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RELEASED NOVEMBER 14, 2025 Composers: Richard Strauss, Ian CussonGenre: Orchestral musicConductor: Alexander ShelleyPerformers: Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra Poema 2: Terra Nova is the second volume in the National Arts Centre Orchestra’s four-part recording project devoted to the tone poems of Richard Strauss. A follow-up to Poema 1: Ad Astra, released to critical acclaim, this new album pairs Strauss’s Also sprach Zarathustra with 1Q84: Sinfonietta […]

Debut album in four-part series exploring tone poems by Richard Strauss features NAC-commissioned companion pieces by Canadian composers Kelly-Marie Murphy and Kevin Lau The NAC Orchestra is celebrating an important milestone in its visionary recording project devoted to the tone poems of Richard Strauss. This latest addition to NACO’s award-winning discography pairs Strauss’s Don Juan with Kelly-Marie Murphy’s Dark

Jacques Hétu’s Symphony No. 5 A powerful new recording of Jacques Hétu’s Symphony No. 5 with the Orchestre symphonique de Québec, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, and Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra led by Alexander Shelley This project is more than a recording—it is a celebration of Canadian artistic excellence, a tribute to the late Jacques Hétu,

Truth in Our Time: NAC Orchestra and Alexander Shelley present the world premiere recording of Philip Glass’s Symphony No. 13 Music and the arts have long played their part in confronting ‘alternative facts’ with reality and deconstructing political propaganda and reductive rhetoric. The latest recording from Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra stands as a fitting tribute

“A superb collection.” — ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ BBC Music Magazine This is the third of four albums in our recording cycle exploring the closely intertwined personal and artistic connections between three musical giants: Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann, and Johannes Brahms. The symphonies of Robert and Johannes are paired and combined with chamber and orchestral

“The big news here is the terrific playing of Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra. The strings, polished during Pinchas Zukerman’s 16 year tenure as music director, sound even more impressive under Alexander Shelley…” Gramophone Magazine This is the second of four albums in a recording cycle that explores the closely intertwined personal and artistic connections between

Dieser bahnbrechende Auftrag des NAC vereint drei der herausragendsten choreografischen Talente Kanadas mit drei der aufregendsten Komponisten des Landes. Der herausragende und produktive Jean Grand-Maître vom Alberta Ballet tat sich mit dem mehrfach preisgekrönten Visionär für neue Musik, Andrew Staniland, zusammen; die bahnbrechende Emily Molnar vom Ballet BC fand ihre musikalische Entsprechung in der innovativen

Die Beziehungen zwischen Nürnberg und Prag gehen auf das Mittelalter zurück. Denn schon im 13. Jahrhundert war die Goldene Straße, also die Verbindung zwischen den beiden Europäischen Städten, eine wichtige Handelsverbindung. Noch bedeutsamer wurde sie durch den Erlass Kaiser Karls IV., der diese Route als verbindlichen Reiseweg festlegte, sobald die böhmischen Könige zu den Reichstagen

“At turns elegiac, wistful, tuneful and virtuosic, The Forest is a fabulous work in the tradition of Rodrigo’s ‘Aranjuez’ …” – Alexander Shelley  The NAC Orchestra is proud to be featured on superstar and bona fide “Classical Guitar God” (The Times) MILOŠ’s new album, The Moon & The Forest, released on April 30, 2021. This album marks a decade of his incredible music-making with Universal, and includes two outstanding original concertos, both specially commissioned for the star

“The big news here is the terrific playing of Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra. The strings, polished during Pinchas Zukerman’s 16 year tenure as music director, sound even more impressive under Alexander Shelley…” Gramophone Magazine This album is the first of four in a recording cycle that explores the closely intertwined personal and artistic connections between

The late 17th and early 18th centuries were the Golden Age of the Recorder. Played by amateurs and professional and admire by musical connoisseurs, the recorder was everywhere. From Italy to England, the greatest composers of the day were writing hundreds of masterworks to meet the public’s demand! Meanwhile, on the other side of the

The works on this recording paint stories in music, vividly evoking the characters, places, and periods that they depict. Rimsky-Korsakov unfolds an epic tableau from One Thousand and One Nights as he conjures to life the brilliant and cunning Scheherazade, continually evading death and emerging victorious in her resistance against the evil Shahriar. Using an equally grand

Themes of migration and crossing borders are as hot topics today as they ever were. This recording explores two works written in the so-called “New World” by composers from the “Old World”. Ana Sokolović left war-torn Yugoslavia for a new home in Montreal, and her piece Golden slumbers kiss your eyes… looks back to European lullabies. It

2018 – JUNO winner for Classical Composition of the YearJocelyn Morlock for My Name Is Amanda Todd Life Reflected is a stunningly original live experience: a celebration of youth, promise and courage, revealed in the compelling and diverse portraits of four exceptional Canadian women: Alice Munro, Amanda Todd, Roberta Bondar and Rita Joe. Alexander Shelley, Music Director

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This first album by charismatic young violinist Erik Schumann on the Berlin Classics label is an inspiration: together with brother Mark and the Nürnberg Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Alexander Shelley, Erik plays the Violin Concerto and Double Concerto by Johannes Brahms.

Live-Aufnahme des Konzertes am 11. November 2010 im Goldenen Musikvereinssaal Wien.  Die vorliegende CD ist nicht nur ein Dokument, sondern vor allem ein Beleg für die Früchte, die die erfolgreiche künstlerische Zusammenarbeit des neuen Chefdirigenten Alexander Shelley mit „seinen“ Nürnberger Symphoniker bereits in der ersten Saison trägt.