Claves Records
Claves is a Swiss record label, founded in 1968 in Thun. Dedicated to every kind of classical music, Claves likes to give priority to young artists, renowned musicians playing rare repertoires, Swiss interpreters and composers, works previously unreleased on CD, and historical re-releases. The independent label’s fame was first acquired thanks to two Swiss interpreters who are still active today: pianist, harpsichordist and conductor Jörg Ewald Dähler and flautist Peter-Lukas Graf, who made many recordings that are still in great demand today, especially in the Eastern countries. Later on, the label had the privilege to develop a close association with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Teresa Berganza and Ernst Haefliger. On the orchestral side, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra (Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne) and the Kremlin Chamber Orchestra all regularly record with Claves. In the 1980’s, Claves enjoyed a very special partnership with Swiss conductor Marcello Viotti – shooting star of the conducting world, guest of the greatest lyrical scenes such as the MET, Scala, Wiener Staatsoper, Fenice, etc. – resulting in a series of first releases of single act Rossini operas. The Duo Crommelynck also marked this period with an important series of recordings embracing almost all the piano duet (four hands) repertoire; they had completed their final Schubert recording just months before their tragic death in 1994. Claves, besides its numerous baroque music recordings, are also interpretation pioneers, with artists ranging from the historical to the most recent ones, such as Swiss conductor and organist Diego Fasolis. The publication of archives, together with the Radio Télévision Suisse (Swiss broadcasting corporation), is one of the label’s strong points, with a fabulous catalogue: Haskil, Milstein, Michelangeli, Gilels, Kogan, Magaloff, Francescati, Stern, Grumiaux and Van Cliburn. As for young artists, the label pursues intense collaborations with the likes of Nicolas Altstaedt, Mélodie Zhao, Cédric Pescia, Xavier de Maistre and Corey Cerovsek.
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Concertos pour flûte à bec
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 1 Jan 2000
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Ouvres pour chour
Valery Polyansky, The Russian State Symphony Cappella
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Claves Records on 1 Jan 1993
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Baroque Concert
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 1 Jan 1993
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Frescobaldi's Manuscripts
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 3 Feb 2023
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J. S. Bach: Triosonaten
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 1 Jan 2009
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Rossini: Il Signor Bruschino, Early One-Act Operas, Vol. 1/5
Opera - Released by Claves Records on 1 Jan 1989
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Charles Gounod: Requiem En Do Majeur / Messe No. 2 En Sol Majeur
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 1 Jan 1993
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Samuel Ducommun
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 27 Nov 2020
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Quatuors à cordes
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 1 Jan 1988
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Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35, TH 59 (Live Recording, Lausanne 1973)
Igor Oïstrakh, Orchestre National de France, Jean Martinon
Concertos - Released by Claves Records on 1 May 2020
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Brahms: The Symphonies
Thomas Zehetmair, Musikkollegium Winterthur
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 24 May 2019
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Sonates pour luth (Volume II)
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 1 May 2008
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Emmanuel Ceysson - Xavier de Maistre
Emmanuel Ceysson, Xavier de Maistre
Concertos - Released by Claves Records on 1 Jan 2006
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Schubert: Piano Sonata, D. 960 - Moments musicaux, D. 780
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 11 Feb 2013
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Fr. Couperin: Les folies françoises - Debussy: 12 Préludes, 2e livre - Messiaen: Le courlis cendré
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 15 Feb 2008
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Portraits of Charles Mingus and Thelonious Monk
Jazz - Released by Claves Records on 10 Dec 2013
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Chopin Recital
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 6 Oct 2017
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Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne - 75 ans
Orchestre De Chambre De Lausanne
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 20 Oct 2017
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Pierre Wissmer: Musique Symphonique & Concertos
Orchestre de Douai - Région Hauts-de-France, Orchestre Symphonique de RTL, Jean-Jacques Kantorow
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 16 Apr 2021
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Musique pour clarinette & piano
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 1 Mar 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo