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.
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Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas
Mélodie Zhao
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 5 May 2014
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Jean Françaix: Works for Winds
Nicolas Chalvin
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 22 Oct 2021
Jean Françaix had a passion for wind instruments, in particular for the dextuor, an original formation for which he could combine the expressive richn ...
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Baroqueswing Vol. I
Charl du Plessis Trio
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 15 Dec 2017
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J.S. Bach: Cantatas for Bass BWV 56-82-158-203
Gli Angeli Genève
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 29 Apr 2022
Stephan MacLeod wears both his singer and conductor hats for this programme of showcasing J. S. Bach’s treatment of the oboe and the bass voice, two i ...
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Bach : h-Moll Messe, BWV 232
Stephan MacLeod
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 26 Mar 2021
The Mass in B minor holds a very special place in J.S. Bach’s output: a work of grandeur, an opus ultimum, it was not composed as such but is the resu ...
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Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Babadjanian: Heroic Ballad
Jean-Paul Gasparian
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 25 Mar 2022
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Beethoven : The Complete 32 Piano Sonatas on Period Instruments (In addition, the three Bonn - Kurfürsten - Sonatas) [Deluxe Edition]
Ludwig van Beethoven
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 1 Jan 1997
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Frank Martin: Concerto pour violon / Esquisse
Svetlin Roussev
Concertos - Released by Claves Records on 4 Jun 2021
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Music for Viola & Chamber Orchestra
Timothy Ridout
Concertos - Released by Claves Records on 28 Feb 2020
5 de DiapasonThe wealth of music composed for the viola in the 20th century almost lets one forget the dearth of it in the 19th, which brought forth only two solo ...
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Bach : Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244
Stephan MacLeod
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 27 Mar 2020
5 étoiles de ClassicaThis recording was made in April 2019 at the Ernest-Ansermet Studio in Geneva, after five concerts in Switzerland during the preceding days. The desir ...
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Antoine Reicha: Symphonies Concertantes
Christophe Coin
Concertos - Released by Claves Records on 4 Dec 2020
The two Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Flute and for two Cellos by Antoine Reicha show an astonishing balance between innovation and reflection. ...
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Pierre et le Loup, Op. 67 / Le Carnaval des animaux
Roberto González-Monjas
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 10 Dec 2021
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Mendelssohn: The Six Organ Sonatas
Felix Mendelssohn
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 2 Dec 2016
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Schumann: The Complete Works for Piano, Vol. 4
Robert Schumann
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 1 Mar 2010
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Tchaikovsky, Piano Concertos No. 1 & 2
Pyotr Illitch Tchaïkovski
Concertos - Released by Claves Records on 4 Dec 2015
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Khachaturian & Penderecki: Cello Concertos
Astrig Siranossian
Cello Concertos - Released by Claves Records on 16 Mar 2018
4F de Télérama5 de DiapasonFrench cellist Astrig Siranossian, a graduate of the Lyon CNSM and then of the prestigious Basel Hochschule went on to win First Prize and special pri ...
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Grieg: The Violin Sonatas, Op. 8, Op. 13 & Op. 45
Edvard Grieg
Chamber Music - Released by Claves Records on 1 Apr 2010
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Psalms and Motets from Renaissance Switzerland
Stephanie Boller
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 25 Jun 2021
In the middle of the 16th century, the Geneva Psalter infected the whole of Reformed Europe – Switzerland included – with a true psalm fever. The firs ...
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Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for Piano & Violin
Ludwig van Beethoven
Chamber Music - Released by Claves Records on 1 Jan 2006
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Live at Victoria-Hall Geneva, 2 March 2021 (Live Recording, Geneva 2021)
Mikhail Pletnev
Classical - Released by Claves Records on 11 Feb 2022
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Mozart: Oboe Concerto K. 314 - J. Haydn: Sinfonia concertante, Hob. I:105
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concertos - Released by Claves Records on 13 Oct 2014
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