Emanuel Ax
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Beethoven for Three - Symphony No. 4 & 'Archduke' Trio
RecommendedEmanuel Ax (piano), Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello)
The more you explore this arrangement, the more you appreciate the way Wosner respects the original without being hemmed in by it. —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2024, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music Recording of the Year
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Grammy Awards, 67th Awards (2025), Nominated - Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
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Sunday Times, 20 Best Classical Albums of 2024
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Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 6 and Op. 1, No. 3
RecommendedLeonidas Kavakos (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano)
In the ‘Pastoral’, Ax had to contend with some ungrateful writing, notably in accompanying figures, but he is liberated [in Op. 1 No. 3], with trills and passagework sparkling effortlessly in... —
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Grammy Awards, 66th Awards (2024), Nominee - Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
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Brahms, Beethoven & Mozart: Clarinet Trios
RecommendedYo-Yo Ma (cello), Richard Stolzman (clarinet), Emanuel Ax (piano)
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Grammy Awards, 38th Awards (1995), Best Chamber Music Recording
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Brahms: Piano Quartets (Remastered)
RecommendedEmanuel Ax (piano), Isaac Stern (violin), Jaime Laredo (viola), Yo-Yo Ma (cello)
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Gramophone Awards, 1991, Winner - Chamber
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Grammy Awards, 34th Awards (1991), Best Chamber Music Recording
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Beethoven for Three: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 5
Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano)
For playing that honours Beethoven’s radical quality, listen to this performance of Colin Matthews’ fresh and unexpected arrangement of the Fifth. A gifted orchestrator, here Matthews performs... —
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Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 1 / Op. 70, No. 1 'Ghost' / Op. 11 'Gassenhauer'
Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Emanuel Ax (piano)
Unlike some 'superstar' ensembles which find personalities fighting for the spotlight, there's a unanimity of purpose here that always puts the music first. That translates into real delight... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2025, Recording of the Month
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Emanuel Ax plays Haydn Sonatas and Concertos
RecommendedEmanuel Ax (piano)
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
There is no period-instrument rethinking here; instead, big-boned, handsomely played interpretations bring out Haydn's pre-Beethoven side. —
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Grammy Awards, 37th Awards (1994), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Grammy Awards, 46th Awards (2003), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Je n'aime pas le classique, mais ça j'aime bien!
Alicia de Larrocha (piano), Nelly Kokinos (piano), Vladimir Spivakov (violin), Sergei, Steven Isserlis (cello), Xavier De Maistre (piano), Julian Bream (guitar), Johns Williams (guitar), James Galway (flute), Lorenzo Ghielmi (organ), Samuel Lipman & Leo Litwin (pianos), Martin Hoherman (xylophone),...
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Grammy Awards, 37th Awards (1994), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 & other works for piano & orchestra
RecommendedEmanuel Ax (piano)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Charles Mackerras
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Building a Library, March 2023, Also Recommended
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