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Composer & Artist:
Composer: Frédéric François Chopin
Artists: Various artists

About this Album:
3 CD's containing the best music composed by Frédéric François Chopin.

Tracklist:
00:00:00 Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23
00:08:28 Prelude in C sharp Minor, Op. 45
00:12:53 Rondo a la Mazur in F, Op. 5
00:22:37 Polonaise in A, Op. 40 No. 1 “Military”
00:28:13 Etude in A-Flat, Op. 25 NO. 1 “Aeolian Harp”
00:30:51 Waltz in E-Flat, Op. 18
00:35:58 Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 1
00:41:03 Mazurka Op.24 No. 1 in G Minor
00:44:03 Mazurka Op. 24 No. 2 in C
00:46:25 Mazurka Op. 24 No. 3 in A-Flat
00:48:55 Mazurka Op. 24 No. 4 in B-Flat Mino
00:53:04 Fantasie in F Minor, Op. 49
01:06:14 Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise Brilliante in E-Flat, Op. 22
01:20:31 Nocturne in D-Flat, Op. 27 No. 2
01:26:57 Krakoviak for piano & orchestra, Op. 14
01:42:49 Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor, Op. Posth.
01:46:54 Mazurka Op. 59 No. 1 in A Minor
01:50:32 Mazurka Op. 59 No. 2 in A-Flat
01:53:16 Mazurka Op. 59 No. 3 in F-Sharp Minor
01:56:45 Impromptu in A-Flat, Op. 29
02:00:32 Waltz in A Minor, Op. 34 No. 1
02:05:56 Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52
02:17:21 Berceuse in D-Flat, Op. 57
02:22:30 Polonaise in A-Flat, Op. 53 “Heroic”
02:29:32 Nocturne in E-Flat, Op. 9 No. 2
02:33:42 Waltz in D-Flat, Op. 64 No. 1 “Minute Waltz”
02:35:28 Waltz in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64 No. 2
02:39:09 Ballade No. 3 in A-Flat, Op. 47
02:46:31 Souvenir de Paganini
02:50:49 Fantasie-Impromptu No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 66
02:55:59 Etude in E, Op. 10 No. 3 “Tristesse”
03:00:02 Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 31
03:09:52 Prelude in D-Flat, Op. 28 No. 15 “Raindrop”
03:15:08 Etude in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 12 “Revolutionary”
03:17:54 Nocturne in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1
03:23:07 Barcarolle in F-Sharp, Op. 60

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Composer & Artist:
Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
Artists: Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy (piano), Theodore Kuchar

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Rachmaninoff’s fifth piano concerto? How could you have missed it? Well, do not be alarmed, there has been no such thing until last year, 2007. In fact this concerto is an arrangement of Rachmaninoff’s second symphony. But putting it like that would be selling short this work.

These days injured pianist Alexander Warenberg mainly works as a composer and arranger. He was asked to tackle the seemingly ludicrous task of changing the second symphony into a work with an important piano part. Warenberg has meticulously reworked the four movements of the symphony into the regular three movements of Rachmaninoff’s concertos.

Tracklist:
00:00:00 Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27: I. Largo - Allegro moderato (Arranged as Piano Concerto by Alexander Warenberg)
00:18:36 Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27: II. Adagio - Molto allegro (Arranged as Piano Concerto by Alexander Warenberg)
00:31:48 Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27: III. Allegro vivace (Arranged as Piano Concerto by Alexander Warenberg)

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Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Artists: La Magnifica Comunitá, Enrico Casazza (violin and concert master)

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons is one of the world’s most popular and widely recorded collections of music, a set that instantly became an international hit after it was first published at part of the composer’s Op.8 in 1725. No doubt it was its imitative directness – extra musical occurrences/phenomena evoked in an extremely suggestive manner and even written into the score, such as ‘the barking dog’ or ‘the drunkards’ sleep’ etc. – that caused such as sensation in its time, effortlessly bridging the gap between the salons of the highborn and the alehouses of the lowly. Today nothing has changed: the concertos are performed both by great violin virtuosos and famous hard rockers; they are works that are constantly being presented in new guises through the re-imagining and re-working of the musical score. This is an extremely infectious performance by early music specialists La Magnifica Comunitá.

00:00:00 Concerto in E, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269, F. I/22, ‘La primavera (Spring): I. Allegro
00:03:26 Concerto in E, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269, F. I/22, ‘La primavera (Spring): II. Allegro e pianissimo sempre
00:05:46 Concerto in E, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269, F. I/22, ‘La primavera (Spring): III. Danza pastorale: Allegro
00:09:37 Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315, F. I/23, ‘l’estate’ (Summer): I. Allegro non molto
00:15:23 Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315, F. I/23, ‘l’estate’ (Summer): II. Adagio – Presto
00:17:39 Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315, F. I/23,‘l’estate’ (Summer): III. Presto
00:20:30 Concerto in F, Op. 8 No. 3, RV 293, F. I/24, Lautunno (Autumn): I. Allegro
00:25:27 Concerto in F, Op. 8 No. 3, RV 293, F. I/24, Lautunno (Autumn): II. Adagio
00:28:30 Concerto in F, Op. 8 No. 3, RV 293, F. I/24, Lautunno (Autumn): III. Allegro
00:31:44 Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297, F. I/25, ‘L’inverno’ (Winter): I. Allegro non molto
00:35:00 Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297, F. I/25, ‘L’inverno’ (Winter): II. Largo
00:37:05 Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297, F. I/25, ‘L’inverno’ (Winter): III. Allegro
00:40:12 Concerto in E-Flat, Op. 8 No. 5, RV 253, F. I/26, ‘La tempesta di mare’: I. Presto
00:43:01 Concerto in E-Flat, Op. 8 No. 5, RV 253, F. I/26, ‘La tempesta di mare’: II. Largo
00:45:48 Concerto in E-Flat, Op. 8 No. 5, RV 253, F. I/26, ‘La tempesta di mare’: III. Presto
00:49:24 Concerto in C, Op. 8 No. 6, RV 180, F. I/27, Il piacere: I. Allegro
00:52:35 Concerto in C, Op. 8 No. 6, RV 180, F. I/27, Il piacere: II. Largo e cantabile
00:55:49 Concerto in C, Op. 8 No. 6, RV 180, F. I/2, Il piacere: III. Allegro

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Artist: L'Arte dell'Arco , Federico Guglielmo (solo violin & concertmaster ), Pier Luigi Fabretti (oboe)

With this new release, L’Arte dell’Arco complete their survey of the concertos and sonatas Opp. 1-12 which spread the fame of Antonio Vivaldi across Europe thanks to their publication by Etienne Roger in Amsterdam. These final two sets were published in 1729, 18 years after the L’estro armonico collection Op.2 had created a sensation with their unprecedented brilliance of solo writing, rhythmic vivacity and originality of disposition between solo and accompaniment.

Federico Guglielmo contributes a scholarly note to the booklet, in which study of the manuscripts have uncovered new contexts to these concertos. Although it is uncertain how much Vivaldi supervised their publication, and to what degree they are compilations of earlier work, the concertos bear the hallmarks of the fully mature composer. By this time in his full maturity, Vivaldi was highly receptive to the appeal of the new galant taste, enriched by his experience with opera, and sensitive to discussion with acclaimed composers such as Leonardo Vinci, Nicola Porpora and Leonardo Leo. Two of them were likely written for one Anna Maria, a student of particular virtuoso abilities at the Ospedale della Pieta where Vivaldi was the long-serving music master. The final concerto of Op.11 was originally conceived as an oboe concerto, and in that form is presented here.

