A belated thank you for your support, Antonio.

Monday, February 28, 2022

Vsevolod Zaderatsky - 24 Preludes and Fugues (Various Artists)


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Composer: Vsevolod Zaderatsky
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues (2CDs)

Lukas Geniušas, piano (Nos. 1-4)
Andrey Gugnin, piano (Nos. 5-8)
Nikita Mndoyants, piano (Nos. 9-12)
Ksenia Bashmet, piano (Nos. 13-16)
Yury Favorin, piano (Nos. 17-20)
Andrey Yaroshinsky, piano (Nos. 21-24)

Date: 2016
Label: Melodiya

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Sunday, February 27, 2022

Vsevolod Zaderatsky - Piano Works (Jascha Nemtsov)


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Composer: Vsevolod Zaderatsky

CD1:
  • 24 Preludes & Fugues Nos. 1-12
CD2:
  • 24 Preludes & Fugues Nos. 14-24
CD3:
  • Homeland
  • Front
CD4:
  • 24 Preludes
  • Album of Miniatures
  • China Cups
  • Nuancen der Lirik
  • Legendï
CD5:
  • Piano Sonatas Nos. 1, 2 & 4

Jascha Nemtsov, piano
Compilation: 2017
Label: Hänssler Classic

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Saturday, February 26, 2022

Viktor Kosenko; Alexander Scriabin - Etudes Op. 8; Preludes Op. 22 (Igor Gryshyn)


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Composer: Viktor Kosenko; Alexander Scriabin
  • (01) Kosenko - 11 Études, Op. 8
  • (12) Scriabin - 4 Préludes, Op. 22
  • (16) Scriabin - Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp major, Op. 30

Igor Gryshyn, piano
Date: 2021
Label: Orchid Classics

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Friday, February 25, 2022

Viktor Kosenko - Etudes Op. 19 (Natalya Shkoda)


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Composer: Viktor Kosenko
  • 11 Etudes in the Form of Old Dances, Op. 19

Natalya Shkoda, piano
Date: 2006
Label: Toccata

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Thursday, February 24, 2022

Sergei Prokofiev - October Cantata (Kirill Karabits)


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Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
  • Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution

Ernst Senff Chor Berlin
Staatskapelle Weimar
Luftwaffenmusikkorps Erfurt
Kirill Karabits, conductor

Date: 2017
Label: Audite

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Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Sergei Prokofiev; Nikolai Myaskovsky - Symphonies Nos. 6 & 27 (Vasily Petrenko)


Information

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev; Nikolai Myaskovsky
  • (01) Prokofiev - Symphony No. 6, Op. 111
  • (04) Myaskovsky - Symphony No. 27, Op. 85

Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko, conductor

Date: 2021

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Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Sergei Prokofiev; Nikolai Myaskovsky - Symphonies Nos. 5 & 21 (Vasily Petrenko)


Information

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev; Nikolai Myaskovsky
  • (01) Prokofiev - Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100
  • (05) Myaskovsky - Symphony No. 21 in F-sharp minor, Op. 51

Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko, conductor

Date: 2020

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Sunday, February 20, 2022

Nikolai Myaskovsky - Complete String Quartets Vol. 5 (Taneyev Quartet)


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Composer: Nikolai Myaskovsky
  • (01) String Quartet No. 12 in G major, Op. 77
  • (05) String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, Op. 86

Taneyev Quartet
Vladimir Ovcharek & Grigory Lutzky, violins
Vissarion Solovyev, viola
Josef Levinson, cello

Date: 1981-82/2007
Label: Northern Flowers


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Saturday, February 19, 2022

Nikolai Myaskovsky - Complete String Quartets Vol. 4 (Taneyev Quartet)


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Composer: Nikolai Myaskovsky
  • (01) String Quartet No. 9 in D minor, Op. 62
  • (04) String Quartet No. 10 in F major, Op. 67 No. 1
  • (08) String Quartet No. 11 in E flat major, Op. 67 No. 2

Taneyev Quartet
Vladimir Ovcharek & Grigory Lutzky, violins
Vissarion Solovyev, viola
Josef Levinson, cello

Date: 1981-84/2007
Label: Northern Flowers


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Nikolai Myaskovsky - Complete String Quartets Vol. 3 (Taneyev Quartet)


Information

Composer: Nikolai Myaskovsky
  • (01) String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 55
  • (05) String Quartet No. 8 in F sharp minor, Op. 59

