Vieuxtemps – Cello Concertos – Alban Gerhardt (Romantic Cello Concerto – 6)

other CDs of this series

Henri Vieuxtemps (1820-1881):
Cello Concerto no.1 in A minor, op.46
Cello Concerto no.2 in B minor, op.50
Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931):
Méditation in B minor, op.16
Sérénade in A major, op.22

Alban Gerhardt - cello
Royal Flemish Philharmonic
Josep Caballé-Domenech - conductor

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Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms – Chamber Music – David Oistrakh

CD 1:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Piano Trio No.7 in B flat major, op.97 *
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Piano Trio No.1 in B flat major, D.898 *

CD 2:
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Violin Sonata No.1 in G major, op.78 +
Violin Sonata No.2 in A major, op.100 +
Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931):
Extase, op.21 #
Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880):
Légende, op.17 #
Josef Suk (1874-1935):
Love Song, op.7 no.1 (arr.: Kocian) #
Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967):
Three Hungarian Songs (arr.: Feigin) #

David Oistrakh - violin
Sviatoslav Knushevitzky - cello *
Lev Oborin - piano *
Anton Ginzburg - piano +
Vladimir Yampolsky - piano #

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Various Composers – Works for Violin and Piano – Maxim Vengerov

Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Fantasy in C major D.934
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Valse-Scherzo
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1814-1865):
Concert Variations on "The Last Rose of Summer"
Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931):
Sonata in D minor "Ballade"
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937):
Tzigane
Claude Debussy (1862–1918):
Extracts of "Prelude to the afternoon of a Faun" (arr.Heifetz)
Franz Waxman (1906-1967):
Fantasy on themes from Bizet's "Carmen"

Maxim Vengerov - violin
Irina Vinogradova - piano

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Ysaÿe – Works for Violin and Orchestra – Albrecht Breuninger

remembering Eugène Ysaÿe on his birthday

(16 July 1858 – 12 May 1931)

Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931):
Poème élégiaque, op.12
Chant d'hiver, op.15
Berceuse, op.20
Les neiges d'Antan, op.23
Violin Concerto
Divertimento, op.24

Albrecht Breuninger - violin
Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie
Welisar Gentscheff - conductor

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Ysaÿe - Poems for Violin and Orchestra - Rubenstein

Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931) - Poems for Violin and Orchestra:

Poème élégiaque
Au Rouet
Andante
Exil
Chant d'Hiver
Extase

Jerrold Rubenstein - violin
Orchestre National de Belgique
Mendi Rodan - conductor

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Saint-Saëns & Ysaÿe - Rare Transcriptions for Violin and Piano - Graffin

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931):
 - Rare transcriptions for violin and piano:

Saint-Saëns: Caprice brillant
Chopin / Saint-Saëns: Nocturne in E major, op.62 no.2
Saint-Saëns: Caprice d'après l'Etude en forme de valse
Chopin / Saint-Saëns: Nocturne in E flat major, op.55 no.2
Chopin / Ysaÿe: Waltz in E minor, op.posth.
Chopin / Ysaÿe: Ballade No.1 in G minor, op.23
Saint-Saëns: Fantaisie for violin and piano on Weber's Oberon
Saint-Saëns: L'air de la pendule
Saint-Saëns: Fantaisie for violin and harp *

Philippe Graffin - violin
Pascal Devoyon - piano
Catherine Beynon - harp *

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Franck, Debussy, Ravel, Honegger - Oistrakh

César Franck (1822-1890):
Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major *
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor +
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Sonata for Violin and Piano +
Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931):
Sonata for solo violin in D minor, op.27 No.3
Arthur Honegger (1892-1955):
Sonatine for two violins #

David Oistrakh - violin
Igor Oistrakh - violin #
Lev Oborine - piano *
Frida Bauer - piano +

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