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Haydn, Debussy, Webern, et al / Rubin String Quartet

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-11-14

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet for Strings in D minor, Op. 42/H 3 no 43; Claude Debussy: Quartet for Strings in G minor, Op. 10; Anton Webern: Bagatelles (6) for string quartet, Op. 9; Jean-Christophe F...

The repertoire of this CD is intended to give an example of the skills of the Rubin Quartet while still demonstrating their expertise in as...continue...

Music for Viola and Orchestra Vol 1 - Telemann, et al / Moog

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-10-10

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto for Viola in G major, TV 51 no G 9; Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Potpourri for viola & orchestra in G minor ("Fantaisie"), Op. 94; Paul Hindemith: Trauermusik for Viola and...
Performers: Moog, Rainer
Conductors: Klein, Emil
Ensemble: Hamburg Soloists

Three hundred years of viola repertoire are represented in the enormous time span of this release. The time frame ranges from Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)...continue...

Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri / Daus, Kermes

2 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-10-10

Works: Robert Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri (Paradise and the Peri), for soloists, chorus & orchestra, Op. 50; Recorded Sound: Applause
Performers: Cechova, Almut; Dewald, Thomas; Fernandez, Julio; Kermes, Simone; Schulte, Eike Wilm; Wollitz, Katharina
Conductors: Daus, Joshard
Ensemble: Bläserensemble

When Schumann's former companion Emil Flechsig showed him his libretto Das Paradies und die Peri, created after Thomas Moore's epos Lalla Rookh, Schumann at once...continue...

Katzer: Medea in Korinth / Zimmermann, Moffat, Markert

2 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-08-08

Works: Georg Katzer: Medea in Korinth, oratorio for 5 voices, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Klaveness, Peter; Kunzli, Robert; Moffat, Julie
Conductors: Zimmermann, Achim
Ensemble: Berlin Singakademie

Medea is one of the most fascinating yet contradictory characters of Greek mythology. The daughter of Hekate and niece of Circe, she was considered a...continue...

20th Century String Quartets / Rubin String Quartet

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-05-09

Works: Béla Bartók: Quartet for Strings no 4, Sz 91; Igor Stravinsky: Pieces (3) for string quartet; Sofia Gubaidulina: Quartet for Strings no 2; Dmitry Shostakovich: Quartet for Strings no 8 in C...
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Ensemble: Rubin Quartet

"The Rubins' traversal of the [Shostakovich Eighth] is among the most gripping, fluid, dramatically perceptive, and technically thrilling I've heard, matching the Emerson's hair-trigger ensemble...continue...

Górecki: Symphony no 3 / de Feis, Leaper, Gran Canaria PO

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2005-06-14

Works: Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Symphony no 3, Op. 36 ("Symphony of Sorrowful Songs")
Performers: Feis, Doreen de
Conductors: Leaper, Adrian
Ensemble: Grand Canary Philharmonic Orchestra

Gorecki's Symphony No. 3, written in 1976, became a huge international hit in 1992 after Dawn Upshaw recorded the work with the London Sinfonietta, and...continue...

Cello Portrait / Beate Altenburg

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2005-06-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for Cello no 6 in D, BWV 1012; György Kurtág: Pilinszky János - Gérard de Nerval, Op. 5b; Cristobal Halffter: Solo - Klagelied eines verwundeten V...
Performers: Altenburg, Beate

Beate Altenburg, born in 1975 in Cologne, Germany, graduated with a Masters degree from the Royal Academy of Music in London in 2003. As a...continue...