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Ludovico Einaudi (b.1955): Nightbook / Hanna Devich, piano

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2013-05-14

Works: Ludovico Einaudi: In Principio, for piano & electronics; The Snow Prelude no 15, for piano; Rêverie, for piano, guitar, cello & vibraphone; The Crane Dance, for piano, guitar, cello & vibraphone...
Performers: Devich, Hanna

Pianist Hanna Devich (of the former Devich Trio) is going solo and absolutely loves it! Hanna is also a piano teacher, and when she was...continue...
Recording information: Groáer Lindensaal, Markkleeberg, Germany (07/19/2012-07/20/2012)....continue...

Beethoven: Triple Concerto; Archduke Trio, Op. 97 / Storioni Trio; Netherland SO, de Vriend

1 Super Audio CD / Challenge Classics / 2013-05-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello in C major, Op. 56 "Triple Concerto"; Trio for Piano and Strings no 7 in B flat major, Op. 97 "Archduke"
Conductors: de Vriend, Jan Willem;
Ensemble: Storioni Trio

The Storioni Trio has established itself as one of the leading Dutch chamber music ensembles, having performed at Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Wigmore Hall, and...continue...
Recording information: Evangelical Luthern Church, Haarlem, The Netherlands (07/02/2012-07/03/2012); Muziekcentrum Enschede (07/02/2012-07/03/2012); Evangelical Luthern Church, Haarlem, The Netherland...continue...

Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor; Shostakovich: Piano Trio no 2, Op. 67 / Trio Mondrian

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Maurice Ravel: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in A minor; Dmitry Shostakovich: Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in E minor, Op. 67
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Ensemble: Trio Mondrian

Trio Mondrian is one of the outstanding young ensembles helped by the Borletti-Buitoni Trust to develop and sustain an international career. With this new CD,...continue...
Recording information: Siemens-Villa, Berlin (08/10/2011-08/12/2011)....continue...

String Trios from the East by Gubaidulina, Kancheli, Knaifel and Paiberdin / Goeyvaert String Trio

2 CD / Challenge Classics / 2012-05-08

Works: Sofia Gubaidulina: Trio, for violin, viola & cello; Oleg Paiberdin: Organum A-nn-A, for violin, viola & cello; Giya Kancheli: Time... and again (What I write is true, God knows that I am not lying. -...
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Ensemble: Goeyvaert String Trio

All of these works begin with very little: a note or two, something not far removed from silence, a seed that gives rise to an...continue...
Recording information: Groáer Lindensaal, Markkleeberg, Germany (06/20/2011-06/23/2011)....continue...

Amstel Tracks NOW!: works by Bach, Brahms, Barber, Ravel, Barber, et al / The Amstel Saxophone Quartet

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (II), chorale prelude for organ (Achtzehn Choräle no 8), BWV 659 (BC K8; Guillermo Lago: Ciudades, for saxophone quartet; Johannes Brahms: Symp...
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Ensemble: Amstel Quartet

The most colorful saxophone quartet in the world! Old music, new music, popular music, world music - anything goes with Remco Jak, Olivier Sliepen, Bas...continue...
Recording information: Doopsgezinde Kerk, Haarlem (09/27/2011-09/30/2011)....continue...

Young Hearts On Fire / Music for Strings by Korngold, Rossini & Mendelssohn

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony for Strings no 10 in B minor; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Sextet for strings in D, Op. 10; Gioachino Rossini: Sonata a quattro (String Symphony) no 6 in D major
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Ensemble: Ensemble Caméléon

Mozart was a great idol for all three of the composers featured here, and all three were compared to him. The disc features works from...continue...
Recording information: Studio 1, The Netherlands Broadcasting Music Center, Hi (05/14/2010-05/21/2010)....continue...

Peteris Vasks: String Quartets Nos. 1-3

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Peteris Vasks: Quartet for Strings no 3; Quartet for Strings no 2 "Sommer Gesänger"; Quartet for Strings no 1

An outstanding musical journey into the realm of composer P¯eteris Vasks! His music is full of sorrow and pain, but always remains hopeful. The Navarra...continue...
Recording information: FWL STudios, Leipzig, Germany (07/18/2010-07/21/2010)....continue...

Schönberg, Webern, Schnittke: String Trios / Goeyvaerts Trio

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2010-09-14

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: String Trio, Op. 45; Spoken Word: Schönberg Spricht (For the broadcast of the String Trio (May 1949)); Anton Webern: String Trio, Op. 20; Movement for String Trio op. posth.; ...
Performers: Matthynssens, Kris; Roels, Kristien; Stas, Pieter
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Ensemble: Goeyvaerts String Trio

On this wonderful disc, the Goeyvarts String Trio plays difficult pieces of Schonberg, Webern, and Schnittke in dazzling form and with a high level of...continue...
Recording information: Partika-Saal, Düsseldorf (D) (08/11/2009-08/13/2009)....continue...

