Magical Journey: June 2019

Sunday, June 30, 2019

Charles Gounod - Mélodies (Tassis Christoyannis)

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Composer: Charles Gounod

Ma Belle Amie est morte
Prière
Medjé
Le Souvenir
Ce que je suis sans toi
La Chanson du pêcheur
Heureux sera le jour
Tombez, mes ailes !
Je ne puis espérer
Ô ma belle rebelle
Primavera
Quanti mai!
Venise
Si vous n'ouvrez votre fenêtre
Sérénade
Où voulez-vous aller ?
Aubade
Le Banc de pierre
Au printemps
À une jeune Grecque
Maid of Athens
Good Night
Sweet baby, sleep
Départ

Tassis Christoyannis, baritone
Jeff Cohen, piano

Date: 2018
Label: Aparté
http://www.apartemusic.com/produit/gounod-melodies/

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Composer: Benjamin Godard

(01) Te souviens-tu
(02) Le banc de pierre
(03) Je ne veux pas d'autres choses
(04) Dieu, qui sourit et qui donne
(05) Jacotte
(06) Six Fables de La Fontaine:
(12) L'Invitation au voyage
(13) Les Adieux du berger
(14) Elle
(15) Chanson du berger
(16) Nouvelles Chansons du vieux temps
(22) Printemps
(23) Guitare
(24) Chanson
(25) Le Ménétrier
(26) Message

Tassis Christoyannis, baritone
Jeff Cohen, piano

Date: 2016
Label: Aparté
http://www.apartemusic.com/produit/benjamin-godard-songs-melodies/

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Composer: Édouard Lalo

CD1:

(01) L'Ombre de Dieu
(02) L'Adieu au désert
(03) Six Romances populaires de Pierre-Jean de Béranger
(09) Le Novice

CD2:

(01) Six Mélodies, Op. 17
(07) Chanson à boire
(08) Ballade à la lune
(09) Trois Mélodies sur des poèmes d'Alfred de Musset
(12) Aubade
(13) Trois Mélodies
(16) Cinq Lieder
(21) Le Chant breton
(22) Marine
(23) Le Rouge-gorge

Tassis Christoyannis, baritone
Jeff Cohen, piano

Date: 2015
Label: Aparté
http://www.apartemusic.com/produit/lalo-complete-songs-integrale-des-melodies/

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Nikolai Medtner - Goethe Lieder (Susan Gritton; Geoffrey Tozer)

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Composer: Nikolai Medtner

(01) Lieder von Goethe, Opp. 6, 15 & 18
(20) Suite-Vocalise in F minor, Op. 41 No. 2
(25) Sonate-Vocalise in C major, Op. 41 No. 1

Susan Gritton, soprano
Geoffrey Tozer, piano

Date: 2003
Label: Chandos
https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN 10093

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Composer: Nikolai Medtner

23 Songs

Ludmilla Andrew, soprano
Geoffrey Tozer, piano

Date: 1994
Label: Chandos
https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%209327

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Hanns Eisler - Ernste Gesänge; Lieder with piano (Matthias Goerne)

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Composer: Hanns Eisler

(01) Ernste Gesänge, für Instrumentalensemble & Bariton
(09) Lieder mit Klavier
(23) Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 1
(26) Lieder mit Klavier

Matthias Goerne, bartione
Thomas Larcher, piano
Ensemble Resonanz

Date: 2013
Label: harmonia mundi
http://www.harmoniamundi.com/#!/albums/1890

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Composer: Hanns Eisler

Hollywooder Liederbuch

Matthias Goerne, baritone
Eric Schneider, piano

Date: 1998
Label: Decca
https://www.deccaclassics.com/us/cat/4605822

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Robert Schumann - Liederkreis; Kernerlieder (Matthias Goerne)

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Composer: Robert Schumann

(01) Liederkreis, Op. 24
(10) Zwölf Gedichte von Justinus Kerner, Op. 35

Matthias Goerne, baritone
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

Date: 2019
Label: harmonia mundi
http://www.harmoniamundi.com/#!/albums/2514

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Composer: Robert Schumann

(01) Sechs Gedichte und Requiem, Op. 90
(07) 7 Lieder from Opp. 25, 37, 83, 96 & 101
(14) 6 Gesänge, Op. 89

Matthias Goerne, baritone
Markus Hinterhäuser, piano

Date: 2017
Label: harmonia mundi
http://www.harmoniamundi.com/#!/albums/2242

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Sergei Rachmaninov - Études-Tableaux (Steven Osborne)

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Composer: Sergei Rachmaninov

(01) Études-tableaux, Op. 33
(09) Études-tableaux, Op. 39

Steven Osborne, piano
Date: 2017
Label: Hyperion
https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68188

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Composer: Sergei Rachmaninov

26 Romances

Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Ivari Ilja, piano

Date: 2012
Label: Ondine
https://www.ondine.net/index.php?lid=en&cid=2.2&oid=4748

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Romances (Dmitri Hvorostovsky; Ivari Ilja)

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Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

24 Romances

Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Ivari Ilja, piano

Date: 2009
Label: Delos Music
https://delosmusic.com/recording/tchaikovsky-romances-hvorostovsky/

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Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

20 Romances

Christianne Stotijn, mezzo-soprano
Julius Drake, piano

Date: 2008
Label: Onyx Classics
http://www.onyxclassics.com/cddetail.php?CatalogueNumber=ONYX4034

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Emil Młynarski; Mieczysław Karłowicz - Violin Concertos (Nigel Kennedy)

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Composer: Emil Młynarski; Mieczysław Karłowicz; Frédéric Chopin

(01) Młynarski - Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major, Op. 16
(04) Karłowicz - Violin Concerto in A major, Op. 8
(07) Chopin - Nocturne Op. 9, Nos. 1 & 2 (arr. Krzesimir Dębski)

Nigel Kennedy, violin
Polish Chamber Orchestra
Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

Date: 2007
Label: EMI Classics

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Composer: Mieczysław Karłowicz

(01) Symphony in E minor, Op. 7 "Odrodzenie" (Rebirth)
(05) Bianca da Molena (The White Dove), incidental music, Op. 6

Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra
Antoni Wit, conductor

Date: 2011
Label: Naxos
http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572487

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Composer: Mieczysław Karłowicz

Returning Waves, Op. 9
A Sorrowful Tale (Preludes to Eternity), Op. 13
Eternal Songs, Op. 10: I. Song of Everlasting Yearning
Eternal Songs, Op. 10: II. Song of Love and Death
Eternal Songs, Op. 10: III. Song of Eternal Being

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Antoni Wit, conductor

Date: 2008
Label: Naxos
http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.570295

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Composer: Mieczysław Karłowicz

Stanislaw and Anna Oswiecimowie, Op. 12
Lithuanian Rhapsody, Op. 11
Episode at a Masquerade, Op. 14 (completed by Fitelberg)

Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Antoni Wit, conductor

Date: 2008
Label: Naxos
http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.570452

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Composer: Mieczysław Karłowicz; Moritz Moszkowski

(01) Karłowicz - Violin Concerto in A major, Op. 8
(04) Moszkowski - Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 16
(05) Moszkowski - Violin Concerto in C major, Op. 30

Tasmin Little, violin
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins, conductor

Date: 2004
Label: Hyperion
http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA67389

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Moritz Moszkowski - Piano Concerto Op. 3 (Ludmil Angelov)

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Composer: Moritz Moszkowski; Adolf Schulz-Evler

(01) Moszkowski - Piano Concerto in B minor, Op. 3
(05) Schulz-Evler - Russian Rhapsody, Op. 14

Ludmil Angelov, piano
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Kiradjiev, conductor

Date: 2016
Label: Hyperion
https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68109

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Composer: Moritz Moszkowski

(01) Piano Concerto in E major, Op. 59
(05) From Foreign Lands, suite for orchestra, Op. 23

Markus Pawlik, piano (1-4)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Antoni Wit, conductor

Date: 1998
Label: Naxos
http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.553989

More info & reviews:
https://www.amazon.com/Piano-Concerto-Major-M-Moszkowski/dp/B00000AENN

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Composer: Moritz Moszkowski; Edvard Grieg

(01) Moszkowski - Piano Concerto in E major, Op. 59
(05) Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16

Joseph Moog, piano
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern
Nicholas Milton, conductor

Date: 2015
Label: Onyx Classics
http://www.onyxclassics.com/cddetail.php?CatalogueNumber=ONYX4144

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Ignacy Jan Paderewski; Zygmunt Stojowski - Works for Piano and Orchestra (Jonathan Plowright)

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Composer: Ignacy Jan Paderewski; Zygmunt Stojowski

