Prokofiev - Piano Concertos 1-5 – Oleg Marshev

Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Piano Concerto no.1 in D flat major, op.10
Piano Concerto no.2 in G minor, op.16
Piano Concerto no.3 in C major, op.26
Piano Concerto no.4 in B flat major, op.53 (for the left hand)
Piano Concerto no.5 in G major, op.55

Oleg Marshev - piano
South Jutland Symphony Orchestra
Niklas Willén - conductor

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Various Composers – Music arranged for 5 pianos – The 5 Browns

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908):
Flight of the Bumble-Bee (arr.for 5 pianos)
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990):
Scenes from West Side Story (arr.for 5 pianos)
Paul Dukas (1865-1935):
The Sorcier's Apprentice (arr.for 5 pianos)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
La Valse (arr.for 2 pianos)
Ignaz Friedman (1882-1948):
Tabatière à musique, op.33 no.3 (for piano solo)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):
Moments musicaux, op.16 no.4 (for piano solo)
Elégie from Morceaux de fantaisie, op.3 (for piano solo)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
L'isle joyeuse (for piano solo)
Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Sonata no.3 in A minor, op.28
York Bowen (1884-1961):
Toccata, op.155 (for piano solo)
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907):
In the Hall of the Mountain King, from Peer Gynt (for 5 pianos)

The 5 Browns

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Prokofiev – Symphonies nos.1 & 6 – Seiji Ozawa

Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Symphony no.1 in D major, op.25 "Classical"
Symphony no.6 in E flat minor, op.111

Seiji Ozawa - conductor

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Prokofiev – Piano Concerto no.3; Bartok – Piano Concerto no.2 – Lang Lang, Rattle

Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Piano Concerto no.3 in C major, op.26
Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Piano Concerto no.2 in G major, Sz.95

Lang Lang - piano
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle - conductor

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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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Prokofiev, Ravel – Piano Concertos – Yundi

Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Piano Concerto no.2 in G minor, op.16
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Piano Concerto in G major

Yundi - piano
Berliner Philharmoniker
Seiji Ozawa - conductor

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Prokofiev – Piano Concertos nos.2 & 5 – El Bacha

Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953) - Piano Concertos:
Piano Concerto no.2 in G minor, op.16
Piano Concerto no.5 in G major, op.55

Abdel Rahman El Bacha - piano
La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra
Kazuchi Ono - conductor

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Prokofiev – Piano Concertos nos.1, 4 & 3 – El Bacha

Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953) - Piano Concertos:
Piano Concerto no.1 in D flat major, op.10
Piano Concerto no.4 in B flat major, op.53 (for the left hand)
Piano Concerto no.3 in C major, op.26

Abdel Rahman El Bacha - piano
La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra
Kazuchi Ono - conductor

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Various composers – 'Traditions and Transformations, Sounds of Silk Road Chicago'

Ernest Bloch (1880-1959):
Schelomo Hebraic Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra *
Byambasuren Sharav (b.1952):
Legend of Herlen +
Lou Harrison (1917-2003):
Pipa Concerto #
Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Scyntian Suite, op.20 §

Yo-Yo Ma - cello *, morin-khuur +
Wu Man - pipa #
Chicago Symphony Orchestra * # §
Silk Road Ensemble +
Miguel Harth-Bedoya - conductor * #
Alan Gilbert - conductor §

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Mussorgsky-Gortchakov – Pictures at an Exhibition – Kurt Masur

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881):
Pictures at an Exhibition - orchestrated by Sergei Petrovich Gortchakov (1905-1976)
Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Symphony no.1 in D major, op.25 "Symphonie Classique"

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Kurt Masur - conductor

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Schubert – 'The unauthorised Piano Duos' – Goldstone & Clemmow (Vol.1)

Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Quintet in A major D.667 "The Trout"- arranged for piano duet by Carl Czerny
Study for two pianos on Schubert's Impromptu in E flat D.899 no 2 - by Ede Poldini
Overture to the drama "Rosamunde" D.644 - arranged for piano duet by Joseph Hüttenbrenner
Polonaise in B flat major (from the D.618a sketches) - realised by Anthony Goldstone
Waltzes - arranged for two pianos by Sergei Prokofiev
Adagio from String Quartet in C major D.956 - arranged for piano duet by Hugo Ulrich

