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Sunday, January 30, 2022

Friedrich Gernsheim; Johannes Brahms - Piano Quartets, Vol. 1 (Mariani Klavierquartett)


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Composer: Friedrich Gernsheim; Johannes Brahms
  • (01) Brahms - Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25
  • (05) Gernsheim - Piano Quartet No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 20

Mariani Klavierquartett
Philipp Bohnen, violin
Barbara Buntrock, viola
Peter-Philipp Staemmler, celo
Gerhard Vielhaber, piano

Date: 2021
Label: Audax

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Saturday, January 29, 2022

Friedrich Gernsheim - Piano Music, Vol. 2 (Jens Barnieck)


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Composer: Friedrich Gernsheim
  • (01) Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor
  • (04) Romanze in F sharp major, Op. 15
  • (05) Capriccio in E minor
  • (06) 4 Klavierstücke, Op. 61
  • (10) Fantasie in G minor, Op. 27
  • (11) Geschwind-Marsch in C major

Jens Barnieck, piano
Date: 2021
Label: Toccata

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Friday, January 28, 2022

Friedrich Gernsheim - Complete Cello Sonatas (Alexander Hülshoff; Oliver Triendl)


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Composer: Friedrich Gernsheim
  • (01) Cello Sonata No. 3 in E Minor, Op. 87
  • (04) Elohenu – Hebraic biblical song
  • (05) Cello Sonata No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 79
  • (08) Andante, Op. 64b
  • (09) Cello Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 12

Alexander Hülshoff, cello
Oliver Triendl, piano

Date: 2018
Label: cpo

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Thursday, January 27, 2022

Friedrich Gernsheim - Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 3 (Andreas Kirpal; Diogenes Quartett)


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Composer: Friedrich Gernsheim
  • (01) Piano Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 47
  • (05) Piano Quartet No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 6

Andreas Kirpal, piano
Diogenes Quartett
Stefan Kirpal, violin
Stephanie Krauß, viola
Stephen Ristau, cello

Date: 2009
Label: Brilliant Classics

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Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Friedrich Gernsheim - Violin Sonatas (Stefan Kirpal; Andreas Kirpal)


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Composer: Friedrich Gernsheim

CD1:
  • (01) Introduction & Allegro appassionato, Op. 38
  • (02) Violin Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 4
  • (05) Violin Sonata No. 2 in C major, Op. 50
  • (08) Fantasiestück, Op. 33
CD2:
  • (01) Violin Sonata No. 4 in G major, Op. 85
  • (04) Violin Sonata No. 3 in F major, Op. 64
  • (08) Andante (1853)

Stefan Kirpal, violin
Andreas Kirpal, piano

Date: 2012
Label: Brilliant Classics

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Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Friedrich Gernsheim - Violin Concertos (Linus Roth)


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Composer: Friedrich Gernsheim
  • (01) Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 42
  • (04) Fantasiestück in D major, Op. 33
  • (05) Violin Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 86

Linus Roth, violin
Hamburg Symphony Orchestra
Johannes Zurl, conductor

Date: 2015
Label: cpo

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Sunday, January 23, 2022

Franz Schubert; Alban Berg; Franz Liszt - The Wanderer (Seong-Jin Cho)


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Composer: Franz Schubert; Alban Berg; Franz Liszt
  • (01) Schubert - 'Wanderer' Fantasy in C major, D 760
  • (05) Berg - Piano Sonata, Op. 1
  • (09) Liszt - Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178

Seong-Jin Cho, piano
Date: 2020
Label: Deutsche Grammophon

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Franz Schubert - Impromptus; Moments musicaux (Alexandre Tharaud)


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Composer: Franz Schubert
  • (01) 4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899
  • (05) Rosamunde, Op. 26, D. 797 (transcr. Tharaud)
  • (09) Moments musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780

Alexandre Tharaud, piano
Date: 2021
Label: Erato

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Saturday, January 22, 2022

Franz Schubert - Complete Overtures, Vol. 2 (Christian Benda)