00:00:00 Violin Concerto No. 5 in C Minor, RV 202: I. Allegro non molto
00:04:47 Violin Concerto No. 5 in C Minor, RV 202: II. Largo
00:07:08 Violin Concerto No. 5 in C Minor, RV 202: III. Allegro non molto
00:11:06 Violin Concerto No. 4 in G Major, RV 308: I. Allegro
00:15:15 Violin Concerto No. 4 in G Major, RV 308: II. Largo cantabile
00:18:55 Violin Concerto No. 4 in G Major, RV 308: III. Allegro
00:22:44 Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Minor, RV 277 “il favorito”: I. Allegro
00:27:14 Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Minor, RV 277 “il favorito”: II. Andante
00:31:35 Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Minor, RV 277 “il favorito”: III. Allegro
00:36:00 Violin Concerto No. 3 in A Major, RV 336: I. Allegro
00:40:06 Violin Concerto No. 3 in A Major, RV 336: II. Aria andante
00:42:41 Violin Concerto No. 3 in A Major, RV 336: III. Allegro
00:46:02 Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, RV 207: I. Allegro
00:49:11 Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, RV 207: II. Largo
00:51:25 Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, RV 207: III. Allegro
00:54:03 Oboe Concerto No. 6 in G Minor, RV 460: I. Allegro non tanto
00:57:47 Oboe Concerto No. 6 in G Minor, RV 460: II. Largo
01:00:49 Oboe Concerto No. 6 in G Minor, RV 460: III. Allegro non molto
01:04:24 Violin Concerto No. 5 in B-Flat Major, RV 379: I. Allegro
01:08:08 Violin Concerto No. 5 in B-Flat Major, RV 379: II. Largo
01:10:58 Violin Concerto No. 5 in B-Flat Major, RV 379: III. Allegro
01:14:13 Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, RV 317: I. Allegro
01:17:38 Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, RV 317: II. Largo
01:21:20 Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, RV 317: III. Allegro
01:24:19 Violin Concerto No. 4 in C Major, RV 173: I. Largo spiccato, allegro
01:28:30 Violin Concerto No. 4 in C Major, RV 173: II. Largo
01:30:36 Violin Concerto No. 4 in C Major, RV 173: III. Allegro
01:33:04 Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, RV 244: I. Allegro
01:36:43 Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, RV 244: II. Larghetto
01:39:26 Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, RV 244: III. Allegro
01:42:02 Violin Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major, RV 361: I. Allegro
01:46:11 Violin Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major, RV 361: II. Largo
01:48:25 Violin Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major, RV 361: III. Allegro
01:52:28 Concerto for Strings No. 3 in D Major, RV 124: I. Allegro
01:54:41 Concerto for Strings No. 3 in D Major, RV 124: II. Grave
01:56:41 Concerto for Strings No. 3 in D Major, RV 124: III. Allegro

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About this Album:
A selection of beautifull classical pieces, traditional Christmas music and beautiful Christmas carols to help you get in the holiday spirit! Enjoy

Tracklist:
00:00:00 Once in royals David’s city
00:04:41 Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, PT1 ; I. Chorus. Jauchzet. Frohlocket!(Chorus)
00:12:42 Messiah, HWV 56, Pt 1:IV., And the glory of the lord shall be revealed
00:15:34 Messiah. HWV 56, Pt 1: XII. For unto us a child is born
00:19:38 Messiah. HWV 56, Pt 1: XVII. Glory to god in the highest
00:21:31 Rejoice and be Merry
00:23:01 Christmas Oratorio, bwv 248, Pt. 3: XIII. Chorus, da capo. Herrscher des himmels
00:25:24 Messiah, HWV 56, Pt 2: XXVI. All we like sheep have gone Astray
00:29:08 Messiah, HWV 56, Pt 3: LIII. Worthy is the Lamb…Amen
00:35:57 Ding Dong , Merrily on high
00:38:05 Christmas oratorio, BWV 248, Pt. 4: I Chorus. Fallt mit danken, Fallt mit loben (Chorus)
00:43:44 What sweeter music
00:48:03 Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Pt. 5: I. Chorus. Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen (Chorus)
00:55:04 O Little Town of Bethlehem
00:58:44 A Spotless Rose
01:03:01 King Jesus Hath a Garden
01:06:09 The Lamb
01:11:37 Bogoróditse Dyévo
01:12:16 Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
01:15:42 Dazu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, BWV 40 for the Second Day of Christmas: I. Coro. Dazu
01:21:06 Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 62 for the First Sunday of Advent: I. Coro. Nun Komm, der Heiden Heilan
01:24:36 Gelobet Seist Du, Jesu Christ, BWV 91: VI. Choral (Coro). Das hat er alles uns getan
01:28:35 Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn, BWV 119: I. Coro. Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn
01:30:11 Ich freue mich in dir, BWV 133: I. Coro. Ich freue mich in dir
01:31:59 While Shepherds Watched
01:34:41 Quittez, Pasteurs
01:37:52 In Dulci Jubilo
01:41:30 The First Nowell
01:45:54 Coventry Carol

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Artist: RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs (conductor)

Johann Sebastian Bach’s Mass in B minor is regarded by many as one of the supreme achievements of Western classical music. Even before its first complete performance, the Swiss music historian and publisher Hans Georg Nägeli described it as the “greatest musical masterpiece of all times and nations”. Many scholars believe that, along with the Art of Fugue and the Musical Offering, the work presents a summation of Bach’s musicianship as well as the most glorious presentation of the composer’s deeply held religious beliefs. Much of the Mass gave new form to vocal music that Bach had composed throughout his career, some of which was not from sacred sources (a point of contention for Leipzig churchgoers). The Kyrie and Gloria (known as the “Missa”) had been written as an application for the post of court composer at Dresden. The remaining movements, the Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei, turn the “Missa” into a “Missa tota”: the full setting of the Ordinary of the Mass.

In the Kyrie, Bach explores three different forms of musical expression in an impassioned entreaty for God’s mercy. He brings in trumpets and drums to sing the praises of the Lord in the Gloria, Credo and Sanctus, and, as so often before, saves one of his most exquisite and poignant musical phrases to express the idea of peace in the ‘et in terra pax’. The dramatic contrast forged between the ‘Crucifixus’ and ‘Et resurrexit’ movements of the Credo serve as a dramatic representation of the Christian statement of belief, and the lamenting Agnus Dei aria gives way to a exultant chorus of ‘Dona nobis pacem’ (Grant us thy peace), bringing the vast score to its conclusion. René Jacobs directs the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin in this reading, which was described as “Spacious and intimate … a compelling performance” by the BBC Music Magazine following its first release.

The Reissue of one of the finest recordings of Bach’s “Hohe Messe’!

This “compelling performance..spacious and intimate” (Gramophone) boasts of a line‐up of famous soloists: Christoph Prégardien, Matthias Goerne, Bernarda Fink and Hillevi Martinpelto, singers of world renown who have amply won their spurs in Early Music. René Jacobs and his Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and the Rias Kammerchor count among the best (if not THE best..) of Baroque ensembles and choirs around the world.

