Wilhelm Furtwängler – live recordings 1944-1953 – Original Masters DG

remembering Wilhelm Furtwängler on the anniversary of his death

(January 25, 1886 – November 30, 1954)

CD 1:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Overture "Leonore III", op.72 b
Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Symphony No.8 in B minor, D.759 "Unfinished"

CD 2:
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Overture "Manfred", op.115
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Variations on a theme by Haydn, op.56a
Symphony No.2 in D major, op.73

CD 3:
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896):
Symphony No.8 in C minor

CD 4:
Richard Strauss (1864-1949):
Don Juan - symphonic poem
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Symphony No.6 in B minor, op.74 "Pathétique"

CD 5:
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963):
Symphonic Metamorphosis after a theme by C.M. von Weber
César Frank (1822-1890):
Symphony in D minor
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Rapsodie espagnole

CD 6:
Richard Wagner (1813-1883):
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Prélude to Act 1
Tannhäuser, Overture
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude
Tristan und Isolde, Isoldes Liebestod
Die Götterdämmerung, Trauermarsch
Parsifal, Karfreitagszauber


Berliner Philharmoniker
Wiener Philharmoniker
Wilhelm Furtwängler - 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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Donizetti – String Quartets 10-12 – The Revolutionary Drawing Room

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) - String Quartets:
Introduzione for Strings
String Quartet No.10 in G minor
String Quartet No.11 in C major
String Quartet No.12 in C major

The Revolutionary Drawing Room

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Debussy – Works for Piano 4 Hands – Duo Crommelynck

Claude Debussy (1862-1918) - Works for Piano 4 hands:
La Mer
Marche écossaise sur un thème populaire
Petite Suite
Six Epigraphes antiques

Duo Crommelynck

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Schubert – Choruses – Gottfried Preinfalk

Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Gesang der Geister über den Wassern IV, D. 714
Die Nacht, D. 983c
Die Nachtigall, D. 724
Klage um Ali Bey I, D. 140
Jägerlied, D. 204
Lützows wilde Jagd, D. 205
Kantate zur Feier der Genesung des Fräulein Irene von Kiesewetter, D. 936
Gondelfahrer II, D. 809
Das Dörfchen, D. 598
Psalm 92, D. 953
Psalm 23, D. 706
Chor der Engel, D. 440
Hoffnung und Liebe, D. 954

Chor des Österreichischen Rundfunks
Gottfried Preinfalk - conductor

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Brahms, Schumann – Works for Cello and Piano – Anner Bylsma

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Sonata for Piano and Cello No.1 in E minor, op.38
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Fünf Stücke in Volkston, op.102 for Cello and Piano
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Sonata for Piano and Cello No.2 in F major, op.99

Anner Bylsma - cello [Servais cello, 1701]
Lambert Orkis - piano [Steinway, 1892]

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Maestro Finali, Spohr, Salieri, Beer – Music for Clarinet and Winds – Don Christensen

[Maestro Finali]:
Concerto for Clarinet and Winds
Louis Spohr (1784-1859):
Notturno in C major for Winds and Janissary Music
Antonio Salieri (1750-1825):
Armonia per un Tempio della Notte
Joseph Beer (1744-1812):
Concerto in B flat major for Clarinet and Winds

Don Christensen - clarinet
Wind Ensemble
Motti Miron - conductor

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Lyapunov – Violin Concerto, Symphony No.1 – Maxim Fedotov, Dmitry Yablonsky

remembering Sergei Lyapunov on his birthday

(November 30, 1859 – November 8, 1924)

Sergei Lyapunov (1859-1924):
Violin Concerto in D minor, op.61
Symphony No.1 in B minor, op.12

Maxim Fedotov - violin
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
Dmitry Yablonsky - conductor

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Barber, Korngold, Waxman, J.Williams – Works for Violin and Orchestra – Alexander Gilman

remembering Erich Wolfgang Korngold on the anniversary of his death

(May 29, 1897 – November 29, 1957)

Samuel Barber (1910-1981):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, op.14
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op.35
Franz Waxman (1906-1967):
The Carmen Fantasie for Violin and Orchestra
John Williams (b.1932):
Theme from "Schindler's List" for Violin and Orchestra

Alexander Gilman - violin
The Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra
Perry So - conductor

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Beethoven, Mozart, Webern – Works for String Quartet – Hagen Quartett

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1872):
String Quartet in E minor, op.59 no.2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
String Quartet in E flat major, KV 428
Anton Webern (1883-1945):
Fünf Sätze, op.5
Bagatellen, op.9

Hagen Quartett

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Various Composers – French Works for Clarinet and Piano – Paul Meyer

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in E flat major, op.167
Ernest Chausson (1855-1899):
Andante and Allegro for Clarinet and Piano
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Petite Pièce for Clarinet and Piano
Première Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Piano
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974):
Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano, op.100
Duo Concertant for Clarinet and Piano, op.351
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963):
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Arthur Honegger (1892-1955):
Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano

