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Composer: Leo Brouwer, Maximo Diego Pujol
Artists: Elias Izhar (guitar )
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Matangi (Quartet)
Florian Magnus Maier (moog guitar)

About this Album:
Izhar Elias has produced several successful and imaginative albums for Brilliant Classics. None of them have confirmed to a ‘Spanish guitar’ stereotype but all have engaged in various original ways with the developing heritage of the instrument during the 19th century, from ‘Paisiello in Vienna’ (BC95301) to ‘Beethoven and the Guitar’ (BC94631) to Giuliani’s astonishing transcription of Rossini’s grand tragedy Semiramide (BC93902).

His latest recording brings the classical guitar up to date with works by composers from four different countries; within them may be heard influences from classical music, avant-garde, Caribbean music, Spanish folklore, flamenco, Arabic music, blues, Argentinean tango and even trip-hop and heavy metal: provocative testament to the world’s most versatile instrument. The Guernica Suite by Pujol (b.1959) focuses on different aspects of Picasso’s painting in six movements, with a tentatively positive conclusion.

The Triptych of Roberto Sierra (b.1953) evokes some nocturnal sounds from his native Puerto Rico, including the tropical tree frog as well as a night on the tiles. The three Danzas Concertantes pulse and glide with the rhythms of Leo Brouwer’s native Cuba, offset by some astringent harmonies that place the guitar’s usual role as purveyor of folkloristic colour under threat. Finally there is the Schattenspiel Suite by Florian Magnus Maier (b.1973), who also plays electric Moog guitar on this recording. Maier pursues a diverse career as a composer, guitarist and vocalist with bands including Alkaloid, Dark Fortress and Noneuclid; this tripartite suite inspired by shadows is his best-known work in the classical tradition, and for this recording he has made a new arrangement for two guitars and string quartet. There is something for everyone on this album: it’s essential listening for guitar-music enthusiasts who want to broaden their horizons.

For this exciting new recording Dutch guitarist Izhar Elias selected 4 works for guitar and strings to show the versatility of his instrument. In these works by Brouwer, Pujol , Sierra and Maier influences can be traced from classical music, Avant-Garde, Caribbean music, Spanish folklore, Flamenco, Arabic music, tango, blues and even trip-hop and heavy metal: fascinating!
Izhar Elias secured the collaboration of world-class musicians (composer Florian Magnus Maier plays the Moog electric guitar), each bringing a different musical background and an open mind.
In the booklet text each composer comments on his own work, a better introduction is hardly possible.

Tracklist:
00:00:00 Tres danzas concertantes: I. Allegro
00:03:37 Tres danzas concertantes: II. Andantino
00:08:55 Tres danzas concertantes: III. Toccata
00:14:02 Guernica suite: I. Mujeres
00:16:15 Guernica suite: II. El ave
00:19:29 Guernica suite: III. El guerrero
00:22:49 Guernica suite: IV. El caballo y el toro
00:26:35 Guernica suite: V. Mujer con niño muerto
00:28:35 Guernica suite: VI. Epílogo
00:33:17 Tríptico: I. Tranquilo
00:36:48 Tríptico: II. Rítmico
00:41:35 Tríptico: III. Fluido
00:45:30 Schattenspiel


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Composer: Caspar Joseph Mertz, Fernando Sor, Mauro Giuliani, Pietro Pettoletti
Artist: Peter Pieters, Micheline Dumortier

This delightful double-album features two historic “Terz” guitars, from the first half of the 19th century. The “Terz” guitar (read everything about it in the informative booklet) is smaller, with an intimate sound, and a higher register. It was much in use in the romantic era, and the repertoire features popular music from that time: Fantaisies and Divertissements of Fernando Sor, Rondo and Grand Pot-Pourri of Giuliani and works of Pettoletti and Caspar Joseph Mertz: all very pleasing, charming music, played with taste and delicacy by the Belgian Duo.


00:00:00 Les deux amis, Fantaisie, Op. 41: Introduction (andante-largo) - Tema (andantino) - variations 1-5-Mazurka
00:16:22 L’encouragement, Fantaisie, Op. 34: Cantabile - Tema (andantino) - variations 1-3-Valse
00:29:48 Souvenir de Russie, Fantaisie, Op. 63: Introduction (andante moderato) - Tema-variations 1-9-Allegretto
00:43:19 Divertissement, Op. 38: Andante moderato-andantino-Valse
00:51:49 Fantaisie, Op. 54: Andante-allegro-andantino-dans le genre espagnol (allegro)
01:02:56 Rondo Op. 66: Allegretto
01:06:48 Rondo Op. 66: Grazioso
01:12:17 Rondo Op. 66: Allegretto
01:18:49 Nänien (Funeral Songs): Am Grabe der Geliebten
01:24:10 Nänien (Funeral Songs): Ich denke dein
01:29:41 Nänien (Funeral Songs): Trauermarsch
01:34:41 Fantaisie sur un motif favori de Bellini, Op. 22
01:39:52 Gran Pot-Pourri, Op. 67
01:54:50 Unruhe
01:57:52 Ständchen
02:04:18 Mazurka
02:07:52 Tarantella

