Respighi – Transcriptions for Orchestra – López-Cobos

Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) - transcriptions:
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868): La Boutique Fantasque
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): Cinq Etudes-Tableaux

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Jesus Lopez-Cobos - conductor

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Rachmaninov – Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Corelli Variations, Chopin Variations – Lugansky

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): Piano concertos:
Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, op.43 *
Variations on a theme of Corelli, op.42
Variations on a theme of Chopin, op.22

Nikolai Lugansky - piano
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra *
Sakari Oramo - conductor *

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Rachmaninov – Piano Concertos nos.2 & 4 – Lugansky

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): Piano concertos:
Piano Concerto no.2 in C minor, op.18
Piano Concerto no.4 in G minor, op.40

Nikolai Lugansky - piano
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo - conductor

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Rachmaninov – Piano Concertos nos.1 & 3 – Lugansky

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): Piano concertos:
Piano Concerto no.1 in F sharp minor, op.1
Piano Concerto no.3 in D minor, op.30

Nikolai Lugansky - piano
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo - conductor

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Rachmaninov – Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Piano Sonata No. 2 – Yevgeny Sudbin

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):
Variations on a Theme of Chopin Op.22
Lilacs (Siren), Op.21 No.5 (song transcription)
Daisies (Margaritki), Op.38 No.3 (song transcription)
Piano Sonata No.2 Op.36
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962):
Liebesleid (transcription by Rachmaninoff)
Liebesfreud (transcription by Rachmaninoff)

Yevgeny Sudbin - piano

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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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Various Composers – 'Up to 8 pianos' Arrangements for various pianos – Baynov-Piano-Ensemble

George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Rhapsody in Blue - 8 Hands, 4 Pianos
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):
Valse et Romance - 6 Hands, 1 Piano
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946):
Fire Dance - 8 Hands, 4 Pianos
Heinz Benker (1921-2000):
Three Dances - 30 Fingers, 1 Piano
Albert Lavignac (1846-1916):
Galop-Marche - 8 Hands, 1 Piano
Leonard Gautier (1866-1955):
Le Secret - 6 Hands, 1 Piano
Franz Hirtler (b.1914):
Heitere Variationen über ein schwäbisches Lied - 32 Hands, 8 Pianos
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)/ Carl Czerny (1791-1857):
Overture to "Semiramide" - 32 Hands, 8 Pianos

Baynov-Piano-Ensemble

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Various Composers – Music arranged for 5 pianos – The 5 Browns

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908):
Flight of the Bumble-Bee (arr.for 5 pianos)
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990):
Scenes from West Side Story (arr.for 5 pianos)
Paul Dukas (1865-1935):
The Sorcier's Apprentice (arr.for 5 pianos)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
La Valse (arr.for 2 pianos)
Ignaz Friedman (1882-1948):
Tabatière à musique, op.33 no.3 (for piano solo)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):
Moments musicaux, op.16 no.4 (for piano solo)
Elégie from Morceaux de fantaisie, op.3 (for piano solo)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
L'isle joyeuse (for piano solo)
Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Sonata no.3 in A minor, op.28
York Bowen (1884-1961):
Toccata, op.155 (for piano solo)
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907):
In the Hall of the Mountain King, from Peer Gynt (for 5 pianos)

The 5 Browns

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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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Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto no.2, Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini – Tamás Vásáry

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):
Concerto for Piano and Orchestraa no.2 in C minor, op.18
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra, op.43

Tamás Vásáry - piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Yuri Ahronovitch - conductor

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Kabalevsky, Khachaturian – Cello Concertos – Mats Lidström

Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987):
Concerto no.2 for Cello and Orchestra
Aram Khachaturian  (1903-1978):
Concerto in E minor for Cello and Orchestra
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943):
Vocaliste, Op.34 No.14 - transcribed for cello and piano by Leonard Rose

Mats Lidström - cello
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy - conductor & piano

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Various Composers – Works for Cello and Orchestra & Cello and Piano – Rostropovich

CD 1:

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104 *
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Cello Concerto in A minor, op.129 +
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Andante cantabile for Cello and String Orchestra, op.posth. #
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936):
Chant du ménéstrel, op.71 §

