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Nielsen: Orchestral Works

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Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 3 'Espansiva'

The Royal Danish Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein
LP Rip - Columbia Masterworks - MS 6769 (1965)
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Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 5

New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein
LP Rip - Columbia Masterworks - MS 6414 (1963)
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Passion (für) Johannes

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A very Happy Easter to all MIMIC's friends.
Back to our beloved Johannes Brahms, and a few lovely Mendelssohn classics as a perfect complement...

Johannes Brahms
Liebeslieder Walzer Op. 52a
Neue Liebeslieder Walzer Op. 65a
Walzer Op. 39

Ivo Varbanov & Fiammetta Tarli, Piano Duet
Omnia ICSM 001 (2013)

Johannes Brahms
Liebeslieder Walzer Op. 52
Neue Liebeslieder Walzer Op. 65
Robert Schumann
Spanische Liebeslieder Op. 138

Barbara Bonney, Soprano, Anne Sofie von Otter, Mezzo-Soprano
Kurt Streit, Tenor, Olaf Bär, Baritone
Helmut Deutsch, Bengt Forsberg, Piano
EMI 5 55430 2 (1994)
Johannes Brahms
Selected Lieder

Elly Ameling, Soprano
Rudolf Jansen, Piano
Hyperion 66444 (1993)
Johannes Brahms
Selected Lieder

Jessye Norman, Soprano
Wolfram Christ, Viola
Daniel Barenboim, Piano
DGG 459 469-2 (1982)
Johannes Brahms
Clarinet Quintet Op. 115 in B Minor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Quintet K. 581 in A Major

David Shifrin, Clarinet
Emerson String Quartet
DGG 459 641-2 (1998)
Johannes Brahms
Cello Sonata No. 1 Op. 38 in E Minor
Cello Sonata No. 2 Op. 99 in F Major
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Sonata BWV 1027 in G Major

Pierre Fournier, Cello
Wilhelm Backhaus, Piano
Decca 425 973-2 (1955)
Johannes Brahms
Cello Sonata No. 1 Op. 38 in E Minor
Cello Sonata No. 2 Op. 99 in F Major
Intermezzi from Opp. 117, 118, 119

Gregor Piatigorsky, Cello
Artur Rubinstein, Piano
RCA 09026 62592 2 (1966)
Johannes Brahms
Capriccio Op. 76 No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor
Rhapsodies Op. 79
Intermezzo Op. 118 No. 2 in A Major
Intermezzi Op. 117

Ivo Pogorelich, Piano
DGG 437 460-2 (1992)
Johannes Brahms
Variations on a Theme by Paganini Op. 35
Intermezzi Op. 117
Klavierstücke Op. 118

Lilya Zilberstein, Piano
DGG 459 297-2 (1990)
Johannes Brahms
Piano Sonata No. 3 Op. 5 in F Minor
Ballades Op. 10 Nos. 1 & 3
Intermezzi Op. 117 No. 2; Op. 116 Nos. 2 & 6
Rhapsody Op. 119 No. 4

Barry Douglas, Piano
Chandos 10757 (2012)
Johannes Brahms
Variations on a Theme by Schumann Op. 9
Intermezzi Op. 117
Klavierstücke Op. 118

Daniel Levy, Piano
Edelweiss 1001 (1988)
Johannes Brahms
Variations on a Theme by Schumann Op. 9
Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel Op. 24
Variations on a Hungarian Song Op. 21 No. 2
Theme and Variation after the String Sextet Op. 18

Mikhail Rudy, Piano
EMI 5 55167 2 (1994)
Johannes Brahms
String Quartet Op. 51a No. 1 in C Minor
String Quartet Op. 51a No. 2 in A Minor

Tiziana Moneta & Gabriele Rota, Piano Duet
La Bottega Discantica 33 (1997)
Johannes Brahms
Ballades Op. 10
Intermezzi Op. 117
Klavierstücke Op. 76, 118, 119
Rhapsodies Op. 79
Fantasien Op. 116

Håkon Austbø, Piano
Brilliant 99941 (2002)
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet No. 1 Op. 25 in G Minor

