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Live recordings are made at every GAIA Music Festival.
The most meaningful and magical works are personally selected every year by Gwendolyn Masin and compiled for digital release in cooperation with Orchid Classics and Naxos. The works are available on iTunes, Amazon and further streaming platforms.
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NEW: Gaia Music Festival 2024
Audio Album
Grażyna Bacewicz
Quartet for Four Violins
I. Allegretto
II. Andante tranquillo
III. Molto allegro
Violin: Nicolas Dautricourt, Gareth Lubbe, Minna Pensola, Wouter Vossen
Live Recording Thun, Scherzligen Church and Castle Oberhofen, 4 and 5 May 2024
Frank Bridge
An Irish Melody «The Londonderry Air»
for String Quartet
I. Allegro Moderato
Violin: Nicolas Dautricourt, Wouter Vossen; Viola: Martin Moriarty; Cello: Sandro Meszaros
Live Recording Thun, Scherzligen Church and Castle Oberhofen, 4 and 5 May 2024
Mieczysław Weinberg
Dramaturgical performance of the Sonata for two violins
in dialogue with contemporary Songs by Ilse Weber, Adolf Strauss and Alexander Kipnis
Mieczysław Weinberg
Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 69
I. Allegro Molto
II. Adagio
III. Allegro
Violin: Minna Pensola, Antti Tikkannen
Live Recording Thun, Scherzligen Church and Castle Oberhofen, 4 and 5 May 2024
Anton Arensky
Piano Quintet in D Major, Op. 51
I. Allegro Moderato
II. Variationen. Andante
III. Scherzo. Allegro Vivace
III. Finale (in modo antico.) Allegro moderato
Violin: Wouter Vossen, Nicolas Dautricourt; Viola: Gareth Lubbe; Cello: Benjamin Nyffenegger; Piano: Danae Dörken
Live Recording Thun, Scherzligen Church and Castle Oberhofen, 4 and 5 May 2024
Legends
Audio Album
Henryk Wieniawski (1835–1880)
1. Legend Op.17
Violin: Kirill Troussov; Piano: Alexandra Troussova
Józef Wieniawski (1837–1912)
2. Valse-Caprice Op.46
Piano: Alexandra Troussova
George Enescu (1881–1955)
Sept Chansons de Clement Marot
3. I Estreines à Anne
4. II Languir me faits
5. III Aux damoyselles paresseuses d’escrire à leurs amys
6. IV Estrene de la rose
7. V Présent de couleur blanche
8. VI Changeons propos, c’est trop chanté d’amours …
9. VII Du conflict en douleur
Soprano: Rachel Harnisch; Piano: Jan Philip Schulze
Eugene Ysaÿe (1858–1931)
10. String Quintet in B minor
Violin: Gwendolyn Masin, Jiska Lambrecht; Viola: Markus Fleck, Martin Moriarty; Cello: Patrick Moriarty
Irène Wieniawska (pseudonym Poldowski) (1879–1932)
Caledonian Market
11. I Bloomsbury Waltz
12. II Musical Box
13. III Picture of Clowns
Piano: Jan Philip Schulze
Irène Wieniawska (pseudonym Poldowski)
14. Tango
Violin: Gwendolyn Masin; Piano: Vera Kooper
Kirill Troussov, Violin
Alexandra Troussova, Piano
Rachel Harnisch, Soprano
Jan Philip Schulze, Piano
Gwendolyn Masin, Violin
Jiska Lambrecht, Violin
Markus Fleck, Viola
Martin Moriarty, Viola
Patrick Moriarty, Cello
Vera Kooper, Piano
Gaia Music Festival 2022
Audio Album
Franz Xaver Mozart
Songs for Baritone and Piano
An den Abendstern op. 27/1
Klage an den Mond op. 9/3
Der Schmetterling auf einem
Vergissmeinnicht op. 9/4
Das Finden op. 27/2
Baritone: Wolf Matthias Friedrich; Piano: Vera Kooper
Live Recording Thun, Scherzligen Church, 6 May 2022
Wolfgang Amadé Mozart
Abendempfindung
KV 523
Baritone: Wolf Matthias Friedrich; Piano: Vera Kooper
Live Recording Thun, Scherzligen Church, 6 May 2022
