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Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns
Artists: Soloists of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia Rome, Akanè Makita (piano), Andrea Oliva (flute), Francesco Bossone (bassoon), Stefano Novelli (clarinet), Francesco Di Rosa (oboe), Alessio Allegrini (horn)

The wind instrumentalists here are members of Rome’s main orchestra, attached to the Accademia nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and their previous disc on Brilliant Classics with Akanè Makita, of chamber music by Henri Dutilleux (BC94738) won recognition both for the original combination of repertoire and the stylish performances: ‘Francesco Bossone and Akanè Makita do the work proud, playing with real character and in excellent balance with each other’ (Musicweb International).

Here they turn to the instant charms of the chamber music by Camille Saint-Saëns, centred around the three sonatas for oboe, clarinet and bassoon. All written within the year 1921, they are the work of a composer who was born 10 years after the death of Beethoven and whose lifetime overlapped with the dawn of jazz in Europe. Little wonder, then, that such pieces embody a remarkable synthesis of styles, to the extent that they hardly seem to be by the same composer as the highly embellished chamber music for strings or the grand statements of the symphonies. They do, however, retain a sense of dramatic dialogue that runs through the composer’s output, for Saint-Saëns was always a theatrical composer even when not writing for the stage. The constant stream of melodies speak of a master of refined simplicity and unfailingly elegant lightness of spirit.

The two Romances for horn and piano date from much earlier in the composer’s prolific career (1874 and 1885); they proceed not in the compressed version of sonata-form belonging to the later works, but in narrative sections which range from sweetly nostalgic to the turbulent or heroic. Rounding off this irresistible collection is the Op.79 Caprice on Russian and Danish Airs for flute, oboe, clarinet and piano: here is the cheerful Saint-Saëns of the Carnival of the Animals, running through folk tunes and their transformations with balletic grace and fluidity, underpinned by a brilliant, impetuous piano part that shows what a virtuoso this multi-talented composer was in his own right.

00:00:00 Bassoon Sonata in G Major, Op. 168: I. Allegretto moderato
00:02:52 Bassoon Sonata in G Major, Op. 168: II. Allegro scherzando
00:06:40 Bassoon Sonata in G Major, Op. 168: III. Molto adagio - Allegro moderato
00:12:42 Romance, Op. 67: Adagio
00:22:11 Oboe Sonata in D Major, Op. 166: I. Andantino
00:25:26 Oboe Sonata in D Major, Op. 166: II. Allegretto
00:30:15 Oboe Sonata in D Major, Op. 166: III. Molto allegro
00:32:44 Romance, Op. 37: I. Moderato assai
00:39:24 Clarinet Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 167: I. Allegretto
00:44:18 Clarinet Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 167: II. Allegro animato
00:46:16 Clarinet Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 167: III. Lento
00:50:30 Clarinet Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 167: IV. Molto allegro – Allegretto
00:55:56 Caprice sur des airs danois et Russes, Op. 79: I. Poco allegro

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Composer: Franz Schubert
Artists: György Pauk (violin), Peter Frankl (piano)

These 1964 recordings have worn well, and stand their ground in what is hardly a competitive marketplace for this lovely and still little-known music. These Hungarian-born, later UK-resident musicians play Schubert to the manner born, rejoicing in the relaxed Viennese tradition which is their birthright; as Gramophone noted at the time of the first release, these interpretations "are always technically accomplished, sensitive and well thought out and much to be preferred to many a more sensational rendering. Pauk's firm tone and capacity for long-breathed phrasing are shown to good advantage in the opening of the Fantasy... As always the ensemble is impeccable...As usual Vox have supplied a sympathetic acoustic with just that extra touch of reverberation sufficient to take away all trace of a clinical studio atmosphere."

They are complemented here, as they were at the time of their original LP issue, by a no less sprightly performance of the sonata Schubert wrote for the obsolete Arpeggione, now most commonly heard on the cello. Gramophone’s critic observed Paul Olevsky’s "rich and beautiful tone" at the time.

Schubert’s relatively small but high-quality output for violin and piano consists of the three Sonatinas, small scale works full of Viennese charm and genial atmosphere, the mature Sonata in A major, the robust Rondo in B minor and the absolute masterpiece in the genre, the great Fantasy in C major, a substantial and dramatic 4-movement work of unprecedented difficulty for both players.

00:00:00 Violin Sonata in A Major, D. 574: I. Allegro moderato
00:08:00 Violin Sonata in A Major, D. 574: II. Scherzo. Presto
00:11:58 Violin Sonata in A Major, D. 574: III. Andantino
00:16:48 Violin Sonata in A Major, D. 574: IV. Allegro vivace
00:21:53 Fantasie in C Major, D. 934: I. Andante molto – Allegro vivace
00:30:14 Fantasie in C Major, D. 934: II. Andantino
00:40:38 Fantasie in C Major, D. 934: III. Allegro presto
00:45:21 Violin Sonata in D Major, D. 384: I. Allegro molto
00:49:16 Violin Sonata in D Major, D. 384: II. Andante
00:53:39 Violin Sonata in D Major, D. 384: III. Allegro vivace
00:57:18 Violin Sonata in A Minor, D. 385: I. Allegro moderato
01:03:23 Violin Sonata in A Minor, D. 385: II. Andante
01:10:33 Violin Sonata in A Minor, D. 385: III. Menuetto. Allegro –Trio
01:12:56 Violin Sonata in A Minor, D. 385: IV. Allegro
01:17:24 Violin Sonata in G Minor, D. 408: I. Allegro giusto
01:21:52 Violin Sonata in G Minor, D. 408: II. Andante
01:25:33 Violin Sonata in G Minor, D. 408: III. Menuetto –Trio
01:27:59 Violin Sonata in G Minor, D. 408: IV. Allegro moderato
01:31:50 Rondo in B Minor, D. 895
01:46:14 Arpeggione Sonata in A Minor, D. 821: I. Allegro moderato
01:54:54 Arpeggione Sonata in A Minor, D. 821: II. Adagio – Allegretto

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Following previous successful albums, acclaimed Hungarian violinist Kristóf Baráti returns to Brilliant Classics to make his stamp on the Violin Concertos of Mozart. Praised for this ‘strong, penetrating and brilliant tone’ and his ‘consistently serious, almost dramatic’ interpretation of Ysaÿe’s solo sonatas (BC94678), Baráti has emerged as one of the most important violinists of his generation, having previously performed with internationally renowned orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Deutsches Symphonie Orchester, and with conductors Kurt Masur and Charles Dutoit. This album was specially recorded in Hungary’s premier concert venue, the Kodály Center in Pécs, on Baráti’s violin, the ‘Lady Harmsworth’ Stradivarius, kindly on loan from the Stradivarius Society of Chicago.

Here, Baráti turns his attention to Mozart for the first time. Leading the Hungarian Chamber Orchestra from the front, Baráti expertly tackles all five concertos known to be by Mozart, as well as the two Rondos and Adagio that together make up all of the composer’s music for solo violin and orchestra. All the concertos (except K207, which has been dated to 1773) were composed in 1775 in a flurry of activity. Despite this, they document a strong development of Mozart’s mastery of the form; from the fairly staid sonata form of the last movement of the first concerto, to the more radical decisions the composer was taking in his K218, where he boldly decides not to restate the opening ‘fanfare’ theme of the exposition in the development, instead weaving it into the second and third movements, expertly tying the piece together. Mozart stopped composing violin concertos as abruptly as he had begun; although he still performed his works for a few years afterwards, he seemed to lose interest in composing for the violin. Nevertheless, the five outstanding concertos he has left us with represent an outburst of Mozart’s creativity and the astonishing rapidity with which he honed his technique over just a few months.