Murray Perahia, Piano
Members of the Amadeus Quartet
Sony SK 42 361 (1986)
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet No. 1 Op. 25 in G Minor
Piano Quartet No. 2 Op. 26 in A Major
Piano Quartet No. 3 Op. 60 in C Major

Derek Han, Piano
Isabelle Faust, Violin
Bruno Giuranna, Viola
Alain Meunier, Cello
Briliant 93040 (1996)
Johannes Brahms
Piano Quintet Op. 34 in F Minor
Hans Werner Henze
Piano Quintet

Peter Serkin, Piano
Guarneri Quartet
Philips 446 710-2 (1995)
Johannes Brahms
Rinaldo Op. 50
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 Op. 36 in D Major

Johan Botha, Tenor
Wiener Staatsopernchor
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
Bertrand de Billy
Oehms Classics 673 (2010)
Johannes Brahms
Alto Rhapsody Op. 53
Schicksalslied Op. 54
Gesang der Parzen Op. 89
Nänie Op. 82

Marjana Lipovšek, Mezzo-Soprano
Ernst-Senff Chor & Rundfunkchor Berlin
Berliner Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado
DGG 435 791-2 (1991)
Johannes Brahms
Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 45

Cheryl Studer, Soprano, Andreas Schmidt, Baritone
Swedish Radio Chorus & Eric-Ericson-Kammerchor
Berliner Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado
DGG 437 517-2 (1992)
Johannes Brahms
Double Concerto Op. 102 in A Minor
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 Op. 37 in C Minor

Lisa Batiashvili, Violin, Alban Gerhardt, Cello
Ashley Wass, Piano
BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier
Vassily Sinaisky (Beethoven)
BBC MM221 (2002)

Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto Op. 77 in D Major
Double Concerto Op. 102 in A Minor

Itzhak Perlman, Violin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Cello
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Eleazar de Carvalho
London Symphony Orchestra
Gennady Rozhdestvensky (Double Concerto)
Intaglio 7131 (1968-1967)
Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto Op. 77 in D Major
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Violin Concerto Op. 64 in E Minor

Anne-Sophie Mutter, Violin
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
DGG 445 515-2 (1981)
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 15 in D Minor

Hélène Grimaud, Piano
Staatskapelle Berlin
Kurt Sanderling
Erato 3984-21633-2 (1997)
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 15 in D Minor
Violin Sonata No. 1 Op. 78 in G Major

Rudolf Serkin, Piano
Adolf Busch, Violin
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner
Sound Archive Collection (1946-1931)
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1 Op. 68 in C Minor
Symphony No. 3 Op. 90 in F Major
Clara Schumann
Selected Lieder

Felicity Lott, Soprano, Wolfgang Holzmair, Baritone
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano 'Giuseppe Verdi'
John Axelrod
Telarc 34 659-02 (2013)
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 2 Op. 73 in D Major
Symphony No. 4 Op. 98 in E Minor
Clara Schumann
Selected Lieder

Indra Thomas, Nicole Cabell, Soprano
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano 'Giuseppe Verdi'
John Axelrod
Telarc 34 658-02 (2013)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Symphony No. 4 Op. 90 in A Major 'Italian'
Gioacchino Rossini
Overtures from Il Barbiere di Siviglia & L'Italiana in Algeri
Giacomo Puccini
Te Deum (from Tosca's 1st Act)

Ruggero Raimondi, Baritone
Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Myung-Whun Chung
Fonè 97 F 07 (1997)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Two Pianos Concerto in E Major
Two Pianos Concerto in A-Flat Major

Begoña Uriarte & Karl-Hermann Mrongovius, Piano Duo
Bamberger Symphoniker
Antoni Wit
Arts 47621-2 (2000)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Violin Concerto Op. 64 in E Minor
Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt Op. 27
Carl Czerny
Symphony No. 1 Op. 780 in C Minor

Tasmin Little, Violin
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Stefan Solyom
Ulster Orchestra
Nicholas Braithwaite, Jurjen Hempel
BBC MM260 (2005)

