Love is pervasive in music, as it is in life. In the first volume in this series of Love and Passion in Music, the focus falls on instrumental and orchestral music. Whether in a tone poem, symphonic movement, ballet or film, composers depict the passions of love through melodic beauty and sumptuous or refined instrumentation. The subject matter ranges from Orpheus to Dr Zhivago, from Spartacus to Cinderella, but the means remain the same: love depicted and evoked through pure music.

Artists

Takako Nishizaki (violin), Jan van Reeth, Richard Hayman Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hayman, Rivka Golani (viola), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Leaper, János Selmeczi, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Razumovsky Sinfonia, Brussels Philharmonic, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, Czech National Symphony Orchestra, San Diego Symphony Orchestra, Magyar Állami Operaház Zenekar, Sofia National Opera Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Camerata Transylvanica, Peter Breiner, Andrew Mogrelia, Ali Rahbari, Konstantin Krimetz, Gerhard Markson, Leonard Slatkin, Takuo Yuasa, Marek Štilec, Yoav Talmi, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Nayden Todorov, James DePreist, Dmitry Yablonsky, William Stromberg, Johannes Wildner, Antoni Wit, György Selmeczi