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 |
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... |
ENESCU
Complete Works for Violin and Piano Volume 1 Axel Strauss (violin) & Ilya Poletaev (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Oct/2013 ] George Enescu's Second Violin Sonata marked his true emergence as a composer; violinist Carl Flesch referring to it as one of the most significant in the history of the genre. |
GIOVANNI BENEDETTO PLATTI
Six sonatas for violoncello & basso continuo Sebastian Hess (baroque violoncello) Axel Wolf (lute & theorgo) [ Oehms Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] |
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 |
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. |
ARIBERT REIMANN
Zyklus / Kumi Ori / etc Yaron Windmuller (baritone) Axel Bauni (piano) Saaebrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra / Gunther Herbig [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2010 ] "Reimann's output for solo piano has been small, but the four works documented on the first disc show a composer with awesome understanding of the DNA of the piano, especially the unerring "rightness" of his chord voicings and ability to exploit the... |
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... |
Krenek, Er
Duch die Nacht op. 67, Gesänge des späten Jahres op. 71 Liat Himmelheber, Hanna Dóra Sturludóttir, Axel Bauni, Isabel Fernholz [ ORFEO / CD - released 7/Oct/2004 ] |
Prokofjew,
Lieder Claudia Barainsky, Axel Bauni [ ORFEO / CD - released 22/Jan/2003 ] |
Boris Blac
Lieder Stella Doufexis, Christopher Lincoln, Yaron Windmüller, Kolja Blacher, Petersen Quartett, Axel Bauni [ ORFEO / CD - released 2/Jan/2003 ] |
Hermann Re
Lieder Doris Soffel, Axel Bauni; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Aribert Reimann [ ORFEO / CD - released 19/Apr/2002 ] |
Szymanowsk
Lieder Claudia Barainsky, Axel Bauni [ ORFEO / CD - released 18/Aug/1999 ] |
Eisler, Ha
Lieder Kaune, Michaela; Bauni, Axel; Henschel, Dietrich [ ORFEO / CD - released 25/Feb/1999 ] |
Fortner, W
Lieder: Shakespeare-Songs, Widmungen, Farewell, Vier Gesänge, Nachgelassene Lieder, Terzinen Ralf Lukas, Christopher Lincoln, Stella Doufexis, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Axel Bauni, Aribert Reimann [ ORFEO / CD - released 1/Dec/1998 ] |
Rihm, Wolf
Lieder: Vier Gedichte aus "Atemwende", Das Rot, Gesänge op. 1, Neue Alexanderlieder Ursula Hesse, Christoph Prégardien, Ulrike Stöve, Yaron Windmüller, Axel Bauni, Siegfried Mauser, Tatjana Blome [ ORFEO / CD - released 1/Dec/1998 ] |
Hindemith,
Lieder mit Klavier op. 18; Vier Lieder nach Texten des Angelus Silesius; Abendständchen; Singet leise; Wer wußte je das Juliane Banse, Axel Bauni (Piano) [ ORFEO / CD - released 12/Sep/1996 ] |
Ullmann, V
Lieder Yaron Windmüller, Liat Himmelheber, Christine Schäfer, Axel Bauni [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 22/May/1995 ] |
Krenek, Er
Lieder Christine Schäfer, Axel Bauni [ ORFEO / CD - released 15/May/1995 ] |