Chopin – Piano Works – Alexandre Tharaud

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Mazurka for piano No. 41 in C sharp minor, Op. 63-3
Ballade for piano No. 1 in G minor,  Op. 23
Mazurka for piano No. 11 in E minor, Op. 17-2
Mazurka for piano No. 47 in A minor, Op. 68-2
Fantasy for piano in F minor-A flat major, Op. 49
Nocturne for piano in C sharp minor (doubtful), KK Anh.Ia-6
Mazurka for piano No. 6 in A minor, Op. 7-2
Ballade for piano No. 2 in F major, Op. 38
Mazurka for piano No. 13 in A minor, Op. 17-4
Rondo for piano in C minor, Op. 1
3 Ecossaises for piano, Op. 72-3
Contredanse for piano in G flat major, KK. Anh.Ia-4 (B. 84) (spurious)
Fantasy-Impromptu for piano in C sharp minor, Op. 66
Nocturne for piano No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9-2

Alexandre Tharaud - piano

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'The Essential Philip Glass' [Sony Edition]

tribute to Philip Glass on his birthday

(born January 31, 1937)

Philip Glass (b.1937):

CD 1:
Lightning from Songs from Liquid Days
Façades from Glassworks
A Gentleman's Honor from The Photographer
Primacy of Number from Naqoyqatsi
Metamorphosis IV
Open the Kingdom - Liquid Days, part II
Dance II from In the Upper Room
Dance VIII from In the Upper Room
Glasspiece #1 - Rubric from Glassworks
Changing Opinion from Songs from Liquid Days

CD 2:
Opening from Glassworks
Floe from Glassworks
Funeral of Amenhotep III - scene 1 from Akhnaten
Point Black from Naqoyqatsi
Wichita Vortex Sutra
Forgetting from Songs from Liquid Days
Dance IX from In the Upper Room
The Dam from Itaipu
Definition from Naqoyqatsi

CD 3:
Protest from Satyagraha
Evening Song from Satyagraha
Hymn to the Sun from Akhnaten
Trial - Prison from Einstein on the Beach
Akhnaten and Nefertiti from Akhnaten
Kuru Field of Justice from Satyagraha
Knee Play 1 from Einstein on the Beach
Tolstoy Farm from Satyagraha
Window of Apparences from Akhnaten
Bed from Einstein on the Beach
Epilogue from Akhnaten
Kneew Play 5 from Einstein on the Beach

Philip Glass - piano
Yo-Yo Ma - cello
Kronos Quartet
The Philip Glass Ensemble
New York City Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Michael Riesman - conductor
Christopher Keene - conductor
Dennis Russell Davies - conductor

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Chavez, MacDowell – Piano Concertos – Eugene List

CD 1:
Carlos Chávez (1899-1978):
Piano Concerto *
Edward MacDowell (1860-1908):
Sonata Tragica +

CD 2:
Edward MacDowell (1860-1908):
Piano Concerto No.1, op.15 *
Piano Concerto No.2, op.23 *
Woodland Sketches, op.15 +

Eugene List - piano *
Vivian Rivkin - piano +
Wiener Staatsoper Orchester *
Carlos Chávez - conductor *

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Liszt – Rapsodie espagnole – Leslie Howard

Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Grosse Concert-Phantasie über spanische Weisen
La Romanesca (first version)
Rapsodie espagnole
La Romanesca (second version)
Feuille morte - Élégie d'après Soriano
Rondeau fantastique

Leslie Howard - piano

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Schubert – 'Death and the Maiden' Quartet, 'Arpeggione' Sonata – Moscow Soloists

remembering Franz Schubert on his birthday

(31 January 1797 – 19 November 1828)

Franz Schubert (1797-1828):

String Quartet No.14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden", D 810 (arr.G.Mahler for Strings)

Erlkönig, D 328 (arr.C.G. Wolff for Violin and Viola) *
Sonata in A minor, D 821 "Arpeggione" (arr.Heinrich Klug for Viola and Strings)

Yuri Bashmet - viola and direction
Alena Baeva - violin *
Moscow Soloists

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Debussy, Ravel – Orchestral Works – Karajan

Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
La Mer
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Pavane pour une Infante défunte
Daphnis et Chloé - fragments symphoniques, 2e série

Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan - conductor

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Schubert – Piano Sonatas & Works for Piano 4 hands – Maria João Pires, Ricardo Castro

remembering Franz Schubert on his birthday

(31 January 1797 – 19 November 1828)

Franz Schubert (1797-1828):

CD 1:
Fantasie in F minor for Piano four hands, D 940 * +
Rondo in A major for Piano four hands, D 951 * +
Piano Sonata in A major, D 664 *

CD 2:
Piano Sonata in A minor, D 784 +
Allegro in A minor for Piano four hands "Lebensstürme", D 947 * +

