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Composer: Alfred Schnittke
Artists: Bolshoi Theatre (Orchestra), Andrei Chistjakov (conductor)

About this Album:
In 1978 Alfred Schnittke (1934-98) wrote the incidental music for a production of The Inspector’s Tale, an adaptation for stage of Gogol’s Dead Souls. It was to have been directed by Yuri Lyubimov, but the Soviet government banned the production. A suite was assembled from the score by Gennadi Rozhdenstvensky, and two leading colleagues of Schnittke – Gubaidulina and Denisov contributed a jointly composed march, which opens this CD. In 1985 the music was choreographed, the ballet, called Esquisses was performed at the Bolshoi. Schnittke composed a number of new pieces for this production. The characters in the action are all from Gogol, but in addition to The Dead Souls, we meet Tchitchikov, Major Kovalyov’s Nose, and Ferdinand VIII from Notes of a Madman. A passage from the book is recited in his piece, and is read by the conductor on this CD.

Tracklist:
00:00:00 March: The Swan, the Pike and the Crayfish
00:01:54 Overture
00:03:15 The Childhood of Chichikov
00:05:37 The Portrait
00:12:01 Major Kovalyov
00:12:44 Morning. The Disappearance of the Nose
00:14:15 In Search of the Nose
00:15:46 Despair
00:17:39 The Nose is Found
00:19:59 The Overcoat
00:22:15 Ferdinand VIII
00:23:24 The Civil Servants
00:25:54 The Barrel-Organ
00:28:04 The Unknown Woman
00:29:26 Pas de deux
00:32:59 The Debauch
00:34:28 The Sabbath
00:36:29 The Barrel-Organ
00:37:38 Spanish Royal March
00:39:18 The Ball
00:45:18 The Testament
00:50:35 March: The Swan, the Pike and the Crayfish


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Artist: Gewandhausorchester Leizig, Igor Markevitch (conductor), Alexander Warenberg (piano)

The drunken sot who glares out at us from Ilya Repin’s celebrated portrait looks more like a tramp than a composer, and Mussorgsky’s music has a similarly uncompromising expressive power, music that seems to work despite rather than
because of itself. Pianists have wrestled with the unpianistic corners of his most famous work since he composed it in 1874 in memory of his friend, the painter Viktor Hartmann, who had died the previous year.

Mussorgsky portrayed some of Hartmann's pictures in music when they were displayed at an exhibition in Saint Petersburg. The cycle of ten individual paintings is linked by the famous ‘promenade’, symbolizing the viewer of the pictures wandering through the exhibition. Hartmann’s bold and puzzling vignettes find their perfect analogue in Mussorgsky’s pianistic reimagining, but fellow composers could hardly leave the orchestral potential of this
often‐awkward music alone. Ravel wasn’t the first to mix his orchestral palette with Mussorgsky’s colours, but his version has justly stood the test of time, and stands alone for its sensitivity to the pungent, folkloristic flavour of the original.

Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” is one of the most famous and most frequently performed romantic piano cycles of the entire repertoire. It contains colourful, highly original and gripping musical depictions of a series of painting by Mussorgsky’s friend Hartmann. This release offers both the original piano version and the Ravel orchestration, filled up with the orchestral “A Night on Bare Mountain” and the more modest, but no less impressive piano cycle by Tchaikovsky: The Seasons.

00:00:00 Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade 1
00:01:29 Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 1, Gnomus
00:04:04 Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade 2
00:05:02 Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 2, Il vecchio castello
00:08:38 Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade 3
00:09:06 Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 3, Tuileries
00:10:21 Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 4, Bydlo
00:13:21 Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade 4
00:14:06 Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 5, Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
00:15:24 Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 6, Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle
00:18:06 Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 7, Limoges. The Market
00:19:29 Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 8, Catacombae. Sepulcrum romanum – Con mortuis in lingua mortua
00:23:22 Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 9, The Hut on Fowl’s Legs
00:27:08 Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 10, The Great Gate of Kiev
00:32:37 Night on Bare Mountain
00:43:01 Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade 1 - No. 1, Gnomus
00:46:58 Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade 2 - No. 2, Il vecchio castello
00:52:07 Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade 3 - No. 3, Tuileries
00:53:38 Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 4, Bydlo
00:56:49 Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade 4 - No. 5, Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
00:58:45 Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 6, Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle
01:00:38 Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade 5 - No. 7, Limoges. The Market
01:03:38 Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 8, Catacombae. Sepulcrum romanum - Con mortuis in lingua mortua
01:07:17 Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 9, The Hut on Fowl’s Legs
01:10:22 Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 10, The Great Gate of Kiev
01:15:57 The Seasons, Op. 37a: No. 1, January. By the Fireside
01:20:47 The Seasons, Op. 37a: No. 2, February. Shrovetide Festival
01:23:41 The Seasons, Op. 37a: No. 3, March. Song of the Lark
01:25:21 The Seasons, Op. 37a: No. 4, April. Snowdrop
01:27:30 The Seasons, Op. 37a: No. 5, May. White Nights
01:31:44 The Seasons, Op. 37a: No. 6, June. Barcarolle
01:35:27 The Seasons, Op. 37a: No. 7, July. Song of the Reaper
01:37:10 The Seasons, Op. 37a: No. 8, August. Harvest
01:40:18 The Seasons, Op. 37a: No. 9, September. The Hunt
01:43:14 The Seasons, Op. 37a: No. 10, October. Autumn Song
01:46:38 The Seasons, Op. 37a: No. 11, November. Troika
01:49:16 The Seasons, Op. 37a: No. 12, December. Yuletide

Composer: Engelbert Humperdinck
Artists: Ingeborg Springer (mezzo-soprano), Renate Hoff (soprano), Theo Adam (bass), Gisela Schröter (contralto), Peter Schreier (tenor), Renate Krahmer (soprano), Staatskapelle (Dresden), Otmar Suitner (conductor), Members of the Dresdner Kreuzchor

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When Engelbert Humperdinck’s sister Adelheid turned the Grimm brothers’ fairytale of Hänsel und Gretel into a short libretto for her children, she asked her composer-brother to set the words to music. The resulting performance in their family home delighted Humperdinck’s two young nieces and this domestic success soon became a fully-fledged opera destined for the international stage. The imaginative score expertly encapsulates the life of children, from exuberant dances and witty exchanges to the sweet solemnity of the Evening Prayer. Their journey into the forest is wonderfully captured in the music; as they move further into the ever-threatening woods, the music becomes increasingly opaque, mirroring the darkening of the trees. When the sandman appears, the sinister theme that had heralded his arrival is interrupted, as his harmlessness is revealed, and he leads the children into a peaceful sleep. The menacing theme returns with the arrival of the wicked gingerbread witch; only when the children succeed in stuffing her into her own oven do the exuberant dance-like patterns re-emerge, as Hänsel and Gretel joyfully celebrate their triumph along with the children brought back to life by the broken spell.

Despite its apparent simplicity, Humperdinck’s opera contains a wealth of themes, with a score remarkable for its range of colours and textures, clearly inspired by Wagner.
 
