Violin
All records with violin · Solo violin only
Chiaroscuro
Two first recordings of works by Giya Kancheli, Chiaroscuro (2010) and Twilight (2004), played by Gidon Kremer, Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Kremerata Baltica; recorded in Vilnius in late 2014 and produced by Manfred Eicher.
Music for Strings
All of Xenakis's chamber music for strings except the quartets, from Syrmos (1959) to the first recording of Ittidra (1996), played by Ensemble Resonanz under Johannes Kalitzke, with John Eckhardt on solo contrabass in Theraps.
Robert Schumann
Thomas Zehetmair, as violinist and conductor, leads the Orchestre de chambre de Paris in Schumann's Violin Concerto WoO 23, Phantasie op. 131 and Symphony No. 1 "Spring", recorded in February 2014 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris.
Francis Poulenc, William Walton, Luigi Dallapiccola, Alfred Schnittke, Valentin Silvestrov, Duo Gazzana
Poulenc, Walton, Dallapiccola, Schnittke, SilvestrovDuo Gazzana (Natascia Gazzana, violin; Raffaella Gazzana, piano) play Schnittke, Poulenc, Silvestrov, Walton and Dallapiccola, recorded in June 2013 at the Auditorio Radiotelevisione svizzera, Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Galina Ustvolskaya
Galina Ustvolskaya's Trio (1949), Violin Sonata (1952) and Duet (1964), played by violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja, pianist Markus Hinterhäuser and clarinettist Reto Bieri, recorded in March 2013 at the RSI Auditorio in Lugano.
Cantante e tranquillo
Slow movements and miniatures by Beethoven, Bach, Ligeti, Kurtág, Schnittke and Knaifel played by the Keller Quartett, with Alexei Lubimov in the Schnittke; recorded 1995-2012 in Vienna, Eichstätt and Zürich and compiled with producer Manfred Eicher.
Quasi parlando
Four works for soloists and string orchestra by Tigran Mansurian (1978-2012), with Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Anja Lechner (cello) and the Amsterdam Sinfonietta led by Candida Thompson. Recorded October 2012 at the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amst…
Between Two Waves
Three works by Victor Kissine: the piano concerto Between Two Waves, the Duo (after Osip Mandelstam) for viola and cello, and Barcarola for violin, strings and percussion, with Gidon Kremer and Kremerata Baltica. Recorded live at the Lockenhaus Festi…
Music for piano and string quartet
Konstantia Gourzi's chamber music: piano pieces, two string quartets and two works for piano quintet, played by pianist Lorenda Ramou and Ensemble Coriolis. Recorded July 2012 at the Himmelfahrtskirche, Munich, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Chamber Music
Chamber works and songs by Harrison Birtwistle (1998-2011): two sets of Lorine Niedecker settings, the Trio and Bogenstrich, played by Till Fellner, Lisa Batiashvili, Adrian Brendel, Amy Freston and Roderick Williams, recorded at the Herkulessaal, Mu…
Fantazias
Henry Purcell's twelve Fantazias in three and four parts (1680), played by the John Holloway Ensemble (violin, two violas, cello), recorded in March 2015 at Radiostudio DRS, Zürich, and released by ECM New Series in 2023.
String Paths
First portrait album of Dobrinka Tabakova: the Cello Concerto, Suite in Old Style, Insight, Frozen River Flows and Such Different Paths, with Maxim Rysanov, Kristina Blaumane, Janine Jansen and the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, recorded in Vilnius an…
Five Pieces - Takemitsu / Hindemith / Janáček / Silvestrov
Debut album of the Italian sisters Natascia (violin) and Raffaella Gazzana (piano), playing Takemitsu's Distance de fée, Hindemith's Sonata in E, Janáček's Sonata and Silvestrov's Five Pieces, recorded in March 2011 at the RSI Auditorio in Lugano.
Arvo Pärt, Latvian Radio Choir, Sinfonietta Riga, Vox Clamantis, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste
Adam's LamentEight choral works by Arvo Pärt, led by the 24-minute Adam's Lament, sung and played by Latvian and Estonian choirs and string orchestras under Tõnu Kaljuste, recorded at Niguliste Church, Tallinn, in 2007 and 2011.
Victor Kissine / Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Piano Trios
Gidon Kremer (violin), Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė (cello) and Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) play Victor Kissine's Zerkalo (2009), dedicated to them, and Tchaikovsky's Piano Trio op. 50. Recorded August 2010, Himmelfahrtskirche Sendling, Munich.
Ligeti: String Quartets - Barber: Adagio
The Keller Quartett plays György Ligeti's String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 with the Molto adagio from Samuel Barber's String Quartet op. 11 between them. Recorded June 2007 and October 2011 at Radio Studio DRS, Zürich.
Pavans and Fantasies from the Age of Dowland
John Holloway and a string consort (Monika Baer, Renate Steinmann, Susanna Hefti, Martin Zeller) play Dowland's seven Lachrimae pavans alternated with consort works by Purcell, Lawes, Jenkins, Morley and Locke. Recorded March 2013, Radio Studio Züric…
Song of Songs
One-page string quartets and settings of phrases from the Song of Songs by Boris Yoffe, played by the Rosamunde Quartett with the four singers of The Hilliard Ensemble, recorded in November 2009 at Propstei St. Gerold.
Witold Lutosławski / Béla Bartók: Musique funèbre
Lutosławski's Musique funèbre and Bartók's Divertimento, Romanian Folk Dances and seven choruses, played by the Stuttgarter Kammerorchester under Dennis Russell Davies with the Hungarian Radio Children's Choir, recorded at the Liederhalle, Stuttgart,…
Manto and Madrigals
Duo recital by Thomas Zehetmair (violin) and Ruth Killius (viola) with works by Scelsi, Holliger, Bartók, Skalkottas, Maxwell Davies, Martinů, Rainer Killius and Nied. Recorded May 2009 at Radio Studio DRS, Zürich.