A belated thank you for your support, Antonio.

Thursday, March 31, 2022

Ignacy Jan Paderewski - Symphony 'Polonia' (Bohdan Boguszewski)


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Composer: Ignacy Jan Paderewski
  • Symphony in B minor, Op. 24 "Polonia"

Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Bohdan Boguszewski, conductor

Date: 2021
Label: DUX

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Moritz Moszkowski - Piano Works (Etsuko Hirose)


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Composer: Moritz Moszkowski
  1. Valse, Op. 34, No. 1
  2. Hoffmanns Erzählungen: Barcarole
  3. Zephyr, Op. 57, No. 4
  4. Liebeswalzer, Op. 57, No. 5
  5. Isoldes Tod: Schluss Szene aus Tristan und Isolde
  6. Étude, Op. 72, No. 13
  7. Zwiegesang (Duo), Op. 52, No. 3
  8. Die Jungleurin, Op. 52, No. 4
  9. En Automne, Op. 36, No. 4
  10. Etincelles, Op. 36, No. 6
  11. Polonaise, Op. 17, No. 1
  12. Guitare, Op. 45, No. 2
  13. Caprice Espagnole, Op. 37
  14. Carmen: Chanson bohème

Etsuko Hirose, piano
Date: 2020
Label: Danacord

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Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Theodor Leschetizky - Morceaux pour Piano (Tobias Bigger)


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Composer: Theodor Leschetizky
  • (01) Zwei Klavierstücke, Op. 38
  • (03) Quatre morceaux pour piano, Op. 36
  • (07) Deux morceaux pour piano, Op. 43
  • (09) Pastels. Quatre morceaux pour piano, Op. 44
  • (13) Zwei Klavierstücke, Op. 47

Tobias Bigger, piano
Date: 2020
Label: BIS

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Monday, March 28, 2022

Ignaz Friedman - Original Piano Compositions (Joseph Banowetz)


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Composer: Ignaz Friedman
  • (01) 6 Wiener Tänze nach Motiven von Eduard Gärtner
  • (07) 4 Klavierstücke, Op. 27
  • (11) Strophes, Op. 71
  • (16) Stimmungen, Op. 79
  • (25) 4 Preludes for Piano, Op. 61

Joseph Banowetz, piano
Date: 2016
Label: Grand Piano

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Sunday, March 27, 2022

Witold Maliszewski - Symphonic Works (Przemysław Neumann)


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Composer: Witold Maliszewski

CD1:
  • (01) Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 8
  • (05) Joyful Overture, Op. 11
CD2:
  • (01) Symphony No. 2 in A Major, Op. 12
  • (05) Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 14
CD3:
  • (01) Symphony No. 4 in D Major, Op. 21 "To the Newborn and Recovered Homeland"
  • (05) Scherzo & Overture Honouring Schubert
  • (07) Fairy Tale, Op. 30
  • (08) Legend, Op. 31

Opole Philharmonic Orchestra
Przemysław Neumann, conductor

Date: 2021
Label: DUX

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Saturday, March 26, 2022

Michał Bergson - Orchestral Works (Łukasz Borowicz)


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Composer: Michał Bergson
  1. Concert symphonique, Op. 62: I. Allegro con fuoco ed agitato
  2. Concert symphonique, Op. 62: II. Andante sostenuto
  3. Concert symphonique, Op. 62: III. Allegro vivace, alla zingarese
  4. 4 Mazurkas, Op. 1: No. 1 in A minor
  5. 4 Mazurkas, Op. 1: No. 4 in G sharp minor
  6. Grande polonaise héroique précédée d'un air slave, Op. 72
  7. Polonia
  8. Luisa di Montfort, Op. 82 (Excerpts): Introduction
  9. Luisa di Montfort, Op. 82 (Excerpts): Scene & Aria
  10. Il Ritorno

Jonathan Plowright, piano
Jakub Drygas, clarinet
Aleksandra Kubas-Kruk, soprano

Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra
Łukasz Borowicz, conductor

Date: 2022
Label: DUX

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Thursday, March 24, 2022

Zygmunt Noskowski - Chamber Works, Vol. 3 (Jolanta Sosnowska; Donát Deaky)


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Composer: Zygmunt Noskowski
  • (01) Trois pièces pour violon et piano, Op. 24
  • (04) Chansonnette d'Ukranie, Op. 26 No. 2a
  • (05) Berceuse, Op. 11
  • (06) Sonata for violin and piano in A minor

