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Saturday, April 27, 2024

Christoph Willibald Gluck - Don Juan; Semiramis (Jordi Savall)


Information

Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck
  • Don Juan ou le Festin de pierre, Wq. 52
  • Semiramis, Wq. Anh. C/1

Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall, conductor

Date: 2022
Label: Alia Vox

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Thursday, April 25, 2024

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem (Jordi Savall)


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Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Requiem in D Minor, K. 626

Rachel Redmond; Marianne Beate Kielland
Mingjie Lei; Manuel Walser

La Capella Nacional de Catalunya
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall, conductor

Date: 2023
Label: Alia Vox

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Joseph Haydn - Stabat Mater (René Jacobs)


Information

Composer: Joseph Haydn
  • Stabat Mater (1803 version with enlarged wind orchestration by Sigismund Neukomm)

Birgitte Christensen; Kristina Hammarström
Steve Davislim; Christian Immler

Zürcher Sing-Akademie
Kammerorchester Basel
René Jacobs, conductor

Date: 2023
Label: PentaTone

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Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Joseph Haydn - The Seven Last Words of Christ (David Jalbert)


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Composer: Joseph Haydn
  • Les Sept dernières paroles du Christ en croix, Hob. XX:1b

David Jalbert, piano
Date: 2020
Label: ATMA Classique

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Monday, April 22, 2024

Joseph Haydn - Symphonies transcribed by Carl David Stegmann (Ivan Ilić)


Information

Composer: Joseph Haydn; Carl David Stegmann (1751–1826)
  • Symphony No. 92 'Oxford' in G major, Hob. I:92
  • Symphony No. 75 in D major, Hob. I:75
  • Symphony No. 44 'Trauer' in E minor, Hob. I:44

Ivan Ilić, piano
Date: 2019
Label: Chandos

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Sunday, April 21, 2024

Joseph Haydn - Complete Songs (Elly Ameling; Jörg Demus)


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Composer: Joseph Haydn

CD1:
  1. O Tuneful Voice, Hob. XXVIa/42
  2. The Mermaid's Song, Hob. XXVIa/25
  3. Recollection, Hob. XXVIa/26
  4. A Pastoral Song, Hob. XXVIa/27
  5. Despair, Hob. XXVIa/28
  6. Pleasing Pain, Hob. XXVIa/29
  7. Fidelity, Hob. XXVIa/30
  8. She Never Told Her Love, XXVIa/23
  9. Sailor's Song, Hob. XXVIa/31
  10. The Wanderer, Hob. XXVIa/32
  11. Sympathy, Hob. XXVIa/33
  12. The Spirit's Song, Hob. XXVIa/41
  13. Piercing Eyes, Hob. XXVIa/35
  14. Content, Hob. XXVIa/36
  15. The Lady's Looking-Glass, Hob. XXVIa/17
  16. Pensi a me sì fido amante, Hob. XXVIa/46
  17. Un tetto umil, Hob. XXVIa/45
  18. Das strickende Mädchen, Hob. XXVIa/1
  19. Cupido, Hob. XXVIa/2
  20. Der erste Kuss, Hob. XXVIa/3
  21. Eine sehr gewöhnliche Geschichte, Hob. XXVIa/4
  22. Die Verlassene, Hob. XXVIa/5
  23. Als einst mit Weibes Schönheit, Hob. XXVIa/44
CD2:
  1. Der Gleichsinn, Hob. XXVIa/6
  2. An Iris, Hob. XXVIa/7
  3. An Thyrsis, Hob. XXVIa/8
  4. Trost unglücklicher Liebe, Hob. XXVIa/9
  5. Die Landlust, Hob. XXVIa/10
  6. Liebeslied, Hob. XXVIa/11
  7. Die zu späte Ankunft der Mutter, Hob. XXVIa/12
  8. Der schlaue und dienstfertige Pudel, Hob. XXVIa/38
  9. Bald wehen uns des Frühlings Lüfte, Hob. XXVIa/47
  10. Trachten will ich nicht auf Erden, Hob. XXVIa/39
  11. Jeder meint, der Gegenstand, Hob. XXVIa/13
  12. Lachet nicht, Mädchen, Hob. XXVIa/14
  13. O liebes Mädchen, höre mich, Hob. XXVIa/15
  14. Gegenliebe, Hob. XXVIa/16
  15. Geistliches Lied, Hob. XXVIa/17
  16. Auch die Sprödeste der Schönen, Hob. XXVIa/18
  17. O fließ, ja wallend fließ in Zähren, Hob. XXVIa/19
  18. Zufriedenheit, Hob. XXVIa/20
  19. Das Leben ist ein Traum, Hob. XXVIa/21
  20. Lob der Faulheit, Hob. XXVIa/22
  21. Minna, Hob. XXVIa/23
  22. Auf meines Vaters Grab, Hob. XXVIa/24
  23. Beim Schmerz, der dieses Herz durchwühlet, Hob. XXVIa/37
  24. Abschiedslied, Hob. XXVIa/F1
  25. Gott erhalte den Kaiser!, Hob. XXVIa/43

Elly Ameling, soprano
Jörg Demus, piano

Date: 1980/2009
Label: Decca/PentaTone


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Friday, April 19, 2024

Ludwig van Beethoven - Christus am Ölberge (Kent Nagano)