Taneyev Quartet
Vladimir Ovcharek & Grigory Lutzky, violins
Vissarion Solovyev, viola
Josef Levinson, cello

Date: 1982-84/2007
Label: Northern Flowers


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Friday, February 18, 2022

Nikolai Myaskovsky - Complete String Quartets Vol. 2 (Taneyev Quartet)


Information

Composer: Nikolai Myaskovsky
  • (01) String Quartet No. 4 in F minor, Op. 33 No. 4
  • (05) String Quartet No. 5 in E minor, Op. 47
  • (09) String Quartet No. 6 in G minor, Op. 49

Taneyev Quartet
Vladimir Ovcharek & Grigory Lutzky, violins
Vissarion Solovyev, viola
Josef Levinson, cello

Date: 1982-83/2007
Label: Northern Flowers


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Nikolai Myaskovsky - Complete String Quartets Vol. 1 (Taneyev Quartet)


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Composer: Nikolai Myaskovsky
  • (01) String Quartet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 No. 1
  • (05) String Quartet No. 2 in C minor, Op. 33 No. 2
  • (08) String Quartet No. 3 in D minor, Op. 33 No. 3

Taneyev Quartet
Vladimir Ovcharek & Grigory Lutzky, violins
Vissarion Solovyev, viola
Josef Levinson, cello

Date: 1983/2007
Label: Northern Flowers


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Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Alexander Glazunov - String Quartets Vol. 5 (Utrecht String Quartet)


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Composer: Alexander Glazunov
  • (01) String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 1
  • (05) String Quartet No. 7 in C major, Op. 107

Utrecht String Quartet
Eeva Koskinen & Katherine Routley, violins
Joël Waterman, viola
Sebastian Koloski, cello

Date: 2012
Label: MDG


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Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Alexander Glazunov - String Quartets Vol. 4 (Utrecht String Quartet)


Information

Composer: Alexander Glazunov
  • (01) String Quartet No. 6 in B flat major, Op. 106
  • (05) Five Novelettes, Op. 15

Utrecht String Quartet
Eeva Koskinen & Katherine Routley, violins
Joël Waterman, viola
Sebastian Koloski, cello

Date: 2011
Label: MDG


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Alexander Glazunov - String Quartets Vol. 3 (Utrecht String Quartet)


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Composer: Alexander Glazunov
  • (01) Suite for string quartet in C major, Op. 35
  • (06) String Quintet in A major, Op. 39

Utrecht String Quartet
Eeva Koskinen & Katherine Routley, violins
Ásdís Valdimarsdóttir, viola
Sebastian Koloski, cello
&
Michael Stirling, cello (6-9)

Date: 2008
Label: MDG


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Monday, February 14, 2022

Alexander Glazunov - String Quartets Vol. 2 (Utrecht String Quartet)


Information

Composer: Alexander Glazunov
  • (01) String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 10
  • (05) Elegy for strings, Op. 105
  • (06) String Quartet No. 4 in A minor, Op. 64

Utrecht String Quartet
Eeva Koskinen & Katherine Routley, violins
Sven Arne Tepl, viola
Sebastian Koloski, cello

Date: 2005
Label: MDG


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Alexander Glazunov - String Quartets Vol. 1 (Utrecht String Quartet)


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Composer: Alexander Glazunov
  • (01) String Quartet No. 3 in  G major, Op. 26 (Quatuor slave)
  • (05) String Quartet No. 5 in D minor, Op. 70

Utrecht String Quartet
Eeva Koskinen & Katherine Routley, violins
Sven Arne Tepl, viola
Sebastian Koloski, cello

Date: 2004
Label: MDG


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Sunday, February 13, 2022

Alexander Glazunov - Piano Music Vol. 4 (Stephen Coombs)


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Composer: Alexander Glazunov
  • (01) Prelude and two mazurkas, Op. 25
  • (04) Barcarolle sur les touches noires
  • (05) Two impromptus, Op. 54
  • (07) Idylle, Op. 103
  • (08) Triumphal March, Op. 40
  • (09) Song of the Volga boatmen, Op. 97
  • (10) In modo religioso, Op. 38
  • (11) Pas de caractere, Op. 68
  • (12) Piano Sonata No. 2 in E minor, Op. 75

Stephen Coombs, piano
Holst Singers & Stephen Layton (8)

Date: 1995
Label: Hyperion

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Alexander Glazunov - Piano Music Vol. 3 (Stephen Coombs)