Hungarian violinist Kristóf Baráti is recognised as one of the leading violinists of his generation. He plays with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Mariinsky, WDR Sinfonieorchester, London Philharmonic, and conductors like Gergiev, Dutoit, Jurowski, Masur, Pletnev, Fischer, Temirkanov.
His extensive discography for Brilliant Classics led to great critical acclaim: “..Baráti is out of the top drawer. With intensity of sound, unbridled athleticism and searing leaps into the stratosphere which send a tingle down the spine” (Gramophone), “Masterful, probing, meditative, it rang with a rare sense of authenticity, and almost majestic scope” (Washington Post). “He is on the order of magnitude greater than any other violinist I’ve encountered in at least 10 years” (Fanfare on the Beethoven violin sonatas, with Klára Würtz, piano).
On this 2 CD set Baráti plays the complete works for violin and orchestra of Mozart: masterful, strong, alternating great vitality and tenderness, vigour and beauty. He himself conducts the excellent Hungarian Chamber Orchestra.

Recorded in the Kodály Center, Pécs, Hungary in 2015.

00:00:00 Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat, K. 207: I. Allegro moderato
00:06:30 Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat, K. 207: II. Adagio
00:13:06 Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat, K. 207: III. Presto
00:18:24 Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Major, K. 211: I. Allegro moderato
00:26:07 Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Major, K. 211: II. Andante
00:32:08 Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Major, K. 211: III. Rondeau. Allegro
00:36:44 Rondo in B-Flat Major, K. 269/261a
00:43:23 Rondo in C Major, K. 373
00:48:58 Adagio in E Major, K. 261
00:55:39 Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216: I. Allegro
01:04:21 Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216: II. Adagio
01:11:13 Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216: III. Rondeau. Allegro
01:17:51 Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218: I. Allegro
01:25:11 Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218: II. Andante cantabile
01:31:19 Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218: III. Rondeau
01:38:41 Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219: I. Allegro aperto
01:47:37 Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219: II. Adagio
01:56:27 Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219: III. Rondeau

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Like countless other well-educated German lads, Friedrich Nietzsche took up the piano as a child, and immersed himself in the world of Beethoven and Schumann. But unlike most of them, he pursued music with a single-minded devotion which would later distinguish his philosophical writings. During his teenage years he composed fugues, sonatas and fantasies, as well as more ambitious works such as a Mass, a Miserere, even a Christmas Oratorio: a sublime irony coming from one whose most infamous pronouncement would be that ‘God is dead. We have killed him.’

University studies in Basel put paid both to his Christianity, but when he returned to composition he wrote songs which are now the best-known part of his own music, and have received several recordings. Having composed the Hymn to Friendship in 1874, at the ripe age of 24, he gave up writing music for several years but returned to itlater in life, and he could still play Beethoven sonatas by heart once afflicted by the ravages of syphilis.

Composer : Friedrich Nietsche
Artist :Jeroen van Veen piano

00:00:00 Heldenklage, NWV 2
00:02:33 Ungarischer Marsch, NWV 5
00:05:06 Édes titok
00:08:18 So lach doch mal, NWV 9
00:10:08 Da geht ein Bach, NWV 10b
00:12:07 In Mondschein auf der Puszta, NWV 11
00:13:50 Ermanarich, Symphonische Dichtung
00:24:35 Unserer Altvordern eingedenk, NWV 13: I. Mazurka
00:26:09 Unserer Altvordern eingedenk, NWV 13: II. Aus der Czarda
00:28:11 Das zerbrochene Ringlein
00:33:50 Albumblatt
00:37:39 Das Fragment an sich, NWV 35
00:42:31 Hymnus an die Freundschaft, NWV 42: I. Vorspiel
00:47:36 Hymnus an die Freundschaft, NWV 42: II. Hymnus erste Strophe
00:49:17 Hymnus an die Freundschaft, NWV 42: III.Erstes Zwischenspiel
00:55:50 Hymnus an die Freundschaft, NWV 42: IV. Hymnus zweite Strophe
00:57:23 Hymnus an die Freundschaft, NWV 42: V. Zweites Zwischenspiel5’10
01:02:34 Hymnus an die Freundschaft, NWV 42: VI. seht Fest
01:04:01 Hymnus an die Freundschaft, NWV 42: VII. Hymnus dritte Strophe

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This set is, despite its misleading early opus number, very much the work of the mature Vivaldi, now 40 years of age and a leading light of the vibrant Venetian musical scene, producing at an astonishing rate not only concertos for the adroit pupils of the Ospedale della Pietà where he was a much-loved music master, but also entertainments of varying scale for more public events and audiences. These sonatas are but for two or three performers, or even four: a moot point for musicologists. L’Arte dell’Arco follow modern scholarly practice in assigning the ‘accompaniment’ to the virtuoso solo instrument to a continuo group of cello, keyboard and plucked instruments, though they take care to offer instrumental colours as variegated as possible by alternating between harpsichord and chamber organ, and theorbo and Baroque guitar, as the character of the musintal craftsmanship, continually appears to demand or request it. The sonatas were written with publication in mind, not in Venice but Amsterdam, then the home of instrumental music publishing, and they take their place within his carefully constructed 12 opus collections as a sophisticated set of sonatas displaying all the different characters of the Italian Baroque school of instrumental craftsmanship, continually enlivened by Vivaldi’s unique brand of melodic genius.

