Esther Nyffenegger – Violoncello Nürnberger Symphoniker Werner Andreas Albert Besides his compositions for the music theatre (such as the opera “Romeo and Juliet”, first performed by […]

Pieces for Harp and Violoncello The intimacy of strings, some bowed, others plucked, can easily mislead listeners into  failing to realise that, in their day, many […]

Das Dschungelbuch & Die Geschichte vom faulen Bären Zwei musikalische Märchen für Sprecher und großes Orchester, erzählt vom unvergessenen ELMAR GUNSCH Es spielen die Nürnberger Symphoniker, […]

Ein musikalisches Märchen für Sprecher und großes Orchester, erzählt von MARIA SCHELL. Musik komponiert von Arnold Winternitz. Es spielen die Nürnberger Symphoniker unter der Leitung von Alicja […]

“To bringg Beethoven to life in our hearts” was the lifelong purpose of the pianist Elly Ney. And she achieved it. Her interpretations, heartfelt and individual, […]

A classical spiritual affinity between the composers, and a rare ability to enter the mood of the sombre German dances – these round off the Nuremberg […]

This is an encounter with two legends – the great Elly Ney playing Beethoven’s last piano in the Beethoven house in Bonn, where it has now […]

Beethoven: Piano Concertos nos 3 and 4 Elly Ney, piano Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Willem van Hoogstraten When Elly Ney and the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra […]

Elly Ney, piano When Schubert experimented during the last years of his life with new possibilities for the piano sonata, one of the ideas that came […]

Elly Ney, piano “Whatever a person is capable of becoming, he already is”  – this aphorism by Friedrich Hebbel is as true as it is concise. […]

Elly Ney, piano Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Willem van Hoogstraten This great project from Colosseum is an invaluable resource, not only for “hunters and gatherers” […]

Three famous examples from sonata literature in one CD: classical awareness of form intersects with romantic and revolutionary impetuousness, and this is where Elly Ney’s irresistible […]

“On wings of song” would be a suitable title for this selection, because three of the great story-tellers and visionaries of the early 19th century are […]

“Just as Beethoven’s impact radiated out into the whole world, far beyond his origins in Bonn, so Elly Ney enabled his music to be heard in […]

If we attempt to classify and rank Elly Ney as a performer and interpreter, we do well to remember that at the start of her career […]

Erich Appel, piano Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Klauspeter Seibel In 1965 the Beethoven House in Bonn decided to send one of its most sacred relics […]

A child of the Jugendstil is unleashed on the world: two important works of chamber music by a carefree child prodigy, Erich Korngold. As one of […]

JOSEPH HAYDN D-Dur, op. 101 HANS PFITZNER a-moll (1888) The two compositions presented here arc extreme contrasts, both musically and stylistically. They span the entire spectrum […]

“The one thing I really enjoy is a merry hunt!” The noble pursuit whose praises JS Bach sang in one of his most worldly cantatas is […]

Rumour had it that the main reason Max Reger gave encouragement to his pupil Johanna Senfter was that she came from a wine-growing family on the […]

Musical experts early on recognized the extraordinary piano talent of Kurt Leimer, whose playing combined technical skill with a fully developed intellectual keenness for musical interpretation. […]

Kurt Leimer: Bach, Beethoven and Brahms With Bach’s E major French Suite BWV 817 and two musical milestones, one classical and one romantic, the fifth instalment […]

Johannes Brahms, Concerto in B Major op. 8 for Piano and Orchestra Erich Kloss – Conductor | Nürnberger Symphonker – Orchestra Pyotr. I. Tshaikovsky, Concerto in […]

The Rediscovery of an Extraordinary pianist Kurt Leimer Second release in a series of 8 CDs which make up a special edition ofhistoric recordings performed by […]

George Gershwin Concerto in F’ ( 1925) Kurt Leimer Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.4 in one movement (1955)   CD 1 Interpret Titel Länge 1 […]

Kurt Leimer plays Rachmaninov’s third piano concerto, of almost legendary fame, and also his own second piano concerto, a light-hearted homage to all the great composers […]

