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 It was originally made on 35mm magnetic film...excellent."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... |
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... |
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. |
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. |
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 |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Octet, Quartettsatz & Vienna Dances Vienna Octet, Tokyo Quartet, Willi Boskovsky Ensemble [ ALTO / CD - released 16/Sep/2013 ] |
Rob Mazurek Octet
Skull Sessions [ CD - released 15/Feb/2013 ] |
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... |
Steve Lehman Octet
Travail, Transformation and Flow [ CD ] |
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. |
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 |