Reger – Violin Concerto – Manfred Scherzer

Max Reger (1873-1916):
Violin Concerto in A major, op.101

Manfred Scherzer - violin
Staatskapelle Dresden
Herbert Blomstedt - conductor

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Max Reger – Cello Sonatas op.5 & op.116 – Reimund Korupp

Max Reger (1873-1916):
Cello Sonata in F minor, op.5
Cello Sonata in A minor, op.116

Reimund Korupp - cello
Rudolf Meister - piano

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J.S. Bach – Transcriptions for Piano (by various composers) – Risto Lauriala

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Ouverture from Cantata Wir danken dir Gott BWV 29 (Saint-Saens)
Adagio from Sonata for Violin and Cembalo no 5, F minor BWV 1018 (Siloti)
Chaconne from Partita for Violin, D minor BWV 1005 (Siloti)
Toccata and Fugue, D minor BWV 565 (Reger)
Passacaglia in C minor BWV 582 (d'Albert)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, 'Dorian' BWV 538 (Kabalevsky)

Risto Lauriala - piano

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Schubert – Lieder (orchestrated by Reger) – Dennis Russell Davies

Franz Schubert (1797-1828) - Lieder orchestrated by M. Reger (1873-1916):
An die Musik D547
Erlkönig D328
Gretchen am Spinnrade D118 *
Gesänge des Harfeners D478
Greisengesang D778
An den Mond D296 *
Nacht und Träume D827
Prometheus D674
Memnon D541
Du bist die Ruh' D776 *
Im Abendrot D799
Guppe aus dem Tartarus D583
Litaney: auf das Fest Aller Seelen D343

Ina Stachelhaus - soprano *
Dietrich Henschel - baritone
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Dennis Russell Davies - conductor

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Bach – Transcriptions – Leonard Slatkin

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Passacaglia and Fuge in C minor BWV 582 (orch.: Ottorino Respighi)
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645 (orch.: Sir Granville Bantock)
Preludium and Fuge in C major BWV 545 (orch.: Arthur Honegger)
O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde groß, BWV 622 (orch.: Max Reger)
Fantasia and Fuge in C minor BWV 537 (orch.: Sir Edward Elgar)
Die 'große' Fuge (Wir glauben all' an einen Gott, BWV 680) (orch.: Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Chaconne from Partita Nr. 2 in D minor BWV 1004 (orch.: Joseph Joachim Raff)
'Fuge a la Gigue' in G major BWV 577 (orch.: Gustav Holst)
Preludium und Fuge in E flat major 'St Anne', BWV 552 (orch.: Arnold Schoenberg)

BBC Philharmonic
Leonard Slatkin - conductor

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Max Reger – Lieder – Iris Vermillion

Max Reger (1873-1916):
Es schläft ein stiller Garten op.98,4
Winterahnung op.4,3
Im April op.4,4
Ein Paar op.55,9
Nelken op.15,3
Hat gesagt - bleibt's nicht dabei op.75,12
Die bunten Kühe op.70,4
Schlummerlied (Liebeslieder, No. 5)
Flötenspielerin op.88,3
Totensprache op.62,12
Leise, leise weht ihr Lüfte op.97,2
Der bescheidene Schäfer op.97,4
Mittag op.76,35
Von der Liebe op.76,32
Waldeinsamkeit op.76,3
Der verliebte Jäger op.76,13
Traum durch die Dämmerung op.35,3
Aeolsharfe op.75,11
Ein Drängen op.97,3
Einsamkeit op.75,18
An die Hoffnung op.124

Iris Vermillion - mezzo-soprano
Peter Stamm - piano

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Max Reger – Works for Violin and Orchestra, Orchestral Works – Horst Stein

Max Reger (1873-1916):
Eine Lustspielouvertüre, op.120
Symphonic Rhapsodie for Violin and Orchestra, op.147
Suite in A minor for Violin and Orchestra, op.103a
Scherzino in C major for Horn and String Orchestra