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Violin Concerto Op. 64 in E Minor
Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto Op 47 in D Minor

Sarah Chang, Violin
Berliner Philharmoniker
Mariss Jansons
EMI 5 56418 2 (1996)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Piano Trio No. 1 Op. 49 in D Minor
Piano Trio No. 2 Op. 66 in C Minor

The Florestan Trio
Hyperion 67485 (2005)
Johannes Brahms
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in G, Op. 78
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in A, Op. 100
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108

Lorin Maazel, Violin
Yefim Bronfman, Piano
Milan, Sala grande del Conservatorio, 2001 - RAI Digital Archives






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More Brahms posts by Davide:

Summer Nights #8 (September 3rd, 2014)

Summer Nights #7 (August 28th, 2014)

The Symphonies by James Levine (July 31st, 2014)

Piano & Chamber Music Gems (October 29th, 2012)

The Duo Sonatas (July 28th, 2012)



Haydn by the Parkanyi Quartet

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FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN - QUARTETS OP. 33, 42 & 54

Párkányi String Quartet

István Párkányi, violin
Heinz Oberdorfer, violin
Ferdinand Erblich, viola
Michael Müller, cello

The Orlando Quartet was formed in 1976. After the leader, István Párkányi, left in 1985, the Orlando journeyed on without him until 1997.
In 1998 three original members were joined by cellist Michael Müller to form the Párkányi String Quartet.

So they're not in step with the period instrument movement: they simply make great music together!The Op. 54 disc was recorded in Prague on 17-19 May, 2010.



 
The first Op. 33 offering (2, 3 & 5) is from 2007, recorded in Prague on 4-7, July.





 The balance of Op. 33 (1, 4 & 6) along with Op. 42 was recorded, again in Prague, two years later on 2-5 June, 2009.

These are all Apple lossless files, with full covers and notes.

G.F. Händel - Harpsichord Suites

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Georg Friedrich Händel (23 February 1685 (O.S.) [(N.S.) 5 March] – 14 April 1759)

"Handel is the greatest composer who ever lived. I would bare my head and kneel at his grave."
Ludwig van Beethoven, 1824

As a young man, Handel’s entree into high society and the company of other gifted musicians was his astonishing talent for improvisation.
Besides the improvisation of fantasies, fugues and variations, Handel’s own keyboard works must have formed a major part of his repertoire at that time. Whether he composed these works first, or wrote them down shortly after initial improvisation in public, is not clear. In any case, by the time he was properly established in his next major port of call (London, 1710, after a short stop at the court of Hanover), Handel’s keyboard oeuvre was substantial, and by about 1717, virtually complete.
For reasons unknown, some years went by before Handel got around to publishing his keyboard works. In fact, only in response to an unauthorized Netherlands/English edition (the so-called “Roger/Walsh” print), did he release his first set of harpsichord works - the [8] Suites de Pièces pour le Clavecin... (London, 1720).
But some clouds indeed have silver linings. In this case, the very fact that he had been pirated in the first place was proof that he had “arrived”, so to speak, as a successful composer.
Handel had no way of controlling the activities of foreign publishers such as Jeanne Roger, the Netherlands half of the Roger/Walsh pirate operation; but he eventually struck a deal with Roger’s English partner, John Walsh. By 1733, with the publication of the [9] Suites de Pièces pour le Clavecin... Second Volume, Walsh had become Handel’s regular publisher - but not before he appears to have robbed the composer at least one more time with a pirated edition in 1727!
Frontispiece 1720
Sorting through and evaluating the 17 works in the two keyboard volumes for their exact chronological and thematic provenances would be a complicated task. The order and distribution of the suites between the Volume One (1720) and Volume Two (1733) is arbitrary, and reflects nothing of the history of their composition. Volume Two, for example, was merely a further issue of older works which could as easily have found their way into Volume One. Like many prolific composers of the eighteenth century, Handel revised, mixed, remixed, reordered and recycled his works so often as to defy retracing.


