AARON JAY KERNIS / JORGE LIDERMAN / STEVEN MACKEY
New American Chamber Music with Guitar Aaron Jay Kernis (piano) / Hila Plitmann (soprano) / Axel Strauss (violin) / David Tanenbaum (guitar & conductor) / San Francisco Conservatory Guitar [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] Each of these new pieces was written for the artists who perform them here. |
HANDEL / SCARLATTI / CALDARA
Cantate d'Amore-Italian Love Cantatas Axel Kohler (countertenor) / Christoph Huntgeburth (transverse flute) / Anne Schumann (violin) / Balazs Mate (cello) / Raphael Alpermann (harpsichord) [ Capriccio / CD - released 1/Jan/1995 ] |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte (Songs Without Words) (arr. F. Hermann for violin and piano) Axel Strauss (violin) / Cord Garben (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Mar/2007 ] In arranging [the Songs without Words] for violin and piano the Leipzig violinist Friedrich Hermann was able to create a useful addition to the repertoire of his instrument without making any significant changes to the texture and form of the... |
RODOLPHE KREUTZER
Kreutzer: Violin Concertos Nos. 17, 18 & 19 Axel Strauss (violin) / San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra / Andrew Mogrelia [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] "If you love the violin, or have enjoyed the string concertos of Mozart, Haydn, Viotti, or Pierre Rode, you will find yourself, like me, eagerly awaiting the rest of this promising series." Bargain of the Month MusicWeb Dec 2010 |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Tannhäuser (complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Bayreuther Festspiele / Torsten Kerl, Camilla Nylund, Markus Eiche, Michelle Breedt / Axel Kobe (conductor) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Sep/2015 ] "Camilla Nylund's Elisabeth has a range of novel emotions to convey, including humour and sexual interest...Question marks begin with the staging" Gramophone |
Krenek, Er
Lieder Christine Schäfer, Axel Bauni [ ORFEO / CD - released 15/May/1995 ] |
Prokofjew,
Lieder Claudia Barainsky, Axel Bauni [ ORFEO / CD - released 22/Jan/2003 ] |
Szymanowsk
Lieder Claudia Barainsky, Axel Bauni [ ORFEO / CD - released 18/Aug/1999 ] |
Hermann Re
Lieder Doris Soffel, Axel Bauni; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Aribert Reimann [ ORFEO / CD - released 19/Apr/2002 ] |
J. S. BACH
Mass in B Minor Hillevi Martinpelto, Bernarda Fink, Axel Kohler, Christoph Pregardien, Matthias Goerne, Franz-Josef Selig / RIAS-Kammerchor, Rene Jacobs [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 25/Feb/2015 ] The Reissue of one of the finest recordings of Bach's "Hohe Messe'! This "compelling performance..spacious and intimate" (Gramophone) boasts of a line-up of famous soloists: Christoph Prégardien, Matthias Goerne, Bernarda Fink and Hillevi... |