00:00:00 Hänsel und Gretel: Prelude to Act I
00:07:42 Hänsel und Gretel, Act I, Scene 1: Suse, liebe Suse (Gretel/Hänsel)
00:11:07 Hänsel und Gretel, Act I, Scene 1: So recht! (Gretel/Hänsel)
00:12:57 Hänsel und Gretel, Act I, Scene 1: Brüderchen, komm, tanz mit mir (Gretel/Hänsel)
00:16:11 Hänsel und Gretel, Act I, Scene 2: Holla! Himmel! Die Mutter! (Gertrud/Gretel/Hänsel)
00:17:43 Hänsel und Gretel, Act I, Scene 2: Marsch! Fort in den Wald! (Gertrud)
00:19:22 Hänsel und Gretel, Act I, Scene 3: Ral-la-la-la, ral-la-la-la (Peter/Gertrud)
00:24:05 Hänsel und Gretel, Act I, Scene 3: Drüben hinter’m Herrnwald (Peter/Gertrud)
00:25:17 Hänsel und Gretel, Act I, Scene 3: Doch halt, wo bleiben die Kinder? (Peter/Gertrud)
00:26:53 Hänsel und Gretel, Act I, Scene 3: Wenn sie sich verirrten (Peter/Gertrud)
00:28:15 Hänsel und Gretel, Act I, Scene 3: Eine Hex’, steinalt (Peter/Gertrud)
00:30:36 Hänsel und Gretel: Prelude to Act II: Witch’s Ride
00:35:05 Hänsel und Gretel, Act II, Scene 1: Ein Männlein steht im Walde (Gretel)
00:36:33 Hänsel und Gretel, Act II, Scene 1: Juchhe! Mein Erbelkörbchen ist voll bis oben! (Hänsel/Gretel)
00:37:44 Hänsel und Gretel, Act II, Scene 1: Kuckuck, Kuckuck, Eierschluck! (Hänsel/Gretel)
00:40:43 Hänsel und Gretel, Act II, Scene 1: Gretel, ich weiß den Weg nicht mehr! (Hänsel/Gretel/Voices)
00:44:13 Hänsel und Gretel, Act II, Scene 2: Der kleine Sandmann bin ich, st! (Sandmännchen/Hänsel/Gretel)
00:46:30 Hänsel und Gretel, Act II, Scene 2: Abends will ich schlafen gehn (Hänsel/Gretel)
00:49:01 Hänsel und Gretel, Act II, Scene 3: Dream Pantomime
00:54:22 Hänsel und Gretel: Prelude to Act III
00:56:24 Hänsel und Gretel, Act III, Scene 1: Der kleine Taumann heiß’ ich (Taumännchen)
00:58:07 Hänsel und Gretel, Act III, Scene 1: Wo bin ich? Wach’ ich? (Gretel/Hänsel)
01:03:54 Hänsel und Gretel, Act III, Scene 2: Bleib stehn! Bleib stehn! (Gretel/Hänsel)
01:04:32 Hänsel und Gretel, Act III, Scene 2: Wie duftet’s von dorten (Gretel/Hänsel)
01:06:22 Hänsel und Gretel, Act III, Scene 2: Alles bleibt still (Hänsel/Gretel)
01:08:05 Hänsel und Gretel, Act III, Scene 2: Knusper, knusper Knäuschen (Die Knusperhexe/Gretel/Hänsel)
01:11:06 Hänsel und Gretel, Act III, Scene 3: Ich bin Rosina Leckermaul (Die Knusperhexe/Hänsel/Gretel)
01:14:44 Hänsel und Gretel, Act III, Scene 3: Halt! Hokuspokus, Hexenschuß! (Die Knusperhexe)
01:16:07 Hänsel und Gretel, Act III, Scene 3: Nun, Gretel, sei vernünftig und nett (Die Knusperhexe/Gretel/Hänsel)
01:20:54 Hänsel und Gretel, Act III, Scene 3: Hurr hopp hopp hopp (Die Knusperhexe)
01:22:41 Hänsel und Gretel, Act III, Scene 3: Auf! Wach auf, mein Jüngelchen (Die Knusperhexe/Gretel/Hänsel)
01:26:18 Hänsel und Gretel, Act III, Scene 3: Juchhei! Nun ist die Hexe tot (Hänsel/Gretel)
01:28:53 Hänsel und Gretel, Act III, Scene 4: Erlöst, befreit, für alle Zeit! (Gingerbread children/Gretel/Hänsel)
01:32:57 Hänsel und Gretel, Act III, Scene 4: Ei, da sind sie ja! Vater! Mutter! (Peter/Hänsel/Gretel/Gertrud)

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Artist: Klara Würtz
Franz Liszt:
00:00:00 Waldesrauschen
00:04:04 Gnomenreigen
00:06:49 Liebestraum No. 3 in A-Flat Major
00:11:09 Mephisto Waltz No. 1
00:22:27 Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este (From Années de Pèlerinage III)
Franz Schubert:
00:30:08 Impromptu in B-Flat Major, Op. 142: No. 3 “Rosamunde”
Robert Schumann:
00:41:21 Arabesque, Op. 18
Frédéric Chopin:
00:47:42 Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23
00:56:11 Barcarolle in F-Sharp Major, Op. 60
Claude Debussy:
01:04:19 L’isle joyeuse
Serge Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor Op. 18
01:10:03 Moderato
01:20:12 Adagio sostenuto
01:31:18 Allegro scherzando
Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 54
01:42:54 Allegro affetuoso
01:57:54 Intermezzo
02:03:11 Allegro vivace

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Composer & Artists:
Composer: Juan Vasquez
Artists: Quink Vocal Ensemble, Marjon Strijk, Mariëtte Oelderik (sopranos), Elsbeth Gerritsen (contralto) Harry van Berne (tenor), Kees Jan de Koning (bass)

About this Album:
Sacred music occupied an important role in 16th-century Spain, but there is much evidence that secular vocal polyphony held a place in society too. Such music is to be found in the little-known Juan Vázquez’s Recopilación which dates from around 1560; as well as canciones and soneto-madrigals, the collection includes various villancicos – the main focus of this recording – then a popular style of song and which Vázquez clearly overhauled through replacing endless repetition with melodic and rhythmic variety. That Vázquez’s contribution to the genre was both popular and significant (he wrote over 90 in total, most of which were set to texts by leading Spanish poets of the day) is demonstrated by the many later arrangements of his villancicos for vocal soloists with vihuela accompaniment.

Performing these highly engaging, deftly written works are the Dutch vocal group Quink, founded in 1978 and ranking among the world’s best a cappella ensembles. The recording, which can only serve to increase our appreciation for this largely-forgotten composer, underlines the group’s astonishing variety of tonal colour – of their Benjamin Britten CD, the New York Times drew attention to Quink’s ‘elegant phrasing, impeccable intonation and a purity of tone reminiscent of Renaissance madrigals.’

Little is known about the life of Spanish composer Juan Vasquez (fl. 16th century). A skilled and successful composer in the service of the King of Spain. His compositions are mainly secular, in the form of polyphonic madrigals and ‘Villancicos’, popular songs set for a vocal ensemble of 4 or 5 voices. The madrigals are on poetic texts by well known poets like Boscan and Garcilaso. The Villancicos are based on folk music and traditional texts, music brimming with joy, happiness and Spanish vitality!

