Chopin – His contemporaries and his instruments (Vol.6/6) – Chopin, Weber, Alkan, Liszt

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849):
Mazurka for piano No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 7-1, CT. 56 *
Mazurka for piano No. 13 in A minor, Op. 17-4, CT. 63 *
Mazurka for piano No. 14 in G minor, Op. 24-1, CT. 64 *
Mazurka for piano No. 20 in D flat major, Op. 30-3, CT. 70 *
Mazurka for piano No. 32 in C sharp minor, Op. 50-3, CT. 82 *
Mazurka for piano No. 37 in A flat major, Op. 59-2 CT. 87 *
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826):
Piano Sonata No. 3 in D minor, J. 206 (Op. 49) +
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1883):
Barcarolle  #
Petit conte #
Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Ricordanza from Études d'exécution transcendante §
Harmonies du soir from Études d'exécution transcendante §

Cor de Groot - fortepiano [Pleyel, 1847] *
Jan Vermeulen - fortepiano [Tröndlin, 1828] +
Stanley Hoogland - fortepiano [Pleyel, 1858] #
Fred Oldenburg - fortepiano [Érard,1842] §

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Weber – Clarinet Concertos, Concertino – Karl-Heinz Steffens

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826):
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra no.1 in F minor, op.73
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra no.2 in E flat major, op.74
Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra in E flat major, op.26

Karl-Heinz Steffens - clarinet
Bamberger Symphoniker
Radoslaw Szulc - conductor

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Various Composers – Masses – Various Artists

CD 1:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Mass in C major K.317
Missa solemnis in C minor K.139

CD 2:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Mass in C minor K.427 "Grosse Messe"
Mass in C major K.259 "Orgelsolo-Messe"

CD 3:
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
Mass in B flat major "Harmoniemesse"
Michael Haydn (1737-1806):
Missa Sancti Joannis Nepomuceni

CD 4:
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805):
Missa per l'Incoronazione Carlo X.
Michael Haydn (1737-1806):
Te Deum in D major

CD 5:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Missa solemnis, op.132

CD 6:
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Mass no.5 in A flat major D.678
Deutsche Messe D.872

CD 7:
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Mass no.2 in G major D.167
Mass no.6 in E flat major D.950

CD 8:
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Missa sacra in C minor, op.147
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826):
Missa sancta G major "Jubelmesse"

CD 9:
Friedrich Kiel (1821-1885):
Missa solemnis, op.40

CD 10:
Charles Gounod (1818-1893):
Messe Solenne de Sainte-Cécile
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896):
Te Deum in C major

Wienwe Sängerknaben
Tölzer Knabenchor
RIAS-Kammerchor
Europa Chor Akademie
Kammerchor Cantemus
Wiener Akademie
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss
Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg
Martin Haselböck - conductor
Marcus Creed - conductor
Werner Ehrhard - conductor
Michael Gielen - conductor

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Weber – Clarinet Concertos & Concertino – Martin Fröst

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826):
Clarinet Concerto no.1 in F minor, op.73
Quintet in B flat major for Clarinet and Strings, op.34 - arranged for string orchestra by J.-J. Kantorow
Clarinet Concerto no.2 in E flat major, op.74
Concertino in E flat major for Clarinet and Orchestra, op.26

Martin Fröst - clarinet
Tapiola Sinfonietta
Jean-Jacques Kantorow - conductor

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Weber, R.Strauss – Concertos – Lawrence Foster

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826):
Clarinet Concerto no.2 in E flat major, op.74 *
Bassoon Concerto in F major, op.75 +
Andante and Hungarian Rondo for Viola and Orchestra in C minor, op.35 #
Richard Strauss (1864-1949):
Concerto for Oboe and small Orchestra in D major §

Esther Georgie - clarinet *
Ricardo Ramos - bassoon +
Samuel Barsegian - viola #
Pedro Ribeiro - oboe §
Orquestra Gulbenkian
Lawrence Foster - conductor

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Weber – Clarinet Quintet, Flute Trio – van Swieten Society

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826):
Clarinet Quintet in B flat major, op.34
"Aufforderung zum Tanze", op.65
Flute Trio in G minor, op.63

Marion Moonen - flute
Frank van den Brink - clarinet
Bart van Oort - fortepiano
van Swieten Society [on period instruments]

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Hummel, Du Puy, Danzi, Weber – The Romantic Bassoon – Christian Davidsson

Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837):
Grand Concerto in F major for Bassoon & Orchestra
Édouard Du Puy (ca.1770-1822):
Quinteto in A minor for Bassoon and Strings
Franz Danzi (1763-1826):
Concerto in F major for Bassoon & Orchestra
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Andante e Rondo Ungarese Op. 35 For Bassoon & Orchestra

Christian Davidsson - bassoon
Sundsvall Chamber Orchestra
Niklas Willén - conductor

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Weber-Mahler – Die drei Pintos – Paolo Arrivabeni

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) / Gustav Mahler (1860-1911):
Die drei Pintos - opera in three acts

with:
Robert Holzer
Peter Furlong
Barbara Zechmeister
Sophie Marilley
Eric Shaw
Alessandro Svab
Stewart Kempster
Sinead Campbell
Ales Jenis

Wexford Festival Opera Chorus
National Philharmonic Orchestra of Belarus
Paolo Arrivabeni - conductor

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Weber, Mendelssohn, Baermann – Works for Clarinet and Orchestra – Sabine Meyer