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Composer: Franz Schubert
  1. Overture in D Major, D. 556
  2. Overture in D Major, D. 590, "im italienischen Stile"
  3. Overture in C Major, D. 591, "im italienischen Stile"
  4. Die Zauberharfe, D. 644: Overture, "Rosamunde"
  5. Die Zwillingsbruder, D. 647: Overture
  6. Overture in E Minor, D. 648
  7. Alfonso und Estrella, D. 732: Overture, "Rosamunde"
  8. Die Verschworenen (Der hausliche Krieg), D. 787: Overture
  9. Fierabras, D. 796: Overture

Prague Sinfonia
Christian Benda, conductor

Date: 2009
Label: Naxos

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Franz Schubert - Complete Overtures, Vol. 1 (Christian Benda)


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Composer: Franz Schubert
  1. Der Teufel als Hydraulicus, D. 4: Overture
  2. Der Spiegelritter, D. 11: Overture
  3. Overture in D Major, D. 12
  4. Overture in D Major, D. 26
  5. Des Teufels Lustschloss, D. 84: Overture
  6. Der vierjahrige Posten, D. 190: Overture
  7. Claudine von Villa Bella, D. 239: Overture
  8. Die Freunde von Salamanka, D. 326: Overture
  9. Overture in B-Flat Major, D. 470

Prague Sinfonia
Christian Benda, conductor

Date: 2009
Label: Naxos

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Friday, January 21, 2022

Franz Schubert - Ländler; Minuets; Écossaises (Daniel Lebhardt)


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Composer: Franz Schubert
  • (01) 17 Landler, D. 366
  • (18) Minuet in A major, D. 334
  • (19) Minuet in A minor, D. 277a
  • (20) 3 Minuets, D. 380
  • (23) 2 Minuets, D. 91
  • (25) 16 Ländler and 2 Écossaises, Op. 67, D. 734
  • (42) Minuet in C-sharp minor, D. 600
  • (43) Trio in E major, D. 610
  • (44) Minuet in E major, D. 335

Daniel Lebhardt, piano
Date: 2021
Label: Naxos

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Franz Schubert - Minuets with Trios; Ländler; Écossaises (Daniel Lebhardt)


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Composer: Franz Schubert
  • (01) 8 Ländler in B flat major, D. 378
  • (09) 5 Écossaises in A flat major, D. 697
  • (14) 30 Minuets with Trios, D. 41
  • (34) 2 Écossaises, Op. 33, D. 783

Daniel Lebhardt, piano
Date: 2020
Label: Naxos

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Thursday, January 20, 2022

Franz Schubert - Music for Violin Vol. 2 (Ariadne Daskalakis; Paolo Giacometti)


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Composer: Franz Schubert
  • (01) Rondo in B minor, Op. 70, D. 895
  • (02) Violin Sonata in D major, Op. 137 No. 1, D. 384
  • (05) Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 137 No. 2, D. 385
  • (09) Violin Sonata in A major, Op. 162, D. 574 "Grand Duo"

Ariadne Daskalakis, violin
Paolo Giacometti, fortepiano

Date: 2020

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Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Guillaume Lekeu - Complete Works (Various Artists)


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Composer: Guillaume Lekeu
  • Complete Works (8CD)

Philippe Hirshhorn, violin
Philippe Koch, violin
Marie Hallynck, cello
Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden, piano
Luc Devos, piano
Bernard Foccroulle, organ

Domus
Camerata Quartet
Arthur Grumiaux Trio

Chœur Symphonique de Namur
Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège
Pierre Bartholomée, conductor

Compilation: 2015
Label: Ricercar

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Monday, January 17, 2022

Eugène Ysaÿe; Guillaume Lekeu - Lointain passé (Sylvia Huang; Éliane Reyes)


