Acclaimed for her “superior vocal value” (Boston Globe), Soprano Hein Jung has performed in major cities throughout the US and Korea. These venues include Opera Tampa, Tanglewood Music Festival, San Francisco Opera Merola Program, Milwaukee Symphony, Madison Opera, St. Petersburg Opera, Bel Canto Chorus, Tampa Oratorios Singers.

Superstar violinist Anne Akiko Meyers’ imagination and ingenuity knows no bounds. Her idea to persuade leading living composer Morten Lauridsen to transform his choral masterpiece, O Magnum Mysterium, into a work for violin and choir is a masterstroke. Teaming up with conductor Grant Gershon – who first collaborated with Anne as chamber musicians over 40 years ago – and the Los Angeles Master Chorale, for whom Lauridsen was their first Composer in Residence, Anne rounds out this digital EP with three other arrangements for violin and chorus of ever-popular works by J. S. Bach. The result is gold dust for the holiday season.

According to German theological tradition, which Bach knew very well, the alto voice was the very symbol of the Holy Ghost. Bach's three solo cantatas for alto demand enormous vocal virtuosity. Their extraordinary musical variety embraces sublime consolatory lullabies, a faithful echo of an organ concerto and the dramatic qualities of an oratorio. Andreas Scholl is the featured soloist in this reissue, backed by Philippe Herreweghe and the Collegium Vocale Gent.

Masaru was born in La Paz, Bolivia, the son of a Japanese father and Bolivian mother. He is currently a teaching artist and freelance pianist in Phoenix, Arizona.

On the musical rhetoric of Joseph Haydn in his sonatas and variations: Joseph Haydn’s sonatas and variations for keyboard instruments were long overshadowed by Mozart’s piano compositions. While they are now performed more frequently in concerts, the overwhelming richness of these compositions is still not nearly adequately appreciated by audiences. There are so many aspects to discover, such as cantabile qualities and a broad linguistic palette with rich articulation. Dynamic and agogic agility, wit and intellectual brilliance characterise Haydn’s music, thereby contributing to an extraordinarily incisive narrative style with oftentimes dizzying dialogues.

With its broad register and earthy timbre, the clarinet is a powerhouse of emotional expression. Fitting then, that composer Jenni Brandon chose the instrument to represent the raw beauty of the Pacific Coast. SONGS OF SEA AND STONE offers a collection of world premiere recordings for clarinet, capturing the awe-inspiring beauty of the west, from the Golden State to Baja California, where rugged mountains meet the sea, and everything in between.

The lifelong impact of a meaningful teacher can not be overstated, but it can be commemorated. On DEAR CAMILLA, violinist Patrick Galvin pays tribute to his former teacher, Camilia Wicks, with a program of repertoire for violin and piano. Galvin and pianist Jennifer Hou navigate works by Sibelius, Chopin, Sarasate, Chausson, Pärt, and Beach with aplomb in a meaningful tip of the hat to an educator whose influence changed a life.

“She managed to unfold a wide array of colours from the historic instruments of the excellent Insula Orchestra and she demonstrates a true passion for music. The evening ends in a thundering applause.

The six sonatas for violin and obbligato harpsichord BWV 1014–1019 by Johann Sebastian Bach are works in trio sonata form, with the two upper parts in the harpsichord and violin over a bass line supplied by the harpsichord and an optional viola da gamba. Unlike baroque sonatas for solo instrument and continuo, where the realisation of the figured bass was left to the discretion of the performer, the keyboard part in the sonatas was almost entirely specified by Bach. They were probably mostly composed during Bach's final years in Cöthen between 1720 and 1723, before he moved to Leipzig. The extant sources for the collection span the whole of Bach's period in Leipzig, during which time he continued to make changes to the score.

DISSIDENTS OF THE GILDED AGE is Duo FAE’s tribute to three pioneering women composers whose work and lives defied the social confines of their time. Featuring Trois Morceaux op. 31 by Cécile Chaminade, Violin Sonata in A minor, op. 7 from suffragette Dame Ethel Smyth, and Amy Beach’s sweeping Violin Sonata in A minor, op. 34, these chamber works for violin and piano stand as acts of bold artistic and political expression. Anchored in the women’s suffrage movement of the 19th and early 20th centuries, this collection connects historical and musical dissidence with the present and enduring fight for Women’s Rights.

The Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67, also known as the Fate Symphony, is a symphony composed by Ludwig van Beethoven between 1804 and 1808. It is one of the best-known compositions in classical music and one of the most frequently played symphonies, and it is widely considered one of the cornerstones of western music. First performed in Vienna's Theater an der Wien in 1808, the work achieved its prodigious reputation soon afterward. E. T. A. Hoffmann described the symphony as "one of the most important works of the time". As is typical of symphonies during the Classical period, Beethoven's Fifth Symphony has four movements.

JOURNEY TO SERENITY presents powerful new works for piano and orchestra, performed by Anna Kislitsyna and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Each piece explores a deeply personal path — through grief, memory, reflection, and artistic struggle — toward peace and inner clarity. From quiet meditations on loss to bold expressions of the self, the music blends tradition with modern voices, inviting listeners to traverse emotional and spiritual landscapes. With evocative themes, vivid orchestration, and intimate solo writing, this Navona Records release captures the essence of a search for serenity in an ever-changing world.

"Classics for the Heart : Love" by Steve Anderson is a beautifully curated collection of piano arrangements that brings to life the emotional depth of masterpieces by composers such as J.S. Bach, Handel, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Chopin, and Tchaikovsky.

As a child, he studied the violin and later played as the lead violinist of an Eastern European music band, performing throughout France and Monaco.

Adoration is the world premiere live recording of an electroacoustic chamber opera by composer Mary Kouyoumdjian and librettist Royce Vavrek, adapted from Atom Egoyan’s film of the same name.