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Composer: Alexander Glazunov
  • (01) Prelude and Fugue in D minor, Op. 62
  • (03) Four Preludes and Fugues Op. 101, Nos. 1-4
  • (11) Prelude and Fugue in E minor

Stephen Coombs, piano
Date: 1995
Label: Hyperion

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Saturday, February 12, 2022

Alexander Glazunov - Piano Music Vol. 2 (Stephen Coombs)


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Composer: Alexander Glazunov
  • (01) Three Études, Op. 31
  • (04) Two Pieces, Op. 22
  • (06) Trois Morceaux, Op. 49
  • (09) Nocturne, Op. 37
  • (10) Miniature in C
  • (11) Easy Sonata
  • (12) Sonatina
  • (13) Two Prelude-Improvisations
  • (15) Theme and Variations, Op. 72

Stephen Coombs, piano
Date: 1995
Label: Hyperion

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Alexander Glazunov - Piano Music Vol. 1 (Stephen Coombs)


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Composer: Alexander Glazunov
  • (01) Suite on the name 'SASCHA', Op. 2
  • (05) Three Miniatures, Op. 42
  • (08) Valse de salon, Op. 43
  • (09) Grande valse de concert, Op. 41
  • (10) Waltzes on the theme 'SABELA', Op. 23
  • (11) Petite valse, Op. 36
  • (12) Piano Sonata No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 74

Stephen Coombs, piano
Date: 1994
Label: Hyperion

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Thursday, February 10, 2022

Johannes Brahms - Piano Quartets (Marc-André Hamelin; Leopold String Trio)


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Composer: Johannes Brahms

CD1:
  • (01) Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
  • (05) Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
CD2:
  • (01) Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 26
  • (05) Three Intermezzi, Op. 117

Marc-André Hamelin, piano
Leopold String Trio
Marianne Thorsen, violin
Lawrence Power, viola
Kate Gould, cello

Date: 2006
Label: Hyperion

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Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Jean Sibelius - Luonnotar; etc (Lise Davidsen; Edward Gardner)


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Composer: Jean Sibelius
  • (01) Luonnotar, Op. 70
  • (02) Tapiola, Op. 112
  • (03) Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 46
  • (12) Rakastava, Op. 14
  • (15) Spring Song, Op. 16

Lise Davidsen, soprano
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Gardner, conductor

Date: 2021
Label: Chandos

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Tuesday, February 8, 2022

Jean Sibelius - Finnish Folk Songs & Discoveries (Janne Mertanen)


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Composer: Jean Sibelius
  1. Finnish Folk Songs Arranged for Piano JS 81 : Minun kultani
  2. Finnish Folk Songs Arranged for Piano JS 81 : Sydämestäni rakastan
  3. Finnish Folk Songs Arranged for Piano JS 81 : Ilta tulee, ehtoo joutuu
  4. Finnish Folk Songs Arranged for Piano JS 81 : Tuopa tyttö, kaunis tyttö kanteletta soittaa
  5. Finnish Folk Songs Arranged for Piano JS 81 : Velisurmaaja
  6. Finnish Folk Songs Arranged for Piano JS 81 : Häämuistelma
  7. Till trånaden JS 202
  8. Con passione JS 53
  9. Andantino JS 201
  10. Valse JS 1
  11. Largo JS 117
  12. Scherzo JS 164
  13. Andantino JS 41
  14. Allegretto JS 24
  15. Florestan JS 82
  16. Allegro HUL 0768/3
  17. Adagio JS 11
  18. Moderato - Presto JS 133
  19. Più lento - Tempo di valse JS 150
  20. Allegretto JS 21
  21. Allegretto JS 23
  22. Allegretto JS 18
  23. Spagnuolo JS 181
  24. Andantino JS 44
  25. Piece in A major JS 2
  26. Au crépuscule JS 47
  27. Adagio JS 13

Janne Mertanen, piano
Date: 2021
Label: Sony Classical

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Jean Sibelius - Piano Works (Janne Mertanen)


