Hadny Sinfonie

After the success of the Red, Yellow, Blue and Pink collections (a total of fifty-six reissues), which brought the pearls from the Baroque catalogues of the house labels back into the spotlight, here are fourteen new titles offering a chance to rediscover more Baroque treasures and rarities. Like the last series, this fifth instalment also opens up to the Classical (Mozart) or Renaissance (Dufay) repertories – recordings that are an integral part of Alpha’s identity and history.

Of particular importance to Eisler was the principle of synthesis, working with a variety of musical aesthetics, and merging them to an autonomous whole… albeit always with an eye to also wanting to “change the world” with his music. The October Revolution of 1917 and the assumption of power by the Bolsheviks in Russia shaped young Hanns Eisler already for the rest of his life. Later on, in the 1930s after all, there was no topic that preoccupied him more, during the years of exile, than the sustained protest against National Socialism. Eisler wanted to make a musical stance against Fascism with his Opus 50; he wanted to show – together with his collaborating librettist Brecht – that there was not just a Germany Nazis but another, better Germany… driven into Exile or interned in concentration camps. The Deutsche Sinfonie is arguably Eisler's most important composition; she is unique in its ingenious combination of symphony, cantata, and oratorio.

Island: Eine Sinfonie In 10 Sätzen is a 1980 album by Hermann Nitsch. It was released as a quadruple CD set in 1998 by the Cortical Foundation.

Of particular importance to Eisler was the principle of synthesis, working with a variety of musical aesthetics, and merging them to an autonomous whole albeit always with an eye to also wanting to change the world with his music.

Rachmaninoff was one of the most gifted pianists of his time. His technical skills and musical expressiveness are unparalleled and r enabled him to thoroughly explore and transcend the boundaries of possibility in his own compositions.

Das Konzerthausorchester Berlin (bis Juli 2006 Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester/BSO) gehört zu den großen Orchestern in Berlin. Christoph Eschenbach ist seit der Saison 2019/20 Chefdirigent des Klangkörpers.

The symphonic oeuvre of the Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz has never before been recorded in its entirety ‘from one source’, so that the series beginning here represents a pioneering act.

Das Konzerthausorchester Berlin (bis Juli 2006 Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester/BSO) gehört zu den großen Orchestern in Berlin. Christoph Eschenbach ist seit der Saison 2019/20 Chefdirigent des Klangkörpers.

This series of recordings that Kurt Sanderling did with the Berliner Sinfonia-Orchester date from the late 1970s and are remarkable for their depth of understanding and delivery. This disc, recorded in 1974 and still in completely acceptable sound. Sanderling may not be among the first names mentioned when discussing Sibelius interpreters, but he should be. His Sibelius symphonies cycle with the too-underrated Berlin Symphony is one of the very best.