Mahler Chamber Orchestra

Beethoven: Piano Concertos No 1 & 3 / Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-09-11

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 15; Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove
Conductors: Andsnes, Leif Ove
Ensemble: ; Mahler Chamber Orchestra

Celebrated Norwegian pianist, and new exclusive Sony Classical artist, LEIF OVE ANDSNES begins The Beethoven Journey, his first ever recording of Ludwig van Beethoven, with...continue...
Recording information: Dvorák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague (05/22/2012-05/23/2012)....continue...

Mozart: Don Giovanni / Mattei, Cachemaille, Remigio, Gens, Padmore, Larsson

4 CD / Virgin Classics / 2012-04-03

Conductors: Harding, Daniel
Ensemble: Mahler Chamber Orchestra

Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2 / Alexander Melnikov, Teodor Currentzis

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-02-14

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 102; Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 134; Concerto for Piano no 1 in C minor, Op. 35
Performers: Berwaerts, Jeroen; Faust, Isabelle; Melnikov, Alexander
Conductors: Currentzis, Teodor
Ensemble: ; Mahler Chamber Orchestra

One of Shostakovich's unique traits is the way he spurs the listener's imagination by appropriating different languages and using them in unexpected fashion. The result...continue...

Zen Violin / 3 CDs of serene melodies by Debussy, Joachim, Korngold, Kreisler et al.

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-07-12

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: The 4 Seasons Spring; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin no 1; Partita no 1; Concerto for Violin no 2; Sonata no 3; Concerto for 2 violins; Partita no 3; Jean-Marie Leclair: ...
Performers: Brown, Ian [Piano]; Capuçon, Renaud; Crayford, Marcia; Ducros, Jérôme; Gililov, Pavel; Kampen, Christopher van; Kantorow, Jean-Jacques [Conductor/Violin]; Laredo, Jaime; Pommier, ...
Conductors: Warren-Green, Christopher; Rees, Jonathan; Kantorow, Jean-Jacques; Tetzlaff, Christian; Marriner, Sir Neville; Longree, Louis; Harding, Daniel; Dausgaard, Thomas
Ensemble: Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields; Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen; London Chamber Orchestra; Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Orchestre D'Auvergne; Scottish Cham...

Virgin Classics is proud to release a new installment to the successful Zen compilation titles: Zen Violin. Four strings, one bow and 3 CDs of...continue...

Kolja Blacher plays Robert Schumann - Violin Concerto in D minor; Violin Sonata no 1; 3 Romances Op. 94/1-3 / Kolja Blacher, violin; Vassily Lobanov, piano

1 CD / Phil.Harmonie / 2011-06-28

Works: Robert Schumann: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in A minor, Op. 105; Romances (3) for Oboe and Piano, Op. 94
Performers: Blacher, Kolja; Lobanov, Vassili
Conductors: Blacher, Kolja
Ensemble: Mahler Chamber Orchestra

On this new recording with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Kolja Blacher recorded the last orchestral work of Robert Schumann, the concert for violin and orchestra...continue...

The Gustav Mahler Celebration / Thomas Hampson, Anne Sofie Von Otter [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2010-10-26

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"; Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Es sungen drei Engel, song for voice & piano (or orchestra) in F major (Des Knaben Wunderhorn no 11; Lieder eines fahren...
Performers: Hampson, Thomas; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Honeck, Manfred
Ensemble: Mahler Chamber Orchestra

Exactly one hundred and fifty years after the birth of the brilliant composer and conductor Gustav Mahler, a select band of artists gathered in his...continue...
Run Time: 79 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
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Mahler: Symphony no 4 / Daniel Harding, Mahler Chamber Orchestra

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major; Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Performers: Roschmann, Dorothea
Conductors: Harding, Daniel
Ensemble: Mahler Chamber Orchestra

Best Concertos 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-24

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1; Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Pyotr Il'...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore [Violin/Conductor]; Ambache, Diana; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Asperen, Bob van; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Broadway, Kenneth; Bury, Alison; Bylsma, Anner; Capuçon, Gautier; Capu&ccedi...
Conductors: Pesek, Libor; Foster, Lawrence; Vonk, Hans; Plasson, Michel; Cziffra, György; Jansons, Mariss; Kitayenko, Dmitri; Davis, Andrew; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Litton, Andrew; Hickox, Richard; ...
Ensemble: Aalborg Symphony Orchestra; Academy of London; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Ambache Chamber Orchestra; Auvergne Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Philha...