Jolanta Sosnowska, violin
Donát Deaky, piano

Date: 2011
Label: Acte Préalable

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Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Zygmunt Noskowski - Chamber Works, Vol. 2 (Four Strings Quartet)


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Composer: Zygmunt Noskowski
  • (01) String Quartet No. 3 in E minor 'Fantasy Quartet'
  • (05) Variations and Fugue on a theme by Viotti
  • (15) Humorous Quartet 'Whichever Way You Like It' in D major
  • (16) 'Vis-à-vis' - Tram Duet - Musical Humoresque for violin and cello

Four Strings Quartet
Lucyna Fiedukiewicz & Grzegorz Witek, violins
Beata Raszewska, viola
Łukasz Tudzierz, cello

Date: 2013
Label: Acte Préalable

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Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Zygmunt Noskowski - Chamber Works, Vol. 1 (Four Strings Quartet)


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Composer: Zygmunt Noskowski
  • (01) String Quartet No. 1 in D minor, Op. 9
  • (05) String Quartet No. 2 in E major

Four Strings Quartet
Lucyna Fiedukiewicz & Grzegorz Witek, violins
Beata Raszewska, viola
Łukasz Tudzierz, cello

Date: 2009
Label: Acte Préalable

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Monday, March 21, 2022

Zygmunt Noskowski - Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 (José Maria Florêncio; Łukasz Borowicz)


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Composer: Zygmunt Noskowski
  • (01) Symphony No. 3 in F major 'From Spring to Spring'
  • (05) From the Life of the Nation
  • (23) Livia Quintilla: Prelude to Act II
  • (24) Elegiac Polonaise

Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (1-4)
José Maria Florêncio, conductor

Polish Radio Orchestra Warsaw (5-24
Łukasz Borowicz, conductor

Date: 2013
Label: Sterling

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Sunday, March 20, 2022

Zygmunt Noskowski - Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 (Łukasz Borowicz)


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Composer: Zygmunt Noskowski
  • (01) Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Elegijna'
  • (05) Commemorative Sounds
  • (12) Variations in E minor on an original theme

Polish Radio Orchestra Warsaw
Łukasz Borowicz, conductor

Date: 2011
Label: Sterling

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Saturday, March 19, 2022

Zygmunt Noskowski - Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 (Various Artists)


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Composer: Zygmunt Noskowski
  • (01) Morskie Oko, Op. 19
  • (02) Symphony No. 1 in A major
  • (06) Pan Zolzikiewicz

Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Gabriel Chmura, conductor (1)
Sławek A. Wróblewski, conductor (2-5)
Zygmunt Rychert, conductor (6)

Date: 2009
Label: Sterling

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Thursday, March 17, 2022

Various Composers - The Polish Violin, Vol. 2 (Jennifer Pike; Petr Limonov)


Information

  • (01) Karol Szymanowski - Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 9
  • (04) Karol Szymanowski - La Berceuse d'Aïtacho Enia, Op. 51
  • (05) Karol Szymanowski - Trois Caprices de Paganini, Op. 40
  • (08) Irène Poldowski - Violin Sonata in D minor
  • (11) Grażyna Bacewicz - Kaprys polski (Polish Caprice)
  • (12) Irène Poldowski - Tango

Jennifer Pike, violin
Petr Limonov, piano

Date: 2021
Label: Chandos

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Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Various Composers - Hungarian Serenade (Offenburg String Trio)


Information

  • (01) Sándor Veress - Szatmàry Tàncok
  • (02) Géza Frid - String Trio, Op. 1
  • (05) Sándor Veress - Sonatine for Violin & Cello
  • (08) Ferenc Farkas - Notturno, Op. 2
  • (10) László Weiner - String Trio "Vonosharmas Szerenad"
  • (13) Sándor Veress - Somogyi Tàncok
  • (14) Rezső Kókai - Serenade for String Trio

Offenburg String Trio
Frank Schilli, violin
Rolf Schilli, viola
Martin Merker, cello

Date: 2021
Label: Naxos

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Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Various Composers - Americascapes (Robert Trevino)


Information

  • (01) Charles Martin Loeffler - La mort de tintagiles, Op. 6
  • (02) Carl Ruggles - Evocations (Orchestral Version)
  • (06) Howard Hanson - Before the Dawn, Op. 17
  • (07) Henry Cowell - Variations for Orchestra, HC 833

