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Jan Garbarek
In Praise of Dreams [ ECM Records / CD - released 12/Nov/2004 ] Classical violist Kim Kashkashian and rock drummer Manu Katche join the great Norwegian saxophonist in memorable melodies that create a very distinctive and "filmic" soundscape. |
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. |
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 |
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... |