Milhaud, Roussel – Symphonic Works – Celibidache

Darius Milhaud (1892-1974):
Concerto for Marimba, Vibraphone and Orchestra, op.278
Suite française, op.248
Albert Roussel (1869-1937):
Petite Suite, op.39
Suite in F major, op.33

Peter Sadlo - marimba, vibraphone
Münchner Philharmoniker
Sergiu Celibidache - conductor

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Milhaud, B.Hummel, Creston – 'Percussion in Concert' – Peter Sadlo

Darius Milhaud (1892-1974):
Concerto for Marimba, Vibraphone and Orchestra *
Bertold Hummel (1925-2002):
Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra *
Paul Creston (1906-1985):
Concertino for Marimba and Orchestra +

Peter Sadlo - percussion, marimba
Bamberger Symphoniker +
Rundfunkorchester des HR +
Wolfgang Rögner - conductor *
Peter Falk - conductor +

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Milhaud – Symphonic Music – Robertson, Nagano

Darius Milhaud (1892-1974):

CD 1:
Le Carnaval d'Aix, op.83b *
Concerto pour Piano et Orchestre no.1, op.127 *
Cinq études pour Piano et Orchestre, op.63 *
Concerto pour Piano et Orchestre no.4, op.295 *
Ballade pour Piano et Orchestre, op.61 *

CD 2:
Le boeuf sur le toit, op.58 +
La création du monde, op.81 +
Concerto pour harpe, op.323 #

Claude Helffer - piano *
Frédérique Cambreling - harp #
Orchestre National de France *
Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon + #
David Robertson - conductor *
Kent Nagano - conductor + #

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Milhaud, Honegger, Roussel – Symphonic Works – Igor Markevitch

Darius Milhaud (1892-1974):
Les Choéphores, op.24 *
Arthur Honegger (1892-1955):
Symphony No.5 "Di tre re"
Albert Roussel (1869-1937):
Bacchus et Ariane - 2.e suite d'orchestra

Geneviève Moizan - soprano *
Hélène Bouvier - contralto *
Heinz Rehfuss - baritone *
Claude Nollier - speaker *
Chorale de l'Université *
Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux
Igor Markevitch - conductor

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Various Composers – Concertos for Percursion – Evelyn Glennie

Darius Milhaud (1892-1974):
Concerto pour batterie et petit orchestre
Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012):
Concerto for solo Percussion and Chamber Orchestra
Ney Rosauro (b.1952):
Concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra
Akira Miyoshi (1933-2013):
Concerto pour Marimba et ensemble à cordes

Evelyn Glennie - percussion
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Paul Daniel - conductor

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Falla, Milhaud, Walton , Martin – Ballets – Hugh Wolff

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946):
El amor brujo *
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974):
La Création du monde
William Walton (1902-1983):
Façade - suites No.1 & No.2
Frank Martin (1890-1974):
Fox Trot

Jennifer Larmore - mezzosoprano *
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Hugh Wolff - conductor

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Poulenc, Milhaud, Honegger – Symphonic Works – Semyon Bychkov

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963):
Les biches *
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974):
Le boeuf sur le toit
Arthur Honegger (1892-1955):
Pacific 231

Choeurs de l'Orchestre de Paris *
Orchestre de Paris
Semyon Bychkov - conductor

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Milhaud – La création du monde, Le boeuf sur le toit, Concerto pour harpe – Kent Nagano

Darius Milhaud (1892-1974):
Le boeuf sur le toit, op.58
La Création du Monde, op.81
Concerto for Harp, op.323

Frédérique Cambreling - harp
Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Kent Nagano - conductor

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Various Composers – French Works for Clarinet and Piano – Paul Meyer

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in E flat major, op.167
Ernest Chausson (1855-1899):
Andante and Allegro for Clarinet and Piano
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Petite Pièce for Clarinet and Piano
Première Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Piano
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974):
Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano, op.100
Duo Concertant for Clarinet and Piano, op.351
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963):
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Arthur Honegger (1892-1955):
Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano

