Various Composers – Transcriptions for Choir – Accentus

CD 1:
Samuel Barber (1910-1981):
Agnus Dei - Adagio pour cordes opus 111
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911):
Kein Deutscher Himmel - Adagietto from Symphonie n°5
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Immortal Bach - Komm süsser Tod BWV 478
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Lacrimosa - Etude pour piano opus 10 n°6
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Soupir - Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé
Hugo Wolf (1860-1903):
Das verlassene Magdlein - Mörike Lieder
Auf ein altes Bild - Mörike Lieder
Alban Berg (1885-1935):
Die Nachtigall - Sieben frühe Lieder
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911):
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen - Rückert Lieder
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Les Angelus
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Lulajze, Jezuniu - Sonate pour piano n°3 en si mineur

CD 2:
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1841):
L'hiver - Les Quatre Saisons
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Litanei - Litanei D.34
Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Le champ des morts - Alexandre Nevski
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911):
Scheiden und Meiden - Lieder aus dei Jugendzeit
Richard Wagner (1813-1883):
Im Treibhaus - Wesendonck-Lieder
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Grablied - Quartet in D minor D.810 (Death and the Maiden)
Der Wegweiser - Winterreisse D.911
Nacht und Träume - Nacht und Träume D.827 opus 43 n°2
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911):
Die zwei blauen Augen - Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Busslied - Sarabande French Suite n°1 BWV 812
An Babels Wasserflüssen - Sarabande English Suite n°3 BWV 808
Jerusalem - Menuet II Partita n°1 BWV 825
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Des pas sur la neige - Préludes Livre 1
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
La Flûte enchantée - Shéhérazade
L'indifférent - Shéhérazade
Alexandre Scriabine (1872-1915):
Si comme la lune... - Prélude n°13 opus 11
La lune parait - Feuillet d'album n°1 opus 45
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant - Ma Mère l'Oye
Le jardin féerique - Ma Mère l'Oye

Accentus
Laurence Equilbey - conductor

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Bernstein – Chichester Psalms – Corydon Singers

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990):
Chichester Psalms *
Samuel Barber (1910-1981):
Agnus Dei
Aaron Copland (1900-1990):
"in The Beginning" +
Three Motets

Dominic Martelli - boy soprano *
Rachel Masters - harp *
Gary Kettel - percussion *
Thomas Trotter - organ *
Catherine Denley - mezzo-soprano +
Corydon Singers
Matthew Best - conductor

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Barber, Walton, Bloch – Works for Violin and Orchestra – Joshua Bell

Samuel Barber (1910-1981):
Violin Concerto
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959):
Baal Shem
William Walton (1902-1983):
Violin Concerto

Joshua Bell - violin
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman - conductor

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Copland, Joplin, Bernstein, Cage, Gershwin – Piano Music – Michel Legrand

Colon Nancarrow (1912-1997):
Prelude for piano
George Gershwin (1898-1937):
3 Preludes
Amy Beach (1867-1944):
5 Improvisations for piano, Op. 148
Scott Joplin (1868-1917):
Maple Leaf Rag
Aaron Copland (1900-1990):
Four Piano Blues
Morton Gould (1913-1996):
Boogie Woogie Etude
Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869):
Manchega, étude de concert for piano, Op. 38
Edward MacDowell (1860-1908):
New England Idyls for piano, Op. 62
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990):
5 Anniversaries
Scott Joplin (1868-1917):
The Entertainer
Samuel Barber (1910-1981):
Ballade, for piano, Op. 46
Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869):
Le Banjo, esquisse américaine for piano, Op. 15
John Cage (1912-1992):
Bacchanale, for prepared piano

Michel Legrand - piano

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Barber, Amy Beach – Symphonies – Neeme Järvi

Samuel Barber (1910-1981):
Overture to "The School for Scandal" op.5
First Symphony, op.9
Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867-1944):
Symphony in E minor, op.32 (Gaelic)

Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi - conductor

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Barber, Korngold, Waxman, J.Williams – Works for Violin and Orchestra – Alexander Gilman

remembering Erich Wolfgang Korngold on the anniversary of his death

(May 29, 1897 – November 29, 1957)

Samuel Barber (1910-1981):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, op.14
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op.35
Franz Waxman (1906-1967):
The Carmen Fantasie for Violin and Orchestra
John Williams (b.1932):
Theme from "Schindler's List" for Violin and Orchestra

Alexander Gilman - violin
The Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra
Perry So - conductor

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Barber – Concerto for Violin, Concerto for Piano & Orchestral Pieces – VA

Samuel Barber (1910-1981):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, op.14 *
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, op.38 +
Adagio for Orchestra, op.11 #
Second Essay for Orchestra, op.17 §
Overture to "The School of Scandal", op.5 §

Isaac Stern - violin *
John Browning - piano +
New York Philharmonic Orchestra * §
Cleveland Orchestra +
Philadelphia Orchestra #
Leonard Bernstein - conductor *
George Szell - conductor +
Eugene Ormandy - conductor #
Thomas Schippers - conductor §

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Morton Gould, Samuel Barber - Orchestral Works - H.Hanson

Morton Gould (1913-1996):
Spirituals in Five Movements
Fall River Legend (Ballet Suite)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981):
Medea (Ballet Suite)

Eastman-Rochester Orchestra
Howard Hanson - conductor

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Barber, Shostakovich - Violin Concertos - Salerno-Sonnenberg

Samuel Barber (1910-1981):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, op.14
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975
Concerto No.1 in A minor for Violin and Orchestra, op.99

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg - violin
London Symphony Orchestra
Maxim Shostakovich - conductor

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Barber - Cello Concerto; Britten: Symphony For Cello - Yo-Yo Ma

Samuel Barber (1910-1981):
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, op.22
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976):
Symphony for Cello and Orchestra

Yo-Yo Ma - cello
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman - conductor

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Bloch, Barber, Grieg, Puccini - orchestral pieces

Ernest Bloch (1880-1956): Concerto Grosso No.1 for Strings and Piano Obbligato
Samuel Barber (1910-1981): Adagio for Strings op.11
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907): Holberg Suite op.40
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924): Crisantemi for String Quartet, transcribed for String Orchestra

Israel Chamber Orchestra
Yoav Talmi - conductor

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