00:00:00 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 1: I. Chorus. Kyrie eleison (A 5)
00:10:10 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 1: II. Duet. Christe eleison (Two Sopranos)
00:15:32 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 1: III. Chorus. Kyrie eleison (A 4)
00:19:48 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 1: IV. Chorus. Gloria in excelsis Deo (A 5)
00:21:37 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 1: V. Chorus. Et in terra pax hominibus (A 5)
00:28:18 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 1: VI. Aria. Laudamus te (Soprano II)
00:32:35 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 1: VII. Chorus. Gratias agimus tibi (A 4)
00:35:08 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 1: VIII. Duet Domine Deus (Soprano I, Tenor)
00:40:37 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 1: IX. Chorus. Qui tollis peccata mundi (A 4, Soloists)
00:43:07 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 1: X. Aria. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris (Alto)
00:47:22 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 1: XI. Aria. Quoniam tu solus Sanctus (Bass II)
00:51:59 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 1: XII. Chorus. Cum Sancto Spiritu (A 5)
00:55:48 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 2: I. Chorus. Credo in unum Deum (A 5)
00:58:30 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 2: II. Chorus. Patrem omnipotentem (A 4)
01:00:32 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 2: III. Duet. Et in unum Dominum (Soprano I, Alto)
01:05:31 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 2: IV. Chorus & Soloists. Et incarnatus est (A 5)
01:08:08 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 2: V. Chorus. Crucifixus etiam pro nobis (A 4)
01:11:25 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 2: VI. Chorus & Soloists. Et resurrexit tertia die (A 5)
01:15:16 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 2: VII. Aria. Et in Spiritum Sanctum (Bass)
01:20:13 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 2: VIII. Chorus. Confiteor unum baptisma etiarn pro nobis (A 5)
01:25:18 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 2: IX. Chorus. Et expecto resurrectionem (A 5)
01:27:24 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 3: Chorus. Sanctus (A 6)
01:32:41 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 4: I. Chorus. Osanna in excelsis (A 8)
01:35:15 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 4: II. Aria. Benedictus (Tenor)
01:39:31 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 4: III. Chorus. Osanna in excelsis (A 8)
01:42:05 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 4: IV. Aria. Agnus Dei (Soprano II)
01:47:03 Mass in B Minor BWV 232, Pt. 4: V. Chorus. Dona nobis pacem (A 4)

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Composer: Philip Glass
Artist: Jeroen van Veen piano

Along with the two books of piano studies by Gyorgy Ligeti, the Etudes of Philip Glass have taken their place as modern classics of the literature, serving both a didactic purpose to train the fingers and minds of their performers, but also bringing their unique soundworlds to new audiences.

Glass himself remarked that the first book, compiled from work between 1991 and 2012, had a twin objective, ‘to explore a variety of tempi, textures and piano techniques. At the same time it was meant to serve as a pedagogical tool by which I would improve my piano playing.’ The studies of Book 2 (2012-14) are often bolder in finding new structures and fresh keyboard colours. Each of the 20 Etudes handles a specific piano technique, and the two books are united by the instantly recognisable quirks of Glass’s harmonic language and, as Jeroen van Veen remarks in his booklet note, ‘in almost all the etudes, endurance is the main issue to overcome’.

Most recent of the pianist’s many Brilliant Classics recordings of Minimalist music have been albums dedicated to the genre’s godfather, Erik Satie (BC95350) and his successors including Michael Nyman (BC95112) and Max Richter (BC95390). ‘Van Veen’s beautiful and texturally varied sonority, his long-lined sensibility, and his intense focus draw you in,’ remarked Classics Today of the complete Satie box.
‘Sample the Nocturnes’ sustained, almost otherworldly serenity, or the subtle spacing of notes throughout the Véritables préludes flaques, and you’ll hear how completely and masterfully van Veen conveys his intentions, abetted by superb, full-bodied sonics… His fascinating and riveting pianism is well worth Brilliant Classics’ attractive budget price.’

Philip Glass’ Piano Etudes stand at the end of a long line of development, starting with “exercises” by Scarlatti, through romantic piano etudes composers such as Clementi, Czerny, Hummel, Chopin, Schumann, Brahms, Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, Debussy, to 20-th century masters like Ligeti and Cage.
Philip Glass, icon of the Minimal Music, wrote these etudes between 1991 and 2012, to “explore a variety of tempi, textures and piano techniques”, and also “to become a better player”.
Jeroen van Veen, celebrated pioneer of the performance of Minimal Music and Extraordinary Repertoire, considers these etudes as “refreshingly new, really adding something to the existing repertoire, the challenge being not only the technical hurdles but mainly the endurance and concentration”.

00:00:00 Etudes for Piano Book I: I. Etude in G Minor
00:06:29 Etudes for Piano Book I: II. Etude in A Minor
00:13:56 Etudes for Piano Book I: III. Etude in A Major
00:18:42 Etudes for Piano Book I: IV. Etude in D Minor
00:23:05 Etudes for Piano Book I: V. Etude in F Minor
00:32:55 Etudes for Piano Book I: VI. Etude in F Minor
00:38:44 Etudes for Piano Book I: VII. Etude in A Minor
00:53:24 Etudes for Piano Book I: VIII. Etude in C Major
01:00:28 Etudes for Piano Book I: IX. Etude in F Minor
01:04:21 Etudes for Piano Book I: X. Etude in E-Flat Major
01:12:58 Etudes for Piano Book II: XI. Etude in C Minor
01:21:28 Etudes for Piano Book II: XII. Etude in D Minor
01:29:12 Etudes for Piano Book II: XIII. Etude in F Major
01:34:09 Etudes for Piano Book II: XIV. Etude in A-Flat Major
01:40:26 Etudes for Piano Book II: XV. Etude in D Major
01:48:13 Etudes for Piano Book II: XVI. Etude in G Minor
01:53:57 Etudes for Piano Book II: XVII. Etude in F Minor
02:02:39 Etudes for Piano Book II: XVIII. Etude in G Minor
02:07:08 Etudes for Piano Book II: IXX Etude in C Major
02:12:58 Etudes for Piano Book II: XX. Etude in C Major

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Composer: Dietrich Buxtehude
Artist: Simone Stella (harpsichord)


Dieterich Buxtehude (c.1637 - 1707) spent his career working as an organist in churches, but was also a prolific composer of secular instrumental music and wrote far more for harpsichord than most composers of his era. Buxtehude’s position in Lübeck and fame as an organist brought him into contact with many of the greatest musicians of his day, and his style demonstrates the variety of musical influences that he was exposed to, particularly from German and Italian repertoire, which he combined to create a unique personal style.

This set of 4 CDs collects together Buxtehude’s complete music for harpsichord, including suites in the popular French style, several works that can be played effectively on both organ and harpsichord (including preludes, fugues, canzonas and choral elaborations), and variations on arias, which showcase the composer’s creativity and ability to compose music in a variety of styles. Among the works featured are two new authentic harpsichord suites, discovered in 2004 and 2005, and the monumental La Capricciosa, one of the largest and most innovative solo keyboard works of the 17th century.

Performed by Simone Stella, who has previously played Buxtehude’s complete organ music in a series of concerts. This collection is a comprehensive overview of the harpsichord music of a composer seen by many as J.S. Bach’s true predecessor.

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Composer: Luigi Boccherini
Artists: La Magnifica Comunitá, Enrico Casazza (violin and concert master)

Boccherini’s string quintets have more to offer than the almost infamous Minuet (from G 275). The gifted Italian composer has written a huge amount of chamber music, including many string quintets for different combinations of instruments.Some of his earlier quintets for 2 violins, 1 viola and 2 celli have now been recorded by the Italian Baroque ensemble La Magnifica Comunita. The ensemble pays a lot of attention to stylistic research. All members have studied at prestigious musical institutions like the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. They play on period instruments. Since Boccherini himself was a professional cello-player he often choose for this more unusual combination with the 2 celli. His music is often a vibrant mixture of Romantic, Italian and Spanish or rather Andalusian elements. Intense performances by La Magnifica Comunitá.

