Schubert - Stabat mater; Weber - Offertories - VA

Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Stabat Mater in F minor, D.383 for soloists, choir and orchestra *
Carl Maria von Weber (1768-1826):
Offertorium "Gloria et honore coronasti eum" in E flat major +
Offertorium "In die solemnitatis vestrae" in G major +

Gerti Zeumer - soprano *
Dieter Ellenbeck - tenor *
Ernst Gerold Schramm - bass *
Maria Taborsky - soprano +
RIAS Kammerchor *
Chor St. Michael, München +
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin *
Orchester von St.Michael, München +
Roland Bader - conductor *
Ernst Ehret - conductor +

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Les Ballets Russes – Vol.4 – Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky – Ahronovich, Wakasugi, Bour

other volumes of the collection Les Ballets Russes

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Swan Lake, op.20 (Suite) *
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky, arr. Igor Stravinsky:
The Sleeping Beauty, op.66 +
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):
Le Chant du Rossignol #

SWR-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg
Yuri Ahronovich - conductor *
Hiroshi Wakasugi - conductor +
Ernest Bour - conductor #

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Weingartner – String Quartets (Vol.1) – Sarastro Quartett

other chamber music by Weingartner

Felix Weingartner (1893-1942):
String Quartet No.1 in D minor, op.24
String Quartet No.3 in F major, op.34

Sarastro Quartett

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My Favourite Kreisler' – Itzhak Perlman

Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962):
Caprice viennois, op.2
Schön Rosmarin
Slavonic Dance in E minor (Dvořák, op.46 no2, arr. Kreisler)
Romance, op.4
Songs my mother taught me (Dvořák, op.55 no.4)
Moto perpetuo (Paganini, op.11, arr. Kreisler)
Fugue in A major (Tartini, arr. Kreisler)
La Chasse (Caprice)
Preghiera
Marguerite (Daisies) (Rachmaninov, op.38 no.3, arr. Kreisler)
Liebesleid
Melodie (Gluck, arr. Kreisler)
Viennese Melodie (Gärtner, arr. Kreisler)
Mazurka in A minor (Chopin, op.67 no.4., arr. Kreisler)
Liebesfreud

Itzhak Perlman - violin
Samuel Sanders - piano

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Contemporaries of Mozart – Salieri – Symphonies – Bamert

Contemporaries of Mozart - Antonio Salieri

Antonio Salieri (1750-1725):
Overture to "Cublai, gran kan de' Tartari" in D major
Twenty-six Variations on "La Folia di Spagna"
Overture to "Angiolina, ossia Il matrimonio per sussurro" in D major
Sinfonia Veneziana in D major
Overture to "La locandiera" in D major
Sinfonia "Il giorno onomastico" in D major
Overture to "Falstaff, ossia Le tre burle" in D major

London Mozart Players
Matthias Bamert - conductor

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Bayless meets Bernstein – West Side Story Variations

Bayless meets Bernstein

transcriptions and improvisations by John Bayless on themes of "West Side Story"

John Bayless - piano

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Alkan – Grande Sonate, Sonatine, Barcarole, Le Festin d'Esope – Hamelin

remembering Charles-Valentin Alkan on his birthday

(30 November 1813 – 29 March 1888)

Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888):
Grande Sonate "Les Quatre Ages", op.33
Sonatine, op.61
Barcarolle, op.65 no.6
Le Festin d'Esope, op.39 no.12

Marc-André Hamelin - piano

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Dvořák – Stabat Mater – N.Järvi

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
Stabat Mater, op.58

Janice Watson - soprano
Dagmar Pecková - mezzo soprano
Peter Auty - tenor
Peter Rose - bass
London Philharmonic Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Neeme Järvi - conductor

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Les Ballets Russes – Vol.3 – Debussy, Schmitt, Stravinsky – Cambreling

other volumes of the collection Les Ballets Russes

Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958):
La tragédie de Salomé
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):
Pétrouchka

SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart
SWR-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg
Sylvain Cambreling - conductor

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Schumann – Piano Quintet, Piano Quartet – Schubert Ensemble London

Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Piano Quintet in E flat major, op.44
Piano Quartet in E flat major, op.47

The Schubert Ensemble of London

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Grieg – Peer Gynt – Marriner

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907):
Peer Gynt - incidental music

Lucia Popp - soprano
Ambrosian Singers
Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields
Sir Neville Marriner - conductor

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Contemporaries of Mozart – Rosetti - Symphonies - Bamert

Contemporaries of Mozart - Antonio Rosetti

Antonio Rosetti (1746-1792):
Symphony in D major, A12 / KI12
Symphony in G major, A40 / KI22
Symphony in C major, A9 / KI21
Symphony in F major, A33 / KI24

