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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... |
