Arrau - The Final Sessions Vol.1 - Schubert

Claudio Arrau León (February 6, 1903 – June 9, 1991) was a Chilean-American pianist known for his interpretations of a vast repertoire spanning from the baroque to 20th-century composers, especially Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Brahms and Debussy. He is widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. (wikipedia) 

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Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Piano Sonata in G major, D. 894
Moments musicaux, D. 780

Claudio Arrau - piano

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Fortunato Chelleri - Symphonies - Moretto

Fortunato Chelleri (1690-1757) - Six Simphonies Nouvelles:
Sinfonia No.1 in D major
Sinfonia No.2 in C major
Sinfonia No.3 in B flat major
Sinfonia No.4 in A major
Sinfonia No.5 in D major
Sinfonia No.6 in B flat major
Brussels Symphony in B flat major
"Polonaise" from the Brussels symphony in A major

Atalanta Fugiens [on period instruments]
Vanni Moretto - conductor

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Tellefsen - Piano works (Vol.1) - Jaworska

Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen (1823-1874) - Piano music Vol.1:
Quatre Mazurkas, op.1
Grande Mazurka in B flat major, op.24
Walhallafesten, op.40
Nocturne in G flat major, op.39
Sonate in C minor, op.13
Trois Valses brillantes, op.5
Grandes Valses, op.30
Au travers d'un songe, op.34
La petite mendiante, op.23

Małgorzata Jaworska - piano

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Nielsen - Symphonies Nos. 4-6 - Blomstedt

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) - the symphonies:
Symphony No.4 "The Inextinguishable" *
Symphony No.5 *
Symphony No.6 "Sinfonia semplice" *
Little Suite +
Hymnus amoris #

Barbara Bonney - soprano #
John Mark Ainsley - tenor #
Lars Pedersen - tenor #
Michael W. Hansen - baritone #
Bo Anker Hansen - bass #
San Francisco Symphony *
The Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra #
Herbert Blomstedt - conductor *
Ulf Schirmer - conductor #

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Stravinsky - Ballets - Chailly

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):
Petrouchka (1947 version)
Le Sacre du Printemps (1947 version) *
L'Oiseau de feu - suite (1945 version)
Jeu de cartes
Apollon musagète (1947 version)

The Cleveland Orchestra *
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly - conductor

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Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No.1; Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No.1 - Gavrilov

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, op.23 *
Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Piano Concerto No.1 in D flat, op.10 +
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Theme and Variations in F, op.19 no.6
Mili Balakirev (1837-1910):
Islamey
Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Suggestion diabolique, op.4 no.4

Andrei Gavrilov - piano
Philharmonia Orchestra *
London Symphony Orchestra +
Riccardo Muti - conductor *
Simon Rattle - conductor +

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Mozart - Die Zauberflöte; Der Schauspieldirektor - Böhm

"Böhm’s 1964 Zauberflöte has long been a strong recommendation. (...) Böhm’s speeds do lock into a powerful, if sacerdotal, view of the whole. The principal jewel is Fritz Wunderlich’s Tamino, incomparable in its lyric ardour, musicality and tangible characterisation. There is a rock-like Sarastro from Franz Crass and fine Sprecher from Hans Hotter. Evelyn Lear is a radiant Pamina, and Roberta Peters has the stratospheric measure of Queen of the Night."

-- Patrick Carnegy, BBC Music Magazine


Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Die Zauberflöte - opera in two acts, KV.620

with:
Franz Crass
Roberta Peters
Evelyn Lear
Fritz Wunderlich
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Lisa Otto
Friederich Lenz
Hans Hotter

Rias Kammerchor
Berliner Philharmoniker
Karl Böhm - conductor

Der Schauspieldirektor - musical comedy in one act, KV.486

with:
Reri Grist
Arleen Auger
Peter Schreier
Kurt Moll

Staatskapelle Dresden
Karl Böhm - conductor

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Chopin - 4 Scherzi; Polonaise-Fantaisie Op. 61 - Arrau

Claudio Arrau León (February 6, 1903 – June 9, 1991) was a Chilean-American pianist known for his interpretations of a vast repertoire spanning from the baroque to 20th-century composers, especially Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Brahms and Debussy. He is widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. (wikipedia) 

