Kashkashian, Kim [Viola]

Christian Wolff: 8 Duos / Frederic Rzewski, piano; Joey Baron, percussion; Kim Kashkashian, viola; Reinhold Friedrich, trumpet

2 CD / New World / 2013-03-12

Works: Christian Wolff: For Morty, for vibraphone, glockenspiel & piano; For a Medley, for 2 percussionists; Violist and Percussionist, for viola & percussion; Percussionist 5, for 2 percussionists; Rosas, ...
Performers: Baron, Joey; de Saram, Rohan; Friedrich, Reinhold [Trumpet]; Kashkashian, Kim [Viola]; Rzewski, Frederic [Composer]; Schulkowsky, Robyn; Wolff, Christian [Composer]

Since 1987 I have been making duos for percussion with another instrument. The first was a memorial piece for Morton Feldman, For Morty, in 1987,...continue...
Recording information: Robyn Schulkowsky's Studio in Berlin (2011-10-05_2011-10-06&2012-)....continue...

The music of Eleni Karaindrou - Concert in Athens / Kashkashian, Garbarek, Christopoulos, Karaindrou, Nastasa, Ripo, Gadedi et al.

1 CD / ECM / 2013-03-05

Works: Eleni Karaindrou: Death of a Salesman; Eternity and a Day; Closed Roads, for viola & orchestra; Number Ten; Voyage to Cythera; Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf; The Glass Menangerie; Landscape in the M...
Performers: Anthis, Socratis; Bildea, Maria; Boulard, Marie-Cecile [Clarinet]; Christopoulos, Vangelis; Dimitriadis, Aris; Gadedi, Stella; Garbarek, Jan; Hadjiiordanou, Dinos; Karaindrou, Eleni; Kashkashian, Kim...
Conductors: Myrat, Alexander
Ensemble: ; Camerata Friends of Music Orchestra

An exceptional live recording, Concert In Athens, the tenth ECM release by Greek composer Eleni Karaindrou incorporates moving performances by guests Kim Kashkashian and Jan...continue...
Recording information: Megaron, Athens (11/19/2010)....continue...

Gyorgy Kurtag, Gyorgy Ligeti: Music for Viola / Kim Kashkashian, viola

1 CD / ECM / 2012-09-25

Works: György Kurtág: In Nomine - all'ongherese, for bass clarinet; Csendes sorok Dobszay Lászlónak (Silent Lines to László Dobszay), for viola; Levél Ligeti Verának ...
Performers: Kashkashian, Kim [Viola]

Kim Kashkashian has long been one of the most outstanding protagonists of modern composition and this bold and subtle account of solo music by the...continue...
Recording information: Propstei St. Gerold (05/2011)....continue...

Edition Lockenhaus [Box Set] / Gidon Kremer, violin; Rattle - Kremerata Baltica

5 CD / ECM / 2011-10-24

Works: Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen for 23 solo Strings, AV 142; Olivier Messiaen: Petites liturgies (3) de la Présence Divine; César Franck: Piano Quintet in F minor, M. 7; André Caplet:...
Performers: Bellheim, Markus; Bennion-Feeney, Krista; Berger, Julius; Beyerle, Hatto; Bik, Annette; Brunner, Eduard; Buniatishvili, Khatia; Causse, Gerard [Viola]; Demenga, Thomas; Geringas, David; Grafenauer, I...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Kofman, Roman; Holliger, Heinz
Ensemble: ; Kremerata Baltica

To coincide with the 30th anniversary of Gidon Kremer's Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival in Austria, ECM releases a 5-CD box set of recordings from 1981-2008....continue...
Recording information: Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival....continue...

