Brilliant Classics

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)Suite for variety Orchestra No. 1 (Jazz Suite No. 2)Overture on Russian and Khirghiz Themes Op. 115Jazz Suite No. 1Novorossijsk ChimesFestive Overture Op. 96...

The Polish composer Lutoslawski is one of the towering figures of 20th century music. His Concerto for Orchestra can stand comparison to the famous example by Bartók, and Mi-parti from 1976 has become a modern classic.Lutoslawski came from a wealthy family, who at the onset of the Prussian War, were forced to flee to Russia. In Moscow, they soon...

Felix Mendelssohn-Barthody (1809-1847)Symphony No.1 in C minor Op. 11Symphony No.4 in A major Op. 90 "Italian"...

This collection draws directly from the works of Italian and Spanish guitarists Girolamo Montesardo, Carlo Calvi, Gaspar Sanz, Santiago de Murcia and Francesco Corbetta, keyboard players Antonio de Cabezón, Bernardo Storace, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck and Pieter de Vois, and authors of solo and chamber music for a variety of other instruments,...

Joseph Haydb (1732-1809)Symphony no. 103 in E flat major "Mit dem Paukenwirbel" (Drumroll)Symphony No. 104 in D major "London"...

These days Estonian composer Arvo Pärt is mainly associated with his later works. Born in 1935 he wrote 'avant-garde' works at first. In the nineteen seventies he increasingly found his inspiration in medieval religious music, both western and eastern European. This first transpired in his Für Alina for piano. It already has the telling low tempo...