BELA BARTOK / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Bartók: String Quartet No. 1; Brahms: String Quartet No. 2 Ariel Quartet [ AVIE / CD - released 16/Mar/2018 ] The Ariel Quartet, distinguished by its virtuosic playing and impassioned interpretations, makes its debut recording pairing two giants of the string-quartet world, Béla Bartók and Johannes Brahms. Both composers stand as significant pillars of the.. |
JEAN SIBELIUS / ADES
Sibelius / Ades: Violin Concertos Augustin Hadelich (violin) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Hannu Lintu [ Avie / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
W.A MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 17 & 24 Benjamin Hochman (piano and conductor), English Chamber Orchestra [ AVIE / CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] Internationally acclaimed pianist Benjamin Hochman brings his new conductorial skills to this impeccable release of two Mozart concertos, the joyful and lithe No. 17 in G major, and the dark and explosive No. 24 in C minor. Directing from the... |
MENDELSSOHN
The Piano Trios Benvenue Fortepiano Trio: Monica Huggett (violin), Tanya Tomkins (cello) & Eric Zivian (fortepiano) [ Avie / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] The Benvenue Fortepiano Trio, led my Monica Huggett, offer a rare periodinstrument recording of Mendelssohn's popular Piano Trios. The 200th anniversary of Felix Mendelssohn's birth in 2009 has raised the popularity of his music to new heights. This... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Six Sonatas for Cello trans. from the Recorder Sonatas by Carolyn Gibley Brook Street Band [ Avie / CD - released 26/Feb/2007 ] "Theo and Gibley play their transcriptions with impeccable style and with a warm rapport for the music. Slow movements come off especially well and, in one or two instances." (BBC Music) |
HANDEL
English Cantatas and Songs Brook Street Band [ Avie / 2 CD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] In this day and age is there any more to be traced and discovered from Handel's "lost music"? The Brook Street Band, awarded a Gramophone Editor's Choice for their AVIE debut of Handel's "Oxford" Water Music (AV 0028), certainly think so. Their... |
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo The Brook Street Band [ AVIE / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] The Brook Street Band's passion for the music of George Frideric Handel shines through on this recording of the nine Violin Sonatas by - or attributed to - the Baroque composer. The ensemble's 10th release for AVIE compliments its critically... |
HANDEL
Handel - Trio Sonatas Op. 5 (period instruments) The Brook Street Band [ Avie / CD - released 24/Aug/2005 ] "As with everything they do there are no half measures. I find them intoxicating, sometimes quixotic, but always entertaining guides to the repertoire." (MusicWeb July 2005) |
HANDEL
Trio Sonatas, Op. 2 The Brook Street Band [ Avie / CD - released 18/Oct/2013 ] |
Bruce Wolosoff
Paradise Found - Music for Cello and Piano by Bruce Wolosoff Bruce Wolosoff (piano), Sara Sant'Ambrogio (cello) [ AVIE / CD - released 15/Apr/2022 ] The distinguished New York-based composer-pianist Bruce Wolosoff synthesizes traditional tonal idioms with lifelong enthusiasms for jazz, blues, and rock music, creating a distinct musical language that speaks to the heart, but is unmistakably... |
ENESCU / PROKOFIEV / SHOSTAKOVICH
Enescu, Prokofiev & Shostakovich: Cello Sonatas Buruiana, Laura (cello), Alexandra Silocea (piano) [ Avie / CD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] "This performance matches the youthful enthusiasm of the [Enescu], with Silocea presenting her elaborate part in the grand manner, yet never swamping the cello…Silocea and Buruiana are entirely persuasive." (Gramophone May 2015) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms Late Piano Music Opp. 76, 79, 116-119 Charles Owen (piano) [ AVIE / 2 CD - released 16/Sep/2018 ] Steinway ambassador, Guildhall professor and co-founder of the London Piano Festival, Charles Owen turns to the late piano works by Johannes Brahms for his latest AVIE release. Within this collection of Capriccios, Rhapsodies and Intermezzi... |
FAURE
The Complete Barcarolles / Trois Romances sans paroles Charles Owen (piano) [ Avie Records / CD - released 2/May/2011 ] Following a critically acclaimed recording of Fauré's Complete Nocturnes (AV2133), Charles Owen surveys the composer's Complete Barcarolles, uniquely coupled with Trois Romances sans paroles. |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: The Two-Piano Suites, Six Morceaux Op. 11 Charles Owen (piano) / Katya Apekisheva (piano) [ AVIE / CD - released 5/Jan/2018 ] Pianist Charles Owen and his regular duo partner Katya Apekisheva turn to Rachmaninov's diverse Suites for two pianos, and the composer's atmospheric Six Morceaux, for their first joint recording for AVIE. The co-founders of the London Piano... |
BROWNE / CORNYSH / DAVY / LAMBE / WYLKYNSON
Choirs of Angels: Music from the Eton Choirbook, Vol. 2 Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Stephen Darlington [ Avie / CD - released 18/Mar/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Early Music |
Edmund Turges, Hugo Kellyk, John Browne, John Fawkyner, John Hampton, Richard Davy, Robert Fayrfax, Robert Hacomplaynt, Robert Wylkynson, Walter Lambe
The Door to Paradise Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Stephen Darlington [ AVIE / 5 CD - released 7/Sep/2018 ] The Door to Paradise celebrates Stephen Darlington's 30+-year legacy as Director of the distinguished Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. This unprecedented contribution to the choral discography is the most comprehensive collection to date... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Treasures of Christ Church Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford / Stephen Darlington [ Avie Records / CD - released 11/Aug/2011 ] All of the composers on Treasures had an association with Christ Church (whose hallowed halls were famously seen in the Harry Potter films), stretching back to the tenure of John Taverner; through Tallis, Handel, Purcell, and Byrd; to present-day... |
BROWNE / TURGES / FAWKYNER / HAMPTON / WYLKYNSON
Courts of Heaven: Music from the Eton Choirbook Vol. 3 The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Stephen Darlington [ Avie / CD - released 18/Apr/2015 ] "The superb Christ Church Cathedral choir here offer five more works from an unparalleled source of English sacred polyphony from the late 15th and early 16th centuries...sung with unfailing elegance." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Early Music) |
ETON CHOIRBOOK
More Divine Than Human The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Stephen Darlington [ Avie / CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "The Eton Choirbook ranks among the most difficult music composed to be sung by children… The trebles here excel, both as soloists and, just as remarkably, when several sing together on the same line." Gramophone Awards 2010 Finalist - Early Music |
JAMES MacMILLAN / JOHN JOUBERT / PETER WISHART / GABRIEL JACKSON / etc
MacMillan and his British Contemporaries The Choir of New College Oxford / Edward Higginbottom [ Avie Twentieth-Century Masters Vol 2 / CD - released 24/Jul/2006 ] "This is one of the finest choral discs to have come my way for some time. I rejoice to find clear evidence that so much high quality music is being written for liturgical use by composers of today" (MusicWeb July 2006) |