Rachel Harnisch – Othmar Schoeck: Vom Fischer un syner Fru, Op. 43 (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Rachel Harnisch – Othmar Schoeck: Vom Fischer un syner Fru, Op. 43 (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 36:15 minutes | 593 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Claves Records

When Othmar Schoeck began writing Vom Fischer un syner Fru (The Fisherman and his Wife) in the summer of 1928, he happened to be on an extended stay at Werner Reinhart’s holiday house on the “Fluh” in Maur on the Greifensee lake. The Winterthur merchant Reinhart (1884–1951), who worked in the Gebrüder Volkart family business and possessed a considerable fortune, was also a patron of music.

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MythenEnsembleOrchestral, Graziella Contratto, Rachel Harnisch – Mahler: Symphony No. 4 & Schnabel: Lieder from Op. 11 & Op. 14 (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

MythenEnsembleOrchestral, Graziella Contratto, Rachel Harnisch – Mahler: Symphony No. 4 & Schnabel: Lieder from Op. 11 & Op. 14 (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:09:31 minutes | 630 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Claves Records

Featuring chamber arrangements of Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 and a selection of Lieder by Schnabel, this is an unusual but charming release from the youthful Myrthen Ensemble with soprano Rachel Harnisch and conductor Graziella Contratto.

“[Myrthen Ensemble are] the crème de la crème of young British-based musical talent.” – The Telegraph

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Kirill Troussov, Rachel Harnisch, Jan Philip Schulze, Alexandra Troussova, Gwendolyn Masin – Legends (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Kirill Troussov, Rachel Harnisch, Jan Philip Schulze, Alexandra Troussova, Gwendolyn Masin – Legends (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:00:29 minutes | 945 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Orchid Classics

Following the success of her Orchid albums Flame and West Side Story, violinist Gwendolyn Masin returns with Legends, a fascinating and unique programme in which family ties and teaching lineages overlap in a mosaic of musicians, showcasing neglected repertoire and figures in the process. Throughout, the implications of the word ‘legend’ are felt. Iconic figures and works rub shoulders with those who unjustly remain in an almost mythical realm: Irene Wienawska (aka Poldowksi), her father Henryk Wieniawski and uncle Józef Wieniawski, Henryk’s student Ysaÿe, and Ysaÿe’s student Enescu.

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