and avant-garde compositions. profile & recordings >>


Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet

Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet

The Vienna Konzerhaus Quartet was a twentieth-century classical music quartet comprised of members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, hailed for the warmth and energy of their performances. profile & recordings >>


Vienna Philharmonic

Vienna Philharmonic

There is perhaps no other musical ensemble more consistently and closely associated with the history and tradition of European classical music than the Vienna Philharmonic. In the course of its over 160 year history, the musicians of this most prominent orchestra of the capital city of music have been an integral part of a musical epoch which due to an abundance of uniquely gifted composers and interpreters must certainly be regarded as unique.

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Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Vienna Symphony Orchestra

The Vienna Symphony Orchestra is the concert orchestra of the City of Vienna, being responsible for the greater part of the musical life of the capital city.  Yakov Kreizberg has been Principal Guest Conductor since October 2003.

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Viktoria Mullova

Viktoria Mullova

Viktoria Yurievna Mullova is a Russian violinist best known for her performances and recordings of a number of violin concerti, compositions by J.S. Bach as well as for her innovative interpretations of popular and jazz compositions. profile & recordings >>


Virginia Symphony Orchestra

Virginia Symphony Orchestra

The Virginia Symphony is south-eastern Virginia's pre-eminent professional symphony orchestra. profile & recordings >>


Vlad Weverbergh

Vlad Weverbergh

Vlad Weverbergh is one of the best clarinet players from Belgium. His phenomenal technique, masterly control, enviable musicality and stylistic versatility makes him a very special world class musician! profile & recordings >>


Vox Luminis

Vox Luminis

Vox Luminis, founded in 2004 in Namur, Belgium, is an ensemble specialising in the performance of 16th - 18th century vocal music. profile & recordings >>


Warsaw Philharmonic Choir

Warsaw Philharmonic Choir

The Warsaw Philharmonic Choir are an internationally renowned, award-winning choir. The choir collaborates regularly with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. profile & recordings >>


Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

The Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, named as the National Orchestra of Poland, was first established in 1901 and is now recognised internationally as an accomplished and award-winning musical institution. profile & recordings >>


West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

In 1999, Daniel Barenboim and the late Palestinian literary scholar Edward Said created a workshop for young musicians from Israel, Palestine and several Arab countries to promote coexistence and intercultural dialogue. They named the orchestra after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's collection of poems entitled "West-Eastern Divan", a central work for the evolution of the concept of world culture. profile & recordings >>


Wexford Festival Opera Chorus

Wexford Festival Opera Chorus

The Wexford Festival Opera Chorus is made up of thirty-two talented young singers, some of whom are outstanding students and some of whom are professional singers on the threshold of their careers. profile & recordings >>


White Canvas

White Canvas

White Canvas is a German quartet led by vocalist Rena Meyer, which defines itself by its freedom of composition. Performances range from unforgettable anthems to free improvisation. profile & recordings >>


William Carter

William Carter

William Carter is a founding member of the acclaimed Palladians and a virtuoso player of the baroque guitar and theorbo. profile & recordings >>


William Conway and Peter Evans

William Conway and Peter Evans

Collaboration between Scottish cellist William Conway and pianist Peter Evans. profile & recordings >>


William Dongois

William Dongois is a professional cornett player and teacher who discovered the instrument following a career in trumpet. profile & recordings >>


William Steinberg

William Steinberg

Hans Wilhelm Steinberg (1899 - 1978) was a German-American conductor. He was noted throughout his career for his straightforward yet expressive musical style, leading familiar works with integrity and authority such that they sounded fresh and vital. profile & recordings >>


William Whitehead

William Whitehead

William Whitehead is an English concert organist. Currently he is a Professor of Organ at Trinity College of Music in London. profile & recordings >>


Wim Voogd

Wim Voogd

Pianist Wim Voogd regularly performs chamber music and accompanies several vocal and instrumental soloists. profile & recordings >>


Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Mozart is one of the most enduringly popular classical composers. He is responsible for over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music. profile & recordings >>


Yundi

Yundi

Yundi is an internationally acclaimed Chinese pianist who was first propelled onto the international stage when he won first prize at the XIV Chopin International Competition aged 18, becoming the youngest and first Chinese winner. profile & recordings >>


Yuri Bashmet

Yuri Bashmet

Through his virtuosity, strength of personality and musical intelligence, Yuri Bashmet has given the viola a new lease of life. One of the most pre-eminent viola players of today, he has motivated a number of leading contemporary composers to expand their repertoire to incorporate musical for viola. In addition to performing worldwide in concertos and as a conductor, he has collaborated in a number of chamber music projects with such names as Anne Sophie Mutter, Lyn Harrell, Martha Argerich, Vadim Repin, Evgeny Kissin.

He is Principal Conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of New Russia and founder/director of Moscow Soloists.

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Yuri Polubelov

Yuri Polubelov

 

Yuri Polubelov is a Russian pianist who was born in Vitebsk, Belarus. He performs both as a soloist and in chamber ensembles and specialises Russian and Ukrainian compositions with particular attention to lesser-performed works.

He regularly performs with the Russian singer, Svetlana Savenko.

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Yury Martynov

Yury Martynov

Yury Martynov is a pianist who also plays period keyboard instruments including the harpsichord, clavichord and organ. profile & recordings >>


Zubin Mehta

Zubin Mehta

Zubin Mehtais known for his dynamic interpretations of the large scale symphonic music of Anton Bruckner, Richard Strauss, Gustav Mahler and Franz Schmidt. His conducting is renowned as being flamboyant, vigorous and forceful. In addition to conducting, Mehta actively supports the discovery and furtherance of musical talents all over the world.

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