Information

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Christus am Ölberge, Op. 85

Plácido Domingo, tenor
Luba Orgonasova, soprano
Andreas Schmidt, bass

Rundfunkchor Berlin
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Kent Nagano, conductor

Date: 2003/2013
Label: harmonia mundi

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Thursday, April 18, 2024

Ludwig van Beethoven - Missa Solemnis (Nikolaus Harnoncourt)


Information

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Missa Solemnis, Op. 123

Laura Aikin; Bernarda Fink
Johannes Chum; Ruben Drole

Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Concentus Musicus Wien
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

Date: 2016
Label: Sony Classical

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Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Ludwig van Beethoven - Songs and Folksongs (Ian Bostridge; Antonio Pappano)


Information

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  1. An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98: I. "Auf dem Hügel sitz ich spähend"
  2. An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98: II. "Wo die Berge so blau"
  3. An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98: III. "Leichte Segler in den Höhen"
  4. An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98: IV. "Diese Wolken in den Höhen"
  5. An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98: V. "Es kehret der Maien"
  6. An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98: VI. "Nimm sie hin denn, diese Lieder"
  7. Adelaide, Op. 46
  8. Sehnsucht, WoO 134: I. Andante poco agitato
  9. Sehnsucht, WoO 134: II. Poco andante
  10. Sehnsucht, WoO 134: III. Poco adagio
  11. Sehnsucht, WoO 134: IV. Assai adagio
  12. 6 Gesänge, Op. 75: III. Aus Goethes Faust
  13. Zartliche Liebe, WoO 123
  14. "In questa tomba oscura", WoO 133
  15. 8 Lieder, Op. 52: IV. Maigesang (Mailied)
  16. Andenken, WoO 136
  17. Resignation, WoO 149
  18. 12 Irish Songs, WoO 154: IV. The Pulse of an Irishman
  19. 12 Irish Songs, WoO 154: V. "Oh! Who, my dear Dermot"
  20. 7 British Songs, WoO 158b: VI."O Mary, ye's be clad in silk"
  21. 26 Welsh Songs, WoO 155: No. 25, The Parting Kiss
  22. 25 Scottish Songs, Op. 108: No. 8, The Lovely Lass of Inverness
  23. 25 Irish Songs, WoO 152: No. 1, The Return to Ulster
  24. 25 Irish Songs, WoO 152: No. 8, "Come draw we round a cheerful ring"
  25. 25 Scottish Songs, Op. 108: No. 2, Sunset
  26. 8 Lieder, Op. 52: No. 7, Marmotte

Ian Bostridge, tenor
Antonio Pappano, piano
Vilde Frang, violin & Nicolas Altstaedt, cello (18-25)

Date: 2020
Label: Warner Classics

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Ludwig van Beethoven - Lieder (Matthias Goerne; Jan Lisiecki)


Information

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  1. 6 Lieder, Op. 48: 1. Bitten
  2. 6 Lieder, Op. 48: 2. Die Liebe des Nächsten
  3. 6 Lieder, Op. 48: 3. Vom Tode
  4. 6 Lieder, Op. 48: 4. Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur
  5. 6 Lieder, Op. 48: 5. Gottes Macht und Vorsehung
  6. 6 Lieder, Op. 48: 6. Bußlied
  7. Resignation, WoO 149
  8. An die Hoffnung, Op. 32
  9. Lied aus der Ferne, WoO 137
  10. Mailied, Op. 52 No. 4
  11. Der Liebende, WoO 139
  12. Klage, WoO 113
  13. An die Hoffnung, Op. 94
  14. Adelaide, Op. 46
  15. Wonne der Wehmut, Op. 83 No. 1
  16. Das Liedchen von der Ruhe, Op. 52 No. 3
  17. An die Geliebte, WoO 140 (1814 Version)
  18. An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98: 1. Auf dem Hügel sitz ich spähend
  19. An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98: 2. Wo die Berge so blau
  20. An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98: 3. Leichte Segler in den Höhen
  21. An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98: 4. Diese Wolken in den Höhen
  22. An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98: 5. Es kehret der Maien, es blühet die Au
  23. An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98: 6. Nimm sie hin denn, diese Lieder

Matthias Goerne, baritone
Jan Lisiecki, piano

Date: 2020
Label: Deutsche Grammophon

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Monday, April 15, 2024

Ludwig van Beethoven; Franz Berwald - Septets (Wigmore Soloists)


Information

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven; Franz Berwald
  • Beethoven - Septet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20
  • Berwald - Grand Septet in B-Flat Major

Wigmore Soloists
    Isabelle van Keulen, violin
    Rachel Roberts, viola
    Adrian Brendel, cello
    Tim Gibbs, double bass
    Michael Collins, clarinet
    Robin O’Neill, bassoon
    Alberto Menéndez Escribano, horn

Date: 2023
Label: BIS

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Music for Winds (Various Artists)


Information

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • March in B flat major, WoO 29, for wind sextet
  • Wind Octet in E flat major, Op. 103
  • Wind Sextet in E flat major, Op. 71
  • Rondino in E flat major, WoO 25, for wind sextet

David Shifrin & Paul Wonjin Cho, clarinet
Frank Morelli & Marissa Olegario, bassoon
William Purvis & Lauren Hunt, horn
Stephen Taylor & Hsuan-Fong Chen, oboe

Date: 2019
Label: Naxos

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Saturday, April 13, 2024

Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Trios (Beaux Arts Trio)


