Graupner – Bassoon and Violin Concertos – Friedemann Wezel

Johann Christoph Graupner (1683-1760):
Concerto for Bassoon in C major, GWV 301
Concerto for Bassoon in C minor, GWV 307
Concerto for Violin in A major, GWV 337
Concerto for Bassoon in G major, GWV 328
Concerto for Chalumeau, Bassoon & Cello in C major, GWV 306
Concerto for Bassoon in B flat major, GWV 340

Sergio Azzolini - bassoon
Friedemann Wezel - violin
Christian Leitherer - chalumeau
Ensemble il capriccio [on period instruments]
Friedemann Wezel - conductor

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Anton Ferdinand Titz – String Quartets – Hoffmeister Quartet (Vol.1)

Anton Ferdinand Titz (1742-1810) - String Quartets for the Imperial Court of St.Petersburg (Vol.1):
Quartet in C minor
Quartet in D minor
Quartet in G major
Quartet in A minor

Hoffmeister Quartet

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Stamitz, Haydn, Henze, Mozart – Symphonic Works – Leonidas Kavakos

Johann Stamitz (1717-1757):
Ouverture No.9 in G major, op.3/1
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
Concerto for Violin and Strings No.1 in C major, Hob.VIIa/1
Hans Werner Henze (1926-2012):
Fantasia for Strings
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Symphony No.38 in D major, KV. 504 "Prague"

Camerata Salzburg
Leonidas Kavakos - violin & conductor

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Beethoven – Variations & Bagatelles – Mikhail Pletnev

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):

CD 1:
9 Variations on a march by Ernst Dressler in C minor, WoO63
Rondo in C major, WoO48
Rondo in A major, WoO49
6 Variations on a Swiss song in F major, WoO64
12 Variations on a ballet minuet in C major, WoO68
6 Variations on a Duet from [La molinaria] in G major, WoO70
6 Minuets, WoO10
Rondo in C major, op.51,1 - Moderato e grazioso
Rondo in G major, op.51,2

CD 2:
7 Bagatelles, op.33
6 Variations on an original theme, op.34
Andante in F major, WoO57 [Andante favori]
Polonaise in C major, op.89
11 Bagatelles, op.119
Bagatelle in C minor, WoO52
Bagatelle in C major, WoO56

Mikhail Pletnev - piano

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August Klughardt – String Quartet, Piano Quintet – Pleyel Quartett Köln

August Klughardt (1847-1902):
String Quartet in F major, op.42
Piano Quintet in G minor, op.43

Pleyel Quartett Köln
Tobias Koch - fortepiano

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Schubert, Brahms, Schumann – Lieder – Kathleen Ferrier

[Introduction by Kathleen Ferrier: "What the Edinburgh Festival has meant to me"]
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Die junge Nonne
Romance from "Rosamunde"
Du liebst mich nicht
Der Tod und das Mädchen
Suleika I
Du bist die Ruh
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer
Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht
Botschaft
Von ewiger Liebe
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Frauenliebe und -leben

Kathleen Ferrier - contralto
Bruno Walter - piano

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Leonardo Leo – The 6 Cello Concertos – Josephine Knight

remembering Leonardo Leo on the anniversary of his death

(August 5, 1694 – October 31, 1744)

Leonardo Leo (1694-1744):

CD 1:
Concerto No.1 for Cello, Strings and Orchestra in A major
Concerto No.2 for Cello, Strings and Orchestra in D major
Concerto No.5 for Cello, Strings and Orchestra in F minor

CD 2:
Concerto No.3 for Cello, Strings and Orchestra in D minor
Sinfonia Concertata (Concerto No.6) in C minor
Concerto No.4 for Cello, Strings and Orchestra in A major

Josephine Knight - cello
English Chamber Orchestra

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Brahms – Piano Concerto No.2 – Kovacevich

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major, op.83
Five Songs Contralto and Piano, op.105 *

Stephen Kovacevich - piano
Ann Murray - contralto *
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch - conductor

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Brahms – Piano Concerto No.1 – Kovacevich

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, op.15
Two Songs for Contralto, Viola and Piano, op.91 *

Stephen Kovacevich - piano
Ann Murray - contralto *
Nobuko Imai - viola *
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch - conductor

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Graupner – Orchestral Works (Vol.3) – Siegbert Rampe

