This album retraces the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, comparing and contrasting different interpretations by major composers of the 16th century, including Monteverdi, Rossi and Caccini. Baritone, harpsichordist, lutenist, harpist and artistic director, Nicolas Achten is the rising figure in the world of early music. He is one of the few classical singers to accompany himself on various instruments, reviving this historical practice. Born in Brussels in 1985, he studied singing, lute, harpsichord and triple harp at the Royal Conservatories of Brussels and the Hague, and completed his training at various masterclasses, including the Académie baroque d’Ambronay and the Centre de la Voix de Royaumont.

In 2012 the music world celebrates the 150th anniversary of Debussy's birth. To mark the occasion, Sony Classical is releasing a new recording of some of the composer's best-known orchestral masterpieces with the Orchestre National de France under the baton of its director of music, Daniele Gatti.

The Dresdner Philharmonie is one of Germany's major orchestras and has laid, together with his Principal Conductor Michael Sanderling, its focus on recording the complete cycle of symphonies by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) and Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975). After having released Beethoven's and Shostakovich's symphonies nos. 6 in 2015, for which the orchestra has received positive reviews, this recording is the second album from the cycle. Michael Sanderling decided to pair Beethoven's symphony no. 3 and Shostakovich's symphony no. 10 because of the similar motivation of both composers: to display the current political situation, i.e. Napoleon's reign and Stalin's dictatorial regime.

Mit der vorliegenden „Doppel-Aufnahme“ von Franz Schuberts (1797-1828) berühmtem Liederzyklus „Die Winterreise“ zeigt der deutsche Tenor Daniel Behle seine außergewöhnliche künstlerische Bandbreite. Denn die 24 Lieder erscheinen sowohl in der Originalversion als auch in einer Bearbeitung für Tenor und Klaviertrio. Der studierte Komponist Daniel Behle arrangierte das Werk selbst für Klaviertrio und nahm beide Versionen mit dem Pianisten Oliver Schnyder und dessen Trio auf.

One of today's most beautiful voices in classical music presents a varied selection of irresistibly beautiful and fascinating arias by the Venetian composer Antonio Caldara including 6 world premiere recordings.

The series continues with Beethoven concertos No. 2 & 4. The celebrated Norwegian pianist continues his multi-annual journey in collaboration with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, dedicated to Beethoven´s five piano concertos. The recording series began with the live recording of the Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3 at Prague Spring Festival in the historic Rudolfinum building and is now followed by the Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4. Andsnes is not only playing the piano but also directing the orchestra.

After his first recording, devoted to Chopin (ZZT347), and the award of First Prize at the Géza Anda Competition in 2015, which gave a substantial boost to his career, the young American pianist Andrew Tyson has devised a new programme to showcase his talents: two sonatas and a waltz by Scriabin coupled with Ravel’s Miroirs.

In an essay Glenn Gould referred to Johanna Martzy as "an artist who has always seemed to me to be, at least in North America, the most underrated of the great violinists of our age." - And indeed it has only been a few years that Johanna Martzy's all too few recordings have made a spectacular revival, so that now she has a place among the great violinists of the 20th Century - a place she really deserves. This albums presents two Sonatines by Franz Schubert in which Johanna Martzy is accompanied by her long-time pianist Jean Antonietti and finally the great Dvorak Violin Concerto accompanied by the RIAS Symphony Orchestra Berlin conducted by Ferenc Fricsay, recorded in 1953, which is the reference work on this album.