Information

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Complete Piano Trios (5 CDs)

Beaux Arts Trio
Menahem Pressler, piano
Isidore Cohen, violin
Bernard Greenhouse, cello

Date: 2001
Label: Philips


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Friday, April 12, 2024

Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartets Nos. 1-6 (Takács Quartet)


Information

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

CD1:
  • String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18 No. 1
  • String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 18 No. 2
  • String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 18 No. 3
CD2:
  • String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4
  • String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18 No. 5
  • String Quartet No. 6 in B flat major, Op. 18 No. 6

Takács Quartet
Edward Dusinberre & Károly Schranz, violins
Roger Tapping, viola
András Fejér, cello

Date: 2004
Label: Decca


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Thursday, April 11, 2024

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphonies Nos. 3, 5, 7 & 9 (Ferenc Fricsay)


Information

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral" (Remastered 2022, Version 1957)
  • Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 (Remastered 2022)
  • Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 (Remastered 2022)
  • Symphony No. 3 in E flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica" (Remastered 2022)

Irmgard Seefried; Maureen Forrester
Ernst Haefliger; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Chor der St. Hedwig's-Kathedrale
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Ferenc Fricsay, conductor

Date: 2022
Label: Alexandre Bak - Classical Music Reference Recording

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Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphonies Nos. 6-9 (Jordi Savall)


Information

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"
  • Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
  • Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93
  • Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral"

Sara Gouzy, mezzo-soprano
Laila Salome Fischer, mezzo-soprano
Mingjie Lei, tenor
Manuel Walser, baritone

La Capella Nacional de Catalunya
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall, conductor

Date: 2022
Label: Alia Vox

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Monday, April 8, 2024

Various Composers - Latin America & Hispanic Piano Trios (Gollo; Contreras; Otamendi)


Information

  • Heitor Villa-Lobos - Primeiro Trio
  • Joaquín Turina - Trio No. 1 in D Major, Op. 35
  • Manuel Ponce - Trio Romántico

Simón Gollo, violin
Horacio Contreras, cello
Ana María Otamendi, piano

Date: 2023
Label: IBS Classical

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Sunday, April 7, 2024

Various Composers - The Roots of Brazilian Viola Music (Fábio Saggin; Micah Behr)


Information

  • Camargo Guarnieri - Sonata for Viola and Piano
  • César Guerra-Peixe - Suíte Nordestina, três peças para viola e piano
  • João de Souza Lima - Chorinho
  • Radamés Gnattali - Sonata for Viola and Piano
  • Ernst Mahle - Sonatina for Viola and Piano
  • Perez Dworecki - Concertino for Viola and Piano (arr. Fábio Saggin)

Fábio Saggin, viola
Micah Behr, piano

Date: 2023
Label: Spice Classics

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Saturday, April 6, 2024

Various Composers - Treasures from the New World, Vol. 3 (Fabio Zanon; Marcelo Barboza; Clélia Iruzun)


Information

  • Radamés Gnattali - Sonatina No. 2
  • Roberto Sierra - 3 Crórnicas del Descubrimiento
  • Jennifer Higdon - Legacy
  • Marlos Nobre - Desafio No. 37
  • Paulo Porto Alegre - Choro Suite
  • Ronaldo Miranda - Alumbramentos
  • João Luiz - Três na Pipa

Fabio Zanon, guitar
Marcelo Barboza, flute
Clélia Iruzun, piano

Date: 2023
Label: SOMM Recordings

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Friday, April 5, 2024

Nimrod Borenstein - Piano Concerto; Shirim; Light & Darkness (Clélia Iruzun)


Information

Composer: Nimrod Borenstein
  • Concerto for Piano & Orchestra, Op. 91
  • Light and Darkness, Op. 80
  • Shirim, Op. 94

Clélia Iruzun, piano

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 
Nimrod Borenstein, conductor

I Musicanti
    Tamás András violin
    Robert Smissen viola
    Ursula Smith cello
    Leon Bosch double bass

Date: 2023
Label: SOMM Recordings

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Thursday, April 4, 2024

Nimrod Borenstein - Piano Works (Tra Nguyen)


Information

Composer: Nimrod Borenstein
  • Études, Op. 66
  • Études, Op. 86
  • Reminiscences of Childhood, Op. 54
  • Water Droplets in Venice, Op. 75 No. 2
  • Lullaby, Op. 81a

Tra Nguyen, piano
Date: 2023
Label: Grand Piano

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Paul Chihara - Concerto-Fantasy; Bagatelles; Reveries; Ami (Quynh Nguyen)


Information

Composer: Paul Chihara (b. 1938)
  • Concerto-Fantasy
  • Bagatelles (Twice Seven Haiku)
  • 4 Reveries on Beethoven (2021 Version)
  • Ami

Quynh Nguyen, piano
London Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Barlow, conductor
Rieko Aizawa, piano 2

Date: 2023
Label: Naxos

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Germaine Tailleferre - The Flower of France (Quynh Nguyen)


