Chopin – His contemporaries and his instruments (Vol.6/6) – Chopin, Weber, Alkan, Liszt

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849):
Mazurka for piano No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 7-1, CT. 56 *
Mazurka for piano No. 13 in A minor, Op. 17-4, CT. 63 *
Mazurka for piano No. 14 in G minor, Op. 24-1, CT. 64 *
Mazurka for piano No. 20 in D flat major, Op. 30-3, CT. 70 *
Mazurka for piano No. 32 in C sharp minor, Op. 50-3, CT. 82 *
Mazurka for piano No. 37 in A flat major, Op. 59-2 CT. 87 *
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826):
Piano Sonata No. 3 in D minor, J. 206 (Op. 49) +
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1883):
Barcarolle  #
Petit conte #
Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Ricordanza from Études d'exécution transcendante §
Harmonies du soir from Études d'exécution transcendante §

Cor de Groot - fortepiano [Pleyel, 1847] *
Jan Vermeulen - fortepiano [Tröndlin, 1828] +
Stanley Hoogland - fortepiano [Pleyel, 1858] #
Fred Oldenburg - fortepiano [Érard,1842] §

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M. Enrico Bossi – Piano Trios – Hungarian Piano Trio

Marco Enrico Bossi (1861-1925):
Trio in D minor, op.107
Trio sinfonico, op.123

Hungarian Piano Trio

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Chopin – His contemporaries and his instruments (Vol.5/6) – Chopin

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Polonaise for piano in A flat major, KV IVa-2, CT. 162 (B.5)
Rondo in C minor, op.1, CT. 192
Mazurka for piano in G major, KK II-2, CT. 100 (B. 16-1)
Mazurka for piano in B flat major, KK IIa-2, CT 101 (B. 16-2)
Polonaise for piano in B flat minor, KK IVa-5, CT. 164
Rondo à la Mazur for piano in F major, op.5 CT. 19
3 Polonaises for piano, op.71, CT. 157-159
Polonaise for piano G flat major, KK. IVa8, CT. 165 (B.36)
Variations for piano in A major (-Souvenir de Paganini-), KK IVa-10, CT. 229 (B.37)
Variations on the March from Bellini's I Puritani, for piano in E majo, KK IIb-2

Constantino Mastroprimiano - fortepiano [Graf, 1826]

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Beethoven – Complete works for Cello and Piano – Jean-Guihen Queyras

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):

CD 1:
12 Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen", op. 66
Cello Sonata no.1 op.5 no.2 in F major
Cello Sonata no.2 op.5 no.2 in G minor
12 Variations on Haendel's "Judas Maccabäus" WoO 45

CD 2:
Cello Sonata no.3 op.69 in A major
7 Variations on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen" WoO 46
Cello Sonate no.4 op.102 no.1 in C major
Cello Sonata no.5 op.102 no.2 in D major

Jean-Guihen Queyras - cello
Alexander Melnikov - piano

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Chopin – His contemporaries and his instruments (Vol.4/6) – Chopin's contemporaries

Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888):
Nocturne alla Field in B flat major
Frédéric Kalkbrenner (1785-1849):
Nocturne in A flat major, op. 121 no 1
Nocturne in F major, op. 121 no 2 (à trois mains) *
Clara Wieck Schumann (1819-1896):
Nocturne in F major, op 6, no 2 From: Soireés Musicales
Louis James Alfred Lefebure-Wély (1817-1870):
Les Cloches du Monestère Nocturne in D flat major, op. 54
Edmond Weber (1766-1828):
Première Pensée Nocturne in D flat major, op. 1
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888):
Nocturne in B major, op. 22
Notturnino Innamorato in F sharp minor, op. 63 no 43
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
Nocturne in E flat major
Maria Szymanowska (1789-1831):
La Murmure. Nocturne in A flat major
Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyńsk (1807-1867):
Nocturne in G minor, op. 21 no 1i
Nocturne in F minor, op. 21 no 2
Nocturne in F minor, op. 24 no 1
Nocturne in D flat major, op. 24 no 2
Pozegnanie. Nocturne in G minor

Bart van Oort - fortepiano [Érard, 1837]
Agnieszka Chabowska *

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Chopin - Songs - Aleksandra Kurzak

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Zyczenie (A Maiden's Wish) Op.74 No.1 [WN 21]
Gdzie lubi (A Fickle Maid) Op.74 No.5 [WN 22]*
Posel (The Messenger) Op.74 No.7 [WN 30]
Czary (Witchcraft)  [WN 31] *
Hulanka (Drinking Song) Op.74 No.4 [WN 32] *
Precz z moich oczu (Remembrance) Op.74 No.6 [WN 33] *
Wojak (Before the Battle) Op.74 No.10 [WN 34]
Piosnka litewska (Lithuanian Song) Op.74 No.16 [WN 38]
Smutna rzeka (Troubled Waters) Op.74 No.3 [WN 39]
Narzeczony (The Bridegroom's Return) Op.74 No.15 [WN 40] *
Spiew z mogily - Leci liscie z drzewa (Poland's Dirge) Op.74 No.17 [WN 49]
Pierscien (The Ring) Op.74 No.14 [WN 50] *
Moja pieszczotka (My Enchantress) Op.74 No.12 [WN 51] *
Wiosna (Spring) Op.74 No.2 [WN 52]
Sliczny chlopiec (My Beloved) Op.74 No.8 [WN 54]
Dumka (Sorrow) [earlier version of 'Faded and Vanished'] *
Nie ma, czego trzeba (Faded and Vanished) Op.74 No.13 [WN 57]
Djowaki koniec (The Lovers) Op.74 No.11 [WN 58]
Z gor, gdzie dzwigali (Bowed 'neath their Crosses) Op.74 No.9 [WN 61]

