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Adolf Busch: Chamber Music for Clarinet and Strings / Wolfgang Meyer: clarinet; Eisler Quartett

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2013-02-13

Works: Adolf Busch: Serenade for string quartet in G major, Op. 14; Bagatelles (7) for clarinet, viola & cello, Op. 53a; German Dance for clarinet, violin & cello in F major, Op. 26c; Duet for violin & clar...
Performers: Linder, Clemens; Meyer, Mischa; Meyer, Wolfgang [Clarinet]; Sachse, Pauline [Viola]; Weber, Elisabeth
Conductors:
Ensemble: Eisler Quartett

After his emigration to the U.S. in 1939, Adolf Busch founded the famous School of Music in Marlboro. Well known as both a solo performer...continue...
Recording information: Festsaal Fürstenhaus, Weimar, Germany (03/2012)....continue...

Duo, Trio, Quartet - Haydn: Piano Trio no 20; Rossini: Duo; Schubert: Death & the Maiden / Weithaas, Tetzlaff, Roberts, Posch

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2012-09-11

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in B flat major, H 15 no 20; Gioachino Rossini: Duo for cello and double bass in D major; Franz Schubert: Quartet for Strings no 14 in D minor, D ...
Performers: Eberle, Veronika; Hecker, Marie-Elsabeth [Cello]; Helmchen, Martin; Posch, Alois; Roberts, Rachel [Viola]; Tetzlaff, Christian [Violin]; Tetzlaff, Tanja; Weithaas, Antje

Live recordings from Europe's most interesting chamber music festival, made in 2011, feature a mixture of well-known and upcoming artists of the highest quality....continue...
Recording information: Heimbach, Germany (Wasserkraftwerk, Hydroelectric plant (06/2011)....continue...

Piano Trios by Smetana, Ravel and Watkins / Weihaas, Hecker, Watkins, Donderer, Tetzlaff, Vogt, Manz

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2012-09-11

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Trio for Piano and Strings in G minor, JB 1; Maurice Ravel: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in A minor; Huw Watkins: Speak Seven Seas, trio for clarinet, viola & piano
Performers: Donderer, Florian; Hecker, Marie-Elsabeth [Cello]; Manz, Sebastian; Tetzlaff, Tanja; Vogt, Lars; Watkins, Huw; Weithaas, Antje

Live recordings from one of the best chamber music festivals in Europe, featuring well-known artists playing with fast-rising youngsters in an enjoyable program including a...continue...
Recording information: Heimbach, Wasserkraftwerk der RWE AG, Germany (06/2011)....continue...

Winds & Strings - chamber works by Spohr, Ibert, Janacek, Widmann / Leleux, Manz, Neunecker, Jensen, Arp Psoch, Donderer

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2012-09-11

Works: Louis Spohr: Nonet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Strings in F major, Op. 31; Jacques Ibert: Interludes (2) suivi de Carillion, for flute, violin & harpsichord (or harp) (from "Le Burla...
Performers: Arp, Julian; Batiashvili, Elisabeth; Bouskova, Jana; Brill, Shirley; Donderer, Florian; Hecker, Marie-Elsabeth [Cello]; Jensen, Dag; Leleux, Francois; Lieberknecht, Andrea; Manz, Sebastian; Neunecker...

A typical evening program from Europe's beloved chamber music festival, recorded live in 2011, features rarely-played jewels of chamber music. Works from various periods in...continue...
Recording information: Heimbach, Germany (Wasserkraftwerk, Hydroelectric plant (06/2011)....continue...

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 / Daniel Raiskin

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2011-11-08

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 4 in C minor, Op. 43
Performers: Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Mainz; Raiskin, Daniel; Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie
Conductors: Raiskin, Daniel
Ensemble: Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie

Conductor Daniel Raiskin was born in St. Petersburg and trained in the best Russian-European musical tradition. Chief Conductor of Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie since 2005 and...continue...
Recording information: Phönix-Halle Mainz (03/19/2009); Rhein-Mosel-Halle, Koblenz (03/19/2009); Phönix-Halle Mainz (03/20/2009); Rhein-Mosel-Halle, Koblenz (03/20/2009)....continue...

Hamlet Echoes: Songs by Loeffler, Liszt, Brahms, et al. / Stella Doufexis, mezzo soprano

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2011-11-08

Works: Charles Martin Loeffler: La chanson des Ingénues (The Song of the Ingenues), for voice, viola & piano; Harmonie du soir (Evening Harmony), for voice, viola & piano; Quatre poèmes, for vioce...
Performers: Doufexis, Stella; Heide, Daniel [Piano]; Sachse, Pauline [Viola]

These recordings, all based on Shakespeare's Hamlet, feature unusual scoring with mezzo-soprano, viola, and piano. German-Greek singer Stella Doufexis studied at the Hochschule der Künste...continue...
Recording information: Deutschlandradio Kultur Produktionsstätte Gärtnerstraáe (04/2011)....continue...