Sounds and Silence, film music / Georges l. Gurdjieff, Arvo Pärt, Giovanni G. Kapsberger, Nik Bärtsch, Anouar Brahem

1 CD / ECM / 2011-09-13

Works: Georges I. Gurdjieff/Thomas de Hartmann: Reading of Sacred Books, for piano; Arvo Pärt: Für Lennart in memoriam, for string orchestra; Da pacem Domine; Rolf Lislevand: Arpeggiata addio (aft...
Performers: Acquaviva, Savino [Conductor]; Bartsch's, Nik Ronin; Bartsch, Nik; Brahem, Anouar [Oud/Composer]; Camerata Orchestra [Greece]; Couturier, Francois; Estevan, Pedro; Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir...
Conductors: Kaljuste, Tönu; Myrat, Alexander; Acquaviva, Savino

Over a period of five years, Swiss directors Norbert Wiedmer and Peter Guyer documented the activity of legendary producer Manfred Eicher, the founder and driving force behind ECM Records, whose advoc...continue...

Thomas Larcher: Madhares

1 CD / ECM / 2010-06-08

Works: Thomas Larcher: Böse Zellen, for piano & orchestra; Still, for viola & chamber orchestra; Madhares, String Quartet no 3
Performers: Fellner, Till; Kashkashian, Kim [Viola]; Larcher, Thomas; Quatuor Diotima
Conductors: Davies, Dennis R.

This is the third ECM release dedicated to new works by Austrian composer Thomas Larcher (born 1963) presenting mostly orchestral pieces. Larcher’s music is full...continue...
The music of Austrian composer Thomas Larcher defies easy categorization. He is clearly an adherent of the tenets of European modernism, but he is more overtly concerned with touching the emotions of ...continue...

Neharót / Kim Kashkashian

1 CD / ECM / 2009-08-25

Works: Betty Olivero: Neharót Neharót, for viola, accordion, percussion, 2 string ensembles & tape; Tigran Mansurian: Tagh for the Funeral of the Lord, for viola & percussion; Three Arias (Sun...
Performers: Avraham, Lea; Elia, Ilana; Jungk, Philipp; Kashkashian, Kim [Viola]; Mansurian, Tigran [Composer]; Raskin, An; Schulkowsky, Robyn
Conductors: Liebreich, Alexander; Rose, Gil
Ensemble: Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Münchener Kammerorchester

These intense and complex compositions are also highly melodious and accessible and are tied together by Kim Kashkashian's outstanding musical personality, sensitivity and tone. Themes...continue...
Personnel: Kim Kashkashian (viola); Lea Avraham (vocals); Tigran Mansurian (piano); Robyn Schulkowsky (percussion).

Violist Kim Kashkashian brings her distinctively warm, earthy tone and impa...continue...

David Starobin - Favorite Tracks Vol 2 - 20th Century Guitar Masterpieces

1 CD / Bridge / 2009-04-14

Works: Mario Lavista: Natarayah; Elliott Carter: Poems (3) of Robert Frost, for mezzo-soprano (or baritone) & small orchestra (or piano); Changes, for guitar; Tell Me Where is Fancy Bred?, for alto & guitar...
Performers: Eddy, Timothy; Hudson, Benjamin; Jolles, Susan [Harp]; Kashkashian, Kim [Viola]; Mason, Patrick [Baritone Vocal]; Palma-Nidel, Susan; Press, Peter; Rees, Rosalind; Starobin, David [Guitar]
Conductors: Starobin, David [Guitar]
Ensemble: Speculum Musicae

David Starobin, called by Soundboard Magazine "arguably the most influential American classical guitarist of the twentieth century" is heard on a CD of his favorite...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...

Asturiana: Songs from Spain and Argentina

1 CD / ECM / 2007-09-18

Works: Manuel de Falla: Canciones populares españolas (7); Enriqué Granados: Colección de tonadillas; Carlos Guastavino: La rosa y el sauce; Se equivocó la paloma, for voice & piano;...
Performers: Kashkashian, Kim [Viola]; Levin, Robert D. [American Pianist]

A melodious and atmospheric collection of songs without words, Asturiana - Songs from Spain and Argentina offers a fascinating overview of different idioms in Spanish...continue...

