Chamber , Octets

Bruch: String Quintets & Octet

The Nash Ensemble

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James Ehnes plays Mendelssohn

James Ehnes (violin) Philharmonia Orchestra, Seattle Chamber Music Octet, Vladimir Ashkenazy

Gramophone Magazine, February 2011, Editor's Choice
Building A Library, October 2021, Recommended Recording

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Mendelssohn: Sextet & Octet

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

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Sinfonia of London, John Wilson

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The Gaudier Ensemble

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Beethoven: Chamber Works for Wind

Wind Soloists of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe

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Schubert: Octet D 803

Scharoun Ensemble Berlin (chamber ensemble)

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WDR Sinfonieorchester Chamber Players

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Steve Reich Ensemble

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Schubert: Octet in F major, D803

Mullova Ensemble

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Goerner plays Nowakowski & Krogulski

Nelson Goerner (piano), Lena Neudauer (violin), Erzhan Kulibaev (violin), Katarzyna Budnik-Gałazka (viola), Marcin Zdunik (cello), Sławomir Rozlach (double bass), Jan Krzeszowiec (flute), Radosław Soroka (clarinet)

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Chouchane Siranossian (violin) Anima Eterna Brugge, Jakob Lehman

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Schubert: Octet in F major, D803, etc.

Vienna Octet

Penguin Guide, Rosette

The Heifetz-Piatigorsky Concerts

Virginia Majewski (viola), Gregor Piatigorsky (cello), Gabor Rejto (cello), Jascha Heifetz (violin), William Primrose (viola), Israel Baker (violin), Arnold Belnick (violin), Joseph Stepansky (violin), Paul Rosenthal (violin), Allan Harshman (viola), Laurence Lesser (cello), Pierre Amoyal (violin), Milton Thomas (viola), Joseph de Pasquale (viola)

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Schubert: Octet in F Major

Wigmore Soloists

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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Stravinsky

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Sarah Leonard (soprano), Mireille Delunsch (soprano), François Kerdoncuff (piano), Jacques Zoon (flute) Concertgebouw Orchestra, ASKO Ensemble, Men of the Prague Philharmonic Choir, Riccardo Chailly

Gramophone Awards, 1999, Winner - 20th Century Orchestral
Penguin Guide, Rosette

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Ciconia Consort, Dick van Gasteren

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Meridian Arts Ensemble - Timbrando

Meridian Arts Ensemble

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Glière, Shostakovich & Hahn

Hanna Weinmeister, Tanja Tetzlaff, Florian Donderer, Byol Kang, Gergana Gergova, Timothy Ridout and Arturo Pizarro

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Galina Ustvolskaya: Chamber Music

Mikhail Waiman (violin), Oleg Malov (piano), Maria Karandashova (piano), Oleg Stolpner (cello)

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Marius Bartoccini (performer)

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Varèse - The Complete Works

Sarah Leonard (soprano), Mireille Delunsch (soprano), François Kerdoncuff (piano), Jacques Zoon (flute) Concertgebouw Orchestra, ASKO Ensemble, Men of the Prague Philharmonic Choir, Riccardo Chailly

Gramophone Awards, 1999, Winner - 20th-Century Orchestral

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Steve Reich, Shem Guibbory

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Special offer. Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps, Capriccio & Octuor

Nathalia Milstein (piano), Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. Mikko Franck

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The Last Night of the Proms

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

Johann Strauss: Waltzes

Boston Symphony Chamber Players

Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras Nos. 1-9

Rosana Lamosa (soprano), José Feghali (piano) Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Schermerhorn, Andrew Mogrelia

Building a Library, June 2007, Highly Recommended

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Stravinsky - Symphony in C

Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble, Orchestra of St Luke’s & Philharmonia Orchestra, Robert Craft

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Quartetto Noûs

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Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble

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L’Heure Bleue - Works by Hildegard von Bingen, Hersant, Shostakovich & Hartmann

Le Concert Idéal, Marianne Piketty

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Elsner, Krogulski, Dobrzynski

Maria Machowska (violin), Mateusz Doniec (viola), Magdalena Bojanowicz (cello), Tomasz Januchta (double bass), Zofia Neugebauer (flute), Adrian Janda (clarinet), Jakub Kuszlik (piano), Kamil Staniczek (violin), Agata Dobrzańska (cello)

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Antonio Janigro & Zagreb Soloists

Antonio Janigro (cello/director) Zagreb Soloists

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Daniil Bulayev: Enescu, Bloch, Ysaÿe

Daniil Bulayev (violin), Maxim Tanichev (piano), Soloists of the Davinspiro Camerata

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Shostakovich: Two pieces for string octet, Op. 11, etc.