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Composer: Eugène Ysaÿe; Guillaume Lekeu
  1. Lekeu - Sonate pour piano et violon en sol majeur: I. Très modéré
  2. Lekeu - Sonate pour piano et violon en sol majeur: II. Très lent
  3. Lekeu - Sonate pour piano et violon en sol majeur: III. Très animé
  4. Ysaÿe - Deux mazurkas de salon, Op. 10: No. 1. Dans le lointain
  5. Ysaÿe - Mazurka de concert, Op. 1
  6. Ysaÿe - Grande valse de concert
  7. Ysaÿe - Lointain passé, Op. 11
  8. Ysaÿe - Deux mazurkas de salon, Op. 10: No 2. Mazurka
  9. Ysaÿe - Extase, Op. 21
  10. Ysaÿe - Rêve d'enfant, Op. 14

Sylvia Huang, violin
Éliane Reyes, piano

Date: 2021
Label: Fuga Libera

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Various Composers - Homage to Eugène Ysaÿe (Elmira Darvarova; Ronald Carbone; Winona Zelenka)


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CD1:
  • (01) Eugène Ysaÿe - String Trio No. 1, Op. 33 “Le chimay”
  • (02) Michael Oesterle - Ardennes
  • (10) José Serebrier - Solo Viola Sonata
  • (11) Eugène Ysaÿe - Solo Violin Sonata in D Minor, Op. 27 No. 3 "Ballade"
CD2:
  • (01) Eugène Ysaÿe - Solo Cello Sonata, Op. 28
  • (05) José Serebrier - Solo Violin Sonata, Op. 1
  • (06) Garth Knox - Homage to Ysaÿe

Elmira Darvarova, violin
Ronald Carbone, viola
Winona Zelenka, cello

Date: 2021
Label: Affetto

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Sunday, January 16, 2022

Eugène Ysaÿe - Sonatas for Solo Violin (James Ehnes)


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Composer: Eugène Ysaÿe
  • (01) Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 27 No. 1
  • (05) Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 27 No. 2
  • (09) Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 27 No. 3
  • (10) Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 27 No. 4
  • (13) Sonata No. 5 in G Major, Op. 27 No. 5
  • (15) Sonata No. 6 in E Major, Op. 27 No. 6

James Ehnes, violin
Date: 2021
Label: Onyx

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Eugène Ysaÿe - Violin Discoveries (Sherban Lupu)


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Composer: Eugène Ysaÿe
  1. Scènes sentimentales: No. 3, Allegro appassionato
  2. Scènes sentimentales: No. 5, Moderato
  3. Élégie
  4. Trois Études-poèmes: No. 1, Sérénade (Allegretto poco scherzando)
  5. Trois Études-poèmes: No. 2, Au ruisseau (Poco lento)
  6. Trois Études-poèmes: No. 3, Cara memoria (Molto moderato alla marcia funèbre)
  7. Petite fantaisie romantique
  8. Violin Concerto in G Minor (orch. Sabin Pautza)

Sherban Lupu, violin
Henri Bonamy, piano
Liepāja Symphony Orchestra
Paul Mann, conductor

Date: 2021
Label: Divine Art

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Friday, January 14, 2022

Emil von Reznicek - Ritter Blaubart (Michail Jurowski)


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Composer: Emil von Reznicek
  • Ritter Blaubart, Fairy-Tale Opera in Three Acts

David Pittman-Jennings; Arutjun Kotchinian; Robert Wörle
Celina Lindsley; Andion Fernandez; Victor Sawaley
Carsten Sabrowski; Johannes Schmidt; Peter Maus

Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Michail Jurowski, conductor

Date: 2003
Label: cpo


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Thursday, January 13, 2022

Emil von Reznicek - Donna Diana (Ulrich Windfuhr)


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Composer: Emil von Reznicek
  • Donna Diana, Comic Opera in Three Acts

Max Wittges; Manuela Uhl; Heike Wittlieb
Susanne Kreusch; Roman Sadnik; Hans-Jurgen Schöpflin
Matthias Klein; Simon Pauly; Anne-Carolyn Schlüter

Kiel Opera Chorus
Kiel Philharmonic Orchestra
Ulrich Windfuhr, conductor

Date: 2004
Label: cpo


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Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Emil von Reznicek - String Quartets (Minguet Quartett)