Vivaldi:
00:00:00 Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, RV. 31: I. Preludio a capriccio. Presto – Adagio – Presto –Adagio – Presto
00:01:03 Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, RV. 31: II. Corrente. Allegro
00:02:56 Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, RV. 31: III. Adagio
00:03:49 Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, RV. 31: IV. Giga. Allegro
00:06:17 Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, RV. 14: I. Preludio. Andante
00:10:53 Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, RV. 14: II. Corrente. Allegro
00:13:00 Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, RV. 14: III. Adagio
00:14:09 Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, RV. 14: IV. Giga. Allegro
00:15:49 Violin Sonata No. 4 in F Major, RV. 20: I. Andante
00:18:03 Violin Sonata No. 4 in F Major, RV. 20: II. Allemanda. Allegro
00:20:05 Violin Sonata No. 4 in F Major, RV. 20: III. Sarabanda. Andante
00:22:31 Violin Sonata No. 4 in F Major, RV. 20: IV. Corrente. Presto
00:25:04 Violin Sonata No. 6 in C Major, RV. 1: I. Preludio. Andante
00:29:09 Violin Sonata No. 6 in C Major, RV. 1: II. Allemanda. Presto
00:30:36 Violin Sonata No. 6 in C Major, RV. 1: III. Giga. Allegro
00:32:43 Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, RV. 27: I. Preludio. Andante
00:35:25 Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, RV. 27: II. Giga. Allegro
00:37:23 Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, RV. 27: III. Sarabanda. Largo
00:40:11 Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, RV. 27: IV. Corrente. Allegro
00:42:13 Violin Sonata No. 11 in D Major, RV. 9: I. Preludio. Andante
00:45:27 Violin Sonata No. 11 in D Major, RV. 9: II. Fantasia. Presto
00:47:08 Violin Sonata No. 11 in D Major, RV. 9: III. Gavotta. Allegro
00:48:30 Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, RV. 23: I. Preludio. Largo
00:51:54 Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, RV. 23: II. Giga. Presto
00:54:00 Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, RV. 23: III. Corrente. Allegro
00:55:28 Violin Sonata No. 9 in E Minor, RV. 16: I. Preludio. Andante
00:58:26 Violin Sonata No. 9 in E Minor, RV. 16: II. Capriccio. Allegro
00:59:52 Violin Sonata No. 9 in E Minor, RV. 16: III. Giga. Allegro
01:02:25 Violin Sonata No. 9 in E Minor, RV. 16: IV. Gavotta. Presto
01:03:04 Violin Sonata No. 12 in A Major, RV. 32: I. Preludio. Largo
01:07:10 Violin Sonata No. 12 in A Major, RV. 32: II. Capriccio. Presto
01:08:36 Violin Sonata No. 12 in A Major, RV. 32: III. Grave
01:09:55 Violin Sonata No. 12 in A Major, RV. 32: IV. Allemanda. Allegro
01:12:26 Violin Sonata No. 7 in C Minor, RV. 8: I. Preludio. Andante
01:14:11 Violin Sonata No. 7 in C Minor, RV. 8: II. Allemanda. Allegro
01:16:41 Violin Sonata No. 7 in C Minor, RV. 8: III. Corrente. Allegro
01:18:27 Violin Sonata No. 10 in F Minor, RV. 21: I. Preludio. Largo
01:21:23 Violin Sonata No. 10 in F Minor, RV. 21: II. Allemanda. Allegro
01:23:27 Violin Sonata No. 10 in F Minor, RV. 21: III. Giga. Allegro
01:25:25 Violin Sonata No. 5 in B Minor, RV. 36: I. Preludio. Andante
01:28:04 Violin Sonata No. 5 in B Minor, RV. 36: II. Corrente. Allegro
01:30:38 Violin Sonata No. 5 in B Minor, RV. 36: III. Giga. Presto

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These days Estonian composer Arvo Pärt is mainly associated with his later works. Born in 1935 he wrote ‘avant-garde’ works at first. In the nineteen seventies he increasingly found his inspiration in medieval religious music, both western and eastern European. This first transpired in his Für Alina for piano. It already has the telling low tempo and (two) layers. Pärt further extended his so-called tintinnabuli (i.e. bells) style in small-scale pieces like the different versions of Spiegel im Spiegel and Variationen zur Gesundung von Arinuschka. Although this last piece has ‘classical’ features as well.

This release shows an aspect of Arvo Pärt which is seldomly heard: his small-scale chamber music works. As such this recording is a valuable addition to the material already available on the market.

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Young Mendelssohn composed extensively for the piano. From early concertos and sonatas he quickly established his ‘mature’ style in works such as the Rondo capriccioso, and the Andante cantabile e Presto agitato. The masterpieces that followed include the famous Songs without Words/Lieder ohne Worte. On this complete recording, these piano 'songs' are played by Dutch pianist Frank van der Laar.

00:00:00 Andante con moto, in E Major, Op. 19 No. 1
00:03:50 Andante espressivo, in A Minor, Op. 19 No. 2
00:06:14 Molto allegro, in A Major, Op. 19 No. 3, “Jägerlied”
00:08:49 Moderato, in A Major, Op. 19 No. 4
00:11:16 Agitato, in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 19 No. 5
00:14:47 Andante sostenuto, in G Minor, Op. 19 No. 6, “Venetian Gondola Song”
00:17:22 Andante espressivo, in E-Flat Major, Op. 30 No. 1
00:21:44 Allegro di molto, in B-Flat Minor, Op. 30 No. 2
00:23:49 Andante sostenuto, in E Major, Op. 30 No. 3
00:26:28 Agitato e con fuoco, in B Minor, Op. 30 No. 4
00:29:21 Andante grazioso, in D Major, Op. 30 No. 5
00:31:14 Allegretto, in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 30 No. 6, “Venetian Gondola Song”
00:34:01 Con moto, in E-Flat Major, Op. 38 No. 1
00:36:17 Allegro non troppo, in C Minor, Op. 38 No. 2
00:38:34 Presto, in E Major, Op. 38 No. 3
00:41:00 Andante, in A Major, Op. 38 No. 4
00:43:03 Agitato, in A Minor, Op. 38 No. 5
00:45:42 Andante con moto, in A-Flat Major, Op. 38 No. 6, “Duetto”
00:48:33 Andante con moto, in A-Flat Major, Op. 53 No. 1
00:51:24 Allegro non troppo, in E-Flat Major, Op. 53 No. 2
00:54:14 Presto agitato, in G Minor, Op. 53 No. 3
00:57:08 Adagio, in F Major, Op. 53 No. 4
00:59:53 Allegro, in A Minor, Op. 53 No. 5, “Volkslied”
01:02:53 Molto allegro vivace, in A Major, Op. 53 No. 6
01:06:02 Andante espressivo, in G Major, Op. 62 No. 1
01:08:14 Allegro con fuoco, in B-Flat Major, Op. 62 No. 2
01:10:18 Andante maestoso, in E Minor, Op. 62 No. 3, “Trauermarsch”
01:13:53 Allegro con anima, in G Major, Op. 62 No. 4
01:15:09 Andante, in A Minor, Op. 62 No. 5, “Venetian Gondola Song”
01:17:58 Andante grazioso, in A Major, Op. 62 No. 6, “Frühlingslied”
01:21:08 Andante, in E-Flat Major, Op. 67 No. 1
01:23:47 Allegro leggiero, in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 67 No. 2
01:26:24 Andante tranquillo, in B-Flat Major, Op. 67 No. 3
01:28:50 Presto, in C Major, Op. 67 No. 4, “Spinnerlied: The Bee’s Wedding”
01:30:50 Moderato, in B Minor, Op. 67 No. 5
01:33:12 Allegretto non troppo, in E Major, Op. 67 No. 6
01:35:36 Andante espressivo, in F Major, Op. 85 No. 1
01:37:50 Allegro agitato, in A Minor, Op. 85 No. 2
01:38:44 Presto, in E-Flat Major, Op. 85 No. 3
01:41:19 Andante sostenuto, in D Major, Op. 85 No. 4
01:44:18 Allegretto, in A Major, Op. 85 No. 5
01:46:04 Allegretto con moto, in B-Flat Major, Op. 85 No. 6
01:48:35 Andante un poco agitato, in E Minor, Op. 102 No. 1
01:50:51 Adagio, in D Major, Op. 102 No. 2
01:53:28 Presto, in C Major, Op. 102 No. 3
01:55:01 Un poco agitato, in G Minor, Op. 102 No. 4
01:57:12 Allegro vivace, in A Major, Op. 102 No. 5, “Kinderstück”
01:58:31 Andante, in C Major, Op. 102 No. 6

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The year 2004 commemorates the 150th anniversary of the birth of Leos Janacek, one of Czech’s most famous and original composers.

Janacek’s music is highly personal, his language immediately recognizable: short, almost aphoristic motives form the basis of a highly dramatic discourse.

His piano works include the famous Piano Sonata (written after the death of a man during a worker’s demonstration), the highly attractive cycle “On an overgrown path” (short pieces of sometimes violent, sometimes painfully intimate emotions), the cycle “In the mist”, and series on Czech and Moravian folk melodies.

