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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Liszt – Totentanz, Tre Sonetti di Petrarca; Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto – Sergio Tiempo

Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Totentanz - paraphrase on "Dies Irae", S.126 *
Three Petrarch Sonets for piano, S.161/4-6
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Piano Concerto no.1 in B flat minor, op.23 +

Sergio Tiempo - piano
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana * +
Ion Marin - conductor *
Alexander Rabinovich-Barakovsky - conductor +

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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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Liszt, Brahms, Lutoslawski, Rachmaninov – Paganini Variations – Tzimon Barto

CD 1:
Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Grandes études de Paganini
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Paganini Variations
Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994):
Paganini Variations

CD 2:
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):
Paganini Rhapsody *

Tzimon Barto - piano
Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra *
Christoph Eschenbach - conductor *

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Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto no.1; Liszt – Piano works – Danil Trifonov

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Piano Concerto no.1 in B-flat minor, op.23
"Un poco di Chopin", op.72 no.15
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Barcarolle, op.60
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) / Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Erlkönig
Frühlingsglaube
Die Forelle
Auf dem Wasser zu singen
Die Stadt
Robert Schumann (1810-1856) / Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Liebeslied "Widmung"

Danil Trifonov - piano
Mariinsky Orchestra
Valery Gergiev - conductor

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Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition (Orchestrations compiled by Leonard Slatkin)

Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Piano Concerto no.1 in E flat major *
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881):
Pictures at an Exhibition - orchestrations compiled by Leonard Slatkin by:
                                                                                 D. Wilson Ochoa (b.1964)
                                                                                 Sergey Gorchakov (1905-1976)
                                                                                 Walter Goehr (1903-1976)
                                                                                 Emile Naoumoff (b.1962)
                                                                                 Geert van Keulen (b.1943)
                                                                                 Vladimir Ashkenazy (b.1937)
                                                                                 Carl Simpson (b.1955)
                                                                                 Lucien Cailliet (1891-1985)
                                                                                 Sir Henry Wood (1869-1944)
                                                                                 Leo Funtek (1885-1965)
                                                                                 John Boyd (b.1944)
                                                                                 Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
                                                                                 Leopold Stokowski (1882-1977)
                                                                                 Douglas Gamley (1924-1998)

Peng Peng - piano *
Nashville Symphony Chorus
Nashville Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin - conductor

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Liszt – Symphonie d'après Dante, Orpheus – Les Siècles

Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Symphonie d'après La Divine Comédie de Dante, S 109
Orpheus

Les Siècles  [on period instruments]
François-Xavier Roth - conductor

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Liszt – Symphonic Poems – Michael Halász (Vol.4)

Franz Liszt (1811-1886) - Symphonic poems (Vol.4):
Hungaria, S103
"Héroïde funèbre", S102
"Le Triomphe funèbre du Tasse", S112/3

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Michael Halász - conductor

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Liszt – Symphonic Poems – Michael Halász (Vol.3)

Franz Liszt (1811-1886) - Symphonic poems (Vol.3):
Festklänge, S101
"Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne", S95
Hunnenschlacht, S105

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Michael Halász - conductor

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Chopin, Liszt – Piano works – Yundi Li

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise brillante in E flat, Op.22
Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Grandes Etudes de Paganini, S141-No. 3 in G sharp minor ("La Campanella")
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Scherzo No.2 in B flat minor, Op.31
Impromptu No.4 in C sharp minor, Op.66 "Fantaisie-Impromptu"
Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Liebestraum No.3 in A flat, S.541 No.3
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Nocturne No.1 in B flat minor, Op.9 No.1
Nocturne No.2 in E flat, Op.9 No.2
Etüden op. 25-No. 11 in A minor "Winter Wind"
Etüden op. 10-No. 2. in A minor "chromatique"
Etüden op. 10-No. 5. in G flat "Black Keys"
Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Rhapsodie espagnole, S. 254    [0:13:50.50]
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Piano Sonata Nr. 3 in B minor op. 58-4. Finale (Presto non tanto)

Yundi - piano

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Schumann, Liszt – Piano Works – Pedro Burmester

Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Fantasy in C major, op.17
Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Piano Sonata in B minor, S 178

Pedro Burmester - piano

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Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition – Domingos António

