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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: String Quartet No.10, Op.74 'Harp' / String Quartet No.11, Op.95 'Quartetto serioso' Ehnes Quartet [ Onyx / CD ] This, the third in the series of Beethoven's late quartets from the Ehnes Quartet deviates from the official 'late' works to include the last two of Beethoven's 'middle period' quartets: |
MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Weinberg: Concertinos / Rhapsody / Symphony No. 7 Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich, Daniel Crossmann (conductor) [ Onyx / CD - released 29/Sep/2023 ] "Grossmann and his players get unerringly to the emotional heart of the matter...In short, this is a fabulous disc, which immediately joins my shortlist of most urgently recommendable Weinberg recordings." Gramophone Editor's Choice November 2023 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 & Four Pieces for Piano Op. 119 Joseph Moog (piano), German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Milton (conductor) [ Onyx / CD - released 23/Oct/2020 ] "Moog's first entry [is] clear and unfussy, with enough subtle rubato to give the music shape and direction. The pacing is always effective." BBC Music |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms Analogue: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2, Four Serious Songs Leonard Elschenbroich (cello), Alexei Grynyuk (piano) [ Onyx Classcis / CD - released 6/Jan/2022 ] When the red light in Studio 2 at the famous Abbey Road Studios came on at the start of the recording sessions for Elschenbroich's and Grynyuk's latest ONYX recording, the control room had a very different atmosphere. The recording was made using... |
STRAUSS / SCHUMANN / BRAHMS MENDELSSOHN etc
Festmusik: A Legacy Onyx Brass, John Wilson (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 4/Jun/2021 ] Described as 'easily the classiest brass ensemble in Britain' by BBC Music Magazine, Onyx Brass continues to be the leading light in establishing the brass quintet as a medium for serious chamber music, presenting it in the entertaining and... |
RALF VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending / Fantasia On A Theme, etc Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Orchestra, Andrew Manze, with James Ehnes (violin) [ Onyx / CD - released 11/Oct/2019 ] "The success-level here is excellently high. Collectors will savour a genuine rarity: the composer's own orchestra-only arrangement of the Serenade to Music…the music sounds as rapturously beautiful as ever" Five Stars BBC Music |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: 33 Variations in C Major on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op.120 Shai Wosner (piano) [ Onyx / CD - released 29/Sep/2023 ] In 1819 the publisher and composer Anton Diabelli invited 50 Austrian composers to write one variation a short waltz he had composed. He specified that it take up just one sheet (which he supplied) and this already contained his waltz. Composers such... |
SAINT-SAENS
La Muse et le Poete Op. 132 / Cello Concerto No. 1 Op. 33 / Symphony No. 1 Op. 2 Augustin Dumay / Pavel Gomziakov / Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra / Sachio Fujioka [ Onyx / CD - released 20/Jun/2012 ] "Dumay makes a convincing case for the First Symphony and sympathetically supports Gomziakov's lively account of the Cello Concerto, with some delicate poetry in the slow movement." (BBC Music) |
CESAR FRANCK / RICHARD STRAUSS
Franck / R. Strauss: Violin Sonatas Augustin Dumay (violin), Louis Lortie (piano) [ Onyx / CD - released 17/Mar/2013 ] BBC Music Magazine Awards 2014 Chamber Finalist |
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PROKOFIEV
Symphonies Vol. 1 [Symphonies 3 & 7] Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits [ Onyx / CD - released 10/Mar/2014 ] Karabits, supported by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra's outstandingly responsive playing, gives an utterly compelling account of the Third |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Immortal Beloved: Beethoven Arias Chen Reiss (soprano), Oliver Wass (harp) / Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr [ Onyx / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] "With stunning accompaniments under Richard Egarr this is a thrilling disc with largely unhackneyed Beethoven works - an ideal addition to many Beethoven enthusiasts' collection." MusicWeb Recommended May 2020 |
MAHLER / PFITZNER / RICHARD STRAUSS
Lieder Christianne Stotijn (mezzo) Joseph Breinl (piano) [ Onyx / CD - released 10/Dec/2011 ] "Stotijn confronts [Kindertotenlieder's] emotions with acute sensitivity, and then leaves us with the benediction of Strauss's "Morgen!". A connoisseur's recital." (Daily Telegraph) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Quartets, Rondo Concertante Dejan Lazic (piano), Benjamin Schmid (violin), Zen Hu (violin), Johannes Erkes (viola), Enrico Bronzi (Cello) [ ONYX / CD - released 6/Nov/2020 ] "Lazic likes to inflect this or that gorgeous phrase a little within the context of the main tempo of the moment, but he does it with an instinctive musicianship that disarms resistance." BBC Music |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / JEAN SIBELIUS
