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Max Bruch: Violin Concerto; Korngold: Violin Concerto in D; Chausson: Poeme / Arabella Steinbacher, violin

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2013-03-26

Works: Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Ernest Chausson: Poème for Violin and Orchestra in E flat major, Op. 25; Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Performers: Steinbacher, Arabella
Conductors: Foster, Lawrence
Ensemble: ; Orquestra Gulbenkian

In recent years violinist Arabella Steinbacher has risen to the top of her league. A young performer with such an exceptional musical mind and nigh-flawless...continue...
Recording information: Grand Auditorium, Foundation Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portug (07/2012)....continue...

Grieg: Piano Concerto; Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Sa Chen, piano

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Edvard Grieg: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16
Performers: Chen, Sa
Conductors: Foster, Lawrence
Ensemble: ; Orquestra Gulbenkian

Acclaimed pianist Sa Chen now turns her talents to this stunning recording of virtuoso piano works. Sa Chen was a prize winner at the Warsaw...continue...
Recording information: Grande Auditório of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, (02/2011)....continue...

Pentatone: The First 10 Years [11 Hybrid SACD - DSD]

11 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48; Sextet for Strings in D major, Op. 70 "Souvenir de Florence"; Romeo & Juliet; Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95...
Performers: Beekman, Bram; Chen, Sa; Fischer, Julia [Violin]; Helmchen, Martin; Kodama, Mari [Piano]; Marriner, Andrew; Steinbacher, Arabella
Conductors: Boni, Marco; Kreizberg, Yakov; Murphy, Simon; Foster, Lawrence; Janowski, Marek; Marriner, Sir Neville; Vonk, Hans; Pletnev, Mikhail; Nagano, Kent; Spanjaard, Ed
Ensemble: ; Chamber Soloists of The New Dutch Academy; New Dutch Academy

Celebrating over a decade of quality releases is Pentatone's newest compilation; 'Pentatone, The First 10 Years'. This 10-disc set, recorded in SA-CD sound for superior...continue...

Bartók: First Rhapsodie; Deux Portrait

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2010-11-16

Works: Zoltán Kodály: Dances of Galánta; Háry János, suite from the opera for orchestra; Béla Bartók: Portraits (2) for violin and orchestra, Op. 5/Sz 37; Rhapsody for Vio...
Performers: Best, Kenneth; Costea, Mihaela; Dupuy, Cyril; Georgie, Esther; Luxton, Jonathan
Conductors: Foster, Lawrence

"As a leading interpreter of the music of Enescu, it's hardly surprising that Lawrence Foster should feel such a strong empathy with the Ligeti, and...continue...
Recording information: Grande Auditório of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, (11/2009)....continue...

Salieri: Requiem

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2010-05-25

Works: Antonio Salieri: Requiem, for soloists, chorus, orchestra & organ in C minor; Ludwig van Beethoven: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, cantata for chorus & orchestra, Op. 112; Franz Schubert: Offertory ...
Performers: Brenciu, Marius; Caplow-Sparks, Alice; Esteireiro, Antonio; Ivas, Simona; Ribeiro, Pedro; Rodrigues, Luis; Zdunikowski, Adam; Zukerman, Arianna
Conductors: Foster, Lawrence

Gramophone Magazine
Lawrence Foster chooses convincing tempi and relishes the intermittent opportunities for drama in the Sequence...The chorus, topped by a youthful, unwobbly soprano line, ...continue...
Recording information: Grande Auditório of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, (11/2009)....continue...

Schumann: Symphonies no 3 & 4 / Lawrence Foster, Czech PO

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2009-03-31

Works: Robert Schumann: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 97 "Rhenish"; Symphony no 4 in D minor, Op. 120
Conductors: Foster, Lawrence
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Chopin: Piano Concertos / Sa Chen, Lawrence Foster, Gulbenkian Foundation SO Lisbon

2 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11; Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21
Performers: Chen, Sa
Conductors: Foster, Lawrence
Ensemble: Gulbenkian Foundation Symphony Orchestra Lisbon

International Record Review
The bonus DVD includes a film of the slow movement of the First Concerto and an interview with James Jolly in which Chen...continue...

Schumann: Symphonies no 1 & 2 / Foster, Czech Philharmonic

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2008-02-26

Works: Robert Schumann: Symphony no 1 in B flat major ("Spring"), Op. 38; Symphony no 2 in C major, Op. 61
Conductors: Foster, Lawrence
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Rob Cowan, Gramophone Magazine
The glowing sophistication of these notable readings carries its own special kind of authority". Julian Haylock, IRR. "I thoroughly enjoyed this CD...continue...