Challenge Classics
In just a few years, Challenge Classics has become one of the most exciting labels from the Netherlands, regularly offering great discoveries on the repertoire side as well as supporting the most talented up-and-coming artists, such as the violinists Simone Lamsma and Linus Roth or the pianists Camiel Boomsma and Hannes Minnaar. Being first and foremost a label for passionate music lovers, Challenge Classics has always surrounded itself with internationally renowned musicians: Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Christoph Prégardien, Marc Albrecht, La Petite Bande and Sigiswald Kuijken, Jaap van Zweden, and even the young James Gaffigan with a compelling performance of Prokoviev’s Symphonies. © Qobuz
Read moreIn just a few years, Challenge Classics has become one of the most exciting labels from the Netherlands, regularly offering great discoveries on the repertoire side as well as supporting the most talented up-and-coming artists, such as the violinists Simone Lamsma and Linus Roth or the pianists Camiel Boomsma and Hannes Minnaar. Being first and foremost a label for passionate music lovers, Challenge Classics has always surrounded itself with internationally renowned musicians: Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Christoph Prégardien, Marc Albrecht, La Petite Bande and Sigiswald Kuijken, Jaap van Zweden, and even the young James Gaffigan with a compelling performance of Prokoviev’s Symphonies. © Qobuz
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Bruckner No. 7 (Live)
Bernard Haitink
Classical - Released by Challenge Classics on 1 Oct 2021
Bernard Haitink was born and educated in Amsterdam. His conducting career began at the Netherlands Radio where in 1957 he became the Chief Conductor o ...
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Bruckner: Symphonies No. 1-9
Jaap van Zweden
Symphonies - Released by Challenge Classics on 9 Sep 2016
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Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for Piano and Violin
Ludwig van Beethoven
Classical - Released by Challenge Classics on 25 Sep 2014
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Beethoven: Complete Symphonies & Concertos
The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by Challenge Classics on 9 Oct 2020
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Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Schwanengesang & Winterreise
Christoph Prégardien
Classical - Released by Challenge Classics on 7 May 2021
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Georg Friedrich Händel : Concerti grossi op. 6
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam
Classical - Released by Challenge Classics on 27 Sep 2012
Prise de Son d'Exception5 de DiapasonThis triple SACD set of George Frederick Handel's Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, is an exquisite offering of Baroque music at its best, as well as an excelle ...
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Vivaldi : The Four Seasons
Antonio Vivaldi
Classical - Released by Challenge Classics on 9 Sep 2016
5 Sterne Fono Forum KlassikAustrian Baroque music takes center stage in the repertoire of this unusual Baroque ensemble. The music performed at the Imperial Court in Vienna at t ...
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Goldberg Variations
Hannes Minnaar
Classical - Released by Challenge Classics on 24 Sep 2021
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Beethoven: Complete Works for Piano Trio
Van Baerle Trio
Classical - Released by Challenge Classics on 14 Aug 2020
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Hello Darkness
Jan Philip Schulze
Classical - Released by Challenge Classics on 14 Jan 2022
Dedicating a recording to the dark side of the "Lied" might seem inappropriate in these times of Covid, climate change and refugee crises, but as a me ...
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Johann Sebastian Bach: The Sonatas for Violin and Cembalo Obbligato Vol. 1
Fabio Bonizzoni
Classical - Released by Challenge Classics on 14 Jan 2022
Johann Sebastian Bach developed a new style, cembalo obbligato, where the right hand of the keyboard plays as a melody instrument and is given the sam ...
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String Quartet No. 2, Op. 26 | String Quartet No. 3, Op. 34
Alma Quartet
Classical - Released by Challenge Classics on 5 Nov 2021
There’s a compelling, sepia-toned puckish air to the opening of Korngold’s String Quartet No. 2 under the fingers of the Alma Quartet. Instantly you’r ...
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Chamber Music in the Abbey of St. Florian
Ars Antiqua Austria
Classical - Released by Challenge Classics on 7 Jan 2022
Franz Josef Aumann was born in the Austrian town of Traismauer in 1728 and studied music in Vienna, where he came across many important musicians of h ...
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Thomascantors in Dialogue
Thomas Triesschijn
Classical - Released by Challenge Classics on 4 Feb 2022
After winning a Dutch radio prize, Thomas Triesschijn thought of realising a long-cherished dream: recording music for solo recorder and orchestra, in ...
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Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, K. 448/375a | Fantasie for Piano Four Hands in F Minor, D. 940
Piano Duo Scholtes and Janssens
Classical - Released by Challenge Classics on 22 Jan 2021
Scholtes and Janssens were just 18 and 19 years old when they first ventured to play Mozart's Sonata for two pianos. They had only been playing togeth ...
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Complete Tango!
Isabelle van Keulen Ensemble
Classical - Released by Challenge Classics on 5 Mar 2021
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Mahler: Symphony No.1 in D Major - "Hamburg, 1893" Version
Netherlands Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by Challenge Classics on 4 Jan 2010
The original version of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 1 in D major was the symphonic poem in two parts called "Titan," after a novel of the same name b ...
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J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Classical - Released by Challenge Classics on 7 Nov 1995
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Complete Works for Cello
Ella van Poucke
Classical - Released by Challenge Classics on 3 Sep 2021
Ella van Poucke. Winner of the prestigious Premio Chigiana 2017 and recently awarded the Grachtenfestival Prize, the 27-year old Dutch cellist belongs ...
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Beethoven: String Quartets op. 59 Razumovsky, String Quintet op. 29
Kuijken Quartet
Classical - Released by Challenge Classics on 7 Feb 2011
Familial chamber ensembles that manage to maintain a successful career seem to be more and more of a rarity nowadays. One noteworthy exception is the ...
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Rediscovered - Bagatellen and Klavierstücke
Camiel Boomsma
Classical - Released by Challenge Classics on 4 Jun 2021
For Camiel Boomsma, discovering the music by Dutch composer Gerhard (and his son Karel) Hamm was really a game of fate. After a recital, Carl Hamm, wh ...
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