A belated thank you for your support, Antonio.

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Fanny Mendelssohn; Emilie Mayer; Maddalena Sirmen - String Quartets (Erato Quartett)


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Composer: Fanny Mendelssohn; Emilie Mayer; Maddalena Sirmen
  • (01) F. Mendelssohn - String Quartet in E flat major
  • (05) Mayer - String Quartet in G minor, Op. 14
  • (09) Sirmen - String Quartet No. 2 in B flat major
  • (11) Sirmen - String Quartet No. 3 in G minor

Erato Quartett
Emilie Haudenschild & Attila Adamka, violins
Heinz Haudenschild, viola
Emeric Kostyak, cello

Date: 1999
Label: cpo

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Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Helena Munktell - Chamber Works (Various Artists)


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Composer: Helena Munktell
  • (01) Violin Sonata in E flat major, Op. 21
  • (05) 10 Mélodies
  • (15) Kleines Trio
  • (18) Violin Sonata in E flat major, Op. 21: II. Scherzo brusco (original version)

Tobias Ringborg, violin
Sofie Asplund, soprano
Kristina Winiarski, cello
Peter Friis Johansson, piano

Date: 2021

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Monday, March 29, 2021

Helena Munktell - Orchestral Works (Tobias Ringborg)


Information

Composer: Helena Munktell
  • (01) Bränningar (Breaking Waves). Symphonic Picture, Op. 19
  • (02) Suite for Large Orchestra
  • (06) Valborgsmessoeld (Walpurgisfire). Poem, Op. 24
  • (07) Suite dalécarlienne (Dala Suite)

Gävle Symphony Orchestra
Tobias Ringborg, conductor

Date: 2005
Label: Sterling

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Sunday, March 28, 2021

Teresa Carreño - Piano Music (Alexandra Oehler)


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Composer: Teresa Carreño
  1. Nocturne, 'Souvenirs de mon pays', Op. 10
  2. Caprice-Etude No. 1, Op. 4
  3. Prière, Op. 12
  4. Rêverie-Impromptu, Op. 3
  5. Marche funèbre, Op. 11
  6. Caprice-Etude No. 2, Op. 6
  7. Elégie, Op. 18
  8. Six Mélodies, 'Plaintes au bord d’une tombe', Op. 22
  9. Impromptu, 'Une larme', Op. 5
  10. Gottschalk Waltz, Op. 1

Alexandra Oehler, piano
Date: 2021
Label: Grand Piano

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Teresa Carreño - Piano Music (Clara Rodriguez)


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Composer: Teresa Carreño
  1. Le printemps, Op. 25
  2. Plainte, Elegía No. 1, Op. 17
  3. Ballade, Op. 15
  4. Intermezzo, Op. 34
  5. La corbeille de fleurs, Valse, Op. 9
  6. Mazurka de salon, Op. 30
  7. Un bal en rêve, Op. 26
  8. Partie, Elegía No. 2, Op. 18
  9. La fausse note, Op. 39
  10. Un rêve en mer, Op. 28
  11. Kleiner Waltzer
  12. Le sommeil de l'enfant, Op. 35
  13. Vals gayo
  14. Venise, Op. 33
  15. Une revue à Prague, Op. 27

Clara Rodriguez, piano
Date: 2009
Label: Nimbus Alliance

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Saturday, March 27, 2021

Zara Levina - Chamber Music (Maria Lettberg; etc.)


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Composer: Zara Levina
  • (01) Piano Sonata No. 1
  • (02) Poem (version for viola and piano)
  • (03) Violin Sonata No. 2
  • (06) 3 Klavierstücke
  • (09) Fantasy on Bashkirian Themes
  • (10) Canzonetta
  • (11) Piano Sonata No. 2
  • (14) Hebrew Rhapsody (arr. Katia Tchemberdji)

Maria Lettberg, piano
Yury Revich, violin
Gernot Adrion, viola
Ringela Riemke, cello
Katia Tchemberdji, piano

Date: 2019
Label: Capriccio

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Zara Levina - Piano Concertos (Maria Lettberg)


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Composer: Zara Levina
  • (01) Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 1
  • (04) Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 2

Maria Lettberg, piano
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Ariane Matiakh, conductor

