LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven for Three: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 5 Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] "I wasn't expecting to be absolutely bowled over by Colin Matthews's arrangement of the Fifth Symphony, but I was - and still am...Matthews has done a most impressive job." Gramophone |
JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: Piano Sonatas 32, 47, 53 & 59 Emanuel Ax (piano) [ Sony / CD - released 16/Nov/2009 ] "There is no period-instrument rethinking here; instead, big-boned, handsomely played interpretations bring out Haydn's pre-Beethoven side." BBC Music Grammy Awards 37th Awards (1994) Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Humoreske Op. 20 / Fantasiestucke Op. 12 Emanuel Ax (piano) [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 20/Aug/1982 ] Emanuel Ax has been classed among the master pianists ever since his victory at the inaugural Arthur Rubinstein Competition in 1974. His long association with RCA began the very next year, with a spellbinding disc of Chopin and Liszt transcriptions... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Trio No. 2 / Sonata for Cello & Piano Emanuel Ax (piano) Isaac Stern (violin) Yo Yo Ma (cello) [ Sony Artist Laureate / CD - released 1/Jul/1995 ] Recorded at Melodia Studio, St. Petersburg, Russia April & December 1994. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schwanengesang D.957 Håkan Hagegård (baritone) Emanuel Ax (piano) [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 20/Aug/1986 ] Recorded RCA Studio New York City. 1984 & 1985 |
GABRIEL FAURE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Faure: Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Emanuel Ax (piano) Isaac Stern (violin) Jaime Laredo (viola) [ Sony Music Expanded Edition / CD - released 1/Nov/1992 ] "The playing of Emanuel Ax and his distinguished colleagues does the music proud: it has stature and nobility, but also delicacy and reticence where appropriate" - Gramophone |
BRAHMS / MOZART / SAINT-GEORGES / BRUCH / MENDELSSOHN / SARASATE / etc
Jaime Laredo - The Complete RCA and Columbia Album Collection Jaime Laredo (violin/viola) with Emanuel Ax (piano) Vladimir Sokoloff (piano), Yo Yo Ma (cello), Rudolf Serkin (piano), Isaac Stern (violin), etc [ Sony Classical / 22 CD Box Set - released 11/Jun/2021 ] The complete recordings by Grammy-winning violinist Jaime Laredo in a single 23-CD edition in celebration of his 80th birthday June 7, 2021. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 4 / Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat major 'Archduke' Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 6/Apr/2024 ] Like the artists' two previous Beethoven for Three releases, this new recording challenges the traditional distinction between chamber and orchestral repertoire, pairing the unforgettable Archduke trio with one of the composer's most internally... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 6 "Pastorale" / Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 20/Jan/2023 ] "Kavakos, Ma and Ax play with profound sensitivity throughout, and the symphony's many magical moments lose next to nothing in translation." Gramophone |
BEETHOVEN / SIBELIUS / HAYDN / DEBUSSY / BERNSTEIN
Leonard Bernstein Vol 1 Various orchestras conducted by Leonard Bernstein, with James Taylor, Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Peter Serkin, Emanuel Ax (pianos), Yo-Yo Ma (cello) [ C Major DVD / 6 DVD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2017 ] A box set celebrating Leonard Bernstein's upcoming 100th birthday including concerts with the Wiener Philharmoniker and the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia as well as the prizewinning documentary Leonard Bernstein: Larger than... |