Bernard Romberg – Sonatas for Fortepiano and Cello – Davit Melkonyan

Bernhard Romberg (1767-1841) - Sonatas for Fortepiano and Cello op.5:
Sonata in E flat major
Sonata in F major
Sonata in B flat major

Davit Melkonyan - cello [Nicolas Lupot, ca.1820 / François Xaver Tourte, ca.1800]
Mikayel Balyan - fortepiano [Lagrassa, Wien, ca.1815]

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Schumann – Complete Works for Piano Solo – Florian Uhlig (Vol.7)

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) - Complete Works for Piano Solo (Vol.7):

CD 1:
Fuga 1 a 4 voci in D minor
Fuga 2 a tre voci in G major
Fuga 3 a cinque voci in C minor
Fuga 4 a tre voci con canto firmo
Fuga 5 a quatre voci in C sharp minor
Fuga 6 a quatre a tre sogetti in F sharp minor
Canone a 4 in F minor
Canon in A flat major
Canon in A major
Vier Klavierstücke op.32
Präludium & Fugato in B flat minor op.99 no.10

CD 2:
Studien für de Pedalflügel op.56
Kanon in D major op.124 no.20
Skizzen für Pedalflügel op.58
Vier Fugen op.72
Sieben Klavierstücke in Fughettenform op.126

Florian Uhlig - piano

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Mahler – 'Songs of Youth' – Janet Baker

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911):
Hans und Grete
Winterlied
Im Lenz
Serenade
Frühlingsmorgen
Ich ging mit Lust
Starke Einbildungskraft
Erinnerung
Selbstgefühl
Nicht wiedersehen!
Um schlimme Kinder artig zu machen
Aus! Aus!
Zu Strassburg auf der Schanz'
Scheiden und Meiden
Phantasie
Ablösung Im Sommer
Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht
Ging heut morgen über's Feld
Ich hab' ein glühend Messer
Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz

Dame Janet Baker - mezzo-soprano
Geoffrey Parsons - piano

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Beethoven – Arrangements for Chamber Ensemble – Locrian Ensemble

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Piano Sonata no.8 in C minor, op.13 "Pathétique" - arranged for string quintet
Symphony no.8 in F major, op.93 - arranged for string quintet
Symphony no.1 in C major, op.21 - arranged for string quintet

Locrian Ensemble

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Reinecke – Harp Concerto, Flute Concerto – Fabrice Pierre, Patrick Gallois

Carl Reinecke (1824-1910):
Harp Concerto in E minor, op.182 *
Flute Concerto in D major, op.283 +

Fabrice Pierre - harp *
Patrick Gallois - flute +
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Patrick Gallois - conductor *
Fabrice Pierre - conductor +

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Pergolesi, Scarlatti, Bononcini – Stabat Mater & other works for choir and orchestra – VA

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736):
Stabat Mater
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757):
Stabat Mater
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725):
O magnum mysterium
Domine, refugium factus es nobis
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736):
Magnificat in C major
Antonio Lotti (c.1667-1740):
Crucifixus
Antonio Bononcini (1677-1726):
Stabat Mater
Antonio Caldara (c.1670-1736):
Crucifixus

Felicity Palmer - soprano
Elizabeth Vaughan - soprano
Janet Baker - contralto
Alfreda Hodgson - contralto
Philip Langridge - tenor
Ian Partridge - tenor
Paul Esswood - counter tenor
Christopher Keyte - bass
Choir of St John's College
Schütz Choir of London
The Choir of King's College
The Argo Chamber Orchestra
Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields
Philomusica of London
George Guest - conductor
Roger Norrington - conductor
David Willcocks - conductor

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Alkan – Symphony for solo piano & other piano works – Marc-André Hamelin

Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888):
Symphony for solo piano, op.39 nos.4-7
"Salut, cendre du pauvre!", op.45
Alleluia, op.25
"Super flumina Babylonis", op.52
"Souvenirs: Trois Morceaux dans le genre pathétique", op.15

