Today's Classical Music Playlist

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Schumann:

Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44

Dora Schwarzberg, Renaud Capuçon (violin)
Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg (viola)
Mark Drobinsky (cello)
Martha Argerich (piano)

EMI CD (in the 8 CD set "Martha Argerich Edition: Chamber Music")

 

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J. S. Bach:

French Suite No. 1 In D Minor, BWV 812
French Suite No. 2 In C Minor, BWV 813
French Suite No. 3 In B Minor, BWV 814
French Suite No. 4 In E Flat Major, BWV 815
French Suite No. 5 G Major, BWV 816
French Suite No. 6 E Major, BWV 817
Italian Concerto In F Major, BWV 971
French Overture (Partita) In B Minor, BWV 831

András Schiff ‎(piano)

Decca/London CDs

 

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Tchaikovsky:

The Sleeping Beauty (ballet), Op. 66a (suite)
The Nutcracker (ballet), Op. 71a (suite)
Capriccio Italien, Op. 45

Berliner Philharmoniker
Mstislav Rostropovich

DG CD

 

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Bartók:

Bluebeard's Castle (Hungarian: A kékszakállú herceg vára)

Judith: Sylvia Sass (soprano)
Bluebeard: Kolos Kováts (bass)

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti

Decca DVD

 

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Rachmaninov - Etudes-Tableaux
Steven Osborne

Ray

 

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Beethoven:

Sonata for violin and piano No. 6 in A major, Op. 30. No. 1
Sonata for violin and piano No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30. No. 2
Sonata for violin and piano No. 8 in G major, Op. 30. No. 3

Isabelle Faust (violin)
Alexander Melnikov (piano)

Harmonia Mundi CD (in the 4 CD+ 1 DVD set "Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for piano and violin")

 

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Anton Rubinstein - The Complete Piano Sonatas
Leslie Howard

Ray

 

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Berlioz:

Symphonie fantastique: Épisode de la vie d'un artiste ... en cinq parties (Fantastical Symphony: An Episode in the Life of an Artist, in Five Parts) Op. 14

Les Siècles
François-Xavier Roth

Enregistré en concert à la Côte Saint André - Festival Berlioz - 30 août 2009

King Japan CD

 

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Boccherini: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, G. 479 (cadenzas by Mstislav Rostropovich)
Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in C Major, RV 398
Tartini: Cello Concerto in A Major (cadenzas by Mstislav Rostropovich)
Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in G Major, RV 413

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Orchestra of the Collegium Musicum Zürich
Paul Sacher

DG CD

 

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Uh-oh. Starting off the weekend with Wagner on laserdisc??

Yup.

 

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Holst:

St. Paul´s Suite Op. 29/2
Lyric Movement for viola and small orchestra (*)
Brook Green Suite
A Fugal Concerto for flute and oboe Op. 40/2 (#)
Seven Scottish Airs, for piano y orchestra (&)
Six Morris Dance Tunes
In the Bleak Midwinter (arranged by Malcolm Messiter)

Wdward Beckett (flute) (#)
Malcolm Messiter (oboe) (#)
Rachel Bolt (viola) (*)
Michael Freyhan (piano) (&)

London Festival Orchestra
Ross Pople

Arte Nova CD

 

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Berlioz - Harold en Italie - Les Nuits d'été
Les Siècles
François-Xavier Roth

Ray

 

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Penderecki:

Kosmogonia
De Natura Sonoris No. 2
Anaklasis
Fluorescences

Stefania Woytowicz (soprano)
Kazimierz Pustelak (tenor)
Bernard Ładysz (bass)
Chorus And Symphony Orchestra Of The National Philharmonic, Warsaw
Andrzej Markowski

Philips LP

 

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Franz Liszt: Sonata in b minor S178
Franz Liszt: Chapelle de Guillaume Tell (Annees de pelerinage, S160, first Year: Switzerland, no 1)
Franz Liszt: Erlkönig (Franz Schubert: 12 songs, the piano version, S558)
Leos Janacek: 1. x. 1905 sonata
Dmitri Shostakovich: 24 Preludes, op. 34, selection
Manuel de Falla: Danza ritual del fuego(1915, piano version, 1921)

Lazar Berman (Piano)
Live recording 1982.05.26, Prague

Radioservis CD

 

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Brahms:

Rhapsodies, Op. 79, Nos. 1 & 2
16 Waltzes, Op. 39
Klavierstucke, Op. 118

Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich (piano)

Philips CD

 

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Schubert:

"Schwestergruss", D. 762 (Bruchmann)
"Der Zwerg", Op. 22/1, D. 771 (Collin)
Ellens Gesänge (Scott/Storck)
"Raste, Krieger!", Op. 52/1, D.837
"Jäger, Ruhe Von Der Jagd", Op. 52/2, D.838
"Ave Maria", Op. 52/6, D.839

Mahler:
Aus: "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"
"Das Irdische Leben"
"Wo Der Schönen Trompeten Blasen"
"Urlicht" (Alt-solo Aus Dem Symphonie Nr. 2, C-moll)
2 Rückert-Lieder
"Liebst Du Um Schönheit"
"Ich Bin Der Welt Abhanden Gekommen"

Jessye Norman (soprano)
Irwin Cage (piano)

Philips LP

 

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Berlioz: Les nuits d'été (Summer Nights), Op. 7
Ravel: Shéhérazade

Jessye Norman (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis

Philips LP

 

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Rachmaninoff:

Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39
Six Poems, Op. 38 (*)
Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op. 42

Elena Brilova (soprano) (*)
Alexander Melnikov

Harmonia Mundi CD

 

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Papandopulo - Concerto no. 2 - Sinfonietta Op.79 - Pintarichiana
Oliver Triendl - p
Zagreb Soloists
Sreten Krstic

Ray

 

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Berio:

Formazioni
Folk Songs (*)
Sinfonia (for 8 voices and orchestra) (#)

Jard van Ness (soprano) (*)
Electric Phoenix (#)
Concertgebouworkest
Riccardo Chailly

Decca/London CD