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Composer: Germaine Tailleferre
  1. Impromptu
  2. Romance
  3. Pas trop vite
  4. Pastorale in D Major
  5. Hommage à Debussy
  6. Très vite
  7. Sicilienne
  8. Pastorale in A-Flat Major
  9. Fleurs de France: No. 1, Jasmin de Provence
  10. Fleurs de France: No. 2, Coquelicot de Guyenne
  11. Fleurs de France: No. 3, Rose d'Anjou
  12. Fleurs de France: No. 4, Tournesol du Languedoc
  13. Fleurs de France: No. 5, Anthémis du Roussillon
  14. Fleurs de France: No. 6, Lavandin de Haute - Provence
  15. Fleurs de France: No. 7, Volubilis du Béarn
  16. Fleurs de France: No. 8, Bleuet de Picardie
  17. Chiens
  18. Pastorale Inca
  19. Minuet in B-Flat Major
  20. Berceuse
  21. Au Pavillon d'Alsace
  22. Fugue du Parapluie
  23. Chant chinois
  24. L'Aigle des rues: No. 1, Valse
  25. L'Aigle des rues: No. 2, Berceuse
  26. L'Aigle des rues: No. 3, La Dispute
  27. L'Aigle des rues: No. 4, Fugue
  28. L'Aigle des rues: No. 5, Lent
  29. Pas de Deux
  30. Pastourelle
  31. Larghetto
  32. Valse lente
  33. Partita for Piano: I. Perpetuum mobile
  34. Partita for Piano: II. Notturno
  35. Partita for Piano: III. Allegramente
  36. Sonata alla Scarlatti
  37. Reverie
  38. Barbizon
  39. Escarpolète
  40. Singeries

Quynh Nguyen, piano
Date: 2023
Label: Music and Arts Programs of America

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Monday, April 1, 2024

Germaine Tailleferre - Revived Piano Works, Vol. 1 (Nicolas Horvath)


Information

Composer: Germaine Tailleferre
  1. Exercice d'harmonie (Chant donné par Florent Schmitt)
  2. Impromptu in E Major for Piano
  3. Romance in A Major for Piano
  4. Pas trop vite for Piano
  5. Pastorale in D Major for Piano
  6. Fandango for Piano
  7. Hommage à Debussy
  8. Très vite
  9. Jean-Baptiste Lully - La naissance de Vénus, LWV 27, Pt. 2: Grand dieu des enfers (arr. Tailleferre)
  10. Jean-Baptiste Lully - Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, LWV 41: Répands, charmante nuit (arr. Tailleferre)
  11. Jean-Baptiste Lully - Le triomphe de l'amour, LWV 59: Air pour la jeunesse (arr. Tailleferre)
  12. Francesco Mancini - Son confusa pastorella (arr. Tailleferre)
  13. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - Salustia (arr. Tailleferre): Per queste amare lagrime
  14. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - Salustia (arr. Tailleferre): Soleva il traditore
  15. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - Salustia (arr. Tailleferre): Il nocchier nella tempesta
  16. Leonardo Leo - Demetrio (arr. Tailleferre): Piano): Sò che per gioco
  17. Leonardo Leo - Demetrio (arr. Tailleferre): Vorrei dai lacci
  18. Gaetano Latilla - La pena che m'affanna (arr. Tailleferre)
  19. Johann Adolph Hasse - Spero si ch'amor (arr. Tailleferre)
  20. Claudio Monteverdi - Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, SV 325: Duri, e penosi (arr. Tailleferre)
  21. Domenico Mazzocchi - La catena d'Adone: Lieti in grembo (arr. Tailleferre)
  22. Michelangelo Rossi - Plainte d'Erminia (arr. Tailleferre)
  23. Michel Lambert - Airs à 1-4 parties: Il n'est point d'amour sans peine (arr. Tailleferre)
  24. Alessandro Scarlatti - Comodo Antonino (arr. Tailleferre): Son lo scherzo
  25. Alessandro Scarlatti - Comodo Antonino (arr. Tailleferre): Cara e dolce rimembranza
  26. Flavio Lanciani - Gran pena amar lontane (arr. Tailleferre)
  27. André Cardinal Destouches - Les élémens (arr. Tailleferre): Songez à faire usage
  28. André Cardinal Destouches - Les élémens (arr. Tailleferre): Tendre amour
  29. Louis-Nicolas Clerambault - Cantates françoises, Book 3, No. 1, Apollon: Ce n'est point pour servir (arr. Tailleferre)
  30. Michel Pignolet de Montéclair - Cantates à voix seule, Book 1, No. 2, Le triomphe de la constance: Ne cédons point à l'inconstance (arr. Tailleferre)
  31. Jean-Joseph Mouret - Le triomphe des sens: Illustre et cher époux (arr. Tailleferre)
  32. François-André Danican Philidor - Sancho Pança dans son isle: Il fallait le voir au village (arr. Tailleferre)
  33. Sous le rempart d'Athènes (Version for Piano)
  34. Sicilienne for Piano
  35. Pastorale in A-Flat Major for Piano
  36. Pastorale in C Major for Piano
  37. Fleurs de France: No. 1, Jasmin de Provence
  38. Fleurs de France: No. 2, Coquelicot de Guyenne
  39. Fleurs de France: No. 3, Rose d'Anjou
  40. Fleurs de France: No. 4, Tournesol du Languedoc
  41. Fleurs de France: No. 5, Anthémise du Roussillon
  42. Fleurs de France: No. 6, Lavandin de Haute-Provence
  43. Fleurs de France: No. 7, Volubilis du Béarn
  44. Fleurs de France: No. 8, Bleuet de Picardie
  45. Pastorale Inca
  46. Pastorale Amazone
  47. Berceuse in E-Flat Major for Piano
  48. Suite dans le style Louis XV: I. Allegro
  49. Suite dans le style Louis XV: II. Andante
  50. Suite dans le style Louis XV: III. Vif
  51. Suite dans le style Louis XV: IV. Lent
  52. Suite dans le style Louis XV: V. Allegro
  53. Marche funèbre for Piano
  54. Au pavillon d'Alsace: I. Moderato
  55. Au pavillon d'Alsace: II. Allegro