Aleksandra Kurzak - soprano
Mariusz Kwiecień - baritone *
Nelson Goerner - fortepiano [Pleyel, 1848]

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Chopin – His contemporaries and his instruments (Vol.3/6) – Chopin

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Nocturne op.27 no.1 in C sharp minor
Nocturne op.27 no.2 in D flat major
Nocturne op.37 no.1 in G minor
Nocturne op.37 no.2 in G major
Nocturne op.48 no.1 in C mino
Nocturne op.48 no.2 in F sharp minor
Nocturne op.55 no.1 in F minor
Nocturne op.55 no.2 in E flat major
Nocturne op.posth. in C minor

Bart van Oort - fortepiano [Érard, 1837]

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F.X. Mozart – Complete Piano Chamber Music – Christopher Harding

Franz Xaver Mozart (1791-1844):
Sonata for Violin and Piano in B flat major, op.7
Sonata for Violin and Piano in F major, op.15
Grande Sonata in E major for Cello and Piano, op.19
Quartet for Piano and Strings in G minor, op.1

Aaron Berofsky - violin
Kathryn Votapek - viola
Suren Bagrutani - cello
Christopher Harding - piano

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Chopin – His contemporaries and his instruments (Vol.2/6) – Chopin

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1 in B flat minor
Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 in E flat major
Nocturne Op. 9 No. 3 in B major
Nocturne Op. 27 No. 1 in E minor
Nocturne Op. 15 No. 1 in F major
Nocturne Op. 15 No. 2 in F sharp major
Nocturne Op. 15 No. 3 in G minor
Nocturne Op. 32 No. 1 in B major
Nocturne Op. 32 No. 2 in A flat major
Nocturne Op. 62 No. 1 in B flat major
Nocturne Op. 62 No. 2 in E major
Nocturne in C sharp Op. Posth

Bart van Oort - fortepiano [Pleyel, 1842]

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VC – 'Concerti Curiosi – Charivari Agreable

Pietro Domenico Paradies (1707-1791):
Concerto for keyboard & orchestra in B flat majo
Antonín Reichenauer (ca.1694-1730):
Concerto for oboe, strings & basso continuo in B flat major
Johan Daniel Berlin (1714-1787):
Sinfonia, for cornet & ensemble
Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667-1752):
Concerto for 4 violins
Johann Wilhelm Hertel (1727-1789):
Trumpet Concerto No. 3 in D major, Op. 7-6
William Croft (1678-1727):
Sonata for 4 violins & continuo
Pietro Baldassare (1690-1768):
Sonata for cornet & strings

Charivari Agréable [on period instruments]
Kah-Ming Ng - conductor

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Chopin – His contemporaries and his instruments (Vol.1/6) – John Field

John Field (1782-1837):
Nocturne No. 1, in E flat majo
Nocturne No. 2, in C minor
Nocturne No. 3, in A flat major
Nocturne No. 4, in A major
Nocturne No. 5, in B flat major
Nocturne No. 6, in F major
Nocturne No. 7, in C major
Nocturne No. 8, in A major
Nocturne No. 9, in E flat major
Nocturne No. 10, in E minor
Nocturne No. 11, in E flat major
Nocturne No. 12, in G major
Nocturne No. 13, in D minor
Nocturne No. 16, in F major
Nocturne No. 17, in E major

Bart van Oort - fortepiano [Broadwood, 1823]

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Mozart – Horn Concertos, Horn Quintet – Pip Eastop

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Horn Concerto No. 2 in E flat major, K. 417
Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major, K. 495
Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat major, K. 447
Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major, K. 412/514 (K. 386b)
Quintet for horn, violin, 2 violas & cello in E flat major, K. 407 (K. 386c) *

Phillip Eastop - natural horn
Eroica Quartet *
Hanover Band (on period instruments)
Anthony Halstead - conductor

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Mozart – Piano Quartets – Badura-Skoda, Quatuor Festetics

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Piano Quartet in G minor, K.478
Piano Quartet in E flat major, K.493

Paul Badura-Skoda - fortepiano [Johann Schantz, Vienna, 1790]
Quatuor Festetics [on period instruments]

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Pinho Vargas – Requiem, Judas – Coro Gulbenkian, Orquestra Gulbenkian

António Pinho Vargas (b.1951):
Requiem *
Judas (secundum Lucam, Johannem, Matthaeum et Marcum) +

Coro Gulbenkian
Orquestra Gulbenkian
Joana Carneiro - conductor *
Fernando Eldoro - conductor +

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