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MAHLER
Songs with Orchestra (Incls ‘Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen’ & ‘Rückert-Lieder’) Susan Graham (mezzo) Thomas Hampson (baritone) / San Francisco Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas [ AVIE SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "Tilson Thomas is as good a Mahler conductor as is currently alive..the SFS (is) rapidly becoming the premiere Mahler orchestra in (the USA) if not the world. A solid recommendation for a series worth owning, each and every disc." (Five Stars AudAud.com) |
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GYORGY KURTAG
The Edge of Silence: Works for Voice by György Kurtág Susan Narucki (soprano), Donald Berman (piano), Curtis Macomber (violin), Nicholas Tolle (cimbalom), Kathryn Schulmeister (double bass) [ AVIE / CD - released 2/Aug/2019 ] Grammy Award-winning American soprano Susan Narucki, one of today's most committed advocates of the music of our time, has a deep and lasting working relationship with Hungarian composer György Kurtág which dates back to 1986. Susan's luminouS... |
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DVORAK / BACEWICZ / HAYDN
String Quartets Szymanowski Quartet [ Avie SACD / SACD - released 19/Oct/2006 ] "it comes highly recommended." (MusicWeb May 2006) |
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MONTEVERDI
L'Orfeo Taverner Consort & Players, Andrew Parrott [ Avie / 2 CD - released 22/Apr/2013 ] Daniels is magnificent in the title role - technically brilliant...impassioned...and lyrically supple...As one may expect from Andrew Parrott, the instruments are very adroitly deployed and controlled |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Secret Lover Tenet [ Avie Records / CD - released 29/Apr/2016 ] New York's leading early music ensemble TENET presents The Secret Lover, a programme that celebrates music by, for, and about women and pays tribute to the 17th century Concerto delle donne, a trio of extraordinarily gifted professional female... |
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MONTEVERDI / CASTALDI / ROSSI / CASTELLO / PESENTI / KAPSBERGER
UNO + ONE Tenet [ Avie / CD - released 18/Oct/2013 ] AVIE welcomes the pre-eminent New York-based vocal ensemble TENET to the label with UNO + ONE: Italia Nostra, an imaginative recording that reflects the group's hallmark qualities of innovative programming, virtuosic singing, and a particular command... |
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Theatro, Brian Kay (director)
Play, Music! Songs from Shakespeare's Plays [ Avie Records / CD - released 18/Jul/2025 ] The Bard frequently directed his characters to burst into song, cannily catering to the vast audiences who flocked to the Globe Theatre, expecting to enjoy the popular melodies of the day that were interwoven throughout the narrative. English... |
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BRAHMS
Violin Concerto (with Schumann - Symphony 4) Thomas Zehetmair (Violin and director) Northern Sinfonia [ Avie / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] "Zehetmair's Brahms is unrivalled; his Schumann maintains a high level of excitement." (Recording of the Month BBC Music July 2007) |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: "Trout" Quintet / Waltzes / Ländler Thymos Quartet, with Christoph Eschenbach, Jean-Frédéric Neuburger (pianos) & Yann Dubost (double bass) [ Avie / CD - released 15/May/2020 ] "there's no rigid ensemble, either; the mood is convivial, like conversing friends who occasionally interrupt each other. Eschenbach's solo moments have memorable rhetorical swagger…I couldn't stop smiling." BBC Music August 2020 Chamber Choice |
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RAMEAU
Les Cyclopes Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord [ Avie / CD - released 24/Aug/2005 ] Gramophone Magazine Award Finalist 2005 – Baroque Instrumental |
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Yuri Bashmet
Sun [ Avie / CD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] |