Marc-André Hamelin - piano

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Dussek – Piano Concertos – Howard Shelley

Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812):
Piano Concerto in G major, op.1 no.3
Piano Concerto in C major, op.29
Piano Concerto in E flat major, op.70

Howard Shelley - piano & direction
Ulster Orchestra

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Michael Haydn – Requiem, Missa – Robert King

Michael Haydn (1737-1806):
Requiem pro defuncto Archiepiscopo Sigismundo
Missa in honorem Sanctae Ursulae

Carolyn Sampson - soprano
Hilary Summers - contralto
James Gilchrist - tenor
Peter Harvey - bass
The Choir of King's College
The King's Consort [on period instruments]
Robert King - conductor

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Chopin – Sonatas nos.2 & 3 – Martha Argerich

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Piano Sonata no.2 in B flat minor, op.35
Scherzo no.3 in C sharp minor, op.39
Piano Sonata no.3 in B minor, op.58

Martha Argerich - piano

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Schumann – Complete Works for Piano Solo – Florian Uhlig (Vol.6)

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) - Complete Works for Piano Solo (Vol.6):
Album für die Jugend op.68

Florian Uhlig - piano

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Carl Zeller – Der Obersteiger – Herbert Mogg

Carl Zeller (1842-1898):
Der Obersteiger - operetta in three acts

with:
Santiago Bürgi - tenor
Cornelia Zink - soprano
Wolfgang-Müller Lorenz - tenor
Donna Ellen - soprano
Bernhard Berchtold - tenor
Anna Siminska - soprano
Timo Verse - tenor
Alfred Berger - baritone
Rolf Haunstein - baritone
Chor des Musik Theater Schönbrunn
Orchester des Musik Theater Schönbrunn
Herbert Mogg - conductor

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Haydn – The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross – Vladimir Jurowski

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross

Lisa Milne - soprano
Ruxandra Donose - mezzo-soprano
Andrew Kennedy - tenor
Christopher Maltman - baritone
London Philharmonic Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski - conductor

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Vivaldi – The four seasons; J.S. Bach – Brandenburg concertos – Various Artists

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741):
The four Seasons - concerti grossi op.8
"La primavera" op.8 no.1 *
"L'Estate" op.8 no.2 *
"L'Autunno" op.8 no.3 *
"L'Inverno" op.8 no.4 *
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Brandenburg Concerto no.1 in F major, BWV 1046 +
Brandenburg Concerto no.2 in F major, BWV 1047 +
Brandenburg Concerto no.3 in G major, BWV 1048 +
Brandenburg Concerto no.4 in G major, BWV 1049 +
Brandenburg Concerto no.5 in D major, BWV 1050 +
Brandenburg Concerto no.6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 +

Enrico Casazza - violin *
La Magnifica Comunità * [on period instruments]
Musica Amphion + [on period instruments]
Pieter-Jan Belder - conductor +

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Various Composers – 'Light – Distance' Portuguese Wind Quintets – The Galliard Ensemble

Luís Tinoco (b.1969):
Light - Distance
Joly Braga Santos (1924-1988):
Scherzino
Fernando Lopes Graça (1906-1994):
Sete Lembranças para Vieira da Silva
António Pinho Vargas (b.1951):
Três Fragmentos (solo clarinet)
Luís Tinoco (b.1969):
O Curso das Águas
Alexandre Delgado (1965):
The Panic Flirt (solo flute)
Luís Tinoco (b.1969):
Autumn Wind
Sérgio Azevedo (b.1968):
Aspetto
Eurico Carrapatoso (b.1962):
Cinco Miniaturas

The Galliard Ensemble

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Karl Ordonez – Symphonies – Kevin Mallon

Karl Ordonez (1734-1786):
Sinfonia in A major
Sinfonia in G minor
Sinfonia in C major
Sinfonia in B minor
Sinfonia in G minor

Toronto Camerata
Kevin Mallon - conductor

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Dittersdorf – Sinfonias – Álvaro Cassuto

Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739-1799):
Sinfonia in D major
Sinfonia in A major
Sinfonia in E flat major

Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa
Álvaro Cassuto - conductor

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Le Sueur, Paisiello, Roze – Coronation Music for Napoleon I – Tchernouchenko

Messe du Sacre de Napoleon 1er (Coronation Music for Napoleon I):

Jean-François Le Sueur (1763-1837):
Marche
Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816):
Mass
Jean-François Le Sueur (1763-1837):
"Unxerunt Salomonem" Motet
Nicolas Roze (1745-1819):
"Vivat in aeternum"
Jean-François Le Sueur (1763-1837):
"Tu es Petrus" Motet
Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816):
Te Deum

Emilia Titarenko - soprano
Elena Jaskunova - soprano
Tatjana Jashina - soprano
Galina Gordeeva - soprano
Lubov Dziltsova - soprano
Galina Dolbonos - mezzo-soprano
Sergej Rokozitza - tenor
Sergej Fomenko - tenor
Oleg Palkin - baritone-bass
Ensemble de cuivres Guy Touvron
Saint Petersburg Cappella Choir
Saint Petersburg Cappella Orchestra
Vladislav Tchernouchenko - conductor

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Antonín Kraft, Mikulás Kraft – Cello Concertos – Jiří Hošek

Antonín Kraft (1752-1820):
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in C major, op.4
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in C major "Seydell's concerto"
Mikulás Kraft (1778-1853):
Polonaise for Cello and Orchestra, op.2

Jiří Hošek - cello
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Josef Hrnčíř - conductor

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Haydn – Organ Concertos – Ton Koopman

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
Organ Concerto in C major, Hob.XVIII:1
Concerto for Organ and Violin in F major, Hob.XVIII:6
Organ Concerto in D major, Hob.XVIII:2

Ton Koopman - organ and direction
Catherine Manson - violin
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra [on period instruments]

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J.S.Bach – Flute Concertos – Marcello Gatti

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Flute Concerto in B minor (reconstruction by Francesco Zimei)
Triple Concerto in D major BWV 1050a (early version of the 5th Brandenburg Concerto)
Ouverture in B minor, BWV 1067

Marcello Gatti - transverse flute
Ensemble Aurora [on period instruments]
Enrico Gatti - conductor

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Schoenberg – Five Pieces for Orchestra – Robert Craft

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951):
Five Pieces for Orchestra, op.16 *
Cello Concerto after G.M. Monn +
Brahms, orch.Schoenberg: Piano Quartet in G minor, op.25 #

Fred Sherry - cello +
London Symphony Orchestra *
Philharmonia Orchestra + #
Robert Craft - conductor

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Schoenberg – Serenade, Variations – Robert Craft

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951):
Serenade, op.24 *
Variations for Orchestra, op.31 +
Bach Orchestrations +

Stephen Varcoe - bass *
Charles Neidich - clarinet *
Alan R. Kay - bass clarinet *
Peter Press - mandolin *
David Starobin - guitar *
Rolf Schulte - violin *
Toby Appel - viola *
Fred Sherry - cello *
Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble *
Philharmonia Orchestra +
Robert Craft - conductor +

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Haydn – Piano Variations – Jenö Jandó

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
Twenty Variations in G major, Hob.XVII:2
Theme and Variations in C major, Hob.XVII:5
Capriccio in G major, Hob.XVII:1
Arietta con 12 variazioni, Hob.XVII:3
Variations on "Gott erhalte" (after Hob.III:77)
Divertimeto: Il Maestro e lo Scolare, Hob.XVIIa:1 for piano 4 hands *

Jenö Jandó - piano
Zsuzsa Kollár - piano *

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Stamitz – Orchestral Quartets op.14 – Donald Armstrong

Carl Stamitz (1745-1801):
Orchestral Quartet in F major, op.14 no.4
Orchestral Quartet in B flat major, op.14 no.5
Orchestral Quartet in G major, op.14 no.2
Orchestral Quartet in C major, op.14 no.1

New Zealand Chamber Orchestra
Donald Armstrong - conductor

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