Basque National Orchestra
Robert Trevino, conductor

Date: 2021
Label: Ondine

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Various Composers - American Quintets (Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective)


Information

  • (01) Amy Beach - Piano Quintet in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 67
  • (04) Samuel Barber - Dover Beach, Op. 3
  • (05) Florence Price - Piano Quintet in A Minor

Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
Matthew Rose, bass
Elena Urioste, violin
Melissa White, violin
Rosalind Ventris, viola
Laura van der Heijden, cello
Tom Poster, piano

Date: 2021
Label: Chandos

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Monday, March 14, 2022

Various Composers - British Music for Strings III (Douglas Bostock)


Information

  • (01) Ethel Smyth - Suite for Strings, Op. 1a
  • (06) Susan Spain-Dunk - Suite in B Minor for String Orchestra
  • (11) Constance Warren - Heather Hill for String Orchestra
  • (12) Susan Spain-Dunk - Lament for String Orchestra
  • (13) Ruth Gipps - Cinglemire Garden, Op. 39

Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim
Douglas Bostock, conductor

Date: 2021
Label: cpo

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Sunday, March 13, 2022

Various Composers - British Music for Strings II (Douglas Bostock)


Information

  • (01) Christopher Wilson (1874-1919) - Suite for String Orchestra
  • (07) Granville Bantock - Serenade for String Orchestra "In the Far West"
  • (11) Granville Bantock - Scenes from the Scottish Highlands

Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim
Douglas Bostock, conductor

Date: 2021
Label: cpo

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Saturday, March 12, 2022

Various Composers - British Music for Strings I (Douglas Bostock)


Information

  • (01) Hubert Parry - An English Suite
  • (08) Edward Elgar - Organ Sonata in G, Op. 28 (arr. Hans Kunstovny as 'Swinnerton’s Dream')
  • (12) Gordon Jacob - A Symphony for Strings

Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim
Douglas Bostock, conductor

Date: 2021
Label: cpo


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Friday, March 11, 2022

Various Composers - English Guitar Music of the 20th Century (Andrea Dieci)


Information

  • (01) Lennox Berkeley - Quatre pièces pour la guitare
  • (05) Cyril Scott - Sonatina for Guitar
  • (08) Lennox Berkeley - Sonatina for Guitar, Op. 52/1
  • (11) Benjamin Britten - Nocturnal After John Dowland for Guitar, Op. 70
  • (20) Lennox Berkeley - Theme and Variations for Guitar, Op. 77
  • (27) William Walton - 5 Bagatelles for Guitar

Andrea Dieci, guitar
Date: 2021
Label: Brilliant Classics

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Thursday, March 10, 2022

Various Composers - Portuguese Music for Strings (Camerata Atlântica)


Information

  • (01) Sérgio Azevedo - Sinfonietta for Strings
  • (04) António Fragoso - Concerto romântico: I. Prélude
  • (05) Sérgio Azevedo - Music for Strings (In memoriam Béla Bartók)
  • (09) Joly Braga Santos - Concerto for Strings in D Minor, Op. 17

Camerata Atlântica
Ana Beatriz Manzanilla, solo violin (4) & leader

Date: 2021
Label: Naxos

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Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Various Composers - Portuguese Music for Piano Duo (Luís Duarte; Lígia Madeira)


Information

  • (01) Fernando Lopes-Graça - Melodias rústicas portuguesas
  • (12) Sérgio Azevedo - Sonatina for piano 4 hands
  • (15) José Vianna da Motta - Erinnerungen, Op. 7
  • (21) Fernando C. Lapa - Storyboard
  • (27) António Victorino de Almeida - Balada, Op. 126 (para uma criança que vai nascer)

Lígia Madeira & Luís Duarte, piano duo
Date: 2020
Label: Brilliant Classics

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Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Various Composers - Inca Trail Connections (Miguel Harth-Bedoya)


Information

  1. Alejandro Tobar - Kalamary
  2. Alfonso Leng - Preludio No. 1
  3. Alberto Williams - Primera obertura de concierto, Op. 15
  4. José Carlos Campos - Danza rústica
  5. Santos Cifuentes - Scherzo sobre aires tropicales
  6. Celso Garrido-Lecca - Danzas populares andinas: No. 1, Alegre
  7. Celso Garrido-Lecca - Danzas populares andinas: No. 2, Lento
  8. Celso Garrido-Lecca - Danzas populares andinas: No. 3, Rítmico
  9. Celso Garrido-Lecca - Danzas populares andinas: No. 4, Andante
  10. Celso Garrido-Lecca - Danzas populares andinas: No. 5, Alegre
  11. Enrique Soro - Danza fantástica
  12. Francisco Pulgar Vidal - Cascay

Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

Date: 2021
Label: Naxos

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Monday, March 7, 2022

Various Composers - Piano Cubano (Yamilé Cruz Montero)


Information

  • (01) Ernesto Lecuona - Danzas Afro-Cubanas
  • (03) Ernesto Lecuona - Suite Andalucía
  • (09) Carlos Fariñas - Sones Sencillos
  • (16) Carlos Fariñas - Alta Gracia
  • (17) Andrés Alén - Variations on Silvio Rodríguez's Theme
  • (18) Andrés Alén - Emiliano

Yamilé Cruz Montero, piano
Date: 2017
Label: Grand Piano

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Sunday, March 6, 2022

Various Composers - Haïti mon amour (Célimène Daudet)


Information

  1. Ludovic Lamothe - Feuillet d'album No. 1
  2. Justin Elie - Chants de la montagne: No. 1. Echo-Isma o
  3. Ludovic Lamothe - Danza No. 4
  4. Justin Elie - Méringue populaire haïtienne No. 2
  5. Edmond Saintonge - Élégie – Méringue
  6. Ludovic Lamothe - Danza No. 1 "Habanera"
  7. Justin Elie - Méringue populaire haïtienne No. 4
  8. Ludovic Lamothe - Icônes vaudouesques "Loco"
  9. Justin Elie - Chant de la montagne: No. 2. Nostalgie
  10. Ludovic Lamothe - Feuillet d'album No. 2
  11. Justin Elie - Méringue populaire haïtienne No. 1
  12. Ludovic Lamothe - Danza No. 3
  13. Frédéric Chopin - Chant polonais, Op. 74: Printemps (transcr. Franz Liszt)

Célimène Daudet, piano
Date: 2021
Label: NoMadMusic

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Saturday, March 5, 2022

Various Composers - History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vol. 5 (The Brahms Trio)


Information

  • (01) Vladimir Dyck - Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 25
  • (05) Constantin von Sternberg - Piano Trio No. 3 in C Major, Op. 104
  • (08) Sergey Youferov - Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 52

The Brahms Trio
Nikolai Sachenko, violin
Kirill Rodin, cello
Natalia Rubinstein, piano

Date: 2021
Label: Naxos

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Friday, March 4, 2022

Various Composers - History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vol. 4 (The Brahms Trio)


Information

  • (01) Anton Arensky - Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 32
  • (05) Sergei Taneyev - Piano Trio in D Major, Op. 22

The Brahms Trio
Nikolai Sachenko, violin
Kirill Rodin, cello
Natalia Rubinstein, piano

Date: 2022
Label: Naxos

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Various Composers - History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vol. 3 (The Brahms Trio)


Information

  • (01) Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Piano Trio in C minor (completed M. Steinberg)
  • (05) César Cui - À argenteau, Op. 40: No. 2, Farniente
  • (06) Alexander Borodin - Piano Trio in D major

The Brahms Trio
Nikolai Sachenko, violin
Kirill Rodin, cello
Natalia Rubinstein, piano

Date: 2021
Label: Naxos

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Thursday, March 3, 2022

Various Composers - History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vol. 2 (The Brahms Trio)


Information

  • (01) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
  • (03) Paul Pabst - Piano Trio in A major

The Brahms Trio
Nikolai Sachenko, violin
Kirill Rodin, cello
Natalia Rubinstein, piano

Date: 2021
Label: Naxos

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Various Composers - History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vol. 1 (The Brahms Trio)


Information

  • (01) Alexander Alyabyev - Piano Trio in E flat major
  • (02) Alexander Alyabyev - Piano Trio in A minor
  • (05) Mikhail Glinka - Trio pathétique in D minor (arr. Jan Hřímalý)
  • (09) Anton Rubinstein - Piano Trio No. 2 in G minor, Op. 15 No. 2

The Brahms Trio
Nikolai Sachenko, violin
Kirill Rodin, cello
Natalia Rubinstein, piano

Date: 2020
Label: Naxos

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