Laura Alvini - Suites de Pièces pour le clavecin (1720)
[2 CDs]

Recording Location: Chiesa S. Giovanni Battista di Calamosco - Bologna - June 10/14, 1991
Flemish harpsichord, copy of Dulcken's instrument, built by Franco Barrucchieri, Florence, 1983.

10 - 1991 NUOVA ERA RECORDS      Download link


 Olivier Baumont - Suites pour clavecin 1720 & 1733 [2CDs]

Recording CD1: 28/11 - 1/12/1995, Château de Touvet, France
Recording CD2: November 27-29, 1996; Fenton House, London

Harpsichords CD1: Nicolas Dumont (1707), Iohannes Couchet (1652) & Anonymous Italian "F.A." (1677)
Harpsichords CD2:  Ioannes Ruckers (1612), Burkat Shudi (1761)

ERATO 0630-14886-2 & 3984-20196-2      Download link


Michael Borgstede - Suites de Pieces pour le Clavecin [4 CDs]

Recorded: 10-13 October 2007, 21-25 January 2008
Remonstrantse Doopsgenizinde Church, Deventer, The Netherlands

Franco-Flemish harpsichord after Joannes Ruckers (CD1 & 2)
German harpsichord after Michael Mietke (CD3 & 4)

Brilliant Classics 93713      Download link

Alan Cuckston - Harpsichord Suites Nos. 1 - 8
[2 CDs]


Recorded at Harrogate College Chapel North Yorkshire in April 1990



NAXOS 8.520017      Download link


Ottavio Dantone - Suites de Pièces pour le clavecin
[2 CDs]

CD1 Recording: Villa Medici, Briosco (Italy) - 10/1998


Harpsichord; M Kramer from P. Taskin (Paris 1769)


ARTS 47698-2 & 47699-2      Download link

Richard Egarr - 8 'Great' Suites
[2 CDs]

Recorded September, 2012 at Potton Hall, Suffolk, England

Harspichord by Joel Katzman, Amsterdam,1991 (after Ruckers, Antwerp, 1638)

HMU 907581.82      Download link
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Kenneth Gilbert - Suites pour clavecin
[2 CDs]

Enregistrement octobre 1976

Clavecin Hubert Bédard, Paris 1974, d'aprés Taskin



HMA 190447.48      Download link

Glen Gould - Suites for Harpsichord Nos. 1 - 4 
[Remastered]





Sony Music Entertainment 88875032222      Download link
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 Huguette Grémy-Chauliac - Les premières œuvres pour clavecin

Enregistrements réalisés le 28 et 29 mai 1980 (piàces 10, 15 et 24) et du 10 juillet 1980 en l'église luthérienne do Bon-Secours, à Paris
Clavecin William Dowd, d'aprés Pasqual Tasquin (1770)

FYCD 093      Download link
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Cristiano Holtz - Suite de Pieces pour le Clavecin

Recorded in June 2009 at the Palace Chapel of Winsen, Germany

Harpsichord Matthias Kramer, Rosengarten 2004, after Christian Zell (c. 1683-1763) and Johann Christoph Fleischer (1676 - c. 1728)

RAMÉE LC 13819      Download link
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Antony Newman - Harpsichord Suites HWV 426 - 433


Recording: Eric Herx Harpsichord Studio, Cambridge, MA, March 1991

German Double Harpsichord by Eric Herz, 1990, after Haas, Hamburg (c18th century)

SONY SBK 62834      Download link

 Paul Nicholson - The Eight Harpsichord Suites 
[2 CDs]


Recorded on 11-13, 29,30 April and 1 May 1994




Hyperion CDD22045      Download link

Siegbert Rampe - Clavier Works

Harpsichord by Matthias Kramer, Rosengarten 2004, reconstructed after Christian Zell, Hamburg 1728

Recording: August, 11, 2008 Ehem


MDG 341 1537-2      Download link
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Ludger Rémy - Suites de Pieces pour le Clavecin
[2 CDs]

Harpsichord after Michael Mietke, Berlin ca. 1700 by Bruce Kennedy, Amsterdam 2000

