Strauss, Axel

One: Chamber Music of Kurt Rohde

1 CD / Innova / 2012-11-13

Works: Kurt Rohde: Concertino for violin & small ensemble; One, for speaking pianist on texts of Jakob Stein; Double Trouble, for 2 violas & small ensemble; Four Remixes, for piano trio
Performers: Lee, Genevieve; Rohde, Kurt; Rose, Ellen Ruth; Strauss, Axel
Conductors: Hofman, Matilda; Chun, Mary;
Ensemble: Empyrean Ensemble; The Left Coast Chamber Ensemble

Kurt Rohde's innova debut, ONE:Chamber Music of Kurt Rohde, features performances by violinist Axel Strauss, pianist Genevieve Feiwen Lee, the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, and...continue...

Rodolphe Kreutzer: Violin Concertos

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-10-26

Works: Rodolphe Kreutzer: Concerto for Violin no 17 in G major; Concerto for Violin no 18 in E minor; Concerto for Violin no 19 in D minor
Performers: Strauss, Axel
Conductors: Mogrelia, Andrew

Rodolphe Kreutzer's final three violin concertos are among his greatest achievements as a composer. While handling a Beethovenian orchestra with a craftsman's sure touch, it...continue...
Recording information: Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall, San Francisco, Californi (2009-01-21&2009-01-23&2009-)....continue...

Awakenings: New American Chamber Music

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-08-31

Works: Aaron Jay Kernis: Two Awakenings and a Double Lullaby, for voice, guitar, violin & piano; Jorge Liderman: Aged Tunes, for guitar & string quartet; Steven Mackey: Measures of Turbulence, for guitar en...
Performers: Kernis, Aaron Jay; Plitmann, Hila; Strauss, Axel; Tanenbaum, David [Guitar]
Conductors: Tanenbaum, David [Guitar]
Ensemble: San Francisco Conservatory Guitar Ensemble

Chamber music breaks exciting new ground with these three works by leading American composers. Aaron Jay Kernis's beautiful Two Awakenings and a Double Lullaby is...continue...

Rode: 24 Caprices For Solo Violin / Pierre Rode

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-12-15

Works: Jacques Pierre Joseph Rode: Caprices (24) en Forme d'Études, for violin
Performers: Strauss, Axel

The first German artist to win the international Naumburg Violin Award in New York, Axel Strauss was acclaimed for his recording of Mendelssohn's Songs Without...continue...
Recording information: St John Chrysostom Church, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada (01/17/2008-01/20/2008)....continue...

Mendelssohn: Songs without Words / Strauss, Garben

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-02-27

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Song Without Words; Song Without Words for piano no 5 in F sharp minor, Op. 19b/5; Song without words, Op. 62/1 (Andante espressivo); Song without words, Op. 67/2 (Allegro leggiero...
Performers: Garben, Cord; Strauss, Axel

The series of Songs without Words that Mendelssohn wrote for piano and published from 1830 onwards serve as a very personal musical diary, purely and...continue...