Franz Schubert (1797-1828) / Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Gretchen am Spinnrade
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
32 Variations in C minor WoO 80
Robert Schumann (1810-1856) / Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Widmung
Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840) / Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
La Campanella
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881):
Pictures at an Exhibition
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915):
Etude, op 8, n 12
Franz Liszt (1811-1886) / Vladimir Horowitz (103-1989):
Hungarian Rhapsody no.2

Domingos António - piano

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Martha Argerich and Friends 2013

Martha Argerich and Friends - live from Lugano Festival 2013

CD 1:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Piano Concerto no.1 in C major, op.15
Cello Sonata no.2 in G minor, op.5 no.2

CD 2:
Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936):
Violin Sonata in B minor, P110
Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
La lugubre gondola, S200 for violin and piano
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975):
Cello Sonata in D minor, op.40

CD 3:
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Violin Sonata, op.posth.
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Petite Suite for piano four hands
Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880):
Gaité parisienne - transcr. for 3 pianos by Carlo Maria Griguoli
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Carnival of the Animals

Martha Argerich - piano
Francesco Piemontesi - piano
Jura Margulis - piano
Gabriela Montero - piano
Cristina Marton - piano
Giorgia Tomassi - piano
Carlo Maria Griguoli - piano
Alessandro Stella - piano
Lilya Zilberstein - piano
Renaud Capuçon - violin
Alissa Margulis - violin
Andrey Baranov - violin
Michael Guttman - violin
Mischa Maisky - cello
Gautier Capuçon - cello
Lyda Chen - viola
Alexandre Debrus - cello
Enrico Fagone - double bass
Alfred Rutz - flute
Corrado Giuffredi - clarinet
Gregorio Di Trapani - percussion
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana *
Hubert Soudant - conductor *

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Tchaikovsky, Liszt – Piano Concertos – Nikita Magaloff

Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Piano Concerto no.1 in E flat major *
Piano Concerto no.2 in A major *
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Piano Concerto no.1 in B flat major, op.23 +

Nikita Magaloff - piano
Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich *
Residentie Orchestra The Hague +
Serge Baudo - conductor *
Willem van Oterloo - conductor +

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Liszt, Schumann – Piano Works – Daniel Barenboim

Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Sonata for Piano in B minor
"Après une lecture de Dante" - 'Dante Sonata'
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Fantasia in C major, op.17

Daniel Barenboim - piano

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Liszt, R.Strauss – Lieder – Brigitte Fassbaender

Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Vergiftet sind meine Lieder
Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh
Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam
Die drei Zigeuner
Es Mus ein Wunderbares sein
Oh! quand je dors
Comment, dsaient-ils
S'il est un charmant gazon
Enfant, si j'etais roi
Richard Strauss (1864-1949):
Liebeshymnus
Die Nacht
Allerseelen
Zueignung
Morgen!
Am Ufer
Fünf Lieder op.15

Brigitte Fassbaender - contralto
Irwin Gage - piano

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Liszt – Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique (Piano transcrption) – Idil Biret

Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Piano transcription of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique

Idil Biret - piano

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Liszt – Mazeppa, Hungarian Rhapsodies nos2 & 4, Tasso – Karajan

Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Mazzepa - symphonic poem
Hungarian Rhapsody no.2
Tasso. Lamento e Trionfo - symphonic poem
Hungarian Rhapsody no.4

Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan - conductor

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Schubert – Piano transcriptions – Antti Siirala

Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Winterreise: Gute Nacht (trans Godowsky)
Der Lindenbaum (trans Liszt)
Winterreise: Der sturmische Morgen - Im Dorfe (trans Liszt)
Waltzes (trans Prokofiev)
Die schöne Müllerin: Morgengruss (trans Godowsky)
Erlkönig (trans Liszt)
Overture in D major (trans Busoni)
Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938):
Passacaglia (based on the beginning of the Unfinished Symphony)

Antii Siirala - piano

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Liszt – Missa Choralis, Via Crucis – Matthew Best

Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Missa Choralis, S10 - for mixed choir, vocal solos and organ
Via Crucis, S53 - for mixed choir, vocal solos and organ

Corydon Singers
Thomas Trotter - organ
Matthew Best - conductor

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