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826):
Clarinet Quintet in B flat major, op.34 (for Clarinet and String Orchestra)
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Konzerstück no.1 for Clarinet, Basset Horn and Orchestra in F minor, op.113
Konzerstück no.2 for Clarinet, Basset Horn and Orchestra in D minor, op.114
Heinrich Joseph Baermann (1784-1847):
Clarinet Quintet no.3 in E flat major, op.23 (for Clarinet and String Orchestra) *

Sabine Meyer - clarinet
Wolfgang Meyer - clarinet * & basset horn
Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields
Kenneth Sillito - conductor

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Weber, Mozart – Bassoon Concertos – George Zukerman

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826):
Concertino in E minor for Horn and Orchestra, op.45 *
Andante and Hungarian Rondo for Viola and Orchestra +
Romanza and Siciliana in G minor for Flute and Orchestra #
Bassoon Concerto in F major, op.75 §
Andante and Hungarian Rondo for Bassoon and Orchestra, op.35 §
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1745-1791):
Bassoon Concerto in B flat major KV 191 §

Francis Orval - horn *
Peter Thalheimer - flute #
George Zukerman - bassoon
Hamburg Symphony Orchestra * + #
Württemberg Chamber Orchestra §
Günter Neidlinger - conductor * + #
Jörg Faerber - conductor §

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Weber – Piano Concertos, Konzertstück – Benjamin Frith

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826):
Piano Concerto No.1 in C major, op.11
Piano Concerto No.2 in E flat major, op.32
Polacca Brillante (L'hilarité), op.72
Konzerstück in F minor, op.79

Benjamin Frith - piano
RTE Sinfonietta
Proinnsías Ó Duinn - conductor

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Falla, Martinu, Tcherepnin, Weber – Works for Piano and Orchestra – Margrit Weber

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946):
Noches en los jardines de España *
Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959):
Concerto No.5 for Piano and Orchestra in B flat major "Fantasia concertante" *
Alexander Tcherepnin (1899-1977):
10 Bagatelles for Piano and Orchestra op.5 +
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826):
Kozertstück in F minor for Piano and Orchestra op.79 +

Margrit Weber - piano
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks *
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin +
Rafael Kubelik - conductor *
Ferenc Fricsay - conductor +

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Weber, Danzi, Stamitz – Works for Cello and Orchestra – Thomas Blees

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826):
Gran Potpourri for Cello and Orchestra *
Franz Ignaz Danzi (1763-1826):
Cello Concerto in E minor *
Carl Stamitz (1745-1801):
Cello Concerto in A major +

Thomas Blees - cello
Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester *
Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn +
Carl-August Bünte - conductor *
Jörg Faerber - conductor +

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Weber – Symphonies Nos.1 & 2 – Claus Peter Flor

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826):
Symphony No.1 in C major, J.50
Overture to "Der Freischütz", J.277
Symphony No.2 in C major, J.51

Philharmonia Orchestra
Claus Peter Flor - conductor

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Wilhelm Furtwängler – an anniversary tribute – Original Masters DG

remembering Wilhelm Furtwängler on the anniversary of his death

(January 25, 1886 – November 30, 1954)

CD 1:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Suite No.3 in D major BWV 1068
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787):
Overture to "Alceste"
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Overture to "Rosamunde"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K. 543

CD 2:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Overture "Egmont", op.84
Overture Leonore II", op.72a
Symphony No.8 in F major, op.93
Grosse Fugue, op.133
Carl Maria von Weber (1785-1826):
Overture to "Euryanthe"

CD 3:
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Symphony No.1 in B flat major, op.38 "Spring"
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Symphony No.3 in F major, op.90

CD 4:
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896):
Symphony No.9 in D minor

CD 5:
Richard Strauss (1864-1949):
Metamorphosen
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Symphony No.1 in C minor, op.68

CD 6:
Interviews with Wilhelm Furtwängler


Berliner Philharmoniker
Wiener Philharmoniker
Wilhelm Furtwängler - conductor

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Weber – Der Freischütz – Carlos Kleiber

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826):
Der Freischütz - opera in 3 acts

with:
Bernd Weikl
Siegfried Vogel
Gundula Janowitz
Edith Mathis
Theo Adam
Peter Schreier
Franz Crass
Günther Leib

Rundfunkchor Leipzig
Staatskapelle Dresden
Carlos Kleiber - conductor

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Weber – Invitation to the Dance & Overtures – Karajan

remembering Carl Maria von Weber on his birthday

(18 November 1786 – 4 June 1826)

Carl Maria von Weber (1784-1826):
Invitation to Dance, op.65
Euryathe - overture
Oberon - overture
Abu Hassan - overture
Der Freischütz - overture
Der Beherrscher der Geister - overture
Peter Schmoll - overture

Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan - conductor

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Mozart, Hummel, Weber – Basson Concertos – Matthias Rácz

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826):
Bassoon Concerto in F major, op.75
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Bassoon Concerto in B flat major KV 191
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837):
Bassoon Concerto in F major
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826):
Andante and Rondo Ungarese for Bassoon and Orchestra op.35

Matthias Rácz - bassoon
Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie
Johannes Klumpp

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Mozart, Weber – Clarinet Quintets – Eduard Brunner, Hagen Quartett

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Quintet for Clarinet, two Violins, Violas and Cello in A major, KV 581
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826):
Quintet for Clarinet, two Violins, Violas and Cello in B flat major, op.34

Eduard Brunner - clarinet
Hagen Quartett

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Mozart, Hummel, Weber – Basson Concertos – Michael Werba

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra in B flat major, KV 191
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837):
"Grand Concerto" for Bassoon and Orchestra in F major
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826):
Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra in F major, op.75

Michael Werba - bassoon
Wiener Streichsolisten

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