Many would consider Fritz Kriesler to be the greatest violinist of the 20th Century. With his immediately recognizable honey tone, the Viennese stylist played with an unparalleled charm and sensuality.

In three significant French sonatas the violinist and pianist deliver performances of great elegance, poise and virtuosity.

The Italian period ensemble Accademia Bizantina presents 19 instrumental movements from Bach’s cantatas, many of which contained themes that were recycled from elsewhere.

In the world of classical music, John Rutter is Mr. Christmas: the most celebrated and commercially successful carol composer alive. A new collection features many of his arrangements.

Long Island pianist Jeffrey Biegel offers a collection of 21 glowing arrangements of carols, winter melodies and evocative new pieces. Get a free download.

WQXR For the Holidays is a chance to put our own curatorial stamp on the concept of the holiday album. It’s a collection of carols, songs and classical Christmas pieces presented in glowing arrangements.

The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, a leading period-instrument ensemble from Germany, presents Bach's Orchestral Suites in crisp, nimble and gutsy performances. Get a free download.

The Leipzig Gewandhaus performed the first Beethoven symphony cycle in 1825. Under Riccardo Chailly, they've recorded a new version that packs a punch.

The Guarneri Quartet, Dresden Staatskapelle, Alfred Brendel and Henryk Szeryng are among the artists on a box set featuring Beethoven's collected works.

A new box set features the Artemis Quartet's performances of Beethoven's sixteen string quartets.

Two piano sonatas reveal Beethoven at two very different stages in his life and Ott, a 23-year-old German-Japanese pianist, captures their gripping details.

Lang Lang's flamboyant performing style has earned him frequent comparisons to Franz Liszt, so it’s appropriate that he contributes to the composer’s bicentennial with our Album of the Week, "Liszt: My Piano Hero."

The brass section of the Chicago Symphony has just released an album that puts its trademark brilliance in the spotlight, with works by Gabrieli, Bach, Grainger, Prokofiev, Walton and Revueltas.

Jun Märkl and the Orchestre National de Lyon present five diverse works of Debussy originally written for solo and duo-piano in gorgeous orchestrations. Read more and get a free download.

Anna Netrebko has become the Met’s most bankable star but hers was not an overnight success. A new recording celebrates her past decade at the company by gathering nine of her leading operatic roles there. It's our Album of the Week.

As violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter marks 35 years on the concert stage, her label has put together a new two-album set of her career milestones. It's our Album of the Week.

New York guitarist Sharon Isbin's “Guitar Passions” features a cadre of diverse guitar virtuosos including Steve Vai, Stanley Jordan and Nancy Wilson collaborating on a dozen Latin-flavored tracks. It's our Album of the Week.

The Lahti Symphony hails from a small provincial town in Finland. Yet it has made an international splash with a series of acclaimed recordings. Our Album of the Week is the group’s first under its new conductor, Okko Kamu. Discover more and get a free download.

A new recording of Boccherini’s chamber music seeks to rescue the composer’s reputation from being simply a master of frilly dance music. Its fresh and stylish performances make it our Album of the Week.