Chamber Music & Recitals

Ewald Straesser's catalogue of works contains over 200 compositions, thirteen numbers for violin and piano alone. Gudrun H?bold and Eri Uchino have unearthed some astonishing pieces from the completely forgotten collection of this Rhinelander composer,...

Ewald Straesser (or Str??er) was highly respected during his lifetime, and the list of his interpreters reads like a "Who's Who" of music: Furtw?ngler, Abendroth, Mengelberg, Nikisch and Pfitzner conducted his works, and the pianists Elly Ney and Max van...

Ever since it's triumphal premiere on 12th September 1910 in Munich, Mahler's 8th Symphony in E flat major has had the reputation of being, along with Arnold Sch?nberg's "Gurre-Liedern", the piece on the whole of the symphonic repertoire calling for the...

Even though Max Reger's great Violin Concerto can be found on a number of other CD recordings, we did not want to withhold from you the opportunity to hear the interpretation by our Swedish violinist Ulf Wallin, who studied in Stockholm and Vienna. On...

Eug?ne Ysaye completed four ?tudes-Po?mes (study poems) between June 1900 and September 1901. Three of them were published after the composer's death by his grandson, Jacques Ysaye, but the ?tude-Po?me in G minor, recorded here as a world premi?re,...

Ensemble minui would like to expand the repertoire for mixed nonet with arrangements and original works. In contrast to the orchestra, making music in nonet without a conductor is more genuine, transparent and direct. For their debut album, the musicians...

Ensemble Marsyas' debut recording on Linn features three of the extraordinary trio sonatas by Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745) for violin, two oboes, bassoon and continuo on period instruments. The ensemble performed this repertoire at the 2007 Brugge...

Enrique Granados is today best remembered for his Goyescas suite for solo piano, inspired by the art and times of Francisco de Goya. Granados first came under the spell of Goya in 1896 while viewing an exhibition of his works. In particular, the bohemian...

Emotion and elegance could hardly form a more perfect union than they do in Gabriel Faur?'s piano quintets. The Mozart Piano Quartet, here too not short on strongly expressive playing, brings in reinforcements for this new recording. For these two rarely...

Elena Margolina's Schubert interpretations are characterized by sensitive playing, which enables the pianist to make audible the shades that are so immensely important in these works. The pieces are poignant in the truest sense of the word and take hold...

Eldbj?rg Hemsing has been a household name in her native Norway since childhood, and made her solo debut with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 11. During and after her studies in Vienna, she absorbed repertoire ranging from Beethoven to...

Edward Gardner's Mendelssohn in Birmingham series continues with a recording of Overtures. As with the previous volumes, a reduced size CBSO join Gardner in Birmingham Town's Hall, where Mendelssohn himself conducted many of the UK premieres of his own...