ECM
-
Mozart, Hosokawa
Momo Kodama (piano), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (cadenzor), Mito Chamber Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Kodama is a subtle and poetic soloist in both works, in control of a particularly beautiful range of quiet sonorities in the Hosokawa and matching that, in the Mozart, with ‘pouring-oil’ passagework... —
Awards:
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Assorted Programs
-
-
Those who consider John Cage to be the king of chaos, ruling over a world of disconnected, random events, may be surprised by this wonderful CD...The recording presents great clarity and detail... —
Awards:
-
BBC Music Magazine, January 2013, Choral & Song Choice
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
-
Songs of Fate
Vida Miknevičiūtė (soprano), Magdalena Ceple (cello), Andrei Pushkarev (vibraphone), Kremerata Baltica, Gidon Kremer
it’s the Three Jewish Songs, played in stunningly effective arrangements for voice and string orchestra by Veniamin Basner, that make the greatest impact, particularly when the singing of soprano... —
Awards:
-
Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music Recording of the Year
-
-
[Brahms] The equality of the two voices goes beyond the usual soloist with piano accompaniment. This is the secret, I think, that makes these performances compelling no matter how reflective,... —
Awards:
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
-
Opus Klassik, 2021, Winner - Chamber Music
Purchase product
CD
$19.00 -
-
-
-
On the evidence of this beautifully played and presented programme, string quartet composition is alive and well in Southern Africa...The programme is highly varied, showing that the quartet... —
-
Galina Ustvolskaya: Trio, Sonata, Duet
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Markus Hinterhäuser (piano), Reto Bieri (clarinet)
Ustvolskaya's choice of dissonance and evocative chords have a precision of aural imagination which seem to bloom in ECM's empty hall acoustic. —
-
Stravaganze Consonanti
Stefano Montanari (concertmaster), Stefano Rossi (violin), Claudio Andriani (viola), Francesco Galligioni (cello), Luca Bandini (double bass), Riccardo Balbinutti (percussion), Valeria Montanari (harpsichord), Gianluigi Trovesi (clarinet, saxophone), Fulvio Maras (percussion), Emiliano Rodolfi (oboe),...
-
Maderna & Berio: Now, And Then
Pablo Marquez (guitar)
Orchestra Della Svizzera Italiana, Dennis Russell Davies
Maderna’s objective interventionism is evident in the Webern-like clarity of its interplay between highly differentiated instrumental groups…Pablo Marquez takes on [the solo role] perceptively... —