Norwegian pianist Hakon Austbö already recorded extensively for Brilliant Classics (Satie, Brahms Klavierstücke, Grieg Lyrische Stücke), and proves himself again a true master in the short form, completely identifying himself with the composer and his inner thoughts.

00:00:00 Sonata I.X.: I. Foreboding
00:05:59 Sonata I.X.: II. Death
00:12:51 On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 1: I. Our Evenings
00:16:08 On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 1: II. A Blown Away Leaf
00:19:36 On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 1: III. Come with Us!
00:20:15 On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 1: IV. The Madonna of Frýdek
00:24:17 On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 1: V. They Chattered Like Swallows
00:26:28 On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 1: VI. Words Fail!
00:28:32 On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 1: VII. Good Night!
00:31:01 On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 1: VIII. Unutterable Anguish
00:34:10 On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 1: IX. In Tears
00:37:08 On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 1: X. The Barn Owl Has Not Flown Away!
00:41:04 On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 2: I. Andante - Un poco piú mosso
00:44:22 On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 2: II. Allegretto - Poco mosso
00:47:21 On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 2: III. Vivo - Presto (Completed by H. Austbø)
00:49:07 In the Mist: I. Andante - Poco mosso
00:52:30 In the Mist: II. Molto adagio - Presto
00:56:56 In the Mist: III. Andantino - Poco mosso
01:00:11 In the Mist: IV. Presto - Meno mosso - Andante
01:04:32 Tema con variazioni
01:14:48 In Remembrance
01:16:26 Ej, danaj!
01:18:21 Music for Gymnastics
01:23:21 To My Olga
01:23:57 On an Overgrown Path, Two Rejected Pieces: I. Più mosso
01:26:28 On an Overgrown Path, Two Rejected Pieces: II. Allegro
01:31:26 Moravian Dances: Dymák - Starodávný - Valaška - Požehnaný - Pilky - Kalamajka - Trojky - Sekerecka - Kolo - Celadenský
01:39:40 6 Miniatures: I. Lord Jesus Christ Is Born
01:40:21 6 Miniatures: II. Moderato
01:41:29 6 Miniatures: III. Without Title
01:42:04 6 Miniatures: IV. Cradle Song
01:42:57 6 Miniatures: V. Melodie
01:43:27 6 Miniatures: VI. Palace of Malostranský
01:44:32 Moravian Folksongs
01:52:29 A Recollection
01:54:26 Intimate Sketches: I. Merely blind fate?
01:55:27 Intimate Sketches: II. So That One Could Never Return
01:56:37 Intimate Sketches: III. The Golden Ring
01:56:50 Intimate Sketches: IV. I Am Waiting for You!

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Composer:
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Artist:
Alexander Rudin (cello)
Ensemble Instrumental Musica Viva
Nikolay Alekseev ( conductor)

Here’s another fine disc, unavailable for some time, now receiving a new lease of life, and with no significant competition. It’s true that the complete works for cello and orchestra amount to less than half this disc’s duration, comprising as they do a couple of miniatures (the Pezzo Capriccioso and Nocturne) and the evergreen Rococo Variations. But the first point of importance is that the fine Russian cellist Alexander Rudin plays the original version of the score, and not the much more widely available piece of well-meaning butchery by a cellist of chaikovsky’s own time,Wilhelm Fitzenhagen. Fitzenhagen fiddled around with the order of the variations and left one out altogether, as well as somewhat simplifying the composer’s original and strenuous but effective demands upon the soloist. A return to the original reveals what we have been missing in the way of a rather more substantial and coherent work, and there are but one or two rival versions on the market.
In addition, Rudin complements the Variations with the gorgeous interlude from Swan Lake that features a solo cello, as well as an arrangement of the famous Andante cantabile from the First String Quartet. He then conducts this Muscovy orchestra himself in the Serenade for Strings.
Alexander Rudin was born in 1960 and studied with the cello legend Daniil Shafran. His pedigree in this music is impeccable.


00:00:00 Variations on a Rococo Theme Op.33, Original version
00:18:40 Nocturne, Adapted from the Six piano pieces, Op. 19
00:22:41 Andante cantabile, Adapted from the First String Quartet, No. 1 Op. 11
00:28:30 Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62
00:35:27 Andante cantabile, Adapted from The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66
00:39:53 Serenade for Strings, Op. 48: I. Pezzo in forma di sonatina: Andante non troppo – Allegro moderato
00:47:44 Serenade for Strings, Op. 48: II. Valse: Moderato (Tempo di valse)
00:51:27 Serenade for Strings, Op. 48: III. Elégie: Larghetto elegiaco
00:59:57 Serenade for Strings, Op. 48: IV. Finale (Tema russo): Andante; Allegro con spirito

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Bringing together all seven of Schubert’s completed symphonies, as well as the much-loved B minor ‘Unfinished’, this set charts the development of Schubert’s voice as a symphonist. His first six symphonies were composed between 1813 and 1818 for the orchestra at the religious school that he attended in Vienna. Although they could be considered to be apprentice works, and are clearly influenced by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and – in the case of the Sixth Symphony – Rossini, they are remarkable achievements for such a young composer, and the listener can hear some of the hallmarks of Schubert’s more forward-looking, romantic style, such as a bolder and richer harmonic language, beginning to emerge.
After a serious illness in 1822, from which he only partially recovered, Schubert composed his final symphonic masterpieces, the ‘Unfinished’ (1822) and the ‘Great’ (1825–6). From the haunting slow introduction and the extraordinary sense of pathos of the ‘Unfinished’ to the joyful and rhythmically vital ‘Great’ symphony, both works showcase Schubert the symphonist at the peak of his powers and are some of the most popular and enduring pieces in the orchestral canon.
Schubert’s complete symphonies are performed here by the legendary Staatskapelle Dresden under the inspired direction of celebrated conductor Herbert Blomstedt, praised by Gramophone for his "incomparably refined sensitivity and canny interpretative prowess".
Other information:
- Recordings made between 1978 and 1981 at the Lukaskirche in Dresden.
- “Probably the finest, most consistent Schubert cycles available” (David Hurwitz, Classicstoday.com, performance: 10).