00:00:00 Quintetto I in La Maggiore / A Major, G. 265: Andantino
00:06:02 Quintetto I in La Maggiore / A Major, G. 265: Largo
00:11:57 Quintetto I in La Maggiore / A Major, G. 265: Minuetto Allegro, Trio
00:17:23 Quintetto I in La Maggiore / A Major, G. 265: Allegro assai
00:20:29 Quintetto II in Mi Bemolle Maggiore / E-Flat Major, G. 266: Amoroso
00:27:04 Quintetto II in Mi Bemolle Maggiore / E-Flat Major, G. 266: Allegro non tanto
00:33:07 Quintetto II in Mi Bemolle Maggiore / E-Flat Major, G. 266: Minuetto, Trio
00:38:34 Quintetto II in Mi Bemolle Maggiore / E-Flat Major, G. 266: Presto
00:41:37 Quintetto III in Do Minore / C Minor, G. 267: Allegretto
00:51:17 Quintetto III in Do Minore / C Minor, G. 267: Adagio non tanto
00:55:23 Quintetto III in Do Minore / C Minor, G. 267: Minuetto, Trio
01:00:22 Quintetto III in Do Minore / C Minor, G. 267: Presto
01:04:58 Quintetto IV in Do Maggiore / C Major, G. 268: Adagio
01:06:19 Quintetto IV in Do Maggiore / C Major, G. 268: Allegro e con forza
01:15:41 Quintetto IV in Do Maggiore / C Major, G. 268: Adagio
01:20:30 Quintetto IV in Do Maggiore / C Major, G. 268: Rondeau Allegro
01:24:26 Quintetto V in Mi Bemolle Maggiore / E-Flat Major, G. 269: Non tanto sostenuto
01:29:16 Quintetto V in Mi Bemolle Maggiore / E-Flat Major, G. 269: Allegro assai
01:37:04 Quintetto V in Mi Bemolle Maggiore / E-Flat Major, G. 269: Allegretto
01:44:19 Quintetto VI in Re Maggiore / D Major, G. 270: Pastorale
01:48:29 Quintetto VI in Re Maggiore / D Major, G. 270: Allegro Maestoso
01:54:54 Quintetto VI in Re Maggiore / D Major, G. 270: Minuetto con variazioni

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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 1: Overture (Orchestra)
00:06:17 Die Zauberflöte: Act 1: No. 1. Introduction: Zu Hilfe! Zu Hilfe! (Tamino/Three Ladies)
00:12:11 Die Zauberflöte: Act 1: Dialogue: Wo bin ich? Ist’s Phantasie, daß ich noch lebe?
00:12:26 Die Zauberflöte: Act 1: No. 2. Song: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja (Papageno)
00:15:03 Die Zauberflöte: Act 1: Dialogue: He da! (Tamino/Papageno/Three Ladies)
00:21:21 Die Zauberflöte: Act 1: No. 3. Aria: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (Tamino)
00:24:50 Die Zauberflöte: Act 1: Dialogue: Rüste dich mit Mut und Standhaftigkeit (Three Ladies/Tamino)
00:26:40 Die Zauberflöte: Act 1: No. 4. Recitative und Aria: O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn! ( Queen of the Night)
00:31:18 Die Zauberflöte: Act 1: Dialogue: Ist’s denn auch Wirklichkeit was ich sah (Tamino)
00:31:40 Die Zauberflöte: Act 1: No. 5. Quintet: Hm, hm, hm, hm, hm! (Papageno/Tamino/Three Ladies)
00:37:30 Die Zauberflöte: Act 1: Dialogue: Ha, ha, ha! (Slaves/Monostatos)
00:38:43 Die Zauberflöte: Act 1: No. 6. Trio: Du feines Täubchen (Monostatos/Pamina/Papageno)
00:40:27 Die Zauberflöte: Act 1: Dialogue: Mutter – Mutter – Mutter! (Pamina/Papageno)
00:45:28 Die Zauberflöte: Act 1: No. 7. Duet: Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen (Pamina/Papageno)
00:48:29 Die Zauberflöte: Act 1: No. 8. Finale: Zum Ziele führt dich diese Bahn (Three Boys/Tamino)
00:49:59 Die Zauberflöte: Act 1: Recitative: Die Weisheitslehre dieser Knaben (Tamino/First Priest)
00:56:56 Die Zauberflöte: Act 1: Andante: Wie stark ist nicht dein Zauberton (Tamino)
00:59:40 Die Zauberflöte: Act 1: Andante: Schnelle Füße, rascher Mut (Pamina/Papageno/Monostatos/Slaves)
01:02:41 Die Zauberflöte: Act 1: Chorus: Es lebe Sarastro! Sarastro lebe! (Chorus/Papageno/Pamina)
01:04:14 Die Zauberflöte: Act 1: Larghetto: Herr, ich bin zwar Verbrecherin (Pamina/Sarastro)
01:06:35 Die Zauberflöte: Act 1: Allegro: Nun stolzer Jüngling, nur hierher! (Monostatos/Pamina/Tamino/All/Sarastro)
01:08:34 Die Zauberflöte: Act 1: Chorus: Wenn Tugend und Gerechtigkeit (Chorus)

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A ‘scherzo’ may be a joke, but Chopin’s Scherzi are not to be laughed at: indeed, they are highly virtuosic and require
performers with the utmost skill. Within their complexity, though, is hidden some of the most sensitive and tender music Chopin ever composed. On hearing his Scherzo in B flat minor Op.31, Robert Schumann felt compelled to compare it to the romantic poems of Byron, as it seemed to overflow with passion and feeling. The Scherzo in B minor Op.20, marked ‘Presto con fuoco’, starts at tremendous speed, and climaxes in astonishingly virtuosic arpeggios that span almost the entire length of the keyboard, ending in a minor plagal cadence that seems to sum up the dark despair the piece encapsulates. More light‐ hearted but equally complex are Chopin’s Études and Mazurkas, which he performed himself to great acclaim. It was
Schumann, again, who praised Chopin’s skilful playing, marvelling at his capacity to bring out the inner voices just as clearly as
the melody. At a time when other composers were turning towards large‐scale orchestral works, Chopin knew his strengths
lay with his solo compositions for piano: his Waltzes, Scherzi, Mazurkas and Études still rank among the most performed and
beloved solo piano works today. This release illustrates why Chopin deserves his reputation as supreme composer for the
piano, featuring as it does his most dramatic works for the instrument. Czech pianist Ivan Moravec, whose recording career spans almost half a century, entered the classical music scene in America with aplomb thanks to his performances of Chopin’s Scherzi in 1962. This recording was made in 1989 at the world famous Troy Savings Bank Music Hall in New York State, which boasts one of the finest acoustics in the US. Playing on a Steinway Model D that had to be brought through the window especially for the performance, Moravec sparkles on this recording, as he illustrates why his reputation as a world class pianist is truly deserved.

This release presents one of the best recordings of the 4 Scherzi by Chopin, as played by Ivan Moravec.
Moravec recorded this Chopin recital in 1989 in the USA. Moravec is a “pianist’s pianist”, someone who combines deep intellectual musicality, passion and a superb command of keyboard. He is counted among today’s greatest living pianists, respected and admired by audiences all over the world. Featuring the 4 Scherzi, and a selection of Mazurkas and Etudes.

