OUTI TARKIAINEN & NORRBOTTEN BIG BAND

“During my year as composer in residence with the Norrbotten Big Band in 2017, I wrote eight compositions that strongly capture my voice as a composer while at the same time focusing from many angles – maybe some of them surprising – on this immensely adaptable jazz orchestra.
- Outi Tarkiainen

ISABELLE FAUST & ALEXANDER MELNIKOV

In this first volume of Mozart’s duos, Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov revive on period instruments the tradition of the ‘sonata for keyboard with violin accompaniment’.

SALIF KEITA

Salif Keita is devoted to the cause of Albinos in Africa but after 5 years, he is back with his enchanting voice and his unique sense of groove, surrounded by an outstanding band (Alune Wade, Paco Sery, Hervé Samb…) and first-class featurings : Angélique Kidjo, MHD, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Yemi Alade).
A major musical and cultural event !

JUSSI BJÖRLING

Famous opera arias with Jussi Björling, one of the biggest tenors of all time, recorded at The Metropolitan Opera House when he was at the top of his career in the 1940s and 1950s.
The box set contains arias from operas like Il Trovatore and Don Carlo by Verdi, La Boheme and Tosca By Puccini, and Gounod's Romeo and Juliette - and much more.

LUBIMOV / PASHCHENKO

Alexei Lubimov is one of the most admired pianists of his generation, particularly for his exploration of rarely-played repertoire on period Instruments. Together with his disciple, harpsichordist and pianist Olga Pashchenko, a rising star of the new generation, and accompanied by the musicians of the Finnish Baroque Orchestra.

WAGNER

14CD box set of the Hong Kong Philharmonic / Jaap van Zweden live recordings. Includes a usb card with the complete German librettos and English translations.