Brodsky Quartet and friends

Shadow Dances - Stravinsky Miniatures

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Grammy Awards, 43rd Awards (2000), Best Chamber Music Recording

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Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble

Building a Library, June 2002, Also Recommended

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Wiener Oktett, Wiener Bläsersolisten

Building a Library, June 2002, First Choice

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Spohr: Octet & Nonet

The Gaudier Ensemble

Building a Library, November 2009, Highly Recommended

Ries: Octet, Sextet & String Trio

Franz Ensemble

Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Innovative Audio Production

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Schubert & Widmann: Octets

Jörg Widmann (clarinet), Dag Jensen (bassoon), Sybille Mahni (horn), Yasunori Kawahara (double bass), Isabelle van Keulen, Veronika Eberle (violins), Rachel Roberts (viola), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Carolin Widmann, Florian Donderer (violins), Hanna Weinmeister (viola), Gustav Rivinius (cello)

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Schubert: Octet in F major, D803

The Nash Ensemble

Mendelssohn: Octet in E flat major, Op. 20

Robin Michael (cello), Marcus Barsham-Stevens (violin), Oliver Wilson (viola), Ken Aiso (violin) Eroica Quartet

BBC Music Magazine, June 2011, Chamber Choice

Spohr - Double Quartets Volume 1

Forde Ensemble

Building a Library, November 2009, Highly Recommended

Schubert: Octets

Budapest Schubert Ensemble

Building a Library, June 2002, Also Recommended

Varese

Pierre Boulez (director), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Lawrence Beauregard (flute), Rachel Yakar (soprano), Ensemble Intercontemporain

Grammy Awards, 21st Awards (1978), Best Engineered Album, Classical

Mendelssohn & Bruch: Octets

Zsolt Fejérvári (double bass) Kodaly Quartet & Auer Quartet

BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2007, Chamber Finalist

The Romantic Room: Chamber Works by Spohr

Ye Wu, Cristian Suvaiala, Marko Milenković, Christine Penckwitt, Ute Klemm, Caroline Kunfalvi, Katja Püschel, Ulrich Witteler, Susanne Eychmüller, Linda Guo (cello), Maxime Gulikers, Christoph Zander, Tomasz Neugebauer, Mischa Pfeiffer, Theresa Schneider, Sara Etelävuori, Georgeta Iordache, Simon Deffner, Gaëlle Bayet, Michael Geismann, Jinho Han

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Leopold Stokowski - Complete Everest & Vanguard Masters

Houston Symphony, Stadium Symphony of New York (NYPO), American Symphony, Stokowski Symphony, Leopold Stokowski

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Rossini: String Sonatas | and works by Mendelssohn, Wolf and Bottesini

Luciano Vicari (violin), Lucio Buccarella (double bass) I Musici

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Schubert: Great Chamber Works

Beaux Arts Trio, Quartetto Italiano, Academy Chamber Ensemble

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Margaret Fingerhut (piano) Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble

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Gidon Kremer (violin), Igor Krasovsky (percussion), Shedryk Children's Choir, Kiev (chorus), Dmytro Marchenko (percussion), Andrei Pushkarev (vibraphone), Christine Rohan (ondes martenot), Markus Bellheim (piano), Khatia Buniatishvili (celesta), Alexandre Rabinovitch (piano), Clemens Hagen (cello), Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Krista Bennion Feeney (violin), Lukas Hagen (violin), Ursula Holliger (harp), Ko Iwasaki (cello), Michael Schnitzler (violin), Daniel Phillips (violin), Gérard Caussé (viola), Christine Whittlesey (soprano), Robert Levin (piano), Annette Bik (violin), Veronika Hagen (viola), Eduard Brunner (clarinet), Aloys Kontarsky (piano), Irena Grafenauer (flute), Oleg Maisenberg (piano), Markus Stocker (cello), Thomas Zehetmair (violin), Hatto Beyerle (viola), Kim Kashkashian (viola), David Geringas (cello), Yuzuko Horigome (violin), Nobuko Imai (viola), Boris Pergamenschikow (cello), Thomas Demenga (cello), Julius Berger (cello), Philip Hirschhorn (violin), James Tocco (piano) Sir Simon Rattle, Roman Kofman, Heinz Holliger