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SERGEI RACHMANINOV / J.S. BACH
Vsevolod Zavidov Plays Rachmaninoff Vsevolod Zavidov (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2026 ] Vsevolod Zavidov (born in 2005 in Moscow) is now considered one of the most promising young pianists to emerge from the great Russian tradition. A pupil of Nelson Goerner's, he made his name on the international stage by winning the very first Radu... |
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BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: String quintets op.29 & 104, Fugue op.137 WDR Symphony Orchestra chamber players [ Alpha / CD - released 24/Jan/2020 ] With this recording of chamber music composed by Beethoven at three key moments in his life, Alpha begins a collaboration with the WDR of Cologne and its various ensembles. Here a group of chamber musicians from the symphony orchestra presents the... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies 5 & 6 'Pastoral' Wiener Akademie, Martin Haselböck [ Alpha Resound Collection, Vol. 8 / CD - released 13/Mar/2020 ] "...these are terrific performances, which demand close attention. Martin Haselböck is a fine musician, as both organist and conductor. If his reputation is greatest in his native Austria and Germany he is an insightful and accomplished musician." |
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BEETHOVEN
Resound Beethoven: Egmont [with narration in English & German] Wiener Akademie Orchester, Martin Haselböck, with Bernardo Bobro (soprano) & Herbert Föttinger, John Malkovich (narrators) [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Jul/2016 ] With RESOUND the orchestral works of Beethoven are brought back to the halls and theatres of their Viennese premieres or other venues where they received their earliest performances. .. |
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RICHARD STRAUSS / BÉLA BARTÓK / JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Komm! Wrocław Baroque Ensemble, Andrzej Kosendiak, NFM Boys' Choir [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 9/Oct/2026 ] As the founder of the Wrocław Baroque Ensemble, which performs on period instruments, the Polish conductor Andrzej Kosendiak is a champion of Baroque music and has specialised in oratorios and cantatas from various periods. Giovanni Antonini has a... |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Melodies Avec Orchestre Yann Beuron, Tassis Christoyannis, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Markus Poschner [ Alpha / CD - released 24/Mar/2017 ] Although the turn of the twentieth century marked the golden age of French song, the genre was generally accompanied on the piano and only rarely orchestrated by its composers. But Camille Saint-Saëns, a great lover of poetry, was also a champion of... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / FRANZ LISZT
Beethoven / Liszt: Symphony No 9 in D minor (piano transcription) Yury Martynov (piano) [ Alpha / CD - released 15/May/2016 ] "the metamorphosis from the storm unleashed at the opening of the finale to the imploring earnestness of the 'Ode to Joy' is stunningly affecting" (Gramophone Editor's Choice April 2016) |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Organ Works Yves Rechsteiner [ Alpha / CD - released 21/Aug/2006 ] Three of Liszt's greatest organ works together with rarely recorded transcriptions! |
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J.S. BACH
Fantasia Cromatica, Sonatas and Transcriptions Yves Rechsteiner (pedal harpsichord) [ Alpha / CD - released 21/Aug/2006 ] Harpsichord works and transcriptions by J.S. Bach played on a pedal harpsichord. |
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MOZART
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 KV 216, Bassoon Concerto KV 191 & Piano Concerto No. 5 KV 175 Ziyu He (violin), Theo Plath (bassoon), Mélodie Zhao (piano), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Howard Griffiths [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 25/Mar/2022 ] The Orpheum Foundation, which has been supporting young musicians for over thirty years, has joined forces with Alpha Classics for a series of recordings devoted to Mozart's concertos, regardless of instrument. The leading soloists of the young... |
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Alfa Mist
Bring Backs (LP) [ Anti- / LP - released 7/May/2021 ] Bring Backs marks Alfa's first release for the label ANTI- and is also the most detailed exploration of his upbringing in musical form. The album's nine tracks of groove-based intricacies, lyrical solipsism and meandering fragmentations are tied... |
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Alfa Mist
Variables [ Anti- / CD - released 21/Apr/2023 ] "I've been focused on who I am in my music, but now I'm exploring where I am," Alfa Mist says. "I'm asking: how did I get here?" This is the journeying question that underpins Alfa's fifth album, Variables. Traversing luscious, big band swing,... |
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Alfa Mist
Variables (LP) [ Anti- / LP - released 21/Apr/2023 ] "I've been focused on who I am in my music, but now I'm exploring where I am," Alfa Mist says. "I'm asking: how did I get here?" This is the journeying question that underpins Alfa's fifth album, Variables. Traversing luscious, big band swing,... |
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Alpha And Omega
The Half That's Never Been Told [ Steppas / LP - released 25/Apr/2014 ] UK dub heavyweights since the 1980′s Alpha & Omega are amongst the earliest of the UK dub and reggae pioneers. With releases on the legendary Greensleeves label and their own Alpha & Omega records they played a vital role in the global rise of... |
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Alpha Blondy
Cocody Rock [ Shanachie / CD - released 1/Dec/1994 ] |
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Alpha Blondy
Revolution [ Shanachie / CD - released 20/May/2002 ] |
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Alpha & Omega
King And Queen (LP) [ Steppas / LP - released 30/Nov/2018 ] UK Dub pioneers Alpha & Omega (Greensleeves / A&O Records) represent the foundation of soundsystem culture and bass music migration from Jamaica, via the UK, to the world. Formed in the 1980's and with over 30 studio albums to their name, Steppas... |
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Alpha & Omega / Ras Tinny
No Beginning No End (LP) [ A&O / LP - released 14/Oct/2016 ] UK Dub pioneers Alpha & Omega (Greensleeves / A&O Records) present their first new studio album in 5 Years! Alpha & Omega Meets Ras Tinny 'No Beginning No End' is a nod to the classic A&O sound yet illustrates A&O's forward thinking and... |
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Alpha Steppa
3rd Kingdom (LP) [ Alpha Steppa / 2 CD - released 14/Jul/2017 ] With a total of twelve tracks and an extensive list of featuring artists, 3rd Kingdom is an eclectic mix of traditional roots style reggae, UK bass and dubstep, future steppas, and world music. The majority of the collaborating artists Alpha Steppa... |
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Alpha Steppa
Dub Kingdom (12") [ Steppas Records / 12in ] 'As the son and nephew of pioneering UK nu roots dub duo Alpha & Omega - bassist Christine Woodbridge and keyboard player John Sprosen - Ben Alpha Steppa grew up surrounded by sound system and dubplate culture, starting in his mother's womb at... |