The Many Musics of Gidon Kremer

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-02-13

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77; Quartet for Piano and Strings no 1 in G minor, Op. 25; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio for Piano in B minor, K 540; Felix Mendelssohn: Concert...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Brunner, Eduard; Geringas, David; Grindenko, Tatjana; Kashkashian, Kim [Viola]; Kremer, Gidon; Maisenberg, Oleg; Maisky, Mischa; Pushkarev, ...
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Dohnányi, Christoph von; Schiff, Heinrich; Kremer, Gidon
Ensemble: ; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Kremerata Baltica; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Always an explorer among today's virtuoso violinists, Gidon Kremer presents a personal selection of some of his greatest DG recordings, along with 25 minutes of...continue...

Hayren - Music of Komitas and Mansurian / Kashkashian, et al

1 CD / ECM Import / 2003-07-22

Works: Tigran Mansurian: Havik, for viola & percussion; Duet for viola & percussion; Komitas: Garoun a (It's Springtime), song; The Crane; Tchinar es (Like a Poplar), for voice & piano; Send a Breeze, dear ...
Performers: Kashkashian, Kim [Viola]; Mansurian, Tigran [Composer]; Schulkowsky, Robyn

"Mansurian calls his voice 'poor', but what it undoubtedly lacks in accuracy and resonance, his singing makes up for in honest feeling, transending expectations to...continue...
Personnel: Kim Kashkashian (viola); Tigran Mkrtchyan (piano).

Recording information: Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany (03/2000)....continue...

Blumenfeld: Mythologies / Phillips, Smith, Weisberg, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2001-06-01

Works: Harold Blumenfeld: Mythologies after Derek Walcott, for voice, narrator & ensemble; War Lament after Siegfried Sassoon, for chorus & guitar; Voyages for baritone & chamber ensemble
Performers: Gottlieb, Gordon; Kashkashian, Kim [Viola]; Mason, Patrick [Baritone Vocal]; Starobin, David [Guitar]
Conductors: Phillips, Paul; Smith, Gregg; Weisberg, Arthur
Ensemble: Contemporary Chamber Ensemble; Gregg Smith Singers; Voices of Change

Shostakovich, Chihara, Bouchard / Kashkashian, Levin, et al

1 CD / ECM Import / 2001-04-03

Works: Linda Bouchard: Pourtinade, for viola & percussion; Paul Chihara: Redwood for viola and percussion; Dmitry Shostakovich: Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147
Performers: Kashkashian, Kim [Viola]; Levin, Robert D. [American Pianist]; Schulkowsky, Robyn

Kancheli: Vom Winde beweint; Schnittke: Konzert für Viola

1 CD / ECM Import / 2000-08-08

Works: Giya Kancheli: Mourned by the Wind, liturgy for solo viola & orchestra; Alfred Schnittke: Concerto for Viola
Performers: Kashkashian, Kim [Viola]
Conductors: Davies, Dennis R.
Ensemble: Beethovenhalle Orchestra; Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra

Bartók, Eötvös, Kurtág / Kashkashian, Eötvös, Netherlands

1 CD / ECM / 2000-06-13

Works: Béla Bartók: Concerto for Viola, Sz 120; Peter Eötvös: Replica, for viola & orchestra; György Kurtág: Movement for Viola and Orchestra
Performers: Kashkashian, Kim [Viola]
Conductors: Eötvös, Peter
Ensemble: Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra

Kim Kashkashian is recognized worldwide as one of the most outstanding exponents of her instrument. On this new album she explores 20th century Hungarian orchestral...continue...