Nicolas Horvath, piano
Date: 2022
Label: Grand Piano

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Sunday, March 31, 2024

Emilie Mayer - Piano Concerto; Overtures (Tobias Koch; Michael Alexander Willens)


Information

Composer: Emilie Mayer
  1. Overture in D minor
  2. Overture No. 3 in C Major
  3. Overture No. 2 in D Major
  4. Faust Overture in B Minor, Op. 46
  5. Piano Concerto in B flat major: I. Without movement title
  6. Piano Concerto in B flat major: II. Un Poco Adagio
  7. Piano Concerto in B flat major: III. Allegro

Tobias Koch, piano
Die Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens, conductor

Date: 2023

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Saturday, March 30, 2024

Emilie Mayer - String Quartets, Vol. 1 (Constanze Quartet)


Information

Composer: Emilie Mayer
  • String Quartet in G major
  • String Quartet in A major
  • String Quartet in E minor

Constanze Quartet
Emeline Pierre Larsen & Riro Motoyoshi, violins
Elen Guloyan, viola
Julia Simma-Ammerer, cello

Date: 2023

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Friday, March 29, 2024

Various Composers - Trouvez les femmes! Vol. 2 (Miriam Terragni; Catherine Sarasin)


Information

  • Amy Beach - Sonate in A Minor, Op. 34
  • Amanda Maier - Sonate in B Minor

Miriam Terragni, flute
Catherine Sarasin, piano

Date: 2023
Label: Coviello Classics

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Various Composers - Trouvez les femmes! Vol. 1 (Miriam Terragni; Catherine Sarasin)


Information

  1. Emilie Mayer - Sonata in D Major: I. Agitato con passione
  2. Emilie Mayer - Sonata in D Major: II. Adagio
  3. Emilie Mayer - Sonata in D Major: III. Scherzo
  4. Emilie Mayer - Sonata in D Major: IV. Finale
  5. Emilie Mayer - Nocturne, Op. 48
  6. Laura Netzel - Tarantelle, Op. 33
  7. Laura Netzel - Suite, Op. 33: I. Andante
  8. Laura Netzel - Suite, Op. 33: II. Allegretto non troppo vivo
  9. Laura Netzel - Suite, Op. 33: III. Allegro
  10. Laura Netzel - Humoresque, Op. 37
  11. Laura Netzel - Romance, Op. 38
  12. Laura Netzel - Romance, Op. 40
  13. Laura Netzel - Andante religioso, Op. 48
  14. Laura Netzel - Berceuse, Op. 59
  15. Laura Netzel - La Gondoliera, Op. 60
  16. Laura Netzel - Berceuse, Op. 69
  17. Laura Netzel - Colibri, Op. 72

Miriam Terragni, flute
Catherine Sarasin, piano

Date: 2022
Label: Coviello Classics

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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Various Composers - This Be Her Verse (Golda Schultz; Jonathan Ware)


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  1. Clara Schumann - Lieder, Op. 12: Liebst du um Schönheit
  2. Clara Schumann - Lieder, Op. 12: Warum willst du andre fragen?
  3. Clara Schumann - Lieder, Op. 12: Am Strande
  4. Clara Schumann - Lieder, Op. 12: Lorelei
  5. Emilie Mayer - Erlkönig
  6. Emilie Mayer - 3 Lieder, Op. 7: Du bist wie eine Blume
  7. Emilie Mayer - 3 Lieder, Op. 7: Abendstern
  8. Rebecca Clarke - Down by the Salley Gardens
  9. Rebecca Clarke - The Tiger
  10. Rebecca Clarke - Cradle Song
  11. Rebecca Clarke - The Seal Man
  12. Nadia Boulanger - La mer est plus belle
  13. Nadia Boulanger - Prière
  14. Nadia Boulanger - Élégie
  15. Nadia Boulanger - Cantique
  16. Kathleen Tagg - After Philip Larkin
  17. Kathleen Tagg - Wedding
  18. Kathleen Tagg - Single Bed

Golda Schultz, soprano
Jonathan Ware, piano

Date: 2022
Label: Alpha Classics

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Various Composers - Opus 1 feminin (Kathrin Schmidlin)


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  • Alicia Terzian - Danza Criolla, Op. 1
  • Hilda Kocher-Klein - Kobolde, Neun kleine Stücke, Op. 1
  • Cécile Chaminade - Étude printanière, Op. 1
  • Mathilde Berendsen Nathan - Tre Etuder for Piano, Op. 1
  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau - Fantasie-Stück, Lied & Melodie, Op. 1, Nos. 1-3
  • Clara Schumann - Quatre Polonaises, Op. 1
  • Maria Parczewska-Mackiewicz - Trois Morceaux, Op. 1, No. 3
  • Vítězslava Kaprálová - Pět klavírních skladeb, Op. 1