The latest release in from the top-selling 'BEST 100' series by EMI Classics contains excerpts from the most famous concertos of all time. Each of...continue...

Janacek: From The House of the Dead / Boulez/Mahler Chamber Orch. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-04-22

Works: Leos Janácek: From the House of the Dead
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Bar, Olaf; Chmelo, Vladimir; Galla, Ján; Margita, Stefan; Stoklossa, Eric; Straka, Peter; Sulzenko, Jiri; Zednik, Heinz
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir; Mahler Chamber Orchestra

Janacek's rarely performed final opera 'From the House of the Dead' is brought to the stage by acclaimed director Patrice Chereau and legendary conductor Pierre...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri / Frizza/Mahler CO, Stotijn, Mironov, Vinco [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2008-04-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri
Performers: Caoduro, Giorgio; Mironov, Maxim; Stotijn, Christianne; Vinco, Marco
Conductors: Frizza, Riccardo
Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir; Mahler Chamber Orchestra

On this delightful DVD, Rossini's hilarious romp 'L’Italiana in Algeri' (1813) gets a colorful staging by the Italian actor/director Toni Servillo. For this tale of...continue...
Run Time: 135 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Britten: Turn of the Screw / Harding/Mahler CO, Delunsch [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2007-10-01

Works: Benjamin Britten: Turn of the Screw, Op. 54
Performers: Delunsch, Mireille; McLaughlin, Marie; Miller, Marlin; Schaer, Hanna
Conductors: Harding, Daniel
Ensemble: Mahler Chamber Orchestra

"BelAir Classiques' DVD of a performance staged at the 2001 Festival d'Aix-en-Provence may not have (Petr Weigl's) consistent dramatic punch, but musically it's one of...continue...
Run Time: 108 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Letterbox, Color
Sound Format(s): , Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: France
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Mozart: Don Giovanni / Harding, Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Mattei, Berg, Padmore [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2006-12-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527
Performers: Delunsch, Mireille; Larsson, Anna; Mattei, Peter
Conductors: Harding, Daniel
Ensemble: Mahler Chamber Orchestra

Run Time: 174 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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The Mozart Album / Netrebko, Quasthoff, Garanca, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-08-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; La Clemenza de Tito; Don Giovanni; Idomeneo, rè di Creta, opera, K. 366; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Fl...
Performers: Garanca, Elina; Miklósa, Erika; Netrebko, Anna; Pape, René; Persson, Miah; Quasthoff, Thomas; Rice, Christine; Strehl, Christoph; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Weigle, Sebastian
Ensemble: Dresden Staatskapelle; Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Orchestra Mozart; Scottish Chamber Orchestra

"This is a gem - and a tribute not only to the composer but to some of today's best Mozart singers. Pride of place is...continue...

Sempre Libera [Hybrid SACD]

1 Super Audio CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-11-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Otello; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera
Performers: Concetti, Andrea; Mingardo, Sara; Netrebko, Anna; Pirgu, Saimir; Reckert, Sascha; Ulivieri, Nicola
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Verdi Chorus Milan

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Beethoven: Piano Concertos no 2 & 3 / Argerich, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-11-09

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 19
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Mahler Chamber Orchestra

"A luminous performance, full of tenderness and emotion... this wonderful pianist brought a unique combination of and instrumental power to the concerto, Beethoven's favorite." -...continue...

Mendelssohn, Schumann: Violin Concertos / Capuçon, Harding

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2004-11-02

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Robert Schumann: Concerto for Violin in D minor
Performers: Capucon, Renaud
Conductors: Harding, Daniel
Ensemble: Mahler Chamber Orchestra

This time the repertoire takes us to the great classics of the violin repertoire with Mendelssohn's and Schumann's violin concertos. Mr. Capucon has toured the...continue...

Sempre Libera

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-08-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Otello; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera
Performers: Concetti, Andrea; Mingardo, Sara; Netrebko, Anna; Pirgu, Saimir; Reckert, Sascha; Ulivieri, Nicola
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Verdi Chorus Milan

Anna Netrebko will capture the hearts of fans and critics everywhere as they discover her gorgeous voice, radiant beauty and fiery personality. This, her second...continue...

Haydn: Cello Concertos / Capuçon, Harding, Mahler CO

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2003-06-10

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Cello no 1 in C major, H. 7b/1; Concerto for Cello no 2 in D major, H. 7b/2 (Op. 101); Concerto for Cello in D major H. 7b/4 (spurious)
Performers: Capucon, Gautier
Conductors: Harding, Daniel
Ensemble: Mahler Chamber Orchestra