Enescu, George > String Octet in C major

Octets for Strings - Mendelssohn/Enescu/Tetzlaff/Faust/Weithaas

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2009-09-08

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Octet for strings in E flat major, Op. 20; George Enescu: String Octet in C major, Op. 7
Performers: Batiashvili, Elisabeth; Faust, Isabelle; Gowers, Katherine; Kam, Ori; Rivinius, Gustav; Roberts, Rachel [Viola]; Tamesit, Antoine; Tetzlaff, Christian [Violin]; Tetzlaff, Tanja; Viersen, Quirine; Wei...

Mendelssohn's octet for strings is most likely the crown of the genre, played here by superb chamber musicians. Conversely, the Enescu octet is an amazing...continue...

Enescu: String Octet, Violin Sonata no 3 / Sokolov, Kosenko, Foster, et al

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-02-10

Works: George Enescu: String Octet in C major, Op. 7; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in A minor, Op. 25
Performers: Kosenko, Svetlana; Sokolov, Valeriy
Conductors: Foster, Lawrence
Ensemble: Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

This new album from Virgin Classics features two pieces by legendary Romanian composer and violinist George Enescu: his stirring, late-romantic String Octet in a new...continue...

Mendelssohn Octet / Enescu Octet

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2001-06-05

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Octet for strings in E flat major, Op. 20; George Enescu: String Octet in C major, Op. 7

Enesco, Shostakovich: Octets, etc / ASMF Chamber Ensemble

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1993-02-01

Works: George Enescu: String Octet in C major, Op. 7; Richard Strauss: Capriccio, Op. 85; Dmitry Shostakovich: Pieces (2) for double string quartet, Op. 11