Kathrin Schmidlin, piano
Date: 2022
Label: Claves Records

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Various Composers - Frauenstimmen (Anna Fortova; Kathrin Schmidlin)


Information

  • Vítězslava Kaprálová - Ritornell for Cello and Piano, Op. 25
  • Nadia Boulanger - 3 Pieces for Cello and Piano
  • Lili Boulanger - 3 Morceaux for Piano
  • Henriette Bosmans - Sonata for Cello and Piano
  • Fanny Mendelssohn - Das Jahr (selection)
  • Stephanie Haensler - „Ni dónde, ni cómo“ for Cello and Piano

Anna Fortova, cello
Kathrin Schmidlin, piano

Date: 2021
Label: Claves

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Sunday, March 24, 2024

Various Composers - Boyle, Vaughan Williams, Moeran & Ireland (Piatti Quartet)


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  • Ralph Vaughan Williams - Household Music
  • Ina Boyle - String Quartet in E minor
  • John Ireland - The Holy Boy
  • Ernest John Moeran - String Quartet No. 2 in E-Flat Major

Piatti Quartet
Michael Trainor & Zahra Benyounes, violins
Tetsuumi Nagata, viola
Jessie Ann Richardson, cello

Date: 2023
Label: Rubicon

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Saturday, March 23, 2024

Various Composers - British Piano Concertos, Vol. 2 (Simon Callaghan)


Information

  • Gordon Jacob - Piano Concerto in E-Flat Major
  • John Addison - Variations for Piano & Orchestra
  • Edmund Rubbra - Piano Concerto, Op. 30

Simon Callaghan, piano
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Stephen Bell & George Vass, conductors

Date: 2023
Label: Lyrita

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Friday, March 22, 2024

Various Composers - British Piano Concertos, Vol. 1 (Simon Callaghan)


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  • John Addison - Wellington Suite
  • Arthur Benjamin - Concertino for Piano & Orchestra
  • Elizabeth Maconchy - Concertino No. 2 for Piano & String Orchestra
  • Humphrey Searle - Concertante for Piano, Percussion & Strings, Op. 24
  • Edmund Rubbra - Nature's Song (Reconstr. S. Callaghan)
  • Geoffrey Bush - A Little Concerto on Themes of Thomas Arne

Simon Callaghan, piano
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Martyn Brabbins, conductor

Date: 2022
Label: Lyrita

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Thursday, March 21, 2024

Various Composers - British Works for Flute (Adam Walker; Huw Watkins)


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  • York Bowen - Miniature Suite
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams - Suite de Ballet
  • Lennox Berkeley - Sonatina, Op. 13
  • William Alwyn - Sonata
  • Arnold Bax - Four Pieces
  • Howard Ferguson - Three Sketches
  • York Bowen - Sonata, Op. 120

Adam Walker, flute
Huw Watkins, piano

Date: 2023
Label: Chandos

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Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Various Composers - British Cello Works, Vol. 2 (Lionel Handy; Jennifer Walsh)


Information

  • Ethel Smyth - Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 5
  • Frederick Delius - Cello Sonata, RT VIII/7
  • Cecil Armstrong Gibbs - Cello Sonata in E minor, Op. 132
  • Benjamin Britten - Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 65

Lionel Handy, cello
Jennifer Walsh, piano

Date: 2023
Label: Lyrita

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Various Composers - A Shropshire Lad. English Songs Orchestrated by Roderick Williams


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  1. John Ireland - Great Things
  2. John Ireland - Sea Fever
  3. Ina Boyle - The Joy of Earth
  4. William Denis Browne - To Gratiana Dancing and Singing
  5. George Butterworth - Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad: No. 1, Loveliest of trees
  6. George Butterworth - Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad: No. 2, When I was one-and-twenty
  7. George Butterworth - Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad: No. 3, Look not in mine eyes
  8. George Butterworth - Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad: No. 4, Think no more, lad
  9. George Butterworth - Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad: No. 5, The lads in their hundreds
  10. George Butterworth - Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad: No. 6, Is my team ploughing?
  11. Ruth Gipps - The Pulley
  12. Ralph Vaughan Williams - The House of Life: No. 1, Love-sight
  13. Ralph Vaughan Williams - The House of Life: No. 2, Silent noon
  14. Ralph Vaughan Williams - The House of Life: No. 3, Love’s minstrels
  15. Ralph Vaughan Williams - The House of Life: No. 4, Heart’s haven
  16. Ralph Vaughan Williams - The House of Life: No. 5, Death in love
  17. Ralph Vaughan Williams - The House of Life: No. 6, Love’s last gift
  18. Madeleine Dring - Take, O Take Those Lips Away
  19. James Burton - When I set out for Lyonesse
  20. Rebecca Clarke - The seal man
  21. Ernest Farrar - Silent noon

Roderick Williams, baritone & arranger
Hallé Orchestra
Mark Elder, conductor

Date: 2022
Label: Hallé Concerts Society

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Monday, March 18, 2024

Hubert Parry - Twelve Sets of English Lyrics, Vol. 3 (Various Artists)


