Chamber, Octets, Enescu (composer)
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Recorded in the warm, generous acoustic of Schloss Elmau, this meeting of two flagship quartets sounds less like a joint venture than eight players sharing a single imagination...Few octet recordings... —
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th January 2026
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2026, Winner - Orchestra/Ensemble of the Year
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Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1 & Enescu: Octet for strings
RecommendedVilde Frang (violin), Erik Schumann (violin), Gabriel Le Magadure (violin), Roseanne Philippens (violin), Lawrence Power (viola), Lily Francis (viola), Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Jan-Erik Gustavsson (cello)
Orchestre de Radio France, Mikko Franck
Frang rises to the works' passionate lyricism and dazzles in partnership with Mikko Franck and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2018, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2018, Concerto Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2018, Winner - Concerto
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Special offer. Britten: Lachrymae - Enescu: String Octet
Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Ensemble Resonanz
If you have tried the Octet before and found its form opaque or its density tiring on the ear, then you may well respond to the relaxed and supple phrasing of Ensemble Risonanz. —
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At its centre [the Bacewicz] is a searing slow movement, rich and haunting, but the rest of the work crackles with energy, and the Sinfonia of London (at times divided into 17 parts) under John... —
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The two [composers] evidently had very different outlooks, with Respighi bathing in late-Romanticism while Enescu’s more sparely scored, folk-inf lected work looks more to the future. Both are... —
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Special offer. The Enescu Project
Cécile Agator (violin), Flore-Anne Brosseau (viola), Samuel Etienne (cello), Nicolas Dautricourt (violin), Romuald Grimbert-Barré, Ludovic Levionnois, Edouard Sapey-Triomphe, Benedict Klöckner (cello), Maya Koch, David Gaillard, Capriccio Quartet
This is collegial, congenial playing – true to the music’s spirit. —
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Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra - The Columbia Stereo Collection
Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
Awards:
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Editorial Achievement of the Year
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Special offer. Daniil Bulayev: Enescu, Bloch, Ysaÿe
Daniil Bulayev (violin), Maxim Tanichev (piano), Soloists of the Davinspiro Camerata
The Latvian violinist pours out smooth tone in heartfelt performances that make a connection between these figures – and indeed showcase a long and distinguished tradition. —
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Special offer. Enescu - String Octet & Violin Sonata No. 3
David Lefèvre, Marius Mocanu, Irina Simon-Renes, Peter Szüts (violin), François Mereaux, Cyrille Mercier (viola) & Stanimir Todorov, Thierry Amadi (cello), Valery Sokolov (violin) & Svetlana Kosenko (piano)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, Lawrence Foster
…if you compare the first couple of minutes of this version with a recording of the octet original you'll note how effectively Foster underlines the music's dialogic element, solo and tutti... —
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