Tracklist:
00:00:00 Cancione “Hermosíssima María”
00:03:21 Cancione “Gentil señora mía”
00:06:46 Soneto-madrigal “Gracias al cielo doy”
00:09:57 Villancico “No pensé qu’entre pastores”
00:12:42 Villancico “Quien amores tiene ¿cómo duerme?”
00:15:05 Villancico “Si n’os uviera mirado”
00:17:11 Villancico “Con qué la lavaré”
00:20:59 Villancico “Por una vez”
00:23:31 Cancione “¿Serrana, dónde dormistes?”
00:25:54 Cancione “¡O dulce contemplación!
00:28:25 Cancione “¡A, hermosa, Abrime, cara de rosa!
00:30:25 Villancico “¿Qué sentis, coraçón mío?”
00:32:28 Villancico “Por mi vida, madre”
00:34:30 Villancico “Del rosal sale la rosa”
00:37:22 Villancico “¡Torna, Mingo, a namorarte!”
00:39:34 Villancico “Morenica m’era yo”
00:40:55 Villancico “Qué razón podeys tener”
00:42:52 Soneto-madrigal “Bendito sea el día, punto y ora”
00:46:58 Soneto-madrigal “Amor, virtud y nobles pensamientos
00:50:39 Villancico “Dexa ya tu soledad”

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Composer: Roffredo Caetani
Artist: Alauda Quartet

In a series of first recordings, Brilliant Classics has explored the rich culture of non-operatic music in Italy during the late-Romantic era and the first decades of the last century. Particular attention has been given to the flourishing traditions of instrumental and chamber music, with recent releases not only of well-known names such as Respighi (BC94445), Martucci (BC94816 and a brand-new release of piano trios, BC94968) and Nino Rota (BC95237), but less familiar, often no less inspired composers such as Antonio Bazzini (BC95030), Ildebrando Pizzetti (BC9202) and Guido Fano (BC95353).

Among these lesser lights must be counted Roffredo Caetani (1871-1961). A Brilliant Classics release of his piano music (BC94909) has already disclosed an effusively lyrical, unashamedly Romantic voice working in the post-Lisztian tradition regardless of musical upheavals and revolutions around him. Caetani had more reason than most for his reactionary temperament, as godson to Liszt himself. The Hungarian composer recognized the young Roman’s talent and entrusted it to his friend Giovanni Sgambati for further instruction and refinement.

The Op.1 No.1 Quartet on this release was one of the first products of Caetani’s student years, composed when he was just 17 years old, but distinguished by a precocious mastery of the genre, as contemporary critics were not slow to recognize. The quartet is cast in a single, wide-ranging span: an innovative structure for the time, if in its way the writing is unmistakably indebted to the example of Beethoven. Twenty years later, Caetani returned to the quartet genre once more with his Op.12
in F minor: a three-movement work of considerably greater breadth in both its themes and development.
00:00:00 String Quartet No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 12: I. Allegro moderato
00:10:46 String Quartet No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 12: II. Molto lento
00:20:03 String Quartet No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 12: III. Presto
00:28:50 String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 1: Tempo di quartetto. Allegro - Un poco Moderato – Agitato –Tempo I – Moderato come la prima volta – Allegro agitat

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This young guitarist’s debut album is the perfect introduction to his artistry, showcasing as it does four leading 20th-century composers of guitar music – Antonio José Palacios, Alberto Ginastera, Antonio Lauro and Julio Gentil Montaña – composers who in turn represent four different countries and four styles of music that differ widely both aesthetically and in terms of the traditions from which they spring.

Composer: Alberto Ginastera, Julio Gentil Montana
Artist: Deion Cho guitar

Among the most promising Spanish composers of his generation, Antonio José was acclaimed by Ravel and counted Lorca and Dali among his associates, but like Lorca, he was executed by a Falangist firing squad during the Spanish Civil War. Only 34 years of age, he had accumulated a catalogue of music impressive not only for its depth but its sophistication, exemplified by the substantial Guitar Sonata which is his best-known work. The Sonata by the Argentine Alberto Ginastera is no less imposing in structure, and harmonically much more adventurous than José’s bluesy neo-classicism. The four Venezuelan waltzes by Antonio Lauro are brief and charming early works, the first three dedicated to his daughter and two nieces, the last named Yacambú after an orchid-rich national park in the northern Andes. The first movement of the fourth Colombian Suite by Julio Gentil Montaña (1942-2011) is likewise named after that country’s capital, Bogotà, and it is followed by three interpretations of national dances, concluding with a snappy Porro.

The 23-year-old Deion Cho is of South Korean origin, currently studying and working in Spain. He has given the album his signature with an arrangement of a popular Korean folksong, ‘About 500 Years’, clearly inflected by his years of work in Hispanic and Iberian music.

00:00:00 Romancillo infantile
00:04:08 Sonata para guitarra: I. Allegro moderato
00:11:37 Sonata para guitarra: II. Minuetto
00:16:19 Sonata para guitarra: III. Pavana triste
00:22:17 Sonata para guitarra: IV. Final
00:27:20 Cuatro valses venezolanos: I. Tatiana
00:28:29 Cuatro valses venezolanos: II. Andreina
00:29:35 Cuatro valses venezolanos: III. Natalia
00:31:13 Cuatro valses venezolanos: IV. Yacambú
00:34:26 Suite colombiana No. 4: I. Pasillo (nostalgia bogotana)
00:38:56 Suite colombiana No. 4: II. Danza (Giessel Daniela)
00:45:21 Suite colombiana No. 4: III. Bambuco
00:50:02 Suite colombiana No. 4: IV. Porro
00:54:45 Sonata for Guitar, Op. 47: I. Esordio
00:58:33 Sonata for Guitar, Op. 47: II. Scherzo
01:01:19 Sonata for Guitar, Op. 47: III. Canto
01:04:41 Sonata for Guitar, Op. 47: IV. Finale
01:06:49 Canción popular coreana, Traditional Korean Folk Song: “Unos 500 años” (Arr. Deion Cho)

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The perfect starting point for exploring Romantic piano music. It features historic recordings of a truly excellent standard, including Blumental with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Helmuth Froschauer, the Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg with Pierre Cao accompanying French pianist Dosse, Boehm with the Westphalian Symphony Orchestra under Siegfried Landau, and Antal Doráti conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Ilse von Alpenheim.

This 40 CD set contains a wealth of 19th century piano concertos written by composers who for some reason or other have been neglected by history, so called “minor masters” who may have lost the battle against the giants but nevertheless wrote very attractive, impressive and brilliant concertos for the piano (which in many cases was “their” instrument).

To name just a few: Hummel, Field, Czerny, Cramer, Ries, Clementi, Thalberg, Moscheles, Litolff, Kalkbrenner, Lyapunov, Balakirev, Medtner, Glazunov, Henselt, Moszkowski, Scharwenka and many more, over 60 composers!
Most of the recordings come from the rich and unique VOX catalogue, featuring such excellent pianists as Michael Ponti, Felicja Blumenthal, Hans Kann, Martin Galling, Jerome Rose, Roland Keller and many more.