00:00:00 Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 20
00:10:24 Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 31
00:20:38 Scherzo No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 39
00:28:08 Scherzo No. 4 in E Major, Op. 54
00:39:48 Étude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 25, No. 7
00:46:06 Étude in A-Flat Major, Op. 25, No. 1 Aeolian Harp
00:48:55 Mazurkas, Op. 41: Mazurka No. 1 in E Minor
00:51:42 Mazurkas, Op. 68: Mazurka No. 4 in F minor
00:54:00 Mazurkas, Op. 7: Mazurka No. 5 Vivo in C Major
00:54:49 Mazurkas, Op. 56: Mazurka No. 2 in C Major

Artist:
Ivan Moravec

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Artist: Mela Tenenbaum (violin)

Pietro Locatelli was a fellow countryman and contemporary of Vivaldi’s. He was also both a composer and a virtuoso violinist. During his lifetime and long afterwards his works found their way all over Europe.

Some of his compositions make exceptional demands on the solo violinist. There is testimony of Locatelli playing them himself. But looking at the sheet music one wonders how. Especially the capriccii which the composer inserted in all outer movements of his 12 concertos for solo violin and orchestra opus 3, L’arte del violino.

Such a capriccio - literally “whim” - is a more or less independent, inserted showpiece for the soloist. It needs an interpreter who is not only technically more than capable, but who is able to approach the piece still as music as well. If Locatelli could perform these capriccii they must be playable without alterations or simplifications.

Violinist Mela Tenenbaum - originally from the Ukraine, now resident in the U.S.A. - set herself this very task: She recorded these concertos with several ensembles in a most convincing way proving that there is more to L’arte del violino than meets the ear. This release contains all 12 concertos of Locatelli’s Opus 3.

00:00:00 Concerto No. 1 in D Major: Andante
00:07:42 Concerto No. 1 in D Major: Largo
00:13:41 Concerto No. 1 in D Major: Andante
00:22:45 Concerto No. 2 in C Minor: Andante
00:32:09 Concerto No. 2 in C Minor: Largo
00:36:47 Concerto No. 2 in C Minor: Andante
00:44:03 Concerto No. 3 in F Major: Andante
00:53:27 Concerto No. 3 in F Major: Largo
00:59:34 Concerto No. 3 in F Major: Vivace
01:05:43 Concerto No. 4 in E Major: Largo-andante
01:13:05 Concerto No. 4 in E Major: Largo
01:17:19 Concerto No. 4 in E Major: Andante
01:24:59 Concerto No. 5 in C Major: Largo-andante
01:33:24 Concerto No. 5 in C Major: Adagio
01:35:18 Concerto No. 5 in C Major: Allegro
01:41:29 Concerto No. 6 in G Minor: Largo-andante
01:49:39 Concerto No. 6 in G Minor: Adagio
01:51:51 Concerto No. 6 in G Minor: Vivace
01:56:45 Concerto No. 7 in B-Flat Major: Andante
02:04:27 Concerto No. 7 in B-Flat Major: Largo
02:09:33 Concerto No. 7 in B-Flat Major: Allegro
02:15:51 Concerto No. 8 in E Minor: Andante
02:22:23 Concerto No. 8 in E Minor: Largo
02:26:44 Concerto No. 8 in E Minor: Allegro
02:34:28 Concerto No. 9 in G Major: Allegro
02:42:42 Concerto No. 9 in G Major: Largo
02:46:25 Concerto No. 9 in G Major: Allegro
02:53:14 Concerto No. 10 in F Major: Allegro
02:59:36 Concerto No. 10 in F Major: Largo-andante
03:04:32 Concerto No. 10 in F Major: Andante
03:11:07 Concerto No. 11 in D Major: Allegro
03:17:48 Concerto No. 11 in D Major: Largo
03:21:58 Concerto No. 11 in D Major: Andante
03:28:31 Concerto No. 12 in D Major, “The Labyrinth”: Allegro
03:35:24 Concerto No. 12 in D Major, “The Labyrinth”: Largo
03:38:43 Concerto No. 12 in D Major, “The Labyrinth”: Allegro

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Bedrich Smetana was the first major nationalist composer of Bohemia. Probably best known for his opera The bartered bride and of course The Moldau (from ‘My homeland’) most of his orchestral music is rather neglected by the average symphony orchestra.

Smetana’s predilection for anything Bohemian shines through not just in his music but also particularly in the subjects of his symphonic poems and opera. A keen dancer himself, his music often echoes his native dance tunes as well. The composer also had a keen interest in the theatre. Hence the subjects of his early symphonic poems which were based on works by Shakespeare, Schiller and Oehlenschläger. Of his later symphonic poems, the series ‘Má Vlast’, especially ‘Vltava’ (the Moldau) is very well-known.

Of course no orchestra but the Janácek Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Theodore Kuchar could play this music better: this is the genuine article. On this release, one can hear the ultimate performances of this most pleasant and vivacious music.

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Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Artists: L'Arte dell'Arco, Federico Guglielmo (violin), Francesco Galligioni (cello), Roberto Loreggian (harpsichord), Elisa Imbalzano (violin)

Federico Guglielmo whittles down his ensemble L’Arte dell’Arco to just three or four players for his latest release of Vivaldi’s music. Unlike other Vivaldi performers, Guglielmo is keen to return to the transparency of the Prete Rosso’s music, stripping away the ornate embellishments that have encumbered recent recordings, allowing the fluid lines to speak for themselves. In these Violin and Trio Sonatas, Guglielmo and his fellow musicians once again establish themselves as some of the foremost interpreters of the Italian’s music. For the most part bright and jolly, these sonatas demand to be played with charm and joie de vivre, which L’Arte dell’Arco certainly supply in abundance. The tender lines of the slow movements are still a world away from some of the darker, more sombre sonatas of Vivaldi’s contemporary J.S. Bach, and they find serious expression and resonance on this album rather than languid solemnity.

It is certainly odd that these Sonatas have been overlooked in the past, with few recordings available on CD, and no recent ones by Italian musicians. Also available as part of a complete boxset of Vivaldi’s Opp.1–12, this recording can also stand alone as an outstanding example of Vivaldi’s superb writing for chamber ensemble.

This album presents the first recording on period instruments of Vivaldi’s complete Opus 5, consisting of 4 violin sonatas for violin solo and continuo, as well as two Trio Sonatas for two violins and continuo.
In the years of composition of these works Vivaldi’s fame had already widely spread and he was keen to publish this set of chamber music as his Opus 5. The music is vintage Vivaldi: fresh, vigorous, full of melodic and harmonic invention and instrumental brilliance.

this recording is part of the complete edition based on the original sources of the New Vivaldi Edition by the Italian early music group L’Arte dell’Arco, led by violinist Federico Guglielmo, who is the soloist in these sonatas, seconded by a continuo of cello and harpsichord. “They understand the secret language of Vivaldi” (Diapason).

