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Vienna: Fin de Siècle

Barbara Hannigan releases new album, Vienna: Fin de Siècle , with pianist Reinbert de Leeuw (14 September 2018) (Digitally available from the 24th of August) After the huge success of her GRAMMY Award-winning first album for Alpha,Crazy...

Julian Prégardien joins Alpha Classics!

JULIAN PRÉGARDIEN  joins Alpha and releases Schubert's Winterreise in the orchestrated version by Hans Zender ______________________ The German tenor, Julian Prégardien, joins Alpha for several recordings. Well-known across European...

Discover our new releases: June 22nd!

LINN RECORDS Jean Sibelius Finlandia Thomas Søndergård BBC National Orchestra of Wales Described as ‘one of the great new Sibelian teams’ (The Herald), Thomas Søndergård and BBC National Orchestra of Wales continue their shared...

Baroque Boys // Playlist

Justin Taylor offered us a very impressive first (multi-awarded) album devoted to the Forqueray family. He is now back with an album juxtaposing Scarlatti and Ligetti and to celebrate this release, Justin offers us this collection of eclectic choices...

Discover our new releases: June 8th!

ALPHA   Franz Joseph Haydn Haydn 2032, Vol. 6 Lamentatione Kammerorchester Basel Giovanni Antonini The year 2017 was a vintage one for Giovanni Antonini: he was awarded an Echo Klassik, two Gramophone Awards and a Diapason d’Or...

Discover our new releases: May 25th!

ALPHA Orazio Benevolo MISSA SI DEUS PRO NOBIS MAGNIFICAT Le Concert Spirituel Hervé Niquet Hervé Niquet possesses two constant character traits: he is an indefatigable excavator of forgotten music, and he loves polyphony and ‘large...

Discover our new releases: April 27th!

Linn records Biber The Mystery Sonatas Christina Day Martinson Martin Pearlman Boston Baroque Heinrich Biber’s astonishingly powerful and deeply emotional Mystery Sonatas represent a triumph of Baroque invention. Boston Baroque’s...

Discover our new releases: April 13th!

ALPHA Chimère Sandrine Piau Susan Manoff After a number of appearances in Alpha productions (notably as a sublime Alcina in the DVD conducted by Christophe Rousset and staged by Pierre Audi at La Monnaie), Sandrine Piau now joins the label...

ALPHA CLASSICS Named Label of the Year by the ICMA!

2018 has got off to an incredible start for ALPHA Classics, after picking up two GRAMMY Awards for its artists, Barbara Hannigan and Patricia Kopatchinskaja, and now being named the LABEL OF THE YEAR by the ICMA (International Classical Music...

The Easter Bunny has arrived!

Outhere music by your side to celebrate Easter! Like a fierce light illuminating the darkness, the Passion of the Christ has inspired composers since time immemorial. A peculiar mix of suffering and peace, this music takes the form of both gentle...

Discover our new releases: March 23rd !

LINN RECORDS Johannes Brahms The Symphonies Robin Ticciati Scottish Chamber Orchestra   As Robin Ticciati enters his final season with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Linn celebrates his memorable tenure as Principal...

The soprano Sandrine Piau joins Alpha for several recording projects

The soprano Sandrine Piau joins Alpha for several recording projects with artists including Christophe Rousset, Julien Chauvin and Giovanni Antonini. For her first solo album, she teams up with her long-standing musical partner, pianist Susan Manoff, with...

DISCOVER OUR NEW RELEASES: MARCH!

ARCANA Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Messa in Re Maggiore Mottetto “Dignas laudes resonemus” Marlis Petersen, Marta Fumagalli Coro e Orchestra Ghislieri Giulio Prandi   New light on Pergolesi! This CD sheds light on a lesser-known...

Barbara Hannigan @ Victoires de la Musique Classique 2018 !

ON THE SPOTLIGHT: PATRICIA KOPATCHINSKAJA - NEW ALBUM RELEASE

New album release DEUX (16 February) and high-profile UK appearances for PATRICIA KOPATCHINSKAJA including Wigmore Hall recital; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Aurora Orchestra; & Artist-in-Residence at the Aldeburgh Festival 2018 "In...

Discover Our New Releases : February!

Alpha Classics STRAVINSKY Le Sacre du Printemps NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra Krzysztof Urbański LISTEN / BUY One of the big events of 2017 was the opening of the Hamburg Philharmonie. Krzysztof Urbański and the NDR...

2 GRAMMY AWARDS FOR ALPHA CLASSICS!

Independent French label Alpha won two GRAMMY Awards in New York last night: the award for Best Solo Vocal album went to Barbara Hannigan for her album ‘Crazy Girl Crazy’ with Ludwig orchestra; while violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja received the award...

Grammy Awards 2018

TWO ALPHA CLASSICS ARTISTS AMONG THE GREATEST! We are delighted to announce that two Alpha Classics artists have triumphed at the 2018 Grammy Awards. °°° Moldavian violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and the Saint Paul Chamber...

RICERCAR IN ECO

ARCHIVES AND GOING BACK TO THE EARLY DAYS In today’s fast moving consumer society things get forgotten incredibly quickly. In an era in which everything is almost instantaneously relegated to the past, going back to the archives can seem like a...

New Releases January 2018 / 2

Discover our new releases! Alpha Classics Clérambault Cantates françaises Reinoud Van Mechelen A Nocte Temporis LISTEN / BUY After a Bach album, the tenor Reinoud Van Mechelen and his ensemble A Nocte Temporis present a programme...