Franz Liszt:
00:00:00 Malédiction in E Minor, S. 121

Eugen D'Albert:
00:14:11 Piano Concerto No. 2 in E Major, Op. 12

Hans Von Bronsart:
00:29:45 Piano Concerto in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 10: I. Allegro maestoso
00:42:38 Piano Concerto in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 10: II. Adagio ma non troppo
00:50:06 Piano Concerto in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 10: III. Allegro con fuoco

Franz Berwald:
00:57:00 Piano Concerto in D Major: I. Allegro con brio, II. Andantino, III. Allegro molto

Charles Henri Valentin Alkan:
01:15:05 Concerto da camera No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor

Robert Schumann:
01:21:49 Konzertstück in G Major, Op. 92

Joachim Raff:
01:35:46 Ode au printemps in G Major, Op. 76

Franz Liszt:
01:48:46 Totentanz, S. 126

Simon Mayr:
02:03:58 Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major: I. Allegro moderato
02:12:21 Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major: II. Andante grazioso
02:18:05 Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major: III. Rondo

Albert Roussel:
02:21:30 Piano Concerto in G Major, Op. 36: I. Allegro molto
02:25:23 Piano Concerto in G Major, Op. 36: II. Adagio
02:33:54 Piano Concerto in G Major, Op. 36: III. Allegro con spirit

Gabriel Pierné:
02:38:35 Piano Concerto in C Minor, Op. 12: I. Allegro
02:46:51 Piano Concerto in C Minor, Op. 12: II. Scherzando
02:51:42 Piano Concerto in C Minor, Op. 12: III. Final. Allegro un poco agitato

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Antonin Dvoräk
00:00:00 Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104: I. Allegro
00:14:13 Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104: II. Adagio ma non troppo
00:24:49 Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104: III. Finale, allegro moderato
00:37:04 From the Bohemian Forest, Op. 68: V. Silent Woods
00:42:05 Rondo in G Minor for Cello & Orchestra Op.94

Robert Schumann
00:48:25 Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129: I. Nicht zu schnell
00:58:51 Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129: II. Langsam
01:02:59 Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129: III. Sehr lebhaft
04:26:32 Fantasiestücke, Op. 73: I. Zart und mit Ausdruck
04:29:31 Fantasiestücke, Op. 73: II. Lebhaft, leicht
04:32:55 Fantasiestücke, Op. 73: III. Rasch und mit Feuer

Camille Saint-Saëns
01:10:28 Cello Concerto in A minor Op. 33: I. Allegro non troppo - II. Attaca. Allegretto con moto - III. Tempo I
04:19:21 The Carnival of the Animals: XIII. The Swan

Gabriel Fauré
01:28:28 Élégie Op.24

Max Bruch
01:34:53 Kol Nidrei, Adagio for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 47

Tchaitochvsky
01:43:23 Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
04:42:35 Pezzo capriccioso in B Minor, Op. 62 (Andante con moto)
04:53:41 6 Pieces, Op. 51: VI. Valse sentimentale in F Minor (Tempo di Valse)

Beethoven
02:00:13 Cello Sonata in A Major Op. 69: I. Allegro ma non tanto
02:12:44 Cello Sonata in A Major Op. 69:: II. Scherzo. Allegro molto
02:17:48 Cello Sonata in A Major Op. 69:: III. Adagio cantabile – Allegro vivace

Felix mendelssohn
02:26:12 Cello Sonata No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 45: I. Allegro vivace
02:38:46 Cello Sonata No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 45: II. Andante
02:45:06 Cello Sonata No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 45: III. Allegro assai
 
Johannes Brahms
02:51:57 Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38: I. Allegro non troppo
03:02:41 Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38: II. Allegretto quasi menuetto
03:08:07 Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38: III. Allegro

Frédériq Chopin
03:14:28 Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65: I. Allegro moderato
03:28:45 Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65: II. Scherzo. Allegro con brio
03:33:32 Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65: III. Largo
03:36:52 Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65: IV. Finale. Allegro
04:55:41 Introduction and Polonaise Brillante in C Major, Op. 3
Sergei Rchmaninoff
03:43:13 Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19: I. Lento - Allegro moderato
03:55:40 Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19: II. Allegro scherzando
04:02:33 Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19: III. Andante
04:08:19 Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19: IV. Allegro mosso
04:37:32 14 Romances, Op. 34: XIV. Vocalise

Enrique Granados
04:22:19 Goyescas, Act 1: Intermezzo

Nikolai Rimsky
04:49:03 The Golden Cockerel, Act 2: II. Hymn to the Sun

Manuel de Falla
05:04:13 Seven Spanish Folksongs: I. El paño moruno
05:06:21 Seven Spanish Folksongs: II. Nana
05:08:30 Seven Spanish Folksongs: III. Canción
05:10:01 Seven Spanish Folksongs: IV. Polo
05:11:17 Seven Spanish Folksongs: V. Asturiana
05:13:34 Seven Spanish Folksongs: VI. Jota

Claude Debussy
05:16:35 Cello Sonata, L.135: I. Prologue. Lent
05:20:26 Cello Sonata, L.135: II. Sérénade. Modérément animé
05:23:21 Cello Sonata, L.135:: III. Finale. Animé

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00:00:00 Für Elise
00:02:42 Kindersszenen (Scenes from Childhood), Op. 15: Von fremden Ländern und Menschen
00:04:28 Kindersszenen (Scenes from Childhood), Op. 15: Kuriöse Geschichte
00:05:32 Kindersszenen (Scenes from Childhood), Op. 15: Hasche-Mann
00:06:02 Kindersszenen (Scenes from Childhood), Op. 15: Bittendes Kind
00:07:09 Kindersszenen (Scenes from Childhood), Op. 15: Glückes genug
00:08:12 Kindersszenen (Scenes from Childhood), Op. 15: Wichtige Begebenheit
00:09:01 Kindersszenen (Scenes from Childhood), Op. 15: Träumerei
00:11:42 Kindersszenen (Scenes from Childhood), Op. 15: Am Kamin
00:12:36 Kindersszenen (Scenes from Childhood), Op. 15: Ritter vom Steckenpferd
00:13:11 Kindersszenen (Scenes from Childhood), Op. 15: Fast zu ernst
00:15:01 Kindersszenen (Scenes from Childhood), Op. 15: Fürchtenmachen
00:16:24 Kindersszenen (Scenes from Childhood), Op. 15: Kind im Einschlummern
00:18:34 Kindersszenen (Scenes from Childhood), Op. 15: Der Dichter spricht
00:20:38 Album for the Young: Morning Prayer
00:21:46 Album for the Young: Winter morning
00:22:48 Album for the Young: March of the Soldiers
00:23:42 Album for the Young: Puppet is ill
00:25:28 Album for the Young: Puppet’s funeral
00:27:24 Album for the Young: Waltz
00:28:42 Album for the Young: The new puppet
00:29:29 Album for the Young: Mazurka
00:30:28 Album for the Young: Peasant Song
00:31:19 Album for the Young: Russian Dance
00:32:06 Album for the Young: Polka
00:32:48 Album for the Young: Ancient French Song
00:33:48 Album for the Young: Sweet Dreams
00:35:16 Album for the Young: Song of the Lark
00:36:25 Children’s Corner: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum
00:38:28 Children’s Corner: Jimbo’s Lullaby
00:42:01 Children’s Corner: Serenade for the Doll
00:44:44 Children’s Corner: The snow is dancing
00:47:15 Children’s Corner: The little Shepherd
00:49:39 Children’s Corner: Golliwog’s Cakewalk

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The most famous scion of a musical family which stretched across at least ten generations, Johann Sebastian Bach had a very strong sense of history, tradition, and his evolving place in it, and was instrumental in curating and adding to the library of the music of the Bachs, which was known as the Altbachisches Archiv. This archive mostly comprises vocal music; now the Italian organist has created a fascinating instrumental counterpart, with short organ works by ten members of the family ranging from Heinrich Bach (1615–1692) to Wilhelm Friedemann Ernst Bach (1779–1845). And so, during the course of the disc, we move, always guided by the constraints of Protestant thought and liturgy, through austere low Baroque chorales to spectacular, late-Classical fantasias.