Brahms: Viola Sonatas Op. 120; Schumann: Marchenbilder / Rachel Roberts, viola; Lars Vogt, piano

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2011-09-13

Works: Johannes Brahms: Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano no 1 in F minor, Op. 120/1; Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 120/2; Robert Schumann: Märchenbilder for vio...
Performers: Roberts, Rachel [Viola]; Vogt, Lars

Rachel Roberts is an up & coming viola soloist from the UK and a member of the Dante Quartet, which plays regularly at London's Wigmore...continue...
Recording information: Köln, Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (05/2010)....continue...

Bach: Contrapunctus XI; Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 1; String Quartet Op. 132

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2011-08-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Art of Fugue, BWV 1080; Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 15 in A minor ("Heiliger Dankgesang"), Op. 132; Sonata for Cello and Piano no 1 in F major, Op. 5 no 1
Performers: Pilsan, Aaron; Rivinius, Gustav; Roberts, Rachel [Viola]; Tetzlaff, Christian [Violin]; Tetzlaff, Tanja; Weithaas, Antje

The 2010 Spannungen Festival focused on Beethoven, and the young artist-in-residence, Aaron Pilsan, is an outstanding pianist....continue...
Recording information: Heimbach, Germany, Wasserkraftwek RWE POWER AG....continue...

Shostakovich: Piano Trio Op. 67; Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 3 / Tetzlaff; Weithaas, Masurenko, et al.

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2011-08-09

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Quartet for Strings no 3 in E minor, Op. 30; Dmitry Shostakovich: Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in E minor, Op. 67
Performers: Masurenko, Tatjana; Rivinius, Gustav; Tetzlaff, Christian [Violin]; Tetzlaff, Tanja; Vogt, Lars; Weithaas, Antje

Recorded live at the Spannungen Festival 2010, the level of musicianship here is of the highest possible standard....continue...
Recording information: Heimbach, Wasserkraftwerk, RWE POWER AG (06/08/2010)....continue...

Cello Concertos: Korngold, Goldschmidt, Bloch

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2011-06-14

Works: Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Concerto for cello & orchestra in C, Op 37; Ernest Bloch: Schelomo; Berthold Goldschmidt: Concerto for cello & orchestra
Performers: Raiskin, Daniel; Rheinische Philharmonie State Orchestra; Steckel, Julian [Cello]
Conductors: Raiskin, Daniel
Ensemble: Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonic

Extremely rare recordings of essential concertos of the 20th century from versatile cellist Julian Steckel, First Prize winner at the ARD International Music Competition in...continue...
Recording information: Rhein-Mosel-Halle, Koblenz (06/2009-11/2009)....continue...

String Quartets: Sibelius, Schönberg / Tetzlaff Qrt

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2011-03-08

Works: Jean Sibelius: Quartet for Strings in D minor ("Voces Intimae"), Op. 56; Arnold Schoenberg: Quartet for Strings no 1 in D minor, Op. 7
Performers: Kufferath, Elisabeth; Tetzlaff Quartett; Tetzlaff, Christian [Violin]; Tetzlaff, Tanja; Weinmeister, Hanna

The Tetzlaff Quartet presents a rarely performed quartet from Jean Sibelius, which is in the same key and composed at almost the same time as...continue...
Recording information: Sendesaal Bremen, Bremen, Germany (11/2009-12/2009)....continue...

Dvorak: String Sextet, Op. 48; Schumann: 5 Stücke im Folkston; Schumann & Reimann: Fantasiestücke

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2010-08-10

Works: Antonin Dvorák: String Sextet in A major, B. 80 (Op. 48); Robert Schumann: Phantasiestücke (3) for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 73; Stücke im Volkston (5) for cello (or violin) & piano, Op....
Performers: Bouskova, Jana; Donderer, Florian; Lieberknecht, Andrea; Masurenko, Tatjana; Osborne, Steven; Rivinius, Gustav; Roberts, Rachel [Viola]; Tetzlaff, Christian [Violin]; van Keulen, Isabelle [Violin]; V...

This wonderful live recording from the 2009 Spannungen Festival presents both Schumann's original and Reimann's arrangement of the Op. 73 in direct comparison, as well...continue...
Recording information: Wasserkraftwerk RWE Power AG, Heimbach, Germany....continue...

2009 Spannungen Festival: Schubert, Widmann - Octets

2 CD / CAvi Music / 2010-08-10

Works: Franz Schubert: Octet for Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Strings in F major, D 803/Op. 166; Jörg Widmann: Octet, for clarinet, horn, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello & double bass
Performers: Donderer, Florian; Eberle, Veronika; Jensen, Dag; Kawahara, Yasunori; Mahni, Sibylle; Rivinius, Gustav; Roberts, Rachel [Viola]; Tetzlaff, Tanja; van Keulen, Isabelle [Violin]; Weinmeister, Hanna; Wi...

