First Hand Records

  • Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, Op. 64 (excerpts); Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36

    $17.99

    The present release comprises two works by Russian composers of differing generations, in music which has long been central to the repertoire of composer and conductor Álvaro Cassuto who is heard conducting the Portuguese Symphony...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: May 12, 2023

  • Tessa Lark: The Stradgrass Sessions / Lark, Hull, Meyer, Cleveland, Batiste

    $13.99

    "This album is a snapshot of the way I live in music. Diversely; organically; intimately; sometimes collaboratively, sometimes solitarily; always sincerely; and anywhere, be it a concert hall or home studio. Stradgrass is the exploration...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: May 05, 2023

  • The Future is Female, Vol. 3: At Play / Sarah Cahill

    $17.99

    THE FUTURE is FEMALE is a three-volume series, which celebrates and highlights women composers from the 17th century to the present day. These albums encompass 30 compositions by women from around the globe and include...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: April 28, 2023

  • Weill: Threepenny Opera Suite & 7 Deadly Sins / Wey, Fitz-Gerald, Basel Sinfonietta

    $17.99

    German-born American composer Kurt Weill was a leading composer for the stage in the first half of the 20th century. He is best known for his fruitful collaborations with poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht. Their...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: November 24, 2023

  • Bach: Tears from Babylon - Piano Transcriptions / Papastafenou

    $13.99

    New piano transcriptions by Greek pianist Alexandra Papastefanou of various Cantatas, an Organ Sonata and a Chorale Prelude by J.S. Bach, all recorded here for the first time. The famous Myra Hess transcription of Bach’s...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: February 03, 2023

  • Crumb: Dream Sequence; Cello Sonata; Vox Balaenae / de Saram, Ensemble Dreamtiger

    $17.99

    From the ensemble: The sad news of George Crumb’s death was announced on 6 February 2022, shortly after these recordings from a concert in Holland in 1978 were discovered in the KRO-NCRV archives in Hilversum....


    Format: CD

    Release Date: November 18, 2022

  • Uccellini: Sonatas from Opp. 3-5 on an Amati Violin (1572) / Gricmanis, Noxwode

    $17.99

    The young violinist Conor Gricmanis and his early music ensemble Noxwode, have recorded rare and beautiful violin sonatas by the early Italian Baroque composer Marco Uccellini for FHR. His sonatas for violin and continuo contributed...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: November 18, 2022

  • Bach, Schubert, Swift, S. Knowles et al: Cellar Sessions / ZRI Ensemble

    $17.99

    The For nearly a hundred years, the doors of the famous Red Hedgehog coffee house (Zum roten Igel) opened onto the very heart of Viennese musical life. The Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde established the city’s first...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: November 11, 2022

  • Ravel, Brahms & Shostakovich: Arc II

    $17.99

    This album strives to understand the varying ways composers comprehend grief, loss and death. How did they cope, their hearts broken, their peace gone? And how can we cope? In this combination of works Weiss...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: November 11, 2022

  • J.S. Bach: Trio Sonatas for Organ, BWV 525-530 / Wilkinson

    $17.99

    The six Sonatas, which are often described as ‘Trio Sonatas for Organ,’ hold a unique place in Bach’s oeuvre. In a sense, ‘trio’ is the most natural organ texture: right hand, left hand, and feet...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: October 28, 2022

  • From an Empty Room - Solo Violin Music / Sara Trickey

    $17.99

    ‘One of the few great things about lockdown for me was the opportunity to discover and share some wonderful solo violin music, both old and new, via YouTube. In a time when I couldn’t work...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: October 21, 2022

  • The Future is Female, Vol. 2: The Dance - Piano Music, 1600s-Now / Cahill

    $17.99

    The Future is Female is a three-volume series, which celebrates and highlights women composers from the 17th century to the present day. These albums encompass 30 compositions by women from around the globe and include...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: October 21, 2022

  • Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier / Papastefanou
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    $24.99 $49.99

    One of the greatest achievements in musical composition history, The Well-Tempered Clavier of Johann Sebastian Bach is a collection of two sets of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys. It seem...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: August 10, 2018

  • Johann Joseph Vilsmayr: Six Partitas For Solo Violin

    $26.99


    Format: CD

    Release Date: December 04, 2015

  • Ireland: Piano Concerto & Cello Sonata - Casella: Triple Concerto

    $21.99

    Ireland’s Piano Concerto was the only concerto he wrote. It was an immediate success, and for 40 years it was considered the outstanding British piano concerto, performed by all the leading players of the day...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: May 04, 2018

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