Haydn – Complete Music for Solo Keyboard – Ronald Brautigam

remembering Franz Joseph Haydn on his birthday

(31 March 1732 – 31 May 1809)

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):

CD 1:
Keyboard Sonata No.1 in G major, Hob.XVI:8
Keyboard Sonata No.2 in C major Hob.XVI:7
Keyboard Sonata No.3 in F major Hob.XVI:9
Keyboard Sonata No.4 in G major Hob.XVI:G1
Keyboard Sonata No.5 in G major Hob.XVI:11
Keyboard Sonata No.6 in C major Hob.XVI:10
Keyboard Sonata No.7 in D major Hob.XVI:D1
Keyboard Sonata No.8 in A major Hob.XVI:5
Keyboard Sonata No.9 in D major Hob.XVI:4

CD 2:
Keyboard Sonata No.10 in C major, Hob.XVI:1
Keyboard Sonata No.11 in B-flat major, Hob.XVI:2
Keyboard Sonata No.12 in A major, Hob.XVI:12
Keyboard Sonata No.13 in G major, Hob.XVI:6
Keyboard Sonata No.14 in C major, Hob.XVI:3
Keyboard Sonata No.15 in E major, Hob.XVI:13

CD 3:
Keyboard Sonata No.16 (Partita, Divertimento) in D major, Hob.XVI.14
Keyboard Sonata No.17 (Parthia) in E-flat major, Hob.XVI.Es2
Keyboard Sonata No.18 (Parthia) in E-flat major, Hob.XVI:Es3
Keyboard Sonata No.19 in E minor, Hob.XVI.47bis
Keyboard Sonata No.20 in B-flat major, Hob.XVI.18

CD 4:
Keyboard Sonata No.28 (Divertimento) in D major, Hob.XVI:5a
Keyboard Sonata No.29 (Divertimento) in E-flat major, Hob.XVI:45
Keyboard Sonata No.30 (Divertimento) in D major, Hob.XVI:19

CD 5:
Keyboard Sonata No.31 in A-flat major, Hob.XVI:46
Keyboard Sonata No.32 in G minor, Hob.XVI:44
Keyboard Sonata No.33 in C minor, Hob.XVI:20

CD 6:
Keyboard Sonata No.34 in D major, Hob.XVI:33
Keyboard Sonata No.35 in A-flat major, Hob.XVI:43
Keyboard Sonata No.36 in C major, Hob.XVI:21
Keyboard Sonata No.37 in E major, Hob.XVI:22

CD 7:
Keyboard Sonata No.38 in F major, Hob.XVI:23
Keyboard Sonata No.39 in D major, Hob.XVI:24
Keyboard Sonata No.40 in E-flat major, Hob.XVI:25
Keyboard Sonata No.41 in A major, Hob.XVI:26
Keyboard Sonata No.42 (Divertimento) in G major, Hob.XVI:27

CD 8:
Keyboard Sonata No.43 (Divertimento) in E-flat major, Hob.XVI:28
Keyboard Sonata No.44 (Divertimento) in F major, Hob.XVI:29
Keyboard Sonata No.45 (Divertimento) in A major, Hob.XVI:30
Keyboard Sonata No.46 (Divertimento) in E major, Hob.XVI:31
Keyboard Sonata No.47 (Divertimento) in B minor, Hob.XVI:32

CD 9:
Keyboard Sonata No.48 in C major, Hob.XVI:35
Keyboard Sonata No.49 in C-sharp minor, Hob.XVI:36
Keyboard Sonata No.50 in D major, Hob.XVI:37
Keyboard Sonata No.51 in E-flat major, Hob.XVI:38
Keyboard Sonata No.52 in G major, Hob.XVI:39

CD 10:
Keyboard Sonata No.53 in E minor, Hob.XVI:34
Keyboard Sonata No.54 in G major, Hob.XVI:40
Keyboard Sonata No.55 in B-flat major, Hob.XVI:41
Keyboard Sonata No.56 in D major, Hob.XVI:42
Keyboard Sonata No.57 in F major, Hob.XVI:47
Keyboard Sonata No.58 in C major, Hob.XVI:48

