Gossec, Pieltain, Grétry, Gresnick – Concertante Music – Guy van Waas

François-Joseph Gossec (1734-1829):
Symphonie concertante for Violin and Cello
Dieudonné-Pascal Pieltain (1754-1833):
Third Violin Concerto
André-Modest Grétry (1741-1813):
Flute Concerto
Antoine-Frédéric Gresnick (1755-1799):
Symphonie concertante for Clarinet and Bassoon

Patrick Cohën-Akenine - violin
François Poly - cello
Jan De Winne - transversal flute
Eric Hoeprich - clarinet
Jane Gower - bassoon
Les Agrémens [on period instruments]
Guy Van Waas - conductor

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Various Composers – 18th-century Overtures – Raymond Leppard

Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782):
Catone in Utica - Opera: Overture
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764):
Les Paladins, comédie lyrique: Overture
Zaïs, pastorale-héroïque: Overture
Pygmalion, acte de ballet: Overture
William Boyce (1711–1779):
Here all thy active fires diffuse, ode: Overture
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725):
Il giardino di rose: La SS Vergine del Rosario, oratorio: Overture
Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801):
I Tre Amanti, opera: Overture
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–1736):
L'olimpiade, opera: Overture
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759):
Il Pastor Fido, opera, HWV 8a: Overture
André Ernest Modeste Grétry (1741–1813):
Le Jugement de Midas, opera: Overture
Giovanni Bononcini (1670-1747):
Polifemo, opera: Overture
Antonio Maria Gasparo Sacchini (1730–1786):
Oedipe a Colonne, opera: Overture
Étienne Nicolas Méhul (1763–1817):
Le Jeune Henri, opera: Overture

New Philharmonia Orchestra
Raymond Leppard - conductor

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Paisiello, Grétry, Garth, Stamitz – The Concerto in Europe – Dmitri Demetriades

Giovanni Paisiello (1741-1816):
Harp Concerto in A major
Modest Grétry (1741-1813):
Flute Concerto in C major
John Garth (1722-1810):
Cello Concerto No.2 in B flat major
Carl Stamitz (1746-1801):
Viola Concerto in D major, op.1

Jasna Corrado Merlak - harp
Marc Grauwels - flute
Alexander Baillie - cello
Tabea Zimmermann - viola
European Union Chamber Orchestra
Dmitri Demetriades - conductor

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