Various Composers – 'Piano Reflections' – Ji Liu

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Scherzo from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (transription by Rachmaninoff)
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Nocturne in E flat major op.9 no.2
Nocturne in C minor op.48 no.1
Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Liebestraum no.3
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata no.14 in C sharp minor "Moonlight"
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Ständchen (trnascr.: Liszt / Horowitz)
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
June: Barcarolle from "The Seasons"
Lü Wencheng (1898-1981):
Autumn Moon Over the Calm Lake
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Suite Bergamasque
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Danse Macabre

Ji Liu - piano

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Khachaturian – Spartacus, Gayaneh (excerpts) – Khachaturian

Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978):
Spartacus (excerpts) *
Gayaneh (excerpts) *
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936):
The Seasons, op.67 +

Wiener Philharmoniker *
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande +
Aram Khachaturian - conductor *
Ernest Ansermet - conductor +

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Mendelssohn Rarities – Roberto Prosseda

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Sonata in F minor
Sonata in E minor
Sonata in A minor
Sonata in C minor
Etude in C major
Etude in A minor
Etude in D minor
Fuga in E flat major
Fuga in C sharp minor

Roberto Prosseda - piano

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Mendelssohn Discoveries – Roberto Prosseda

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Fantasia in C minor/D Major
Capriccio in E flat Minor
Lied ohne Worte in F major
Adagio & presto agitato in B flat Minor
Lied for piano in E flat Major
Album leaf "21 Mai" in A Major
Lied for piano in A Major
Kleines lied for piano in A Major
Andante in D Major
Sonatina in E Major
A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music (original piano transcription by Mendelssohn)

Roberto Prosseda - piano

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Tchaikovsky, Sibelius – Violin Concertos – Kyung Wha Chung

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957):
Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47

Kyung Wha Chung - violin
London Symphony Orchestra
André Previn - conductor

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Saint-Saëns, Ravel, Gershwin – Works for Piano and Orchestra – Benjamin Grosvenor

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Piano Concerto no.2 in G minor, op.22
The Swan (transcr. Godowsky)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Piano Concerto in G major
Prélude
George Gershwin (1898-1937):
Rhapsody in Blue
Love Walked In (transcr. Grainger)

Benjamin Grosvenor - piano
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
James Judd - conductor

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Various composers – 'Dances' – Benjamin Grosvenor

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Partita no.4 in D major, BWV 828
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise brillante, op.22
Polonaise in F sharp minor, op.44
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915):
Mazurkas op.3 nos.6, 4 & 9
Valse in A flat major, op.38
Enrique Granados (1867-1916):
8 Valses poéticos
Adolf Schulz-Evler (1852-1905):
Arabesques on Johann Strauss's "By the Beautiful Blue Danube"
Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909):
Tango, op.165 no.2 arr.Godowsky
Moron Gould (1913-1996):
Boogie-Woogie Etude

Benjamin Grosvenor - piano

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Mussorgsky – Pictues at an exhibition (piano version & Ashkenazy orchestral version) – Vladimir Ashkenazy

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881):
Pictures at an Exhibition - original piano version
Pictures at an Exhibition - orchestral version of Vladimir Ashkenazy

Philharmonia Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy - piano & conductor

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Jacques Loussier-Bach – Brandenburg Concerto no.5 – Jacques Loussier Trio

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) / Jacques Loussier (b.1934):
Brandenburg Concerto no.5 in D major *
Air on the G string
Prelude no.2 in C minor

Jacques Loussier Trio
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra *

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Beethoven – Complete Music for Cello and Piano – Mstislav Rostropovich

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) - Complete Music for Cello and Piano:
Cello Sonata no.1 in F major, op.5 no.1 *
Cello Sonata no.2 in G minor, op.5 no.2 *
Cello Sonata no.3 in A major, op.69 *
Cello Sonata no.4 in C major, op.102 no.1 *
Cello Sonata no.5 in D major, op.102 no.2 *
12 Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" from Mozart's "Zauberflöte", op.66 +
7 Variations on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen" from Mozart's "Zauberflöte", WoO 46 +
12 Variations on "See the conquering hero comes" from Handel's "Judas Maccabeus", WoO 45 +

