Along with his solo projects, Mayer considers it important to find time for chamber music. He has no dearth of requests and opportunities, and performs together regularly with partners such as the pianist Hélène Grimaud, Leif Ove Andsnes and the bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff, with whom he recorded a CD of Bach cantatas.

In his search for new repertoire for his instrument, he is constantly fascinated by the idea of lending his voice (that of the oboe) to “foreign” works – pieces written for other instruments or for singers. In that regard Mayer, who sang as a child for many years in the Bamberg Cathedral Choir, is especially attracted to the human voice, as the most “natural” of all instruments. He’s already provided convincing proof of that claim in the recording “Lieder ohne Worte” – Bach transcriptions for oboe and orchestra, in which the Baroque style and bel canto are delightfully combined. The CD immediately entered the German classical charts at number 2.

In August 2004 the CD „In search of Mozart“ which Albrecht Mayer recorded with Claudio Abbado and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra has been released and once again he made it to the top of the German classical charts.

His latest recording “Albrecht Mayer: New Seasons” presents music by Georg Friedrich Handel in a stunning new light.
Albrecht Mayer has been elected „Instrumentalist of the Year“ and rewarded with an ECHO-Klassik Prize by the German Phono-Akademie.

In December 2006 Albrecht Mayer has been awarded with the E.T.A.-Hoffmann-Prize by his German hometown Bamberg.