Christoph Graupner (1683-1760) - Orchestral Works (Vol.3):
Canon all'unisono in B flat major GVW 218
Sonata in G minor GVW 711
Sonata in G major GVW 707
Ouverture in F major GWV 447

Nova Stravaganza [on period instruments]
Siegbert Rampe - hapsichord & direction

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Taneyev – Complete Quintets – The Taneyev Quartet

Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev (1856-1915):
String Quintet in G major, op.14
String Quintet in C major, op.16
Piano Quintet in G minor, op.30

The Taneyev Quartet
Yuri Kramarov - viola
Beynus Morozov - cello
Tamara Fidler - piano

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Bach, Shostakovich, Beethoven – Piano Works – Tatiana Nikolayeva

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Ricercare a 3 voci (from Musikalisches Opfer BWV 1079):
French Suite No.4 in E flat major BWV 815
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975):
4 Preludes & Fugues from op.87
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Piano Sonata No.32 in C minor, op.111
Andante from Piano Sonata No.25 in G major, op.79

Tatiana Nikolayeva - piano

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C.P.E. Bach – Sonatas & Rondos – Mikhail Pletnev

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788):
Sonata in G minor
Rondo in A major
Sonata in C minor
Sonata in D major
Sonata in F sharp minor
Rondo in D minor
Sonata in G major
Rondo in C minor
Sonata in E minor
Andante con tenerezza

Mikhail Pletnev - piano

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Cantate Napolitane dell'Età Barocca – I Turchini

CD 1:
[anonymous - 17th century]:
Tarantella del Gargano
Giuseppe Tricario (1623-1797):
Sdegno, campion audace
Francesco Provenzale (1624-1704):
Squarciato appena havea
Nicola Sabino (c.1675-1705):
Non cchiù Ciccillo mio
[anonymous - 17th century]:
Lamento di Marinetta, moglie di Massaniello
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725):
Ammore, brutto figlio de pottana
Giulio Cesare Rubino (17th century):
Oh cielo oh ammore
Nicola Fago (1677-1745):
Toccata per cembalo
Michealangelo Faggioli (1666-1733):
Stò paglietta presentuoso

Pino de Vittorio - tenor


CD 2:
Francesco Manelli (1595-1667?):
La Luciata - a 3
Francesco Provenzale (1624-1704):
Care selve, amati orrori
Compatitemi amanti
Gaetano Greco (c.1657-1728):
Toccata e fuga per cembalo
[anonymous - 17th century]:
Micco con Calascione e Cuosmo
Francesco Provenzale (1624-1704):
La mia speme  vanit
Come io viva Dio lo sa
Gaetano Greco (c.1657-1728):
Partite sull'Aria di Mantova
Francesco Provenzale (1624-1704):
All'imero d'amore
Filippo Coppola (1628-1680):
Sinfonia a 4    [0:02:23.70]
Francesco Provenzale (1624-1704):
Gionto il fatal di
Sdegnosetta e che vuoi tu
Giovanni Cesare Netti (1649-1686):
Sinfonia a 4
Francesco Provenzale (1624-1704):
Dialogo di Tirsi e Clori "Voi ombre notturne"

Roberta Invernizzi - soprano
Antonella Ippolito - soprano
Roberta Andalò - soprano
Daniela Del Monaco - contralto
Pino de Vittorio - tenor
Rosario Totaro - tenor


CD 3:
[anonymous - 17th century]:
Tarantella    [0:02:54.25]
Michealangelo Faggioli (1666-1733):
Marte Ammore guerra e pace
Francesco Provenzale (1624-1704):
Me senta 'na cosa
Mo vedimmo
Simone Coya (fl.1679):
L'Amante Impazzito
Pietro Marchitelli (1643-1729):
Sonate a 3
Leonardo Vinci (c.1696-1730):
Vide vi' lo giesommino
Francesco Durante (1684-1755):
Concerto per cembalo e archi
Francesco Provenzale (1624-1704):
Serva antica

Pino de Vittorio - tenor


I Turchini
Antonio Florio - conductor

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Bartok – Concerto for Orchestra, Music for Strings, Percursion and Celesta – Fricsay

