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Suite for Violoncello and Orchestra, Op. 16b: II. Sérénade

Camille Saint-Saëns•

ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra•

Howard Griffiths

Single - Released September 12, 2025

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September 12, 2025

Suite for Violoncello and Orchestra, Op. 16b: II. Sérénade
Camille Saint-Saëns•
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra•
Howard Griffiths
2 tracks
September 8

Be The Change (Classical)
Ricky Kej•
New York Youth Symphony
1 tracks
September 5

Eumeralla, a war requiem for peace (Recorded live in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall on 11 September 2024)
Deborah Cheetham Fraillon•
Sydney Symphony Orchestra•
Benjamin Northey
19 tracks
September 5

Sleep Circle
Max Richter•
Louisa Fuller•
Max Ruisi
24 tracks
September 5

Arlene Sierra, Vol. 4: Birds & Insects
Arlene Sierra•
Steven Beck•
Sarah Cahill
15 tracks
September 5

Beethoven: Symphonies No. 5, 6 & 8 (Intégrale des symphonies, Vol. 2) [Live]
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Victor Julien-Laferrière•
Orchestre Consuelo
12 tracks
September 5

Sleep Circle (Faded)
Max Richter•
Louisa Fuller•
Max Ruisi
24 tracks
September 5

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
Maurice Ravel•
Julien Beaudiment•
Célia Oneto Bensaid
3 tracks
September 5

Kabeláč: Symphony No. 2 & Overtures Nos. 1 & 2
Miloslav Kabeláč•
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra•
Jakub Hrůša
5 tracks
August 29

Suite for Violoncello and Orchestra, Op. 16b: I. Prélude
Camille Saint-Saëns•
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra•
Howard Griffiths
1 tracks
August 22

Miloslav Kabeláč: Overture No. 2
Miloslav Kabeláč•
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra•
Jakub Hrůša
1 tracks
August 22

Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, Sz.106: II. Allegro
Béla Bartók•
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra•
Eivind Aadland
1 tracks
August 18

"Ansermet conducts Orchestre de la Suisse Romande"
Ernest Ansermet•
Claude Debussy•
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Maurice Ravel
80 tracks
August 15

Menuet Variation
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Eldbjørg Hemsing•
Norwegian String Quintet•
Tim Allhoff
1 tracks
August 15

Abel Selaocoe’s "Four Spirits" (Live)
Abel Selaocoe•
Aurora Orchestra•
Nicholas Collon
6 tracks
August 8

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Victor Julien-Laferrière•
Orchestre Consuelo
1 tracks
August 8

Patterns / Solo (Pt. 2)
Max Richter•
Louisa Fuller•
Natalia Bonner•
Max Ruisi
2 tracks
August 8

Boito: Nerone (Live)
Arrigo Boito•
Franco Vassallo•
Roberto Frontali•
Coro del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari•
Orchestra del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari•
Francesco Cilluffo
32 tracks
August 1

Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes
Frédéric Chopin•
Tom Hicks
21 tracks
August 1

Prelude Variation
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Tim Allhoff•
Eldbjørg Hemsing•
Norwegian String Quintet
1 tracks
August 1

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L’Ouverture, Op. 46 - Ballade Op. 4 - Suites from “24 Negro Melodies”
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor•
Michael Repper•
Curtis Stewart
10 tracks
July 25

Betsy Jolas: Works for Organ
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln•
Titus Engel
6 tracks
July 18

Coleridge-Taylor:Suite from “24 Negro Melodies”: I. I’m Troubled in Mind (America) Op. 59, No. 14 [Orchestration by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor; ed. Patrick Meadows, Lionel Harrison, 2012]
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor•
Michael Repper
1 tracks
July 18

Concertos from the Caucasus, Vol. 1: 3 Violin Concertos
Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra•
John McLaughlin Williams
9 tracks
July 18

Nocturnes, Op. 48: No. 2 in F-Sharp Major
Frédéric Chopin•
Tom Hicks
1 tracks
July 18

Ravel: Miroirs, M.43: IV. Alborada del gracioso (Arr. for Flute and Piano by Robert Stallman)
Maurice Ravel•
Julien Beaudiment•
Célia Oneto Bensaid
1 tracks
July 18