Walter Forchert - violin
Marie Luise Neunecker - horn
Bamberger Symphoniker
Horst Stein - conductor

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Bach-Rheinberger-Reger – Goldberg Variations for two Pianos – Gallour, Paulello

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Goldberg Variations - arranged for two Pianos by Josef Rheinberger / Max Reger

Gérard Gallour - piano
Stephen Paulello - piano

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Max Reger – String Quartets, Trio – Mannheimer Streichquartett

Max Reger (1873-1916):
String Quartet in G minor, op.54 no.1
String Quartet in A major, op.54 no.2
String Trio in A minor, op.77b

Mannheimer Streichquartett

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J.S. Bach – Orchestral Suites arr.for Piano Duet by Max Reger – Trenkner-Speidel

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Orchestral Suites arranged for Piano Duet by Max Reger (1873-1916)

Sontraud Speidel - piano
Evelinde Trenkner - piano

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J.S. Bach – Brandenburg Concertos arr.for 2 Pianos by Max Reger – Trenkner-Speidel

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Brandenburg Concertos arranged for 2 pianos by Max Reger (1873-1916)

Sontraud Speidel - piano
Evelinde Trenkner - piano

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Schubert – Lieder (orchestrated by Max Reger) – Werner Andreas Albert

Franz Schubert (1797-1828) - Lieder orchestrated by Max Reger (1873-1916):
Der Erlkönig D 328
Memnon D 541
An die Musik D 547
An der Mond D 296
Du bist die Ruh' D 776
Drei Gesänge des Harfners D 478
Im Abendrot D 799
Litaney auf das Fest Aller Seelen D 343
Gretchen am Spinnrad D 118
Nacht und Träume D 827
Greisengesang D 778
Gruppe aus dem Tartarus D 583
Prometheus D 674

Camilla Nylund - soprano
Klaus Mertens - baritone
Radio-Philharmonie Hannover des NDR
Werner Andreas Albert - conductor

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Reger – Violin Sonatas Nos.5 & 1 – Ulf Wallin

Max Reger (1873-1916):
Violin Sonata No.5 in F sharp minor, op.84
Violin Sonata No.1 in D minor, op.1

Ulf Wallin - violin
Roland Pöntinen - piano

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Bach-Reger – Works for Piano Four Hands – Jordans, Doeselaar

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) / Max Reger (1873-1916):
Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F major, BWV 1047
Suite No.3 in D major, BWV 1068
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
Brandenburg Concerto No.6 in B flat major, BWV 1051

Wyneke Jordans - piano
Leo van Doeselaar - piano

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Bach – Piano Transcriptions (Vol.7) – Markus Becker

Bach - Piano transcriptions (Vol.7) - Reger

Max Reger (1873-1916)

CD 1:
Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532
"O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde gross", BWV 622
"Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt", BWV 637
"Ach wie nichtig, ach wie flüchtig", BWV 644
"Nun danket alle Gott", BWV 657
"Herzlich tut mich verlangen", BWV 727
"Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit", BWV 668
"Valet will ich dir geben", BWV 736
"Es ist das Heil uns kommen her", BWV 638
"Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier", BWV 730
"Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her", BWV 606
Prelude and Fugue in E flat major, BWV 552

CD 2:
Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 548
"Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV deest
"Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ", BWV 639
"An Wasserflüssen Babylon", BWV 653b
"Komm, Heiliger Geist", BWV 651
"Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele", BWV 654
"Das alte Jahr vergangen ist", BWV 614
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565

Markus Becker - piano

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Reger – Piano Concerto, Suite im alten Stil – Love Derwinger, Leif Segerstam

Max Reger (1873-1916):
Piano Concerto in  minor, op.114
Suite im alten Still, op.93

Love Derwinger - piano
Norrköping Symphony Orchestra
Leif Segerstam - conductor

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Handel, Brahms, Reger – Piano works – András Schiff

