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Thursday, November 30, 2023

Herbert Howells - Missa Sabrinensis (David Hill)


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Composer: Herbert Howells
  1. Missa Sabrinensis: 1. Kyrie 
  2. Missa Sabrinensis: 2. Gloria 
  3. Missa Sabrinensis: 3. Credo 
  4. Missa Sabrinensis: 4. Sanctus 
  5. Missa Sabrinensis: 5. Benedictus 
  6. Missa Sabrinensis: 6. Agnus Dei 
  7. All my hope on God is founded – Michael 'A Fanfare Setting'

Helena Dix, soprano
Christine Rice, mezzo-soprano
Benjamin Hulett, tenor
Roderick Williams, baritone

The Bach Choir
BBC Concert Orchestra
David Hill, conductor

Date: 2020
Label: Hyperion

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Wednesday, November 29, 2023

George Enescu - The Unknown Enescu, Vol. 2 (Sherban Lupu)


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Composer: George Enescu
  1. Romanian Rhapsody in A Major, Op. 11 No. 1 (arr. M. Stern)
  2. Impressions roumaines (arr. S. Lupu)
  3. Violin Sonata "Torso"
  4. Impromptu concertant in G-Flat Major
  5. Regrets (completed S. Lupu)
  6. Suite No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 3: III. Adagio (arr. S. Albu)
  7. Valse lente "‘L’enjôleuse"
  8. Caprice roumain (completed C. Ţăranu): I. Ben moderato
  9. Caprice roumain (completed C. Ţăranu): II. Tempo di Hora
  10. Caprice roumain (completed C. Ţăranu): III. Lento
  11. Caprice roumain (completed C. Ţăranu): IV. Allegro vivace

Sherban Lupu, violin
Viorela Ciucur, piano
Sinfonia da Camera
Ian Hobson, piano & conductor

Date: 2022
Label: Toccata Classics

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023

George Enescu - The Unknown Enescu, Vol. 1 (Sherban Lupu)


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Composer: George Enescu
  • Aubade
  • Pastorale, Menuet triste et Nocturne (arr. Lupu)
  • Sarabande
  • Sérénade lointaine
  • Andantino malinconico
  • Prelude and Gavotte
  • Airs dans le genre roumain
  • Légende
  • Sérénade en sourdine
  • Fantaisie concertante (arr. Lupu)
  • Nocturne "Villa d'Avrayen"
  • Hora Unirei
  • Aria and Scherzino (arr. Lupu)

Sherban Lupu, violin
Masumi Per Rostad, viola
Marin Cazacu, cello
Ian Hobson, piano
Ilinca Dumitrescu, piano
Samir Golescu, piano
Enescu Ensemble of the University of Illinois

Date: 2012
Label: Toccata Classics

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Monday, November 27, 2023

George Enescu - Complete Works for Cello & Piano (Valentin Radutiu; Per Rundberg)


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Composer: George Enescu

CD1:
  • Allegro in F Minor
  • Cello Sonata in F Minor, Op. 26, No. 1
CD2:
  • Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 26, No. 2
  • Nocturne et Saltarello

Valentin Radutiu, cello
Per Rundberg, piano

Date: 2013
Label: Hänssler Classic

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Sunday, November 26, 2023

Arthur Bliss - Complete Piano Music, Vol. 2 (Mark Bebbington)


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Composer: Arthur Bliss
  1. Masks: I. A Comedy Mask
  2. Masks: II. A Romantic Mask
  3. Masks: III. A Sinister Mask
  4. Masks: IV. A Military Mask
  5. 2 Interludes: I. Moderato
  6. 2 Interludes: II. Moderato
  7. Suite for Piano: I. Prelude
  8. Suite for Piano: II. Ballade
  9. Suite for Piano: III. Scherzo
  10. Bach - Das alte Jahr vergangen ist (The old year has ended), BWV 614 (arr. Bliss)
  11. The Rout Trot
  12. Triptych: I. Meditation: Andante tranquillo
  13. Triptych: II. Dramatic Recitative: Grave — poco a poco molto animato
  14. Triptych: III. Capriccio: Allegro
  15. Bliss (One-Step)

Mark Bebbington, piano
Date: 2016
Label: SOMM Recordings

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Saturday, November 25, 2023

Arthur Bliss - Complete Piano Music, Vol. 1 (Mark Bebbington)


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Composer: Arthur Bliss
  1. Valses fantastiques: I. Allegretto amabile
  2. Valses fantastiques: II. Poco più andante
  3. Valses fantastiques: III. Poco lento e molto espressivo
  4. Valses fantastiques: IV. Introduction. Moderato
  5. Toccata
  6. Intermezzo
  7. Study
  8. Piano Sonata: I. Moderato marcato
  9. Piano Sonata: II. Adagio sereno
  10. Piano Sonata: III. Allegro
  11. May-Zeeh
  12. Suite for Piano: I. Overture. Allegro
  13. Suite for Piano: II. Polonaise. Alla polacca
  14. Suite for Piano: III. Elegy
  15. Suite for Piano: IV. Variations
  16. Miniature Scherzo

Mark Bebbington, piano
Date: 2012
Label: SOMM Recordings

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Thursday, November 23, 2023

Grażyna Bacewicz - Works for Violin Solo & Violin with Piano (Kinga Augustyn; Alla Milchtein)


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Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz
  • Sonata No. 1 for Solo Violin
  • Polish Capricci for Solo Violin
  • Violin Concertino in G Major
  • Melody for Violin & Piano
  • Stained Glass for Violin & Piano
  • Partita for Solo Violin
  • Scherzo for Solo Violin
  • Capriccio for Violin & Piano
  • Lullaby for Violin & Piano
  • 4 Capriccios for Solo Violin

Kinga Augustyn, violin
Alla Milchtein, piano

Date: 2022
Label: Centaur Records

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Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Grażyna Bacewicz - Piano Music (Joanna Sochacka)


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Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz
  1. Piano Sonata No. 2: I. Maestoso
  2. Piano Sonata No. 2: II. Largo
  3. Piano Sonata No. 2: III. Toccata. Vivo
  4. Two Piano Etudes: Modarato
  5. Two Piano Etudes: Etude on Thirds. Vivace
  6. Piano Sonata No. 1: I. Moderato
  7. Piano Sonata No. 1: II. Andante sostenuto
  8. Piano Sonata No. 1: III. Scherzo. Molto allegro
  9. Piano Sonata No. 1: IV. Finale. Molto allegro
  10. Concert Etude
  11. Piano Sonata (1930): I. Moderato e maestoso
  12. Piano Sonata (1930): II. Adagio
  13. Piano Sonata (1930): III. Double fugue. Allegro ben moderato

Joanna Sochacka, piano
Date: 2021
Label: DUX

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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Grażyna Bacewicz - Complete Symphonic Works, Vol. 1 (Łukasz Borowicz)


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Composer: Grażyna Bacewicz
  • Symphony No. 3
  • Symphony No. 4

WDR Symphony Orchestra
Łukasz Borowicz, conductor

Date: 2023
Label: cpo

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Monday, November 20, 2023

Franz Schmidt - Complete Symphonies (Paavo Järvi)


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Composer: Franz Schmidt

CD1:
  • Symphony No. 1 in E major
CD2:
  • Symphony No. 2 in E flat major
  • Notre Dame: Intermezzo
CD3:
  • Symphony No. 3 in A major
  • Symphony No. 4 in C major

Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Järvi, conductor

Date: 2020
Label: Deutsche Grammophon

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Saturday, November 18, 2023

Various Composers - French Cello Sonatas, Vol. 2 (Marina Tarasova; Ivan Sokolov)


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  • Léon Boëllmann - Cello Sonata in A Minor, Op. 40
  • Charles-Marie Widor - Cello Sonata in A Major, Op. 80
  • Vincent d'Indy - Cello Sonata in D Major, Op. 84

Marina Tarasova, cello
Ivan Sokolov, piano

Date: 2023
Label: Brilliant Classics

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Friday, November 17, 2023

Various Composers - French Cello Sonatas, Vol. 1 (Marina Tarasova; Ivan Sokolov)


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  • Édouard Lalo - Cello Sonata in A Minor, IEL 18
  • Charles Koechlin - Cello Sonata, Op. 66
  • Gabriel Pierné - Sonata en une partie in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 46

Marina Tarasova, cello
Ivan Sokolov, piano

Date: 2022
Label: Brilliant Classics

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Thursday, November 16, 2023

Various Composers - 20th Century French Reed Trios (I Solisti della Scala)


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  • Jean Françaix - Divertissement
  • Georges Auric - Trio for Oboe, Clarinet, and Bassoon
  • Jacques Ibert - Cinq Pièces en trio
  • Darius Milhaud - Suite d'après Corrette, Op. 161
  • Henri Tomasi - Concert Champêtre
  • Alexandre Tansman - Suite pour trio d'anches

I Solisti della Scala
Fabien Thouand, oboe
Fabrizio Meloni, clarinet
Gabriele Screpis, bassoon

Date: 2023
Label: Da Vinci Classics

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Various Composers - Compositrices. New Light on French Romantic Women Composers


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CD1:
  • Mel Bonis - Le Rêve de Cléopâtre, Op. 180
  • Mel Bonis - Ophélie, Op. 165
  • Mel Bonis - Salomé, Op. 100
  • Henriette Renié - Sonate pour violoncelle et piano
  • Cécile Chaminade - Rêve d’un soir
  • Cécile Chaminade - Veux-tu ?
  • Hedwige Chretien - Petits poèmes au bord de l’eau
  • Marie Jaëll - Les Orientales: No. 1, Rêverie
  • Marie Jaëll - La Mer: No. 1, Quatre heures du matin
  • Rita Strohl - Bilitis: Berceuse
  • Rita Strohl - Sonnet
  • Charlotte Sohy - Les méditations
CD2:
  • Cécile Chaminade - Six pièces romantiques
  • Rita Strohl - Grande fantaisie-quintette
  • Charlotte Sohy - Symphony in C-Sharp Minor
CD3:
  • Mel Bonis - Barcarolle pour piano, Op. 71
  • Mel Bonis - La cathédrale blessée, Op. 107
  • Mel Bonis - Romance sans paroles, Op. 56
  • Mel Bonis - Au crépuscule, Op. 111
  • Mel Bonis - La chanson du rouet, Op. 24
  • Lili Boulanger - D’un matin de printemps
  • Louise Farrenc - Symphony No. 3 in G Minor
  • Nadia Boulanger - Trois pièces pour violoncelle et piano
  • Marie Jaëll - Ossiane
CD4:
  • Cécile Chaminade - Callirhoé, suite de ballet
  • Virginie Morel - Huit études mélodiques
  • Mel Bonis - Vers le pur amour
  • Mel Bonis - Un soir
  • Mel Bonis - Viens
  • Mel Bonis - Viola
  • Mel Bonis - Immortelle tendresse
  • Mel Bonis - Invocation
  • Mel Bonis - Élégie sur le mode antique
  • Jeanne Danglas - L’amour s’éveille
  • Pauline Viardot - Sonatine pour violon et piano
CD5:
  • Mel Bonis - Sonate pour violoncelle et piano
  • Cécile Chaminade - Concertino pour flûte et orchestre
  • Mel Bonis - Suite en forme de Valses
  • Pauline Viardot - 6 chansons du XVe siècle: No. 1, Aimez-moi, VWV 1121
  • Pauline Viardot - 6 Mélodies et une havanaise: No. 4, Haï-luli !, VWV 1106
  • Pauline Viardot - 6 Mélodies: No. 3, Ici-bas tous les lilas meurent, VWV 1176
  • Pauline Viardot - 10 Mélodies: Solitude, VWV 1044
  • Pauline Viardot - 6 Mélodies: No. 6, Les filles de Cadix, VWV 1135
  • Pauline Viardot - 6 Mélodies et une havanaise: No. 7, Havanaise
  • Pauline Viardot - 10 Mélodies: No. 3, L'absence, VWV 1046
  • Charlotte Sohy - Sonate pour piano
CD6:
  • Nadia Boulanger - La sirène
  • Marie Jaëll - Voix du printemps
  • Mel Bonis - 5 pièces pour piano, Op. 109
  • Mel Bonis - Omphale, Op. 86
  • Mel Bonis - Ophélie
  • Lili Boulanger - 2 Pieces for violin and piano
  • Mel Bonis - Six pièces à quatre mains, Op. 130
CD7:
  • Augusta Holmès - Ludus pro patria: II. Interlude. La Nuit et l’Amour
  • Louise Farrenc - Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano in D Minor, Op. 34
  • Augusta Holmès - Contes divins: No. 3, Chemin du ciel
  • Augusta Holmès - Les Sept Ivresses
  • Jeanne Danglas - Du cœur aux lèvres
  • Jeanne Danglas - L’amour s’éveille
  • Marthe Bracquemond - Trois mélodies
  • Clémence de Grandval - Le bohémien
  • Clémence de Grandval - Sacrifice
  • Marie-Foscarine Damaschino - À une femme
  • Marie-Foscarine Damaschino - L’enfant
  • Marie-Foscarine Damaschino - J’ai dans mon cœur
  • Madeleine Jaeger - La chanson du rouet (II)
  • Madeleine Jaeger - Les Étoiles mortelles
  • Marthe Grumbach - À Néré
  • Madeleine Lemariey - Six mélodies
CD8:
  • Augusta Holmès - Andromède
  • Hélène de Montgeroult - Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op. 5 No. 2
  • Pauline Viardot - Douze mélodies sur des poésies russes
  • Clémence de Grandval - Andante et Intermezzo
  • Mel Bonis - Album pour les tout-petits