 
00:00:00 Symphony No. 1 in D Major, D. 82: I. Adagio – Allegro vivace
00:10:15 Symphony No. 1 in D Major, D. 82: II. Andante
00:18:57 Symphony No. 1 in D Major, D. 82: III. Menuetto. Allegro
00:25:06 Symphony No. 1 in D Major, D. 82: IV. Allegro vivace
00:31:41 Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, D. 125: I. Largo – Allegro vivace
00:42:10 Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, D. 125: II. Andante
00:51:04 Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, D. 125: III. Menuetto. Allegro vivace
00:54:48 Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, D. 125: IV. Presto vivace
01:00:43 Symphony No. 3 in D Major, D. 200: I. Adagio maestoso – Allegro con brio
01:10:22 Symphony No. 3 in D Major, D. 200: II. Allegretto
01:14:50 Symphony No. 3 in D Major, D. 200: III. Menuetto. Vivace
01:18:57 Symphony No. 3 in D Major, D. 200: IV. Presto vivace
01:23:44 Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, D. 417 ‘Tragic’: I. Adagio molto
01:33:32 Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, D. 417 ‘Tragic’: II. Andante
01:43:05 Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, D. 417 ‘Tragic’: III. Menuetto. Allegro vivace
01:46:25 Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, D. 417 ‘Tragic’: IV. Allegro
01:54:09 Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485: I. Allegro
02:01:20 Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485: II. Andante con moto
02:12:09 Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485: III. Menuetto. Allegro molto
02:17:22 Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485: IV. Allegro vivace
02:23:20 Symphony No. 6 in C Major, D. 589: I. Adagio – Allegro
02:31:21 Symphony No. 6 in C Major, D. 589: II. Andante
02:37:44 Symphony No. 6 in C Major, D. 589: III. Scherzo. Presto
02:44:04 Symphony No. 6 in C Major, D. 589: IV. Allegro moderato
02:53:32 Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D.759 ‘Die Unvollendete’: I. Allegro moderato
03:05:05 Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D.759 ‘Die Unvollendete’: II. Andante con moto
03:17:47 Symphony No. 9 in C Major, Op. posth., D. 944 ‘The Great’: I. Andante – Allegro ma non troppo
03:32:30 Symphony No. 9 in C Major, Op. posth., D. 944 ‘The Great’: II. Andante con moto
03:48:24 Symphony No. 9 in C Major, Op. posth., D. 944 ‘The Great’: III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
03:59:21 Symphony No. 9 in C Major, Op. posth., D. 944 ‘The Great’: IV. Finale. Allegro vivace

Artist:
Staatskappelle Dresden
Herbert Blomstedt cunductor

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Composer: Francisco Tárrega
Artists: Giulio Tampalini

Tracklist:
00:00:00 Capricho árabe
00:04:36 Alborada
00:06:26 Marieta
00:08:20 Pavana
00:10:04 María
00:11:21 Isabel
00:12:36 La cartagenera
00:17:22 Adelita in E Minor
00:18:52 Rosita in D Major
00:20:38 El columpio
00:22:58 Danza mora
00:24:56 Gran vals in A Major
00:27:31 Malagueña fácil
00:30:17 Recuerdos de la Alhambra
00:35:45 Mazurka in G Major
00:38:13 Las dos hermanas
00:41:45 Minuetto in E Major
00:43:11 Paquito
00:45:07 Pepita
00:46:25 Danza odalisca
00:49:04 Sueño Mazurka
00:50:31 Vals in D Major
00:52:31 Variaciones sobre el carnaval de Venecia de Paganini
01:00:35 Prelude No. 1 in D Minor
01:01:46 Prelude No. 2 in A Minor
01:03:15 Prelude No. 3 in G Major
01:00:35 Prelude No. 4 in E Major
01:04:39 Prelude No. 5 in E Major
01:05:57 Prelude No. 6 in B Minor
01:06:51 Prelude No. 7 in A Major
01:07:35 Prelude No. 8 in A Major
01:07:56 Prelude No. 9 in A Major
01:08:18 Prelude No. 10 in D Major
01:08:36 Prelude in D Major
01:09:02 Prelude in A Minor
01:09:27 Prelude in D Major
01:10:04 Lágrima
01:11:35 Prelude in G Major
01:12:17 Prelude in C Major
01:12:57 Endecha
01:13:47 Oremus
01:14:41 Prelude in A Minor
01:15:06 Prelude in D Major
01:15:35 Prelude in A Major
01:15:55 Estudio en forma de minuet
01:17:31 Estudio sobre un estudio de cramer
01:18:55 Sueño Trémolo
01:25:17 Estudio sobre una sonatina de Alard
01:27:32 Estudio de velocidad
01:29:01 Estudio sobre un tema de la traviata de Verdi
01:30:00 La mariposa in D Major
01:31:10 Estudio sobre “andante en etude” de Émile Prudent
01:33:15 Estudio sobre un fragmento de Schumann
01:34:07 Fantasía sobre motivos de la traviata de Verdi
01:40:08 Gran jota de concierto
01:49:30 Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 2
01:53:54 Mazurka in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 33 No. 1
01:55:18 Mazurka in B Minor, Op. 33 No. 4
02:00:00 Mazurka in A Minor, Op. 67 No. 4
02:03:36 Waltz in A Minor, Op. 34 No. 2
02:08:29 Prelude in E Minor, Op. 28 No. 4
02:10:12 Prelude in B Minor, Op. 28 No. 6
02:11:43 Prelude in A Major, Op. 28 No. 7
02:12:19 Prelude in D-Flat Major, Op. 28 No. 15
02:16:16 Prelude in C Minor, Op. 28 No. 20
02:17:22 Fantasiestücke, Op. 12: I. “Des Abends”
02:20:21 Albumblätter, Op. 124: XVI. “Schlummerlied”
02:23:53 Bunte Blätter, Op. 99 Albumblätter
02:25:15 Bunte Blätter, Op. 99: I. “Nicht schnell, mit Innigkeit”
02:27:08 Album für die Jugend, Op. 68: XII. “Knecht Ruprecht”
02:28:34 Novelletten, Op. 21: I. “Romanza”
02:29:28 Kinderszenen, Op. 15: VII. “Träumere"
02:32:01 Minuet WoO 10 No. 3
02:34:05 Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 13: II. Adagio cantabile
02:38:06 Symphony No. 7, Op. 92: II. Allegretto
02:39:43 Sonata, Op. 2 No. 2: III. Scherzo
02:43:24 Sonata No. 4, Op. 7: II. Largo
02:48:12 Septet, Op. 20: IV. Andante (1st Variation)
02:49:11 Sonata No. 14 “Moonlight”, Op. 27 No. 2: I. Adagio
02:53:28 Sonata No. 18 in G Major, D.894: III. Minuet
02:57:41 La damnation de Faust – Ballet des Sylphes
02:59:50 Lyric Pieces, Op. 43 No. 2 “Solitary Traveller”
03:00:43 Norwegian Folk Songs, Op. 66 No. 13 “A Little Grey Man”
03:02:10 Peer Gynt, Op. 23: The Death of Åse
03:05:25 August Heinrich von Weyrauch nach Osten
03:07:07 Violi Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: II. Fugue
03:11:14 Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: V. Bourrée I, VI. Bourée II
03:14:14 Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: VII. Tempo di bourrée
03:17:24 String Quintet No. 5 in D Major, K. 593: III. Minuet
03:21:53 String Quartet No. 15 in D Minor, K. 421: III. Minuet
03:25:30 String Quartet, Hob.III:74: II. Largo assai
03:28:41 Keyboard Sonata, Hob.XVI:33: III. Tempo di minuetto
03:30:03 Baryton Trio, Hob.XI:87: III. Minuet
03:31:58 “Ox Minuet”, Hob.IX:27
03:34:36 Chorale
03:36:58 Samson, HWV 5: Minuet
03:38:42 L’Arlésienne, Op. 23, Pt. III: IXX. Mélodrame. Adagio
03:40:23 Tannhäuser, WWV 70: March
03:44:38 Mefistofele
03:50:42 L’Africaine: Morceau d’ensemble et finale
03:54:34 Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 30: VI. Venetianisches Gondellied
03:57:16 Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 19b: VI. Venetianisches Gondellied
03:59:24 Estudio
04:00:56 String Quartet in B-Flat Major: Minuet
04:04:04 El ratón
04:05:37 O sole mio
04:07:05 El pobre valbuena
04:09:40 Tango
04:11:38 La Paloma
04:13:48 Suite Española, Op. 47 No. 5: Sevilla

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Composer: Arcangelo Corelli
Artist: Musica Amphion, Pieter-Jan Belder (conductor)

Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713) was nothing less than a musical pioneer, a champion of the violin’s potential as a solo instrument and an immense influence on the composers who followed him, J.S. Bach and Handel included. As a virtuoso violinist, he wielded an unprecedented level of skill; as a composer, he was enormously popular throughout Europe.

