Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto; Arensky – String Quartet no.2 – Philippe Quint

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
Anton Arensky (1861-1906):
String Quartet no.2 in A minor, op.35

Philippe Quint - violin
Lily Francis - viola
Claudio Bohórquez - cello
Nicolas Altstaedt - cello
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Martin Panteleev - conductor

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Bartok, Tchaikovsky – Violin Concertos – Valeriy Sokolov

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Violin Concerto no.2, Sz.112

Valeriy Sokolov - violin
Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
David Zinman - conductor

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Liszt – Totentanz, Tre Sonetti di Petrarca; Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto – Sergio Tiempo

Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Totentanz - paraphrase on "Dies Irae", S.126 *
Three Petrarch Sonets for piano, S.161/4-6
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Piano Concerto no.1 in B flat minor, op.23 +

Sergio Tiempo - piano
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana * +
Ion Marin - conductor *
Alexander Rabinovich-Barakovsky - conductor +

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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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Tchaikovsky, Sibelius – Violin Concertos – Kyung Wha Chung

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957):
Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47

Kyung Wha Chung - violin
London Symphony Orchestra
André Previn - conductor

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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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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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Bobby McFerrin – 'Paper Music'

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Overture to The marriage of Figaro (KV 492)
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805):
Menuet from String quintet no. 1 in E major, Op.13 No.5 (C. 275)
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Pavane, Op.50
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):
Minuetto & Finale from Pulcinella suite (rev. 1949)
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741):
Concerto in G minor for 2 Cellos, Strings and Continuo (RV 531)
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Scherzo from A Midsummer night's dream, Op.61 No.1
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
First movement from Concerto for Violin, Strings and Continuo in A minor, (BWV 1041)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Eine kleine Nachtmusik, (KV 525)
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Andante cantabile for Cello and String orchestra, Op.posth.

Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Bobby McFerrin - conductor & vocalist

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Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn – Violin Concertos – Sayaka Shoji

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64

Sayaka Shoji - violin
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Myung-Whun Chung - conductor

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Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky – Orchestral Works – Leonard Bernstein

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Symphony no.6 in B minor, op.74 "Pathétique" *
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):
Scènes de ballet +

New York Philharmonic *
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra +
Leonard Bernstein - conductor

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Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto no.2, Concert Fantasy – Scherbakov

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) - Works for Piano and Orchestra (Vol.2):
Piano Concerto no.2 in G major, op.44
Concert Fantasy in G major, op.56

Konstantin Scherbakov - piano
Andrey Kudryavtsev - violin
Dmitry Yablonsky - cello
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
Dmitry Yablonsky - conductor

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Higdon, Tchaikovsky – Violin Concertos – Hilary Hahn

Jennifer Higdon (b.1962):
Violin Concerto
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Violin Concerto in D major, op.35

Hilary Hahn - violin
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko - conductor

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Various Composers - Works for Cello and Orchestra – Steven Isserlis

Edward Elgar (1857-1934):
Cello Concerto *
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959):
Schelomo *
Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904-1987):
Cello Concerto no.2 op.77 +
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Variations on a Rococo Theme, op.33 #
Nocturne, op.19 no.4 #
Pezzo capriccioso, op.62 #
Andante cantabile, op.11 #
Richard Strauss (1864-1949):
Don Quixote, op.35 §

Steven Isserlis - cello
London Symphony Orchestra *
London Philharmonic +
Chamber Orchestra of Europe #
Minnesota Orchestra §
Richard Hickox - conductor *
Andrew Litton - conductor +
John Eliot Gardiner - conductor #
Edo de Waart - conductor §

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Tchaikovsky, Arensky – Piano Trios – Trio Wanderer

Anton Arensky (1861-1906):
Piano Trio no.1 in D minor, op.32
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Piano Trio in A minor, op.50

Trio Wanderer

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Arensky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky – Violin Concertos – Mark Lubotsky

Anton Arensky (1861-1906):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A minor, op.54
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908):
Concert Phantasy on Russian Themes for Violin and Orchestra in B minor, op.33
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op.35

Mark Lubotsky - violin
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Arvo Volmer - conductor

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Arensky, Tchaikovsky – Works for String Orchestra – Lev Markiz

Anton Arensky (1861-1906):
Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky, op.35a
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Nocturne in D Minor for Cello and String Orchestra
Melodie Op. 42 No. 3 in E flat major for Cello and String Orchestra
Andante Cantabile in B major for Cello and String Orchestra
Serenade for Strings in C major Op. 48
Tchaikovsky - Elegy in G major

Dmitry Ferschtman - cello
Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam
Lev Markiz - conductor

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Tchaikovsky – Piano Concertos nos.1 & 3 – Konstantin Scherbakov

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) - Works for Piano and Orchestra (Vol.1) :
Piano Concerto no.1 in B flat minor, op.23
Piano Concerto no.3 in E flat major, op.75
Andante and Finale, op.79 (orch. Sergey Taneyev)

Konstantin Scherbakov - piano
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
Dmitry Yablonsky - conductor

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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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Tchaikovsky – Complete Works for Violin and Piano – Oleg Kagan

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Meditation, op.42 no.1
Valse-Scherzo, op.34
Serenade melancolique, op.26
Scherzo, op.42 no.2
Melodie, op.42 no.3
Humoresque, op.10 no.2
Andante funebre e doloroso ma con moto from String quartet no.3, op.30

Oleg Kagan - violin
Vasily Lobanov - piano

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Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto, Variations on a Rococo Theme – Oistrakh, Rostropovich

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op.35 *
Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, op.33 +

David Oistrakh - violin *
Mstislav Rostropovich - cello +
USSR Symphony Orchestra *
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra +
Kiril Kondrashin - conductor *
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky - conductor +

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