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Composer: Emil von Reznicek

CD1:
  • (01) String Quartet No. 1 in C minor
  • (04) String Quartet No. 5 in E minor
  • (06) String Quartet No. 6 in B flat major
CD2:
  • (01) String Quartet No. 3 in C sharp minor
  • (05) String Quartet No. 4 in D minor

Minguet Quartett
Ulrich Isfort & Annette Reisinger, violins
Aroa Sorin, viola
Matthias Diener, cello

Date: 2020
Label: cpo

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Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Bohuslav Martinů - Works for Cello & Piano (Petr Nouzovský; Miroslav Sekera)


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Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

CD1:
  • (01) 7 Arabesques, H. 201
  • (08) 4 Nocturnes, H. 189
  • (12) Suite Miniature, H. 192
  • (19) Variations on a Slovak Theme, H. 378
CD2:
  • (01) 6 Pastorales, H. 190
  • (07) Variations on a Theme of Rossini, H. 290
  • (08) Ariette, H. 188b

Petr Nouzovský, cello
Miroslav Sekera, piano

Date: 2021
Label: ArcoDiva

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Monday, January 10, 2022

Bohuslav Martinů - Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 4 (Giorgio Koukl)


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Composer: Bohuslav Martinů
  • (01) Piano Concerto No. 4, H. 358, 'Incantation'
  • (03) Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Major, H. 149
  • (06) Piano Concerto No. 2, H. 237

Giorgio Koukl, piano
Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra, Zlín
Arthur Fagen, conductor

Date: 2010
Label: Naxos

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Bohuslav Martinů - Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 5; Concertino (Giorgio Koukl)


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Composer: Bohuslav Martinů
  • (01) Piano Concerto No. 3, H. 316
  • (04) Piano Concerto No. 5 in B flat major (Fantasia concertante), H. 366
  • (07) Concertino for Piano and Orchestra, H. 269

Giorgio Koukl, piano
Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra, Zlín
Arthur Fagen, conductor

Date: 2010
Label: Naxos

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Sunday, January 9, 2022

Antonín Dvořák; Bohuslav Martinů - Piano Concertos (Ivo Kahánek)


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Composer: Antonín Dvořák; Bohuslav Martinů
  • (01) Dvořák - Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33 B. 63
  • (04) Martinů - Piano Concerto No. 4, H. 358 'Incantation'

Ivo Kahánek, piano
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hrůša, conductor

Date: 2019
Label: Supraphon

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Saturday, January 8, 2022

Antonín Dvořák - String Quartets Nos. 8 & 10 (Albion Quartet)


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Composer: Antonín Dvořák
  • (01) String Quartet No. 8 in E major, Op. 88
  • (05) String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, Op. 51

Albion Quartet
Tamsin Waley-Cohen & Emma Parker, violins
Rosalind Ventris, viola
Nathaniel Boyd, cello

Date: 2020
Label: Signum

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Antonín Dvořák - String Quartets Nos. 5 & 12 (Albion Quartet)


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Composer: Antonín Dvořák; Josef Suk
  • (01) Dvořák - String Quartet No. 5 in F major, Op. 92
  • (05) Dvořák - String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, 'American'
  • (09) Suk - Meditation on an old Czech Hymn 'St Wenceslas', Op. 35a

Albion Quartet
Tamsin Waley-Cohen & Emma Parker, violins
Rosalind Ventris, viola
Nathaniel Boyd, cello

Date: 2019
Label: Signum

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Friday, January 7, 2022

Antonín Dvořák - Piano Works (Radoslav Kvapil)


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Composer: Antonín Dvořák
  • Complete Piano Works

Radoslav Kvapil, piano

Recorded: 1967-1973
Compilation: 2010
Label: Supraphon


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Thursday, January 6, 2022

Antonín Dvořák - Symphonies & Overtures (Witold Rowicki)


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Composer: Antonín Dvořák
  • Symphonies Nos. 1-9
  • My Country Overture, Op. 62
  • Hussite Overture, Op. 67
  • Carnival Overture, Op. 92
  • Othello Overture, Op. 93