Paul Meyer - clarinet
Eric Le Sage - piano

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Various Composers – Exposition Paris 1937 – Piano music – Bennett Lerner

Georges Auric (1899-1983):
La Seine, un Matin...
Marcel Delannoy (1898-1962):
Dîner sur l'eau
Jacques Ibert (1890-1962):
L'Espiègle du Village de Lilliput
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974):
Le Tour de l'Exposition
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963):
Bourée au Pavillon d'Auvergne
Henri Sauguet (1901-1989):
Nuit Coloniale sue les Bords de la Seine
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958):
La Retardée
Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983):
Au Pavillon d'Alsace
Alexandre Tcherepnin (1899-1977):
Autour des Montagnes Russes
Bohislav Martinu (1890-1959):
Le Train Hanté
Frederico Mompou (1893-1987):
Souvenirs de l'Exposition
Vittorio Rieti (1898-1994):
La Danseuse aux Lions
Arthur Honegger (1892-1955):
Scènic-Railway
Ernesto Halffter (1905-1989):
L'Espagnolade
Alexandre Tansman (1897-1986):
Le Géant
Marcel Mihalovici (1898-1985):
Un Danseur Roumain
Tibor Harsanyi (1898-1954):
Le Tourbillon Mécanique

Bennett Lerner - piano

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Les Ballets Russes – Vol.9 – Sauguet, Milhaud, Scarlatti-Tommasini – Robert Reimer

other volumes of the collection Les Ballets Russes

Darius Milhaud (1892-1974):
Le train bleu
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) / Vincenzo Tommasini (1878-1950):
Les femmes de bonne humeur
Henri Sauguet (1892-1974):
La chatte

Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslauten
Robert Reimer - conductor

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Milhaud, Poulenc, Casadesus – Concertos for Two Pianos – Duo Genova & Dimitrov

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963):
Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in D minor
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974):
Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra
Robert Casadesus (1899-1972):
Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, op.17

Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov
SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserlautern
Alun Francis - conductor

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Darius Milhaud – Piano Concertos – Michael Korstick

Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) - Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra:

CD 1:
Le Carnaval d'Aix, op.83b
Ballade, op.61
Cinq Etudes, op.63
Concerto, op.127 (1st Concerto)
Fantaisie Pastorale, op.188

CD 2:
Deuxième Concerto, op.228
Troisième Concerto, op.270
Quatrième Concerto, op.295
Cinquième Concerto, op.346

Michael Korstick - piano
SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserlautern
Alun Francis - conductor

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Darius Milhaud – Symphonies Nos.10, 11 & 12 – Alun Francis

Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) - Symphonies (vol.5):
Symphony No.10 op.382
Symphony No.11 op.384 "Romantique"
Symphony No.12 op.390

Radio-Sinfonieorchester Basel
Alun Francis - conductor

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Darius Milhaud – Symphonies Nos.7, 8 & 9 – Alun Francis

Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) - Symphonies (vol.4):
Symphony No.7 op.344
Symphony No.8 op.362 "Rhodanienne"
Symphony No.9 op.380

Radio-Sinfonieorchester Basel
Alun Francis - conductor

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Darius Milhaud – Symphonies Nos.5 & 6 – Alun Francis

Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) - Symphonies (vol.3):
Symphony No.5 op.322
Symphony No.6 op.343

Radio-Sinfonieorchester Basel
Alun Francis - conductor

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Darius Milhaud – Symphonies Nos.2 & 3 – Alun Francis

Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) - Symphonies (vol.2):
Symphony No.2 op.247
Symphony No.3 "Te Deum" op.271 with chorus

Chor des Theaters Basel
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Basel
Alun Francis - conductor

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Darius Milhaud – Symphonies Nos.1 & 4 – Alun Francis

remembering Darius Milhaud on his birthday

(4 September 1892 – 22 June 1974)

Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) - Symphonies (vol.1):
Symphony No.1 op.210
Symphony No.4 op.281

Radio-Sinfonieorchester Basel
Alun Francis - conductor

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Reginald Kell – Original Masters [DG Edition]

remembering Reginald Kell on the anniversary of his death

(8 June 1906 – 5 August 1981)

CD 1:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Clarinet concerto in A, K 622
Clarinet quintet in A, K 581
Serenade in C min, K 388 (K 384a)

Zimbler Sinfonietta
The Fine Arts String Quartet of the American Broadcasting Company
Kell Chamber Players


CD 2:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Serenade in E flat, K 375
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Clarinet trio in B flat, op 11
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Clarinet trio in E flat 'Kegelstatt, K 498
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Fantasiestücke, op 73

Kell Chamber Players
Frank Miller - cello
Mieczyslaw Horszowski - piano
Lilian Fuchs - viola
Joel Rosen - piano


CD 3:
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826):
Grand duo concertant in E flat, op 48
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Clarinet quintet in B min, op 115
Clarinet trio in A min, op 114

Joel Rosen - piano
Fine Arts String Quartet
Frank Miller - cello
Mieczyslaw Horszowski - piano


CD 4:
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano F minor opus 120 nr 1
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano E flat major opus 120 nr 2
Camille Saint-Saëns Camille (1835-1921):
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano E flat major opus 167
Alec Templeton (1910-1963):
Pocket-size Sonata nr 1 for Clarinet and Piano
Antoni Szalowski (1907-1973):
Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano

Joel Rosen - piano
Brooks Smith - piano


CD 5:
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Première Rhapsodie for clarinet & piano
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963):
Clarinet sonata in B flat
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):
Three pieces for solo clarinet
Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Contrasts
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
La plus qui lente
La fille aux chevaux de lin
Rêverie
Le petit berger
Walter Mourant (1910-1955):
Ecstasy
The pied piper
Blue haze
Reginald Porter-Brown (1910-1982):
Dance of the three old maids

Joel Rosen - piano
Melvin Ritter - violin


CD 6:
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974):
Suite, op 157b
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958):
Six studies in English folksong
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759):
Siciliana and gigue (from Recorder sonata in F, HWV 369)
Adagio (from Violin sonata in F, HWV 370)
Allegro from Oboe sonata in F, HWV 363a
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713):
Giga from Recorder sonata in C, op 5 no 9
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962):
Rondino über ein Thema von Beethoven
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Pièce en forme de habanera
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Petite pièce
Alan Richardson (1904-1978):
Roundelay
Benjamin Godard (1849-1895):
Berceuse (from 'Jocelyn')
Arthur Benjamin (1893-1960):
Jamaican Rumba
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962):
Caprice Viennois, op 2
Liebesleid
Liebesfreud
Stars in my eyes (from 'The king steps out')
Schön Rosmarin

Melvin Ritter - violin
Joel Rosen - piano
Brooks Smith - piano


Reginald Kell - clarinet

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Saint-Saens, d'Indy, Roussel, Tansman, Françaix, Poulenc, Milhaud – Chamber Music – VA

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Caprice sur des airs danois et russe, op.70, for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and Piano
Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931):
Sarabande et Menuet, op.24, for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn and Piano
Albert Roussel (1869-1937):
Divertissement, op.6, for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn and Piano
Alexandre Tansman (1897-1986):
Danse de la sorcière, for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn and Piano
Jean Françaix (1912-1997):
L'Heure du berger, for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn and Piano
Fancis Poulenc (1899-1963):
Elégie for Horn and Piano
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974):
Sonate, op.47 for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, and Piano

Pascal Rogé - piano
Catherine Cantin - flute
Maurice Bourgue - oboe
Michel Portal - clarinet
Amaury Wallez - bassoon
André Cazalet - horn

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