CD 11:
Keyboard Sonata No.59 in E-flat major, Hob.XVI:50 'Genzinger Sonata'
Keyboard Sonata No.60 in C major, Hob.XVI:50 'London'
Keyboard Sonata No.61 in D major, Hob.XVI:51 'London'
Keyboard Sonata No.62 in E-flat major, Hob.XVI:52 'London'

CD 12:
Capriccio 'Acht Sauschneider müssen seyn' in G major, Hob.XVII:1
Arietta con 12 variazioni in E-flat major, Hob.XVII:3
Arietta con 12 variazioni in A major, Hob.XVII:2
Fantasia in C major, Hob.XVII:4
6 leichte Variationen in C major, Hob.XVII:5
Andante con variazioni in F minor, Hob.XVII:6
Adagio in F major, Hob.XVII.9

CD 13:
20 Variationen in G major, Hob.XVII:2
Andante con variazioni in D major, Hob.XVII:7
Andantino (Allegretto) con variazioni in A major, Hob.XVII:8
Allegretto in G major, Hob.XVII:10
Andante con variazioni in B-flat major, Hob.XVII:12
Aria con variazioni in C major, Hob.XVII:15
Adagio in G major, Hob.XV:22-II
Allegretto con variazioni in A major, Hob.XVII:A3
Allegretto in G major, Hob.III:41-IV
Variationen über die Hymne 'Gott erhalte Franz, den Kaiser' in G major, Hob.III:77-II
Il Maestro e lo Scolare: Tema(Andante), 7 variations & Tempo di Menuetto (for 4 hands) in F major, Hob.XVIIa:1

CD 14:
12 Menuette, Hob.IX:11
12 Deutsche Tänze, Hob.IX:12
12 Menuette, Hob.IX:3
12 Menuette, Hob.IX:8
Zwei Märsche (for Sir Henry Harpur), Hob.VIII:1
Marsch, Hob.VIII:3:3bis
Kontretanz Hob.XXXI:c:17b

CD 15:
Die Sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze (The Seven Last Words of Christ)
               arranged for piano by unkwnon composer, corrected by Haydn


Ronald Brautigam - fortepiano

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Haydn, Schubert, von Einem – Symphonic Works – Matacic

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
Symphony No.103 in E flat major Hob.I:103 "mit dem Paukenwirbel"
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Symphony No.7 (No.8) in B minor D.759 "Unfinished"
Gottfried von Einem (1918-1996):
Bruckner Dialog, op.39

Wiener Symphoniker
Lovro von Matačić - conductor

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Arensky – The Piano Trios – Beaux Arts Trio

Anton Arensky (1861-1906):
Piano Trio No.1 in D minor, op.32
Piano Trio No.2 in F minor, op.73

Beaux Arts Trio

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Brahms – Double Concerto; A.Berg – Chamber Concerto – Isaac Stern

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra *
Alban Berg (1885-1935):
Chamber Concerto for Piano and Violin with 13 Instruments +

Isaac Stern - violin
Yo-Yo Ma - cello *
Peter Serkin - piano +
Chicago Symphony Orchestra *
members of the London Symphony Orchestra +
Claudio Abbado - conductor

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Tchaikovsky – Casse-Noisette, op.71 – Mariss Jansons

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Casse-Noisette, op.71

New London Children's Choir
The London Philharmonic
Mariss Jansons - conductor

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Brahms – Piano Concerto No.1, Hungarian Dances – Nicholas Angelich

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, op.15
Hungarian Dances for 4 hands *

Nicholas Angelich - piano
Frank Braley - piano *
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Frankfurt
Paavo Järvi - conductor

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Louise Farrenc – Symphony No.2, Overtures 1 & 2 – Johannes Goritzki

remembering Louise Farrenc on her birthday

(31 May 1804 – 15 September 1875)