Anthony Goldstone - piano
Caroline Clemmow - piano

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Prokofiev – Ivan the Terrible – Valeri Polyansky

Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Ivan the Terrible, op.116 - incidental music for the film
Ballad for an Unknown Boy, op.93

Ludmila Kuznetsova - mezzo-soprano
Viktoria Smolnikova - mezzo-soprano
Elena Kozneva - mezzo-soprano
Tatiana Zheranzhe - contralto
Vladimir Sytnik - tenor
Sergey Toptygin - baritone
Alexander Tsylinko - bass
Mikhail Makhov - bass
Russian State Symphonic Capella
Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Valeri Polyansky - conductor

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Prokofiev – Orchestral Suites – Andrew Mogrelia

Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Lieutenant Kije, Suite op. 60
The Love for Three Oranges, Suite
Romeo and Juliet: Madrigal  from Suite 1
Romeo and Juliet: Dance of the Girls with the Lilies from Suite 2
Cinderella, Suite No. 1, op. 107

Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra (Košice)
Andrew Mogrelia - conductor

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Prokofiev – Piano Concerto no.5, Piano Sonatas nos.6 & 2 – Sviatoslav Richter

Serguei Prokofiev (a891-1953):
Piano concerto No.5 in G Major, Op.55
Piano sonata No.6 in A Major, Op.82
Piano sonata No.2 in D minor, Op.14
Visions fugitives Op.22 nos. 3,4,5,6,8,9,11,14,15,18,20

Sviatoslav Richter - piano
Ussr State Symphony Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov - conductor

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Various Composers – 'Russian Dances and Ballets' – Paavo Järvi

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Polonaise
Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978):
Masquerada, suite from the incidental music for orchestra: Waltz
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975):
The Age of Gold, ballet, Op. 22: Polka
Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
The Love for Three Oranges, opera, Op. 33: March
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Waltz of the Flowers
Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978):
Gayane, ballet in 4 acts: Sabre Dance
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936):
Raymonda, ballet, Op. 57: Entracte
Anatol Lyadov (1855-1914):
Dance of the Amazon, Op. 65
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975):
Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2: Waltz No. 2
Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Dance of the Knights
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Waltz
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975):
Tahiti Trot
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
Valse-Fantasie
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887):
Prince Igor, opera (completed by Rimsky-Korsakov & Glazunov): Polovtsian Dances

Mariinsky Choir
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Paavo Järvi - conductor

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Schubert – Piano transcriptions – Antti Siirala

Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Winterreise: Gute Nacht (trans Godowsky)
Der Lindenbaum (trans Liszt)
Winterreise: Der sturmische Morgen - Im Dorfe (trans Liszt)
Waltzes (trans Prokofiev)
Die schöne Müllerin: Morgengruss (trans Godowsky)
Erlkönig (trans Liszt)
Overture in D major (trans Busoni)
Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938):
Passacaglia (based on the beginning of the Unfinished Symphony)

Antii Siirala - piano

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Prokofiev – Symphony No.1, Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2 – Karel Ancerl

Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Symphony no.1 in D major, op.25 "Classical" *
Piano Concerto no.1 in D flat major, op.10 +
Piano Concerto no.2 in G minor, op.16 #

Sviatoslav Richter - piano +
Dagmar Baloghová - piano #
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra * #
Prague Symphony Orchestra +
Karel Ančerl - conductor

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Prokofiev, Glazunov, Tchaikovsky – Works for Violin and Orchestra – Nikolaj Znaider

Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Violin Concerto no.2 in G minor, op.63
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936):
Violin Concerto in A minor, op.82
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Méditation, op.42 no.1

Nikolaj Znaider - violin
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Mariss Jansons - conductor

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Oistrakh – Praga Edition Vol.5 – Prokofiev

David Oistrakh in Prague (vol.5)

Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Violin Concerto no.1 in D major, op.19
Five Melodies for Violin and Piano, op.35b
Sonata for Violin and Piano no.1 in F minor, op.80

David Oistrakh - violin
Frida Bauer - piano
Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Yuri Temirkanov - conductor

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Various Composers – 'Debut Recital' – Martha Argerich

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Scherzo no.3 in C sharp minor, op.39
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Rhapsodies op.79
Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Toccata op.11
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Jeux d'eau
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Barcarole in F sharp major, op.60
Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Hungarian Rhapsody no.6
Piano Sonata in B flat minor

Martha Argerich - piano

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