Music » Symphony Music

Release Date: 2009-10-27, Audio CD, Archipel

Release Date: 2010-10-26, Audio CD, Apex

Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) was a Polish composer who wore many hats. Besides being an expert concert pianist and music teacher, he also managed to become the first prime minister of the newly independent Poland in 1919. His music is tonal and very Romantic, but it is also heavily influenced by the great European composers of the era. You will particularly hear shards of Elgar, Delius, and Bax. Listen even closer, and you'll even hear Nielsen and Sibelius floating in the background. Paderewski's Symphony in B minor owes much to the way Anton Bruckner structured his symphonies, but there is much less aimlessness and wandering about here. Recommended, especially if you are following the evolution of the symphony as it enters the 20th century. --Paul Cook

Release Date: 2010-01-26, Audio CD, Ondine

Bring together a choir like Polyphony and the composer responsible for some of the most beautiful, transcendent music ever written, and the resultant disc is surely spectacular. New works from Arvo Prt are invariably cherished, and this disc contains no less than five world premiere recordings - Dopo la vittoria, Nunc dimittis, Littlemore Tractus, My heart's in the Highlands and Salve Regina. It was recorded in the presence of the composer at the Temple Church, London. Triodion is a disc of achingly lovely music at its most mesmeric - prepare to be stunned.

Release Date: 2010-08-31, Audio CD, Neos

Release Date: 2010-01-12, Audio CD, Regent

Release Date: 2011-01-11, Audio CD, Regent

Release Date: 2011-04-05, Audio CD, RCA

Release Date: 2010-01-26, Audio CD, Neos