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Composer: Hubert Parry
  1. English Lyrics, Set 10: No. 1, My Heart Is like a Singing Bird
  2. English Lyrics, Set 11: No. 4, The Blackbird
  3. English Lyrics, Set 11: No. 6, If I Might Ride on Puissant Wing
  4. English Lyrics, Set 10: No. 3, A Moment of Farewell
  5. English Lyrics, Set 12: No. 7, The Sound of Hidden Music
  6. English Lyrics, Set 3: No. 5, Through the Ivory Gate
  7. English Lyrics, Set 8: No. 2, Nightfall in Winter
  8. English Lyrics, Set 7: No. 6, Sleep
  9. English Lyrics, Set 12: No. 1, When the Dew Is Falling
  10. English Lyrics, Set 4: No. 1, Thine Eyes Still Shined for Me
  11. English Lyrics, Set 4: No. 2, When Lovers Meet Again
  12. English Lyrics, Set 6: No. 4, A Lover's Garland
  13. English Lyrics, Set 11: No. 5, The Faithful Lover
  14. English Lyrics, Set 5: No. 1, A Stray Nymph of Dian
  15. English Lyrics, Set 5: No. 6, A Girl to Her Glass
  16. English Lyrics, Set 12: No. 4, When the Sun's Great Orb
  17. English Lyrics, Set 11: No. 1, One Golden Thread
  18. English Lyrics, Set 8: No. 1, Whence
  19. English Lyrics, Set 6: No. 5, At the Hour the Long Day Ends
  20. English Lyrics, Set 8: No. 5, Looking Backward
  21. English Lyrics, Set 11: No. 8, She Is My Love Beyond All Thought
  22. English Lyrics, Set 10: No. 5, From a City Window
  23. English Lyrics, Set 11: No. 3, The Spirit of the Spring
  24. English Lyrics, Set 10: No. 4, The Child and the Twilight
  25. English Lyrics, Set 8: No. 6, Grapes

Sarah Fox, soprano
Roderick Williams, baritone
Andrew West, piano

Date: 2018
Label: SOMM Recordings

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Sunday, March 17, 2024

Hubert Parry - Twelve Sets of English Lyrics, Vol. 2 (Various Artists)


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Composer: Hubert Parry
  1. English Lyrics, Set 6: No. 1, When Comes My Gwen
  2. English Lyrics, Set 6: No. 2, And yet I Love Her Till I Die
  3. English Lyrics, Set 6: No. 3, Love Is a Bable
  4. English Lyrics, Set 12: No. 6, O World, O Life, O Time
  5. English Lyrics, Set 4: No. 3, When We Two Parted
  6. English Lyrics, Set 10: No. 2, Gone Were but the Winter Cold
  7. English Lyrics, Set 4: No. 5, There Be None of Beauty's Daughters
  8. English Lyrics, Set 4: No. 6, Bright Star!
  9. English Lyrics, Set 5: No. 2, Proud Maisie
  10. English Lyrics, Set 8: No. 3, Marian
  11. English Lyrics, Set 8: No. 4, Dirge in Woods
  12. English Lyrics, Set 3: No. 2, If Thou Wouldst Ease Thine Heart
  13. English Lyrics, Set 11: No. 2, What Part of Dread Eternity?
  14. English Lyrics, Set 5: No. 5, Love and Laughter
  15. English Lyrics, Set 5: No. 7, A Welsh Lullaby
  16. English Lyrics, Set 12: No. 5, Dream Pedlary
  17. English Lyrics, Set 9: No. 1, Three Aspects
  18. English Lyrics, Set 9: No. 2, A Fairy Town
  19. English Lyrics, Set 9: No. 3, The Witches' Wood
  20. English Lyrics, Set 9: No. 4, Whether I Live
  21. English Lyrics, Set 9: No. 5, Armida's Garden
  22. English Lyrics, Set 9: No. 6, The Maiden
  23. English Lyrics, Set 9: No. 7, There

Sarah Fox, soprano
James Gilchrist, tenor
Roderick Williams, baritone
Andrew West, piano

Date: 2018
Label: SOMM Recordings

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Saturday, March 16, 2024

Hubert Parry - Twelve Sets of English Lyrics, Vol. 1 (Various Artists)


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Composer: Hubert Parry
  1. English Lyrics, Set 1: No. 1. My True Love Hath My Heart
  2. English Lyrics, Set 1: No. 2. Good Night
  3. English Lyrics, Set 1: No. 3 Where Shall the Lover Rest
  4. English Lyrics, Set 1: No. 4 Willow Song
  5. English Lyrics, Set 2: No. 1. O Mistress Mine
  6. English Lyrics, Set 2: No. 2. Take, O Take Those Lips Away
  7. English Lyrics, Set 2: No. 3. No Longer Mourn For Me
  8. English Lyrics, Set 2: No. 4. Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind
  9. English Lyrics, Set 2: No. 5. When Icicles Hang By The Wall
  10. English Lyrics, Set 3: No. 1. To Lucas on Going to the Wars
  11. English Lyrics, Set 3: No. 3. To Althea from Prison
  12. English Lyrics, Set 3: No. 4. Why so Pale and Wan
  13. English Lyrics, Set 4: No. 4. Weep You No More, Sad Fountains
  14. English Lyrics, Set 3: No. 6. Of All The Torments
  15. English Lyrics, Set 5: No. 4. Lay A Garland On My Hearse
  16. English Lyrics, Set 11: English Lyrics, Set 11: No. 7. Why Art Thou Slow
  17. English Lyrics, Set 7: No. 1. On a Time the Amorous Silvy
  18. English Lyrics, Set 7: No. 2. Follow a Shadow
  19. English Lyrics, Set 7: No. 3. Ye Little Birds that Sit and Sing
  20. English Lyrics, Set 7: No. 4. O Never Say that I was False of Heart
  21. English Lyrics, Set 7: No. 5. Julia
  22. English Lyrics, Set 10: No. 6. One Silent Night Of Late
  23. English Lyrics, Set 12: No. 2. To Blossoms
  24. English Lyrics, Set 12: No. 3. Rosaline
  25. English Lyrics, Set 5: No. 3. Crabbed age and youth
  26. English Lyrics, Set 6: No. 6. Under the Greenwood Tree
  27. Sonnet 32, "If Thou Survive My Well-Contended Day"
  28. 4 Sonnets: No. 1. Sonnet 29, "When In Disgrace"
  29. 4 Sonnets: No. 2. Sonnet 87, "Farewell, Though Art Too Dear"
  30. 4 Sonnets: No. 3. Sonnet 18, "Shall I Compare Thee"
  31. 4 Sonnets: No. 4. Sonnet 30, "When to the Sessions"