Recording: Sendsaal, December 10-13, 2001 & February 18-20, 2002

CPO 999 940-2      Download link

Scott Ross - 8 Suites pour clavecin (1720)
[2 CDs]


Enregistrement réalisé en 03/1984, Salle Adyar, Paris

Clavecin David Ley, d'aprés François-Etienne Blanchet (1733)

ERATO 2292-45452-2      Download link

Colin Tilney - The Harpsichord Suites
[2 CDs]

Recording: Berlin, Studio Lankwitz, 11/1873 (CD1; Hamburg-Harburg, Friederich-Ebert-Halle, 12/1973 (CD2)

The Christian Zell Harpsichord, 1728 (Suites 1, 3, 6, 7)
The J.C. Fleisher Harpsuchord, 1724 (Suites 2, 4, 5, 8)

ARCHIV 427 170-2      Download link

Bob van Asperen - The Great Harpsichord Works


Recorded November 3-5, 1995 in the Lutherse Kerk, Haarlem

Reecorded on a copy of Pascal Taskin instrument of 1764, constructed by Michael Johnson, 1979


SONY SK 68 260      Download link

Blandine Verlet - Les Huit Grandes Suites
[2 CDs]

Enregisrement réalisé a Paris en juin 1973 (Suites V à VIII) et en octobre 1873 (Suites I à IV)

Clavecin Dowd


ASTRÉE E 8655      Download link

Sophie Yates - Harpsichord Works
[3 CDs]

Recording venue Forde Abbey, Somerset; 20-22 April 1998 [Vol.1]; 1-3 June 2000 & 12 June 2001; 11-13 June 2001
Copy of a Colmar Ruckers harpsichord by Mackinnon and Waitzman (Vol1)
Copy of a double manual harpsichord Colmar Ruckers (1624) by Andrew Garlick (1998)

CHANDOS 0644 - CHANDOS 0669 - CHANDOS 0688      Download link

And, finally, here you can find the Trevor Pinnock's CD.

Vernon Handley - Britten, Bridge & Bax: The Sea

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01. - 05. Benjamin Britten - Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from 'Peter Grimes', op.33 [22'55]
06. - 09. Frank Bridge - Suite 'The Sea' [21'38]
10. Arnold Bax (orch. Graham Parlett) - On the Sea-Shore [7'29]

Ulster Orchestra conducted by Vernon Handley

Chandos CHAN8473 (recorded March 1986; CD issued 1986)

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Recording venue: Ulster Hall, Belfast
Recording engineer: Ralph Couzens; Producer: Brian Couzens

Here is  a multi-faceted portrayal of the sea under the direction of that master of British music, Vernon Handley. I know of no other recording of the Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia that excels this performance in terms of interpretation, playing and recorded sound. Handley's Storm is almost as terrifying as Eduard van Beinum's mono recording. The Ulster Orchestra play their hearts out for Handley.

Britten's teacher, Frank Bridge's Suite The Sea is a masterly representation of the sea in all of its moods and whilst I am not normally a great fan of Bax's music, he seems to be at his best in sea-related compositions and the rarely-played On the Sea Shore is no exception.

I am also usually no fan of Chandos' big, blowsy house sound, but the acoustic of the Ulster Hall seems to suit them perfectly and there is no lack of detail in the excellent recorded sound here.

Musique de quatre mains [7 CD's]

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Grandes Oeuvres á 4 mains
Sonate KV 497 & KV 521, Rondo KV 511,
Andante et variations VK 501
Aline Zylberajch & Martin Gester
Period instrument (fortepiano)
Label: K617244
Published in 2013





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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture, Adagios, Fugues, Trio,
Stücke für eine Orgelwalze,
"Ach Gott, vom Himmel sien darein"

Olivier Vernet & Cédric Meckler - organists
Aubertin organ (2004), III/P/51, Paris
Label: Ligia 0104171-06
Recorded May 2006



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Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Opus 61
6 Songs without Words, Opus 62
Song without Words, Opus 67 No 1

