Pabst, Rimsky-Korsakov, Scriabin – Piano Concertos – Oleg Marshev

Pavel Pabst (1854-1897):
Piano Concerto in E flat major, op.82
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908):
Piano Concerto in C sharp minor, op.30
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915):
Paino Concerto in F sharp minor, op.20

Oleg Marshev - piano
South Jutland Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Ziva - conductor

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Various Composers – Transcriptions for Choir – Accentus

CD 1:
Samuel Barber (1910-1981):
Agnus Dei - Adagio pour cordes opus 111
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911):
Kein Deutscher Himmel - Adagietto from Symphonie n°5
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Immortal Bach - Komm süsser Tod BWV 478
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Lacrimosa - Etude pour piano opus 10 n°6
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Soupir - Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé
Hugo Wolf (1860-1903):
Das verlassene Magdlein - Mörike Lieder
Auf ein altes Bild - Mörike Lieder
Alban Berg (1885-1935):
Die Nachtigall - Sieben frühe Lieder
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911):
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen - Rückert Lieder
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Les Angelus
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Lulajze, Jezuniu - Sonate pour piano n°3 en si mineur

CD 2:
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1841):
L'hiver - Les Quatre Saisons
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Litanei - Litanei D.34
Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Le champ des morts - Alexandre Nevski
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911):
Scheiden und Meiden - Lieder aus dei Jugendzeit
Richard Wagner (1813-1883):
Im Treibhaus - Wesendonck-Lieder
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Grablied - Quartet in D minor D.810 (Death and the Maiden)
Der Wegweiser - Winterreisse D.911
Nacht und Träume - Nacht und Träume D.827 opus 43 n°2
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911):
Die zwei blauen Augen - Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Busslied - Sarabande French Suite n°1 BWV 812
An Babels Wasserflüssen - Sarabande English Suite n°3 BWV 808
Jerusalem - Menuet II Partita n°1 BWV 825
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Des pas sur la neige - Préludes Livre 1
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
La Flûte enchantée - Shéhérazade
L'indifférent - Shéhérazade
Alexandre Scriabine (1872-1915):
Si comme la lune... - Prélude n°13 opus 11
La lune parait - Feuillet d'album n°1 opus 45
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant - Ma Mère l'Oye
Le jardin féerique - Ma Mère l'Oye

Accentus
Laurence Equilbey - conductor

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Various composers – 'Dances' – Benjamin Grosvenor

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Partita no.4 in D major, BWV 828
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise brillante, op.22
Polonaise in F sharp minor, op.44
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915):
Mazurkas op.3 nos.6, 4 & 9
Valse in A flat major, op.38
Enrique Granados (1867-1916):
8 Valses poéticos
Adolf Schulz-Evler (1852-1905):
Arabesques on Johann Strauss's "By the Beautiful Blue Danube"
Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909):
Tango, op.165 no.2 arr.Godowsky
Moron Gould (1913-1996):
Boogie-Woogie Etude

Benjamin Grosvenor - 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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Scriabin – Symphony no.3, 'Le Poème de l'extase' (two pianos) – Prunyi, Falvai

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915):
Symphony no.3 in C major, op.43 "Le divin poème" - transcribed for 2 pianos by Lev Konyus
Le Poème de l'Extase, op.54 - transcribed for 2 pianos by Lev Konyus

Ilona Prunyi - piano
Sándor Falvai - piano

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Scriabin – Piano Concerto, Prometheus – Konstantin Scherbakov

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915):
Piano Concerto in f sharp minor Op.20
Prometheus - The poem of Fire
Prelude in A flat major Op.11,17
Prelude in C sharp minor Op.11,10
Prelude in B minor Op.11,6
Prelude in D flat major Op.11,15
Fragilite, op.51,1
Marche funebre from Sonata Nr.1 Op.6

Konstantin Scherbakov - piano
Russian State TV and Radio Choir
Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Igor Golovschin - conductor