Although the Italian composer’s legacy has been somewhat overshadowed in modern times, the 12 Concerti Grossi that comprise this recording are thoroughly worthy of rediscovery, and earned Corelli the description of ‘father of the concerto grosso’. Indeed, he was one of the first composers to use the term, and established many of the genre’s recognisable features.

The mixture of concerti da chiesa (church concertos, which alternate slow and fast tempi) and concerti da camera (chamber concertos, similar to the dance suite) demonstrates the imagination, innovation and versatility that his fellow composers so admired.

Although the vast popularity that Corelli enjoyed in his lifetime may have declined over the centuries, the influence of his 12 Concerti Grossi is undeniable, and can be felt in later concertos by composers like Geminiani and Vivaldi, not to mention Handel’s majestic Concerti Grossi Op.6. Drawn from Brilliant Classics’ criticallyacclaimed edition of Corelli’s complete works, there is much for listeners to discover and enjoy in these recordings, which feature outstanding readings by a leading period-instrument ensemble, Musica Amphion, led from the harpsichord by Pieter-Jan Belder.

Tracklist:

Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso in D Major, Op. 6, No. 1
00:00:00 I. Largo
00:02:22 II. Allegro
00:05:11 III. Largo
00:08:28 IV. Allegro
00:10:20 V. Allegro
Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 6, No. 2
00:12:34 I. Vivace - Allegro
00:16:00 II. Largo - Andante
00:16:56 III. Allegro
00:18:47 IV. Grave - Andante largo
00:20:47 V. Allegro
Arcangelo Corelli: 12 Concerti grossi, No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 6
00:23:20 I. Largo
00:25:36 II. Allegro
00:27:38 III. Grave
00:29:17 IV. Vivace
00:31:49 V. Allegro
Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto grosso in D Major, Op. 6 No. 4
00:34:20 I. Adagio - Allegro
00:38:00 II. Adagio
00:40:01 III. Vivace
00:41:03 IV. Allegro
Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 6, No. 5
00:44:32 I. Adagio - Allegro
00:47:53 II. Adagio
00:49:36 III. Allegro
00:51:47 IV. Largo
00:52:47 V. Allegro
Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 6, No. 6
00:55:08 I. Adagio
00:56:45 II. Allegro
00:58:43 III. Largo
01:01:57 IV. Vivace
01:04:22 V. Allegro
Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso in D Major, Op. 6, No. 7
01:06:20 I. Vivace - Allegro
01:08:35 II. Adagio
01:10:37 III. Allegro
01:13:03 IV. Andante
01:14:09 V. Allegro
Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto grosso in G Minor, Op. 6 No. 8 "Christmas Concerto"
01:15:15 I. Vivace
01:15:29 II. Grave - Arcate - Sostenuto e come
01:16:45 III. Allegro
01:19:07 IV. Adagio - Allegro - Adagio
01:22:20 V. Vivace
01:23:31 VI. Allegro
01:25:42 VII. Pastorale - Largo
Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 6, No. 9
01:29:30 I. Preludio: Largo
01:30:57 II. Allemanda: Allegro
01:33:38 III. Corrente: Vivace
01:35:10 IV. Gavotta: Allegro
01:36:03 V. Adagio
01:36:56 VI. Minuetto: Vivace
Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso in C Major, Op. 6, No. 10
01:38:35 I. Preludio: Andante largo
01:40:41 II. Allemanda: Allegro
01:43:01 III. Adagio
01:44:01 IV. Corrente: Vivace
01:46:47 V. Allegro
01:49:24 VI. Minuetto: Vivace
Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 6, No. 11
01:51:02 I. Preludio: Andante largo
01:53:19 II. Allemanda: Allegro
01:55:41 III. Adagio - Andante largo
01:57:55 IV. Sarabanda: Largo
01:59:13 V. Giga: Vivace
Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 6, No. 12
02:00:29 I. Preludio: Adagio
02:02:53 II. Allegro
02:05:20 III. Adagio
02:06:54 IV. Sarabanda: Vivace
02:07:50 V. Giga: Allegro
Arcangelo Corelli: Santa Beatrice d'Este: Sinfonia in D Minor, WoO 1
02:10:51 I. Grave
02:12:21 II. Allegro
02:14:07 III. Adagio
02:14:42 IV. Largo assai
02:17:14 V. Vivace
Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata a 4, WoO 2
02:19:16 I. Adagio - Andante Largo
02:20:38 II. Allegro
02:22:08 III. Grave
02:23:20 IV. Presto
02:24:30 V. Vivace

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Among the most revered virtuosos of all time, Nicolò Paganini was a true musical legend of his era, inspiring musicians such as Roberto Schumann to forge his own career as a pianist. Franz Schubert was also a regular audience member at Paganini’s concerts, despite the outlandish ticket prices.
Paganini often remarked that, despite his legendary status as a violinist, he found it rather difficult to compose for the instrument. This release brings together the Italian maestro’s two violin concertos: No.1, his first large work, was written around 1817 but published posthumously in 1851, and the second dates from 1826. Audiences were wowed at the premiere of No.1, thanks to its many extended passages of double-stopping and harmonics. Concerto No.2 in B minor is nicknamed ‘La campanella’, famous for its third-movement Rondo that employs a small bell at each reinstatement of the theme.

Kristóf Baráti is the soloist, performing the works on his much-loved ‘Lady Harmsworth’ Stradivarius violin. The release is a welcome addition to his ever-growing Brilliant Classics discography, of which Beethoven’s Complete Violin Sonatas (94310) garnered such reviews as ‘today’s reference recording’ (Frankfurte Allgemeine). Here he is joined by esteemed conductor Eiji Oue and the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover.
Composer:
Nicolò Paganini
Artist:
Kristóf Baráti violin
NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover
Eiji Oue conductor

00:00:00 Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 6: I. Allegro maestoso (Cadenza by Émile Sauret)
00:20:23 Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 6: II. Adagio
00:25:20 Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 6: III. Rondo. Allegro spiritoso
00:35:20 Violin Concerto No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 7: I. Allegro maestoso (Cadenza by Kristóf Baráti)
00:49:48 Violin Concerto No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 7: II. Adagio
00:56:08 Violin Concerto No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 7: III. Rondo à la clochette "La campanella"

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Composers: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Artists: Solamente Naturali, Didier Talpain (conductor), Marek Toporowski (conductor)

This release presents the 4 symphonies that Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach wrote during his stay in Hamburg. In these large-scale works the string section is extended with 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 horns and bassoon, instruments which are treated quasi solistically, so that one can almost speak of a Sinfonia Concertante.

The musical language is clearly “Sturm und Drang”, full of vehement dynamics and changes of sentiment, the fingerprint of this most famous son of Johann Sebastian.

Brilliant performances on period instruments by Solamente Naturali, an exciting group of early music players from Bratislava.

