Friar Alessandro is a modest monk living in the hilltop monastery of Assisi and an award winning recording artist. He is a charming and spiritual young man with a gentle tenor voice whose musical message of hope, peace and brotherly love is…

Orchestras once played Bach as well as Bruckner. Only specialised ensembles showed that note and performance signs have changed their meaning quite a bit over the centuries. So far, so theoretical: in practice, Handel's "Il Trionfo" awaits us, a…

This Vivaldi concert was recorded on the occasion of Julien Chauvin‘s CD release „Il Teatro“. The concert is an opportunity to confront the theatricality of Vivaldi‘s instrumental music with the virtuosity of his operatic arias. Always seeking to…

Herbert Blomstedt appears with the Gewandhaus Orchestra for the last time as the Gewandhaus Music Director in this recording. After seven successful years in Leipzig, the maestro performs a work in the Thomas Church that is especially dear to him…

Exceptional recital at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse, given by Jakub Józef Orlinski who returns to the stage with the ensemble Il Pomo d'Oro for FACCE D'AMORE. Facce d'Amore is the second solo album of Jakub Jozef Orliński. It includes 8 world…

In the historic Weimar Herder Church Sir John Eliot Gardiner finds the perfect setting for his recording of the Bach Christmas Oratorio. Against the backdrop of the dramatic altar and Lucas Granach paintings, the Monteverdi Choir and the English…

Since their first performance together in the 2010 Paris production of Werther, they’ve often appeared side-by-side in various stage productions. And as in this concert, the works of Verdi have played a key role. When they appeared as rivals in “La…

On 9 October in 1989, 70,000 people staged a peaceful demonstration calling for more freedom and democracy in the GDR. Thanks to the claim “Peaceful Revolution”, initiated by Kurt Masur as one of six prominent citizens of Leipzig, everything…

A mixture of christian music, secular pieces and improvisations. Performed by the The Danish National Vocal Ensemble and recorded in beautiful setting of the Copenhagen Cathedral in Danmark. The Danish National Vocal Ensemble is an elite professional…

The Nobel Prize Concert 2008 offers fantastic performers: Sir John Eliot Gardiner and his Monteverdi Choir, together with Eric Ericson Chamber Choir and the Scandinavian singers Miah Persson, soprano, Ann Hallenberg, alto, Helge Rönning, tenor, and…