Pictures from Finland
Rumon Gamba
14 tracks
July 11

Reflecting Moons
Agata Kielar-Długosz•
Łukasz Długosz
18 tracks
July 11

Non-Eternal (Pt. 3)
Max Richter•
Louisa Fuller•
Max Ruisi
2 tracks
July 11

Air Variation
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Tim Allhoff•
Eldbjørg Hemsing•
Norwegian String Quintet
1 tracks
July 11

Tsohle Tsohle (Live)
Abel Selaocoe•
Aurora Orchestra•
Nicholas Collon
1 tracks
July 8

The Essential ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra•
Robert Schumann•
Albert Lortzing•
Anton Bruckner•
Benjamin Britten•
Walter Braunfels•
Gaetano Donizetti•
Edward Elgar
20 tracks
July 4

Coleridge-Taylor: 3 Selections from “24 Negro Melodies”: I. Deep River (America) (Arr. for Violin and Orchestra by Curtis Stewart and Hamilton Berry)
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor•
Michael Repper•
Curtis Stewart
1 tracks
July 4

Madetoja: Suite pastorale, Op. 34 IV. Valssi (Waltz)
Leevi Madetoja•
Rumon Gamba
1 tracks
June 27

Ichmouratov: The Ninth Wave, Viola Concerto No. 2, Cello Concerto No. 1
Elvira Misbakhova•
Stéphane Tétreault
7 tracks
June 27

Melancholy Variation
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Jan-Peter Klöpfel•
Eldbjørg Hemsing•
Martynas•
Norwegian String Quintet•
Tim Allhoff
1 tracks
June 27

Bohême
Mathieu Herzog
10 tracks
June 20

Roubanis: Misirlou (From "Pulp Fiction")
Delirium Musicum•
Étienne Gara
1 tracks
June 20

Erkki-Sven Tüür: Aeris
Erkki-Sven Tüür•
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra•
german hornsound•
Olari Elts
3 tracks
June 19

"A Tempo: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande plays Debussy, Ravel & Bizet"
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande•
Claude Debussy•
Maurice Ravel•
Georges Bizet
80 tracks

September 5, 2025

Arlene Sierra, Vol. 4: Birds & Insects
Arlene Sierra•
Steven Beck•
Sarah Cahill
15 tracks
September 5

Sleep Circle
Max Richter•
Louisa Fuller•
Max Ruisi
24 tracks
September 5

Eumeralla, a war requiem for peace (Recorded live in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall on 11 September 2024)
Deborah Cheetham Fraillon•
Sydney Symphony Orchestra•
Benjamin Northey
19 tracks
September 5

Beethoven: Symphonies No. 5, 6 & 8 (Intégrale des symphonies, Vol. 2) [Live]
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Victor Julien-Laferrière•
Orchestre Consuelo
12 tracks
September 5

Kabeláč: Symphony No. 2 & Overtures Nos. 1 & 2
Miloslav Kabeláč•
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra•
Jakub Hrůša
5 tracks
September 5

Sleep Circle (Faded)
Max Richter•
Louisa Fuller•
Max Ruisi
24 tracks
August 18

"Ansermet conducts Orchestre de la Suisse Romande"
Ernest Ansermet•
Claude Debussy•
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Maurice Ravel
80 tracks
August 15

Abel Selaocoe’s "Four Spirits" (Live)
Abel Selaocoe•
Aurora Orchestra•
Nicholas Collon
6 tracks
August 8

Boito: Nerone (Live)
Arrigo Boito•
Franco Vassallo•
Roberto Frontali•
Coro del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari•
Orchestra del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari•
Francesco Cilluffo
32 tracks
August 1

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L’Ouverture, Op. 46 - Ballade Op. 4 - Suites from “24 Negro Melodies”
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor•
Michael Repper•
Curtis Stewart
10 tracks
August 1

Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes
Frédéric Chopin•
Tom Hicks
21 tracks
July 25

Betsy Jolas: Works for Organ
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln•
Titus Engel
6 tracks
July 18

Concertos from the Caucasus, Vol. 1: 3 Violin Concertos
Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra•
John McLaughlin Williams
9 tracks
July 18