Date: 2020
Label: Capriccio
http://capriccio.at/zara-levina-1906-1976

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Thursday, March 25, 2021

Enjott Schneider - Flute Stories (Various Artists)


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Composer: Enjott Schneider
  • (01) Water - Element of Infinity
  • (06) Baumwelten - Worlds of Tree
  • (10) Pictures of Yang Guifei

Łukasz Długosz, flute
Agata Kielar-Długosz, flute (1-5)

Silesian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra (1-5, 10-13)
Silesian Chamber Orchestra (6-9)
Mirosław Jacek Błaszczyk, conductor

Date: 2020
Label: Wergo
https://en.schott-music.com/shop/flute-stories-no446197.html

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Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Enjott Schneider - Mozart & Beethoven meeting Yin & Yang (Various Artists)


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Composer: Enjott Schneider
  • (01) Raptus. Die Freiheit des Beethoven
  • (02) Mozart Ascending
  • (06) Yin & Yang
  • (08) Inner Worlds

Juliana Koch, oboe (2-5)
Wu Wei, sheng (6-7)

Jena Philharmonic Orchestra
Simon Gaudenz, conductor

Date: 2019
Label: Wergo

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Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Enjott Schneider - Magic of Irreality (Various Artists)


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Composer: Enjott Schneider
  • (01) Isolde und Tristan
  • (06) Dreamdancers

Jiemin Yan, erhu (1-5)
Wen-Sinn Yang, cello (1-5)
Otto Sauter, piccolo trumpet (6-8)
Sergei Nakariakov, flugelhorn (6-8)

Siberian State Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Lande, conductor

Date: 2018
Label: Wergo

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Monday, March 22, 2021

Enjott Schneider - Bach, Dracula, Vivaldi & Co. (Various Artists)


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Composer: Enjott Schneider
  • (01) BACH-Metamorphosen (Concerto for oboe, strings and harpsichord)
  • (04) Omaggio a Vivaldi (Concerto for recorder, strings and harpsichord)
  • (07) Vivaldissimo (Concerto for two trumpets, strings and harpsichord)
  • (10) Draculissimo (Concerto grosso for trumpet, trombone and ensemble)

Albrecht Mayer, oboe
Dorothee Oberlinger, recorder
Joachim Schäfer & Csaba Keleman, trumpets
Stefan Langbein, trombone

Olga Watts, harpsichord
Tonkünstler-Orchester
Kevin John Edusei, conductor

Date: 2016
Label: Wergo

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Saturday, March 20, 2021

Alexander Mosolov - Complete Works for Solo Piano (Olga Andryushchenko)


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Composer: Alexander Mosolov

CD1:
  • (01) Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 3
  • (02) 2 Nocturnes, Op. 15
  • (04) 3 Small Pieces, Op. 23a
  • (07) 2 Dances, Op. 23b
  • (09) Piano Sonata No. 2 in B minor, Op. 4 'From Old Notebooks'
CD2:
  • (01) Piano Sonata No. 4, Op. 11
  • (02) Turkmenian Nights – Phantasy for Piano
  • (05) Piano Sonata No. 5 in D minor, Op. 12

Olga Andryushchenko, piano
Date: 2016
Label: Grand Piano

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Friday, March 19, 2021

Alexander Mosolov - Symphony No. 5; Harp Concerto (Arthur Arnold; Taylor Ann Fleshman)


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Composer: Alexander Mosolov
  • (01) Symphony No. 5
  • (04) Harp Concerto

Taylor Ann Fleshman, harp
Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Arthur Arnold, conductor

Date: 2020
Label: Naxos

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Thursday, March 18, 2021

Alexander Mosolov - Iron Foundry; Piano Concerto No. 1 (Johannes Kalitzke; Steffen Schleiermacher)


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Composer: Alexander Mosolov
  1. Iron Foundry, Op. 19
  2. Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 14: I. Andante lugubre (lento)
  3. Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 14: II. Tema con Concertini (Lento sostenuto)
  4. Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 14: III. Allegro. Molto marcato
  5. Tractor's arrival at the Kolkhoz
  6. Legend for cello & piano, Op. 5
  7. Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 3
  8. Four Newspaper Announcements, Op. 21

Steffen Schleiermacher, piano
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Johannes Kalitzke, conductor

Date: 2015
Label: Capriccio

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Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Alexander Mosolov - Cello Concerto No. 2; Symphony No. 1 (Dmitry Eremin; Alexander Titov)