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Composer: Jean Sibelius

CD1:
  • (01) Ten Pieces, Op. 24
  • (11) Six Impromptus, Op. 5
  • (17) Sonata in F major, Op. 12
CD2:
  • (01) Bagatelles, Op. 34
  • (11) Pensées lyriques, Op. 40
  • (21) Kyllikki, Op. 41
  • (24) Zwei Rondinos, Op. 68
CD3:
  • (01) Ten Pieces, Op. 58
  • (11) Sonatina in F sharp minor, Op. 67 No. 1
  • (14) Sonatina in E major, Op. 67 No. 2
  • (17) Sonatina in B flat minor, Op. 67 No. 3
CD4:
  • (01) Lyrische Stücke, Op. 74
  • (05) Cinq morceaux pour piano, Op. 75
  • (10) Treize morceaux pour piano, Op. 76
  • (23) Cinq morceaux, Op. 85
  • (28) Six Pieces, Op. 94
CD5:
  • (01) Valse chevaleresque, Op. 96c
  • (02) Valse lyrique, Op. 96a
  • (03) Sechs Bagatellen, Op. 97
  • (09) Huit petits morceaux, Op. 99
  • (17) Five Romantic Compositions, Op. 101
  • (22) Five Characteristic Impressions, Op. 103
  • (27) Five Esquisses, Op. 114

Janne Mertanen, piano
Date: 2015
Label: Sony Classical

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Monday, February 7, 2022

Jean Sibelius; Olli Kortekangas - Kullervo; Migrations (Osmo Vänskä)


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Composer: Jean Sibelius; Olli Kortekangas (b. 1955)
  • Sibelius - Kullervo, Op. 7
  • Kortekangas - Migrations
  • Sibelius - Finlandia, Op. 26 (with choir participation)

Lilli Paasikivi, mezzo-soprano
Tommi Hakala, baritone
YL Male Voice Choir
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor

Date: 2016

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Jean Sibelius - Lemminkäinen Suite; The Wood-Nymph (Osmo Vänskä)


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Composer: Jean Sibelius
  • (01) Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22
  • (05) Skogsrået (The Wood-Nymph), Op. 15

Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä, conductor

Date: 2014

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Sunday, February 6, 2022

Jean Sibelius - Songs (Pia Freund; Tommi Hakala; Kristian Attila)


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Composer: Jean Sibelius
  1. Tanken, JS 192
  2. Illalle, Op. 17 No. 6
  3. Vem styrde hit din väg? Op. 90 No. 6
  4. Bollspelet vid Trianon, Op. 36 No. 3 (Version for Voice & Piano)
  5. Under strandens granar, Op. 13 No. 1
  6. Kyssens hopp, Op. 13 No. 2
  7. Hjartats morgon, Op. 13 No. 3
  8. Den första kyssen, Op. 37 No. 1
  9. Lasse liten, Op. 37 No. 2
  10. Sommarnatten, Op. 90 No. 5
  11. Våren flyktar hastigt, Op. 13 No. 4
  12. Drommen, Op. 13 No. 5
  13. Till Frigga, Op. 13 No. 6
  14. Säv, säv, susa, Op. 36 No. 4 (Version for Voice & Piano)
  15. Jägargossen, Op. 13 No. 7 (Version for Voice & Piano)
  16. Kaiutar, Op. 72 No. 4 (Version for Voice & Piano)
  17. Demanten på marssnön, Op. 36 No. 6 (Version for Voice & Piano)
  18. En visa, JS 71
  19. Svarta rosor, Op. 36 No. 1 (Version for Voice & Piano)
  20. Sov in!, Op. 17 No. 2
  21. Vilse, Op. 17 No. 4
  22. Långsamt som kvällsskyn, Op. 61 No. 1 (Version for Voice & Piano)
  23. Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte, Op. 37 No. 5 (Version for Voice & Piano)
  24. Hennes budskap, Op. 90 No. 2
  25. Marssnön, Op. 36 No. 5 (Version for Voice & Piano)
  26. Sma flickorna, JS 174
  27. I natten, Op. 38 No. 3 (Version for Voice & Piano)
  28. Och finns det en tanke?, Op. 86 No. 4
  29. Norden, Op. 90 No. 1
  30. Var det en dröm?, Op. 37 No. 4 (Version for Voice & Piano)

Pia Freund, soprano
Tommi Hakala, baritone
Kristian Attila, piano

Date: 2019
Label: Alba

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Jean Sibelius - Orchestral Songs (Gerald Finley; Edward Gardner)