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Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Scherzo No.1 in B minor, op.20
Scherzo No.2 in B flat minor, op.31
Scherzo No.3 in C sharp minor, op.39
Scherzo No.4 in E major, op.54
Polonaise No.7 in A flat major, op.61 "Polonaise-Fantaisie"

Claudio Arrau - piano

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Peter von Winter - Symphonies; Entr'actes - Moesus

Peter von Winter (1754-1825):
Sinfonie à grand Orchestre No.1
Ouverture à grand Orchestre op.24
Entr'Actes 3, 5 & 6 *
Sinfonia "Schweriner"

Christiane Dohn - flute *
Jürgen Evers - oboe *
Michael Weigel - bassoon *
Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Johannes Moesus - conductor

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Penderecki - Seven Gates of Jerusalem - Penderecki

Krzysztof Penderecki (b.1933):
Seven Gates of Jerusalem - for five soloists, narrator, three mixed choirs and orchestra

Anna Stolarczyk - soprano
Marta Olga Mularczyk - soprano
Anastazja Lipert - soprano
Izabela Matuła - soprano
Maria Lenart - mezzosoprano
Paweł Fundament - tenor
Leszek Solarski - bass
Jerzy Trela - narrator
Symphony Orchestra of the Academy of Music in Kraków
Krzysztof Penderecki - conductor

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Nielsen - Symphonies Nos. 1-3 - Blomstedt

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) - the symphonies:
Symphony No.1
Symphony No.2 "The Four Temperaments"
Symphony No.3 "Sinfonia espansiva"
Maskarade - Overture
Aladdin - Suite

San Francisco Symphony
Herbert Blomstedt - conductor

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Stravinsky - Chamber works & Rarities - Various artists

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):

CD 1:
Ragtime for 11 players *
Octet for wind instruments *
3 Pieces for clarinet solo +
The Soldier's Tale, Suite for Violin, Clarinet and Piano *
Pastorale for 5 instruments *
Concertino for 12 instruments *
Septet *
Epitaphium *
Concerto for two pianos #

Vladimir Ashkenazy - piano #
Andrei Gavrilov - piano #
Dmitri Ashkenazy . clarinet * +
European Soloists Ensemble *
Vladimir Ashkenazy - conductor

CD 2:
Concerto in E flat major "Dumbarton Oaks" *
Danses concertantes *
Concerto in D for strings *
Quatre Études +
Four Norwegian Moods #
Suites 1 & 2 §

Sinfonietta de Montreal *
Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal +
The Cleveland Orchestra #
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande §
Charles Dutoit - conductor * +
Riccardo Chailly - conductor #
Ernest Ansermet - conductor §

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Beethoven - The Five Piano Concertos - Lubin, Hogwood

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):

CD 1:
Piano Concerto No.1 in C major, op.15
Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major, op.19

CD 2:
Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, op.37
Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, op.58

CD 3:
Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major, op.73 "Emperor"

Steven Lubin - pianoforte
The Academy of Ancient Music [on period instruments]
Christopher Hogwood - conductor

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Beethoven - The 5 Piano Concertos - Glenn Gould

 recorded in 1957 - 1966

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):

CD 1:
Piano Concerto No.1 in C major, op.15 *
Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, op.58 +

Columbia Symphony Orchestra *
New York Philharmonic +
Vladimir Golschmann - conductor *
Leonard Bernstein - conductor +

CD 2:
Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major, op.19
Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, op.37

Columbia Symphony Orchestar
Leonard Bernstein - conductor

CD 3:
Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major, op.73 "Emperor"

American Symphony Orchestra
Leopold Stokovski - conductor

Glenn Gould - piano

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Schumann - piano works - Arrau (Vol. 2)

Claudio Arrau León (February 6, 1903 – June 9, 1991) was a Chilean-American pianist known for his interpretations of a vast repertoire spanning from the baroque to 20th-century composers, especially Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Brahms and Debussy. He is widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. (wikipedia) 

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other Volume of Schumann by Arrau

Robert Schumann (1810-1856):

CD 4:
Symphonic Studies, op.13
Variations on the name Abbeg, op.1
Kinderszenen, op.15