Mstislav Rostropovich - cello *
Sviatoslav Richter - piano *
Maurice Gendron - cello +
Jean Françaix - piano +

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Pergolesi, Scarlatti, Bononcini – Stabat Mater & other works for choir and orchestra – VA

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736):
Stabat Mater
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757):
Stabat Mater
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725):
O magnum mysterium
Domine, refugium factus es nobis
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736):
Magnificat in C major
Antonio Lotti (c.1667-1740):
Crucifixus
Antonio Bononcini (1677-1726):
Stabat Mater
Antonio Caldara (c.1670-1736):
Crucifixus

Felicity Palmer - soprano
Elizabeth Vaughan - soprano
Janet Baker - contralto
Alfreda Hodgson - contralto
Philip Langridge - tenor
Ian Partridge - tenor
Paul Esswood - counter tenor
Christopher Keyte - bass
Choir of St John's College
Schütz Choir of London
The Choir of King's College
The Argo Chamber Orchestra
Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields
Philomusica of London
George Guest - conductor
Roger Norrington - conductor
David Willcocks - conductor

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Schubert – Die schöne Müllerin, Winterreise, Schwanengesang – Peter Schreier

Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Die schöne Müllerin, D.795
Winterreise, D.911
Schwanengesang, D.957
6 Heine-Lieder
4 Seidl-Lieder

Peter Schreier - tenor
András Schiff - piano

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Verdi – Requiem – Fritz Reiner

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
Messa da Requiem *
Quattro pezzi sacri +

Leontyne Price - soprano *
Rosalind Elias - mezzo-soprano *
Jussi Björling - tenor *
Griogio Tozzi - bass *
Yvonne Minton - mezzo-soprano +
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde *
Los Angeles Master Chorale +
Wiener Philharmoniker *
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra +
Fritz Reiner - conductor *
Zubin Mehta - conductor +

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Brahms – Violin Sonatas – Leonidas Kavakos

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Scherzo in C minor, WoO 2 (from F.A.E. Sonata)
Violin Sonata no.1 in C minor Op. 78
Violin Sonata no.2 in A major Op. 100
Violin Sonata no.3 in D minor Op. 108
Wiegenlied, Op. 49 No. 4 (arr. John Lenehan)

Leonidas Kavakos - violin
Yuja Wang - piano

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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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Mozart, Bruch, Hindemith – Works for Violin and Orchestra – David Oistrakh

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major, KV 364 *
Duo for Violin and Viola in G major, KV 423 *
Max Bruch (1838-1920):
Scottish Fantasia, op.46 +
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963):
Violin Concerto #

David Oistrakh - viola * & violin +#
Igor Oistrakh - violin *
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra *
London Symphony Orchestra + #
Kirill Kondrashin - conductor *
Jascha Horenstein - conductor +
Paul Hindemith - conductor #

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Beethoven – Piano Sonatas nos.8, 14 & 21 – Radu Lupu

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2: 'Moonlight'
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13: 'Pathétique'
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53: 'Waldstein'

Radu Lupu - piano

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Grieg – Peer Gynt – Herbert Blomstedt

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907):
Peer Gynt, op.23

with:
Urban Malmberg
Marie-Anne Haeggander
Wendy Hoffman
Merilyn Vaughn
Wendy White
Richard Haille

San Francisco Symphony Chorus
San Francisco Symphony
Herbert Blomstedt - conductor

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J.S. Bach – Goldberg Variations – András Schiff

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

András Schiff - piano

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Mendelssohn – Piano Concertos – Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor, op.25
Variations sérieuses, op.54
Rondo capriccioso, op.14
Piano Concerto No.2 in D minor, op.40

Jean-Yves Thibaudet - piano
Gewandhausorchester
Herbert Blomstedt - conductor

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