PROFIL - G HAENSSLER

The Fifth is a cursed work. Nobody understands it. (Gustav Mahler) The year 1901, when Mahler drafted the first sketches of the Fifth Symphony, mark the beginning of his "middle" phase, dominated...

Mahler,G. / Columbia Symphony Orchestra Gustav Mahler Edition CD

Mannheimer Schule / Fey / Lencses Concertos & Symphonies CD1. Allegro 2. Andante Moderato 3. Rondeaux 4. Allegro 5. Andante Moderato 6. Rondo Allegro 7. Allegro Moderato 8. Andantino 9. Allegro Non...

Commanding a vast repertoire of more than 100 concertos for piano and orchestra by Spanish composers (Granados, Malats, Albeniz, Blancafort, Falla, Cassado, J. Gomez, E. Serrano, Molleda, etc), and...

The long overdue rediscovery of Emilie Mayer naturally earns her the near-universal label of "female Beethoven", which she was called even by her contemporaries. On the one hand that is a great...

Works for violin and piano occupy a special place in the compositional output of Nikolay Medtner (1880-1951). He wrote a large number of pieces for piano and voice. Where his chamber music is...

My commitment to the present new recording is not only important because of advanced ensemble techniques, but also because I believe that with a cast of soloists, as in the sixteen-part Hora est,...

Her playing may aptly be described as emotional and intense. Displaying "amazing expressiveness and brilliance" (Westfalenpost) and "an empathy that touches one deep inside" (M?rkische Allgemeine),...

Mendelssohn / Geringas Celebrating CD1. I. Allegro Assai Vivace - David Geringas/Ian Fountain 2. Solveigs Lied - David Geringas/Ian Fountain 3. Fragment from David's Song - David Geringas/Vilnius...

A composer's oeuvre can only be fully understood in the context of his lifetime achievement. Concerts and events provide mere snapshots. I have always been more interested in the process than the...

Mikhail Pochekin writes of this new release: "Both Violin concertos have in common that they were composed with great violinists in mind. With Mendelssohn it was the violin virtuoso Ferdinand David...

Kubel?k's star began to wane in the years before World War I. Some felt he had gone off the boil but it was more a question of his public turning to new idols, Elman and Vecsey. In 1915 he retired to...