Stravinsky – Le Sacre du Printemps; Honegger – Symphony no.3 – Karajan

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):
Le Sacre du Printemps
Arthur Honegger (1892-1955):
Symphony no.3 "Liturgique"

Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan - conductor

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Schumann – The Symphonies – Robin Ticciati

Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Symphony no.1 in B flat major, op.38 "Spring"
Symphony no.2 in C major, op.61
Symphony no.3 in E flat major, op.97 "Rhenish"
Symphony no.4 in D minor, op.120 (1851 version)

Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Robin Ticciati - conductor

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Spohr – String Quartets Vol.17 – Concertino String Quartet

Louis Spohr (1784-1859) - String Quartets (Vol.17):
String Quartet No.10 in A major, op.30
Variations in D minor, op.6
String Quartet No.18 in B minor, op.61 "Quartuor brillant" no.3

Concertino String Quartet

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Chopin – The Complete Preludes – Rafał Blechacz

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
24 Preludes, op.28
Prelude in A flat major, op.posth.
Prelude in C sharp minor, op.45
2 Noctunes, op.2

Rafał Blechacz - piano

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Spohr – String Quartets Vol.16 – Concertino String Quartet

Louis Spohr (1784-1859) - String Quartets (Vol.16):
String Quartet No.23 in E major, op.82 no.1
String Quartet No.26 in E flat major, op.83 "Quartuor brillant" no.5
Variations in A major, op.8

Concertino String Quartet

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Vivaldi – Cello Concertos – Queyras

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1714):
Sinfonia in C major RV 709
Concerto in G minor RV 416
Antonio Caldara (1670-1736):
Sinfonia No. 12 in A minor "La Passione di Gesu"
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1714):
Cello Concerto in F major RV 412
Concerto in C major RV 114
Cello Concerto in E minor RV 409
Concerto No. 11 in D minor RV 565
Cello Concerto in B minor RV 424
Antonio Caldara (1670-1736):
Sinfonia No. 6 in G minor "San Elena al Calvario"
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1714):
Cello Concerto in A minor RV 419

Jean-Guihen Queyras - cello
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [on period instruments]
Georg Kallweit - conductor

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Bach – Harpsichord Concertos – Christine Schornsheim, Pieter-Jan Belder

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):

CD 1:
Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052 *
Harpsichord Concerto in E major, BWV 1053 *
Harpsichord Concerto in D major, BWV 1054 *
Harpsichord Concerto in A major, BWV 1055 *

CD 2:
Harpsichord Concerto in F minor,  BWV 1056 *
Harpsichord Concerto in F major, BWV 1057 *
Harpsichord Concerto in G minor, BWV 1058 *
Concerto for 2 Harpsichords in C minor, BWV 1060 #
Concerto für 4 Harpsichords in A minor, BWV 1065 §

CD 3:
Concerto for 2 Harpsichords in C major, BWV 1061 +
Concerto for 2 Harpsichords in C minor, BWV 1062 +
Concerto for 3 Harpsichords in D major, BWV 1063 +
Concerto for 3 Harpsichords in C major, BWV 1064 +

Christine Schornsheim - harpsichord * # §
Armin Thalheim - harpsichord # §
Mechtild Stark - harpsichord §
Violetta Liebsch - harpsichord §
Pieter-Jan Belder - harpsichord +
Menno van Delft - harpsichord +
Siebe Henstra - harpsichord +
Neues Bachisches Collegium Music * # §  [on period instruments]
Musica Amphion + [on period instruments]
Burkhard Glaetzner - conductor * # §
Pieter-Jan Belder - conductor +

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Mendelssohn – Symphony no.3; Schumann – Piano Concerto – Pires, Gardiner

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Overture: The Hebrides, op.26
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Symphony no.3 in A minor, op.56 "Scottish"

Maria João Pires - piano
London Symphony Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner - conductor

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Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto no.2, Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini – Tamás Vásáry

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):
Concerto for Piano and Orchestraa no.2 in C minor, op.18
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra, op.43

Tamás Vásáry - piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Yuri Ahronovitch - conductor

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Joseph Touchemoulin – Concertos & Symphonies – Patrick Ayrton

Joseph Touchemoulin (1727-1801):
Symphony in F Major Op. 1 No. 5
Concerto for Violin in D Major
Concerto for Harpsichord in C Major
Concerto for Traverse Flute in A Major
Symphony in G Major Op. 1 No. 2

Patrick Ayton - harpsichord
Alexis Kossenko - transverse flute
Daniel Sepec - violin
Les Inventions
Patrick Ayton - conductor

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Jacques Loussier-Bach – 'Play Bach aujourd'hui' – Jacques Loussier Trio

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) / Jacques Loussier (b.1934):
Fugue in D minor
Concerto in D major
Gavotte in D major
Concerto in D major

Jacques Loussier Trio

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Various Composers – Masses – Various Artists

CD 1:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Mass in C major K.317
Missa solemnis in C minor K.139

CD 2:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Mass in C minor K.427 "Grosse Messe"
Mass in C major K.259 "Orgelsolo-Messe"

CD 3:
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
Mass in B flat major "Harmoniemesse"
Michael Haydn (1737-1806):
Missa Sancti Joannis Nepomuceni