Stojowski - Symphonic Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 23
Paderewski - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 17: I. Allegro
Paderewski - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 17: II. Romanza. Andante
Paderewski - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 17: III. Finale. Allegro molto vivace
Paderewski - Nocturne in B major, Op. 16 No. 4

Jonathan Plowright, piano
Polska Orkiestra Sinfonia Iuventus
Łukasz Borowicz, conductor

Date: 2017
Label: Warner Classics
http://www.warnerclassics.com/shop/5521361,0190295787561/sinfonia-iuventus-paderewski-stojowski-polish-music-for-piano-and-orchestra

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Composer: Ignacy Jan Paderewski; Giuseppe Martucci

Paderewski - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 17: 1. Allegro
Paderewski - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 17: 2. Romanza. Andante
Paderewski - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 17: 3. Finale. Allegro molto vivace
Martucci - Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 66: 1. Allegro giusto
Martucci - Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 66: 2. Larghetto
Martucci - Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 66: 3. Allegro con spirito

Nelson Goerner, piano

Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (1-3)
Sinfonia Varsovia (4-6)
Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

Date: 2015
Label: Fryderyk Chopin Institute
http://en.chopin.nifc.pl/institute/events/news/type/1/id/3990

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Composer: Ignacy Jan Paderewski

(01) Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 17
(04) Fantaisie polonaise sur des thèmes originaux, Op. 19
(05) Overture

Janina Fialkowska, piano
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Antoni Wit, conductor

Date: 1999
Label: Naxos
https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.554020

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Composer: Xaver Scharwenka; Ignacy Jan Paderewski; Mily Balakirev

X. Scharwenka - Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 32: 1. Allegro patetico
X. Scharwenka - Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 32: 2. Scherzo. Allegro assai
X. Scharwenka - Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 32: 3. Allegro non tanto
Balakirev - Reminiscences on "A Life for the Czar" (after Glinka's opera)
Paderewski - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 17: 1. Allegro
Paderewski - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 17: 2. Romanza
Paderewski - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 17: 3. Allegro molto vivace

Earl Wild, piano

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Erich Leinsdorf, conductor (1-3)

London Symphony Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor (5-7)

Date: 1969 (1-4), 1970 (5-7)
Label: Élan (licensed from RCA/BMG)

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Mieczysław Weinberg - Symphony No. 8 'Polish Flowers' (Antoni Wit)

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Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg

Symphony No. 8 'Polish Flowers', Op. 83

Rafał Bartmiński, tenor
Magdalena Dobrowolska, soprano
Ewa Marciniec, alto

Warsaw Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra
Antoni Wit, conductor

Date: 2013
Label: Naxos
https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572873

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Mieczysław Weinberg - String Quartets Vol. 6 (Quatuor Danel)

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Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg

(01) String Quartet No. 2, Op. 3
(05) String Quartet No. 12, Op. 103
(09) String Quartet No. 17, Op. 146

Quatuor Danel
Marc Danel, violin
Gilles Millet, violin
Vlad Bogdanas, viola
Guy Danel, cello

Date: 2012
Label: cpo

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Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg

(01) String Quartet No. 1 in C major, Op. 2
(04) String Quartet No. 3 in D minor, Op. 14
(07) String Quartet No. 10 in A minor, Op. 85
(11) Capriccio, Op. 11
(12) Aria, Op. 9

Quatuor Danel
Marc Danel, violin
Gilles Millet, violin
Vlad Bogdanas, viola
Guy Danel, cello

Date: 2011
Label: cpo

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Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg

(01) String Quartet No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 27
(06) String Quartet No. 9 in F sharp minor, Op. 80
(10) String Quartet No. 14, Op. 122

Quatuor Danel
Marc Danel, violin
Gilles Millet, violin
Vlad Bogdanas, viola
Guy Danel, cello

Date: 2010
Label: cpo

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Mieczysław Weinberg - String Quartets Vol. 3 (Quatuor Danel)

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Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg

(01) String Quartet No. 6 in E minor, Op. 35
(07) String Quartet No. 8, Op. 66
(08) String Quartet No. 15, Op. 124

Quatuor Danel
Marc Danel, violin
Gilles Millet, violin
Vlad Bogdanas, viola
Guy Danel, cello

Date: 2009
Label: cpo

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Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg

(01) String Quartet No. 7 in C major, Op. 59
(04) String Quartet No. 11 in F major, Op. 89
(08) String Quartet No. 13, Op. 118, in one movement

