Schumann – Szenen aus Goethes Faust – Daniel Harding

Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Szenen aus Goethes Faust, for vocal soiloists, chorus and orchestra, WoO 3

Christian Gerhaher - baritone
Christiane Karg - soprano
Alastair Miles - bass
Mari Eriksmoen - soprano
Bernarda Fink - mezzo soprano
Andrew Staples - tenor
Kurt Rydl - bass
Tareq Nazmi - bass
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Daniel Harding - conductor

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Various Composers – Works for Clarinet and Piano – Dimitri Ashkenazy, Vladimir Ashkenazy

Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817-1890):
Fantasy Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, op.43
Johann Carl Eschmann (1826-1882):
Fantasy Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, op.9
Carl Reinecke (1824-1910):
Fantasy Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, op.22
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931):
Fantasy Piece for Clarinet and Piano in G minor
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Fantasy Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, op.73

Dimitri Ashkenazy - clarinet
Vladimir Ashkenazy - 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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Schubert – Sonata 'Arpeggione'; Schumann – Works for Cello and Piano – Glaser

Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Sonata in A minor "Arpeggione" D.821
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Adagio and Allegro, op.70
Fünf Stücke im Volkston, op.102
Fantasiestücke, op.73

Ernst Simon Glaser - cello
Liv Glaser - fortepiano [Alois Graff, 1825; Érard, 1853]

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Schumann – Violin Sonatas – Carolin Widmann, Dénes Várjon

Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Violin Sonata no.1 in A minor, op.105
Violin Sonata no.3 in A minor, WoO 2
Violin Sonata no.2 in D minor, op.121

Carolin Widmann - violin
Dénes Várjon - piano

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Brahms, Grieg, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann – Serenade-Songs for Clarinet – Fabio di Càsola

Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Ständchen
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Abendempfindung
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Versunken
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Loreley
Evard Grieg (1843-1907):
Solveigs Lied
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Lerchengesang
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Die Blume der Ergebung
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Ave Maria
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Der Zauberer
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Nacht und Träume
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Gestillte Sehnsucht
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Der Lindenbaum
Evard Grieg (1843-1907):
Ein Traum
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Herzeleid
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Das Traumbild
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Du bist die Ruh
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Widmung
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Feldeinsamkeit
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Mondnacht
Evard Grieg (1843-1907):
Ich liebe dich

Fabio di Càsola - clarinet
Zürcher Kammerorchester

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Schumann – Complete Works for Piano Trio – Andsnes, C.Tetzlaff, T.Tetzlaff

celebrating 3 years of posts

Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Piano Trio no.1 in D minor, op.63
Piano Trio no.2 in F major, op.80
6 Études in Canonic Form, op.56 (arr. for piano trio by Theodor Kirchner)
Piano Trio no.3 in G minor, op.110
Fantasiestücke, op.88

Leif Ove Andsnes - piano
Christian Tetzlaff - violin
Tanja Tetzlaff - cello

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Schumann, Dvorak – Piano Concertos – Francesco Piemontesi

Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
Piano Concerto in G minor, op.33 (original published version from 1883)

Francesco Piemontesi - piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiří Bělohlávek - conductor

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Dvorak, Schumann – Cello Concertos – Pablo Ferrández

Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Cello Concerto in A minor, op.129
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104
[trad.] / Pablo Casals (1876-1973):
El cant des ocells

Pablo Ferrández - cello
Stuttgarter Philharmoniker
Radoslaw Szulc - conductor

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Schumann – Fantaisie, Kreisleriana – Joaquín Achúcarro

Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Fantaisie in C major, op.17
Kreileriana, op.16

Joaquín Achúcarro - piano

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Schumann – Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra – Lev Vinocour

CD 1:
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Phantasie in A minor
Thème sur le nom "ABEGG"
Piano Concerto in F major (reconstruction by Lev Vinocour)
Clara Wieck (1819-1896) & Robert Schumann:
Concerto movement in A minor
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Concerto movement in D minor (reconstructed and completed by Jozef De Beenhouver)

CD 2:
Adolph Henselt (1814-1889) & Robert Schumann:
Piano Concerto in F minor
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54

CD 3:
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Konzertstück in F major, op.86
Introduction and Allegro appasionato in G major, op.92
Concert-Allegro with Introduction in D minor, op.134

Lev Vinocour - piano
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Johannes Wildner - conductor

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Schumann – Violin Sonatas – Sepec, Staier

Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Ciaconna for Violin and Piano (Bach / Schumann)
Sonata for Pianoforte and Violin no.1 in A minor, op.105
"Gesänge der Frühe" for Piano, op.133
Sonata for Pianoforte and Violin no.2 in D minor, op.121

Daniel Sepec - violin [Laurentius Storioni, Cremona, 1780]
Andreas Staier - fortepiano [Érard, Paris, 1837]

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Schumann – Études symphoniques, Sonata in G minor – Malcolm Frager

Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Etudes symphoniques, op.13
Sonata in G minor, op.22

Malcolm Frager - fortepiano [Peter Rosenberg, Vienna, 1845]

other records of the series Music of Chopin's time

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Schumann – Piano works '1838-1839' – Piet Kuijken

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) - Piano works 1838-1839:

CD 1:
Novelletten op.21
Kinderszenen op.15

CD 2:
Humoreske op.20
Arabeske op.18
Blumenstück op.19
Drei Romanzen op.28
Nachtstücke op.23

Piet Kuijken - fortepiano [Johann Baptist Streicher, 1850]

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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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Schumann, Brahms – Piano Quintets – Artemis Quartet, Andsnes

Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Piano Quintet in E flat major, op.44
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Piano Quintet in F minor, op.34

Leif Ove Andsnes - piano
Artemis Quartet

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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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Schumann – The Symphonies – Robin Ticciati

Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Symphony no.1 in B flat major, op.38 "Spring"
Symphony no.2 in C major, op.61
Symphony no.3 in E flat major, op.97 "Rhenish"
Symphony no.4 in D minor, op.120 (1851 version)

Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Robin Ticciati - conductor

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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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Various Composers – Masses – Various Artists

CD 1:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Mass in C major K.317
Missa solemnis in C minor K.139

CD 2:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Mass in C minor K.427 "Grosse Messe"
Mass in C major K.259 "Orgelsolo-Messe"

CD 3:
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
Mass in B flat major "Harmoniemesse"
Michael Haydn (1737-1806):
Missa Sancti Joannis Nepomuceni

CD 4:
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805):
Missa per l'Incoronazione Carlo X.
Michael Haydn (1737-1806):
Te Deum in D major

CD 5:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Missa solemnis, op.132

CD 6:
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Mass no.5 in A flat major D.678
Deutsche Messe D.872

CD 7:
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Mass no.2 in G major D.167
Mass no.6 in E flat major D.950

CD 8:
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Missa sacra in C minor, op.147
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826):
Missa sancta G major "Jubelmesse"

CD 9:
Friedrich Kiel (1821-1885):
Missa solemnis, op.40

CD 10:
Charles Gounod (1818-1893):
Messe Solenne de Sainte-Cécile
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896):
Te Deum in C major

Wienwe Sängerknaben
Tölzer Knabenchor
RIAS-Kammerchor
Europa Chor Akademie
Kammerchor Cantemus
Wiener Akademie
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss
Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg
Martin Haselböck - conductor
Marcus Creed - conductor
Werner Ehrhard - conductor
Michael Gielen - conductor

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