Georg Frideric Handel (1685-1759):
Suite No.1 in B flat major HWV 434
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of G.F. Handel op.24
Max Reger (1873-1916):
Variations and Fuge on a Theme of J.S. Bach op.81

András Schiff - piano

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Bach-Rheinberger-Reger – Goldberg Variations for two Pianos – Nina Schumann & Luis Magalhães

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Goldberg Variations - arranged for two Pianos by Josef Rheinberger / Max Reger

Nina Schumann - Piano
Luís Magalhães - piano

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Sir Colin Davis - The Philips Years edition

remembering Sir Colin Davis on his birthday

(25 September 1927 – 14 April 2013)

CD 1:
Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Piano Concerto No.1
Piano Concerto No.2
Piano Concerto No.3

Stephen Kovacevich - piano


CD 2:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Symphony No.5 in C minor, op.67
Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major, op.73 "Emperor" *

Claudio Arrau - piano *


CD 3:
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869):
Symphonie fantastique
Modest Mussorgsky (1829-1881):
Night on the Bare Mountain (arr.Rimsky-Korsakov)


CD 4 / CD 5:
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869):
Requiem (Grande Messe des morts)
Te Deum *

Nicholas Kynaston - organ *
Wandsworth School Boys Choir
LondonSymphony Chorus


CD 6:
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
Symphony No.7 in D minor, op.70
Symphony No.9 in E minor, op.95 "From the New World"


CD 7:
Edward Elgar (1857-1934):
Variations on an Original Theme, op.36 "Enigma" *
Gustav Holst (1874-1934):
The Planets

Frauenchor des Rundfunkchores Berlin/DDR *


CD 8:
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
Symphony No.94 in G major, Hob.I:94 "Surprise"
Symphony No.101 in D major, Hob.I:101 "The Clock"
Symphony No.104 in D major, Hob.I:104 "London"


CD 9:
Max Reger (1873-1916):
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart, op.132
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963):
Symphonic Methamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):
Symphony in Three Movements


CD 10:
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911):
Das Lied von der Erde

Jessye Norman - soprano
Jon Vickers - tenor


CD 11:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Symphony No.25 in G minor, K 183
Symphony No.32 in G major K 318 (Overture)
Piano Concerto No.15 in B flat major, K 450 *
Symphony No.40 in G minor, K 550

Ingrid Haebler - piano *


CD 12:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Vesperae solennes de confessore, K 339
Kyrie in D minor, K 341/368a
Ave verum corpus, K 618
Exsultate jubilate, K 165/158a
"Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben" from "Zaïde", K 344
"Ach, ich fühl's" from "Die Zauberflöte", K 620
"Ei parte... Senti... Per pietà, ben mio, perdona" from "Cosi fan tutte"

Kiri Te Kanawa - soprano
Elisabeth Bainbridge - contralto
Ryland Davies - tenor
Gwynne Howell - bass
London Symphony Chorus


CD 13:
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957):
Symphony No.1 in E minor, op.39
Finlandia, op.26 no.7
Pohjola's Daughter, op.49
Tapiola, op.112


CD 14:
Sir Micahel Tippett (1905-1998):
The Knot Garden

with:
Raimund Herincx
Yvonne Minton
Jill Gomez
Josephine Barstow
Thomas Carey
Robert Tear
Thomas Hemsley


CD 15:
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):
L'Oiseau de feu
Orpheus


BBC Symphony Orchestra
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Concertgebouw Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Staatskapelle Dresden
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Berliner Philarmoniker


Sir Colin Davis - conductor

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Reger – Choral Works – Horst Stein

Max Reger (1873-1916):
Die Weihe der Nacht, op.119 *
Der 100. Psalm, op.106
Weihegesang, o.op. +

Lioba Braun - contralto *
Ursula Kunz - contralto +
Chor der Bamberger Symphoniker
Fritz Walter-Lindquist - organ
Bamberger Symphoniker
Horst Stein - conductor

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