00:00:00 Symphony Wq183/1 (H663) in D Allegro di molto
00:05:35 Symphony Wq183/1 (H663) in D Largo
00:07:20 Symphony Wq183/1 (H663) in D Presto
00:10:10 Symphony Wq183/2 (H664) in E flat Allegro di molto
00:14:00 Symphony Wq183/2 (H664) in E flat Larghetto
00:15:28 Symphony Wq183/2 (H664) in E flat Presto
00:20:52 Symphony Wq183/2 (H664) in E flat Allegro assai
00:24:20 Harpsichord Concerto Wq43/4 (H474) in C Minor Poco adagio
00:26:30 Harpsichord Concerto Wq43/4 (H474) in C Minor Tempo di menuetto
00:29:16 Harpsichord Concerto Wq43/4 (H474) in C Minor Allegro assai
00:33:54 Symphony Wq183/3 (H665) in F Allegro di molto
00:38:54 Symphony Wq183/3 (H665) in F Larghetto
00:41:26 Symphony Wq183/3 (H665) in F Presto
00:44:14 Symphony Wq183/4 (H666) in G Allegro assai
00:47:12 Symphony Wq183/4 (H666) in G Poco andante
00:52:12 Symphony Wq183/4 (H666) in G Presto

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Composers: Aram Ilyich Khachaturian
Artists: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor)

Along with Shostakovich and Prokofiev, Khachaturian was one of the most famous and celebrated composers of the Soviet Union. Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, his earliest musical influences were the folk music of Georgia and of his ancestral homeland, Armenia. His ballet Gayaneh, composed in 1942, tapped into this passion for his Armenian heritage; set on a collective farm, its story is concerned with the triumph of love and loyalty to the Motherland over treason – themes that would keep Stalin happy. Khachaturian’s later ballet Spartacus, written in 1956, took the famous story of the Greek slave turned gladiator and his defeat of the Roman general Crassus as its basis. Composed in the dying years of Stalin’s rule, Khachaturian and his audiences were drawn to the story’s theme of resistance against tyranny.

Several movements from these ballets have taken on a life outside the original ballet suites – for example, the Sabre Dance from Gayaneh and the famous Adagio from Spartacus – ensuring that these wonderful and colourfully scored ballet suites have become firm favourites in the concert hall.

‘The Bolshoi orchestra are obviously completely at home in this repertoire, and Svetlanov’s ear for orchestral detail is as sure as ever. How beautifully he handles the tapering down at the end of the ‘Dance of the Nymphs’ (from Spartacas), while the opening of the ‘Dance of the Young Girls of Gadès’ brings a slow, subtle crescendo… The famous ‘Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia’ has never sounded more touchingly refined on record and the climax does not disappoint. In Gayaneh there is a beguilingly sinuous sophistication in ‘Ayesha’s dance’, and the ‘Lullaby’ and ‘Gayeneh’s Adagio’ are beautifully played, creating much delicacy of texture.’ Gramophone.

00:00:00 Gayaneh, Ballet Suite: Dance of the Rose Maidens
00:02:41 Gayaneh, Ballet Suite: Aysha’s Dance
00:07:04 Gayaneh, Ballet Suite: Dance of the Highlanders
00:09:01 Gayaneh, Ballet Suite: Lullaby
00:14:54 Gayaneh, Ballet Suite: Noune’s Dance
00:16:39 Gayaneh, Ballet Suite: Armen’s Var
00:18:37 Gayaneh, Ballet Suite: Gayaneh’s Adagio
00:22:37 Gayaneh, Ballet Suite: Lezghinka
00:25:35 Gayaneh, Ballet Suite: Dance with Tambourines
00:28:35 Gayaneh, Ballet Suite: Sabre Dance
00:30:58 Spartacus, Ballet Suite: Introduction – Dance of the Nymphs
00:37:02 Spartacus, Ballet Suite: Aegina’s Dance
00:41:02 Spartacus, Ballet Suite: Scene and Dance with Crotalums
00:44:55 Spartacus, Ballet Suite: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
00:54:38 Spartacus, Ballet Suite: Dance of the Gaditan Maidens – Victory of Spartacus

Composer: Luigi Boccherini
Artists: Ensemble Symposium, Igor Cantarelli (violin), Gian Andrea Guerra (violin), Simone Laghi (viola), Gregorio Buti (violoncello)

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Generally known as Boccherini’s Op.26, this set of two-movement ‘quartettini’ was first published as Op.32, but confusion has continued down the years, which may be one reason why these delightful works have remained little-known and under-recorded; the only extant version on CD is of arrangements for keyboard and piano quartet, so this set offers a valuable first chance to acquaint oneself with Boccherini’s original scoring.
The composer himself numbered the quartets among his ‘opera piccola’ – small works – but by grouping them in three pairs, it is possible to observe a macro-structure within the whole of Op.26, with a triple alternation of a scheme of fast-(menuet and trio) – slow – (menuet and trio). Certainly Boccherini did not intend the quartets to be taken less seriously than the longer-form quartets: ‘it is all cloth of the same piece,’ he remarked to his publisher, and his palette of sound is no less varied for the size of his chosen canvas, ranging from sweet, cantabile melodies to abrupt introductions and sudden conclusions. Op.26 is full of surprises, sometimes in his use of Spanish folk material, which betrays their origin as music composed for the Infante Don Luis at his court near Madrid. The Infante was the brother of the King of Spain Charles III. Boccherini remained in service of Don Luis as compositore and virtuoso di camera from 1770 to the death of the Infante, in 1785. There is even a fandango to conclude the set, in the finale of G200.

00:00:00 6 String Quartets, Op. 26, Quartetto in B-Flat Major, G. 195: I. Allegro moderato
00:04:28 6 String Quartets, Op. 26, Quartetto in B-Flat Major, G. 195: II. Minuetto con moto – Trio
00:09:48 6 String Quartets, Op. 26, Quartetto in G Minor, G. 196: I. Larghetto
00:14:17 6 String Quartets, Op. 26, Quartetto in G Minor, G. 196: II. Minuetto – Trio
00:18:47 6 String Quartets, Op. 26, Quartetto in E-Flat Major, G. 197: I. Allegro vivace
00:23:40 6 String Quartets, Op. 26, Quartetto in E-Flat Major, G. 197: II. Minuetto – Trio
00:27:41 6 String Quartets, Op. 26, Quartetto in A Major, G. 198: I. Larghetto
00:33:17 6 String Quartets, Op. 26, Quartetto in A Major, G. 198: II. Minuetto con moto – Trio
00:37:56 6 String Quartets, Op. 26, Quartetto in F Major, G. 199: I. Allegretto
00:43:11 6 String Quartets, Op. 26, Quartetto in F Major, G. 199: II. Minuetto allegro – Trio
00:47:09 6 String Quartets, Op. 26, Quartetto in F Minor, G. 200: I. Andante appassionato ma non lento
00:52:41 6 String Quartets, Op. 26, Quartetto in F Minor, G. 200: II. Minuetto – Trio

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Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Artist: ConSerto Musico, Mario Folena (flute), Stefania Marusi (flute), Francesco Baroni (harpsichord), Roberto Loreggian (harpsichord and organ)

Though several of Vivaldi’s most delightful concertos are written for the flute, he left relatively little chamber music for the instrument: the ‘Il Pastor Fido’ set which used to be attributed to him is now known to have been composed by Nicolas Chédeville. On this valuable new recording, Mario Folena and Roberto Loreggian offer what seems to be all that is left of Vivaldi’s output for the genre, informed by the latest scholarship and in delightful and lively period-instrument recordings. They couple it not with the previously recorded ‘Il Pastor Fido’ sonatas, but with a genuine rarity: an arrangement of ‘Spring’ from The Four Seasons made by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the composer and philosopher who argued that, in politics as in music, Man should return to first principles.