Another exciting live recording from the 2009 Spannungen Festival and artistic director Lars Vogt! Jorg Widmann counts as one of the leading contemporary composers and...continue...
Recording information: Heimbach, Wasserkraftwerk (06/23/2009)....continue...

Chamber Music - J.S. Bach / Tetzlaff, Cantoreggi, Vogt

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2009-10-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051; Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord no 3 in G minor, BWV 1029; Musical Offering, BWV 1079; Sonata for Violin and Harp...
Performers: Aoe, Hiroaki; Avenhaus, Silke; Cantoreggi, Muriel; Firkins, Angela; Gerstein, Kirill; Roberts, Rachel [Viola]; Tamesit, Antoine; Tetzlaff, Christian [Violin]; Tetzlaff, Tanja; Viersen, Quirine; Vogt,...

These live recordings from the 2008 Spannungen Chamber Music Festival feature extraordinary Bach interpretations by artists who do not regularly play in the early music...continue...

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...

Wind Serenade & String Quartet - Dvorak/Leleux/Stegemann/Kam/Schneider

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2009-09-08

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Serenade for winds & strings in D minor, B. 77 (Op. 44); Quartet for Strings no 13 in G major, Op. 106/B 192
Performers: Aoe, Hiroaki; Cakar, Ozan; Jensen, Dag; Kam, Sharon; Leleux, Francois; Mahni, Sybille; Neunecker, Marie-Luise; Rivinius, Gustav; Roberts, Rachel [Viola]; Schneider, Diemut; Schweigert, Stefan; Stegem...

The Serenade for winds is one of the most popular Dvorak pieces, played here in a stunning live performance from the 2008 Spannungen Festival. In...continue...

Spannungen: Musik im Kraftwerk Heimbach [Limited Edition]

14 CD / CAvi Music / 2008-10-14

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Quintet for Piano and Strings no 2 in A major, Op. 81/B 155; Quartet for Piano and Strings no 2 in E flat major, B. 162 (Op. 87); Trio for Piano and Strings no 3 in F minor, Op. ...
Performers: Adamsky, Thomas; Bühl, Gregor; Bach, Andreas; Behr-König, Anette; Berwaerts, Jeroen; Bohórquez, Claudio; Bouskova, Jana; Brandkamp, Kornelia; Clein, Natalie; Collins, Michael [Conduc...
Conductors: Harding, Daniel;
Ensemble: ; Heimbach Strings 2006

This is a documentation of the best European chamber music festival that features world-class soloists in live recordings....continue...

Schumann, Elgar: Piano Quintets / Vogt, Tetzlaff, Weithaas, Szulc, Masurenko,et al

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2008-09-09

Works: Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44; Edward Elgar: Quintet for Piano and Strings in A minor, Op. 84
Performers: Bohórquez, Claudio; Masurenko, Tatjana; Rivinius, Gustav; Szulc, Radoslaw; Tetzlaff, Christian [Violin]; Vogt, Lars; Weithaas, Antje

This is a live recording of two exciting piano quintets that have never appeared together on one disc before. Elgar's piano quintet is almost nonexistent...continue...

Brahms: Sextet, Piano Quintet / Vogt, Tetzlaff, et al

2 CD / CAvi Music / 2008-07-08

Works: Johannes Brahms: Quintet for Piano and Strings in F minor, Op. 34; Sextet for Strings no 2 in G major, Op. 36; Recorded Sound: Applause
Performers: Eberle, Veronika; Faust, Isabelle; Fehlandt, Stefan; Rivinius, Gustav; Steckel, Julian [Cello]; Tetzlaff, Christian [Violin]; Vogt, Lars; Weinmeister, Hanna

Edition Klavier-Festival Ruhr - Mozart, Variationen & Neue Klaviermusik

3 CD / CAvi Music / 2008-04-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano 4 hands in C major, K 19d; Variations (10) for Piano in G major on Gluck's "Unser dummer Pöbel meint", K 455; Variations (8) for Piano in A major on "Co...
Performers: Altstaedt, Nicolas; Andaloro, Giuseppe; Bashkirova, Elena; Bielov, Andrey; Brendel, Adrian; Chamorel, Christian; Eckardstein, Severin von; Fellner, Till; Glander, Matthias; Hocker, Jurgen; Kharin, Vl...

This live recording from the 2006 Piano Festival Ruhr features rarely played Mozart pieces....continue...

Beethoven, Klein, Purcell: String Trios and Fantasies / Goldberg-Trio Bonn

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2008-03-11

Works: Henry Purcell: Fantasia for 3 Viols in D minor, Z 732; Fantasia for 3 Viols in G minor, Z 734; Fantasia for 3 Viols in F major, Z 733; Gideon Klein: Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello; Ludwig van Beeth...
Performers: Brunnert, Christian; Schoneweg, Harald; Schoneweg, Verena
Conductors:
Ensemble: Goldberg-Trio Bonn