The Silver Garburg Piano Duo
Label: Oehms OC 755A
Recorded November 2009





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Felix Mendelssohn
Concerto in E major, for 2 pianos (1823)
Concerto in A flat major, for 2 pianos (1824)

Roland Pöntinen & Love Derwinger - piano
New Sinfonietta Amsterdam
Lev Markiz - direction
Label: BIS-CD 688
Recorded September 1994



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Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Le Carnaval des animaux
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Concerto for 2 pianos in d minor
Manuel Infante (1883-1958)
3 Danses
Maurice Ravel 91875-1937)
Rapsodie espagnole, La Valse
Güher & Süher Pekinel - piano
Label: Apex 2564 62125-2
Recorded November 1989 & September 1990


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Sergej Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
The Complete Music for 2 Pianos

Nina Schumann and Luis Magalhães - Piano
Label: TwoPianists 103 903-9
Recorded January 2006




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Sergej Rachmaninov
Fantaisie-Tableaux (Suite No 1), Opus 5
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un Faune
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Sonate (1953)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Concertino for 2 pianos, Opus 94
Sonja & Shanti Sungkono - piano
Label: NCA 60120
Recorded March 2002


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Zmeskall - 15 String Quartets

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Nicolaus Zmeskall (1759-1833)
Complete String Quartets
Rondo in F major for Harpsichord
Zmeskall Quartett
(Period Instruments)
Pavlik Records PA 0074-2/9 (2013)
Three Disc Set




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Thoinot Arbeau Orchésographie 1589

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Thoinot Arbeau [Jehan Tabourot] (1519 – 1595)
Orchésographie 1589

Ensemble Florilegio - Alta Capella
dir. Marcello Serafini


Label: Symphonia 02196 (2002)
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The first edition of the Orchésographie et traité en forme de dialogue par lequel toutes personnes peuvent facilement apprendre et pratiquer l'honnête exercice des danses was printed in 1586.

Geminiani - La Folia & Other Concertos & Sonatas

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Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762)
Sonata No. 3 in F major (after Op. 1 No. 9)
Concerto Grosso "La Folia" (after Corelli Op. 5 No. 12)
Sonata No. 3 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 3
Sonata No. 5 in A minor (after Op. 1 No. 11)
Sonata No. 6 in D minor (after Op. 1 No. 12)
Sonata in A major, Op. 4 No. 2
Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 7 No. 2
The Purcell Quartet & The Purcell Band
(Period Instruments)
Hyperion CDA66264 (1988)
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Alessandro Scarlatti - Oratorio per la Santissima Annunziata

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Alessandro Scarlatti - Oratorio per la Santissima Annunziata
Maria Vergine - Roberta Invernizzi (soprano)
Angelo - Emanuela Galli (alto)
Pensiero di Verginita - Marta Almajano (soprano)
Pensiero d'Humilta - Marina de Liso (alto)
Pensiero di Sospetto - Magnus Staveland (tenor)

Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi



The second, and the last published so far, recording from the Misteria Paschalia festival in Kraków. This year some of the concerts were again transmitted and, I think, recorded by the Polish Radio. We can only hope that in the future more will be published!




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Sibelius & Grieg String Quartets - New Helsinki Quartet

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Apex 0927-406012
01. - 05. Jean Sibelius - String Quartet, op.56 'Voces intimae' [33'23]
06. - 09. Edvard Grieg - String Quartet in G minor, op.27 [37'21]

New Helsinki Quartet

Warner Apex 0927-406012 (recorded September 1997 for Finlandia; this CD release 2001)

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Recording venue: Sigyn Hall, Finland
Recording engineer: Matti Heinonen; Producer: Pekka Savijoki

Warner Apex's characteristically minimalist booklet excels this time by not even listing the members of the New Helsinki Quartet giving these excellent performances for the Finlandia label. I understand that the Quartet is actually made up of principals of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; formed in 1982 and was winner of the London International String Quartet Competition in 1994. Members that I have found listed are Petri Aarnio and Taija Kilpio- violins, Ilari Angervo- viola and Joel Laakso- cello although I have no way of knowing if this is the team for this recording.

