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Hindemith: Kammermusik / Christian Tetzlaff, Wolfram Christ et al - Abbado

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Paul Hindemith: Kammermusik no 1, for 12 instruments, Op. 24/1; Kammermusik no 2, for piano & 12 instruments, Op. 36/1; Kammermusik no 3, for cello and 10 instruments, Op. 36/2; Kammermusik no 4, for...
Performers: Blacher, Kolja; Brandkamp, Kornelia; Christ, Wolfram [Viola]; Faust, Georg; Fischer, Julia [Violin]; Gerhardt, Alban [Cello]; Hausmann, Ib; Hope, Daniel [Violin]; Jansen, Dag; Jansen, Rolf; Masurenko...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) is a greatly misunderstood composer. General opinion would have it that his music is rather dry, academic and lacking in humor but...continue...

Hindemith: Kammermusik 1-7 / Concerto Amsterdam

2 CD / Apex / 2011-10-25

Works: Paul Hindemith: Kammermusik no 1, for 12 instruments, Op. 24/1; Kammermusik no 2, for piano & 12 instruments, Op. 36/1; Kammermusik no 3, for cello and 10 instruments, Op. 36/2; Kammermusik no 4, for...
Performers: Blerk, Gerard Van; Bylsma, Anner; Doktor, Paul; Jaap Schroder [Violin/Conductor]; Klerk, Albert de; Vermeulen, Joke
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Ensemble: Concerto Amsterdam

This release from Apex offers a look at Neo-classicism with a German accent - a recording from the mid 1960s with outstanding soloists more usually...continue...
Recording information: Concertgebouw, Haarlem (09/1967-01/1968); Felix Meritis Society, Amsterdam (09/1967-01/1968)....continue...

Gemini - Hindemith: Kammermusik 1-7, Der Schwanendreher

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-10-23

Works: Paul Hindemith: Kammermusik no 1, for 12 instruments, Op. 24/1; Kammermusik no 2, for piano & 12 instruments, Op. 36/1; Kammermusik no 3, for cello and 10 instruments, Op. 36/2; Kammermusik no 4, for...
Performers: Blacher, Kolja; Christ, Wolfram [Viola]; Faust, Georg; Vogt, Lars; Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ]; Zimmermann, Tabea [Viola]
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Shallon, David
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

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As the Chailly set appears to have limited distribution, do consider the Abbado discs. While lacking a little of the gem-like incisiveness...continue...

Paul Hindemith

1 CD / First Edition / 2004-01-01

Works: Paul Hindemith: Kammermusik no 2, for piano & 12 instruments, Op. 36/1; Konzertmusik for viola & large chamber orchestra, Op. 48; Piano Concerto
Performers: Hillyer, Raphael; Luvisi, Lee
Conductors: Mester, Jorge; Smith, Lawrence Leighton
Ensemble: Louisville Orchestra

Schoenberg, Hindemith, et al / Stokowski, Philhadelphia

4 CD / Andante / 2002-09-24

Works: Leopold Stokowski: Stokowski discusses Schoenberg's Gurrelieder (Discussion); Arnold Schoenberg: Gurrelieder; Arcady Dubensky: The Raven, for narrator & orchestra; Paul Hindemith: Kammermusik no 2, f...
Performers: Althouse, Paul; Betts, Robert; Levin, Sylvan; Phillips, Edna; Robofsky, Abrasha; Vreeland, Jeanette

Hindemith: Kammermusik no 2, 3, 6 & 7 / Abbado, Vogt, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2002-03-05

Works: Paul Hindemith: Kammermusik no 2, for piano & 12 instruments, Op. 36/1; Kammermusik no 3, for cello and 10 instruments, Op. 36/2; Kammermusik no 6, for viola d'amore & chamber orchestra, Op. 46/1; Ka...
Performers: Christ, Wolfram [Viola]; Faust, Georg; Vogt, Lars; Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ]
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Hindemith: Complete Orchestral Works Vol 2 / Albert, et al

5 CD / CPO / 2001-02-01

Works: Paul Hindemith: In Sturm und Eis, film score; Kammermusik no 1, for 12 instruments, Op. 24/1; School Work for Instrumental Ensemble Playing, "music for use" for instruments, Op. 44; Plöner Musik...
Performers: Geringas, David; Mauser, Siegfried
Conductors: Albert, Werner Andreas
Ensemble: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra; Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra Members; Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra members

"...All told, Albert's Hindemith is warm, a bit reserved and mellow, and keenly observed and felt. Playing and sound are both exceptionally fine. There isn't...continue...