BEECHAM CONDUCTS SIBELIUS

SOMM Recordings is thrilled to announce the first release on disc of the only known live recording of Sir Thomas Beecham conducting Sibelius’s Symphony No.1 with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to mark the orchestra’s 75th anniversary.
SYMPHONY NO. 1 IN E MINOR, OP. 39 & SCENES HISTORIQUES II, OP. 66

EDIZIONE SPECIALE - LIVE FROM MIDDELHEIM

Rava's celebratory Edizione special, recorded live at the Middelheim Festival in Antwerp, brings together a team of young improvisers who play his music with fire and élan, accompanying his fountain of melodic ideas, while also taking advantage of the free space that the extensive musical forms open up.

CHOPIN - NOCTURNES (2CD)

‘Some of the finest operatic arias ever written’ is Stephen Hough’s brilliant characterization of the Nocturnes, one which holds the key to his intensely lyrical interpretations of these most perfect of bel canto masterworks.