00:00:00 Chorale ‘Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott’ (Psalm 51)
00:02:45 Prelude and Fugue in E-Flat Major: I. Prelude
00:04:15 Prelude and Fugue in E-Flat Major: II. Fuge
00:07:11 Chorale ‘Wenn mein Stündlein vorhanden ist’
00:09:01 Partita on ‘Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ’: I. Chorale I
00:10:28 Partita on ‘Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ’: II. Variation I
00:11:35 Partita on ‘Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ’: III.Chorale II
00:12:34 Partita on ‘Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ’: IV. Variation II
00:13:41 Partita on ‘Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ’: V. Chorale III
00:14:40 Fugue in D Major
00:19:27 Fugue in C Minor
00:23:00 Rondo in G Major
00:28:17 Fantasy and Fugue in F Major: I. Fantasy
00:31:31 Fantasy and Fugue in F Major: II. Fugue
00:35:00 Prelude in E Minor
00:35:58 Fugue on the Letters of the Name BACH
00:41:40 Toccata in C Major

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One of the giants of the historically informed performance world needs little introduction; nor indeed his sympathy to Mozart’s oeuvre as already demonstrated in recordings of the three da Ponte operas that have met with wide acclaim and many awards for their closely observed intimacy, their sense of fun and drama and their well-chosen casts, at one with Kuijken’s vision of these jewels of human and music drama.

His recording of Mozart’s magical last opera, however, has not received wide availability until now, in its appearance as part of Brilliant Classics’s comprehensive Opera Collection. The recording was made live at the Notre-Dame Church in Beaune, in France, in 2004. The cast is highly recognisable from many other fine productions of Baroque and early music, including Suzie LeBlanc (Pamina); Cornelius Hauptmann (Tamino); Stephan Genz (Papageno) and Isolde Siebert (Queen of Night).

Of course the orchestral contribution to this recording is no less distinguished: La Petite Bande features the cream of Continental period-instrument musicians, and is led by Kuijken himself, a violinist as much at home in Mozart’s world as he is in Bach’s.

00:00:00 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: No. 9. March of the Priests (Orchestra)
00:02:40 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: Dialogue: Ihr, in dem Weisheitstempel eingeweihten Diener (Sarastro/Priests/Speaker)
00:06:53 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: No. 10. Aria and Chorus: O Isis und Osiris (Sarastro/Chorus)
00:09:26 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: Dialogue: Eine schreckliche Nacht! (Tamino/Papageno/Speaker/Second Priest)
00:13:28 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: No. 11. Duet: Bewahret euch vor Weibertücken (Priests)
00:14:22 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: Dialogue: He, Lichter her! Lichter her! (Papageno/Tamino)
00:14:43 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: No. 12. Quintet: Wie, wie, wie? Ihr an diesem Schreckensort? (Three Ladies/Papageno/Tamino)
00:17:41 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: Dialogue: Heil dir, Jüngling! (Speaker/Second Priest/Papageno/Monostatos)
00:19:39 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: No. 13. Aria: Alles fühlt der Liebe Freuden (Monostatos)
00:20:58 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: Dialogue: Zurücke! (Queen of the Night/Pamina/Monostatos)
00:24:35 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: No. 14. Aria: Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen (Queen of the Night)
00:27:45 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: Dialogue: Götter, das kann ich nicht! (Pamina/Monostatos/Sarastro)
00:30:02 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: No. 15. Aria: In diesen heil’gen Hallen (Sarastro)
00:33:01 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: Dialogue: Hier seid ihr euch beide allein überlassen (Speaker/SecondPriest/Papageno/Tamino/Old Woman)
00:35:47 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: No. 16. Trio: Seid uns zum zweiten Mal willkommen (Three Boys)
00:37:35 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: Dialogue: Tamino, wollen wir nicht speisen? (Papageno/Pamina/Tamino)
00:39:41 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: No. 17. Aria: Ach, ich fühl’s, es ist verschwunden (Pamina)
00:43:23 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: Dialogue: Nicht wahr, Tamino, ich kann auch schweigen (Papageno)

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This exciting German pianist continues his well-received traversal of the epitome of German Romantic music with a generously filled recital of some of Schumann’s most testing and poetic works. The Symphonic Studies fulfil their title in exploring advanced composition, bravura piano technique, unspecified scene painting and ‘character’ depiction, making a thrilling journey from ‘pathétique’ to ‘symphonic’ towards the unstoppable momentum of the extended finale.

Composer: Robert Schumann
Artist: Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy piano

00:00:00 Carnaval, Op. 9: I. Préambule: Quasi maestoso
00:02:26 Carnaval, Op. 9: II. Pierrot: Moderato
00:04:25 Carnaval, Op. 9: III. Arlequin: Vivo
00:05:27 Carnaval, Op. 9: IV. Valse noble: Un poco maestoso
00:07:34 Carnaval, Op. 9: V. Eusebius: Adagio
00:09:18 Carnaval, Op. 9: VI. Florestan: Passionato
00:10:14 Carnaval, Op. 9: VII. Coquette: Vivo
00:11:49 Carnaval, Op. 9: VIII. Réplique: L’istesso tempo
00:12:47 Carnaval, Op. 9: IX. Sphinxes
00:13:50 Carnaval, Op. 9: X. Papillons: Prestissimo
00:14:36 Carnaval, Op. 9: XI. A.S.C.H.–S.C.H.A., Lettres dansantes: Presto
00:15:32 Carnaval, Op. 9: XII. Chiarina: Passionato
00:16:59 Carnaval, Op. 9: XIII. Chopin: Agitato
00:18:17 Carnaval, Op. 9: XIV. Estrella: Con affetto
00:18:47 Carnaval, Op. 9: XV. Reconnaissance: Animato
00:20:25 Carnaval, Op. 9: XVI. Pantalon et Colombine: Presto
00:21:21 Carnaval, Op. 9: XVII. Valse allemande: Molto vivace
00:22:19 Carnaval, Op. 9: XVIII. Paganini, Presto