Information

Composer: Alexander Mosolov
  • (01) Cello Concerto No. 2, Op. 34
  • (04) Symphony in E major (No. 1)

Dmitry Eremin, cello
St. Petersburg State Academic Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Titov, conductor

Date: 2011
Label: Northern Flowers



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Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Alexander Mosolov; Sergei Prokofiev; Edgard Varèse - Orchestral Works (Riccardo Chailly)


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Composer: Alexander Mosolov; Sergei Prokofiev; Edgard Varèse
  1. Mosolov - Iron Foundry, Op. 19
  2. Prokofiev - Symphony No. 3 in C minor: I. Moderato
  3. Prokofiev - Symphony No. 3 in C minor: II. Andante
  4. Prokofiev - Symphony No. 3 in C minor: III. Allegro agitato
  5. Prokofiev - Symphony No. 3 in C minor: IV. Andante mosso – Allegro agitato
  6. Varèse - Arcana

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly, conductor

Date: 1994
Label: Decca

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Sunday, March 14, 2021

Alexander Kastalsky - Fraternal Commemoration (Various Artists)


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Composer: Alexander Kastalsky
  • (01) Fraternal Commemoration
  • (13) Hans Fährmann - Klage, Op. 60 No. 1
  • (14) Herbert Brewer - Marche héroïque
  • (15) René Vierne - Canzona

Moscow "Kastalsky" Chorus, dir. Alexei Roudnevsky
Figuralchor Köln, dir. Richard Mailänder
Graz Cathedral Choir, dir. Josef M. Doeller

Ekaterina Yassinskaia, soprano
Lioubov Chichkhanova, organ
Vladimir Degtiarev, direction

Sylvain Heili, organ (13-15)

Date: 2017
Label: Editions Hortus

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Saturday, March 13, 2021

Alexander Kastalsky - Memory Eternal (The Clarion Choir)


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Composer: Alexander Kastalsky
  • (01) Memory Eternal to the Fallen Heroes
  • (12) Doors of Thy Mercy
  • (13) From my youth
  • (14) Blessed are they

The Clarion Choir
Steven Fox, conductor

Date: 2018
Label: Naxos

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Friday, March 12, 2021

Alexander Kastalsky - Requiem for Fallen Brothers (Leonard Slatkin)


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Composer: Alexander Kastalsky
  • Requiem for Fallen Brothers

Anna Dennis, soprano
Joseph Beutel, bass-baritone

Cathedral Choral Society
The Clarion Choir
The Saint Tikhon Choir
Kansas City Chorale


Orchestra of St. Luke's
Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Date: 2020
Label: Naxos
https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.574245

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Thursday, March 11, 2021

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis - Piano Music, Vol. 2 (Mūza Rubackytė)


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Composer: Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
  1. Prelude, VL 239 (Op. 12 No. 1)
  2. Prelude, VL 241 (Op. 13 No. 1)
  3. Prelude, VL 256 (Op. 16 No. 3)
  4. Prelude, VL 259 (Op. 16 No. 2)
  5. Pater Noster, VL 260 (Op. 17 No. 1)
  6. Autumn, VL 264 (Op. 17 No. 2)
  7. Three Pieces on a Theme (Op. 20): I. VL271
  8. Three Pieces on a Theme (Op. 20): II. VL270
  9. Three Pieces on a Theme (Op. 20): III. VL269
  10. Prelude, VL 294 (Op. 21 No. 1)
  11. Prelude, VL 295 (Op. 21 No. 2)
  12. Prelude, VL 298
  13. Prelude, VL 304 (Op. 22 No. 5)
  14. Prelude, VL 325 (Op. 31 No. 1)
  15. Prelude, VL 327 (Op. 31 No. 2)
  16. Prelude, VL 330
  17. Prelude, VL 335 (Op. 32 No. 3)
  18. Prelude, VL 338 (Op. 33 No. 1)
  19. Prelude, VL 340 (Op. 33 No. 3)
  20. Prelude, VL 343 (Op. 33 No. 5)
  21. Prelude, VL 344 (Op. 33 No. 6)
  22. Fugue in B flat minor, VL 345 (Op. 34)
  23. String Quartet (transcribed by Mūza Rubackytė): I. Allegro moderato
  24. String Quartet (transcribed by Mūza Rubackytė): II. Andante
  25. String Quartet (transcribed by Mūza Rubackytė): III. Menuet: Grazioso