Paul Meyer - clarinet
Eric Le Sage - piano

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Schubert – 'Arpeggione' Sonata, String Quintet – Nicolas Deletaille

Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano in A minor, D.821
String Quintet in C major, D.956

Nicolas Deletaille - arpeggione & cello
Paul Badura-Skoda - pianoforte
Quatuor Rosamonde

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Schumann – Chamber works – Martha Argerich

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

CD 1:
Piano Quintet in E flat major, op.44
Andante and Variations in B flat major, op.46
Piano Quartet in E flat major, op.47

CD 2:
Fantasiestücke, op.73
Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, op.70
Märchenbilder, op.113
Violin Sonata No.2 in D minor, op.121

Martha Argerich - piano
Alexandre Rabinovitch - piano
Dora Schwarzberg - violin
Lucy Hall - violin
Nobuko Imai - viola
Natalia Gutman - cello
Mischa Maisky - cello
Marie Luise Neunecker - horn

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Bach – Cantatas BWV 198 & 78 – Herreweghe

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) - Cantatas:

Trauerode - Cantata BWV 198
"Jesu, der du meine seele" - Cantata BWV 78

Ingrid Schmithüsen - soprano
Charles Brett - countertenor
Howard Crook - tenor
Peter Kooy - bass
Collegium Vocale Gent
La Chapelle Royale [on period instruments]
Philippe Herreweghe - conductor

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Donizetti – String Quartets 7-9 – The Revolutionary Drawing Room

remembering Gaetano Donizetti on his birthday

(29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848)

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) - String Quartets:
String Quartet No.7 in F minor
String Quartet No.8 in B flat major
String Quartet No.9 in D minor

The Revolutionary Drawing Room

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Taneyev – Suite de Concert, Cantata 'Ioanna Damaskin' – Thomas Sanderling

Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915) - Symphonic Works:
Cantata "Ioann Damaskin" *
Suite de concert for Violin and Orchestra +

Ilya Kaler - violin +
Gnesin Academy Chorus *
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas Sanderling - conductor

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Rossini – Serenata, Sonata, Duett, 'Une larme' – Ensemble Explorations

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868):
Serenata in E flat major
Sonata a quattro No.6 in D major
Duetto for Cello and Double-bass in D major
Sonata a quattro No.3 in C major
"Une larme" for Cello and Piano

Ensemble Explorations [on period instruments]
Roel Dieltiens - direction

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Berlioz – Overtures – Charles Munch

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869):
Overture "Le carnaval romain"
Overture "Béatrice et Bénédict"
Overture "Le corsaire"
"Les troyens" - royal hunt and strom
Overture "Benvenuto Cellini"
"Roméo et Juliette" - Queen Mab Scherzo
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
"Le rouet d'Omphale", op.31

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch - conductor

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Schubert – Works for Violin and Piano – Kremer, Afanassiev

Franz Schubert (17997-1828):
Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, D.574
Rondo for Violin and Piano in B minor, D.895
Fantasia for iolin and Piano in C major, D.934

Gidon Kremer - violin
Valery Afanassiev - piano

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Schumann – Fantasie, Sonata op.11 – Maurizio Pollini

Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Piano Sonata No.1 in F sharp minor, op.11
Fantasia in C major, op.17

Maurizio Pollini - piano

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Mahler – Totenfeier, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen – Vladimir Jurowski

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911):
Totenfeier
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

Sarah Connolly - mezzo-soprano
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Vladimir Jurowski - conductor

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Ries – Piano Sonatas – Alexandra Oehler

remembering Ferdinand Ries on his birthday

(28 November 1784 – 13 January 1838)

Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838):
Grande Sonate in D major, op.9 no.1
Grande Sonate Fantaisie in F sharp minor, op.26 "L'Infortune"
Andantino from Sonatina, op.5,1
Andantino from Sonatina, op.5,2

Alexandra Oehler - piano

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Taneyev – Orchestral Works – Thomas Sanderling

Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915) - Symphonic Works:
Overture to Oresteia, op.6
Oresteia, Act III: Entr'acte
Adagio in C major
Overture on a Russian Theme
Cantata on Pushkin's "Exegi Monumentum" *
Canzona +
Overture in D minor

Stanislav Jankovsky - clarinet +
Novosibirsk State Philharmonic Choir *
Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Sanderling - conductor

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Honegger – Le Dit des Jeux du Monde, Concerto da camera – Arturo Tamayo

remembering Arthur Honegger on the anniversary of his death

(10 March 1892 – 27 November 1955)

Arthur Honegger (1892-1955):
Le Dit des jeux du monde - ballet
Concerto da camera for Flute, English Horn and Strings

Étienne Plasman - flute
Nicolas Chalvin - english horn
Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg
Arturo Tamayo - conductor

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Poulenc – Piano works – Pascal Rogé

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963):
Les Soirées de Nazelles
Three Novelettes
Pastourelle
Trois mouvements perpétuels
Valse
Improvisations
Trois Pièces

Pascal Rogé - piano

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