00:24:06 Carnaval, Op. 9: XIX. Aveu, Passionato
00:25:08 Carnaval, Op. 9: XX. Promenade: Commodo
00:27:33 Carnaval, Op. 9: XXI. Pause: Precipitandosi
00:27:51 Carnaval, Op. 9: XXII. Marche des ‘Davidsbündler’ contre les Philistins: Non allegro
00:31:45 Nachtstücke, Op. 23: I. Mehr langsam, oft zurückhaltend (Trauerzug)
00:36:29 Nachtstücke, Op. 23: II. Markiert und lebhaft (Kuriose Gesellschaft)
00:41:27 Nachtstücke, Op. 23: III. Mit großer Lebhaftigkeit (Nächtliches Gelage)
00:45:15 Nachtstücke, Op. 23: IV. Ad libitum – Einfach (Rundgesang mit Solostimmen)
00:48:32 Toccata, Op. 7
00:55:40 Vier Klavierstücke, Op. 32: I. Scherzo: Sehr markiert
00:59:37 Vier Klavierstücke, Op. 32: II. Gigue: Sehr schnell
01:00:53 Vier Klavierstücke, Op. 32: III. Romanze: Sehr rasch und mit Bravour
01:04:12 Vier Klavierstücke, Op. 32: IV. Fughette: Leise
01:06:41 Presto passionato (original finale of Sonata No. 2)
01:13:09 ABEGG Variations, Op. 1: Thema
01:14:11 ABEGG Variations, Op. 1: Variation 1
01:15:36 ABEGG Variations, Op. 1: Variation 2
01:16:41 ABEGG Variations, Op. 1: Variation 3
01:17:38 ABEGG Variations, Op. 1: Cantabile
01:18:50 ABEGG Variations, Op. 1: Finale alla Fantasia
01:21:23 Intermezzi, Op. 4: I. Allegro quasi maestoso
01:24:38 Intermezzi, Op. 4: II. Presto a capriccioso
01:28:46 Intermezzi, Op. 4: III. Allegro
01:32:34 Intermezzi, Op. 4: IV. Allegretto semplice
01:34:31 Intermezzi, Op. 4: V. Allegro moderato
01:38:41 Intermezzi, Op. 4: VI. Allegro
01:41:40 Symphonische Etüden, Op. 13 (including 5 posthumous variations): Thema: Andante
01:43:03 Symphonische Etüden, Op. 13 (including 5 posthumous variations): Etüde I: Un poco più vivo
01:44:13 Symphonische Etüden, Op. 13 (including 5 posthumous variations): Anhang Variation
01:46:07 Symphonische Etüden, Op. 13 (including 5 posthumous variations): Etüde II: Espressivo
01:49:08 Symphonische Etüden, Op. 13 (including 5 posthumous variations): Etüde III: Vivace
01:50:27 Symphonische Etüden, Op. 13 (including 5 posthumous variations): Etüde IV
01:51:23 Symphonische Etüden, Op. 13 (including 5 posthumous variations): Etüde V: Scherzando
01:52:43 Symphonische Etüden, Op. 13 (including 5 posthumous variations): Anhang Variation 4
01:56:10 Symphonische Etüden, Op. 13 (including 5 posthumous variations): Etüde VI: Agitato
01:57:05 Symphonische Etüden, Op. 13 (including 5 posthumous variations): Etüde VII: Allegro molto
01:58:19 Symphonische Etüden, Op. 13 (including 5 posthumous variations): Anhang Variation 2
02:00:39 Symphonische Etüden, Op. 13 (including 5 posthumous variations): Anhang Variation 5
02:04:09 Symphonische Etüden, Op. 13 (including 5 posthumous variations): Etüde VIII: Sempre marcatissimo
02:06:43 Symphonische Etüden, Op. 13 (including 5 posthumous variations): Etüde IX: Presto possibile
02:07:24 Symphonische Etüden, Op. 13 (including 5 posthumous variations): Anhang Variation 3
02:08:49Symphonische Etüden, Op. 13 (including 5 posthumous variations): Etüde X: Con energia sempre
02:10:09 Symphonische Etüden, Op. 13 (including 5 posthumous variations): Etüde XI: Con espressione
02:13:28 Symphonische Etüden, Op. 13 (including 5 posthumous variations): Etüde XII: Finale, allegro brillante

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Composer Francesco Paolo Tosti
Artist Romina Casucci soprano, Maura Menghini soprano, Marco Scolastra piano , Mark Milhofer tenor, Roberto Rupo pianoforte

The start of a new exciting series: the complete songs by Paolo Tosti!

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Composer and Artists:
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Artists: Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Dresdner Philharmonie , Herbert Kegel (conductor), Kari Lövaas (soprano), Anthony Roden (tenor), Theo Adam (bass-baritone)

About this Album:
The common theme of the three works presented on these 2 CD is Death, the transience of earthly existence. Britten’s famous and substantial War Requiem was written in commemoration of the 2nd World War victims, dedicated to the people of the destroyed city of Coventry, Penderecki’s Threnody is dedicated to the victims of Hiroshima, and Alban Berg’s moving Violin Concerto is written “to the memory of an angel”, the death of the 19 year old daughter of Alma Mahler.
Performances conducted by the great East-German conductor Herbert Kegel, a specialist in 20th century masterworks. He conducts the Dresdner Philharmonie and the Leipzig Radio-Sinfonieorchester, soloists include the great Kari Lövaas and Theo Adam.
A reissue from the rich archives of Berlin Classics, treasures from the DDR.

Tracklist:
00:00:00 War Requiem, Op. 66: I. Requiem aeternam. Requiem aeternam (chorus/boys’ choir)
00:07:46 War Requiem, Op. 66: I. Requiem aeternam. What passing-bells (tenor)
00:10:54 War Requiem, Op. 66: I. Requiem aeternam. Kyrie eleison (chorus)
00:12:40 War Requiem, Op. 66: II. Dies irae. Dies irae, dies illa (chorus)
00:16:51 War Requiem, Op. 66: II. Dies irae. Bugles Sang (baritone)
00:20:03 War Requiem, Op. 66: II. Dies irae. Liber scriptus proferetur (soprano/chorus)
00:23:10 War Requiem, Op. 66: II. Dies irae. Out There, We walked Quite Friendly up To Death (tenor/baritone)
00:25:09 War Requiem, Op. 66: II. Dies irae. Recordare, Jesu pie (chorus
00:30:45 War Requiem, Op. 66: II. Dies irae. Be Slowly Lifted up (baritone)
00:32:29 War Requiem, Op. 66: II. Dies irae. Dies irae, dies illa (chorus/soprano)
00:33:50 War Requiem, Op. 66: II. Dies irae. Lacrimosa (chorus) – Move Him into the Sun (tenor)
00:40:42 War Requiem, Op. 66: II. Dies irae. Pie Jesu domine (chorus)
00:42:38 War Requiem, Op. 66: III. Offertorium. Domine Jesu Christe (boys’ choir)
00:44:23 War Requiem, Op. 66: III. Offertorium. Sed signifer sanctus Michael (chorus)
00:46:43 War Requiem, Op. 66: III. Offertorium So Abram rose (baritone/tenor)
00:51:28 War Requiem, Op. 66: III. Offertorium Quam olim Abrahae (chorus)
00:53:07 War Requiem, Op. 66: IV. Sanctus. Sanctus (soprano/chorus)
00:55:50 War Requiem, Op. 66: IV. Sanctus. Hosanna – Benedictus – Hosanna (chorus/soprano)
01:00:03 War Requiem, Op. 66: IV. Sanctus. After the Blast (baritone)
01:03:31 War Requiem, Op. 66: V. Agnus dei. One Ever Hangs (tenor/chorus)
01:08:06 War Requiem, Op. 66: VI. Libera me. Libera me (chorus/soprano)
01:15:32 War Requiem, Op. 66: VI. Libera me. It Seemed (tenor/baritone)
01:24:01 War Requiem, Op. 66: VI. Libera me. Let Us Sleep Now (tenor/baritone/soprano/boys’ choir/chorus)
01:30:01 Threnody “To the Victims of Hiroshima”
01:38:40 Violin Concerto: I. Andante – Allegretto
01:49:41 Violin Concerto: II. Allegro, ma sempre rubato, frei wie eine Kadenz – Adagio

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Composer & Artist:
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Artists: Chamber Choir of Europe, Nicol Matt (conductor), Friederike Haug (piano),
Jürgen Meier (piano)

About this Album:
Brahms’s vocal output is far more extensive than his instrumental oeuvre. And his choral works is least known.
From our recordings of the complete a cappella choral works by this composer we selected the sets of Liebeslieder. Performances by the outstanding Chamber Choir of Europe under Nicol Matt

