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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No 14 Op 135 (with Mahler-Symphony No 10: Adagio) Yulia Korpacheva (soprano) Fedor Kuznetsov (bass) / Kremerata Baltica / Gidon Kremer [ ECM / CD - released 17/Nov/2007 ] "This is an extremely dramatic and atmospheric performance of the Shostakovich 14th Symphony, the more unusual for being conducted by Gidon Kremer from the concertmaster's desk. There's no loss of scale, but certainly an intensified sense of... |
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BACH / BUSONI / BEETHOVEN
Bach Busoni Beethoven Yuuko Shiokawa (violin), Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] Yuuko Shiokawa and András Schiff are heard here in an insightful - and delightful - programme of sonatas for violin and piano which begins with Bach's Sonata No.3 in E major, ends with Beethoven's Sonata No.10 in G major, and has at its centre... |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Fantasie in C major for violin and piano, D934 / Fantasie in C major, D760 'Wanderer' Yuuko Shiokawa (violin) Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Dec/2014 ] "Schiff is on superb form both as soloist and accompanist in this well-balanced programme." (Gramophone Editor's Choice December 2014) |
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Yuval Cohen Quartet
Winter Poems [ ECM / CD - released 14/Feb/2025 ] Soprano saxophonist Yuval Cohen's debut for ECM is a thrilling offering that captures the brother of long-time ECM traveller Avishai Cohen charting innovative paths through eight originals in graceful interplay with his freshly formed quartet.... |
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Zakir Hussain
Making Music [ ECM / CD - released 31/Dec/2008 ] |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Streichquartette op. 51 Zehetmair Quartett [ ECM New Series / CD - released 17/Oct/2025 ] A central fixture in the world of string quartets for the past thirty years, the Zehetmair Quartett's ECM recordings of Schumann, Hindemith, Bartók and Hartmann have received luminous praise-Gramophone lauded their Schumann as "Record of the Year",... |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: String Quartet No. 1 in a minor op. 41 No1 / String Quartet No. 3 in A Major op. 41 No3 Zehetmair Quartett [ ECM Records / CD - released 26/May/2003 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE RECORDING OF THE YEAR 2003 - "Revelatory performances that plumb the soul of Schumann's wild and searching muse" (Gramophone Recording of the Month June 2003) |
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HARTMANN / BARTOK
String Quartet No. 1 / String Quartet No. 4 Zehetmair Quartett [ ECM / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] Debut recording of the astonishing quartet of whom The Times of London wrote: "What a group! On they come, devoid of frills, just the instruments, and the music in their heads and fingers. And then they start up, the sound so full-blooded, dangerous... |
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BARTOK
String Quartet No. 5 (with Hindemith-String Quartet No. 4, Op. 22) Zehetmair Quartett [ ECM Records / CD - released 20/Jun/2007 ] "The Players be 'musical bikers' but it's certainly a thrilling ride" GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE EDITOR'S CHOICE JULY 2007 |
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Eberhard Weber
Fluid Rustle [ ECM / CD ] |