BARTOK / HOLST / PROKOFIEV / RAVEL / SCHULHOFF
Music from the Machine Age Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, Sascha Goetzel [ Onyx / CD - released 20/Mar/2012 ] "Another recording of Ravel's La Valse? Yet this disc may be dismissed by music-lovers only at their own risk. Turkish orchestras do not, as a rule, enjoy much of a reputation internationally, but the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic under their dynamic... |
NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (with works by Erkin, Ippolitov-Ivanov & Balakirev) Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, Sascha Goetzel [ ONYX / CD - released 28/Jul/2014 ] "a terrific recording … Goetzel paces the work extremely convincingly … For daring, exotic colour, this is the most beguiling Sheherazade to have entertained me for some time." International Record Review, October 2014 |
GLASS / VASKS / PART / UCARSU
Company: Glass, Vasks, Pärt, Uҫarsu Borusan Quartet [ Onyx / CD - released 22/Sep/2017 ] Taking its title from the 2nd String Quartet by Philip Glass, the Borusan Quartet's exciting new album focuses on contemporary repertoire. Embracing the spiritual minimalism of Arvo Pärt's Summa, to the expansive 4th Quartet of Peteris Vasks. This... |
MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition / Night on the Bare Mountain (with Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17 'Little Russian') Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits [ Onyx / CD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] Following the success of their first release on ONYX, the BSO and Karabits turn to the Ukraine for the second release in the orchestra's partnership with ONYX. Tchaikovsky's most overtly nationalistic symphony, his 2nd known as the 'Little... |
KHACHATURIAN
Spartacus & Gayaneh Ballets (excerpts) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits [ ONYX / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "This is now easily the best disc of Khachaturian's music in the catalogue, full of vibrant life and seductive lyricism, and the recording (made this year in the Lighthouse, Poole) is first class in every respect. Not to be missed." (Gramophone... |
PROKOFIEV
Symphonies Vol. 2 [Symphonies 1 & 2, etc] Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits [ Onyx / CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] The first release in Kirill Karabits and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra's Prokofiev Symphony cycle - Symphonies Nos 3 & 7 set the bar very high, and their second instalment has been eagerly awaited. Volume 2 charts Prokofiev's development as a... |
PROKOFIEV
Symphonies Vol. 3 [Symphonies 4 & 5, Dreams] Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits [ Onyx / CD - released 1/Dec/2015 ] The eagerly awaited 3rd volume in the critically acclaimed Prokofiev Symphony cycle from Kirill Karabits and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. The original version of the 4th, probably the least performed of the seven is coupled with the 5th,... |
PROKOFIEV
Symphonies Vol. 4 [Symphonies 4, revised, & 6, Symphony in G] Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits [ Onyx / CD - released 10/Feb/2016 ] The last volume of the critically praised Prokofiev Symphony cycle from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under its music director Kirill Karabits. Their recent performance at the BBC Proms of the 5th Symphony was described by The Independent on... |
PURCELL / HAHN / SCHUMANN / FRANCK / SAINT-SAENS / etc
Le Rossignol et la Rose Chen Reiss (soprano) Charles Spencer (piano) [ Onyx / CD - released 20/Mar/2013 ] "It is a measure of her gifts that Chen Reiss takes all these composers in her stride. That vocal stride is impressive: sustained lyric tone that is only rarely forced...Charles Spencer is as ever the perfect partner" [BBC Music Magazine] |
SALIERI / MOZART / CIMAROSA / HAYDN
Liaisons Chen Reiss (soprano) / L'Arte del mondo, Werner Ehrhardt [ Onyx / CD - released 20/Mar/2012 ] "All told, this is a beguiling combination of top-drawer musicianship and fresh ideas about opera in Enlightenment Vienna." (Five Stars BBC Music Opera Choice - January 2012) |
SCHUBERT / BERG / WOLF
Lieder Christianne Stotijn (mezzo) Joseph Breinl (piano) [ Onyx / CD - released 1/Mar/2006 ] "For this beautiful, intelligent mezzo-soprano tells fascinating stories, has exquisite diction and a voice that can be heard even in the softest of pianissimos. Where was she all this time? And on what planet did she learn to sing so... |
MAHLER
Urlicht Christianne Stotijn (Mezzo) Julius Drake (Piano) [ Onyx / CD - released 29/Nov/2006 ] This is the second release on ONYX from young Dutch mezzo and rising star, Christianne Stotijn. An outstanding collection of her core repertoire: the greatest Mahler songs. |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Romances Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano) & Julius Drake (piano) [ Onyx / CD - released 20/Mar/2009 ] "Stotijn's charisma and her beautifully recorded altoish depth of tone is enough to hold me spellbound." BBC Music Magazine Awards 2010 - Vocal WINNER |
SCHUBERT
Winterreise Christine Schaefer (soprano) & Eric Schneider (piano) [ Onyx / CD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] An outstanding and personal recording of Winterreise and the first solo recording for more than 5 years from renowned German lyric soprano, Christine Schäfer. |
HENRY PURCELL / GEORGE CRUMB
Apparition: Songs by Henry Purcell and George Crumb Christine Schafer (soprano) / Eric Schneider (piano) [ Onyx / CD - released 1/Dec/2011 ] "Her exemplary clarity of tone and diction, and her emotional commitment to both composers, make for a powerful recital." (BBC Music) |
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade, Op. 35 / Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36 Clio Gould (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit [ ONYX / CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] "[Clio Gould] offers a ravishing account of the solo violin narrative thread linking the different episodes in the music. Her playing has a fragile beauty...the splendid performance of the Easter Festival Overture conjures up a heady atmosphere of... |
COLIN CURRIE
Borrowed Time Colin Currie (percussion) with Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet) Dave Maric (piano) and Clive Driskill-Smith (organ) [ Onyx / CD - released 24/Nov/2007 ] A very special release showcasing Colin Currie, Britain's, and probably the world's foremost percussionist, in a superb new album of new works composed especially for him by leading composer Dave Maric and featuring world-renowned classical trumpeter... |
GRIEG / JANACEK / KODALY
Cello Sonatas Danjulo Ishizaka (cello) [ ONYX / CD - released 5/May/2014 ] Danjulo and fellow ONYX artist Shai Wosner have chosen a programme of works with strong roots in folk music which speak their characteristic national language very clearly. |
DEBUSSY
Complete Piano Works Vol 3 (Includes Images & Reverie) Pascal Roge (piano) [ Onyx / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] Pascal Rogé is today's greatest ambassador and stylist in French piano music. Winner of two Gramophone Awards, his name is synonymous over many years with the finest in French piano playing, both in concert and on disc for Decca, and now in Debussy... |
JOSEF HAYDN
Piano Sonatas Nos. 38, 39, 47, 59 Denis Kozhukhin (piano) [ Onyx / CD - released 20/Mar/2015 ] In the selection here, the worlds of gallant classical style rub shoulders with sturm und drang, and in the major D work the influence Haydn had upon his wayward and headstrong young pupil Beethoven is clear. |