Mendelssohn – Cello Sonatas, Works for Cello and Piano – Maisky, Tiempo

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Sonata for Piano and Violoncello No. 2 in D major, op. 58
Variations concertantes in D major, op. 17
Lied ohne Worte in D major, op. 109
Auf Flueln des Gesanges op. 34 No. 2 in D major
Schilflied op. 71 No. 4 in G minor
Suleika op. 34 No. 4 in G mino
Die Liebende schreibt op. 86 No. 3 in G major
Lied ohne Worte op. 62 No. 1 in G major
Sonata for Piano and Violoncello No. 1 in B flat major, op. 45

Mischa Maisky - cello
Sergio Tiempo - piano

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Brahms, Dietrich, Mendelssohn, Schumann – 'Die Romantische Violine' – Sergiu Luca

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Sonata in F major for Violin and Piano, without op.
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Three Romances for Violin and Piano, op.94
Clara Schumann (1819-1896):
Three Romances for Violin and Piano, op.22
F.A.E. Sonata: Albert Dietrich (1829-1908) / Robert Schumann / Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Sergiu Luca - violin [Nicolaus Sawicki, Vienna, 1st. half of the 19th century)
Brian Connelly - fortepiano [Johann Baptist Streicher, Vienna, 1840]

from the series "Kunst Historisches Museum Wien"

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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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Mendelssohn Rarities – Roberto Prosseda

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Sonata in F minor
Sonata in E minor
Sonata in A minor
Sonata in C minor
Etude in C major
Etude in A minor
Etude in D minor
Fuga in E flat major
Fuga in C sharp minor

Roberto Prosseda - piano

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Mendelssohn Discoveries – Roberto Prosseda

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Fantasia in C minor/D Major
Capriccio in E flat Minor
Lied ohne Worte in F major
Adagio & presto agitato in B flat Minor
Lied for piano in E flat Major
Album leaf "21 Mai" in A Major
Lied for piano in A Major
Kleines lied for piano in A Major
Andante in D Major
Sonatina in E Major
A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music (original piano transcription by Mendelssohn)

Roberto Prosseda - piano

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Mendelssohn – Octet, String Quartet op.80 – Emerson String Quartet

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Octet for Strings in E flat major, op.20
Four Pieces for String Quartet op.81
String Quartet no.6 in F minor, op.80

Emerson String Quartet

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Mendelssohn & Fanny Hensel – Piano Trios – VA

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Piano Trio no.1 in D minor, op.49
Trio for Piano, Violin and Viola in C minor, wo. op.n.
Piano Trio no.2 in C minor, op.66
Fanny Hensel [née Mendelssohn] (1805-1847):
Piano Trio in D minor, op.11

Hrvoje Jugović - fortepiano [J.B. Streicher, 1836; after Walter & Sons, ca.1805;
                                       Broadwood & Sons, 1838; J.M. Schweighofer, 1854]
Maria Bader-Kubizek - violin [after Guarnieri, 1734]
Dorothea Schönwiese - cello [G.Klotz, ca.1770]
Silvia Schweinberger - viola [C.Strnad, 1793]

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Mendelssohn – Symphony no.2 'Lobgesang' – Pablo Heras-Casado

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Symphony no.2 in B flat major, op.52 "Lobgesang"

Christiane Karg - soprano
Christina Landshamer - soprano
Michael Schade - tenor
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Pablo Heras-Casado - conductor

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Mendelssohn – Chamber Music for Strings (Vol.4) – Mandelring Quartett

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) - Chamber Music with Strings (Vol.4):
String Quintet no.1 in A major, op.18 *
String Quintet no.2 in B flat major, op.87 *
Four Pieces for String Quartet, op.81 (no.3 & 4)

Mandelring Quartett
Gueter Teuffel - viola *

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Mendelssohn – Chamber Music for Strings (Vol.3) – Mandelring Quartett

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) - Chamber Music with Strings (Vol.3):
String Quartet in E flat major, op.44 no.3
Four Pieces for String Quartet, op.81 (nos.1 & 2)
Octet in E flat major, op.20 *