Candybox

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2010-06-08

Works: Béla Bartók: Valse; Vladimír Godár: Concerto grosso per archi e cembalo; Karl Jenkins: Quartet for Strings no 2; Chiel Meijering: Caixa de Colços, for string quartet; Silvest...
Performers: Mikijanska, Zita

A luxurious anniversary candy box with various musical sweets! The music fits the players like a glove, and with it the group celebrates 10 years...continue...
Recording information: FWL Studios, Leipzig (G) (06/29/2009-07/03/2009)....continue...

Kiss The Guitar Player - Dialogues for Guitar & String Quartet / Klimt!

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2009-11-10

Works: Peter Tiehuis: Gustav on the rocks; Bert Merlendijk / Piet Souer: Into ecstasy, for guitar & string quartet; Luigi Boccherini: Guitar quintet in D major, G 448; Steve Gray / Leonardo Amuedo: Beyond r...
Performers: Amuedo, Leonardo; Demandt, Udo; Hagen, Axel; Koopman, Eddy; Mancuso, Silva; Merlendijk, Bert; Ramon, Arturo; Schultz, Jim; Tarenskeen, Olaf; Tiehuis, Peter; Van Der Grinten, Maarten

The most original guitar & string quartet compositions since 1805! These are not solo guitar pieces with string backgrounds, but are real dialogues between the...continue...

French Saxophone Quartets / Aurelia Saxophone Quartet

2 CD / Challenge Classics / 2009-09-08

Works: Claude Debussy: Quartet for Strings in G minor, Op. 10; Maurice Ravel: Quartet for Strings in F major; Albert Roussel: Quartet for Strings, Op. 45; Eugène Bozza: Andante and Scherzo for saxoph...
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Ensemble: Aurelia Saxophone Quartet

This anticipated reissue draws a clear link between the work of the French "saxophone composers" and their illustrious predecessors....continue...

Polish Piano Trios - Malawski, Meyer / Altenberg Trio Vienna

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2009-02-10

Works: Artur Malawski: Trio for Piano and Strings in C sharp minor; Krysztof Meyer: Trio for violin, cello & piano, Op. 50
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Ensemble: Altenberg Trio Wien

The Altenberg Trio is today's most important piano trio, and their new disc features music from two remarkable 20th century Polish composers. A missing link...continue...

Special Arrangements - Shostakovich, etc

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2008-02-12

Works: Astor Piazzolla: La muerte del ángel, tango (from Angel series); Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings in F major, Hess 34/Op. 14 no 1; Dmitry Shostakovich: Adagio and Allegretto (Elegy an...

A performance by one of Holland's leading string quartets, this CD is a valuable addition to any collection. Very few connoisseurs are familiar with these...continue...

Première - Schubert, Haydn, Dvorák / Matangi Quartet

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2006-09-12

Works: Franz Schubert: Quartet for Strings no 12 in C minor, D 703/Op. posth "Quartettsatz"; Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet for Strings in D major, Op. 20 no 4/H 3 no 34; Antonin Dvorák: Quartet for Strin...

The fresh young Matangi Quartet from Holland has played together since 1999, going so far as to all live in the same building along with...continue...

The Czech Legacy 2 - Smetana & Dvorák / Devich Trio

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2006-08-08

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Trio for Piano and Strings in G minor, JB 1; Antonin Dvorák: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in B flat major, Op. 21/B 51
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Ensemble: Devich Trio

With his piano trio in the traditional key of joy, B flat major, Dvorak was continuing in the tradition of his two favorite composers, Mozart...continue...

Arensky, Korngold / Escher Trio

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2006-07-11

Works: Anton Arensky: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in D minor, Op. 32; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Trio for Piano and Strings in D major, Op. 1
Performers: Bal, Jeroen; Beek, Sonja van; Iersel, Johan van
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Ensemble: Escher Trio

"The sound is exceptional: open and spacious, with the proverbial "air" around the instruments and front-to-rear depth as well, without making one feel that the...continue...

Brahms: Clarinet Quintet; Bernstein: West Side Story

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2006-05-09

Works: Johannes Brahms: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor, Op. 115; Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story
Performers: Decroos, Jean; Hakii, Ken; Kracht, Johan; Pieterson, George; Zweden, Jaap van
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Ensemble: Amsterdam Saxophone Quartet

After a successful 16-year career as leader of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, violinist Jaap van Zweden has already conducted two main Dutch orchestras and will be...continue...