00:00:00 Trio Sonata in B-Flat Major, RV 76: I. Preludio. Andante
00:04:00 Trio Sonata in B-Flat Major, RV 76: II. Allemanda. Allegro
00:06:41 Trio Sonata in B-Flat Major, RV 76: III. Corrente. Allegro
00:09:38 Violin Sonata in B Minor, RV 35: I. Preludio. Largo
00:13:25 Violin Sonata in B Minor, RV 35: II. Allemanda. Allegro
00:16:04 Violin Sonata in B Minor, RV 35: III. Corrente. Allegro
00:18:08 Violin Sonata in F Major, RV 18: I. Preludio. Largo
00:20:30 Violin Sonata in F Major, RV 18: II. Corrente. Presto
00:21:49 Violin Sonata in F Major, RV 18: III. Sarabanda. Andante
00:24:03 Violin Sonata in F Major, RV 18: IV. Giga. Allegro
00:25:59 Violin Sonata in A Major, RV 30: I. Preludio. Largo
00:29:04 Violin Sonata in A Major, RV 30: II. Corrente. Presto
00:30:45 Violin Sonata in A Major, RV 30: III. Gavotta. Allegro
00:32:43 Violin Sonata in B-Flat Major, RV 33: I. Preludio. Largo
00:35:19 Violin Sonata in B-Flat Major, RV 33: II. Allemanda. Allegro
00:37:24 Violin Sonata in B-Flat Major, RV 33: III. Corrente. Allegro
00:39:24 Violin Sonata in B-Flat Major, RV 33: IV. Gavotta. Presto
00:41:00 Trio Sonata in G Minor, RV 72: I. Preludio. Largo
00:44:24 Trio Sonata in G Minor, RV 72: II. Allemanda. Allegro
00:46:54 Trio Sonata in G Minor, RV 72: III. Air-Menuet. Allegro

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Composer: Friedrich Kuhlau
Artist: Giorgio Leonida Tosi baroque (violin), Paolo Porto (piano), Ileana Frontini (piano)

Friedrich Kuhlau (1786-1832) was born in Hannover, but as a student he went to Denmark, where he stayed the rest of his life, becoming an important national composer.
Kuhlau was a near contemporary of Beethoven, and his style shares elements of that genius (alas not the genius…): rooted in the 17th century classicism it foreshadows the Romantic movement in a true expression of affect, daring dissonances and sudden harmonic changes, and a general expression of romantic moods as favoured in the fashionable salons.
Kuhlau is nowadays best known for his Sonatinas for amateur pianists, serving as a welcome alternative to the more classical sonatinas by Clementi.
This new recording present Kuhlau’s Violin Sonatas Op. 79, music of considerable drama, brilliance and virtuosity, but also of gentle lyricism and charm.
As interludes to these sonatas the piano duo Porto-Frontini plays two works for piano 4-hands, an Allegro Pathétique and an Adagio & Rondo.

Most of his chamber music features the flute, a commercially astute selection given the popularity of the instrument among amateur musicians at the time, even though Kuhlau was no flautist himself. There are, however, three piano quartets, a late string quartet closely modelled on Beethoven’s Op.132, and four violin sonatas. This Op.79 set was composed as a trio in Copenhagen in 1826, the year after he got drunk on champagne one evening with Beethoven, who wrote a canon at the time and sent it along later with a mock-apology: ‘In this case, I haven’t the slightest memory of what I wrote yesterday… Think of me now and again, your devoted Beethoven.’

All three sonatas are melodically fresh, dramatically imposing works that should not stand too shyly in the shadow of Beethoven’s contributions to the genre: the first and third are largely extrovert, whereas the second is thoughtful and intimate in character. The sonatas are juxtaposed here with late and brilliant works for piano four-hands which may reveal the influence of Schubert, so unconventional is their form, so bold the evocation of Romantic sonorities on the keyboard: on this album of historically informed performances by young Italian musicians, the instrument used is a Stein piano of Viennese manufacture, dating from 1830.

Played by Giorgio Leonida Tosi on a baroque violin, pianist Paolo Porto plays an 1830 Viennese Stein piano.

00:00:00 Violin Sonata No. 3 Op. 79: I. Allegro molto
00:04:18 Violin Sonata No. 3 Op. 79: II. Andantino
00:07:50 Violin Sonata No. 3 Op. 79: III. Rondo. Allegro
00:12:29 Allegro pathétique for Piano 4-hands in C Minor, Op. 123
00:24:51 Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 79: I. Allegro
00:29:13 Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 79: II. Andantino
00:31:37 Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 79: III. Rondo alla polacca
00:38:16 Adagio and Rondo for Piano 4-hands in A-Flat Major, Op. 124
00:50:33 Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 79: I. Allegro gustoso
00:54:48 Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 79: II. Andante
00:57:29 Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 79: III. Rondo. Allegro scherzando

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Composer: Luigi Gatti
Artists: Paolo Ghidoni (violin), Alfredo Zamarra (viola)



About this Album:
The sonatas presented in this recording, labelled as Sonate à Violino e Viola in the autograph score at the Biblioteca Musicale Greggiati in Ostiglia and as Sonate Per Violin solo con accompagnamento di Viola in the parts at the Salzburg Museum, are likely to date back to the very beginning of Gatti’s stay in Salzburg. The autograph is written on paper whose watermarks suggest a date of about 1783. If so, the works were probably commissioned by archbishop Colloredo, for whom a similar cycle of six sonatas was composed in the same year by Michael Haydn, MH 335–38, and W. A. Mozart, K 423–24. (Another set of six by Joseph Hafeneder in the Toggenburg Collection of Bolzano, minus the first sonata, may share the same origin). In which case, the violin part was probably intended for Colloredo himself, a “good performer on the violin” according to Charles Burney. The archbishop was also said to “enjoy performing on the violin, which he played very well” and to be in the habit of “mingling with the court musicians and playing the violin with them” before dinner.

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00:00:00 Sonata in B-Flat Major, No. 1: Allegro aperto
00:07:59 Sonata in B-Flat Major, No. 1: Adagio
00:11:01 Sonata in B-Flat Major, No. 1: Rondo: Allegro con moto
00:16:49 Sonata in D Major, No. 2: Andante
00:23:08 Sonata in D Major, No. 2: Adagio cantabile
00:25:49 Sonata in D Major, No. 2: Tempo di minuetto
00:31:28 Sonata in A Major, No. 3: Allegro aperto
00:35:05 Sonata in A Major, No. 3: Adagio
00:38:13 Sonata in A Major, No. 3: Rondo: Allegretto
00:42:40 Sonata in F Major, No. 4: Cantabile - Allegro con spirito
00:48:50 Sonata in F Major, No. 4: Minuetto
00:57:45 Sonata in F Major, No. 4: Finale: Allegro assai
01:00:46 Sonata in E-Flat Major, No. 5: Moderato
01:04:01 Sonata in E-Flat Major, No. 5: Larghetto espressivo
01:07:13 Sonata in E-Flat Major, No. 5: Allegretto grazioso
01:11:01 Sonata in C Major, No. 6: Un allegro vivace
01:17:13 Sonata in C Major, No. 6: Adagio cantabile
01:22:46 Sonata in C Major, No. 6: Rondo: Allegretto

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Composer: Giuseppe Martucci
Artist: Alberto Miodini piano

The symphonies and tone-poems of Giuseppe Martucci (1856-1909) have retained a place on the fringes of the repertoire outside his native Italy thanks to advocacy by Arturo Toscanini and, latterly, Riccardo Muti.

Martucci was a man of protean talents and unflagging energy, who excelled as a composer, pianist, conductor, teacher
and moving force in musical culture. The direction of that force was set against the prevailing operatic scene of contemporary Italy – except, notably, where it intersected with German music. Thus he conducted Brahms, Liszt and especially Beethoven, as well as the Italian premiere of Tristan und Isolde. His own piano music is a continuation of the Lisztian tradition – at least, it becomes so, after flirting with the world of salon music in his early 20s.