London Mozart Players
Matthias Bamert - conductor

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Evelyn Glennie – Rhytm song

original and arrangement works for percursion and orchestra by:
Musser
Inns
Smadbeck
Fauré
Rimsky-Korsakov
Monti
Stout
Joplin
Glennie
Chopin
Abe
Saint-Saëns

Evelyn Glennie - percursion
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth - conductor

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Lindpaintner – Symphonies concertantes – Donizetti – Concertinos – VA

remembering Gaetano Donizetti on his birthday

(29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848)

Peter Josef Lindpaintner (1791-1856):
Sinfonia concertante for wind quintet and orchestra in B flat major
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848):
Concertino in C major for flute and chamber orchestra
Concertino in F major for oboe and orchestra
Concertino in B flat major for clarinet and orchestra
Peter Josef Lindpaintner (1791-1856):
Sinfonia concertante for wind quintet and orchestra in F major

Aulos-Bläserquitett
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart
Bernhard Güller - conductor

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Schumann - Mass in C minor, Op. 147 - Sawallisch

Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Mass in C minor, op.147 for soloists, four-part chorus and orchestra

Mitsuko Shirai - soprano
Peter Seiffert - tenor
Jan-Hendrik Rootering - bass
Chor des Städischen Musikvereins zu Düsseldorf
Wolfgang Meyer - organ
Berliner Philharmoniker
Wolfgang Sawallisch - conductor

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Les Ballets Russes – Vol.2 – Ravel, Poulenc – Gielen, Viotti

other volumes of the collection Les Ballets Russes

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Daphnis et Chloé - Symphonie choréographique for orchestra with choir *
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963):
Les Biches - Suite for orchestra +

SWR-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg
EuropaChorAkademie *
Michael Gielen - conductor *
Marcello Viotti - conductor +

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Beethoven – Serenade, Trio, Duo – Milan, Azzolini

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Serenade in D major for Flute, Violin and Viola, op.25
Trio in G major for Flute, Bassoon and Piano, WoO 37
Duo No.1 in C major for Flute and Bassoon (from WoO 27)

Susan Milan - flute
Levon Chilingirian - violin
Louise Williams - viola
Ian Brown - piano

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Bartok – Symphonic music – Mravinski, Lehel

Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta Sz 106 *
Concerto for Orchestra Sz 116 +

Symphony Orchestra of Leningrad *
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra +
Yevgueny Mravinsky - conductor *
György Lehel - conductor +

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Contemporaries of Mozart – Richter - Symphonies - Bamert

Contemporaries of Mozart - Franz Xaver Richter

Franz Xaver Richter (1709-1789):
Symphony in D major, No.53 (Trumpet Symphony)
Symphony in D minor, No.56
Symphony in G minor (with fugue), No.29
Symphony in D major, No.52
Symphony in F minor, No.43

London Mozart Players
Matthias Bamert - conductor

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Strauss – Vier letzte Lieder; Wagner – Wesendonck Lieder – Studer, Sinopoli

Richard Strauss (1864-1949):
Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs)
Richard Wagner (1813-1883):
Wesendonck-Lieder (Five Poems for Female Voice)
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude to Act I; Isoldes Liebestod

Cheryl Studer - soprano
Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli - conductor

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A.Rubinstein – Piano Sonatas No.2 & 4 – Leslie Howard

remembereing Anton Rubinstein on his birthday

(November 28, 1829 – November 20, 1894)

Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894):
Piano Sonata No.4 in A minor, op.100
Piano Sonata No.2 in C minor, op.20

Leslie Howard - piano

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A.Rubinstein – Piano Sonatas No.1 & 3 – Leslie Howard

remembereing Anton Rubinstein on his birthday

(November 28, 1829 – November 20, 1894)

Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894):
Piano Sonata No.1 in E minor, op.12
Piano Sonata No.3 in F major, op.41

Leslie Howard - piano

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Beethoven - Symphonien Nr. 5 & 7 - Carlos Kleiber

Not my rip. This album is a generous offer by "trois".

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Symphony No.5 in C minor, op.67
Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92

Wiener Philharmoniker
Carlos Kleiber - conductor

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Les Ballets Russes – Vol.1 – Stravinsky, Debussy, Dukas – Cambreling

other volumes of the collection Les Ballets Russes

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):
Le Sacre du Printemps - Tableaux de la Russie païenne en deux parties
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Jeux - Poème dansé
Paul Dukas (1865-1935):
Fanfare pour précéder "La Péri"
La Péri - poème dansé

SWR-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg
Sylvain Cambreling - conductor

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Brahms – The 2 Piano Concertos – Kovacevich

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):

CD 1:
Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, op.15
Scherzo in E flat minor, op.4
Ballades, op.10

CD 2:
Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major, op.83
Piano Pieces, op.76

Stephen Kovacevich - piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis - conductor

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