London Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Simon Rattle - Beethoven: Christ on the Mount of OlivesComposed in 1803, while Beethoven was also writing the "Eroica" Symphony, Christ on the Mount of Olives (Christus am lberge) is the composer's only oratorio, and combines the emotive force of his later Missa Solemnis with the theater of a Bach Passion. With orchestra, chorus and soloists, it tells the story of Jesus' prayer and arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane and also reflects the emotional pressure Beethoven was under at the time. This recording

Fabio Bonizzoni returns with a further Glossa release dedicated to the chamber vocal output of George Friederic Handel: here

Enabled by a new kind of record shop that began to appear across the country in Rough Trade's image

Kitaro has been a true groundbreaking artist with amazing live performances and music that blurs the lines between many musical genres including jazz

Jim Robinson

George Burns

Victorian composer

recording and often sharing music as soon as it strikes her

serving to illuminate two lesser-known string quartets with an earlier masterpiece of the genre

Tracks: "Shake It Off

to mark the birth of his daughter

This 1957 field recording

Which brings us to the album at hand