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RUBINSTEIN / RACHMANINOV
Piano Concertos Joseph Moog (piano) / Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Nicholas Milton [ Onyx / CD - released 20/Mar/2012 ] "Moog makes easy sense of it all, his light, glittering touch deftly partnered by Nicholas Milton and his Ludwigshafen-based orchestra...it comes as no surpise that he chooses the more mercurial of the two cadenzas options, though he can pull out the... |
MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition (with Shostakovich - Preludes Op. 34) Katya Apekisheva (piano) [ Onyx / CD - released 20/Jun/2012 ] "the whole performance [of Pictures] has a sweep and structure that is utterly compelling. The 24 Shostakovich Preludes...make surprisingly apt companions...Apekishiva handles all their lyrical, parodic and virtuoso (try No. 5) aspects with... |
WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: Symphonies 1 & 2 Kirill Karabits, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra [ Onyx Classcis / CD - released 20/Oct/2017 ] Walton's First Symphony burst onto the musical scene in 1935, and quickly became recognised as a masterpiece. Influences of Sibelius and Beethoven can clearly be heard, but it is Walton's brilliant use of the orchestra and grasp of form that shines... |
SCHUBERT
String Quartets D887 (with Berg - String Quartet Op 3) Kuss Quartet [ Onyx / CD - released 20/Mar/2012 ] Schubert's late masterpiece for string quartet, his 15th and final quartet in G major D887, was composed in 1826. Although the first movement was performed at a Vienna Musikverein concert devoted to his music, he couldn't find anyone to publish... |
SCHNITTKE / TCHAIKOVSKY / STRAVINSKY
Thème Russe Kuss Quartet [ Onyx / CD - released 1/Apr/2012 ] An enchanting programme of Russian music for string quartet from the acclaimed Kuss Quartet. The multiple-composer 'Variations on a Russian folk song' has composers such as Scriabin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov and Lyadov rub shoulders with... |
SCHUBERT
String Quintet Kuss Quartet / Miklos Perenyi [ Onyx / CD - released 15/Nov/2013 ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Cello Sonatas (LP) Leonard Elschenbroich (cello) & Alexei Grynyuk (piano) [ Onyx / 3 LP - 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... |
SHOSTAKOVICH / RACHMANINOV
Cello Sonatas Leonard Elschenbroich (cello) & Alexei Grynyuk (piano) [ ONYX / CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] "This is a quite exceptional performance of Rachmaninov's Cello Sonata...you immediately sense that they are going to have something of uncommon interest to impart in their interpretation" Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice Awards Issue 2013 |
PROKOFIEV / KABALEVSKY
Cello Works Leonard Elschenbroich (cello), Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton [ Onyx / CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] "Never has this often underestimated work [the Prokofiev Sonata] seemed more rich in incident and so eloquently expressive." (Five Stars BBC Music) |
W.A. MOZART
Wind Serenades (Incls Serenade No. 10 in B major, K361 'Gran Partita') London Winds [ ONYX / CD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] "Michael Collins further entrenches his place among the first rank of clarinettists with this rather heavenly recording of Mozart Serenades. He leads the London Winds with great sensitivity and, when called for, virtuosic flair. A class act. A classy... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4 Maria João Pires (piano) / Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding [ Onyx / CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] "That wonderfully rounded, opalescent tone that her touch invariably produces is coupled with the insight, poetic sensibility and discreet life-giving force that come from years of experience." (Gramophone Award WINNER 2015 - Concerto) |
GIYA KANCHELI
Styx (with Tavener-The Myrrh-Bearer) Maxim Rysanov (viola) / Liepaja Symphony Orchestra / Chorus 'Kamere' / Men of the State Choir Latvija / Maris Sirmais [ Onyx / CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] "Rysanov yields little to Bashmet in terms of intensity of expression and the capacity to sustain an atmospheric melodic line." (BBC Music) |
BRAHMS
Music for Viola Vol II Maxim Rysanov (viola) with Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) & Ashley Wass (piano), etc [ Onyx / CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] Maxim Rysanov completes his survey of all Brahms's chamber works to feature the viola. |
BRAHMS
Music for Viola (2 CD set) Maxim Rysanov (viola) with Katya Apekisheva & Jacob Katsnelson (pianos) [ Onyx / CD - released 10/Jan/2009 ] "Strong-handedness and humour win over understatement, but nostalgia remains." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (January 2009) |
RAVEL / LISZT / WEBER
Miroirs Melvyn Tan (fortepiano) [ Onyx Classics / CD - released 26/Apr/2019 ] Melvyn Tan embraces three centuries keyboard style tracing the inspirations for Ravel's ground-breaking works for piano. By exploring new pianistic territory, Ravel mirrored Scarlatti and Liszt in experimenting and expanding the possibilities of the... |
Michael Powers
Onyx Root [ Baryon Records / CD - released 10/Aug/2004 ] With such a diverse collection of songs and influences, 'Onyx Root' takes the listener on an incredible ride. Michael Powers' story is none other than one man paying his dues to play the blues. |
BLOCH / JANACEK / SHOSTAKOVICH
Violin Sonatas Midori (violin) / Ozgur Aydin (piano) [ ONYX / CD - released 18/Oct/2013 ] "Midori's playing in these three satisfyingly aligned 20th-century violin and piano sonatas is imbued not just with a keen beauty, but somehow with a thoughtfulness" (Sunday Times) |
Midori (violin)
Bach, J S: Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin, BWV1001-1006 [ Onyx / 2 CD - released 30/Oct/2016 ] "The story goes that, when I was about two years old, my mother found me humming a Bach melody that she had been practicing a few days earlier. My own memories of Bach begin from the time when I started to practice my first solo Sonata in G minor,... |
BEETHOVEN / BUSONI / CHOPIN / etc.
Mikhael Pletnev in Person Mikhail Pletnev (piano) [ Onyx / CD - released 30/Sep/2013 ] BBC Music Magazine Award Nomination 2015 - Instrumental |
STRAVINSKY
Apollo / Concerto in D for Strings (with Prokofiev-20 Visions fugitives op 22) Moscow Soloists / Yuri Bashmet [ Onyx / CD - released 20/May/2007 ] Grammy Award Winner 2008 - Best Small Ensemble Performance |