Mandelring Quartett
Quartetto di Cremona *

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Pavel Kolesnikov – 'Live at Honens 2012'

CD 1:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Piano Sonata no.14 in C sharp minor, op.27 no.2 "Moonlight"
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Kiderszenen, op.15
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Piano Sonata no.3 in B minor, op.58

CD 2:
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1843-1893):
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no.1 in B flat minor, op.23 *
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Sonata for Cello and Piano no.2 in D major, op.58 +

Pavel Kolesnikov - piano
Johannes Moser - cello +
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra *
Roberto Minczuk - conductor

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Bobby McFerrin – 'Paper Music'

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Overture to The marriage of Figaro (KV 492)
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805):
Menuet from String quintet no. 1 in E major, Op.13 No.5 (C. 275)
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Pavane, Op.50
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):
Minuetto & Finale from Pulcinella suite (rev. 1949)
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741):
Concerto in G minor for 2 Cellos, Strings and Continuo (RV 531)
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Scherzo from A Midsummer night's dream, Op.61 No.1
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
First movement from Concerto for Violin, Strings and Continuo in A minor, (BWV 1041)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Eine kleine Nachtmusik, (KV 525)
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Andante cantabile for Cello and String orchestra, Op.posth.

Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Bobby McFerrin - conductor & vocalist

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Mendelssohn – Symphony no.3; Schumann – Piano Concerto – Pires, Gardiner

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Overture: The Hebrides, op.26
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Symphony no.3 in A minor, op.56 "Scottish"

Maria João Pires - piano
London Symphony Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner - conductor

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Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn – Violin Concertos – Sayaka Shoji

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64

Sayaka Shoji - violin
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Myung-Whun Chung - conductor

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Mendelssohn – The 3 String Quartets op.44 – Talich Quartet

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
String Quartet in E minor, op.44 no.2
String Quartet in E flat major, op.44 no.3
String Quartet in D major, op.44 no.1

Talich Quartet

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Mendelssohn – 'The Young Genius'-Early Chamber Music – Van Swieten Society

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Sextet for Piano and Strings in D major, op.110
Clarinet Sonata in E flat major
Piano Trio in C minor

Van Swieten Society [on period instruments]

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Mendelssohn – Concerto for Piano, Concerto for Piano and Violin – Bezuidenhout

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Concerto for Piano and Strings in A minor
Double Concerto for Piano, Violin and Orchestra in D minor

Kristian Bezuidenhout - piano
Gottfried von der Goltz - violin and direction
Freiburger Barockorchester [on period instruments]

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Mendelssohn – Piano works – Bertrand Chamayou

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Prelude in B flat minor, op. 104a Nr. 2
Rondo capriccioso, opus 14
Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, opus 34 Nr. 2
Étude Nr. 1, in B flat minor, opus 104b
Étude Nr. 2, in F major, opus 104b
Étude Nr. 3, in A minor, opus 104b
Song without words, in C minor, opus 38 Nr. 2
Scherzo, in E minor, opus 16
Song without words, in A minor, opus 19 Nr. 2
Variations sérieuses, in D minor, opus 54
Song without words, in A minor, opus 102 Nr. 5
Caprice Nr. 2, in E major, opus 33
Caprice Nr. 3, in B flat minor, opus 33
Suleika, Lied opus 34 Nr. 4
Song without words in F sharp minor, opus 67 Nr. 2
Song without words in B flat minor, opus 67 Nr.5
Scherzo (from Ein Sommernachtstraum - transcr.: Rachmaninov)

Bertrand Chamayou - piano

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Mendelssohn, Bruch – Violin Concertos – Salvatore Accardo

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64 *
Max Bruch (1838-1920):
Violin Concerto no.1 in G minor, op.26 +
Konzerstück for Violin and Orchestra, op.84 +

Salvatore Accardo - violin
London Philharmonic Orchestra *
Gewandhausorchester +
Charles Dutoit - conductor *
Kurt Masur - conductor +

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Mendelssohn – Symphonies no.3 & 4 – Karajan

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Symphony no.3 in A minor, op.56 "Scottish"
Symphony no.4 in A major, op.90 "Italian"

Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan - conductor

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