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Composer: Jean Sibelius
  1. Pohjola’s Daughter, Op. 49
  2. In the Stream of Life (orch. Einojuhani Rautavaara): 1. Die stille Stadt, Op. 50 No. 5
  3. In the Stream of Life (orch. Einojuhani Rautavaara): 2. Jägargossen, Op. 13 No. 7
  4. In the Stream of Life (orch. Einojuhani Rautavaara): 3. Hjärtats morgon, Op. 13 No. 3
  5. In the Stream of Life (orch. Einojuhani Rautavaara): 4. Älven och snigeln, Op. 57 No. 1
  6. In the Stream of Life (orch. Einojuhani Rautavaara): 5. Näcken, Op. 57 No. 8
  7. In the Stream of Life (orch. Einojuhani Rautavaara): 6. Jag är ett träd, Op. 57 No. 5
  8. In the Stream of Life (orch. Einojuhani Rautavaara): 7. Svarta rosor, Op. 36 No. 1
  9. Koskenlaskijan morsiamet, Op. 33
  10. Romance in C major, Op. 42
  11. Hymn to Thaïs, the Unforgettable (orch. Jussi Jalas)
  12. Demanten på marssnön, Op. 36 No. 6 (orch. Ivar Hellman)
  13. Hertig Magnus, Op. 57 No. 6 (orch. Pekka Helasvuo)
  14. The Oceanides, Op. 73
  15. På verandan vid havet, Op. 38 No. 2
  16. I natten, Op. 38 No. 3
  17. Kom nu hit, död, Op. 60 No. 1

Gerald Finley, bass-baritone
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Gardner, conductor

Date: 2017
Label: Chandos

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Friday, February 4, 2022

Walter Braunfels - Orchestral Works (Gregor Bühl)


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Composer: Walter Braunfels
  • (01) Don Gil von den grünen Hosen, Op. 35: Prelude
  • (02) Divertimento, Op. 42
  • (07) Ariels Gesang, Op. 18
  • (08) Serenade in E-Flat Major, Op. 20

Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Gregor Bühl, conductor

Date: 2021
Label: Capriccio

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Thursday, February 3, 2022

Walter Braunfels - Grosse Messe Op. 37 (Jörg-Peter Weigle)


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Composer: Walter Braunfels
  • Grosse Messe in G minor, Op. 37

Simone Schneider, soprano
Gerhild Romberger. alto
Christian Elsner, tenor
Robert Holl, bass
Heiko Holtmeier, organ

Philharmonischer Chor Berlin
Berliner Singakademie
Knaben des Staats- und Domchores Berlin

Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Jörg-Peter Weigle, conductor

Date: 2016
Label: Capriccio

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Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Walter Braunfels - Piano Music (Tatjana Blome; Holger Groschopp)


Information

Composer: Walter Braunfels
  • (01) Variations on an Old French Song for 2 pianos, Op. 46
  • (21) Little Pieces for piano four hands, Op. 24
  • (26) Bagatelles for piano, Op. 5

Tatjana Blome, piano
Holger Groschopp, piano (1-25)

Date: 2020
Label: Capriccio

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Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Walter Braunfels - Orchestral Songs Vol. 2 (Hansjörg Albrecht)


Information

Composer: Walter Braunfels
  • (01) Drei chinesische Gesänge, Op. 19
  • (04) Romantische Gesänge, Op. 58
  • (09) Die Gott minnende Seele, Op. 53
  • (13) Der Tod des Kleopatra, Op. 59
  • (14) Vier Japanische Gesänge, Op. 62

Genia Kühmeier, soprano
Camilla Nylund, soprano
Ricarda Merbeth,  soprano

Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Hansjörg Albrecht, conductor

Date: 2016
Label: Oehms

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Walter Braunfels - Orchestral Songs Vol. 1 (Hansjörg Albrecht)


Information

Composer: Walter Braunfels
  1. Vorspiel und Prolog der Nachtigall, Op. 30/3
  2. Zwei Hölderlin-Gesänge, Op. 27: 1. An die Parzen
  3. Zwei Hölderlin-Gesänge, Op. 27: 2. Der Tod für’s Vaterland
  4. Auf ein Soldatengrab, Op. 26
  5. Abschied vom Walde, Op. 30/1
  6. Don Juan, Op. 34: Introduktion & Thema
  7. Don Juan, Op. 34: Variation 1. Allegro
  8. Don Juan, Op. 34: Variation 2. Allegro
  9. Don Juan, Op. 34: Variation 3. Allegro con brio
  10. Don Juan, Op. 34: Variation 4. Mäßig
  11. Don Juan, Op. 34: Variation 5. Mäßig - Bewegter
  12. Don Juan, Op. 34: Variation 6. Andante
  13. Don Juan, Op. 34: Variation 7. Presto

Valentina Farcas, soprano
Klaus Florian Vogt, tenor
Michael Volle, baritone

Staatskapelle Weimar
Hansjörg Albrecht, conductor

Date: 2016
Label: Oehms

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