Quatuor Danel
Marc Danel, violin
Gilles Millet, violin
Vlad Bogdanas, viola
Guy Danel, cello

Date: 2008
Label: cpo

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Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg

(01) String Quartet No. 4 in E flat major, Op. 20
(05) String Quartet No. 16 in A flat minor, Op. 130

Quatuor Danel
Marc Danel, violin
Gilles Millet, violin
Vlad Bogdanas, viola
Guy Danel, cello

Date: 2007
Label: cpo

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Mieczysław Weinberg; Fyodor Druzhinin - Sonatas for Viola Solo (Julia Rebekka Adler)

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Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg; Fyodor Druzhinin

CD1:

(01) Weinberg - Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 28
(04) Druzhinin - Sonata for Viola Solo
(08) Weinberg - Sonata for Viola Solo No. 1, Op. 107

CD2:

(01) Weinberg - Sonata for Viola Solo No. 2, Op. 123
(05) Weinberg - Sonata for Viola Solo No. 3, Op. 135
(10) Weinberg - Sonata for Viola Solo No. 4, Op. 136

Julia Rebekka Adler, viola
Jascha Nemtsov, piano (Op. 28)

Date: 2009
Label: NEOS Music
https://neos-music.com/?language=english&page=output.php%3Ftemplate%3Denglish-album-details.php%26content%3DAlben/11008_09.php

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Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg

(01) Sonata for Solo Cello No. 2, Op. 86
(05) Sonata for Solo Cello No. 3, Op. 106
(09) Sonata for Solo Cello No. 4, Op. 140

Josef Feigelson, cello
Date: 1998/2011
Label: Naxos (previously released on Olympia)
https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572281

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Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg

(01) Twenty-Four Preludes, Op. 100
(25) Sonata for Solo Cello No. 1, Op. 72

Josef Feigelson, cello
Date: 1997/2010
Label: Naxos (previously released on Olympia)
https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572280

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Mieczysław Weinberg - Piano Sonatas Opp. 8, 49bis & 56 (Elisaveta Blumina)

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Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg

(01) Piano Sonata No. 2 in A minor, Op. 8
(05) Piano Sonata, Op. 49bis
(08) Piano Sonata No. 4 in B minor, Op. 56

Elisaveta Blumina, piano
Date: 2018
Label: cpo

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Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg

(01) Children's Notebook, Book 1, Op. 16
(09) Children's Notebook, Book 2, Op. 19
(17) Children's Notebook, Book 3, Op. 23
(24) Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 5

Elisaveta Blumina, piano
Date: 2010
Label: cpo

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Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg

(01) Trio for Violin, Violoncello & Piano, Op. 24
(05) Sonatina for Violin & Piano, Op. 46
(08) Sonata for Double Bass solo, Op. 108

Elisaveta Blumina, piano
Kolja Blacher, violin (1-4)
Erez Ofer, violin (5-7)
Johannes Moser, cello
Nabil Shehata, double bass

Date: 2014
Label: cpo

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Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg

(01) Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 28
(04) 12 Miniatures for Flute and Piano, Op. 29
(16) Sonata for Bassoon Solo, Op. 133
(20) Trio for Flute, Viola and Harp, Op. 127

Elisaveta Blumina, piano
Wenzel Fuchs, clarinet
Henrik Wiese, flute
Mathias Baier, bassoon
Nimrod Guez, viola
Uta Jungwirth, harp

Date: 2012
Label: cpo

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Mieczysław Weinberg - Violin Sonatas (Grigory Kalinovsky; Tatiana Goncharova)

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Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg

CD1:

(01) Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 12
(04) Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 15
(07) Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 37

CD2:

(01) Violin Sonata No. 4, Op. 39
(04) Violin Sonata No. 5, Op. 53
(08) Violin Sonata No. 6, Op. 136bis
(09) Violin Sonatina, Op. 46

Grigory Kalinovsky, violin
Tatiana Goncharova, piano

Date: 2017
Label: Naxos
https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572320-21

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Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg

(01) Sonata No. 1 for Cello and Piano, Op. 21
(03) Sonata No. 1 for Cello Solo, Op. 72
(06) Sonata No. 2 for Cello and Piano, Op. 63

Alexander Chaushian, cello
Yevgeny Sudbin, piano

Date: 2007
Label: BIS
http://bis.se/performers/chaushian-alexander/weinberg-cello-sonatas

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