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 |
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) |
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. |
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) |
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. |
The Dizzy Gillespie Octet
The Greatest Trumpet of Them All (Vinyl) [ Wax Time / LP - released 30/Aug/2010 ] |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Octet, Quartettsatz & Vienna Dances Vienna Octet, Tokyo Quartet, Willi Boskovsky Ensemble [ ALTO / CD - released 16/Sep/2013 ] |
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) |
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... |
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... |
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 |
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 |
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) |
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) |
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... |
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) |
Rob Mazurek Octet
Skull Sessions [ CD - released 15/Feb/2013 ] |
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 |
Steve Lehman Octet
Travail, Transformation and Flow [ CD ] |
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 |