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Composer: Ernest Bloch
Artists: Maristella Patuzzi, Mario Patuzzi

About this Album:
20th-century composer Ernest Bloch forged a unique path, firmly establishing his Jewish identity through his music and thereby creating many works of great spiritual expression. Born in Geneva in 1880, he studied in Belgium and Germany before moving to America. Although he returned to Europe, he eventually became a US citizen, abandoning Switzerland forever due to the encroaching threat of Nazism. It was in the States that his music was truly appreciated for the first time; in New York, he conducted renowned orchestral concerts of his own works and became known as the “Jewish Composer”, winning the Coolidge Prize for his Viola Suite. It was around this time that he began to compose for the violin.

Tracklist:
00:00:00 Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Minor (1920): I. Agitato
00:11:27 Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Minor (1920): II. Molto quieto
00:20:46 Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Minor (1920): III. Moderato
00:29:20 Abodah in C Minor (1929): Molto moderato
00:35:33 Melody in D Major (1929): Moderato
00:38:03 Suite No. 1 in G minor (1958) for solo violin (1958): Prélude – Andante tranquillo – Allegro – Andante – Allegro energico – Tempo del primo movimento – Allegro
00:46:48 Baal Shem Three Pictures of Chassidic Life (1923): I. Vidui (Contrition). Un poco lento
00:50:11 Baal Shem Three Pictures of Chassidic Life (1923): II. Nigun (Improvisation). Adagio non troppo
00:56:58 Baal Shem Three Pictures of Chassidic Life (1923): III. Simchas Torah (Rejoicing). Allegro giocoso


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Composer: Ramanos Melikian
Artists: Mariam Sarkissian (mezzo-soprano), Artur Avanesov (piano)

Although Aram Khachaturian may be one of Armenia’s most famous composers, and certainly the best known of the 20th century, the vast wealth of compositional talent from that country by no means stops with him. This unusual and engrossing release showcases a selection of highly diverse songs by three of his compatriots. Beginning with Romanos Melikian’s Emerald Songs, with their Ravel-like harmonies and colourful modality, it also features the transgressive composer Tigran Mansurian, whose alternative style took inspiration from pop music of the 1960s as well as classical postmodern genres. Moving right through to the present day, the release concludes with works by Artur Avanesov, a young Armenian born in Russia. Keen to avoid stylistic unity, the Feux follets, a work still in progress, comprise a selection of songs with no thread to pull them together, the emphasis – according to the composer – being placed on a collective ‘creative past’.
The multi-talented Avanesov is the pianist as well as one of the featured composers on this release. Together with mezzo soprano Mariam Sarkissian, a highly acclaimed Russian singer based in France, the duo have carefully selected an enchanting and compelling assortment of songs, giving the listener a fascinating insight into Armenia’s rich cultural tapestry.
This year’s commemoration of the Armenian Genocide has drawn attention to the rich cultural heritage of this “hidden” country, with its unique language, script and folklore.
This new recording presents three Armenian composers of three generations.

The song cycle “Emerald Songs” by Romanos Melikyan is written on words by 8 contemporary Armenian poets, in a spicy Ravelian language inspired by Armenian folk music. Mansuryan is of the same generation and blood group of Schnittke, Gubaidulina, Pärt and Kancheli. Young Avanesov’s piano cycle “Feux follets” is in postmodern style, free and associative.

Sung with great intensity and feeling for the idiom by Armenian mezzo soprano Mariam Sarkissian, who recently received an “Orphée d’or” for her CD of vocal works by Tchaikovsky and Cui.

Composer : Ramanos Melikian
Artist : Mariam Sarkissian mezzo-soprano - Artur Avanesov piano

00:00:00 Emerald Songs: I. Black Partridge
00:01:41 Emerald Songs: II. The Night Tumbled Down
00:05:14 Emerald Songs: III. The Child and the Creek
00:06:33 Emerald Songs: IV. Don’t Cry
00:09:21 Emerald Songs: V. You Sparkle
00:11:01 Emerald Songs: VI. I Am a Nightingale
00:13:33 Emerald Songs: VII. Pure of the Purest Gold
00:14:41 Emerald Songs: VIII. Lullaby
00:17:48 Lullaby for a Prince
00:22:07 Four Hayrens: I. Prophet David
00:25:36 Four Hayrens: II. Soul of My Soul
00:28:15 Four Hayrens: III. I Was of Those Birds
00:30:59 Four Hayrens: IV. When I Came into This World
00:33:58 Three Romances: I. Little Madrigal
00:36:02 Three Romances: II. Echo
00:38:13 Three Romances: III. Barrio de Córdoba
00:41:01 Feux follets: I. If You Love Me
00:42:29 Feux follets: II. Des fleurs et des abîmes
00:45:48 Feux follets: III. Shivers of Autumn
00:48:25 Feux follets: IV. Kinderstück
00:49:54 Feux follets: V. Du bist die Ruh
00:53:47 Feux follets: VI. You Are More Beautiful Than the Cedars of Lebanon

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This unusual collection is dedicated to a very popular style: minimal music. Over the years this has evolved from austere, almost strict repetition with tiny ‘movements’ to a more varied and free approach to material and technique.

