Phil.Harmonie

Oliver Korte: Elemente / Dominik Lang; Carsten Didjurgis; Louise von Schweintz et al.

3 CD / Phil.Harmonie / 2013-02-26

Conductors:
Ensemble: Die Niederrheinischen Sinfoniker

The music of Oliver Korte has a sensibility of its own. On this album you will find musical textures of high individuality. They can be...continue...

JS Bach: Partitas / Pi-Hsien Chen, piano

2 CD / Phil.Harmonie / 2013-02-26

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Keyboard no 2 in C minor, BWV 826; Partita for keyboard no 3 in A minor, BWV 827 (BC L3); Partita for Keyboard no 4 in D major, BWV 828; Partita for Keyboard no 1 i...
Performers: Pi-hsien, Chen

Bach's collection of Six Partitas titled "Clavierübung" represents the sum of what was written for keyboard instruments before him. On this recording, Pi-hsien Chen plays...continue...
Recording information: Attenbach-Bergneustadt (06/07/2011-06/08/2011)....continue...

Schulhoff: String Quartet no 1; Violin & Cello Duo; Pieces for String Quartet / Vogler Quartet

1 CD / Phil.Harmonie / 2013-01-29

Works: Erwin Schulhoff: Quartet for Strings no 1; Duo for Violin and Cello; Pieces (5) for string quartet
Performers: Forck, Stephan; Reinecke, Frank
Conductors:
Ensemble: Vogler Quartet

After composer Erwin Schulhoff returned home from World War I, he had experienced human suffering, destruction, and the loss of own ideals. The composer had...continue...
Recording information: P4 Studio, Berlin (07/11/2011-07/12/2011)....continue...

Zelenka, Telemann: Overtures for Horn or 2 Horns and Strings / Radek Baborak, horn; Barock Solisten

1 CD / Phil.Harmonie / 2013-01-29

Works: Jan Dismas Zelenka: Capriccio for 2 horns, 2 oboes, bassoon, strings & continuo no 3 in F major, ZWV 184; Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto for Horn in D major; Concerto for 2 Horns in D major, BA 8; ...
Performers: Baborák, Radek; Forck, Bernhard; Orlovsky, Raimar; Zust, Andrej
Conductors: Forck, Bernhard
Ensemble: Berliner Barock Solisten

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
Radek Baborák, who was principal horn of the Berlin Philharmonic from 2003 to 2010, plays with the...continue...
Recording information: KMS Recording Studio (03/13/2011-09/27/2011)....continue...

Korngold: Works for violin and piano; String Sextet in D major / Daniel Gaede, violin; Xuesu Liu, piano

1 CD / Phil.Harmonie / 2013-01-29

Works: Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Serenade, for violin & piano (from Der Schneemann); Caprice fantastique, for violin & piano (from Wichtelmännchen) (authorized arr. by Rèvay, Rózsika); Die tot...
Performers: Gaede, Daniel; Liu, Xuesu [Piano]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic String Sextet; Philharmonisches Streichsextett

The sweet pain of homesickness and the will to hang on to the irretrievable past - this is not only the central motif of Erich...continue...

Bassonoble / Klaus Stoll, Jose Vitores

1 CD / Phil.Harmonie / 2012-01-31

Works: Jose Vitores: Canzona for contrabass (after Frescobaldi); Cancion sin Palabras, for contrabass; Diego Ortiz: Recercada no 1 (Trattado de glosas); Giovanni Battista Vitali: Toccata, for violone & cont...

A lifetime's affection for the double bass has inspired Klaus Stoll, first solo bassist of the Berlin Philharmonic, to prepare a musical plea for his...continue...
Recording information: Schalloran Tonstudio, Berlin, Germany (04/13/2011-04/15/2011)....continue...

Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1; 5 Melodies, Op. 35a; Schnittke: String Trio

1 CD / Phil.Harmonie / 2012-01-31

Works: Alfred Schnittke: Trio for violin, viola & cello; Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata for violin & piano no 1 in F minor, Op. 80; Melodies (5) for Violin and Piano, Op. 35bis
Performers: Blacher, Kolja; Kussner, Walter; Lobanov, Vassili; Moser, Johannes
Conductors:

Composer Alfred Schnittke saw himself as a German, a Russian, and a Jew, a "poly-identity" that influenced his views on composition for his String Trio....continue...
Recording information: Studio P4, Berlin (2011-06-06_2011-06-07&2011-)....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...

Berlin Philharmonic Virtuoso - works by Weber, Beethoven, Pasculli / Ensemble Berlin

1 CD / Phil.harmonie / 2011-05-31

Conductors: Hartmann, Christoph
Ensemble: Ensemble Berlin

The ENSEMBLE BERLIN was founded in 2000 by an ensemble of musicians from the Berlin Philharmonic. The ENSEMBLE's septet actually consists of eight people, for...continue...