Tracklist:
00:00:00 Liebeslieder - Walzer Op. 52 : Rede Madchen, Allzu Liebes
00:01:16 Liebeslieder - Walzer Op. 52 : Am Gesteine Rauscht Die Flut
00:02:09 Liebeslieder - Walzer Op. 52 : O Die Frauen
00:03:48 Liebeslieder - Walzer Op. 52 : Wie Des Abends, Schone Rote
00:04:32 Liebeslieder - Walzer Op. 52 : Die Grune Hopfenranke
00:06:14 Liebeslieder - Walzer Op. 52 : Ein Kleiner, Hübscher Vogel
00:09:02 Liebeslieder - Walzer Op. 52 : Wohl Schön Bewandt War Es
00:10:24 Liebeslieder - Walzer Op. 52 : Wenn So Lind Dein Auge Mir
00:11:49 Liebeslieder - Walzer Op. 52 : Am Donaustrande
00:14:01 Liebeslieder - Walzer Op. 52 : O Wie Sanft Die Quelle
00:15:02 Liebeslieder - Walzer Op. 52 : Nein, Es Ist Nicht Auszukommen
00:16:08 Liebeslieder - Walzer Op. 52 : Schlosser Auf Und Mache Schlösser
00:16:58 Liebeslieder - Walzer Op. 52 : Vögelein Durchrauscht Die Luft
00:17:50 Liebeslieder - Walzer Op. 52 : Sieh, Wie Ist Die Welle Klar
00:19:01 Liebeslieder - Walzer Op. 52 : Nachtigall, Sie Singt So Schön
00:20:22 Liebeslieder - Walzer Op. 52 : Ein Dunkeler Schacht Ist Liebe
00:21:52 Liebeslieder - Walzer Op. 52 : Nicht Wandle, Mein Licht
00:23:59 Liebeslieder - Walzer Op. 52 : Es Bebet Das Gesträuche
00:25:41 Neue Liebeslieder Op. 65 : Verzicht, O Herz, Auf Rettung
00:26:38 Neue Liebeslieder Op. 65 : Finstere Schatten Der Nacht
00:28:19 Neue Liebeslieder Op. 65 : An Jeder Hand Die Finger
00:29:45 Neue Liebeslieder Op. 65 : Ihr Schwarzen Augen
00:30:39 Neue Liebeslieder Op. 65 : Wahre, Wahre Deinen Sohn
00:32:04 Neue Liebeslieder Op. 65 : Rosen Steckt Mir An Die Mutter
00:32:59 Neue Liebeslieder Op. 65 : Vom Gebirge Well Auf Well
00:34:35 Neue Liebeslieder Op. 65 : Weiche Gräser Im Revier
00:36:41 Neue Liebeslieder Op. 65 : Nagen Am Herzen Fühl Ich
00:38:05 Neue Liebeslieder Op. 65 : Ich Kose Süß Mit Der Und Der
00:39:12 Neue Liebeslieder Op. 65 : Alles, Alles In Den Wind
00:40:03 Neue Liebeslieder Op. 65 : Schwarzer Wald, Dein Schatten
00:41:50 Neue Liebeslieder Op. 65 : Nein, Geliebter, Setze Dich
00:44:07 Neue Liebeslieder Op. 65 : Flammenauge, Dunkles Haar
00:46:21 Neue Liebeslieder Op. 65 : Zum Schluss: Nun, Ihr Musen, Genug
00:49:34 Drie Quartette Op. 31 (1864) : Wechsellied Zum Tanze
00:56:18 Drie Quartette Op. 31 (1864) : Neckereien
00:58:39 Drie Quartette Op. 31 (1864) : Gang Zum Liebchen
01:02:28 Drei Quartette Op. 64 (1874) : An Die Heimat
01:08:06 Drei Quartette Op. 64 (1874) : Der Abend
01:12:38 Drei Quartette Op. 64 (1874) : Fragen
01:16:21 Vier Quartette Op. 92 (1889) : O Schöne Nacht
01:20:32 Vier Quartette Op. 92 (1889) : Spätherbst
01:22:23 Vier Quartette Op. 92 (1889) : Abendlied
01:25:38 Vier Quartette Op. 92 (1889) : Warum
01:27:52 Zwei Quartette Op. 112a (1891) : Sehnsucht
01:31:07 Zwei Quartette Op. 112a (1891) : Nächtens

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Every now and again a piece of music comes along that captures the public’s attention and imagination – a composition, movement or excerpt which, on account of the enjoyment or interest we continue to derive from it upon repeated listening, is catapulted into the classical canon where it assumes the status of a permanent fixture.

Such is the case regarding the pieces brought together on this CD album: ‘chart-topping’ tunes which are among classical music’s most loved and celebrated works. From Handel’s rousing chorus Zadok the Priest – a coronation anthem that survived its ineffective first performance to become of the composer’s most popular works – to the magical beauty of Faure’s wistful, six-minute Pavane and Khachaturian’s rhythm-driven Gayaneh excerpt ‘Sabre Dance’, the set traces over 200 years of Western musical composition to present a programme that is diverse both in style and mood and which never fails to entertain. At hand to perform these iconic works (and revealing their versatility of repertoire) is the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, with acclaimed singers such as Deborah Norman and Wynne Evans putting the finishing touches to this all-British effectuation.

- A good, old fashioned, success-proven compilation of Classical Hits, Orchestral Favourites, or whatever you would like to call these ever popular works, which still have a chance to find a new audience, because there are still hoards of people who have never heard Verdi’s Triumphal Aida March, Handel’s Hallelujah, Khatchaturian’s Sabre Dance, Strauss’ Blue Danube, Orff’s O Fortuna, or Puccini’s Nessun Dorma.
- Excellent performances by one of the world’s best orchestras, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
- Total time nearly 140 minutes.


00:00:00 Coronation Anthem "Zadok the Priest", HWV 258
00:05:17 The Valkyrie, WWV 86B, Pt. 3: The Ride of the Valkyries
00:10:27 Aida, Pt. 2: Grand March
00:18:05 Variations on an Original Theme “Enigma”, Op. 36
00:21:50 Les pêcheurs de perles, WD 13, Pt. 1:Duet. Au fond de temple saint (Nadir, Zurga)
00:26:46 Orphée aux enfers, Pt. 2: Can-Can
00:28:58 Slavonic Dances, Op. 46: VIII. Slavonic Dance in G Minor. Furiant (Presto)
00:33:28 Turandot, Pt. 3: Aria. Nessun dorma
00:36:28 Danse macabre in G Minor, Op.40
00:43:48 Madama Butterfly, Pt. 2: Aria. Un bel dì vedremo (Butterfly)
00:49:29 Adagio for Strings in B-Flat Minor
00:57:11 Boléro in C Major, M. 81
01:11:56 Finlandia, Op. 26
01:19:55 Carmina Burana: O fortuna
01:22:29 Pavane in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 50
01:28:57 And Did Those Feet in Ancient Time “Jerusalem”
01:31:47 The Liberty Bell March
01:34:14 The Barber of Seville: Aria. Largo al factotum
01:39:05 An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314
01:48:58 Messiah, HWV 56: Hallelujah
01:53:09 Pomp and Circumstance, Op. 39: March No.1 in D Major
01:58:43 O sole mio
02:01:01 Gayaneh, Ballet Suite: Sabre Dance
02:03:27 1812 Overture, Op. 49

Composers:
Edward Elgar, Georg Frideric Handel, Richard Wagner

Artist:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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Composer & Artist:
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Artists: Johanette Zomer Aminta, Francine van der Heijden Elisa, Marcel Reijans Agenore, Musica ad Rhenum, Jed Wentz (conductor)

About this Album:
Il rè pastore was commissioned in 1775 for the visit of Austria’s Archduke Maximilian Franz to Salzburg. Written in just six weeks, the opera is based on a libretto by Pietro Metastasio in which Alexander the Great (Alessandro) discovers that young shepherd Aminta is the rightful heir to the throne, taking it upon himself to restore the boy to power. Regardless of the composer’s youth, several moments in the opera show hints of the more mature Mozart, including the aria ‘L’amerò sarò costante’ in which rippling strings and lush orchestration are combined with a poignant, yearning vocal line. Another highlight is the glorious ensemble finale of Act II, a feature that would become a vital characteristic of Mozart’s later operas.