This set includes works for piano solo by most of the famous ‘minimal’ composers. Starting with initiator, if you will, Cage, and followed by the first generation entirely devoting itself to this style: Riley and Glass (Steve Reich did not write anything for solo piano). The next generation is represented by John Adams and Michael Nyman (his music for the film The Piano).

Dutch pianist Jeroen van Veen is fascinated by minimal music. He was one of the initiators and participants of the highly successful complete recordings on 11 CD’s of Simeon ten Holt’s, a Dutch ‘minimalist’, complete works for multiple piano’s. On this solo album van Veen demonstrates his affinity with minimalism with great flair.

The repertoire included here also comprises compositions by Satie, Friedrich Nietzsche and Arvo Pärt. There are two CD’s with music by the pianist himself and several recordings of minimal pieces by other present-day French, Belgian and Dutch composers.

00:00:00 China Gates
00:05:42 Für Alina
00:08:33 Variationen Zur Gesundung Von Arinuschka
00:13:06 In A Landscape
00:22:00 Solodevilsdance IV
00:56:58 Das ‘‘Fragment an Sich’’
01:06:44 Vexations
01:14:27 Avatâr
01:19:46 Comptine d’Un Autre Été; L’après-midi
01:22:08 Le Moulin
01:25:22 La Dispute
01:27:34 Sur Le Fil
01:32:01 La Valse D’amélie
01:34:44 Comptine d’Été No. 1
01:37:41 Comptine d’Été No. 2
01:40:23 Comptine d’Été No. 3

01:43:10 Le Vieux En Veut Encore
01:44:51 Toujours Là
01:46:05 La Pièce Vide
01:47:58 Big My Secret
01:51:51 Lost And Found
01:54:52 The Mood That Passes Through You
01:57:55 Deep Sleep Playing
02:00:03 Silver-Fingered Fling
02:03:41 The Attraction Of The Pedalling Ankle
02:10:27 The Heart Asks Pleasure First
02:13:40 Time Lapse
02:16:57 Fly Drive
02:18:02 If
02:22:25 Love
02:25:58 Digital Tragedy
02:28:57 Sheep ‘‘n Tides
02:31:37 Lost And Found
02:34:37 The Heart Asks Pleasure First

02:38:00 Minimal Préludes, Book I : Prélude Nr. 1 In C
02:43:41 Minimal Préludes, Book I : Prélude Nr. 2 In A Minor
02:47:42 Minimal Préludes, Book I : Prélude Nr. 3 In G
02:52:20 Minimal Préludes, Book I : Prélude Nr. 4 In E Minor
02:56:43 Minimal Préludes, Book I : Prélude Nr. 5 In D
03:00:08 Minimal Préludes, Book I : Prélude Nr. 6 In B Minor
03:03:56 Minimal Préludes, Book I : Prélude Nr. 7 In A
03:05:00 Minimal Préludes, Book I : Prélude Nr. 8 In F# Minor
03:07:41 Minimal Préludes, Book I : Prélude Nr. 9 In E
03:12:42 Minimal Préludes, Book I : Prélude Nr. 10 In C# Minor
03:20:01 Minimal Préludes, Book I : Prélude Nr. 11 In B
03:25:54 Minimal Préludes, Book I : Prélude Nr. 12 In G# Minor

Tracklist Below:

Summer Classics: A Classical compilation, Great for in the background during the Summer days.

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00:00:00 Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, RV 315: I. Allegro non molto – Allegro
00:05:04 Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, RV 315: II. Adagio – Presto – Adagio – Presto –Adagio – Presto – Adagio – Presto
00:07:44 Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, RV 315: III. Presto
00:10:27 Má Vlast, JB 1:112: IV. From Bohemia’s Meadows and Forests
00:22:55 The Seasons, Op. 37a: No. 6, June. Barcarolle
00:26:38 The Seasons, Op. 37a: No. 7, July. Song of the Reaper
00:28:21 The Seasons, Op. 37a: No. 8, August. Harvest
00:31:30 Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: II. Andante "Elvira Madigan"
00:37:33 Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. Morning Mood
00:41:46 Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air
00:46:04 Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor “Pathétique”: II Agagio cantabile
00:50:51 Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37: II. Largo
01:03:35 Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: II. Adagio
01:13:18 Symphony No. 5: IV. Adagietto. sehr langsam
01:21:35 Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485: II. Andante con moto
01:32:24 Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major K. 488: II. Andante
01:38:44 Serenade for Strings, Op. 48: III. Élégie. Larghetto elegiac

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Composer & Artist:
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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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: 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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Tracklist:
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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