SHOSTAKOVICH / SVIRIDOV / VAINBERG
Chamber Symphonies Moscow Soloists / Yuri Bashmet [ Onyx / CD - released 1/Mar/2006 ] "Again, in both these works, the dynamism of the Moscow Soloists' playing has freshness and life, and the whole disc is superbly engineered to capture all the music's range and depth." (Matthew Rye Daily Telegraph) |
TCHAIKOVSKY / GRIEG / MOZART
Chamber Works: Serenade for Strings / Holberg Suite / Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Moscow Soloists / Yuri Bashmet [ Onyx / CD - released 10/Jan/2009 ] MARBECKS STAFF PICK: CD OF THE YEAR 2009 - "A glorgeously refined Russian rendering of familiar repertoire." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (January 2009) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Octet D 803 Mullova Ensemble [ Onyx Classics / CD - released 22/Nov/2005 ] "A thoughtful, expressive performance of Schubert's multi-faceted Octet" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Feb 2006 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Chamber Music [Piano Quartets, String Quintets, String Sextets, etc] The Nash Ensemble, with Richard Hosford (clarinet) [ Onyx / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2012 ] "The splendid performance of the piano quartet shows the young Brahms's intellectual power and melodic abundance to magnificent advantage." (Sunday Times) |
BRAHMS
The Piano Quartets The Nash Ensemble [ Onyx / CD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] "The Nash take a… traditional approach, emphasising the dark hues of the opening of the First Quartet, pianist Ian Brown making much of the bell-like sonorities of the bass. They are particularly effective in the richly coloured slow movements and... |
MENDELSSOHN
The Piano Trios / Variations concertantes The Nash Ensemble [ Onyx / CD - released 20/May/2007 ] The Nash Ensemble, having recently celebrated their 40th Anniversary, are having something of a golden period, with recent releases of Dvorak Chamber Music (ASV) and their previous ONYX disc of Turnage world premieres receiving rave reviews... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The String Quintets The Nash Ensemble [ Onyx / CD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] "Both discs present this joyful, compelling music in its best light; the Nash are recorded with a touch more immediacy." (Gramophone) |
BRAHMS
The String Sextets The Nash Ensemble [ Onyx / CD - released 20/May/2007 ] "The Nash field a strong line-up to tackle these Brahms gems." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine September 2007 |
CHOPIN
Preludes / Piano Sonata No 3 Nikolai Demidenko (piano) [ Onyx Classics / CD - released 10/Jan/2009 ] "At his best, Demidenko is a dazzling pianist… the Preludes… in his hands become a confection of enormous scope and variety… he imbues the swift numbers with a terrific urgency and excitement." (Gramophone) |
Onyx Collective
Lower East Suite Part Three (LP) [ Big Dada Records / LP - released 15/Jun/2018 ] Onyx Collective announce their debut studio album, "Lower East Suite Part Three", out June 15th via Big Dada. The record features de-facto band leader Isaiah Barr on alto and tenor saxophone, Austin Williamson on drums, Walter Stinson on upright... |
Onyx Collective
Lower East Suite Part Three [ Big Dada Records / CD - released 15/Jun/2018 ] Onyx Collective announce their debut studio album, "Lower East Suite Part Three", out June 15th via Big Dada. The record features de-facto band leader Isaiah Barr on alto and tenor saxophone, Austin Williamson on drums, Walter Stinson on upright... |
SATIE / TAILLEFERRE / HONEGGER / AURIC / etc
Les Six & Satie Pascal & Ami Rogé (piano 4 hands) [ Onyx / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] Pascal Rogé, long considered the greatest exponent of French piano repertoire is joined by his pianist wife Ami in a programme devoted to Les Six - the group of composers brought together by Jean Cocteau in 1917 and who created a musical reaction to... |
BELA BARTOK / MATTHEW HINDSON / MAURICE RAVEL
Bartok/Hindson/Ravel: Music for two pianos & percussion Pascal & Ami Rogé (pianos), Paul Clarvis & Joby Burgess (percussion) [ Onyx / CD - released 7/Sep/2015 ] On this disc Pascal Rogé is joined by his pianist wife Ami and percussionists Paul Clarvis and Joby burgess for an exciting recital including a world premiere recording of a work composed for the Rogé's : Matthew Hindson's Pulse Magnet. |
DEBUSSY
Piano Music Vol 5 Pascal & Ami Roge [ Onyx / CD - released 29/Aug/2011 ] |
W.A. MOZART
Piano Concerto No.9 & 25 / Rondo in A major, K386 Pascal Roge (piano) / Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra / Raymond Leppard [ Onyx / CD - released 26/Nov/2006 ] Pascal Rogé makes a rare detour on disc from his French music niche in his first Mozart Concerto disc ever, released to coincide with the 250th celebrations. In fact, Rogé plays these concertos in concert very frequently. |
SAINT-SAENS / FAURE / RAVEL / DEBUSSY / POULENC / etc
Wedding Cake: Music for Piano Duo Pascal Roge & Ami Roge (piano) [ Onyx / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] A delightful programme of French music for two pianos and four hands from Onyx artist Pascal Rogé and his wife Ami. The music is a mix of the urbane, witty, tender, passionate and dramatic |
DEBUSSY
Complete Piano Works Vol 4 (Etudes) Pascal Roge (piano) [ Onyx / CD - released 10/Nov/2010 ] "this release is packed with remarkable insights that will entrance connoisseurs of the Études and win them many new admirers." (BBC) |
DEBUSSY
Preludes I & II Pascal Roge (piano) [ Onyx Classics / CD - released 20/Jun/2005 ] "The recording is truly gorgeous, as is the piano sound." (MusicWeb June 2005) |
DEBUSSY / FAURE / POULENC / CHOPIN
Poetes du Piano: Live Recital recorded in 2009 Pascal Roge (piano) [ Onyx / CD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] "Poètes du Piano is the perfect description for this beautifully sequenced selection of Romantic piano pieces, a series of exquisite miniatures by the likes of Chopin, Ravel, Fauré and Poulenc, in which delicacy and brevity are prized over the more... |
RAVEL / CHAUSSON
Piano Trios Pascal Roge (piano) Mie Kobayashi (violin) Yoko Hasegawa (cello) [ Onyx / CD - released 10/Apr/2009 ] "Rogé, Kobayashi and Hasegawa are outstanding advocates for these wonderful French scores. I offer an enthusiastic recommendation for this superb Onyx release." (MusicWeb) |