Louise Farrenc (1804-1875):
Symphony No.2 in D major, op.35
Overture No.1 in E minor, op.23
Overture No.2 in E flat major, op.24

NDR Radiophilharmonie
Johannes Goritzki - conductor

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Beethoven – Symphonies No.5 & 6 – Otto Klemperer

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) - Symphonies cycle Wiener Festwochen 1960:
Symphony No.5 in C minor, op.67
Symphony No.6 in F major, op.68

Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer - conductor

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Brahms – Tragic Overture; Symphony No.3 – Knappertsbusch

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Tragic Overture, op.81
Symphony No.3 in F major, op.90

Wiener Philharmoniker
Hans Knappertsbusch - conductor

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Louis Glass – Symphonies Vol.2-Symphonies Nos.3 & 6 – Nayden Todorov

Louis Glass (1864-1936) - Symphonies:
Symphony No.3 in D major, op.30 "Wood Symphony"
Symphony No.6, op.60 "Birth of Scyldings"

Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra
Nayden Todorov - conductor

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Tchaikovsky, Sibelius – Violin Concertos – Isaac Stern

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op.35
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor, op.47

Isaac Stern - violin
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy - conductor

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Spohr – String Quintet No.7, Sextet, Potpourri – New Haydn Quartet

Louis Spohr (1784-1859):
String Quintet No.7 in G minor, op.144
String Sextet in C major, op.140
Potpourri, op.22

New Haydn Quartet
Attila Falvay - violin III
Sándor Papp - viola II
Tamás Varga - cello II

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Schumann, Schubert – Lieder – Elly Ameling

Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Frauenliebe- und Leben, op.42
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
4 Lieder für Gretchen
2 Lieder für Ellen und Suleika
3 Ellens Gesänge

Elly Ameling - soprano
Dalton Baldwin - piano

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Bartok – Rhapsody, Scherzo; Dohnanyi – Variations for Piano and Orchestra – Kocsis

tribute to Zoltán Kocsis on his birthday

(b. May 30, 1952)

Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Rhapsodu for Piano and Orchestra, op.1
Scherzo for Piano and Orchestra
Ernő von Dohnányi (1877-1960):
Variations on a Nursery Song, op.25

Zoltán Kocsis - piano
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Iván Fischer - conductor

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Beethoven – Symphonies No.4 & 8 – Otto Klemperer

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) - Symphonies cycle Wiener Festwochen 1960:
Symphony No.4 in B flat major, op.60
Symphony No.8 in F major, op.93
Overture "Egmont", op.84
Overture "Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus", op.43

Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer - conductor

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Haydn – Symphony No.93; Prokofiev – Symphony No.5 – George Szell

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
Symphony No.93 in D major Hob.I:93
Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Symphony No.5 in B flat major, op.100

Wiener Symphoniker
George Szell - conductor

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Various Composers – The Complete Diabelli's Waltz Variations – Rudolf Buchbinder

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
33 Variations on a waltz by Diabelli in C major, Op. 120

