Spring Promotion: Choose From 40 Titles
March brings three key dates: the first day of spring, Early Music Day and International Piano Day. We are marking all three occasions with our special Spring Promotion, which includes 40 recordings inspired by these celebrations: 10 spring titles, 20 Early Music titles and 10 piano titles.
The first day of spring suggests music that is inspired by nature, music written to be enjoyed outdoors and works that celebrate the season. Recordings include The Nightingale and the Butterfly by Pamela Thorby, Schumann’s popular ‘Spring Symphony’ performed by Robin Ticciati and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Les Saisons by Trio Zadig and Dvořák by The Busch Trio.
Early Music Day falls on 21st March (which also happens to be the birthday of the great J. S. Bach) and there is a wealth of fantastic recordings to discover, including Handel from Dunedin Consort, Tartini from Evgeny Sviridov, Sweelinck from Richard Egarr, Charpentier from Vox Luminis and Bach's Cello Suites from Richard Tunnicliffe.
International Piano Day is celebrated annually on the 88th day of the year (29th March in 2022), to match the date to the number of keys on a piano! This offers a wonderful opportunity to highlight recordings from popular pianists such as Simon Trpčeski, Nelson Goerner, Ingrid Fliter and Olivier Cavé and composers such as Chopin, Schubert, Shostakovich and Mozart.
This promotion has now ended.
Celebrating Spring:
- Handel: Apollo e Dafne by Ensemble Marsyas & Peter Whelan
- Beethoven: Music for Winds by Scottish Chamber Orchestra Wind Soloists
- Haydn: String Quartets Op. 71 by Maxwell Quartet
- The Nightingale and the Butterfly by Pamela Thorby & Elizabeth Kenny
- Les Saisons (Live in Paris) by Trio Zadig
- Schumann: The Symphonies by Robin Ticciati & Scottish Chamber Orchestra
- Dvořák: Piano Quintets & Bagatelles by Busch Trio
- Mozart: Serenades by Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Alexander Janiczek
- Copland & Chávez: Pan-American Reflections by The Orchestra of the Americas & Carlos Miguel Prieto
- Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1 & Symphony No. 1 - Gounod: Petite Symphonie by François Leleux & Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Celebrating International Piano Day:
- Schubert: Lebensstürme. Music for Piano Four-Hands by Duo Pleyel
- Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I by Aaron Pilsan
- Albéniz Iberia and Granados Goyescas by Artur Pizarro
- Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp. 106 & 111 by Filippo Gorini
- Shostakovich: Piano Concertos & Piano Trio No. 2 by Simon Trpčeski, Cristian Măcelaru & Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava
- Chopin: Polonaise, Berceuse, Barcarolle & 24 preludes by Nelson Goerner
- Debussy - Chopin - Mussorgsky by Behzod Abduraimov
- Mozart: Paris & Vienna by Gottlieb Wallisch
- Haydn & Beethoven: Piano Sonatas by Olivier Cavé
- Chopin: Nocturnes by Ingrid Fliter
Celebrating Early Music Day:
- Sweelinck: Fantasias, Toccatas & Variations byRichard Egarr
- Schütz: Musicalische Exequien by Vox Luminis & Lionel Meunier
- Handel: Ode for St Cecilia's Day by Dunedin Consort, John Butt, Ian Bostridge & Carolyn Sampson
- Heinrich Albert's Pumpkin Hut by Dorothee Mields, Hathor Consort & Romina Lischka
- Biber: The Mystery Sonatas by Boston Baroque
- Antonio Draghi & Leonardo García Alarcón: El Prometeo by Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García Alarcón & Chœur de Chambre de Namur
- Rossi: Il Mantovano Hebreo by Profeti della Quinta
- Bach: Redemption by Anna Prohaska, Lautten Compagney & Wolfgang Katschner
- Locke: For Lovers of Consort Music by Phantasm & Elizabeth Kenny
- Charpentier: Orphée aux enfers by Vox Luminis & A Nocte Temporis
- Ortiz: Trattado de Glosas by Les Basses Réunies, Guido Balestracci & Bruno Cocset
- Edinburgh 1742: Barsanti & Handel by Ensemble Marsyas & Peter Whelan
- Stradella: San Giovanni Battista by Le Banquet Céleste & Damien Guillon
- Byrd: The Great Service & Anthems (Digital Deluxe Version) by Odyssean Ensemble
- Barlaam & Josaphat. Buddha — A Christian Saint? by Dialogos
- J.S. Bach: Cello Suites by Richard Tunnicliffe
- Landini: L'Occhio del Cor by La Reverdie & Christophe Deslignes
- Gabrieli for Brass: Venetian Extravaganza by Reinhold Friedrich, Royal Academy of Music & The Juilliard School
- Purcell: The Cares of Lovers by Rowan Pierce, Richard Egarr & William Carter
- Giuseppe Tartini: Violin Concertos by Evgeny Sviridov & Millenium Orchestra