Beethoven – String Quartets transcribed for piano four hands – Duo Stephanie and Saar

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
String Quartet in F major op.18 no.1 (transcribed for piano four hands)
String Quartet in C minor op.18 no.4 (transcribed for piano four hands)
String Quartet in B flat major op.18 no.6 (transcribed for piano four hands)

Stephanie Ho - piano
Saar Ahuvia - piano

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Various composers – Works for Claviorganum – Thomas Schmögner

Works played on Claviorganum:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Fantasia in D minor K.397
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736-1809):
3 Easy Prelude for Organ
Ferdinand Kauer (1751-1831):
"Sonata militare per Clavicembalo o Forte Piano"
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Praeludium in F minor WoO 55
Praeludium op.39 no.1
Praeludium op.39 no.2
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788):
Fantasia in C minor    [0:06:12.93]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Adagio in C major
Joseph Preindl (1756-1823):
Fantasia pour le Piano Forte

Thomas Schmögner - claviorganum [Franz Xaver Christoph, Vienna, appr. 1785]

from the series "Kunst Historisches Museum Wien"

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Beethoven – Piano Concerto no.5, Variations in C minor – Mitsuko Uchida

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) - Piano Concertos:
Piano Concerto no.5 in E flat major, op.73 "Emperro"
32 Variations on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO 80

Mitsuko Uchida - piano
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Kurt Sanderling - conductor

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Beethoven – Piano Concertos nos.3 & 4 – Mitsuko Uchida

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) - Piano Concertos:
Piano Concerto no.3 in C minor, op.37
Piano Concerto no.4 in G major, op.58

Mitsuko Uchida - piano
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Kurt Sanderling - conductor

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Beethoven – Piano Concertos nos.1 & 2 – Mitsuko Uchida

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) - Piano Concertos:
Piano Concerto no.1 in C major, op.15
Piano Concerto no.2 in B flat major, op.19

Mitsuko Uchida - piano
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Kurt Sanderling - conductor

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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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Music of the Enlightenment (Vol.29/29) – Beethoven – String Quartets

Music of the Enlightenment (CD29/29) - Ludwig van Beethoven: the "late quartets":

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
String Quartet no.13 in B flat major, op.130
String Quartet no.16 in F major, op.135

Tokyo String Quartet

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Music of the Enlightenment (Vol.28/29) – Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven – String Quartets

Music of the Enlightenment (CD28/29) - The great classical Quartets:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
String Quartet no.17 in B flat major, K.458 *
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
String Quartet in D major, op.76 no.2, Hob.III:76 *
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
String Quartet in B flat major, op.18 no.6 +

Jerusalem Quartet *
Tokyo String Quartet +

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Music of the Enlightenment (Vol.26/29) – Beethoven – Piano Sonatas

Music of the Enlightenment (CD26/29) - The classical Sonata: Ludwig van Beethoven:

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Sonata no.1 in F major, op.2 no.1
Sonata no.17 in D minor, op.31 no.2 "The Tempest"
Sonata no.21 in E flat major, op.21 "Waldstein"

Paul Lewis - piano

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Music of the Enlightenment (Vol.23/29) – Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven – Keyboard Trios

Music of the Enlightenment (CD23/29) - 'A tre' the keyboard Trio:

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
Trio in C major no.43, Hob.XV:27 *
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Trio in G major, K.496 +
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Trio in C major, op.1 no.3 #

Erich Höbarth - violin *
Christophe Coin - cello *
Patrick Cohen - fortepiano *
The Mozartean Players +
Daniel Sepec - violin #
Jean-Guihen Queyras - cello #
Andreas Staier - fortepiano #

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Music of the Enlightenment (Vol.12/29) – Beethoven - 9th Symphony

Music of the Enlightenment (CD12/29) - Symphony: the Ninth:

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Symphony no.9 in D minor, op.125

Melanie Diener - soprano
Petra Lang - mezzo-soprano
Endrick Wottrich - tenor
Dietrich Henschel - bass
La Chapelle Royale
Orchestre des Champs Élysées
Philippe Herreweghe - conductor

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Beethoven – The String Quartets – Talich Quartet

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):

CD 1:
String Quartet No. 3 in D major op.18 no.3
String Quartet No. 1 in F major op.18 no.1
String Quartet No. 2 in G major op.18 no.2

CD 2:
String Quartet No. 5 in A major op.18 no.5
String Quartet No. 4 in C minor op.18 no.4
String Quartet No. 6 in B flat major op.18 no.6