variations Diabelli's waltz by:
Ignaz Assmayer (1790-1862)
Carl Maria von Bocklet (1801-1881):
Leopold Czapek (late 18th century-?)
Carl Czerny (1791-1857)
Joseph Czerny (1785-1842)
Anton Diabelli (1781-1858)
Moritz Count von Dietrichstein (1775-1864)
Joseph Drechsler (1782-1852)
Emanuel Aloys Förster (1748-1823)
Franz Jakob Freystädtler (1761-1841)
Johann Baptist Gänsbacher (1778-1844)
Josef Gelinek (1758-1825)
Anton Halm (1789-1872)
Joachim Hoffmann (1788-1856)
Johann Horzalka (1798-1860)
Joseph Huglmann (1768-1839)
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837)
Anselm Hüttenbrenner (1794-1868)
Frederic Kalkbrenner (1785-1849)
Friedrich August Kanne (1778-1833)
Joseph Kerzkowsky (1791-?)
Conradin Kreutzer (1780-1849)
Heinrich Eduard Josef Baron von Lannoy (1787-1853)
Marcus Maximilian Joseph Leidesdorf (1787-1840)
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Joseph Mayseder (1789-1863)
Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870)
Igrnaz Franz Baron von Mosel (1772-1884)
Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (1791-1844)
Joseph Panny (1794-1838)
Hieronymus Payer (1787-1845)
Johann Peter Pixis (1788-1874)
Václav Plachy (1785-1858)
Gottfried Rieger (1764-1855)
Philipp Jakob Riotte (1776-1856)
Franz de Paula Roser (1779-1830)
Johann Baptist Schenk (1753-1836)
Franz Schoberlechner (1797-1843)
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Simon Sechter (1788-1867)
Archduke Rudolph of Austria (1788-1831)
Abbé Maximilian Stadler (1748-1833)
Joseph von Szalay (1800-1860)
Václav Jan Krtitel Tomásek (1774-1850)
Michael Umlauf (1781-1842)
Jan August Vitasek (1770-1839)
Jan Vaclav Vorisek (1791-1825)
Friedrich Dionys Weber (1766-1842)
Franz Weber (?- 1861)
Charles Angelus de Winkhler (18??-1845)
Franz Weiss (1778-1830)

Rudolf Buchbinder - piano

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Mendelssohn, Dvořák – Violin Concertos – Isaac Stern

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor, op.64
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A minor, op.53
Romance for Violin and Orchestra in F minor, op.11

Isaac Stern - violin
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy - conductor

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Spohr – String Quintets Vol.3 – Haydn Quartet

Louis Spohr (1784-1859):
String Quintet No.5 in G minor, op.106
String Quintet No.6 in E minor, op.129

Haydn Quartet
Sándor Papp - viola II

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Havergal Brian – Violin Concerto, Symphony No.18 – Bisengaliev, Lionel Friend

Havergal Brian (1876-1972):
Comedy Overture - The Jolly Miller
Violin Concerto
Symphony No.18

Marat Bisengaliev - violin
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Lionel Friend - conductor

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Foerster – Symphony No.5, 'In den Bergen' – Hermann Bäumer

remembering Josef Bohuslav Foerster on the anniversary of his death

(30 December 1859 – 29 May 1951)

Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859-1951) - Symphonies:
"In den Bergen", op.7
Symphony No.5, op.141

Symphonieorchester Osnabrück
Hermann Bäumer - conductor

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Foerster – Symphonies Nos.3 & 4 – Hermann Bäumer

remembering Josef Bohuslav Foerster on the anniversary of his death

(30 December 1859 – 29 May 1951)

Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859-1951) - Symphonies:
Symphony No.3 in D major, op.36
Symphony No.4 in C minor, op.54

Symphonieorchester Osnabrück
Hermann Bäumer - conductor

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Foerster – Symphonies Nos.1 & 2 – Hermann Bäumer

remembering Josef Bohuslav Foerster on the anniversary of his death

(30 December 1859 – 29 May 1951)

Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859-1951) - Symphonies:
Symphony No.2 in F major, op.29
Symphony No.1 in D minor, op.9

Symphonieorchester Osnabrück
Hermann Bäumer - conductor

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Beethoven – Symphonies No.2 & 7 – Otto Klemperer

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) - Symphonies cycle Wiener Festwochen 1960:
Symphony No.2 in D major, op.36
Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92

Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer - conductor

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Beethoven – Piano Sonatas Nos.12, 14, 17, 26 – Backhaus

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Piano Sonata No.12 in A flat major op.26
Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, op.27 n.2 "Sonata quasi una fantasia" (Moonlight)
Piano Sonata No.17 in D minor, op.31 no.2 "Tempest"
Piano Sonata No.26 in E flat major, op.81a "Les Adieux"

Wilhelm Backhaus - piano

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