Folk music is the dominant idiom here, and not only in the five pieces op. 102 for cello and piano written by Schumann shortly before the […]

Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Georg Schmöhe At the start of the 1950s the Hanover-born composer Margaret Buechner went to the US where, until her death […]

Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Erich Kloss Max Reger was unique among composers. This is easily recognised from the fact that every attempt to follow in […]

Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Klauspeter Seibel “The bloom of youth suffuses it almost more than any other work by this composer. The mature master made […]

Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Klauspeter Seibel Opera was definitely not the genre in which Mendelssohn’s experiments were most successful – and even the attempts that […]

Vivienne & Dirk Keilhack, piano Wilhelm Busch, the ever-popular author of illustrated comic verse narratives, knew well that “it takes two to play four hands”. And […]

Music in Nuremberg from the time of Albrecht Dürer to the present day Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra When the city of Nuremberg celebrated the 500th birthday of […]

Ein Sabbat – Gottesdienst in der ehemaligen Hauptsynagoge der israelitischen Gemeinde zu Nürnberg. Musik: Louis Lewandowski Kantor :Baruch Grabowski Sprecher: Werner Galas Orgel: Rolf Gröschel Chor: […]

Novin Afrouz, piano Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Rahbari Tchaikovsky experienced some setbacks and false starts after writing his Piano Concerto no. 1 in B […]

Live-Aufnahme des Konzertes am 11. November 2010 im Goldenen Musikvereinssaal Wien.   Die vorliegende CD ist nicht nur ein Dokument, sondern vor allem ein Beleg für […]

This live recording is of the gala concert which took place on May 25, 2010 in Prague’s beautiful Smetana Hall: LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN   PIANO CONCERTO NO. […]

D Esther Nyffenegger, cello Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Zsolt Deáky The longing for the elegance of the classical age such as never actually existed in […]

Serge Prokofieff: Peter und der Wolf Saint-Saëns: Karneval der Tiere Kinder lieben Märchen: Zwei musikalische Märchen für Sprecher und großes Orchester, erzählt vom unvergessenen ELMAR GUNSCH […]

Imagine the two contrasting Romantic composers Schumann and Liszt standing on opposite sides of a musical lake, throwing stones in to see how the widening circles […]

The unwieldy appearance of an instrument familiarly known to German insiders as a “Kanne” (can or pot) should not mislead us into failing to realise that, […]

Nürnberger Symphoniker Unter der Leitung von Klauspeter Seibel There are still scores to be discovered among the multitude of Richard Strauss’ oeuvres which have not found […]

One of the most beautiful romantic harp concertos in the company of some delightful compatriots, performed with a high degree of musicality. Helga Storck, harp Nuremberg […]

The Russian composer Alexander Glazunov was a phenomenon. Neither the setbacks which his career inevitably encountered during the October Revolution nor the massive subsequent reduction in […]

Jorge Bolet plays Prokofiev’s Piano Concertos nos. 2 and 3 When the Cuban pianist Jorge Bolet (1914-1990) was transformed from exceptional musician to star performer, he […]

When the rumour began to spread amongst Russian music-lovers that Alexander Glazunov was setting out to conquer the realm of ballet after his other successes, an […]

Alexander Tcherepnin / Alexander Borodin The influential Aaron Copland, the American son of Lithuanian immigrants, raised his colleague Alexander Tcherepnin to the rank of “honorary American […]

Alexander Glazunov Alexander Glazunov, musical prodigy that he was, had five musical godfathers, all of whom had good reason to be proud of their protégé. He […]

Schenk sings Wagner Manfred Schenk, bass Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Klauspeter Seibel The bass Manfred Schenk would have been 80 on 23 January 2010. Today, […]

Almost exactly thirty-five years ago a young conductor called Ali Rahbari left Iran to seek his fortune in the West. One of the first opportunities to […]

Alexander Tcherepnin Alexander Tcherepnin was what is known as a true cosmopolitan, who was able, thanks to his great musical resourcefulness, to exploit the limited potential […]

RUDOLF ZARTNER (1909-1993) The organist Rudolf Zartner was a pupil of Karl Straube, who died in 1950 in Leipzig, having gained prominence particularly for the authenticity […]