Schumann: Lieder ohne Worte

1 CD / Phil.Harmonie / 2011-02-22

Works: Robert Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48; Liederkreis, Op. 39
Performers: Stegner, Martin; Takahashi, Tomoko

Arranging songs to be played on an instrument invariably raises the question of whether the music will still make sense when stripped of the words,...continue...

Vivaldi: Concerti

1 CD / Phil.Harmonie / 2011-02-22

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Double Concerto, for violin & oboe, strings & continuo in B flat major, RV 548; Concerto for Cello, strings & continuo in B minor, RV 424; Concerto for viola d'amore, strings & conti...
Conductors: Kussmaul, Rainer
Ensemble: Berliner Barock Solisten

Led by violinist Rainer Kussmaul, the Berliner Barock Solisten are one of today's most renowned early music groups. Their recordings have received many awards, including...continue...
Recording information: Jesus-Christus-Kirche Berlin-Dahlem....continue...

Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin; Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

1 CD / Phil.Harmonie / 2011-02-22

Works: Maurice Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Berlin

A brilliant orchestrator, Ravel was responsible for what is perhaps the most famous orchestration of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition as well as for his...continue...
Recording information: Studio 2, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich (10/02/2006-10/05/2006)....continue...

Erwin Schulhoff: Brückenbauer in die Neue Zeit

1 CD / Phil.Harmonie / 2011-02-22

Works: Erwin Schulhoff: Concertino for Flute, Viola and Double Bass; Sonata for Flute and Piano; Sextet for 2 violins, 2 violas & 2 cellos
Performers: Adorjan, Andras [Flute]; Kussner, Walter; Urabe, Yumiko

Erwin Schulhoff was undoubtedly one of the most versatile and imaginative composers of the last century. That his career, and his life, came to an...continue...

Dittersdorf, Hoffmeister: Violone Concertos; Vanhal: Double Bass Concerto

1 CD / Phil.Harmonie / 2011-02-08

Works: Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf: Violone Concerto no 1 in E flat major; Franz Anton Hoffmeister: Violone Concerto no 1 in E flat major; Johann Baptist Vanhal: Concerto for Double Bass in E flat major
Performers: Ruiz, Edicson
Conductors: Vasquez, Christian

At the age of only fifteen, Edics on Rui z was awarded first prize at the International Society of Bassists’ competition in Indianapolis, making him...continue...
Recording information: Simón Bolívar Concert Hall, Caracas, Venezuela (09/28/2009-10/03/2009)....continue...

Georg Abraham Schneider: Streichduos; Flötenquartette

1 CD / Phil.Harmonie / 2011-01-25

Works: Georg Abraham Schneider: Duo for violin & viola in B flat major, Op. 44/1; Quartet for Flute and Strings in G minor, Op. 69/3; Duos for 2 double basses; Quartet for Flute and Strings in G major, Op.5...
Performers: Champion, Aline; Kussner, Walter; Ruiz, Edicson; Stoll, Klaus
Conductors:
Ensemble: Adorján Quartett

"Although Georg Abraham Schneider is virtually unknown nowadays, he was a significant figure in early nineteenth-century music in Berlin, where he was active as a...continue...
Recording information: Studio P4, Berlin....continue...

Stravinsky: L'Histoire du soldat

1 CD / Phil.Harmonie / 2010-11-16

Works: Igor Stravinsky: L'histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale), for 3 actors, dancer & 7 instruments
Performers: Blacher, Kolja
Conductors:
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Soloists

When Igor Stravinsky read The Soldier's Tale in 1916, he was inspired to transform the fairy tale into a theater work. In wartime Switzerland, where...continue...
Recording information: Studio P4/Berlin (12/04/2009-12/07/2009)....continue...

Bach: Partitas for Violin Nos. 2 & 3

1 CD / Phil.Harmonie / 2010-11-16

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004; Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B minor, BWV 1002; Spoken Word: Vanitas Mundi; Letzte Rede eines Gelehrten aus seinem Grabe; ...
Performers: Blacher, Kolja

German Baroque poets produced works of astonishing quality that were essential to the intellectual climate in which Johann Sebastian Bach grew up. The purpose of...continue...
Recording information: Studio P4, Berlin, Germany (2009-11-25_2009-11-26&2009-)....continue...

Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg-Variationen

1 CD / Phil.Harmonie / 2010-11-16

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Performers: Pi-hsien, Chen

Recording information: Teldec-Studio, Berlin (09/2001)....continue...