Susan Gritton, soprano
James Gilchrist, tenor
Roderick Williams, baritone
Andrew West, piano

Date: 2016
Label: SOMM Recordings

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Friday, March 15, 2024

Billy Mayerl - Piano Music, Vol. 2 (Philip Martin)


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Composer: Billy Mayerl
  • Insect Oddities
  • White Heather
  • Nimble-Fingered Gentleman
  • Song of the Fir Tree
  • Jasmine
  • The Big Top Suite
  • 6 Pianolettes
  • 3 Japanese Pictures, Op. 25
  • 3 Syncopated Rambles

Philip Martin, piano
Date: 2016
Label: SOMM Recordings

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Thursday, March 14, 2024

Billy Mayerl - Piano Music, Vol. 1 (Philip Martin)


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Composer: Billy Mayerl
  • Autumn Crocus
  • Wistaria
  • Evening Primrose
  • Aquarium Suite
  • Puppets Suite
  • Weeping Willow
  • Railroad Rhythm
  • Siberian Lament
  • 3 Contrasts
  • Harp of the Winds
  • Shallow Waters
  • Robots, Op. 81

Philip Martin, piano
Date: 2014
Label: SOMM Recordings

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Moritz Moszkowski - Complete Music for Solo Piano, Vol. II (Ian Hobson)


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Composer: Moritz Moszkowski
  • 6 Klavierstücke, Op. 15
  • 3 Klavierstücke in Tanzform, Op. 17
  • 5 Klavierstücke, Op. 18

Ian Hobson, piano
Date: 2022
Label: Toccata Classics

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Moritz Moszkowski - Complete Music for Solo Piano, Vol. I (Ian Hobson)


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Composer: Moritz Moszkowski
  1. Conservatoristen-Polka, WV 64
  2. Scherzo in B-Flat Major, Op. 1
  3. Albumblatt, Op. 2
  4. Caprice in A Minor, Op. 4
  5. Hommage à Schumann, Op. 5
  6. Fantaisie-Impromptu in F Major, Op. 6
  7. 3 Moments musicaux, Op. 7: No. 1, Allegramente
  8. 3 Moments musicaux, Op. 7: No. 2, Con moto
  9. 3 Moments musicaux, Op. 7: No. 3, Tranquillo e semplice
  10. Skizzen, Op. 10: No. 1, Melodie
  11. Skizzen, Op. 10: No. 2, Thema
  12. Skizzen, Op. 10: No. 3, Mazurka
  13. Skizzen, Op. 10: No. 4, Impromptu über Sachs
  14. Humoreske in D Major, Op. 14

Ian Hobson, piano
Date: 2021
Label: Toccata Classics

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Monday, March 11, 2024

Stéphan Elmas - Complete Piano Sonatas (Heghine Rapyan)


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Composer: Stéphan Elmas
  • Piano Sonata No. 1 in B Minor
  • Piano Sonata No. 2 in D Major
  • Piano Sonata No. 3 in D Minor
  • Piano Sonata No. 4 in C Minor

Heghine Rapyan, piano
Date: 2023
Label: Solo Musica

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Sunday, March 10, 2024

Stéphan Elmas - Complete Piano Works, Vol. 2 (Mikael Ayrapetyan)


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Composer: Stéphan Elmas
  • 27 Mazurkas (Ed. M. Ayrapetyan)

Mikael Ayrapetyan, conductor
Date: 2023
Label: Grand Piano

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Saturday, March 9, 2024

Stéphan Elmas - Complete Piano Works, Vol. 1 (Mikael Ayrapetyan)


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Composer: Stéphan Elmas
  1. Ballade No. 1 in E-Flat Major
  2. Ballade No. 2 in B Major
  3. Ballade in G Major
  4. Romance for Piano in E-Flat Major
  5. Barcarolle No. 1 in E-Flat Minor
  6. Barcarolle No. 2 in C Minor
  7. Nocturne No. 1 in B Major
  8. Nocturne No. 2 in E Major
  9. Nocturne No. 3 in G-Sharp Minor
  10. Nocturne No. 4 in D Major
  11. Nocturne No. 5 in G-Flat Major
  12. Nocturne No. 6 in A-Flat Major
  13. Nocturne No. 7 in F-Sharp Minor

Mikael Ayrapetyan, piano
Date: 2022
Label: Grand Piano

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