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Tchaikovsky, Scriabin – Piano Concertos – Solomon

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Piano Concerto no.1 in B flat minor, op.23
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915):
Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, op.20

Solomon - piano
Philharmonia Orchestra
Issay Dobrowen - conductor

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Scriabin – Works for Piano – Vladimir Horowitz

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915):
Piano Sonata No.9 Op. 68 "Black Mass"
Piano Sonata No.10 Op.70
Etude in C-sharp minor, Op.2 No.1
Etude in F-sharp minor, Op.8 No.2
Etude in A-flat major, Op.8 No.8
Etude in D-flat major, Op.8 No.10
Etude in B-flat minor, Op.8 N.11
Etude in D-sharp minor, Op.8 No.12
Etude in F-sharp major, Op.42 No.3
Etude in F-sharp major, Op.42 No.4
Etude in C-sharp minor, Op.42 No.5
Etude, Molto Vivace
Poeme in F-sharp major, Op.32 No.1
Feuillet d'album in E-flat major, Op.45 No.1
Feuillet D'album, Op.58
Poeme, Op.69 No.1
Poeme, Op.69 No.2
Vers la Flamme, Op.72

Vladimir Horowitz - piano

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Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring; Scriabin – The Poem of Ecstasy – Valery Gergiev

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):
Le Sacre du Printemps
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915):
Le Poème de l'extase

Kirov Orchestra
Valery Gergiev - conductor

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Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto, Rachmaninov, Scriabin – Piano works – Sviatoslav Richter

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat major, op.23
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):
5 Preludes
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915):
Piano Sonata No.5 in F sharp major, op.53

Sviatoslav Richter - piano
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan - conductor

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Scriabin, Khachaturian – Symphonic Works – Kyrill Kondrashin

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915):
Universe - Mysterium (reconstruction: Alexander Nemtin) *
Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978):
Piano Concerto in D flat major +

Alexei Lyubimov - piano *
Irina Orlova - organ *
Yakov Flier - piano +
USSR State Academy Chorus *
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Kyrill Kondrashin - conductor

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Scriabin, Myaskovsky, Prokofiev – Works for Piano – Sviatoslav Richter (Melodiya Edition X)

Vol.10 Melodiya Series

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915):
12 Etudes
Piano Sonata No.6, op.62
Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881-1950):
Piano Sonata No.3 in C minor, op.19
Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Piano Sonata No.7 in B flat major, op.83

Sviatoslav Richter - piano

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Tchaikovsky, Scriabin – Piano Concertos – Demidenko

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, op.23
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915):
Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, op.20

Nikolai Demidenko - piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Lazarev - conductor

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Chopin, Scriabin – Piano works – Sviatoslav Richter

(other recordings of the same series)

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Etude in C sharp minor, op.10 no.4
Etude in A flat major, op.10 no.10
Etude in E flat major, op.10 no.11
Etude in E minor, op.25 no.5
Etude in D flat minor, op.25 no.8
Etude in A minor, op.25 no.11
Etude in C minor, op.25 no.12
Nocturne in E major, op.62 no.2
Nocturne in E minor, op.72 no.1
Polonaise No.7, op.61 "Polonaise-Fantaisie"
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915):
Piano Sonata No.2 in G sharp minor, op.19 "Fantasie-Sonata"
Piano Sonata No.15 in F sharp major, op.53

Sviatoslav Richter - piano

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Tchaikovsky – Works arranged for two Pianos – K.&M. Labèque

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Capriccio italien, op.45
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915):
Fantasy in A minor, op.posth.
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Swan Lake, op.20 (arr.: Claude Debussy)
The Sleeping Beauty, op.66 (arr.:Sergei Rachmaninoff)
Slavonic March, op.31 (arr.:A.Batalin)

Katia & Marielle Labèque - pianos

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Various Composers – Shura Cherkassky – Live Encores

remembering Shura Cherkassky on the anniversary of his death

(7 October 1909 – 27 December 1995)

Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941):
Menuet célèbre, op.14 no.1
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
None but the lonley heart (arr.Nagel)
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Waltz in E minor, op. posth.
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):
Polka de VR
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975):
Polka from "The Age of Gold"
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915):
Etude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 2, No.1
Mili Balakirev (1836-1910):
Islamey
Shura Cherkassky (1909-1995):
Prelude pathetique
Christian Sinding (1854-1941):
The Rustle of Spring
Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909):
Tango, Op. 165 No. 2 (arr.Godowsky)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Rondo Alla Turca
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Arabesque No. 1
Vladimir Rebikov (1866-1920):
Christmas Tree
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):
Elegie Op. 3 No. 1
Moritz Moszkovski (1854-1925):
Liebeswalzer in A flat, Op. 57 No. 5
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957):
Romance in D flat, Op. 24 No. 9

Shura Cherkassky - piano

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Bach-Busoni, Beethoven, Chopin – Piano works – Pletnev

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Chaconne in D minor, BWV 1004 (arr. Busoni)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Piano Sonata No.32 in C minor, op.111
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
4 Scherzi, opp.20, 31, 39, 54
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):
Étude-Tableau, op.39 no.5
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915):
Poème, op.32 no.1
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757):
Sonata in D minor, K. 9
Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925):
Étude de virtuosité, op.72 no.6
Mili Balakirev (1837-1910):
Islamey

Mikhail Pletnev - piano

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Libor Pešek – The Gold Collection – Debussy, Suk, Ravl, Elgar, Scriabin, Bruckner

CD 1:
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
La Mer
Josef Suk (1874-1935):
A Summer's Tale, op.29

CD 2:
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Boléro
Daphnis et Chloé
Josef Suk (1874-1935):
Serenade in E flat major, op.6

CD 3:
Edward Elgar (1857-1934):
Cello Concerto in E minor, op.85 *
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915):
Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, op.20 +

CD 4:
Josef Suk (1874-1935):
Fairy Tale, op.16 (extracts)
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896):
Symphony No.7 in E major


Michaela Fukačová - cello *
Garrick Ohlsson - piano +
Kühn Mixed Chorus
Brno Philharmonic Orchestra
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Libor Pešek - conductor

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Great Pianists of the 20th Century – Glenn Gould

remembering Glenn Gould on the anniversary of his death

(25 September 1932 – 4 October 1982)

CD 1:

William Byrd (c.1540–1623):
First Pavan and Galliard
Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625):
Fantasy in C
Allemande from The Italian Ground
William Byrd (c.1540–1623):
Hugh Aston's Ground, for keyboard
Sixth Pavan and Galliard
Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625):
"Lord Salisbury" pavan and galliard
William Byrd (c.1540–1623):
A Voluntary
Sellinger's Round
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757):
Sonata for keyboard in D major, K. 430
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Prelude and fugue for piano in C major, K. 394 (K. 383a)
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
Keyboard Sonata in E flat major, Hob.XVI:49


CD 2:

Georges Bizet (1838-1875):
Variations chromatiques (de concert)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949):
Five Piano Pieces, op.3
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915):
2 Morceaux, op.57
Alban Berg (1885-1935):
Piano Sonata op.1
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Piano Sonata No.7, op.83

Glenn Gould - piano

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Lysenko, Scriabin, Glazunov, Miaskovsky – Orchestral works – Stefan Blunier

Mykola Lysenko (1842-1912):
Overture to the opera "Taras Bulba"
Alexande Scriabin (1872-1915):
Le Poème de l'Extase, op.54
Rêverie, op.24
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936):
Valse de Concert No.1 in D major, op.47
Nikolai Miaskovski (1881-1950):
Symphony No.2 in F sharp minor, op.51

Beethoven Orchester Bonn
Stefan Blunier - conductor

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