The six Op.44 pieces are a much more substantial synthesis of elements from Italian popular culture – the gondoliers’ barcarola, the mule-drivers’ tarantella among them – with a wide-ranging, elaborately contrapuntal and fiendishly virtuosic style which owes much not only to Brahms and Liszt but to the composer’s formidable powers of performance. The Novella
Op.50 and Fantasia Op.51 experiment with more delicate textures in the manner of Chopin, and this tendency is further explored in the two Nocturnes Op.70, which move the form into late Lisztian realms of crepuscular harmony and dreamy phrases; the first of these Nocturnes became known in the early years of the last century through an orchestral transcription
which was often programmed by Toscanini. The pianist Alberto Miodini has studied these little-known works for years and written the introductory essay for these new recordings. This is his second recording for Brilliant Classics, after a well-received 4CD set (BC94806) of Schubert’s piano miniatures and free-standing pieces such as the Impromptus.

After years of comparative neglect Giuseppe Martucci is taking his rightful place as one of the most important late romantic Italian composers. His style is a happy and individual mix of Wagner and Verdi, dramatic chromatism softened by lyrical, bel canto style melodies. Martucci was a composer, conductor, teacher and excellent pianist, who made extensive European tours as a soloist. His piano music from his early period is written in sophisticated salon style, charming and picturesque. Later Martucci wrote more substantial works, like the Fantasia Op. 50 and Novella Op. 51, reminiscent of Chopin’s Scherzi and Ballades. The virtuoso pianism is proof of Martucci’s great gift as a performer.
Played with strong dedication and feeling for atmosphere by Italian pianist Alberto Miodini, pianist of the famous Trio di Parma, who already recorded successfully for Brilliant Classics the Klavierstücke by Schubert (BC94806).
00:00:00 6 Pezzi Op. 44: I. Capriccio. Allegro risoluto
00:02:51 6 Pezzi Op. 44: II. Pezzo fantastico. Allegro
00:08:47 6 Pezzi Op. 44: III. Colore orientale. Tempo di Marcia – Poco più mosso
00:19:01 6 Pezzi Op. 44: IV. Barcarola. Andantino con moto – Animato
00:24:16 6 Pezzi Op. 44: V. Notturno. Moderato, ma non troppo – Animato molto e con agitazione
00:29:29 6 Pezzi Op. 44: VI. Tarantella. Allegro molto
00:35:53 Novella in B-Flat Major, Op. 50
00:47:10 Fantasia in G Minor, Op. 51
00:59:10 2 Notturni, Op. 70: No. 1 in G-Flat Major. Moderato
01:04:24 2 Notturni, Op. 70: No. 2 in F-Sharp Minor. Andantino

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Artist: Alessandro Andriani (cello), Simone Ceppetelli (cello continuo)

Born in Paris in 1749, Jean-Louis Duport, cellist and composer, also known as ‘le jeune’ – to distinguish him from his elder brother Jean-Pierre (1741–1818), called ‘l’ainé’ – is today regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of the development and evolution of cello technique. In 1806 he published his cello treatise Essai sur le doigté du violoncelle et sur la conduite de l’archet, a work that became the fundamental reference point for all subsequent schools of cello teaching. At the end of the treatise, we find the 21 Etudes for Violoncello (with a second cello part as accompaniment), works that explain and put into practice the methods described within. They are very difficult, highly virtuosic exercises that present a wide selection of tones and bowings as well as an extraordinary richness of compositional ideas, and in this way the Essai can be viewed as an anthology of concert pieces with real artistic value rather than just a mere practical handbook.

Made following precise philological criteria and with attention to the performing practice of the age, this recording includes a second cello as accompaniment (the instrument assumes the role of continuo, developing the performance and enlivening the listening experience) and employs original instruments with gut strings and historical bows. Thanks more to their difficulty and pedagogical reputation, the Etudes may have been rarely recorded, a fact which only adds value to the present issue, but they repay repeated listening for their élan, and will be required listening not only for cello students seeking to master the Etudes themselves but also for anyone with a passing interest in the music of Classical-era France.

00:00:00 Etude No. 1 in F Major (Andante)
00:09:01 Etude No. 2 in F Minor (Allegro)
00:14:45 Etude No. 3 in C Major (Allegro)
00:17:16 Etude No. 4 in C Minor (Allegro moderato et très marqué)
00:19:19 Etude No. 5 in C Minor (Moderato)
00:20:41 Etude No. 6 in G Major (Allegro)
00:23:59 Etude No. 7 in G Minor (Allegro)
00:25:30 Etude No. 8 in D Major (Adagio cantabile)
00:31:21 Etude No. 9 in D Minor (Allegro moderato)
00:43:14 Etude No. 10 in A Major (Allegro)
00:47:26 Etude No. 11 in A Minor (Allegro)
00:52:36 Etude No. 12 in E Major (Allegro moderato – Presqu’andante)
01:04:25 Etude No. 13 in E Minor (Allegro)
01:09:27 Etude No. 14 in B-Flat Major ( Andante grazioso)
01:13:42 Etude No. 15 in B-Flat Minor (Allegro)
01:22:04 Etude No. 16 in E-Flat Major (Adagio)
01:29:10 Etude No. 17 in E-Flat Minor (Allegro)
01:39:07 Etude No. 18 in A-Flat Major (Allegro maestoso)
01:46:59 Etude No. 19 in B Major (Allegro)
01:48:34 Etude No. 20 in B Minor (Allegro)
01:55:02 Etude No. 21 in D-Flat Major (Allegro)

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Composers: Dmitri Shostakovich, Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergei Prokofiev. Artists: Rimma Bobritskaïa (piano)

It was Robert Schumann’s Kinderszenen and Album fur die Jugend that inspired Tchaikovsky to start composition on his Children’s Album in 1878. He dedicated the set to his nephew Vladimir Davidoff (Bobik) who was 7 years old. ‘For a long time I have been saying to myself that it would be a good thing to contribute, within the limits of my powers, to the enrichment of the piano literature for children, which is rather poor. I would like to compose a series of very easy little pieces with attractive titles like Schumann did’ he wrote to his patron Mme von Meck. In less than a week of writing these words he had completed the 24 pieces of his Children’s Album.

Tchaikovsky’s Op.39 proved so popular that later Russian composers also composed works for children. In the Soviet period Prokofiev composed his Music for Children (1935). In 1947 Shostakovich composed his Children’s Pieces for his daughter Galina. Rather more closely related to traditional teaching pieces that Prokofiev’s Music for Children, they nonetheless instil rather charmingly the academic notion of a happy ‘major’ and a sad ‘minor’ by inverting it in A Merry Story in E minor, and a Sad Story in G major.