Elegies / Kim Kashkashian, Robert Levin

1 CD / ECM / 2000-04-18

Works: Benjamin Britten: Lachrymae for Viola and Piano, Op. 48; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Romance for viola & piano; Elliott Carter: Elegy, for viola (or cello) & piano; Alexander Glazunov: Elegy for viola & ...
Performers: Kashkashian, Kim [Viola]; Levin, Robert D. [American Pianist]

Hindemith: Sonatas for Viola / Kim Kashkashian, Robert Levin

2 CD / ECM / 2000-04-18

Works: Paul Hindemith: Sonata for solo viola, Op. 31/4; Sonata for solo viola, Op. 25/1; Sonata for solo viola; Sonata for solo viola, Op. 11/5; Sonata for Viola and Piano in F major, Op. 11 no 4; Sonata fo...
Performers: Kashkashian, Kim [Viola]; Levin, Robert D. [American Pianist]

Lachrymae / Kim Kashkashian, Dennis Russell Davies

1 CD / ECM / 2000-04-18

Works: Paul Hindemith: Trauermusik for Viola and Strings; Benjamin Britten: Lachrymae, reflections on a song of Dowland, for viola & string orchestra, Op. 48a; Krzysztof Penderecki: Concerto for Viola
Performers: Kashkashian, Kim [Viola]
Conductors: Davies, Dennis R.
Ensemble: Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

Kancheli: Caris Mere / Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart CO

2 CD / ECM Import / 2000-04-18

Works: Giya Kancheli: Midday Prayers, for clarinet, soprano & 19 players; Caris Mere, for soprano & viola; Night Prayers, for soprano saxophone & string orchestra
Performers: Brunner, Eduard; Deubner, Maacha; Garbarek, Jan; Kashkashian, Kim [Viola]
Conductors: Davies, Dennis R.
Ensemble: Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

Bach: 3 Sonaten für Viola da Gamba / Kashkashian, Jarrett

1 CD / ECM / 2000-03-07

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord no 1 in G major, BWV 1027; Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord no 2 in D major, BWV 1028; Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsich...
Performers: Kashkashian, Kim [Viola]

Kurtág: Hommage à R. Schumann; Schumann / Kashkashian et al

1 CD / ECM Import / 2000-02-01

Works: György Kurtág: Pieces (9) for viola; Jelek, for viola, Op. 5; Hommage to Robert Schumann, Op. 15d; Robert Schumann: Märchenbilder for viola (or violin) & piano, Op. 113; Phantasiest&...
Performers: Brunner, Eduard; Kashkashian, Kim [Viola]; Levin, Robert D. [American Pianist]

Mozart: The 5 Violin Concertos, etc / Kremer, Harnoncourt

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1997-02-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio for Piano in B minor, K 540; Concerto for Violin no 1 in B flat major, K. 207; Concerto for Violin no 2 in D major, K. 211; Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K. 216...
Performers: Kashkashian, Kim [Viola]; Kremer, Gidon
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"... [Kim Kashkashian's] golden, burnished tone is on a par with - and well contrasted to - Gidon Kremer's slender sound on the violin. Both...continue...

Shostakovich: Quartet no 15; Gubaidulina / Kremer, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1989-10-03

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Quartet for Strings no 15 in E flat minor, Op. 144; Sofia Gubaidulina: Rejoice!, sonata for violin & cello
Performers: Kashkashian, Kim [Viola]; Kremer, Gidon; Ma, Yo-Yo; Phillips, Daniel

Schubert: Quartet no 15 / Ma, Kashkashian, Philips, Kremer

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1987-05-05

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio and Fugue for Strings in C minor, K 546; Franz Schubert: Quartet for Strings no 15 in G major, D 887/Op 161
Performers: Kashkashian, Kim [Viola]; Kremer, Gidon; Ma, Yo-Yo; Phillips, Daniel

Mozart: Divertimento, K 563 / Kremer, Kashkashian, Ma

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1987-01-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento for violin, viola & cello in E flat major, K. 563
Performers: Kashkashian, Kim [Viola]; Kremer, Gidon; Ma, Yo-Yo