Maria João Pires - piano *
Ricardo Castro - piano +

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Pleyel, Hummel, Beethoven, Hässler – 'Music for the Tsar Alexander I and His Family' – Playel Trio

Ignaz Pleyel (1757-1831):
Sonata (Trio) in F major, op.47/1
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837):
Grande Sonata for Pianoforte and Cello in A major, op.104
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Sonata for Violin and Pianoforte in C minor, op.30/2
Johann Wilhelm Hässler (1747-1822):
Sonata (Trio) in E minor, op.15/2

Yury Martynov - pianoforte
Sergej Filtchenko - violin
Dmitri Sokolov - cello

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Schumann – Complete works for Piano and Orchestra – Perahia, Abbado

Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor, op.54
Konzerstück in G major, op.92 (Introduction & Allegro appassionato for Piano and Orchestra)
Konzerstück in D minor, op.134 (Introduction & Allegro concertante for Piano and Orchestra)

Murray Perahia - piano
Berliner Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado - conductor

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Michael Nyman – Concertos – Michael Nyman

Michael Nyman (b.1944):
Double Concerto for Saxophone, Cello and Orchestra *
Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings +
Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra #

John Harle - saxophone *
Julian Lloyd Webber - cello *
Elisabeth Chojnacka - harpsichord +
Christian Lindberg - trombone #
Philharmonia Orchestra *
Michael Nyman String Orchestra +
BBC Symphony Orchestra #
Michael Nyman - conductor

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Chopin, Schumann – Piano works – Horowitz

CD 1:
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4
Etude in G-flat major, Op. 10 No. 5
Introduction & Rondo in E-flat major, Op. 16
Waltz in A minor, Op. 34 No. 2
Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53
Mazurka in F-sharp minor, Op. 59 No. 3
Mazurka in C-sharp minor, Op. 50 No. 3
Mazurka in D-flat major, Op. 30 No. 3
Mazurka in E minor, Op. 41 No. 2
Mazurka in D major, Op. 33 No. 2
Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 10 No. 4
Etude in E major, Op. 10 No. 3
Etude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12
Prelude in B minor, Op. 28 No. 6

CD 2:
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Polonaise in A major, Op. 40 No. 1
Prelude in D-flat major, Op. 28 No. 15
Etude in E-flat minor, Op. 10 No. 6
Etude No. 2 in A-flat major from "Trois Nouvelles Etudes"
Mazurka in F minor, Op. 7 No. 3
Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Variations on a Theme by Clara Wieck from Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 14
Kreisleriana, Op. 16

Vladimir Horowitz - piano

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Mozart – The Complete Quintets – Various Artists (Vol.2)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) - The Complete Quintets (Vol.2):

CD 1:
String Quartet in G minor KV 516
Adagio and Fugue in C minor KV 546
Quintet in A major KV 581

CD 2:
String Quintet in D major KV 593
String Quintet in E flat major KV 614
Adagio and Rondo in C major KV 617

Arthur Grumiaux - violin
Arpad Gérecz - violin
Georges Janzer - viola
Max Lesueur - viola
Eva Czako - cello
Jack Brymer - clarinet
Bruno Hoffmann - glass harmonica
Aurèle Nicolet - harp
Heinz Holliger - oboe
Karl Schouten - viola
Jean Decroos - cello
Quartetto Italiano
Allegri Quartet

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Mozart – The Complete Quintets – Various Artists (Vol.1)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) - The Complete Quintets (Vol.1):

CD 1:
String Quintet in B flat major KV 174
String Quintet in C minor KV 406
Horn Quintet in E flat major KV 407
Adagio in B flat major KV 411 for 2 clarinets and 3 basset horns

CD 2:
Piano Quintet in E flat major KV 452
String Quintet in C major KV 515

Arthur Grumiaux - violin
Arpad Gérecz - violin
Georges Janzer - viola
Max Lesueur - viola
Eva Czako - cello
Timothy Brown - horn
Ingrid Haebler - piano
Bamberg Wind Quintet
Netherlands Wind Ensemble
Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble

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Felicity Lott s'amuse d'Offenbach à Poulenc

Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880):
On s'amuse, on applaudit
Couplets du Souper
Griserie
Georges Bizet (1838-1875):
La Chanson de la rose
Chanson d'avril
Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894):
Chanson de l'Alouette
Romance de L'étoile
Henri Duparc (1849-1933):
Romance de Mignon
Chanson triste
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Le Papillon et la Fleur
Ernest Chausson (1855-1899):
Les Papillons
Le Colibri
Erik Satie (1866-1925):
La diva de l'Empire
Je te veux
André Messager (1853-1929):
L'amour est un oiseau rebelle
Je regrette mon Pressigny
Tous les deux me plaisent
Paul Bernard (1827-1879):
Ça fait peur aux oiseaux
Oscar Strauss (1870-1954):
Je ne suis pas ce que l'on pense
Maurice Yavain (1891-1965):
Est-ce bien ça?
Yes
Je Chante la Nuit
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963):
Les chemins de l'amour
Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880):
On s'amuse, on applaudit