CD 4:
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805):
Missa per l'Incoronazione Carlo X.
Michael Haydn (1737-1806):
Te Deum in D major

CD 5:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Missa solemnis, op.132

CD 6:
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Mass no.5 in A flat major D.678
Deutsche Messe D.872

CD 7:
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Mass no.2 in G major D.167
Mass no.6 in E flat major D.950

CD 8:
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Missa sacra in C minor, op.147
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826):
Missa sancta G major "Jubelmesse"

CD 9:
Friedrich Kiel (1821-1885):
Missa solemnis, op.40

CD 10:
Charles Gounod (1818-1893):
Messe Solenne de Sainte-Cécile
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896):
Te Deum in C major

Wienwe Sängerknaben
Tölzer Knabenchor
RIAS-Kammerchor
Europa Chor Akademie
Kammerchor Cantemus
Wiener Akademie
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss
Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg
Martin Haselböck - conductor
Marcus Creed - conductor
Werner Ehrhard - conductor
Michael Gielen - conductor

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Chopin – 24 Preludes op.28, Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise – Wojciech Świtała

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
24 Preludes op.28
Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise, op.22

Wojciech Świtała - fortepiano [Pleyel, 1848], [Erard, 1849]

other recordings from The Complete Works on historical instruments series

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Brahms – Symphonies nos.3 & 4 – Vladimir Jurowski

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Symphony no.3 in F major, op.90
Symphony no.4 in E minor, op.98

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski - conductor

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Brahms – Symphonies nos.1 & 2 – Vladimir Jurowski

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Symphony no.1 in C minor, op.68
Symphony no.2 in D major, op.73

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski - conductor

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Muffat, Biber – Suites, Sonatas – Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Georg Muffat (1653-1704):
Suite in E major "Indissolubilis Amicitia"
Concerto I in D minor "Bona nova"
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644–1704):
Sonata a 6 "called Peasants' Church going" in B flat major
Sonata a 2 violini, trombone, violone in D minor
Sonata VIII in B flat major
Battalia a 10 in D major

Concentus Musicus Wien [on period instruments]
Nikolaus Harnoncourt - conductor

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Czerny – Quatuors Concertantes for 4 pianos op.230, op.816 – Baynov-Piano-Ensemble

Carl Czerny (1791-1857):
Quatuor Concertant for 4 pianos, op.230
2me Quatuor Concertant for 4 pianos, op.816

Baynov-Piano-Ensemble

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Ennio Morricone – Film Music – Yo-Yo Ma

Ennio Morricone (b.1928):
The Mission
Giuseppe Tornatore Suite
Sergio Leone Suite
Brian de Palma Suite
Moses and Marco Polo Suite
The Lady Caliph

Yo-Yo Ma - cello
Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra
Ennio Morricone - conductor

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Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn – Violin Concertos – Sayaka Shoji

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64

Sayaka Shoji - violin
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Myung-Whun Chung - conductor

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Mozart – 'By arrangement' Vol.2-Two Pianos – Herscovitch, Shovk

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) - 'by arrangement' Vol.2:
Violin Sonata in F major, K.376 - arranged for two pianos by Stephen Yates
Violin Sonata in B flat major, K.378 - arranged for two pianos by Stephen Yates
Violin Sonata in E flat major, K.380 - arranged for two pianos by Stephen Yates

Daniel Herscovitch - piano
Phillip Shovk - piano

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Weber – Clarinet Concertos & Concertino – Martin Fröst

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826):
Clarinet Concerto no.1 in F minor, op.73
Quintet in B flat major for Clarinet and Strings, op.34 - arranged for string orchestra by J.-J. Kantorow
Clarinet Concerto no.2 in E flat major, op.74
Concertino in E flat major for Clarinet and Orchestra, op.26

Martin Fröst - clarinet
Tapiola Sinfonietta
Jean-Jacques Kantorow - conductor

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Mozart – 'By arrangement' Vol.1-Cello Sonatas – Alexander Kniazev

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) - 'by arrangement' Vol.1:
Violin Sonata in G major, K.379 transcribed for Cello and Piano by Alexander Kniazev
Violin Sonata in G major, K.301 transcribed for Cello and Piano by Alexander Kniazev
Violin Sonata in F major, K.376 transcribed for Cello and Piano by Alexander Kniazev

Alexander Kniazev - cello
Edouard Oganessian - piano

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Mozart, Brahms – Clarinet Quintets – Anthony McGill, Pacifica Quartet

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Quintet in A major for Clarinet and Strings, K.581
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Quintet in B minor for Clarinet and Strings, op.115

Anthony McGill - clarinet
Pacifica Quartet

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Dvorak – Symphony no.6, Serenade for strings – Rafael Kubelik

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
Symphony no.6 in D major, op.60 *
Serenade for strings in E major, op.22 +

Berliner Philharmoniker *
English Chamber Orchestra +
Rafael Kubelik - conductor

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Backofen, Mozart – Works for Clarinet and Strings – Jane Booth

Johann Georg Heinrich Backofen (1768-1839):
Quintet in F major for Bassett Horn and Strings, op.9
Quintet in B flat major for Clarinet and Strings, op.15
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Quintet in A major for Bassett Clarinet and Strings, KV.581

Jane Booth - bassett horn, bassett clarinet, clarinet
Eybler Quartet [on period instruments]

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