The Philharmonia Orchestra presents their third all-Shostakovich album conducted by Santtu-Matias Rouvali recorded live at London’s Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, where they are resident. The Philharmonia Orchestra has an extensive legacy of recording the music of Shostakovich, and in this latest release its Principal Conductor brings his own distinctive energy, precision, and flair to two contrasting masterpieces: the sharp-witted …

Isata Kanneh-Mason’s latest recording stems from a long and personal relationship with the composer’s music, which reached a major public milestone when she made her BBC Proms solo debut in 2023, performing Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3. Since she first heard the concerto at the age of 18, the work and has been a key part of Kanneh-Mason’s concert life. …

Marking 70 years since George Enescu’s death, celebrated violinist Charlie Siem and the Philharmonia Orchestra present two of the Romanian composer’s concertante works (Aria and Scherzino and Ballade, Op. 4a) as companion pieces to Brahms’s Violin Concerto conducted by Oleg Caetani. Charlie Siem is one of today’s foremost young violinists with wide-ranging cross-cultural appeal. Siem has appeared with many of …

French cellist presents a double album tribute to Clara & Robert Schumann pairing Robert Schumann’s Cello Concerto (with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Raphaël Merlin) with works and arrangements for cello and piano by both composers (with pianist Jean-Frédéric Neuburger). La Marca says “With this album, I wanted to bring to life one of the most beautiful love stories in …