I have enjoyed these enthusiastic and intense performances over many years. They seem particularly appropriate for these two lyrical quartets.

Xenakis and Rihm by the Arditti String Quartet

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Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001)
Chamber music for strings and piano [1955-1990]
Arditti String Quartet
Claude Helffer, piano

Recorded 1991, 2 CDs, 77:24 + 74:52

Wolfgang Rihm (°1952)
String quartets No 3 + 5 + 8
Arditti String Quartet
Recorded 1990, 68:27



TRACKLIST


Iannis Xenakis
(1922-2001)

musique de chambre [1955-1990]
pour cordes, piano, cordes et piano
chamber music for strings and piano
Kammermusik für Streicher und Klavier

Arditti String Quartet:
Irvine Arditti, violon
David Alberman, violon
Garth Knox, alto
Rohan de Saram, violoncelle

Claude Helffer, piano


VOLUME 1

(01) tetras pour quatuor à cordes (1983) 14:35
(02) mists pour piano seul (1980) 12:26
(03) kottos pour violoncelle seul (1977) 9:39
(04) herma pour piano seul (1960-1961) 7:13
(05) embellie pour alto seul (1981) 8:14
(06) à r. (Hommage à Ravel) pour piano seul (1987) 2:26
mikka & mikka 'S,
(07) mikka pour violon seul (1971) 3:58
(08) mikka 'S, pour violon seul (1976) 4:10
(09) akea quintette pour cordes et piano (1986) 13:28

durée totale 77:24


VOLUME 2

(01) dikhtas pour violon et piano (1979) 12:44
(02) tetora pour quatuor à cordes (1990) 14:43
(03) nomos alpha pour violoncelle seul (1966) 15:22
(04) ikhoor pour trio à cordes (1978) 10:09
(05) evryali pour piano seul (1973) 9:58
(06) st/4-1, 080262 pour quatuor à cordes (1955-1962) 11:11

durée totale 74:52


Recorded in Studio Stolbergerstraße, Köln (12-14, II. 1991),
Lindlar Kulturzentrum (15-16, II, & 10. VI. 1991),
Studio 104, Radio France (29. III. 1991),
Kleiner Sendesaal, WDR (9-11. XII. 1991)
Recording supervision: Francois Eckert, Stephan Hahn
Sound Engineer: Mark Hohn, Werner Sträßer, Manfred Hill, Philippe Destredecq
Executive Producer: Harry Vogt

En couverture: Iannis Xenakis, Claude Helffer et le Quatuor Arditti

arditti quartet edition 13-14
(C) 1992. Coproduction Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln / Disques Montaigne Sarl, Paris
disques montaigne 782005

TRACKLIST


Wolfgang Rihm (°1952)

Streichquartette - quatuors à cordes - string quartets

Arditti String Quartet:
Irvine Arditti, violon
David Alberman, violon
Garth Knox, alto
Rohan de Saram, violoncelle


Im Innersten
III. Streichquartett - III Quatuor à cordes
[1976]
en six mouvements 26:56
dédicace Alfred Schlee zum Geburtstag
01 I. schroff 2:10
02 II. 3:54
03 III. 1:55
04 IV. äußerst gedehnt 5:11
05 V. 3:17
06 Zwischenspiel, senza tempo 0:57
07 VI. 9:30


08 Achtes Streichquartett - VIII Quatuor à cordes
[1987 - 1988]
en un mouvement 15:03
composé à l'intention du Quatuor Arditti
commande de la Società del Quartetto di Milano
pour son centvingt-cinquième anniversaire
création le 17 janvier 1989 à Milan


09 ohne Titel
V. Streichquartett - V Quatuor à cordes
[1981-1983]
en un mouvement 25:52
composé à l'intention du Quatuor Arditti
création le 6 decembre 1983 à Bruxelles


durée totale 68:27

Recorded November 1990, Studio Deutschlandfunk (WDR), Köln
Recording supervision: Siegfried Spittler
Sound Engineer: Mark Hohn - Executive Producer: Harry Vogt
arditti quartet edition 11
(c) 1991 disques montaigne sarl, paris
782001