London Symphony Orchestra
Witold Rowicki, conductor

Recorded: 1965-1971
Compilation: 2010
Label: Decca (recorded by Philips)

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Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Ernst Toch - Tanz-Suite; Cello Concerto (Spectrum Concerts Berlin; Christian Poltéra)


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Composer: Ernst Toch
  • (01) Tanz-Suite, Op. 30
  • (07) Cello Concerto, Op. 35

Christian Poltéra, cello
Spectrum Concerts Berlin
Thomas Carroll, conductor

Date: 2006
Label: Naxos

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Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Ernst Toch - Cantata of the Bitter Herbs; Jephta (Gerard Schwarz)


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Composer: Ernst Toch
  • (01) Cantata of the Bitter Herbs
  • (11) Jephta, Rhapsodic Poem (Symphony No. 5)

Theodore Bikel, narrator
Carol Meyer, soprano
Elizabeth Shammash, mezzo-soprano
Richard Clement, tenor
Ted Christopher, baritone

Prague Philharmonic Choir
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Seatle Symphony Orchestra (11)
Gerard Schwarz, conductor

Date: 2004
Label: Naxos

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Monday, January 3, 2022

Ernst Toch - Complete Symphonies (Alun Francis)


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Composer: Ernst Toch
  • Symphony No. 1, Op. 72
  • Symphony No. 2, Op. 73
  • Symphony No. 3, Op. 75
  • Symphony No. 4, Op. 80
  • Symphony No. 5 'Jephta', Op. 89
  • Symphony No. 6, Op. 93
  • Symphony No. 7, Op. 95

Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Alun Francis, conductor

Recorded: 1995/1999/2001-2002
Compilation: 2006
Label: cpo


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Saturday, January 1, 2022

Johannes Brahms; James MacMillan - Symphony No. 4; Larghetto (Manfred Honeck)


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Composer: Johannes Brahms; James MacMillan
  • (01) Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98
  • (05) MacMillan - Larghetto for Orchestra

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor

Date: 2021
Label: Reference Recordings

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Johannes Brahms; Béla Bartók; Franz Liszt - Piano Works (Alexandre Kantorow)


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Composer: Johannes Brahms; Béla Bartók; Franz Liszt
  1. Brahms - Rhapsody No. 1 in B minor, Op. 79 No. 1
  2. Brahms - Piano Sonata No. 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 2: I. Allegro non troppo, ma energico
  3. Brahms - Piano Sonata No. 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 2: II. Andante con espressione
  4. Brahms - Piano Sonata No. 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 2: III. Scherzo. Allegro - Trio. Poco più moderato
  5. Brahms - Piano Sonata No. 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 2: IV. Finale. Sostenuto - Allegro non troppo e rubato - Molto sostenuto
  6. Bartók - Rhapsody, Op. 1 (Sz. 26)
  7. Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11

Alexandre Kantorow, piano
Date: 2021

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Johannes Brahms - Liebeslieder-Walzer, Opp. 52 & 65 (Various Artists)


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Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • (01) Liebeslieder-Walzer, Op. 52
  • (19) Fünf Lieder, Op. 47: I. Botschaft
  • (20) Vier Lieder, Op. 70: II. Lerchengesang
  • (21) Sechs Lieder, Op. 86: II. Feldeinsamkeit
  • (22) Fünf Lieder, Op. 105: IV. Auf dem Kirchhoffe
  • (23) Lieder und Gesänge, Op. 57: VIII. Unbewegte laue Luft
  • (24) Fünf Gesänge, Op. 72: I. Alte Liebe
  • (25) Vier Gesänge, Op. 43: II. Die Mainacht
  • (26) Fünf Lieder, Op. 105: I. Wie Melodien zieht es mir
  • (27) Neue Liebeslieder-Walzer, Op. 65

Mary Bevan, soprano
Fleur Barron, mezzo-soprano
Nicky Spence, tenor
William Thomas, bass
Dylan Perez, piano
Joseph Middleton, piano

Date: 2021
Label: Resonus

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