Wolfgang Amadé Mozart
Duo for Violin and Viola
in G Major KV 423
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Rondeau. Allegro
Violin: Kirill Troussov; Viola: Markus Fleck
Live Recording Thun, Scherzligen Church, 6 May 2022
Wolfgang Amadé Mozart
«Per questa bella mano»
Concert Aria for Baritone, Bass and Ensemble KV 612
Baritone: Wolf Matthias Friedrich; Violin: Clémence de Forceville, Jiska Lambrecht; Viola: Martin Moriarty; Cello: Flurin Cuonz; Doublebass: Lars Schaper
Live Recording Thun, Scherzligen Church, 6 May 2022
Bedřich Smetana
Pensée Fugitive
in D minor JB 1.24
Piano: Alexandra Troussova
Live Recording Thun, Scherzligen Church, 6 May 2022
Bedřich Smetana
Souvenir de Boheme en forme de Polkas
Op. 13
Piano: Alexandra Troussova
Live Recording Thun, Scherzligen Church, 6 May 2022
Kateřina Smetanová Kolářová
Polka für Klavier
Piano: Alexandra Troussova
Live Recording Thun, Scherzligen Church, 6 May 2022
Gaia Music Festival 2021
Audio Album
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Piano Quintet
in E-flat minor, op. 87
I. Allegro e risoluto assai
II. Menuetto. Allegro con fuoco
III. Largo
IV. Finale. Allegro agitato
Violin: Wouter Vossen; Viola: Tomoko Akasaka; Cello: Chiara Enderle Samatanga; Double Bass: Lars Schaper; Piano: Diana Ketler
Live Recording Town Church of Thun, 25 August 2021
Jan Ladislav Dussek
Notturno Concertant
op. 68
Andantino
Horn: Hervé Joulain; Violin: Suyeon Kang; Piano: José Gallardo
Live Recording Hilterfingen Church, 28 August 2021
Ignaz Moscheles
Variations concertantes
in D minor, op. 21
Andantino
Var. I
Var. II Piu mosso
Var. III Tempo 1mo
Var. IV Majore
Var. V Pianoforte solo
Var. VI Allegretto
Majore
Flute: Maximilian Randlinger; Piano: Diana Ketler
Live Recording Hilterfingen Church, 28 August 2021
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio
in D major, op. 70, no. 1 "Ghost"
Allegro vivace e con brio
Largo assai ed espressivo
Presto
Violin: Gwendolyn Masin; Cello: Chiara Enderle Samatanga; Piano: Diana Ketler
Live Recording Oberhofen Castle, 29 August 2021
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no.3
in E-flat major, op. 55 "Eroica"
arranged for Piano Quartet by Ferdinand Ries
Allegro con brio
Marcia funebre. Adagio assai
Scherzo. Allegro vivace
Finale. Allegro molto
Violin: Suyeon Kang;Viola: Tomoko Akasaka; Cello: Chiara Enderle Samatanga; Piano: José Gallardo
Live Recording Scherzligen Church, 26 August 2021
West Side Story
Audio Album
Leonard Bernstein
West Side Story
arr. for violin and four saxophones
- Prologue
- Jet Song
- Blues
- Somewhere
- Procession & Nightmare
- Scherzo
- Mambo
- Cha-Cha
- I Feel Pretty
- Maria
- Cool
- America
- One Hand,One Heart
- Gee, Officer Krupke
- Tonight
- A Boy Like That
- I Have A Love
- The Rumble
- Finale
Violin: Gwendolyn Masin
Saxophones: Melisma Saxophone Quartet – David Cristóbal Litago, Marijke Schröer, Henriette Jensen, Jonas Tschanz
Live Recording Yehudi Menuhin Forum, Bern (Switzerland), 1 July 2019
Gaia Music Festival 2019
Audio Album
Béla Bartók
Contrasts, Sz. 111
for Violin, Clarinet and Piano
I. Verbunkos
II. Pihenő
III. Sebes
Violin: Gwendolyn Masin; Clarinet: Christoffer Sundqvist; Piano: Simon Bucher
Live Recording Castle, Oberhofen am Thunersee (Schweiz), 5 May 2019
Elisabeth von Herzogenberg
Nachklang
for Mezzo-sopran und Piano
Swiss Premiere