Schubert: String Quartet No 14 'Death and the Maiden' / Sibelius: String Quarte 'Intimate Voice' Ehnes Quartet [ Onyx Classics / CD - released 9/May/2017 ] "I never would have thought of putting these two works together, but in this group's hands it has resulted in something wonderful." Gramophone Magazine, Editor's Choice, January 2017 |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: String Quartets Nos. 1-3 / Piano Quintet- Gringolts Quartet - Ilya Gringolts (violin) Anahit Kurtikyan (violin), Silvia Simonescu (viola) & Claudius Hermann (cello) & Peter Laul (piano) [ Onyx / CD - released 10/Dec/2011 ] Ilya Gringolts completes his survey of the major Schumann chamber works with the 3 string quartets and one of the composer's masterpieces, the piano quintet op 44. |
SCHUMANN
Violin Sonatas 1-3 Ilya Gringolts (violin) / Peter Laul (piano) [ Onyx / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] "Gringolts shapes the music admirably well throughout" BBC Music Magazine, September 2010 **** |
BEDRICH SMETANA
Smetana: Dalibor (complete opera) Ivan Kusnjer, Richard Samek, Aleš Vorácek, Dana Burašová / BBC Symphony Orchestra & BBC Singers, Jiri Belohlávek [ Onyx / 2 CD - released 5/Dec/2015 ] "The BBC Symphony Orchestra plays with elegant clarity and a keen sense of drama, while the cast of native Czech singers is a revelation … The BBC Singers make a fervent contribution too … [an] admirable recording" (Daily Telegraph) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: The Complete Violin Concertos James Ehnes (violin) / Mozart Anniversary Orchestra [ Onyx / 2 CD - released 27/Jan/2017 ] "A must for devotees" Northern Echo, 2nd February 2017 |
EUGENE YSAŸE
Ysaye: Sonatas For Solo Violin, Op.27 James Ehnes (violin) [ Onyx / CD - released 26/Mar/2021 ] 'Ehnes's 'centrist' approach keeps your attention focused on the music, leaving you to marvel at his technique only after you've stopped listening.' Gramophone Award WINNER 2022 - Instrumental |
FRANCK / STRAUSS
Violin Sonatas James Ehnes (violin) & Andrew Armstrong (piano) [ Onyx Classics / CD - released 27/Mar/2015 ] James Ehnes and long term musical partner Andrew Armstrong have performed both the Franck and Strauss violin sonatas many times and bring special insight to these works that only many years of performing them together can convey. The Franck is one... |
ARAM KHACHATURIAN
Khachaturian: Violin Concerto in D minor (with Shostakovich - Quartets) James Ehnes (violin) Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Mark Wigglesworth / Ehnes Quartet [ Onyx / CD - released 10/May/2014 ] "Ehnes' urgent and energetic finale [of the Khachaturian] is full of gypsy spirit and freshness without feeling too sweet-toothed...This rather unusual mix of concerto and chamber music only serves to increase the desirability of this release." (MW) |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor op.61 / Serenade for strings, op. 20 James Ehnes (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Andrew Davis [ Onyx / CD - released 19/Jan/2008 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2008 - Concerto - "Even before the review was in, a well-meaning soul placed this disc on my desk. This, my benefactor assured me, was not just "another Elgar" for the anniversary - it was something special. So it... |
AARON KERNIS / JAMES NEWTON HOWARD
Kernis / Newton Howard: Violin Concertos (with Tovey: Stream of Limelight) James Ehnes (violin) / Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot / Detroit Symphony, Cristian Macelaru / Andrew Armstrong (piano) [ ONYX / CD - released 1/Oct/2018 ] "Ehnes's characteristic sweetness and tenderness married to unerring strength and direct musicianship are on display in all three pieces." Gramophone |
DVORAK / SCHUMANN
Piano Quintets Jonathan Biss (piano) / Elias String Quartet [ Onyx / CD - released 20/Dec/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Chamber |
GRIEG / MOSZKOWSKI
Piano Concertos Joseph Moog (piano) / Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrucken Kaiserslautern, Nicholas Milton [ Onyx Classics / CD - released 10/Jul/2015 ] "The disc would be worth having for the Moszkowski alone, but the Grieg acquires a freshness and new momentum in the clarity, panache and melodic warmth that Moog brings to it." (Daily Telegraph) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Cello Sonatas Leonard Elschenbroich (cello) & Alexei Grynyuk (piano) [ Onyx / 2 CD - released 3/May/2019 ] The five cello sonatas span Beethoven's three creative periods, with the audacious op.5 sonatas dating from the early years on his time in Vienna as a piano virtuoso and aspiring composer (1792-9), the great op.69 sonata is from the period that saw... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Chandos Te Deum HWV 281, Chandos Anthem No.8 HWV 253 London Handel Orchestra & Soloists, Adrian Butterfield [ Onyx / CD - released 23/Nov/2018 ] Before coming into contact with James Brydges, Earl of Carnarvon, Handel was is dire straits in London. His pension of £200 a year for teaching the Royal princesses had stopped, so had the public taste for opera. London had plunged into a hedonistic,... