Chamber Music & Recitals

The world premiere of the Yiddish operetta MAZELTOV RACHEL'E became a sensational success at the Cologne Opera in June 2021. For this piece, the director and author Christian von G?tz had musically collaged various numbers from the era of the New York...

The world of modern musical composition-as opposed to the arguably linear path followed for centuries by Western Music-emerges as a fascinating crossroads where different realities, styles, forms, and sounds meet. This album, besides placing particular...

The works on this first volume of the complete piano works of Mieczysowski range from very early yet characterful Mazurkas and the remarkably intense Lullaby, his Opus 1, to the at times dissonant Piano Sonata No 1.1. I. Adagio 2. II. Allegretto 3. III...

The works on this disc offer a broad survey of American violin music. John Corigliano's Chaconne is a set of variations based on his music for the 1998 film the Red Violin.1. Chaconne 2. Romanian Rhapsody No.1 3. Tristan and Isolde Fantasia - Charles...

The works on this CD span almost 30 years, from 1965 to 1994. The most striking factor is the varying yet equally successful approach adopted in writing for the clarinet by these very different composers, all of whom cater for the unique character of the...

The works on this beautiful recording are transcriptions for flute and piano of Franz Schubert masterpieces, from "Heidenr?slen," a lied he composed as a fresh-faced 17-year- old, to "St?ndchen," written just prior to his premature death at the age of 31...

The works on this album feature the Scandinavian influences that the Swedish violinist and the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg exerted on Julius R?ntgen's music for violin and piano. Amanda Maier was R?ntgen's great love and his first wife, and Grieg was...

The works of the outstanding composer C?sar Cui (1835-1918), whose name will forever be remembered in music history, are yet to be rediscovered and fully appreciated. Cui was a rare type, one of those universal prodigies who throughout his career...

The works of F?hrmann represent as it were a nec plus ultra of the art of modern organ counterpoint and organ playing; at their best they rival the works of Max Reger, equal in boldness yet appearing at times superior in their fantasy. Although the...

The works of Erich J. Wolff, Ludwig Thuille, Anton Urspruch and Siegfried Wagner share marvelous similarities. The playing of the waves as a metaphor for desire and sensuality intertwines the compositions of Wolff and Thuille. Post-romantic dance...

The works of Emanuel Mo?r (1863-1931) ought to be celebrated as among the major achievements of Romantic music, but because of Mo?r's peripatetic life - he was born in Hungary, studied in Vienna (with Bruckner), performed in the US and across Europe,...

The works of Domenico Dragonetti, a phenomenal bassist of his time who was particularly renowned for his radical approach to bowing, are here presented in a small but inspiring collection. All the works featured are taken from the Venetian's solo output...