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

RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Ferenc Fricsay - conductor

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Mozart – Requiem – Frans Brüggen

tribute to Frans Brüggen on his birthday

(b. October 30, 1934)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Maurerische Trauermusik (Masonic Funeral Music), K. 477 (K. 479a)
Adagio for 2 clarinets & 3 bassett horns in B flat major, K. 411 (K. 484a)
Requiem, K. 626

Mona Julsrud - soprano
Wilke te Brummelstroete - contralto
Zeger Vandersteene - tenor
Jelle Draijer - bass
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Orchestra of the Eighteen Century [on period instruments]
Frans Brüggen - conductor

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Graupner – Orchestral Works (Vol.2) – Siegbert Rampe

Christoph Graupner (1683-1760) - Orchestral Works (Vol.2):
Ouverture in F major GVW 451
Trio in C minor GVW 203
Sinfonia in F major GWV 571

Nova Stravaganza [on period instruments]
Siegbert Rampe - hapsichord & direction

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Taneyev – Piano Quartet, Violin Sonata – VA

Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev (1856-1915):
Piano Quartet in E major, op.20 *
Sonata for Violin and Piano in A minor +

Vladimir Ovcharek - violin * +
Vladimit Stopichev - viola *
Iosif Levinson - cello *
Eliso Virsaladze - piano *
Tamara Fidler - piano +

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Bruckner – Symphony No.5 – Sinopoli

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896):
Symphony No.5 in B flat major, op.63

Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli - conductor

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Bach-Busoni, Beethoven, Chopin – Piano works – Pletnev

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Chaconne in D minor, BWV 1004 (arr. Busoni)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Piano Sonata No.32 in C minor, op.111
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
4 Scherzi, opp.20, 31, 39, 54
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):
Étude-Tableau, op.39 no.5
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915):
Poème, op.32 no.1
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757):
Sonata in D minor, K. 9
Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925):
Étude de virtuosité, op.72 no.6
Mili Balakirev (1837-1910):
Islamey

Mikhail Pletnev - piano

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Schubert – Lieder Edition Vol.37 – The Final Year

Franz Schubert (1797-1828) - Complete Lieder (Vol.37):
Auf dem Strom, D. 943 (Op. posth. 119)
Herbst, D. 945
Bei dir allein, D. 866-2 (Op. 95-2)
Irdisches Glück, D. 866
Lebensmut, D. 937
Schwanengesang, song cycle, D. 957
Glaube, Hoffnung und Liebe, D. 955 (Op. 97)

John Mark Ainsley - tenor
Anthony Rolfe-Johnson - tenor
Michael Schade - tenor
Graham Johnson - piano

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Mikolaj Górecki – Works for String Orchestra – Wojciech Rajski

[Mikolaj Górecki should not be confused with his father
Henryk Górecki - the composer of the famous 3rd Symphony
that met a real success in the late 70s/80s.]

Mikolaj Górecki (b.1971):
Concerto Notturno for Violin and Orchestra
Overture for String Orchestra
Divertimento for String Orchestra
Three Fragments for String Orchestra and Celesta ad.lib.
Three Intermezzos for Two Clarinets and String Orchestra
Farewell for String Orchestra

Piotr Pławner - violin
Jean-Marc Fessard - clarinet
Roman Widaszek - clarinet
Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Sopot
Wojciech Rajski - conductor

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Franz Dussek – 4 Symphonies – Aapo Häkkinen

Franz Dussek [František Xaver Dušek] (1731-1799):
Sinfonia in G major (Altner G4)
Sinfonia in B flat major (Altner Bb2)
Sinfonia in A major (Altner A3)
Sinfonia in B flat major (Altner Bb3)

Helsinki Baroque Orchestra [on period instruments]
Aapo Häkkinen - conductor

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Graupner – Orchestral Works (Vol.1) – Siegbert Rampe

Christoph Graupner (1683-1760) - Orchestral Works (Vol.1):
Sinfonia in D major GVW 538
Ouverture in E flat major GVW 429
Concerto in E minor GWV 321
Ouverture in E major GVW 439
Sinfonia in G major GWV 578

Nova Stravaganza [on period instruments]
Siegbert Rampe - hapsichord & direction

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Taneyev – Complete String Quartets (Vol.5) – The Taneyev Quartet

Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev (1856-1915) - The String Quartets (Vol.5):
String Quartet No.4 in C major, op.5

The Taneyev Quartet

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