Respighi – Transcriptions for Orchestra – López-Cobos

Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) - transcriptions:
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868): La Boutique Fantasque
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): Cinq Etudes-Tableaux

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Jesus Lopez-Cobos - conductor

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Martha Argerich and Friends 2013

Martha Argerich and Friends - live from Lugano Festival 2013

CD 1:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Piano Concerto no.1 in C major, op.15
Cello Sonata no.2 in G minor, op.5 no.2

CD 2:
Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936):
Violin Sonata in B minor, P110
Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
La lugubre gondola, S200 for violin and piano
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975):
Cello Sonata in D minor, op.40

CD 3:
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Violin Sonata, op.posth.
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Petite Suite for piano four hands
Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880):
Gaité parisienne - transcr. for 3 pianos by Carlo Maria Griguoli
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Carnival of the Animals

Martha Argerich - piano
Francesco Piemontesi - piano
Jura Margulis - piano
Gabriela Montero - piano
Cristina Marton - piano
Giorgia Tomassi - piano
Carlo Maria Griguoli - piano
Alessandro Stella - piano
Lilya Zilberstein - piano
Renaud Capuçon - violin
Alissa Margulis - violin
Andrey Baranov - violin
Michael Guttman - violin
Mischa Maisky - cello
Gautier Capuçon - cello
Lyda Chen - viola
Alexandre Debrus - cello
Enrico Fagone - double bass
Alfred Rutz - flute
Corrado Giuffredi - clarinet
Gregorio Di Trapani - percussion
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana *
Hubert Soudant - conductor *

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Bach – Transcriptions – Leonard Slatkin

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Passacaglia and Fuge in C minor BWV 582 (orch.: Ottorino Respighi)
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645 (orch.: Sir Granville Bantock)
Preludium and Fuge in C major BWV 545 (orch.: Arthur Honegger)
O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde groß, BWV 622 (orch.: Max Reger)
Fantasia and Fuge in C minor BWV 537 (orch.: Sir Edward Elgar)
Die 'große' Fuge (Wir glauben all' an einen Gott, BWV 680) (orch.: Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Chaconne from Partita Nr. 2 in D minor BWV 1004 (orch.: Joseph Joachim Raff)
'Fuge a la Gigue' in G major BWV 577 (orch.: Gustav Holst)
Preludium und Fuge in E flat major 'St Anne', BWV 552 (orch.: Arnold Schoenberg)

BBC Philharmonic
Leonard Slatkin - conductor

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Respighi – Ancient Airs and Dances – Rico Saccani

Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936):
Ancient Airs and Dances - Suites Nos.1, 2 & 3

National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
Rico Saccani - conductor

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Respighi – Symphonic Poems – Enrique Bátiz

Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936):
Roman Festivals
Fountains of Rome
Pines of Rome

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Enrique Bátiz - conductor

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Respighi – Orchestral Works – Geoffrey Simon, Y.-P. Tortelier

Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936):

CD 1:
Vetrate di chiesa *
Metamorphoseon Modi XII *
Feste Romane +

CD 2:
Fontane di Roma +
Pini di Roma +
Belkis, Regina di Saba *
Impressioni Brasiliane *

Philharmonia Orchestra
Geoffrey Simon - conductor *
Yan-Pascal Tortelier - conductor +

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Various Composers – Arias and Scenes from Operas – Irmgard Seefried

Arias and Scenes from Opera

CD 1:
Mozart - Il Re Pastore - "L'amerò, sarò costante"
Mozart - "Non temer, amato bene" KV 490
Mozart - Cosi fan tutte - "Temerati Sortite... Come scoglio immoto resta"
Mozart - Cosi fan tutte - "Ei parte... Per pietà, ben mio, perdona"
Bizet - Carmen - "Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante"
Handel - Giulio Cesare - "Tu la mia stella sei"
Handel - Giulio Cesare - "Caro! Più amabile beltà"
Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro - "Giunse alfin il momento... Deh vieni, non tardar"
Mozart - Don Giovanni - "Zitto! lascia ch'io senta" / "Vedrai carino"
Beethoven - Fidelio - "O wär'ich schon mit dir vereint"
Respighi - Il tramonto - Der Sonnenuntergang