00:00:00 Sonata in C Major, RV 48, for flute and basso continuo: [Preludio]
00:00:45 Sonata in C Major, RV 48, for flute and basso continuo: Affettuoso
00:04:43 Sonata in C Major, RV 48, for flute and basso continuo: Allegro assai
00:06:59 Sonata in C Major, RV 48, for flute and basso continuo: Larghetto
00:09:11 Sonata in C Major, RV 48, for flute and basso continuo: Allegro
00:11:21 Sonata in G Major, RV 80, for two flutes and b.c.: Allegro
00:13:48 Sonata in G Major, RV 80, for two flutes and b.c.: Larghetto
00:15:23 Sonata in G Major, RV 80, for two flutes and b.c.: Allegro
00:17:11 Sonata in D Minor, RV 49, for flute and b.c.: Preludio
00:19:56 Sonata in D Minor, RV 49, for flute and b.c.: Siciliana
00:22:26 Sonata in D Minor, RV 49, for flute and b.c.: Sarabanda
00:24:25 Sonata in D Minor, RV 49, for flute and b.c.: Allegro
00:25:49 Le Printemps de Vivaldi arrangé pour une Flûte sans accompagnement (1775) in D Major: Allegro
00:29:22 Le Printemps de Vivaldi arrangé pour une Flûte sans accompagnement (1775) in D Major: Largo
00:31:50 Le Printemps de Vivaldi arrangé pour une Flûte sans accompagnement (1775) in D Major: Allegro
00:36:07 Sonata in G Minor, RV 51, for flute and b.c.: [Preludio]
00:36:42 Sonata in G Minor, RV 51, for flute and b.c.: Largo
00:39:19 Sonata in G Minor, RV 51, for flute and b.c.: Allegro
00:41:17 Sonata in G Minor, RV 51, for flute and b.c.: [Recitativo]
00:41:59 Sonata in G Minor, RV 51, for flute and b.c.: Andante
00:44:50 Sonata in G Minor, RV 51, for flute and b.c.: Allegro
00:46:34 Sonata in E Minor, RV 50, for flute and b.c.: Andante
00:51:20 Sonata in E Minor, RV 50, for flute and b.c.: Siciliano
00:54:14 Sonata in E Minor, RV 50, for flute and b.c.: Allegro
00:56:21 Sonata in E Minor, RV 50, for flute and b.c.: Arioso
00:59:04 Sonata in A Major, RV 800, for two flutes and b.c.: Allegro
01:01:11 Sonata in A Major, RV 800, for two flutes and b.c.: Andante
01:02:51 Sonata in A Major, RV 800, for two flutes and b.c.: Allegro

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Composer: Edward Elgar, Leoš Janácek, Vasily Kalinnikov
Artist: Orchestra da Camera 'Ferrucio Busoni', Massimo Belli conductor

This is a unique coupling on record, but a perceptive and satisfying one: a trio of Romantically inclined serenades from composers of Northern Europe, writing in the last decades of the 19th century when the drive to define a Nationalist spirit through culture was at its height. And so these works are distinctively, variously Russian, Czech and English in their different ways, while never relinquishing a debt to the German tradition in which their composers were to a greater or lesser degree educated.

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00:00:00 Serenade for Strings in G Minor: Andantino
00:09:13 Idyll for String Orchestra: I. Andante
00:13:43 Idyll for String Orchestra: II. Allegro
00:17:06 Idyll for String Orchestra: III. Moderato
00:21:17 Idyll for String Orchestra: IV. Allegro
00:25:07 Idyll for String Orchestra: V. Adagio
00:32:22 Idyll for String Orchestra: VI. Scherzo
00:35:56 Idyll for String Orchestra: VII. Moderato
00:40:01 Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 20: I. Allegro piacevole
00:43:32 Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 20: II. Larghetto
00:50:10 Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 20: III. Allegretto

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Artist: Artemandoline, Mari Fé Pavón (baroque mandolin), Manuel Muñoz (baroque guitar), Jean-Daniel Haro (viola da gamba), Jean-Christophe Leclère (harpsichord)

In Domenico Scarlatti’s vast output of 555 keyboard sonatas, there are a small number of works that are especially interesting to musicologists because of characteristics such as figured bass, three- or four-movement structure, and distinctive melodic lines that are particularly appropriate for a high-pitched solo instrument. Some experts believe that these works were written for the violin; on this recording, after meticulous research and the discovery of an important new manuscript at the Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal in Paris, the members of Artemandoline propose the fascinating theory that the sonatas may have been composed for the mandolin. Featuring works ranging from the smaller-scale K77 to the ambitious and technically demanding K88 – which is extremely well suited to the mandolin thanks to its four-part chords and dynamic nuances – this disc offers a radical reinterpretation of this captivating music.


Formed in 2001, the ensemble Artemandoline has worked tirelessly over the years towards the revival of the mandolin, giving new prominence to and widening the repertoire of this beautiful and unfairly neglected instrument. Artemandoline is acclaimed by audiences and critics alike for its rigorous and scrupulously researched, yet fresh, spontaneous and exciting performances. This is the ensemble’s first recording for Brilliant Classics; a second disc of mandolin music from 18th-century Paris will follow later in 2013.

00:00:00 Sonata in G Major, Kk. 91: I. Grave
00:01:24 Sonata in G Major, Kk. 91: II. Allegro
00:05:01 Sonata in G Major, Kk. 91: III. Grave
00:06:16 Sonata in G Major, Kk. 91: IV. Allegro
00:07:38 Sonata in E Minor, Kk. 81: I. Grave
00:09:19 Sonata in E Minor, Kk. 81: II. Allegro
00:12:24 Sonata in E Minor, Kk. 81: III. Grave
00:13:44 Sonata in E Minor, Kk. 81: IV. Allegro
00:15:15 Sonata in G Minor, Kk. 88: I. Grave
00:17:23 Sonata in G Minor, Kk. 88: II. Allegro moderato
00:19:55 Sonata in G Minor, Kk. 88: III. Allegro
00:21:24 Sonata in G Minor, Kk. 88: IV. Minuetto
00:23:18 Sonata in D Minor, Kk. 90: I. Grave
00:26:50 Sonata in D Minor, Kk. 90: II. Allegro
00:31:18 Sonata in D Minor, Kk. 90: III. Siciliana
00:32:12 Sonata in D Minor, Kk. 90: IV. Allegro
00:34:14 Sonata in D Minor, Kk. 77: I. Moderato cantabile
00:37:25 Sonata in D Minor, Kk. 77: II. Minuetto
00:39:43 Sonata in D Minor, Kk. 89: I. Allegro
00:43:12 Sonata in D Minor, Kk. 89: II. Grave
00:45:20 Sonata in D Minor, Kk. 89: III. Allegro

The maestro of Minimalist piano music has done it again, with an album of gentle melodies and soothing sounds from Yann Tiersen (b.1970) a composer best known outside his native France for the soundtrack to the movie Amélie (2001): the soundtrack sold over 200,000 copies in his homeland, and became Platinum in the US and Germany.

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