Pictures from Finland
Rumon Gamba
14 tracks
July 11

Reflecting Moons
Agata Kielar-Długosz•
Łukasz Długosz
18 tracks
July 8

The Essential ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra•
Robert Schumann•
Albert Lortzing•
Anton Bruckner•
Benjamin Britten•
Walter Braunfels•
Gaetano Donizetti•
Edward Elgar
20 tracks
June 27

Bohême
Mathieu Herzog
10 tracks
June 27

Ichmouratov: The Ninth Wave, Viola Concerto No. 2, Cello Concerto No. 1
Elvira Misbakhova•
Stéphane Tétreault
7 tracks
June 19

"A Tempo: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande plays Debussy, Ravel & Bizet"
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande•
Claude Debussy•
Maurice Ravel•
Georges Bizet
80 tracks
June 13

Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps - Ravel: Ma mère l'Oye
Pavel Kolesnikov•
Samson Tsoy
19 tracks

September 12, 2025

Suite for Violoncello and Orchestra, Op. 16b: II. Sérénade
Camille Saint-Saëns•
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra•
Howard Griffiths
2 tracks
September 8

Be The Change (Classical)
Ricky Kej•
New York Youth Symphony
1 tracks
September 5

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
Maurice Ravel•
Julien Beaudiment•
Célia Oneto Bensaid
3 tracks
August 29

Suite for Violoncello and Orchestra, Op. 16b: I. Prélude
Camille Saint-Saëns•
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra•
Howard Griffiths
1 tracks
August 22

Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, Sz.106: II. Allegro
Béla Bartók•
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra•
Eivind Aadland
1 tracks
August 22

Miloslav Kabeláč: Overture No. 2
Miloslav Kabeláč•
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra•
Jakub Hrůša
1 tracks
August 15

Menuet Variation
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Eldbjørg Hemsing•
Norwegian String Quintet•
Tim Allhoff
1 tracks
August 8

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Victor Julien-Laferrière•
Orchestre Consuelo
1 tracks
August 8

Patterns / Solo (Pt. 2)
Max Richter•
Louisa Fuller•
Natalia Bonner•
Max Ruisi
2 tracks
August 1

Prelude Variation
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Tim Allhoff•
Eldbjørg Hemsing•
Norwegian String Quintet
1 tracks
July 18

Coleridge-Taylor:Suite from “24 Negro Melodies”: I. I’m Troubled in Mind (America) Op. 59, No. 14 [Orchestration by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor; ed. Patrick Meadows, Lionel Harrison, 2012]
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor•
Michael Repper
1 tracks
July 18

Ravel: Miroirs, M.43: IV. Alborada del gracioso (Arr. for Flute and Piano by Robert Stallman)
Maurice Ravel•
Julien Beaudiment•
Célia Oneto Bensaid
1 tracks
July 18

Nocturnes, Op. 48: No. 2 in F-Sharp Major
Frédéric Chopin•
Tom Hicks
1 tracks
July 11

Tsohle Tsohle (Live)
Abel Selaocoe•
Aurora Orchestra•
Nicholas Collon
1 tracks
July 11

Air Variation
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Tim Allhoff•
Eldbjørg Hemsing•
Norwegian String Quintet
1 tracks
July 11

Non-Eternal (Pt. 3)
Max Richter•
Louisa Fuller•
Max Ruisi
2 tracks
July 4

Madetoja: Suite pastorale, Op. 34 IV. Valssi (Waltz)
Leevi Madetoja•
Rumon Gamba
1 tracks
July 4

Coleridge-Taylor: 3 Selections from “24 Negro Melodies”: I. Deep River (America) (Arr. for Violin and Orchestra by Curtis Stewart and Hamilton Berry)
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor•
Michael Repper•
Curtis Stewart
1 tracks
June 27

Melancholy Variation
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Jan-Peter Klöpfel•
Eldbjørg Hemsing•
Martynas•
Norwegian String Quintet•
Tim Allhoff
1 tracks
June 20

Roubanis: Misirlou (From "Pulp Fiction")
Delirium Musicum•
Étienne Gara
1 tracks