More By Artist: Octet
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Mike Knock Octet
Suite Sima [ FWM Records / CD ] Mike Nock's suite celebrating the long-term contribution of SIMA (Sydney Improvised Music Association) to the Sydney scene, with a stunning lineup including iconic musicians Phil Slater, James Greening, plus his trio of James Waples and Brett Hirst... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Octet, Quartettsatz & Vienna Dances Vienna Octet, Tokyo Quartet, Willi Boskovsky Ensemble [ ALTO / CD - released 16/Sep/2013 ] |
SIBELIUS
Finlandia / LemminkANinen Suite, Op. 22 / Kuolema (with music by Grieg, Sinding & Svendsen) Adele Stolte (Soprano) Egon Morbitzer (Violin) / Berlin Octet / Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra / Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Berlin Symphony Orch [ Berlin Classics Basics / CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] A special concert of popular Nordic favourites. |
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 It was originally made on 35mm magnetic film...excellent."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) |
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) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Schubert/Mendelssohn: Octets / 'Trout' Quintet (recorded 1950-1954) Vienna Octet, with Walter Panhofer (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] "The result is exquisite. Perfection of tone and phrasing … polish and subtlety and rare beauty of tone" (Schubert Octet) Gramophone |
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 |
BERWALD / BORODIN / KREUTZER / MENDELSSOHN / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Romantic Chamber Music (recorded 1968 - 1971) Vienna Octet with Walter Panhofer (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "full of grace and charm and has all the polish and virtuosity one has come to expect from this ensemble….delicacy and lightness of touch … performances are first-class … The recording is quite superlative. Strongly recommended" (Gramophone) |
SPOHR
Spohr - Piano Quintet, Double Quartet, Octet & Nonet (recorded 1959 - 1969) Vienna Octet, with Walter Panhofer (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] "The players sound as if they know [the Spohr Octet] inside out; the interpretation has matured, gaining in precision and also in insouciance" Gramophone |
W. A. MOZART
Divertimentos 1, 10, 15, 17 Wiener Oktett [Vienna Octet] [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2014 ] "Chamber music at its most orchestral...The musicians play these riches with enchanting naturalness." (BBC Music Five Stars) |
VILLA-LOBOS
Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras no. 1 & 5 The Pleeth Cello Octet / Jill Gomez, soprano / Peter Manning, violin [ Hyperion / CD - released 22/May/2005 ] 'Stunning performances' - BBC Record Review |
Nostalgia 77 Octet
Weapons of Jazz Destruction [ Tru Thoughts / CD - released 19/Nov/2007 ] One of the hippest jazz groups going... the overall feel is just like some lost soul jazz indie album from the '70s... a soaring, spiritual jazz sound... wonderful soul qualities."-Dusty Groove. |
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 |
Steve Lehman Octet
Mise en Abime [ Pi Recordings / CD - released 6/Aug/2014 ] Mise en Abîme is the highly-anticipated follow-up to 2009's Travail, Transformation and Flow, by the Steve Lehman Octet. Described as a "breathtaking accomplishment" by The New York Times, Travail was widely hailed as a groundbreaking synthesis... |
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Rob Mazurek Octet
Skull Sessions [ CD - released 15/Feb/2013 ] |
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) |
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Steve Lehman Octet
Travail, Transformation and Flow [ CD ] |
Nostalgia 77 Octet
Borderlands [ Tru Thoughts Records / CD - released 24/Oct/2006 ] Inspired by the sounds of funk, soul, gospel, Afro & the classic jazz LPs of the ‘60s/‘70s, Benedic Lamdin captures the warmth and atmosphere of the golden age, without compromising his tough rhythms and irresistible hooks. |
The Dizzy Gillespie Octet
The Greatest Trumpet of Them All (Vinyl) [ Wax Time / LP - released 30/Aug/2010 ] |