Tracklist:
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A wonderful compilation of classical piano music for Babies. Also great as background music for Relaxation or Studying.

Pianist Klára Würtz performs the following works:

- Für Elise by Beethoven
- Kinderszenen by Schumann
- Album für die Jugend by Tchaikovsky
- Children's Corner by Debussy

Other information:
- Recorded in January 1999, Muziekcentrum Frits Philips, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

Artist:
Klára Würtz (piano)

00:00:00 Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor, WoO 59: Für Elise - Beethoven
00:02:42 Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Von fremden Ländern und Menschen – Robert Schumann
00:04:28 Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Kuriöse Geschichte – Robert Schumann
00:05:32 Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Hasche-Mann – Robert Schumann
00:06:02 Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Bittendes Kind – Robert Schumann
00:07:09 Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Glückes Genug – Robert Schumann
00:08:12 Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Wichtige Begebenheit – Robert Schumann
00:09:01 Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Träumerei – Robert Schumann
00:11:42 Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Am Kamin – Robert Schumann
00:12:36 Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Ritter vom Steckenpferd – Robert Schumann
00:13:11 Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Fast zu ernst – Robert Schumann
00:15:01 Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Fürchtenmachen – Robert Schumann
00:16:24 Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Kind im Einschlummern – Robert Schumann
00:18:34 Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Der Dichter spricht – Robert Schumann
00:20:08 Album für die Jugend, Auswahl, Op. 39: Morgengebet - Tchaikovsky
00:21:46 Album für die Jugend, Auswahl, Op. 39: Wintermorgen - Tchaikovsky
00:22:48 Album für die Jugend, Auswahl, Op. 39: Soldatenmarsch - Tchaikovsky
00:23:42 Album für die Jugend, Auswahl, Op. 39: Die kranke Puppe - Tchaikovsky
00:25:28 Album für die Jugend, Auswahl, Op. 39: Der Puppe Begräbnis - Tchaikovsky
00:27:24 Album für die Jugend, Auswahl, Op. 39: Walzer - Tchaikovsky
00:28:42 Album für die Jugend, Auswahl, Op. 39: Die neue Puppe - Tchaikovsky
00:29:29 Album für die Jugend, Auswahl, Op. 39: Mazurka - Tchaikovsky
00:30:38 Album für die Jugend, Auswahl, Op. 39: Lied des Bauern - Tchaikovsky
00:31:19 Album für die Jugend, Auswahl, Op. 39: Russischer Tanz - Tchaikovsky
00:32:06 Album für die Jugend, Auswahl, Op. 39: Polka - Tchaikovsky
00:32:48 Album für die Jugend, Auswahl, Op. 39: Altfranzösisches Lied - Tchaikovsky
00:33:48 Album für die Jugend, Auswahl, Op. 39: Süsse Träumerei - Tchaikovsky
00:35:16 Album für die Jugend, Auswahl, Op. 39: Lerchengesang - Tchaikovsky
00:36:25 Children’s Corner: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum – Claude Debussy
00:38:28 Children’s Corner: Jimbo’s Lullaby – Claude Debussy
00:42:01 Children’s Corner: Serenade for the Doll – Claude Debussy
00:44:44 Children’s Corner: The Snow is Dancing – Claude Debussy
00:47:15 Children’s Corner: The Little Shepherd – Claude Debussy
00:49:39 Children’s Corner: Golliwog’s cakewalk – Claude Debussy

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While J.S. Bach, along with Buxtehude, has long been considered the father of Baroque organ music in northern Germany, organ music connoisseurs today have started to look beyond the established canon of this time to the great composer’s contemporaries. Particularly interesting are three German composers who were also active around the same time as Bach: Erich, Saxer and Druckenmüller, whose complete works (as discovered in manuscript form) feature on this release.
All three were unusual in that they came from provincial areas of Germany rather than being based in a thriving cultural centre like Hamburg or Lübeck. Druckenmüller – just two years younger than Bach – was highly unusual in publishing completely original Concertos for organ solo, in contrast to Bach’s settings of established chorale tunes that were the norm. The Concertos – all fast–slow–fast – are written in the style that was fast becoming the established one in Germany, the Italian Style. Slightly younger was Georg Saxer, whose style was starting to reflect the new galant Rococo. His Preludes, followed by a long Fugue, reflect new tensions with dominant seventh chords that seem to hang in the air, creating moments of suspense. Daniel Erich – more of Buxtehude’s time than Bach’s – wrote chorale preludes, of which only four survive. They reveal a composer full of expressivity and elegance in the way he embellishes the theme, whether in the soprano or the pedal. His original compositions show a remarkable originality as well as knowledge of the idiomatic writing of the time.
Italian organist Manuel Tomadin’s passion for these undiscovered composers comes across clearly in this release. He has specially chosen a Baroque organ by Arp Schnitger, the most important organ builder of the period, who worked closely with both Saxer and Druckenmüller during his life, making this a wonderfully authentic recording.
This new recording features the magnificent Schnitger organ of the St. Michael Church in Zwolle, the Netherlands. It was built in 1721 by Arp Schnitger and his sons, and after careful restoration over the last decades by Flentrop the organ is restored in its full glory, one of the finest examples of the Golden Age of organ building, the Baroque.
The works on this recording are derived from the Husumer Orgelbuch (Husum organ book), a collection of organ works by North German major and minor masters. Presented are substantial Preludes by Georg Wilhelm Saxer, Choralvorspiele by Daniel Erich and two Concertos by Wolfgang Druckenmüller, written in the Italian style, as original compositions and not as transcriptions of Italian Concerti grossi, as was the custom of that period.
Manuel Tomadin is one of the foremost Italian organists, a scholar, teacher and passionate musician. He won the Grand Prix of the Schnitger Organ Competition of Alkmaar in 2011, and recorded several CD’s for Brilliant Classics, among which the complete keyboard works by Alberti (BC95161). He wrote the excellent liner notes for the booklet, which also contains all information on the organ.
 
00:00:00 Christum wir sollen loben schon
00:02:48 Es ist das Heil uns kommen her
00:05:10 Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ
00:10:00 Praeludium et Ciaccona in D Major: I. Praeludium
00:12:30 Praeludium et Ciaccona in D Major: II. Ciaccona
00:18:53 Concerto in A Major: I. Allegro
00:22:03 Concerto in A Major: II. Siciliana
00:23:23 Concerto in A Major: III. Vivace
00:26:35 Concerto in F Major: I. Allegro
00:28:36 Concerto in F Major: II. Adagio
00:30:10 Concerto in F Major: III. Vivace
00:32:41 Concerto in D Major: I. Allegro
00:35:54 Concerto in D Major: II. Largo
00:37:48 Concerto in D Major: III. Vivace
00:39:14 Concerto in G Major: I. Allegro
00:42:19 Concerto in G Major: II. Adagio
00:44:00 Concerto in G Major: III. Allegro
00:45:52 Praeludium in D Major
00:54:43 Praeludium in B-Flat Major
01:00:20 Praeludium in F Major
01:06:51 Praeludium in D Major
01:13:17 Praeludium in E Minor

Artist
Manuel Tomadin (organ)