CD 3:
Große Fuge in B flat major op.133
String Quartet No. 11 in F minor op.95
String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major op.127

CD 4:
String Quartet No. 7 in F major op.59 no.1
String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major op.74

CD 5:
String Quartet No. 8 in E minor op.59 no.2
String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major op.130

CD 6:
String Quartet No. 9 in C major op.59 no.3
String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor op.131

CD 7:
String Quartet No. 15 in A minor op.132
String Quartet No. 16 in F major op.135

Talich Quartet

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Music of the Enlightenment (Vol.8/29) – Mozart, Beethoven – Piano Concertos

Music of the Enlightenment (CD8/29) - The Classical Concerto:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Piano Concerto no.21 in C major, K.467 *
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Piano Concerto no.2 in B flat major, op.19 +

Stefan Vladar - piano and direction *
Paul Lewis - piano +
Camerata Salzburg *
BBC Symphony Orchestra +
Jiří Bělohlávek - conductor +

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Beethoven – Cello Sonatas – Steven Isserlis, Robert Levin

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Cello Sonata no.1 in F major, op.5 no.1
Cello Sonata no.2 in G minor, op.5 no.2
Cello Sonata no.3 in A major, op.69
Cello Sonata no.4 in C major, op.102 no.1
Cello Sonata no.5 in D major, op.102 no.2
Variations in G major on "See the conqu'ring hero comes", WoO 45
Variations in F major on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen", Op. 66
Variations in E flat major on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen", WoO 46
Horn Sonata In F, Op.17 (arranged for cello and piano)

Steven Isserlis - cello [Marquis de Corberon Stradivarius, 1726]
Robert Levin - fortepiano [copy of Walter & Sons, 1805]

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Beethoven – The Late Piano Sonatas – Igor Levit

HAPPY 2015

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Piano Sonata no.28 in A major, op.101
Piano Sonata no.29 in B flat major, op.106 "Hammerklavier"
Piano Sonata no.30 in E major, op.109
Piano Sonata no.31 in A flat major, op.110
Piano Sonata no.32 in C minor, op.111

Igor Levit - piano

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Various Composers – 'Piano Reflections' – Ji Liu

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Scherzo from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (transription by Rachmaninoff)
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Nocturne in E flat major op.9 no.2
Nocturne in C minor op.48 no.1
Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Liebestraum no.3
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata no.14 in C sharp minor "Moonlight"
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Ständchen (trnascr.: Liszt / Horowitz)
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
June: Barcarolle from "The Seasons"
Lü Wencheng (1898-1981):
Autumn Moon Over the Calm Lake
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Suite Bergamasque
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Danse Macabre

Ji Liu - piano

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Beethoven – Piano Sonatas nos.29 & 14 – Alessio Bax

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Piano Sonata no.29 in B flat major, op.106 "Hammerklavier"
Piano Sonata no.14 in C sharp minor, op.27 no.2 "Moonlight"
"Chorus of the WHirling Dervishes" & Turkish March from "The Ruins of Athens" (arr.Bax)

Alessio Bax - piano

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Beethoven – Triple Concerto, Septet – Bronfman, Shaham, Mork, Zinman

celebrating 3 years of posts

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) - concertos with Tonhalle & Zinman:
Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra in C major, op.56 *
Septet in E flat major, op.20

Yefim Bronfman - piano
Gil Shaham - violin
Truls Mørk - cello
Jakob Hefti - horn *
Michel Rouilly - viola *
Ronald Dangel - double-bass *
Florenz Jenny - bassoon *
Michael Reid - clarinet *
Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
David Zinman - conductor

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Beethoven – Violin Concerto, Violin Romances – Tetzlaff, Zinman

celebrating 3 years of posts

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) - concertos with Tonhalle & Zinman:
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op.61
Romance for Violin and Orchestra in G major, op.40
Romance for Violin and Orchestra in F major, op.50

Christian Tetzlaff - violin
Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
David Zinman - conductor

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Beethoven – Piano Concerto no.5, Choral Fantasy – Bronfman, Zinman

celebrating 3 years of posts

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) - concertos with Tonhalle & Zinman:
Piano Concerto no.5 in E flat major, op.73
Choral Fantasy in C minor, op.80
"Meerstille und glückliche Fahrt" in D major, op.112

Yefim Bronfman - piano
Schweizer Kammerchor
Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
David Zinman - conductor

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