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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Beethoven : Quartet for Piano and Strings, Op. 16 & Septet, Op. 20
Chamber Music - Released by Claves Records on Feb 9, 1989
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Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Op. 56 - The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43
Ballets - Released by Claves Records on Jan 15, 2010
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Philippus de Monte: Motets, Madrigaux & Chansons
Classical - Released by Claves Records on Oct 1, 2007
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L'art de la mélodie
Francine van der Heijden, Ursula Dütschler
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Claves Records on Jan 1, 1999
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Les 3 Sonates pour violon
Simone Zgraggen, Ulrich Koella
Chamber Music - Released by Claves Records on Jan 1, 2005
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Christmas with Ramón Vargas (Live Recording, Lucerne, December 1995)
Classical - Released by Claves Records on Jan 1, 1996
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Novelettes - Andante & Allegro
Classical - Released by Claves Records on Jan 1, 1996
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Musique romantique pour instruments à vents
Classical - Released by Claves Records on Jan 1, 1998
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Chants d'Amerique du sud
Nina Dimitri, Julio Lavayén Frias, Martin Schaefer
World - Released by Claves Records on Jan 1, 1994
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Requiem
Martina Arroyo, Carol Smith, Alexander Young
Classical - Released by Claves Records on Jan 1, 1999
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Music for Voice & Flute
Kathrin Graf, Peter-Lukas Graf
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Claves Records on Jan 1, 1989
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Wien 1900: Modern Songs for Soprano & Ensemble
Classical - Released by Claves Records on Jan 1, 2004
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Tischhauser: Comic Works
Classical - Released by Claves Records on Jan 1, 2004
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Sinfonia Concertante - Concerto pour deux violons
Franco Gulli, Bruno Giuranna, Piero Toso
Classical - Released by Claves Records on Jan 1, 1991
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Œuvres pour violoncelle et piano
Claude Starck, Christoph Eschenbach
Chamber Music - Released by Claves Records on Jan 1, 1987
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Peter ve Kurt, çocuklar için müzikal bir masaldır Op. 67
Burhan Ocal, Musikkollegium Winterthur, Roberto González-Monjas
Classical - Released by Claves Records on Apr 23, 2023
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Samuel Ducommun: Musique de chambre
Chamber Music - Released by Claves Records on Sep 15, 2023
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Wonne der Einsamkeit
Classical - Released by Claves Records on Oct 11, 2023
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Wo du hingehst
Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Zürcher Kammerphilharmonie, Florian Helgath
Classical - Released by Claves Records on Aug 11, 2023
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Pedro e o lobo, um conto de fadas musical para crianças Op. 67
Roberto González-Monjas, Jefferson Schroeder
Classical - Released by Claves Records on Oct 12, 2023
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Orazio Sciortino: Chamber Music for Piano and Strings
Ambra Piano Trio, Swiss Music Ensemble “New Wave”
Classical - Released by Claves Records on Sep 22, 2017
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