BADINGS / BRITTEN / HINDEMITH / POOT / WELLESZ
20th-century Chamber Music (recorded 1956 - 1971) Vienna Octet [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] "The performances are at once lively and relaxed, in the best Viennese tradition" (Wellesz, Badings) Gramophone |
W. A. MOZART / SCHOENBERG / SCHUBERT / HAYDN / BEETHOVEN / DANZI / etc
New Vienna Octet, Vienna Wind Soloists - The Decca Recordings New Vienna Octet, Vienna Wind Soloists [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 18 CD Box Set - released 15/Mar/2024 ] Postcards from Vienna: drawn largely from the supreme players of the Wiener Philharmoniker, collected here are the Decca recordings of Viennese chamber music ensembles, including the New Vienna Octet, Vienna Wind Soloists, Wiener Waldhornverein, etc |
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras Nos 1 & 5 / Suite for Voice & Violin / etc The Pleeth Cello Octet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] 'Stunning performances' (BBC Record Review) |
ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Sextet in A / String Quintet in C Vienna Octet [ Decca / CD - released 20/Oct/1991 ] "..the recording, clean and warm-toned, is the equal of the playing" Gramophone Magazine (Quintet, Op. 77) |
SCHUBERT
The Last Years - The Great String Quartets / Piano Trios / String Quintet / Octet Brandis Quartet / Klaviertrio Amsterdam / Berlin Philharmonic Octet [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2012 ] "I really admire these heartfelt accounts for their warm expressiveness and sumptuous textures. I certainly fully intend to revisit this set in the future." (MusicWeb Feb 2005 on the String Quartets) |
PHILIP GLASS
Reflections Cello Octet Conjunto Iberico [ Orange Mountain Music / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "Highlights both the compositional prowess of Glass and the virtuosity of the players" (MusicWeb March 2008) |
The Dizzy Gillespie Octet
The Greatest Trumpet of Them All (Vinyl) [ Wax Time / LP - released 30/Aug/2010 ] |
W. A. MOZART
Wind Serenades Nos 11 & 12 Everest Woodwind Octet [ Everest / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "This is a fine performance, and very well recorded. It was originally made on 35mm magnetic film...excellent." (Five Stars AudAud.com) |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 / Octet in E flat major, Op. 20 James Ehnes (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy / Seattle Chamber Music Octet [ Onyx / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "The first thing that hits you about Ehnes's reading is the rhythmic propulsion of the concerto's outer movements, which lifts the music, revealing its glorious bone-structure." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine, February 2011 |
SCHUBERT
Schubert Jubilee set Klara Wartz (piano) Peter Schreier (tenor) Matthias Goerne (baritone) / Berlin Philharmonic Octet / Brandis Quartet / The Hanover Band [ Brilliant Classics Masterworks / 10 CD - released 20/Jan/2007 ] A selection from Schubert’s music has to contain some songs. This set includes ‘Die schöne Müllerin’ sung by Peter Schreier. The unavoidable but still beautiful Trout Quintet is there, just as the Octet and some symphonies (3, 5, 8, 9). To balance... |