00:00:00 Tchaikovsky: A children’s album, Op. 39: No. 1 Prière du matin
00:01:15 Tchaikovsky: A children’s album, Op. 39: No. 2 Matin d’hiver
00:02:20 Tchaikovsky: A children’s album, Op. 39: No. 3 Jouons à dada!
00:03:00 Tchaikovsky: A children’s album, Op. 39: No. 4 Maman
00:03:58 Tchaikovsky: A children’s album, Op. 39: No. 5 Marche des soldats de bois
00:04:51 Tchaikovsky: A children’s album, Op. 39: No. 6 La poupée malade
00:06:38 Tchaikovsky: A children’s album, Op. 39: No. 7 Enterrement de la poupée
00:08:20 Tchaikovsky: A children’s album, Op. 39: No. 8 Valse
00:09:26 Tchaikovsky: A children’s album, Op. 39: No. 9 La nouvelle poupée
00:09:55 Tchaikovsky: A children’s album, Op. 39: No. 10 Mazurka
00:11:02 Tchaikovsky: A children’s album, Op. 39: No. 11 Chanson russe
00:11:29 Tchaikovsky: A children’s album, Op. 39: No. 12 La paysan joue de l’harmonica
00:12:14 Tchaikovsky: A children’s album, Op. 39: No. 13 Kamarinskaïa
00:12:44 Tchaikovsky: A children’s album, Op. 39: No. 14 Polka
00:13:58 Tchaikovsky: A children’s album, Op. 39: No. 15 Chanson italienne
00:14:58 Tchaikovsky: A children’s album, Op. 39: No. 16 Ancienne chanson Française
00:16:11 Tchaikovsky: A children’s album, Op. 39: No. 17 Chanson allemande
00:17:08 Tchaikovsky: A children’s album, Op. 39: No. 18 Chanson napolitaine
00:18:12 Tchaikovsky: A children’s album, Op. 39: No. 19 Conte de la nourrice
00:18:57 Tchaikovsky: A children’s album, Op. 39: No. 20 Baba-Yaga
00:19:35 Tchaikovsky: A children’s album, Op. 39: No. 21 Rêve délicieux
00:21:50 Tchaikovsky: A children’s album, Op. 39: No. 22 Chant de l’alouette
00:22:43 Tchaikovsky: A children’s album, Op. 39: No. 23 Chanson de joueur d’orgue de Barbarie
00:24:37 Tchaikovsky: A children’s album, Op. 39: No. 24 A l’eglise
00:25:30 Prokofiev: Music for children, Op. 65: No. 1 Le matin
00:27:24 Prokofiev: Music for children, Op. 65: No. 2 Promenade
00:28:17 Prokofiev: Music for children, Op. 65: No. 3 Historiette
00:30:30 Prokofiev: Music for children, Op. 65: No. 4 Tarentelle
00:31:27 Prokofiev: Music for children, Op. 65: No. 5 Repentir
00:33:19 Prokofiev: Music for children, Op. 65: No. 6 Valse
00:34:28 Prokofiev: Music for children, Op. 65: No. 7 Cortège des sauterelles
00:35:31 Prokofiev: Music for children, Op. 65: No. 8 La pluie et l’arc-en-ciel
00:36:47 Prokofiev: Music for children, Op. 65: No. 9 Attrape-qui-peut
00:37:44 Prokofiev: Music for children, Op. 65: No. 10 Marche
00:39:12 Prokofiev: Music for children, Op. 65: No. 11 Les oir
00:41:32 Prokofiev: Music for children, Op. 65: No. 12 Sur les prés la lune se promène
00:43:14 Shostakovich: Five pieces for children: No. 1 Berceuse
00:46:20 Shostakovich: Five pieces for children: No. 2 Danse
00:46:58 Shostakovich: Five pieces for children: No. 3 Contredanse
00:49:14 Shostakovich: Five pieces for children: No. 4 Danse Espagnole
00:51:20 Shostakovich: Five pieces for children: No. 5 Nocturne
00:54:00 Shostakovich: A child’s excercise book, Op. 69: No. 1 Marche
00:54:40 Shostakovich: A child’s excercise book, Op. 69: No. 2 Valse
00:55:20 Shostakovich: A child’s excercise book, Op. 69: No. 3 L’ours
00:56:03 Shostakovich: A child’s excercise book, Op. 69: No. 4 Histoire gaie
00:56:35 Shostakovich: A child’s excercise book, Op. 69: No. 5 Histoire triste
00:58:09 Shostakovich: A child’s excercise book, Op. 69: No. 6 La poupée mécanique
00:59:08 Shostakovich: A child’s excercise book, Op. 69: No. 7 L’anniversaire

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The master of the piano must surely be Frédéric Chopin. Every one of his compositions includes the piano in some form, yet within his oeuvre there is still an exciting variety of music to be found. Chopin made the solo piano form into an art, extensively developing various styles – including the piano sonata, waltz, polonaise and impromptu – and heavily popularising others for the first time, such as the Polish mazurka, the form he often chose to express his nationalism. Chopin straddled the divide between the Classical and Romantic worlds, and the changes that took place in his writing is clear to see on an authoritative edition such as this one. His masterful études remain less virtuosic than those of his contemporaries, such as Liszt; the emphasis is still on the technical aspect, and they reveal Chopin’s supreme talent for the piano, as a performer as well as a composer. His waltzes were the first to move away from pieces composed for dancing; rather, they were designed to be performed in salons, and therefore gave the potential for a faster tempo and freer sense of rhythm. Never fading from popularity, Chopin has long been regarded as a symbol of Romanticism, appreciated both in his own lifetime and in the years since his death.

Composer : Frédéric Chopin

00:00:00 Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11: I. Allegro maestoso
00:19:49 Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11: II. Larghetto
00:29:19 Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11: III. Rondo. Vivace
00:39:54 Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21: I. Maestoso
00:54:05 Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21: II. Larghetto
01:03:34 Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21: III. Allegro vivace
01:12:07 Variations on “Là ci darem la mano” in B-Flat Major, Op. 2
01:27:34 Grande fantaisie sur des airs polonais in A Major, Op. 13
01:41:05 Krakowiak in F Major, Op. 14
01:55:28 Andante spianato and grande polonaise in E-Flat Major, Op. 22
02:08:56 Cello sonata in G Minor, Op. 65: I. Allegro moderato
02:23:14 Cello sonata in G Minor, Op. 65: II. Scherzo. Allegro con brio
02:28:01 Cello sonata in G Minor, Op. 65: III. Largo
02:31:21 Cello sonata in G Minor, Op. 65: IV. Finale. Allegro
02:37:34 Grand duo concertant sur des thèmes de Robert Le Diable in E Major, B. 70
02:50:25 Introduction and polonaise brillante in C Major, Op. 3
02:59:36 Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 8: I. Allegro con fuoco
03:10:31 Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 8: II. Scherzo. Con moto, ma non troppo
03:17:18 Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 8: III. Adagio sostenuto
03:23:24 Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 8: IV. Finale. Allegretto
03:29:12 Polish Songs Op. 74: I. Zyczenie (The Wish)
03:30:55 Polish Songs Op. 74: II. Wiosna (Spring)
03:33:37 Polish Songs Op. 74: III. Smutna rzeka (The Sad Stream)
03:37:18 Polish Songs Op. 74: IV.Hulanka (Merrymaking)
03:39:57 Polish Songs Op. 74: V. Gdzie lubi (There where she loves)
03:41:10 Polish Songs Op. 74: VI. Precz z moich oczu! (Out of my sight!)
03:44:48 Polish Songs Op. 74: VII. Poseł (The Envoy)
03:47:37 Polish Songs Op. 74: VIII. S´liczny chłopiec (Handsome Lad)
03:50:11 Polish Songs Op. 74: IX. Melodya (Elegy)
03:53:24 Polish Songs Op. 74: X. Wojak (The Warrior)
03:55:28 Polish Songs Op. 74: XI. Dwojaki koniec (The Double End)
03:57:29 Polish Songs Op. 74: XII. Moja pieszczotka (My Darling)
03:59:26 Polish Songs Op. 74: XIII. Nie ma czego trzeba (There is no need)
04:06:46 Polish Songs Op. 74: XIV. Piers´cien´ (The Ring)
04:08:24 Polish Songs Op. 74: XV. Narzeczony (The Bridegroom)
04:10:49 Polish Songs Op. 74: XVI. Piosnka litewska (Lithuanian Song)
04:12:50 Polish Songs Op. 74: XVII. S´piew grobowy (Hymn from the tomb)
04:18:25 Polish Songs Op. 74: XVIII. Czary (Charms)
04:20:56 Polish Songs Op. 74: XIX. Dumka (Reverie)