Giovanni Battista Riccio (1563–post 1620) lived in Venice when the city’s music was dominated by illustrious figures such as Monteverdi and Gabrieli. Riccio won aristocratic patrons and his three surviving collections of sacred music, which also contain instrumental compositions, attest to his standing in the city and beyond. His flowing music is full of variety, not least in the liveliness of motifs, sound painting and employment of echo effects. In this programme of world premiere recordings, his motets setting passages from the Song of Songs offer an unusually expressive and refined depth.

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The admired Schumann authority, Jean-Pierre Armengaud, presents this second volume of Clara Schumann’s solo piano music which focuses on the transcriptions she made of works by her husband, Robert. Clara evokes orchestral density in the overture to Robert Schumann’s only opera Genoveva and in the complex Bach-inspired Studies for Pedal Piano. Above all, the song transcriptions see her engaged in the process of complex creative union while also revealing the independence of her musical vision. Volume 1 in this series is on GP930.

The renowned Genova & Dimitrov Piano Duo celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2025, with numerous international awards and recordings already to their credit. This is the third and final volume in their series of recordings on the OehmsClassics label of all of Debussy's works for piano duo. The programme includes both well-known and lesser-known works, some of which are versions of orchestral pieces, such as the celebrated Trois Nocturnes. The recording was made in co-operation with the WDR broadcasting company.

Onutė Narbutaitė’s oratorio Centones Meae Urbi is both a key work in Lithunian contemporay music and one that earned the composer the Lithuanian National Laureate in 1997. This is a new 2024 recording of the piece which portrays the rich history of Lithuanian’s capital city Vilnius. With Robertas Šervenikas conducting the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, the Kaunas State Choir and Lithuanian soloists soprano Gunta Gelgotė and bass-baritone Nerijus Macevičius, this is a major addition to Lithuanian recorded music.