CD 2:
Mozart - Così fan tutte - "Sorella, cosa dice?" / "Prenderò quel brunettino"
Weber - Der Freischütz - "Wie nahte mir der Schlummer... Leise, leise, fromme Weise!"
Weber - Der Freischütz - "Und ob die Wolke sie verhülle"
Thomas - "Mignon" - "Kam ein armes Kind von fern"
Thomas - "Mignon" - "Dort bei ihm ist sie jetzt"
Lortzing - Der Wildschütz - "Auf des Lebens raschen Wogen"
Lortzing - Der Wildschütz - "Ihr Weib?" / "Mein teures Weib!"
R.Strauss - Der Rosekavalier - "Wie du warst! Wie du bist!"
R.Strauss - Der Rosekavalier - "Rofrano! Rofrano!" / "Er kommt, er kommt, in zwei Karossen"
R.Strauss - Der Rosekavalier - "Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren"
R.Strauss - Der Rosekavalier - "Nein, nein, nein, nein! I trik' kein Wein"

Irmgard Seefried - soprano
Wiener Symphoniker
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Berliner Philharmoniker
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Sinfonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Festival Srtrings Lucerne
Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux
Bamberger Symphoniker
Staatskapelle Dresden
Ferdinand Leitner - conductor
Karl Böhm - conductor
Ferenc Fricsay - conductor
Eugen Jochum - conductor
Rudolf Baumgartner - conductor
Jean Fournet - conductor
Christoph Stepp - conductor

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Ferenc Fricsay – Original Masters [DG Edition]

remembering Ferenc Fricsay on his birthday

(9 August 1914 – 20 February 1963)

CD 1:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
A Midsummer Night's Dream, overture, Op. 21
A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music, Op. 61
Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Symphony No. 1 in D major ("Classical"), Op. 25

Rita Streich - soprano
Diana Eustrati - contralto
Rias Kammerchor

CD 2:
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911):
Rückert Lieder
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Symphony No. 6 in B minor ("Pathétique"), Op. 74

Maureen Forrester - contralto

CD 3:
Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) / Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936):
La Boutique Fantasque
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908):
Sheherazade

CD 4:
Johann Strauss I (1804-1849), Johann Strauss II (1825-1899), Joseph Strauss (1827-1870):
Waltzes, Polkas, Overtures

CD 5:
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946):
Noches en los jardines de España
Jean Françaix (1912-1997):
Concertino for piano & orchestra
Arthur Honegger (1892-1955):
Concertino, for piano & orchestra, H. 55
César Franck (1822-1890):
Symphonic Variations, for piano & orchestra
Serguei Rachmaninov (1873-1943):
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op.43

Magrit Weber - piano

CD 6:
Gottfried von Einem (1916-1996):
Dantons Tod, interlude from the opera, Op.6
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963):
Symphonic Dances, for orchestra
Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905-1963):
Symphony No. 6
Frank Martin (1890-1974):
Petite symphonie concertante

CD 7 & CD 8:
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons), oratorio

Maria Stader - soprano
Ernst Haefliger - tenor
Josef Greindl - bass
Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale

CD 9:
Ferenc Fricsay, Erzähltes Leben (A Life Retold), interview; includes musical excperts

Berliner Philharmoniker
RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Ferec Fricsay - conductor

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Respighi – Works for Piano and Orchestra – Konstantin Scherbakov

remembering Ottorino Respighi on his birthday

(9 July 1879 – 18 April 1936)

Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936):
Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra
Toccata for Piano and Orchestra
Fantasia Slava for Piano and Orchestra

Konstantin Scherbakov - piano
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
Howard Griffiths - conductor

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Respighi – Piano Concerto, Concerto in modo misolidio – Tozer

Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936):
Piano Concerto in A minor
Concerto in modo misolidio

Geoffrey Tozer - piano
BBC Philharmonic
Sir Edward Downes - conductor

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Arturo Sacchetti - Organ history: Italian School

Not my rip. This album is a generous offer by Daffy. 

Organ History:
The Italian School between 19th and 20th Century

works by:
Giuseppe Martucci (1856-1909)
Giovanni Sgambati (1841-1914)
Marco Enrico Bossi (1861-1925)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
Franco Alfano (1876-1954)
Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)
Francesco Balilla Pratella (1880-1955)
Raffaele Manari (1887-1933)
Ettore Desderi (1892-1974)
Giorgio Federico Ghendini (1892-1965)
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968)
Giovanni Salviucci (1907-1937)

Arturo Sacchetti - organ

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Respighi - Rossiniana; Tchaikovsky - Mozartiana - Albrecht

Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936):
Rossiniana - Suite for Orchestra based on piano pieces from Rossini
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Mozartiana - Suite No.4

Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Gerd Albrecht - conductor

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Respighi: Ancient Airs & Dances, Suite 3; La Boutique Fantasque

Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936):
"Antiche danze ed arie per liuto" - Suite III transcribed for strings
"Gli uccelli" - Suite for small orchestra
"La boutique fantasque" - Ballet after Gioacchino Rossini

Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields
Sir Neville Marriner

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