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.
Read moreClaves 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.
-
African Rhapsodies (A Work for Kora & Symphonic Orchestra)
Seckou Keita, The BBC Concert Orchestra, Mark Heron
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 26 May 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 5 May 2014
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
J.S. Bach: Johannes-Passion, BWV 245
Gli Angeli Genève, Stephan MacLeod, Werner Güra
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 7 Apr 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Beethoven : The Complete 32 Piano Sonatas on Period Instruments (In addition, the three Bonn - Kurfürsten - Sonatas) [Deluxe Edition]
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 1 Jan 1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mozart: Concertos for flute and orchestra
Alexis Kossenko, Stephan MacLeod, Gli Angeli Genève
Concertos - Released by Claves Records on 7 Oct 2022
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
J. S. Bach: Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 30 Sep 2022
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Music for Viola & Chamber Orchestra
Timothy Ridout, Orchestre De Chambre De Lausanne, Jamie Phillips
Concertos - Released by Claves Records on 28 Feb 2020
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Antoine Reicha: Symphonies Concertantes
Christophe Coin, Chouchane Siranossian, Alexis Kossenko
Concertos - Released by Claves Records on 4 Dec 2020
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for Piano & Violin
Corey Cerovsek, Paavali Jumppanen
Chamber Music - Released by Claves Records on 1 Jan 2006
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Hanging Gardens
Jazz - Released by Claves Records on 2 Dec 2022
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Bach : h-Moll Messe, BWV 232
Stephan MacLeod, Gli Angeli Genève
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 26 Mar 2021
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Bach : Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244
Stephan MacLeod, Werner Güra, Gli Angeli Genève
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 27 Mar 2020
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Baroqueswing Vol. I
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 15 Dec 2017
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Live at Victoria-Hall Geneva, 2 March 2021 (Live Recording, Geneva 2021)
Mikhail Pletnev, L'Orchestre de Chambre de Genève, Gabor Takacs-Nagy
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 11 Feb 2022
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Baroqueswing Vol. II
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 14 Oct 2016
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Babadjanian: Heroic Ballad
Jean-Paul Gasparian, Berner Symphonieorchester, Stefan Blunier
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 25 Mar 2022
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Philippe Gaubert, Chamber Music
Nolwenn Bargin, Maki Wiederkehr, Ensemble Chant du Vent
Chamber Music - Released by Claves Records on 25 Nov 2022
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Roots
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 9 Dec 2022
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Mendelssohn: The Six Organ Sonatas
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 2 Dec 2016
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
The Violin’s Delight - A Garden of Pleasure
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 21 Jul 2017
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Khachaturian & Penderecki: Cello Concertos
Astrig Siranossian, Adam Klocek, Sinfonia Varsovia
Cello Concertos - Released by Claves Records on 16 Mar 2018
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo