chamber works Archive
FOSS: “Piece’s of Genius” – three chamber works – var. soloists – Albany
FOSS: “Piece’s of Genius” – three chamber works – NY New Music Ensemble / Jean Kopperud, clar./ Stephen Gosling, p./ Linda Quan & Deborah Wang, violins/ Lois Martin, viola/ Christopher Finckel, cello – Albany Troy CD 1644, 62:17 (10/1/16) ***1/2: A fine survey of Foss chamber music covering a quarter century of composition. It was […]
CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH, Vol. 2 = Sinfonia No. 3; Cello Con. No. 3; Sinfonia in e; Piccolo Cello Sonata; Harpsichord Con. – Ophélie Gaillard, cello and musical dir. / Francesco Corti, harpsichord / Pulcinella Orch. ‒ Aparté
CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH, Vol. 2 = Sinfonia No. 3 in C Major, Wq. 182/3; Cello Concerto No. 3 in B-Flat Major, Wq. 171; Sinfonia in e, Wq. 178; Piccolo Cello Sonata in D Major, Wq. 137; Harpsichord Concerto in d, Wq. 17 ‒ Ophélie Gaillard, cello and musical dir. / Francesco Corti, harpsichord / […]
STRAVINSKY: Pulcinella Suite; Apollon musagète; Concerto in D for String Orchestra ‒ Orch. de Ch. de Lausanne/ Joshua Wellerstein ‒ MD&G
STRAVINSKY: Pulcinella Suite; Apollon musagète; Concerto in D for String Orchestra ‒ Orch. de Chambre de Lausanne/ Joshua Wellerstein ‒ Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm, multichannel SACD MDG 940 1955-6 (2+2+2); 65:36 (6/3/2016) ***: Stress-free Stravinsky. A musical sedative, anyone? Sometime during the First World War, while Stravinsky was riding out the storm in Switzerland, he […]
MARIA NEWMAN: Chamber Works = Pennipotenti; Sonata for Flute and Piano; The Pied Piper; Colores de Mexico – Hal Ott, flute/Peter Longsworth, p. /Maria Newman, v./Scott Hosfeld, viola/Amy Shulman, harp/John Magnussen, percussion – Montgomery Arts House
Some pleasant-enough works just don’t leave a strong lasting impression.
![BEETHOVEN: Complete works for violoncello and piano – [Tracklist follows] – Steven Isserlis, cello/ Robert Levin, fortepiano – Hyperion (2 discs):
BEETHOVEN: Complete works for violoncello and piano – [TrackList follows] – Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello/ Alexander Melinkov, piano – Harmonia mundi (2 discs):](https://www.audaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/BeethovenCelloIsserlis.jpg)
BEETHOVEN: Complete works for violoncello and piano – [Tracklist follows] – Steven Isserlis, cello/ Robert Levin, fortepiano – Hyperion (2 discs): BEETHOVEN: Complete works for violoncello and piano – [TrackList follows] – Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello/ Alexander Melinkov, piano – Harmonia mundi (2 discs):
By any and all standards, the Isserlis/Levin disc is a very special release. Queyras and Melnikov, using a modern piano, offer fine readings as well but aren’t in quite the same league.
BEETHOVEN: Complete works for violoncello and piano – [Tracklist follows] – Steven Isserlis, cello/ Robert Levin, fortepiano – Hyperion (2 discs): BEETHOVEN: Complete works for violoncello and piano – [TrackList follows] – Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello/ Alexander Melinkov, piano – Harmonia mundi (2 discs):
By any and all standards, the Isserlis/Levin disc is a very special release. Queyras and Melnikov, using a modern piano, offer fine readings as well but aren’t in quite the same league.
LEOS JANACEK: Chamber Works = Idyll for Strings; Suite for two violins, viola, cello and double bass; Znelka I. – Sonnet for Four violins; String Quartet No. 1 ‘The Kreutzer Sonata” – The Wroclaw Ch. Orch. Leopoldinum/ Ernst Kovacic – DUX
Janacek’s Early Chamber Works and Quartet No. 1 arranged for string orchestra.
SCHUBERT: String Quintet in C Major; Quartet-Movement in C minor – Gary Hoffman, c./ Cypress String Quartet – Avie
The Cypress Quartet and guest Gary Hoffman realize a potent rendition of Schubert’s late masterpieces, delivered in fine sound.
PAUL BEN-HAIM: ‘Chamber Works’ = Piano Quartet; Two Landscapes for viola and piano; Canzonetta; Improvisation and Dance for violin and piano; Quintet for clarinet and string quartet – ARC Ens. – Chandos
This important new series is off to a great start with this composer you should know.
FRANCK: Chamber Works = Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2; Grand Fantasia; Andantino Quietoso – Mariana Sibu, violin/ Ruxandra Colan, violin/ Mihai Dancila, c./ Mihail Sarbu, p. – Dynamic
An assemblage of Cesar Franck’s early chamber music oeuvre reveals a spirit much in sympathy with lyrical melodists Mendelssohn and Schubert .
"Through Brahms" Music by Brahms, Schumann and many other composers (TrackList follows) – Music@Menlo Live (7 CDs)
“Through Brahms” Music by Brahms, Schumann and many other composers (TrackList follows) – Music@Menlo Live, 7 CDs, available singly or boxed in paper wrappers, TT:7:57:00 ****: Music@Menlo chose Brahms as the inspiration for its 2011 chamber music festival and so out comes yet another seven-disc set, available singly or in a convenient slipcase, of programs […]
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