Opera fragment so far unpublished, hypothetically bringing Verdi and Wagner together in Venice. It is the last work of the author Herbert Rosendorfer before his death in 2012. This final work of the wonderful Herbert Rosendorfer brings these two great composers together in a fictitiously meditative dialogue, the virtuoso hornist Christoph E� (Bamberg Symphony Orchestra) and his German Hornsound contribute the entertaining, "shaken not stirred" musical cocktail.

Munich composer Max Beckshafer invites us on a fantastic roller coaster ride filled with moving moments on his new Genuin release, where each piece is a world premiere recording. Beckschafer presents settings of new and old poetry from the Middle Ages to the post-modern era, bridging the gap over several centuries. Sometimes we feel like we are listening to a medieval troubadour, sometimes we hear the disconcerting sound clusters of our time. A pupil of Killmayer, Beckschafer collaborated with brilliant countertenor Franz Vitzthum, the Ensemble Stimmwerck, and the Ensemble Il Capriccio for this production- artists who truly make the dazzling colors of his music shine. This release is inspiringly different!

Paul Badura-Skoda is not only a world renowned pianist, but is also a Schubert expert. For this release, Badura-Skoda presents Schubert’s Sonata in D major D 850 “Gastein Sonata”, and 3 Klavierstucke D 946. This is Badura-Skoda’s 13th CD with GENUIN.

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Atmospheric music from the Swiss mountains with late-romantic echoes, impressionism, and new compositional techniques – that's what Mirjam Lötscher's debut release "Sounds of Lucerne" offers. Together with pianist Thomas Wise, she presents sonatas and fantasies for flute and piano by Reto Stadelmann and Joseph Lauber – two Swiss composers of the 20th and 21st centuries who fuse the deeply rooted traditions of the Alpine country with contemporary elements to create their own forms of musical expression. Stadelmann's works and Lauber's Fantaisie pour Flûte et Piano have been recorded here for the first time on album – a discovery not only for Swiss classical music lovers!

The history of fantasy as a form of composition spans centuries and the term was already used in the Renaissance. Many great composers tried their hand at this genre, each giving it a personal touch. With romantic fantasies by Frédéric Chopin, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Robert Schumann, Amit Yahav presents a number of highlights of this musical form on his new GENUIN recording. The Israeli pianist completed his doctorate on Chopin in London and for his album recording chose, among other works, the composer's posthumous Fantaisie Impromptu, op. 66, which was taken from a manuscript. A wonderful discovery!

The Aris Quartett, one of the most exciting ensembles on the international scene, won several ARD awards in 2016. The second GENUIN release confirms the amount of publicity the quartet has received. Two existential chamber music works can be found there, which in their unconditionality and unheard-of expressiveness demand everything from the listener. The Aris Quartett plays Shostakovich's famous 8th string quartet and Schubert's Death and the Maiden with an uncompromising style that pulls you out of your chair: spooky nocturnal pieces, deeply sad lamentation and a demonic dance macabre - world class! "One of the most sensational ensembles of the younger generation." (ARTE) "The future of the classical music scene." (Aspekte) "On the verge of an international career." (NDR Kultur)

Two highly awarded German musicians present themselves on GENUIN with a powerful Shostakovich album: The sisters Anouchka (cello) and Katharina Hack (piano) combine the early Cello Sonata, Op. 40, and the late work of the Viola Sonata, Op. 147. It is a fascinating experiment that not only takes into account the life of the Russian composer but also focuses on his vital, rousing music. Anouchka and Katharina Hack have been bringing musical freshness and passion for some years now both as soloists as well as in Duo to concert halls including Beethovenhaus Bonn, Gasteig Munich, Fondation Louis Vuitton Paris and Konzerthaus Dortmund. The Duo plays numerous recitals appreciated by press and audience alike; they were broadcast by the WDR and NDR and by medici.tv. In November 2018 they gave their debut at the Berliner Philharmoniker Lunch concert series at the Berliner Philharmonie, in summer 2019 they were invited to play a recital at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival.

