LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Triple Concerto / Symphony No 7 Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / West-Eastern Divan Orchestra [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 15/May/2020 ] "This is a fine, generously-filled and well-recorded album of Beethoven's music, in traditional performances that are very good." MusicWeb May 2020 |
WIDMANN / LISZT / SCHUBERT / WAGNER
Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim: Live from the BBC Proms 2016 BLU-RAY Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor), Martha Argerich (piano) / West-Eastern Divan Orchestra [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 28/Mar/2018 ] The Proms don't come more stellar than this! Daniel Barenboim and his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra would have comfortably filled the hall on their own, while Martha Argerich could have filled it three times over" - The Independent |
W. A. MOZART / SCHUBERT / STRAVINSKY / BEETHOVEN / RAVEL / etc
Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim: Piano Duos & Concerti (from the Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor), Martha Argerich (piano) / West-Eastern Divan Orchestra [ EuroArts DVD / 2 DVD - released 7/Oct/2016 ] G. For the first time the two musicians performed together in the city of their birth. The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra enthralled their audience at the Teatro Colón. With works by Beethoven, Bizet, Mores, Mozart, Ravel, Schubert,... |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
The Salzburg Concerts - Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique" (and works by Mozart, Beethoven and Schoenberg) West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "captures the sense of music-making on the wing...rarely has the final coda erupted with such overwhelming joy. The same electrifying concentration informs performances of Schoenberg's Variations and Tchaikovsky's Pathetique Symphony, which find Bare |
WIDMANN / LISZT / SCHUBERT / WAGNER
Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim: Live from the BBC Proms 2016 Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor), Martha Argerich (piano) / West-Eastern Divan Orchestra [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 28/Mar/2018 ] The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, a symbol of tolerance and understanding between people, opens with Jörg Widman's Con brio and are then joined by the legendary Martha Argerich for Franz Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1. |
RAMALLAH CONCERT
The Ramallah Concert / Knowledge is the Beginning Daniel Barenboim / The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra (Mohamed Seleh / Kinan Azmeh / Mor Biron / Sharon Polyak) / Paul Smaczny [ Warner Music Vision / EuroArts DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Sep/2009 ] Revised Documentary & Live Recording. This DVD documents the orchestra's August 2005 concert in the Palestinian Territory in the city of Ramallah, and includes repertoire for which Barenboim is celebrated - Beethoven, Mozart and Elgar. |
The Eastern
Hope and Wire [ Rough Peel Records / 2 CD - released 5/Mar/2012 ] A string band that roars like a punk band, swings like a gospel band, drinks like a country band, works like a bar band, opes like folk singers, sings love songs like union songs, and writes union songs like love songs... |
The Eastern
The Territory [ Rough Peel Records / CD - released 31/Oct/2014 ] The Territory is the fourth album in six years from Christchurch based Lyttelton raised string band The Eastern. It was recorded, as were the previous three with courage, friendship and grace by the kind hearted, quick handed, coopers cupping, and... |
W. A. MOZART / RICHARD STRAUSS
Mozart / Strauss: Oboe Concertos Cristina Gómez Godoy (oboe) / West Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics / CD - released 4/Feb/2022 ] "Godoy's tone is rich and velvety, and ideally suited to the ecstatic, songful outpouring of Strauss's 1945 Oboe Concerto." BBC Music Concerto Choice April 2022 |
BEETHOVEN / MOZART
Ramallah Concert-Symphony No. 5 / Sinfonia Concertante K297b West-Eastern Divan Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics / CD - released 19/Feb/2006 ] "A marvellous score set alight by these young players, going for broke in Gaza" (MusicWeb March 2006) |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique' (with Schoenberg - Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31) West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Decca / CD - released 10/Jun/2011 ] "It's a highly exciting performance, treating the work as a bravura concerto for orchestra...Lyricism could hardly be in short supply in the Tchaikovsky" (BBC Music) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim: Live from the Salzburg Festival 2019 Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Martha Argerich (piano) / West-Eastern Divan Orchestra [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 16/Oct/2020 ] The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra are not only an internationally-acclaimed touring orchestra but also a symbol of tolerance and understanding between people. Orchestra and conductor are joined by the legendary Martha Argerich. Argerich, gives an... |
The Eastern
Arrows [ Social End Product / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] The Eastern bring backpacks full of road songs, battered acoustics, banjo, fiddle, foot stomps and heartbreak. They throw down like they mean it, like it's all they know how to do - 'cause they do and it is |
The Eastern
Crow River [ Social End Product / CD - released 9/Nov/2009 ] The 'Crow River' EP was released in 2008, produced and recorded at The Sitting Room by The Eastern and Edward Chesney. |
The Eastern
Get Right [ Social End Product / CD - released 9/Nov/2009 ] The Eastern play because they have to, because they care, about the songs, about the show, about the folks they meet and the hands they shake. They play like it matters, like it's all they know how to do - 'cause it does and it is. |
The Eastern
Oh Mystery [ Social End Product / CD - released 9/Nov/2009 ] Fve songs of footstomp fury, heartbreak and guts, showcasing The Eastern's energy, heart and humour, which has earned them the reputation throughout NZ as a ferocious live act with a road hardened spirit. |
The Eastern
The Territory (Double LP) [ Rough Peel Records / 2 LP - released 31/Oct/2014 ] The Territory is the fourth album in six years from Christchurch based Lyttelton raised string band The Eastern. It was recorded, as were the previous three with courage, friendship and grace by the kind hearted, quick handed, coopers cupping, and... |
ALAN HOVHANESS
Hovhaness: Works for Orchestra & Soprano Saxophone Greg Banaszak (saxophone) / Eastern Music Festival Orchestra / Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 25/Mar/2015 ] Alan Hovhaness's remarkable legacy of 67 symphonies and hundreds of other works stands as a testimony to one of the most individual musical voices of the 20th century. Written when Hovhaness was 25, the Prelude and Quadruple Fugue represents not only... |
SCHUBERT / TCHAIKOVSKY
Martha Argerich and David Barenboim perform Schubert and Tchaikovsky Martha Argerich (piano) David Barenboim (conductor) / West-Eastern Divan Orchestra [ Unitel Edition / Blu-ray - released 23/Oct/2021 ] Acclaimed by critics as an evening of superlative, Martha Argerich - arguably the greatest living pianist - joins Daniel Barenboim and his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra for an unforgettable interpretation of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto.... |
SCHUBERT / WEBERN / RAVEL / BARTOK / BEETHOVEN / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
Salzburg Festival Concerts [2007 - 2013] BLU-RAY Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / West-Eastern Divan Orchestra / National Children´s Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela / Various conductors [ C Major Blu-ray / 6 Blu-ray Box Set - released 1/May/2015 ] A Box Set releasing 6 Concerts from the Salzburg Festival recorded between 2007 and 2013, featuring the Wiener Philharmoniker, the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, the National Children´s Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela under the batons of Pierre... |