Strings CDs

The very first deluxe André package ever!! This is a leather-bound, gold-embossed 144-page book with over 150 pictures and commentary that André fans will absolutely love. This package includes more than 50 songs over 4 CDs and 2DVDs, one of which "Live at Amsterdam Arena" has never been release...

The original, multi million selling electric string quartet, Bond, shook up the world of classical crossover at its launch. The quartet is currently celebrating its 10th anniversary and is back with a brand new album, Play. The quartet was recently commissioned by a major car brand to arrange and...

Andre Rieu – known to many as ‘The Waltz King Of Europe’ is one of the most celebrated solo violinists/composers in modern history. His catalogue has sold over 500K in the US alone and in New Zealand his DVDs have been constant features on the national charts.

"Kennedy has shrewdly augmented the regular concerto coupling of Bruch and Mendelssohn with the rare Schubert work, and the result is a generous issue which on every front can be warmly recommended for exceptionally strong and positive performances, vividly recorded." (Gramophone)

For more than 30 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. In the...

The Wellington violin and guitar duo - Duo Tapas – release their debut album Da Chara. Duo Tapas’, style ranges from Baroque through to twentieth century, including music influenced by folk music of Spain, Eastern Europe, Japan, Ireland and New Zealand.

From folk music to film music, the violin is the star of instruments. Millions of children all over the world learn how to play it and the top performers make it sound beautiful. They can also do clever things on it, with their fingers whizzing up and down, and the bow moving so fast you can hardly ...

Eric Whitacre is nothing less than a phenomenon. Dynamic, good-looking, young, charismatic and a fantastic communicator, he composes modern classical music that is simultaneously popular, accessible, credible and beautiful. Now he follows the 2012 Grammy-winning success of his debut Decca album...

He moves between two musical worlds ... and it seems as if two hearts beating in his chest: David Garrett in the world of classical music celebrated his international breakthrough. But that was not enough. He has finally re-invented, with its crossover albums conquered the rest of the world and spar...

The newest release from the young Scot who shot into the public spotlight as winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year at the age of 16 and who at 23 made her Proms debut performing the beautiful Vaughan Williams "Lark Ascending" with four albums Deutsche Grammophon already under her belt and a p...

Nicola Benedetti’s first recording of baroque violin repertoire explores masterpieces from her Italian homeland including Vivaldi and Tartini. Includes two brand new arrangements for violin and music from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.

Béla Bartók, born in 1881, is considered by many to be the greatest Hungarian composer as well as one of the most significant musical voices of the 20th century. Self-taught and originally trained as a pianist, he combined elements of his homeland’s traditional folk music with the influences of his ...

During the 18th century it became common for Italian composers, whose principal instrument was not the keyboard, to produce collections of harpsichord music. It was, effectively, a chance to demonstrate versatility and bring one’s music to a wider audience, and Geminiani was one of several musicians...

Born in Florence in 1895, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco was one of the most prolific Italian composers of his generation. Having fled to the USA in 1939 to escape Nazi persecution, his output quickly became dominated by the many film scores he was commissioned to produce for MGM Studios; today, however,...

Recorded in 1994 Born in Crema, northern Italy, in 1821, Bottesini was not only a leading double bass player and conductor, but also a successful composer whose prolific output included at least ten operas as well as numerous sacred and orchestral works. His popularity today, however, is largely ...

For decades Fritz Kreisler duped his audiences into thinking that many of his works for violin and piano were arrangements of compositions by other composers such as Stamitz, Vivaldi, Couperin, Dittersdorf or Porpora. Only a handful of friends and fellow musicians who knew the nature of this charmin...

This is the second release on Capriccio by the Signum Quartett. After the success of their first recording, a disc of String Quartets by Ludwig Thuille (C5049), they return with Quartet Movements which have all found their way into concert schedules worldwide. Featuring Quartet Movements by Anton...

Sophie Moser (violin) & Katja Huhn (piano) play works by Beethoven and Furtwangler.

The Soviet Experience is the first Shostakovich quartet cycle to include works by other important composers of the Soviet era, adding variety and perspective to the listening experience. This superbly performed series of audiophile recordings, produced and engineered by multiple Grammy Award winn...

The 1916-19 period saw Fritz Kreisler at his peak as an artist, although the shadow cast by America’s entrance to World War one in 1917 forced him to cancel numerous concerts. The improved fidelity possible by 1916 saw Kreisler making substitutes of his earlier American recordings, including his own...

Tadeáš Salva was one of the foremost Slovakian composers of his generation. His studies equipped him with a thorough awareness of the new Polish School, and his temperament inclined him toward a synthesis between contemporary technique and the inspiration of folklore. The cello was his favourite ins...

A member of one of the most important English musical dynasties of the 19th and 20th centuries, Eugene Goossens trained as a violinist and composer but gained fame as a conductor. His Sonata No 1 integrates a personal style with the influences of Debussy and Ravel, the improvisatory Lyric Poem being...

Includes works by Antonin Dvorak, Michael Dalman Colina, Astor Piazzolla and Ella Milch-Sheriff.

"First prize winner of the 2008 Joann Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition"

Includes works by Richard Karpen, Juan Pampin, Heinrich Taube, Diane Thome, Brent Michael Davids.

Chamber Music by Andrew Earle Simpson

The Music of Jerry Owen

Widely acclaimed for the subtle artistry of his playing, Pablo Garibay has won numerous international competitions including the JoAnn Falletta (USA), Julián Arcas (Spain), Manuel M. Ponce (Mexico), René Bartoli (France) and Gevelsberg (Germany). Scarlatti’s ‘soul-searching’ Sonata in D minor, K.213...

Works by Mozart, Schumann and Bruch

Dylla performs Joaquin Rodrigo's Sonata Giocosa, Antonio José's Sonata, Alberto Ginastera's Sonata, op. 47, and Jerzy Bauer's Concert for Guitar and Chamber Orchestra.

Michael Andriaccio Plays Classic Bossa Nova

This recording by Iowa's Red Cedar Trio captures the results of a commission similar to the one that resulted in Beethoven's "Diabelli" Variations, Op. 120 -- a group of Iowa composers was asked to write one variation each on a theme derived from that of the Scherzo movement of Dvorák's "American" s...

The Israelievitch duo with Jacques Israelievitch and Michael Israelievitch.

Artists in Residence at the revered Chautauqua Institution, the Trio delivers a romantic yet powerful punch in works by Beethoven, Part, Bloch, Piazzolla and Brahms.

Their first release as Fleur de Son Recording artists in this stunning recital of the voice and guitar repertoire's most revered and beloved works.

"One of the greatest guitar duos of our time" ~Les Cahiers (France)

"World Premiere Recording"

The same trio that brought you "Matiegka: Czech Chamber Music".

Israelievitch has a full tone and an engaging personality. He is very musical and never strives for virtuoso effect, and his playing is obviously from the heart...American Record Guide