Once again, GENUIN combines old and new recordings by the Austrian piano grand seigneur Paul Badura-Skoda to form an unparalleled unity. Mr. Badura-Skoda’s recording of Beethoven's Hammerklavier Sonata, op. 106 – the Master’s fourth-from-the-last sonata – is almost 40 years old, made in 1976; it is combined here with Beethoven’s last three sonatas, the op. 109-111, recorded in late 2013. As always, one of the great pianists of our time rounds this program out by contributing extensive, thoughtful and well-considered texts for each work in the accompanying booklet.

On his new GENUIN release, Jeremias Schwarzer allows his recorder to dance: Le Ballet imaginaire is the name of this production that brings together Baroque masterpieces by Bach, Ch�deville, Telemann, and Handel. Schwarzer's ideally-matched partner, who is one of his instrument's leading exponents, is Ralf Waldner on the harpsichord. The two artists not only dance through this enchanting and spirited music with lightness and vitality, but also make it sing and speak. Originals and counterfeits, kings and opera princes, love songs and sparkling virtuosity - a ballet full of passions!

On his debut Genuin recording, Christoph E+� performs horn concertos by contemporary Noewegian composer Tryve Madsen. Christoph E+� currently holds the position of principal horn of the Bambery Symphony Orchestra. In 2007 Christoph won seven special prizes in the prestigious "Prague Spring" international music competition. The following year he was awarded the soloist prize of "Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" and in 2009 won a scholarship from the German Music Competition at the Geothe Institut. In 2011, he performed in the "Orpheum Foundation for the Advancement of Young Soloists" concert that was recorded in Zurich. He has held a faculty position at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart since 2009.

In 2015, Wies de Boevé because the first double bassist to win Germany's National Music Competition, one of the world's most renowned instrumental competitions. Boevé played with passion and it can be heard for the first time here, on this album. With his piano partner Tomoko Takahashi, Boevé performs literature by Gliere, Bottesini Piazzolla and several others.

Once Again the Swiss Artist Consort Releases a Wonderfully Balanced Production in Their Own Meritorious Genuin Series: The Sixth of the Flutist Felix Renggli. Backed By the Chamber Academy Basel, He Performs Flute Concertos By Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach and Francois Devienne. We Witness the Stunning Developments in the Music of the 18th Century- from the Offshoots of the Late Baroque, Through the Fury of the Sturm Und Drang Years and Up to the Radiance of Classical Era. Competent Interpreters Help to Do Justice to Music That Is Rarely Played- Absolutely Worth Listening to!

Venezuela's geographical diversity and wealth of natural beauty is mirrored in the variety of it's music, which feeds on different roots, juggling various hellishly difficult rhythms and borrowing different themes depending on origin. The Venezuelan music collected on this GENUIN CD is a portrayal of all Latin American music: that which is great is reflected in miniature, the old in the new, the sacred in the profane. Founded in 1950, the Saxon Wind Philharmonic's high standards and artistic quality place it in demand as a guest orchestra throughout Germany and internationally.

Featuring songs by Schumann and Schubert, this new release creates an ethereal, dream-like program. Korean pianist William Younhas been called “a true poet” with “masterful technique.” Multi-award winning soprano Isabelle Catherine Vilmar joins Youn for these recordings.

This recording features rare repertoire performed by the Trombone Unit Hannover. They have won several awards including ARD International Music Competition, the Conn-Lindberg Competition, The Aeolus International Competition for Wind Instruments, Competition of the Prague Spring International Music Festival and the Deutsche Musikwettbewerb.

This new CD in Genuin's Movimentos series features compositions by Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, Liszt and pianist/ composer Kit Armstrong, who is a pupil of Alfred Bendel. This new trio also includes Alfred's son, cellist Adrian Bendel. The third member, Andrej Bielow is the first violinist of the Szymanowski Quartet.

