Various Composers – 'Clarinet Evergreens' – Budapest Clarinet Quintet

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908):
The Flight of the Bumble Bee
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847):
Songs without Words
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Romance
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Menuetto from Septet Op. 20
Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909):
Chant d`amour
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Träumerei: Schumann
Johann Strauss (1825-1899) and Joseph Strauss (1827-1870):
Pizzicato Polka
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
Humoresque
Leó Weiner (1885-1960):
Fox`s Dance
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Le petit nègre
Zoltán Kodály (1882-1867):
Epigrams
Scott Joplin (1868-1917):
The Easy Winners
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Pavane
Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909):
Tango
Scott Joplin (1868-1917):
Rose Leaf Rag
Carlos Antonia Jobim (b. 1927):
The Girl from Ipanema
Erroll Garner (1921-1977):
Misty
Vittorio Monti (1868-1922):
Csárdás

Budapest Clarinet Quintet

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Leó Weiner – Liszt Piano Sonata (orchestr.), Orchestral Works – László Kovács

Leó Weiner (1885-1960):
Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor orchestrated
Preludio, Notturno e Scherzo diabolico
Passacaglia
Toy Soldiers

North Hungarian Symphony Orchestra, Miskolc
László Kovács - conductor

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Bartok - Orchestral works - Solti

tribute to Béla Bartók on the anniversary of his death

Solti conducts Béla Bartók

Béla Bartók (1881-1945):

CD 1:
Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123
Dance Suite, BB 86
Music for Strings, Percursion and Celesta, BB 114

Chicago Symphony Orchestra


CD 2:
The Miraculous Mandarin, BB 82 - Suite *
Divertimento, BB 118 *
Hungarian Sketches, BB 103 *
Romanian Folk Dances, BB 76 *
Cantata Profana, BB 100 +

Tamás Daróczy - tenor +
Alexandru Agache - baritone +
Choir of Hungarian Radio & TV +
Chicago Symphony Orchestra *
Budapest Festival Orchestra +


CD 3:
Piano Concerto No.1, BB 91
Piano Concerto No.2, BB 101
Piano Concerto No.3, BB 127

Vladimir Ashkenazy - piano
London Philharmonic Orchestra


CD 4:
Violin Concerto No.1, BB 48a *
Violin Concerto No.2, BB 117 +

Kyung Wha Chung - violin
Chicago Symphony Orchestra *
London Philharmonic Orchestra +


CD 5:
Duke Bluebard's Castle, BB 62

Kolos Kóvats - bass
Sylvia Sass - soprano
Istvan Sztankay - speaker
London Philharmonic Orchestra


Bonus CD 6:
Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967):
Dances of Galánta*
Variations on an Hungarian Folk Song "The Peacock" *
Háry János - suite, op.35a *
Léo Weiner (1885-1960):
Serenade for small orchestra, op.3 +

London Philharmonic Orchestra *
Budapest Festival Orchestra +


Bonus CD 7:
Béla Bartók:
Dance Suite, BB 86 *
Music for Strings, Percursion and Celesta, BB 114 *
Zoltán Kodály:
Psalmus Hungaricus, op.13 +
Leó Weiner:
Prince Csongor und die Kobolde, op.10 #

William McAlpine - tenor +
London Philharmonic Choir +
London Philharmonic Orchestra * +
Chicago Symphony Orchestra #


Sir Georg Solti - conductor

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Virtuoso Music For Cello - Janos Starker

Virtuoso Music For Cello - works by:

Haendel / László Weiner (1916-1944)
Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840)
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
David Popper (1843-1913)
Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Rossini / Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968)

Janos Starker - cello
Shigeo Neriki - piano

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