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Chamber Works with Viola Maxim Rysanov (viola), Kristine Blaumane (cello) & Jacob Katsnelson (piano) [ Onyx / CD - released 20/Aug/2012 ] "Arranging and unearthing are key words here...Hard though it might be to sum up this assortment in a simple category, it is chamber music playing of intimacy, range and flair." The Observer, 5th August 2012 |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3 / Fantasy Impromptu / Waltz in C minor / etc Nikolai Lugansky (piano) [ Onyx / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] "This is not for those who thrill to outrageous or self-conscious novelty but more for listeners left to marvel at the miracle that is Chopin." (Gramophone) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Fanfares Onyx Brass [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 11/May/2018 ] Among all the many Chandos brass recordings, each release having played a major role in the label's successful history, this one may well be the loudest. In the vast acoustic of St Jude's Church, London, rendered in surround-sound, and in the... |
DEBUSSY / RAVEL
Pascal & Ami Rogé play Debussy & Ravel Pascal Rogé & Ami Rogé (pianos) [ Onyx / CD - released 30/Jul/2013 ] "Here is quintessential Frenchness, beautifully realised, including a two-piano version of Debussy's symphonic sketches, La Mer, by the players themselves, and wonderfully convincing it is, leaving little sense of orchestral deprivation." (Sunday Times) |
SCHUMANN
Violin Concerto in A Minor (arranged from the Cello Concerto) / Violin Sonata No. 2 Philippe Graffin (violin) / Deutsche Radio Philharmonie / Christoph Poppen [ Onyx / CD - released 10/Oct/2010 ] "Most of [the transcription] works well enough...and there are even one or two gains...Graffin makes a very appealing case for it" BBC Music Magazine, November 2010 **** |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (with Mark-Anthony Turnage: "Shadow Walker" Concerto) Vadim Repin, Daniel Hope (violins) / Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, Sascha Goetzel [ Onyx / CD - released 1/Oct/2018 ] "Vadim Repin and Daniel Hope are, not surprisingly, ideally fluent, and the excellent Turkish players recreate Turnage's enigmatic soundworld with aplomb." BBC Music |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony / The Lark Ascending Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, James Ehnes (violin), Sarah Fox (soprano), Mark Stone (baritone) [ Onyx / CD - released 30/Nov/2018 ] The penultimate album in the critically acclaimed Vaughan Williams symphony cycle from the RLPO and Andrew Manze is of his 1st Symphony 'A Sea Symphony' set to words by Walt Whitman. Premiered in 1910, the start of this work is one of the most... |
IGOR STRAVINSKY / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Stravinsky: The Firebird (complete ballet) / Rimsky-Korsakov: Le Coq d'Or Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ Onyx / CD - released 1/Jan/2019 ] After the critically acclaimed Rite of Spring (ONYX4182) the award - winning team of Vasily Petrenko and the RLPO continue their survey of the Stravinsky ballets with The Firebird. As with the earlier album, the coupling is a fascinating one.... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 3, 4 & 6 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ Onyx / 2 CD - released 9/May/2017 ] "The RLPO play their socks off and must rank as one of the finest 'Russian orchestras' in the UK today...I commend Petrenko's as the finest modern cycle of Tchaikovsky's symphonies currently available." Gramophone Disc of the Month March 2017 |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3 / Overture on Hebrew Themes Simon Trpceski (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ ONYX / CD - released 7/Jan/2017 ] "this is a hit; the most satisfying performances of these concertos I've heard in a long while. I wonder if they're thinking about embarking on a series?" MusicWeb June 2017 |
PROKOFIEV / MUSSORGSKY / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Tales From Russia Simon Trpčeski [ Onyx / CD - released 22/Oct/2019 ] Simon Trpčeski presents a fascinating programme of Russian classics, two of which are heard in unfamiliar guises as works for solo piano - Mussorgsky' Night on a Bare Mountain, in the arrangement by Rimsky, and then the latter's Sheherazade. The... |
ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY / FRANZ SCHREKER
Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau / Schreker: Der Geburtstag der Infantin Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, European Opera Centre, Vasily Petrenko (conductor) [ Onyx / CD - released 13/Aug/2021 ] "Petrenko's interpretation [of the Schreker] is a pleasure from first to last. The excellent playing of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic brings each of the episodes vividly to life" Gramophone Editor's Choice July 2021 |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Sonatas & Partitas for violin solo Viktoria Mullova (violin) [ Onyx Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] MARBECKS STAFF PICK: CD OF THE YEAR 2009 - "Throughout the set the glorious timbre of the Guadagnini and Mullova's imperious playing are intoxicating. This is a very special recording - one to treasure. I wouldn't be surprised if this became one of... |