Felicity Lott - soprano
Graham Johnson - piano

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Poulenc – Keyboard Concertos – Hansjörg Albrecht

remembering Francis Poulenc on the anniversary of his death

(7 January 1899 – 30 January 1963)

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963):
Concerto in D minor for Two Pianos and Orchestra - version for two pianos, organ and percussion
Concert champêtre for Harpsichord and Orchestra - version for harpsichord, organ and percussion
Concert in G minor for Organ, Strings and Timpani

Hansjörg Albrecht - organ
Yaara Tal - piano
Andreas Groethuysen - piano
Babette Haag - percussion and timpani
Bach Collegium München

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Vivaldi – Sacred Music – Robert King (Vol.10)

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) - Sacred Music (Vol.10):
Gloria, RV 589
Nisi Dominus, RV 803
Ostro picta, RV 642
Giovanni Maria Ruggieri (fl c 1690-1720):
Gloria, RV anh.23

Carolyn Sampson - soprano
Joanne Lunn - soprano
Joyce Didonato - mezzo-soprano
Tuva Semmingsen - mezzo-soprano
Robin Blaze - counter tenor
Hilary Summers - contralto
The King's Consort [on period instruments]
Robert King - conductor

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Schumann – Piano Sonata No.1, Kreisleriana – Murray Perahia

Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Piano Sonata No.1 in F sharp minor, op.11
Kreisleriana, op.16

Murray Perahia - piano

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Busoni, Bortkiewicz, Britten – Works for Piano and Orchestra – Marjorie Mitchell

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924):
Indian Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra
Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877-1952):
Concerto in B flat major for Piano and Orchestra
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976):
Concerto No.1 in D major for Piano and Orchestra, op.13

Marjorie Mitchell - piano
NDR Sinfonieorchester
William Strickland - conductor

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Chopin – Piano Works – Fou Ts'ong

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Fantasy for piano in F minor/A flat major, Op. 49
Barcarolle for piano in F sharp major, Op. 60
Berceuse for piano in D flat major, Op. 57
Polonaise-fantasy for piano No. 7 in A flat major, Op. 61
Funeral march for piano in C minor, Op. 72/2
3 Etudes for piano (from "Méthode des méthodes")
Contredanse for piano in G flat major
Cantabile for piano in B flat major
Moderato for piano in  E major
Largo for piano in E flat major
Fugue for piano in A minor
Variations for piano in A major ("Souvenir de Paganini")

Fou Ts'ong - piano

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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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Shostakovich – Symphony No.12 – Mravinsky

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975):
Symphony No.12 in D minor, op.112 "1917"

Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Evgueny Mravinsky - conductor

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M.Haydn, Wagenseil, Albrechtsberger, L.Mozart – Trombone Concertos – Lindberg

remembering Georg Christoph Wagenseil on his birthday

(29 January 1715 – 1 March 1777)

Michael Haydn (1737-1806):
Concerto in D major for Alto Trombone
Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715-1777):
Concerto in E flat major for Alto Trombone
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736-1809):
Concerto in B flat major for Alto Trombone
Leopold Mozart (1719-1787):
Concerto in D major for Alto Trombone

Christian Lindberg - alto trombone
Australian Chamber Orchestra

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Vivaldi – Sacred Music – Robert King (Vol.9)

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) - Sacred Music (Vol.9):
Laudate pueri, RV 602
Salve Regina, RV 618
Ascende laeta, RV 635
Gaude mater Ecclesia, RV 613
Vos aurae per montes, RV 634
Gloria Patri, RV 602a

Carolyn Sampson - soprano
Susan Gritton - soprano
Joanne Lunn - soprano
Joyce Didonato - mezzo-soprano
Nathalie Stutzmann - contralto
The King's Consort [on period instruments]
Robert King - conductor

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Handel, Scarlatti – Piano Works – Murray Perahia

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759):
Suite No.5 in E major, HWV 430
Chaconne in G major, HWV 435
Suite No.3 in D minor, HWV 428
Suite No.2 in F major, HWV 427
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757):
Sonata in D major, K 491
Sonata in B minor, K 27
Sonata in C sharp minor, K 247
Sonata in D major, K 29
Sonata in A major, K 537
Sonata in E major, K 206
Sonata in A major, K 212

Murray Perahia - piano

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Schnittke – in Memoriam Shostakovich; Shostakovich – Symphony No.15 – Kremerata Musica

Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998):
Prelude in Memoriam Dmitri Shostakovich for Violin and Tape
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975):
Symphony No.15, op.141 bis (arranged for chamber ensmble by Viktor Derevianko)

Gidon Kremer - violin
Clemens Hagen - cello
Vadim Sakharov - piano and celesta
Peter Sadlo - percursion
Edgar Guggeis - percursion
Michael Gärtner - percursion

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