BRITTEN / KODALY/ CARTER / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / VIEUXTEMPS
Elegies Kim Kashkashian (viola) / Robert Levin (piano) [ ECM Records / CD - released 25/Nov/2007 ] Recorded 1984 |
PAUL HINDEMITH
Hindemith: Sonatas For Viola / Piano & Viola Alone (LP) Kim Kashkashian & Robert Levin [ ECM New Series / 3 LP - released 15/Dec/2008 ] |
J.S. BACH
J.S. Bach: Six Suites for Viola Solo Kim Kashkashian (viola) [ ECM New Series / 2 CD - released 31/Aug/2018 ] |
KURTAG / LIGETI
Ligeti: Music for viola Kim Kashkashian (viola) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 20/Sep/2012 ] Grammy Winner - Best Classical Instrumental Solo |
J.S. BACH
Three Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord Kim Kashkashian (viola) / Keith Jarrett (harpsichord) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 1/Jan/1992 ] Great jazz pianist Keith Jarrett plays harpsichord accompaniment to ECM violist Kim Kashkashian on this recording of Bach's sonatas for viola da gamba and keyboard: a stimulating and interesting perspective on these delightful works. |
KIM KASHKASHIAN
Monodia Kim Kashkashian, viola Leonidas Kavakos, violin Manchener Kammerorchester Christoph Poppen, Jan Garbarek, soprano, saxophone The Hilliard Ensemble [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Here is a fuller portrait of Armenia's foremost composer. This double album, made with Mansurian's participation, includes premiere recordings of works of the last decade. |
BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (with works by Eotvos & Kurtag) Kim Kashkashian (viola) Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, Peter Eotvos [ ECM New Series / CD - released 10/Aug/2008 ] Typically impassioned, committed performances distinguish Kim Kashkashian's New Series recording of music for viola by three great Hungarian composers. Kashkashian's intense focus, superb craftsmanship and explosive virtuosity are brought to bear on... |
GIYA KANCHELI / ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Vom Winde beweint / Viola Concerto Kim Kashkashian (viola) / Orchester der Beethovenhalle Bonn [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Feb/2001 ] Recorded May 1986 & November 1991 |
BERIO
Voci / Naturale (with Traditional - Sicilian Folksongs) Kim Kashkashian : viola, Radio Symphonieorchester Wien [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Mar/2002 ] Superb performances by Kim Kashkashian distinguish this exceptional recording |
FALLA / GRANADOS / GUASTAVINO / GINASTERA
Asturiana: Songs from Spain and Argentina Kim Kashkashian (viola) Robert Levin (piano) [ ECM Records / CD - released 6/Dec/2007 ] This highly attractive CD combines folk-influenced pieces by composers from Spain & Argentina by the long-established duo of Kashkashian & Levin, whose last ECM disc won the Edison Award in 1999. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Sonaten fur Viola und Klavier Kim Kashkashian (viola) Robert Levin (piano) [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] Kim Kashkashian and Robert Levin, musical allies for twenty years, focus their shared knowledge and skills in imaginative and moving performances of these "late works" by Johannes Brahms |
KURTAG / SCHUMANN
Hommage a R.Sch (Chamber Works) Kim Kashkashian (viola) Robert Levin (piano) Eduard Brunner (clarinet) [ ECM Records / CD - released 10/Aug/2008 ] Recorded August 1992, May & September 1994 |
DIMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Sonata / Paul Chihara - Redwood / Linda Bouchard - Pourtinade Kim Kashkashian, viola, Robert Levin, piano, Robyn Schulkowsky, percussion) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] Recorded June & October 1990. Linda Bouchard's compositional jigsaw 'Pourtinade', Paul Chihara's 'Redwood', clearly-etched as the Japanese wood prints that inspired it, and Dimitri Shostakovich's spectre-haunted Opus 147 are three vastly different... |
KIM KASHKASHIAN
Hayren Kim Kashkashian : viola / Robyn Schulkowsky : percussion / Tigran Mansurian : piano, voice [ ECM Records / CD - released 5/Oct/2003 ] Kim Kashkashian brings Armenia's leading contemporary composer to ECM New Series in a programme that also explores the roots of Armenian music. Compositions by Tigran Mansurian for viola and percussion, played by Kashkashian and Robyn Schulkowsky,... |
GIYA KANCHELI
Morning Prayers / Abii ne viderem / Evening Prayers Kim Kashkashian (viola) / The Hilliard Ensemble / Vasiko Tevdorashvili [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Feb/2001 ] ."Top-flight performances... Excellent recording quality too." Gramophone |
OLIVERO / MANSURIAN / KOMITAS / STEINBERG
Neharot - Works for Viola and Ensembles Kim Kashkashian (viola) / Tigran Mansurian (piano) / Munich Chamber Orchestra / Alexander Liebreich (conductor) [ ECM Records / CD - released 28/Sep/2009 ] |
Kimiko Hagiwara : soprano / Dohyung Kim : baritone / Junko Kuribayashi : piano
Reber, Heinz - MA - Two Songs [ ECM Records / CD ] Recorded June 1994 |
Kit Downes
Dream Life Of Debris [ ECM / CD - released 25/Oct/2019 ] Dreamlife of Debris carries forward the story begun on Kit Downes's Obsidian, extending and developing its processes and core ideas. But where Obsidian was (almost exclusively) a solo church organ album, part of Kit's plan for Dreamlife was to put... |
Kit Downes
Dream Life Of Debris [ ECM / LP - released 25/Oct/2019 ] Dreamlife of Debris carries forward the story begun on Kit Downes's Obsidian, extending and developing its processes and core ideas. But where Obsidian was (almost exclusively) a solo church organ album, part of Kit's plan for Dreamlife was to put... |
Kit Downes
Obsidian [ ECM / CD - released 19/Jan/2018 ] Kit Downes's previous ECM appearance was as pianist on the debut recording of Time Is A Blind Guide in 2015 and he's critically-regarded as one of the UK's outstanding young jazz talents. This recording however has little to do with "jazz", although... |