The musicians working with soprano Maacha Deubner take us to exotic worlds of sound on their new GENUIN album, which is exclusively comprised of world premiere recordings. These include works by the Russian composer Elena Firsova and fellow composers, set in dialogue with the oeuvre of the poet Ossip Mandelstam. In addition to Firsova's works, we make acquaintance with music by Sofia Gubaidulina, Edison Denissov, and Valentin Silvestrov. Maacha Leubner and her colleagues from the KAPmodern ensemble of the Kammerphilharmonie Potsdam devote themselves to the invariably highly expressive music, performing it with great seriousness and mastery.

Their tone is stunningly beautiful, their arrangements sophisticated, and they play together with such precision that we're convinced we're hearing an organ. This is the Arcis Saxophone Quartet. The successful Munich-based ensemble is presenting its Genuin debut release after winning first prizes at no fewer than five major international competitions. The program features works by Bach, Gershwin, and the breathtakingly virtuosic Rash by Franco Donatoni, which gave the album its name. With its lively an dspirited sound, the performances prove to be a true delight: Bach is light and transparent, Gershwin exuberant and unbelievably drive - highly recommended listening!

Pianist Swetlana Meermann-Muret takes us on a journey through the heights and depths of the Russian soul in her new GENUIN release. The prizewinner of international competitions devotes herself to gems of piano literature—the rarely recorded miniatures by Anatoly Lyadov and Anton Arensky. Lyadov's Preludes, in particular, are more than just precursors of well-known works by Rachmaninoff and Scriabin! Swetlana Meermann-Muret, a native Russian pianist, devotes herself to these treasures with an attention to detail and a warm sound. Moving testimonies of a lost culture!

The thrilling contrasts in a composer’s oeuvre are presented by Marie Radauer-Plank and Henrike Brüggen on their first GENUIN release. The two artists bring the world of the great Karol Szymanowski, whose death anniversary will be commemorated on March 29, 2017, to life before our ears. His music reflects the spirit of his time while drawing inspiration from ancient sources. It derives its power from the traditions of his homeland, but remains universal. And all of this can be heard in the playing of the two young, international prize-winning musicians: sophisticated yet down-to-earth, incredibly sensual yet clearly structured – a true discovery!

Among the promising percussionists of his generation is Kai Strobel, who has already won the renowned TROMP Percussion Competition Eindhoven and the 2019 ARD Music Competition. On his debut release, the young percussionist presents himself as a mature, imaginative artist. With marimba, vibraphone, and two setups, he does not merely deliver a virtuoso display of equipment. Instead, he reflects thoughtfully, almost melancholically, on the quiet spherical sounds of these versatile instruments. Works by great contemporaries such as Toru Takemitsu or Iannis Xenakis can be heard, as well as world premiere recordings of works composed especially for him. Sensitive and musical – moving sounds on Kai Strobel's debut!

The young Romanian violinist Ioana Cristina Goicea and her piano partner Andrei Banciu draw on the full range of their talents: on their debut album, they bring late Romantic music by Richard Strauss, Erich Wolfgang Korngold and the world premiere recording by Stan Golestan to life in full color. The two winners of the competition are perfectly attuned to each other. A technically flawless rendition serves as the basis of their interpretation and is exalted by the extraordinary artistic personality of the two Romanian musicians. The romantic exuberance creates goosebumps! Ioana Cristina Goicea is one of the outstanding violinists of her generation. She won First Prize at the 2017 Michael Hill International Violin Competition in New Zealand, with critics praising her passionate performance and describing her as "a new star in the musical firmament." In 2018 she won First Prize at the German Music Competition in Bonn and was a laureate of the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. In 2019 she became a prize winner of the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. Born in 1985 in Timisoara (Romania), Andrei Banciu began studying the piano in his home town with Maria Bodo, later continuing in Berlin at the UdK (University of the Arts) under Prof. Klaus Hellwig and at the "Hanns Eisler" School of Music under Prof. Fabio Bidini.

Many violinists could become envious of this fabulous musician's recording of two solo sonatas each by Paul Hindemith and Gunther Raphael. Above all, none of them will probably ever achieve such a sonorous sound... Demanding, sensuous music of the twentieth century, compellingly interpreted!

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