CD 5:
Faschingsschwank aus Wien, op.26
Arabesque in C major, op.18
Humoresque in B flat, op.20
Papillons, op.2

CD 6:
Sonata No.1 in F sharp minor, op.11
Fantasiestücke, op.111
Fantasiestücke, op.12

CD 7:
Carnaval, op.9
Fantasia in C major, op.17
Blumenstück, op.19

Claudio Arrau - piano

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Jenner - The Violin Sonatas - Rainer Schmidt

Gustav Uwe Jenner (1865-1920):
Violin Sonata No.1 in A minor
Violin Sonata No.2 in B flat major
Violin Sonata No.3 in E flat major

Rainer Schmidt - violin
Saiko Sasaki - piano

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Penderecki - Music for Chamber Orchestra - Penderecki

Krzysztof Penderecki (b.1933):
Adagietto from "Paradise lost"
Chaconne in memoria del Giovanni Paolo II
Agnus Dei from "Requiem"
Intermezzo for 24 string instruments
De Profundis from "Seven Gates of Jerusalem"
Serenade for string orchestra
3 Pieces in Baroque Style
Sinfonietta per archi

Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra
Krzysztof Penderecki - conductor

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Canteloube - Chants d'Auvergne - Te Kanawa

Marie-Joseph Canteloube de Malaret (1897-1957):
Chants d'Auvergne (vol.2)
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959):
Bachianas Brasileiras No.5 for soprano and cellos *

Kiri Te Kanawa - soprano
Lynn Harrell - cello *
Instrumental Ensemble *
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate - conductor

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Field - The Complete Nocturnes - O'Rourke

John Field (1782-1837):
The Complete Nocturnes

Míceál O'Rourke - piano

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Tchaikovsky - String Quartets Nos. 1-3, Sextet "Souvenir de Florence" - Borodin Quartet

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
String Quartet No.1 in D major, op.11
String Quartet No.2 in F major, op.22
String Quartet No.3 in E flat major, op.30
String Sextet in D minor "Souvenir de Florence", op.70 *

Borodin String Quartet
Yuri Bashmet - viola *
Natalia Gutman - cello *

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Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 3; Marches S426 - J.Jando

Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in E flat major, op.post. *
Buch der Lieder für piano allein Vol.2
Franz Schuberts Märsche S. 426

Jenő Jandó - piano
Hungarian State Orchestra
Lamberto Gardelli - conductor

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Schumann - piano works - Arrau (Vol. 1)

Claudio Arrau León (February 6, 1903 – June 9, 1991) was a Chilean-American pianist known for his interpretations of a vast repertoire spanning from the baroque to 20th-century composers, especially Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Brahms and Debussy. He is widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. (wikipedia) 

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other Volume of Schumann by Arrau

Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
CD 1:
Novelettes, op.21
Waldszenen, op.82

CD 2:
Kreisleriana, op.16
Piano Sonata No.2 in G minor, op.22
Three Romances, op.28

CD 3:
Davidsbündlertänze, op.6
Nachtstücke, op.23

Claudio Arrau - piano

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Franz Benda - Flötenkonzerte - Laurence Dean

František Benda (1709-1786):
Concerto for Flute in E minor
Sonata for Flute in G major
Concerto for Flute in A major
Sonata for Flute in G major
Concerto for Flute in G major

Laurence Dean - flute
Anne Röhrig - violin
Bernward Lohr - cembalo & fortepiano
Hannoversche Hofkapelle [on period instruments]

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Penderecki - Capriccio; De Natura Sonoris II; Piano Concerto - Penderecki

Krzysztof Penderecki (b.1933):
Capriccio for Violin and Orchestra *
De Natura Sonoris No.2
Piano Concerto "Ressurrection" +

Patrycja Pietukowska - violin *
Beata Bilińska - piano
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice
Krzysztof Penderecki - conductor

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Rachmaninov - Sonata for Cello & Piano; Vocalise - Harrell, Ashkenazy

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):
Sonta for Cello and Piano, op.19
Prelude, op.2 no.1
Oriental Dance, op.2 no.2
Modest Altschuler (1873-1963):
Melodie on a theme by Rachmainoff
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):
Romance
Vocalise, op.34 no.14

Lynn Harrel - cello
Vladimir Ashkenazy - piano

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