Chamber Music & Recitals

On the violin Henri Vieuxtemps made his quick way from one success to the next, and Robert Schumann even compared him to Niccolo Paganini. However, the viola was his secret love, and he created some of his most beautiful compositions for it. Christian...

On the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the composer's birth, six internationally acclaimed soloists are now presenting chamber music by Francis Poulenc, and what these young musicians, all of them active in Switzerland, charm onto the stage, grips...

On the heels of their extremely successful Shostakovich string quartet project the Mandelring Quartet now embark on another ambitious project: The complete string chamber music of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. The first volume in the anticipated set, this...

On the extremely rarely heard, sonorous Christian Zell harpsichord from 1741, Bob van Asperen makes it clear that Bach's art of the fugue is to be met with the same joy of playing the harpsichord as other Bach keyboard works. For the duets, Asperen's...

On the 3rd January 2019, only a few weeks after winning the 10th Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, Can ?akmur returned to the ACT CITY Concert Hall in Hamamatsu in order to record his d?but release. Can's chosen programme reflects his...

On Synergy, flautist Sharon Bezaly and her musician friends demonstrate that one plus one can be much greater than two. Featuring works that celebrate the coming together of like-minded musicians, this project is a reminder, after more than two years of...

On his first album released on Pentatone, multiple prize-winning conductor Ren? Jacobs' finally records Schubert, his first great musical love. Jacobs delivers his fresh perspective on the favorite composer of his youth together with the exceptional...

On her sixth album for the Myrios classics label, Romance Oubli?e, Tabea Zimmermann has chosen a selection of miniatures for the viola, including almost entirely forgotten works by popular composers of the 19th c. like Liszt, Vierne, Vieuxtemps and...

On her second solo album Lisette Oropesa has combined two of her greatest loves, the French language and Italian bel canto. This recording with the Dresdner Philharmonie under the baton of Corrado Rovaris showcases the variety of lesser-known and more...

On her Pentatone debut album, young German star soprano Anna Lucia Richter explores the heart-wrenching, timeless and universal feeling of Heimweh (homesickness) through a collection of extraordinary Schubert songs. Richter approaches the notion of...

On her new album entitled Tutta Sola, violinist Rachel Podger plays solo repertoire from five European composers who all lived to celebrate new year's eve in 1700. It is a wonderful baroque program of selected solo violin pieces, preludes, dances and...

On her first Pentatone album, pianist Tamara Stefanovich presents a highly personal selection of solo works by Bach, Bart?k, Ives and Messiaen. Influences shows how these extraordinarily original and idiosyncratic composers let themselves be inspired by...