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MESSIAEN / RAVEL / FAURE
Plainte Calme Alexander Lonquich (piano) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 12/Apr/2008 ] "It doesn't take long to become enchanted with the music-making of pianist Alexander Lonquich" (American Record guide) |
GIDEON LEWENSOHN
Odradek Quartet / Piano Quintet / Postludes for Piano Alexander Lonquich (piano) / Auryn Quartett [ ECM New Series / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] "The music's manner is often haunting, eloquent, the dedicated performers recorded with appropriate warmth. The booklet notes by Raymond Monelle will make you think, too, acknowledging Lewensohn's elusiveness, and helping to explain the ways in which... |
SILESTROV / PART / USTVOLSKAYA
Misterioso Alexei Lubimov (piano) / Alexander Trostiansky (violin) / Kyrill Rybakov (clarinet) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] "These are all magnificent performances, as one might expect from these three musicians, who regularly perform together as a trio, and their sound is superbly and rawly caught by ECM's recording" - BBC Music Magazine |
SCHUMANN
In concert: Robert Schumann (recorded in 1999) Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM New Series / 2 CD - released 21/Aug/2007 ] "Few pianists could have made this programme work. They may not be Schumann's finest, but they have their own glories and Schiff, recorded live in the Tonhalle, Zurich, in May 1999, treats them with affection. An absolute winner." ***** Five Stars... |
GEORGE I. GURDJIEFF
Chants, Hymns and Dances Anja Lechner (cello) Vassilis Tsabropoulos (piano) [ ECM Records / CD - released 10/Oct/2004 ] "Chants, Hymns and Dances" features music of G.I. Gurdjieff (c. 1877-1948) in new arrangements for cello and piano by Anja Lechner and Vassilis Tsabropoulos, as well as compositions by Tsabropoulos (b. 1966) based, in part, upon Byzantine hymns. |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: The Violin Sonatas Carolin Widmann (violin) Denes Varjon (piano) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] Gramophone Award Finalist 2009: Chamber - "Their imaginative, wide-ranging variations of tone colour unlock the music's romantic, atmospheric potential, and their command of genuine rubato - passionate, unimpeded forward motion followed by lingering... |
FELDMAN / SCHOENBERG / ZIMMERMANN / XENAKIS
Phantasy of Spring: Music for Violin and Piano Carolin Widmann (violin) Simon Lepper (piano) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 20/Oct/2009 ] MARBECKS STAFF PICK: CD OF THE YEAR 2009 - "Widmann presents the best case I've heard on disc for the communicative power of Schoenberg's sometimes dry and forbidding Phantasy... She makes light of the technical challenges of Xenakis's rebarbative... |
FRANCOIS COUTURIER
Works Francois Couturier (piano) Anja Lechner (cello) Jean-Louis Matinier (accordian) Jean-Marc Larche (soprano saxophone) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] The unique band founded by François Couturier continues to draw inspiration from the films of Andrey Tarkovsky as its frame of reference expands. Allusions to Pergolesi, Bach and Shostakovich are to be found in the compositions here, as are... |
TCHAIKOVSKY / KISSINE
Piano Trios Gidon Kremer (violin) Giedre Dirvanauskaite (cello) Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] "Gidon Kremer's dazzling trio here offers two contrasting approaches to the Piano Trio, both offering unexpected pleasures." The Independent, 22nd April 2011 **** |
FRANCK / TICKMAYER / KANCHELI
Hymns and Prayers Gidon Kremer (violin) / Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) / The Kremerata Baltica [ ECM New Series / CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "Hymns and Prayers combines three works from disparate eras whose moods fit together in a pleasingly astringent manner...The modern pieces are separated by César Franck's "Piano Quintet in F-minor", the lachrymose tone of which works surprisingly... |
GIYA KANCHELI
In l'istesso tempo Gidon Kremer (violin) / Oleg Maisenberg (piano) / The Kremerata Baltica. The Bridge Ensemble [ ECM New Series / CD - released 23/Apr/2005 ] Five Stars (Chamber choice of the Month) BBC Music Mag (April 2005) |
JOHN CAGE
Cage, John - Early Piano Music Herbert Henck, piano [ ECM New Series / CD - released 27/Jun/2005 ] This is beautiful music, played with great sensitivity. |
JOHANN LUDWIG TREPULKA / NORBERT von HANNENHEIM
Piano Sonatas Herbert Henck (piano) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 26/May/2007 ] In this new recording Herbert Henck plays music by two little known twelve-note composers, one a pupil of Josef Matthias Hauer, the other a Schoenberg pupil. The works date from the 1920s, but they sound almost diametrically opposed. |
JORG WIDMANN
Elegie Jorg Widmann (clarinet) Heinz Holliger (piano) / Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Christoph Poppen [ ECM New Series / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] "These concentrated miniatures of almost Webern-like brevity showcase Widmann's virtuosity as well as his comprehensive understanding of his instrument's capabilities." The Guardian, 21st April 2011 *** |
STRAVINSKY / BACH
Stravinsky / Bach - Violin works Leonidas Kavakos, violin, Pater Nagy, piano [ ECM New Series / CD - released 25/Mar/2005 ] "Kavakos makes the music howl, shriek, weep or croon, infuses it with humour or passion, takes risks. And he is well on his way to becoming the most famous Greek in the classical world since Callas and Mitropoulos" The Independent |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5 Till Fellner (piano) / Montreal Symphony Orchestra / Kent Nagano [ ECM New Series / CD - released 25/Mar/2010 ] "This is a dream partnership with soloist and conductor working hand-in-glove...you will rarely hear playing of such an enviable, unimpeded musical grace and fluency" Gramophone Awards 2010 Finalist - Concerto |
Till Fellner, piano
Bach, J.S. - Das Wohltemperierte Klavier Book I (Well-Tempered Clavier) [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "In his manner and his music-making he exudes calm and elegance." - The New York Times |
THOMAS LARCHER
Madhares (String Quartet No. 3) / Still for viola and chamber orchestra / Bose Zellen for piano and orchestra Till Fellner (piano) / Kim Kashkashian (viola) / Quatour Diotima / Munich Chamber Orchestra / Dennis Russel Davies [ ECM New Series / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] "He has a fabulous ear for unusual sonorities, which he fashions into surprisingly logical narratives...Böse Zellen, in particular, is a truly original work, vigorously performed and captured in flawless sound." BBC Music Magazine, September 2010 **** |
