Formed in 1972, the Brodsky Qt quickly emerged at the forefront of the international chamber music scene. It has performed more than 2000 concerts and made more than fifty highly acclaimed recordings. This is the Qt's first release on Chandos, and includes many of the encores it has performed over the years, notable for their novelty and diverse range of styles and emotions.

In describing ¡España!, Mischa Maisky has stated, 'I've included Spanish music in my programmes for many years and have been waiting for a chance to record these pieces.' This is his first album with his daughter, the gifted pianist Lily Maisky. Mischa Maisky, 'the genius of the cello' (Melómano, Madrid), says that 'Emotionally speaking, I feel very close to this music. Wherever I play Granados, Falla and Albéniz onstage, the response is always hugely enthusiastic.'

Albrecht Mayer - the acclaimed principal oboeist of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra - delves into German Romantic music with his oboe and close friends Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Marie-Luise Neunecker (Horn), and Markus Becker (Piano), to create this virtuosic, original, and intimate recording of diverse romantic works for oboe.

Lawrence Power makes the second of his appearances in this month's release lists, this time with his regular pianist partner Simon Crawford-Phillips in the chamber music of Shostakovich. The centrepiece is the Viola Sonata, Shostakovich's last completed work, premiered posthumously, on what would have been the composer's sixty-ninth birthday. Its ravishing slow finale reworks the opening of Beethoven's 'Moonlight' Sonata - a tribute to a composer he revered.

Erich Wolfgang Korngold was one of the most astonishing prodigies in the history of western music, admired by Mahler, Strauss, and Puccini. His compositions were regularly performed by renowned musicians from around the world.

Berlin Classics can be described as the forum for many important historical recordings of important contributions to the musical centers of Leipzig, Dresden and Berlin as well as major new productions with established and emerging young artists.
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Most record labels begin with a need to fill a niche. When Swedish label BIS was founded in 1973, it seems to have found any number of musical niches to fill. A musical chameleon was born, a label that meant different things to different - and usually passionate - devotees. The multi-buy on these BIS chamber music titles can be included with the multi-buy available on all the BIS catalogue.
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