Mstislav Rostropovich - cello
Berliner Philharmoniker * #
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra +
Boston Symphony Orchestra §
Herbert von Karajan - conductor *
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky - conductor +
Mstislav Rostropovich - conductor #
Seiji Ozawa - conductor §


CD 2:
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):
Cello Sonata in G minor, op.19
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Introduction and Polonaise brillante for Cello and Orchestra in C major, op.3
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):
Vocalise, op.34 no.14
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Impromptu in G flat major, D.899 no.3
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Träumerei, op.5 no.7

Mstislav Rostropovich - cello
Alexander Dedyukhin - piano

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Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto no.2, Paganini Variations – Lang Lang

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no.2 in C minor, op.18
Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, op.43

Lang Lang - piano
Orchestra of the Mariisnky Theatre
Valery Gergiev - conductor

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Rachmaninov – Piano Sonata No.2 – Santiago Rodriguez

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) - Piano Sonatas:
Piano Sonata no.2 in B flat minor, op.36
Morceaux de fantaisie, op.3
Variations on a Theme of Chopin, op.22

Santiago Rodriguez - piano

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Rachmaninov – Piano Sonata No.1 – Santiago Rodriguez

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) - Piano Sonatas:
Piano Sonata no.1 in D minor, op.28
Preludes, op.32

Santiago Rodriguez - piano

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Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition, Popular works arranged for low Strings – VA

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881):
Pictures at an Exhibition - arranged for low strings by Illka Pälli
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Träumerei - arranged for low strings by Illka Pälli
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):
Vocalise, op.34 no.14 - arranged for low strings by Illka Pälli
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Sicilienne (from Pelléas et Mélisande) - arranged for low strings by Illka Pälli
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Le petit nègre - arranged for low strings by Illka Pälli
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908):
The Flight of the Bumble-Bee - arranged for low strings by Illka Pälli
Vittorio Monti (1868-1922):
Csárdás - arranged for low strings by Illka Pälli

Sinfonia Lahti Cello & Bass Ensemble

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Leif Ove Andsnes (Vol.2) – Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto nos.1 & 2

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):[Andsnes Piano Concertos - EMI Set]
Piano Concerto no.1 in F sharp minor, op.1
Piano Concerto no.2 in C minor, op.18

Leif Ove Andsnes - piano
Berliner Philharmoniker
Antonio Pappano - conductor

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Various Composers – Romantic Music for Cello and Orchestra – Vytautas Sondeckis

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908):
The Flight of the Bumble-bee (arr. B. Traubas)
Balys Dvarionas (1904-1972):
By the Lake
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Mélodie for Cello and Orchestra, Op.42, No.3 (arr. P.Meshchaninov)
Nocturne Op.19, No.4
Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894):
Melodie (arr. B. Traubas)
Carl Davidoff (1838-1889):
Ballade, Op.25
At the Fountain, Op.20, No.2
Balys Dvarionas (1904-1972):
Introduction and Rondino for Cello and Orchestra (arr. B. Traubas)
Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev (1845-1915):
Canzona in F Minor
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975):
Adagio for Cello and String Orchestra from Ballet Suite No.2 (arr. Atovmyan)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):
Vocalise, Op.34, No.14
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908):
Serenade for Cello and Orchestra, Op.37
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Andante Cantabile for Cello from String Quartet No.1 in D Major, Op.11

Vytautas Sondeckis - cello
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
David Geringas - conductor

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Rachmaninov, C.Franck – Cello Sonatas – Steven Isserlis

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):
Prelude, op.2 no.1
Oriental Dance, op.2 no.2
Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, op.19
César Franck (1822-1890):
Le Sylphe *
Sonata for Cello and Piano in A major
Panis Angelicus *

Steven Isserlis - cello
Rebecca Evans - soprano *
Stephen Hough - piano

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Rachmaninov & Liszt – Piano Works – Vladimir Horowitz

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):
Prelude in G-Sharp minor, Op. 32 No. 12
Piano Sonata No. 2 Op. 36
Etude-Tableau in C-major, Op. 33 No. 2
Etude-Tableau in E-flat major, Op. 39 No. 5
Etude-Tableau in D major, Op. 39 No. 9
Moment musical in B minor, Op. 16
Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 19, in D minor
Consolation in E major S. 172 (R. 12) No. 2
Vallée d'Obermann
Scherzo & March S. 177

Vladimir Horowitz - piano

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