Various Soloists, Orchestras & Conductors
Compilation: 2023
Label: Bru Zane

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Monday, November 13, 2023

Déodat de Séverac - Piano Works (Aldo Ciccolini)


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Composer: Déodat de Séverac

CD1:
  • En Languedoc
  • Cerdaña
CD2:
  • Le Chant de la terre
  • Baigneuses au soleil
  • Les Naïades et le faune indiscret
  • Le Soldat de plomb
  • Pipperment-get, Valse brillante de concert
  • Stances à Madams de Pompadour
CD3:
  • En vacances
  • Valse romantique
  • Sous les lauriers roses, ou "Soir de Carnaval sur la Côte Catalane"

Aldo Ciccolini, piano
Date: 1997
Label: EMI Classics


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Sunday, November 12, 2023

Reynaldo Hahn - Poèmes & Valses (Pavel Kolesnikov)


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Composer: Reynaldo Hahn
  • Le rossignol éperdu (selection)
  • Premières valses (selection)

Pavel Kolesnikov, piano
Date: 2022
Label: Hyperion

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Saturday, November 11, 2023

Reynaldo Hahn - Complete Piano Music (Alessandro Deljavan)


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Composer: Reynaldo Hahn

CD1:
  • Le rossignol éperdu, IRH 84, Pt. 1
CD2:
  • Le rossignol éperdu, IRH 84, Pt. 2 Orient
  • Le rossignol éperdu, IRH 84, Pt. 3 Carnet de voyage
  • Le rossignol éperdu, IRH 84, Pt. 4 Versailles
CD3:
  • L’inspiration, valse, IRH 41
  • Juvenilia, IRH 43
  • Les impressions
  • Contour mélodique improvise
  • Good-bye
  • Pièces d’amour
  • Notturno alla italiana
  • Au clair de lune, IRH 5
  • Pièce de lecture а première vue (Improvisazione)
  • Portraits de peintres, pièces pour piano d’après les poèmes de Marcel Proust, IRH 71
  • Chanson rêveuse de l’Héliotrope
  • Valse de la libellule en deuil
  • Canon dans le mode Phrygien
  • Rêverie
CD4:
  • Premières valses, IRH 74
  • La danse de dorimène
  • Bacchante endormie (fragment)
  • Pavane d’Angelo, pour le drame de Victor Hugo (Transcription)
  • Sonatine in C Major, IRH 90
  • Thème varié sur le nom de Haydn in G Major, IRH 94
  • Préface en musique pour la création du monde
  • Les jeunes lauriers, marche militaire, IRH 42
  • Manon, fille galante. Prélude et entr’actes (Transcription)
  • 2 Etudes, IRH 31

Alessandro Deljavan, piano
Date: 2015/2023
Label: OnClassical / Piano Classics

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

Nikolai Kapustin; A Bu - New Memories


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Composer: Nikolai Kapustin; A Bu
  • A Bu - Fantasie “Sleeping in a Dream”, Op. 7
  • Kapustin - Variations for Piano, Op. 41
  • Kapustin - Concert Studies (Etudes) for Piano, Op. 40
  • A Bu - Piano Sonata No. 1 “Pinus”

A Bu, piano
Date: 2022
Label: Wergo

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Nikolai Kapustin - Yeol Eum Son plays Kapustin


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Composer: Nikolai Kapustin
  • Eight Concert Études, Op. 40
  • Variations, Op. 41
  • Moon Rainbow, Op. 161
  • Sonatina, Op. 100
  • Piano Sonata No. 2 in E major, Op. 54

Yeol Eum Son, piano
Date: 2021
Label: Onyx Classics

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Nikolai Kapustin - Blueprint (Frank Dupree; Jakob Krupp; Meinhard 'Obi' Jenne)


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Composer: Nikolai Kapustin
  • Day-Break, Op. 26 "Sunrise"
  • 8 Concert Etudes, Op. 40 (selections)
  • Variations, Op. 41
  • Motive Force, Op. 45
  • Big Band Sounds, Op. 46
  • 24 Preludes, Op. 53 (selections)
  • End of the Rainbow, Op. 112
  • Paraphrase on Blue Bossa, Op. 123
  • Paraphrase on Aquarela do Brasil, Op. 118

Frank Dupree, piano
Jakob Krupp, bass
Meinhard 'Obi' Jenne, drums

Date: 2022
Label: Capriccio

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Monday, November 6, 2023

Nikolai Kapustin - Piano Concerto No. 5; etc. (Frank Dupree)


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Composer: Nikolai Kapustin
  • Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 72
  • Concerto for 2 Pianos & Percussion, Op. 104
  • Sinfonietta for Piano 4-Hands, Op. 49

Frank Dupree, piano
Adrian Brendle, piano 2
Meinhard Jenne, drum set
Franz Bach, percussion
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Dominik Beykirch, conductor

Date: 2023
Label: Capriccio

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Sunday, November 5, 2023

Nikolai Kapustin - Piano Concerto No. 4; etc. (Frank Dupree)


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Composer: Nikolai Kapustin
  • Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 56
  • Concerto for Violin & Piano, Op. 105
  • Chamber Symphony, Op. 57

Frank Dupree, piano & conductor (Op. 57)
Rosanne Philippens, violin

Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn
Case Scaglione, conductor (Op. 56 & Op. 105)

Date: 2021
Label: Capriccio

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Friday, November 3, 2023

Ernő Dohnányi; Leó Weiner - Orchestral Works (Roberto Paternostro)


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Composer: Ernő Dohnányi; Leó Weiner
  • Dohnányi - Tante Simona, Op. 20: Overture
  • Dohnányi - Suite in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 19
  • Dohnányi - American Rhapsody, Op. 47
  • Weiner - Serenade for Small Orchestra in F Minor, Op. 3

ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Roberto Paternostro, conductor

Date: 2021
Label: Capriccio

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Thursday, November 2, 2023

Ernő Dohnányi - Concertos; Variations on a Nursery Song (Various Artists)


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Composer: Ernő Dohnányi
  • Variations on a Nursery Song, Op. 25
  • Concertino for Harp & Orchestra, Op. 45
  • Konzertstück in D Major for Cello & Orchestra, Op. 12

Sofja Gülbadamova, piano
Silke Aichhorn, harp
Andrei Ionita, cello

Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz
Modestas Pitrėnas, conductor

Date: 2022
Label: Capriccio

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Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Ernő Dohnányi - The Veil of Pierrette (Ariane Matiakh)


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Composer: Ernő Dohnányi
  • The Veil of Pierrette, Op. 18

ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ariane Matiakh, conductor

Date: 2020
Label: Capriccio

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