Mūza Rubackytė, piano
Date: 1993/2011
Label: Marco Polo / Naxos

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Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis - Piano Music, Vol. 1 (Mūza Rubackytė)


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Composer: Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
  1. Humoresque, VL 162 (Op. 3 No. 2)
  2. Prelude, VL 164 (Op. 3 No. 4)
  3. Prelude, VL 169 (Op. 3 No. 1)
  4. Nocturne, VL 178 (Op. 4 No. 1)
  5. Impromptu, VL 181 (Op. 4 No. 2)
  6. Prelude, VL 182a
  7. Nocturne, VL 183 (Op. 6 No. 2)
  8. Prelude, VL 184 (Op. 6 No. 1)
  9. Prelude, VL 185 (Op. 7 No. 1)
  10. Prelude, VL 186 (Op. 7 No. 3)
  11. Prelude, VL 187 (Op. 7 No. 2)
  12. Prelude, VL 188 (Op. 7 No. 4)
  13. Prelude, VL 197 (Op. 8 No. 1)
  14. Chansonette, Dainele, VL 199 (Op. 11 No. 2)
  15. Mazurka, VL 222 (Op. 8 No. 2)
  16. Prelude, VL 230 (Op. 11 No. 1)
  17. Mazurka, VL 234 (Op. 3 No. 3)
  18. Sonata, VL 155: I. Allegro moderato
  19. Sonata, VL 155: II. Andante
  20. Sonata, VL 155: III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
  21. Sonata, VL 155: IV. (Finale)

Mūza Rubackytė, piano
Date: 1993/2011
Label: Marco Polo / Naxos

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Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis - Piano Miniatures (Various Artists)


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Composer: Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis

CD1:
  • (01) Four Pieces, Op. 3
  • (05) Two Pieces, Op. 4
  • (07) Two Pieces, Op. 6
  • (09) Four Preludes, Op. 7
  • (13) Two Pieces, Op. 8
  • (15) Three Preludes, Op. 11
  • (18) Three Pieces, Op. 12
  • (20) Three Preludes, Op. 13
  • (22) Themes and Six Variations, Op. 15
  • (29) Four Preludes, Op. 16
  • (33) Three Pieces, Op. 17
  • (36) Theme "B E Es A C A Es" and 3 Variations, Op. 18
CD2:
  • (01) Three Pieces, Op. 19
  • (04) Three Preludes on One Theme, Op. 20
  • (07) Four Preludes, Op. 21
  • (11) Five Preludes, Op. 22
  • (16) Four Preludes, Op. 26
  • (20) Four Preludes, Op. 27
  • (24) Marios, Op. 28
  • (27) Two Fughettas and Two Preludes, Op. 29
  • (30) Three Preludes, Op. 30
  • (33) Four Preludes, Op. 31
  • (37) Three Preludes, Op. 32
  • (39) Six Preludes, Op. 33
  • (45) Fugue, Op. 34

Aldona Radvilaitė, piano (CD1 1-4)
Raimondas Kontrimas, piano (CD1 5-8)
Augustinas Maceina, piano (CD1 9-12, 22-28, 37-39) (CD2 1-3)
Birutė Vainiūnaitė, piano (CD1 13-21, 29-36)
Aleksandra Juozapėnaitė, piano (CD2 4-15, 33-45)
Aldona Dvarionaitė, piano (CD2 16-32)

Date: 1975
Label: King Record (licensed from Lituanus)



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Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis - Complete Music for String Quartet (Vilnius String Quartet)


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Composer: Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
  • (01) String Quartet in C minor
  • (04) Theme and Variations in B minor
  • (18) Two Canons
  • (20) Two Fugues

Vilnius String Quartet
Audronė Vainiūnaitė & Artūras Šilalė, violins
Girdutis Jakaitis, viola
Augustinas Vasiliausksas, cello

Date: 2010
Label: Northern Flowers


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Monday, March 8, 2021

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis - Orchestral Works (Modestas Pitrėnas)


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Composer: Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
  1. Kęstutis
  2. In the Forest (Miške)
  3. The Sea (Jūra)

Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra
Modestas Pitrėnas, conductor

Date: 2020
Label: Ondine

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Saturday, March 6, 2021

Lennox Berkeley; Michael Berkeley - Guitar Works (Craig Ogden)


Information

  • (01) Lennox Berkeley - Quatre Pièces pour la guitare, Op. post
  • (05) Lennox Berkeley - Guitar Sonatina, Op. 52, No. 1
  • (08) Lennox Berkeley - Theme and Variations, Op. 77
  • (15) Michael Berkeley - Lament
  • (16) Michael Berkeley - Worry Beads
  • (17) Michael Berkeley - Sonata in One Movement
  • (18) Michael Berkeley - Impromptu

Craig Ogden, guitar
Date: 2004
Label: Chandos

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Friday, March 5, 2021

Lennox Berkeley - Songs (James Gilchrist)


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Composer: Lennox Berkeley
  • (01) D’un vanneur de blé aux vents
  • (02) Tombeaux
  • (07) How love came in
  • (08) Bells of Cordoba
  • (09) Five Poems of W.H. Auden, Op. 53
  • (14) Five Herrick Poems, Op. 89
  • (19) Autumn’s Legacy, Op. 58
  • (26) Automne, Op. 60 No. 3
  • (27) Ode du premier jour de Mai
  • (28) Sonnet, Op. 102
  • (29) Five Chinese Songs, Op. 78

James Gilchrist, tenor
Anna Tilbrook, piano
Alison Nicholls, harp

Date: 2021
Label: Chandos

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Thursday, March 4, 2021

Lennox Berkeley - Chamber Works (Berkeley Ensemble)


Information

Composer: Lennox Berkeley
  • (01) Pièce for flute clarinet and bassoon
  • (02) Sextet, Op. 47
  • (05) In Memoriam Igor Stravinsky: Canon for String Quartet
  • (06) Introduction and Allegro for double bass and piano
  • (07) String Trio, Op. 19
  • (10) Three Pieces for solo viola
  • (13) Sonatine for clarinet and piano

Berkeley Ensemble
Sophie Mather, violin (2-5, 7-9)
Dan Shilladay, viola (2-5, 7-12)
Gemma Wareham, cello (2-5, 7-9)
Lachlan Radford, double bass (5)
John Slack, clarinet (1-4, 13-15)
Andrew Watson, bassoon (1)
Paul Cott, horn (2-4)
with
Julia Loucks, violin (2-5)
Sarah Bennington, flute (1)
Libby Burgess, piano (6, 13-15)

Date: 2015
Label: Resonus Classics

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Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Lennox Berkeley - String Quartets Nos. 1-3 (Maggini Quartet)


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Composer: Lennox Berkeley
  • (01) String Quartet No. 1, Op. 6
  • (05) String Quartet No. 2, Op. 15
  • (08) String Quartet No. 3, Op. 76

Maggini Quartet
Lorraine McAslan & David Angel, violins
Martin Outram, viola
Michal Kaznowski, cello

Date: 2007
Label: Naxos

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Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Lennox Berkeley - Chamber Music (Various Artists)


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Composer: Lennox Berkeley
  • (01) Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano, Op. 44
  • (04) Sonatina for Flute and Piano, Op. 13
  • (07) Viola Sonata, Op. 22
  • (10) Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Piano, Op. 90

Raphael Terroni, piano
Susanne Stanzeleit, violin
Patrick Williams, flute
Morgan Goff, viola
Members of the New London Chamber Ensemble

Date: 2021
Label: Naxos

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Monday, March 1, 2021

Lennox Berkeley - A Centenary Tribute (Nash Ensemble)


Information

Composer: Lennox Berkeley
  • (01) Sonatina for piano duet, Op. 39
  • (04) Diversions, Op. 63
  • (08) Sextet, Op. 47
  • (11) Quartet for oboe and string trio, Op. 70
  • (14) Palm Court Waltz, Op. 81 No. 2

The Nash Ensemble
Gareth Hulse, oboe
Michael Collins, clarinet
Brian Wightman, bassoon
John Pigneguy, horn
Marcia Crayford, violin
Ruth Crouch, violin
Roger Chase, viola
Christopher van Kampen, cello
Ian Brown, piano
with
Kathryn Stott, piano

Date: 2003
Label: Hyperion

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