Mozart: Clarinet Quintet / Kuijken String Quartet

1 Super Audio CD / Challenge Classics / 2005-10-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K 581; Quintet for Horn and Strings in E flat major, K 407 (386c); Quartet for Oboe and Strings in F major, K 370 (368b)
Performers: Beaugiraud, Patrick; Coppola, Lorenzo; Fernandez, Francois; Kuijken, Sigiswald; Kuijken, Wieland [Cello, Viola da Gamba]; Madeuf, Pierre-Yves; Thiers, Marleen

"These are performances to evoke an ideal vision of 18th century chamber music-making: friends playing together for mutual enjoyment, souding spontaneous and unaffected. The recording,...continue...

Scandinavia - Grieg, Röntgen, Johansen / Matangi Quartet

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2005-08-09

Works: Edvard Grieg: Quartet for Strings no 1 in G minor, Op. 27; David Monrad Johansen: String Quartet, Op. 35; Julius Röntgen: Quartettino, for string quartet in A minor ("Bauener")
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Ensemble: Matangi Quartet

Saint-Saëns: Complete Piano Trios / Altenberg Trio Wien

1 Super Audio CD / Challenge Classics / 2005-01-04

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello no 1 in F major, Op. 18; Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello no 2 in E minor, Op. 92
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Ensemble: Altenberg Trio Vienna

Since its debut at the 1994 Salzburg Mozart Week, the Altenberg Trio has enjoyed great success with performances in the United States, Canada and all...continue...

Bach: Organ Works Vol 4 / Jacques van Oortmerssen

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2004-02-03

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Trio for Organ in D minor, BWV 583; Concerto for solo keyboard no 7 in F major (after Vivaldi Op. 3/3, RV 310), BWV 978 (BC L19...
Performers: Oortmerssen, Jacques van

Volume four of a series by the same authoritative artist, playing the Hinsz organ (1743), Bovenkerk, Kampen, The Netherlands. Vivid, historically correct performance on a...continue...

Brahms: Complete Piano Trios / Altenberg Trio Wien

2 CD / Challenge Classics / 2003-10-07

Works: Johannes Brahms: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in B major, Op. 8; Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in C major, Op. 87; Trio for Piano and Strings no 3 in C minor, Op. 101
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Ensemble: Altenberg Trio Wien

Schönberg: Verklärte Natcht; Pfitzner / Altenberg Trio Wien

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2003-06-03

Works: Hans Pfitzner: Trio for violin, cello & piano, Op. 8; Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht, for string sextet, Op. 4
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Ensemble: Altenberg Trio Wien

Ravel, Fauré, Martin: Trios / Altenberg Trio Wien

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2003-03-04

Works: Maurice Ravel: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in A minor; Gabriel Fauré: Trio for Piano and Strings in D minor, Op. 120; Frank Martin: Trio on Popular Irish Folk Tunes, for piano, violin & c...
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Ensemble: Altenberg Trio Wien

The Opus 18 Project - Beethoven / Brodsky Quartet

3 CD / Challenge Classics / 2003-02-04

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 1 in F major, Op. 18/1; Quartet for Strings no 2 in G major, Op. 18 no 2; Quartet for Strings no 3 in D major, Op. 18 no 3; Quartet for Strings no 4 in C ...

Music from Vienna Vol 1- Schoenberg, Webern, et al/ Brodsky

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2001-10-02

Works: Alexander von Zemlinsky: Quartet for Strings no 1 in A major, Op. 4; Anton Webern: Langsamer Satz for String Quartet, M 78; Arnold Schoenberg: Quartet for Strings in D major
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Ensemble: The Brodsky Quartet

Piano Trios from America - Ives, et al / Altenberg Trio Wien

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2001-04-03

Works: Charles Ives: Trio, for violin, violoncello & piano, S. 86 (K. 2B17); Aaron Copland: Trio for Piano and Strings (incomplete); Leonard Bernstein: Piano Trio
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Ensemble: Altenberg Trio Wien

Formed in January 1994, the Altenberg Trio has been praised for it's "Viennese sound" often in reviews. In this unusual program, the Altenberg bring their...continue...

Sculthorpe: Island Dreaming, etc /Von Otter, Brodsky Quartet

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2001-03-06

Works: Peter Sculthorpe: Quartet for Strings no 11 ("Jabiru Dreaming"); Little Serenade; Quartet no 13 ("Island Dreaming"), for string quartet & mezzo-soprano; From Nourlangie; Quartet for Strings no 8; Mar...
Performers: von Otter, Anne Sofie

"The Brodskys... play this whole programme with precision and spirit. The equally adventurous von Otter is almost unrecognizable with her vibrato-less chest tones in the...continue...