Mozart - Sonatas for Piano 4 Hands

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Sonata in C major, K19d
Sonata in D major, K381
Sonata in Bb major, K358
Fugue in G minor, K401
Andante with variations in G major, K501
Duo Claviere
Elena Modena, Ilario Gregoletto, Fortepiano
Rivoalto CRR9923 (1999)


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Kalkbrenner - The London Years

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Friedrich Kalkbrenner (1785-1849)
Etudes, Op. 20 (1816)
Sonata in Ab major, Op. 40 (1818)
Grand Sonata in F major, Op. 28 (1816)
Grand Sonata in A major, Op. 35 (1817)
Grand Sonata in F minor, Op. 56 (1821)
Sonata in G minor, Op. 13 (1813)
Grand Sonata in A minor, Op. 48 (1820)
John Khouri, 1813 Broadwood Grand Piano
San Fransisco Fortepiano Society 121113-13 (2013) 3 Discs
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Mozart - Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, K35
Sophie Bevan, Sarah Fox, Sopranos
Cora Burggraaf, Mezzosoprano
Allan Clayton, Andrew Kennedy, Tenors
Ian Page, Classical Opera
(Period Instruments)
Signum Records SIGCD343 (2013) 3-Discs



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Berlioz: Orchestral Works

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Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique

Vienna Philharmonic
Bernard Haitink
LP Rip - London Records - CS 7168 (1979)
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Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale
Prelude to The Trojans
Hamlet Funeral March

London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
LP Rip - Philips (1969)
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Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique

Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam
Sir Colin Davis
LP Rip - Philips 6500 774 (1974)
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Da Venezia a Varsavia. Musiche policorali dei secoli XVI e XVII

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Ensemble Dodecantus - dir. Marina Malavasi


label Bongiovanni GB 5172-2 (2011)


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Villa-Lobos - Popular Orchestral Works

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Warner Apex 0927-490472
01. - 04. Heitor Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2 [22'15]
05. - 06. Heitor Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5* [10'46]
07. - 09. Heitor Villa-Lobos - Concerto for Guitar# [18'17]
10. Heitor Villa-Lobos - Amazonas* [11'53]

Orchestre National de Lyon conducted by Emmanuel Krivine with Maria Bayo*- soprano and Roberto Aussel#- guitar.

Warner Apex 0927-490472 (recorded September/October 1994; this CD issued 2002

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Recording location: Auditorium Maurice Ravel, Lyon
Recording engineer: Jacques Doll; Producer: Tim Oldham

Here's an excellent introduction to the music of Villa-Lobos with four of his most popular orchestral works - although you would never know it from the hopeless Apex booklet which is seemingly almost unrelated to the music on this disc. Krivine and his Lyon orchestra offer deep commitment to the music and surprising virtuosity. Krivine, assisted by the fine recorded sound, is very good at clarifying the often complex textures and even the unusual phono-fiddle can be heard in Amazonas. And nowhere in the booklet or track listing would you know that the Toccata finale of Bachianas Brasileiras No.2 is also Trenzino do Caipira - the musical gem depictiing a small steam train. Roberto Aussel is an excellent soloist in the Guitar Concerto and Maria Bayo is also very fine in Bachinas Brasileiras No.5 although a little too far forward in the mix.

Smetana: Má vlast and other symphonic poems

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Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884)
My Fatherland (Má vlast), complete
Richard III, Wallenstein's Camp, Hakon Jarl, Prague Carnival*
The Bartered Bride: overture and dances**

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelik*
Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine**

Deutsche Grammophon 459 418-2 (1998)
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Haydn: 3 Masses – Seven Last Words for two organs

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Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Missa Sanctae Caeciliae in C major, n. 5
Missa in tempore belli in C major, n. 9*
Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo in B flat major, n. 7
 (Kleine Orgelmesse)**

Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Eugen Jochum / Rafael Kubelik* / Theobald Schrems**

Deutsche Grammophon 453 127-2 (1998)
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Franz Joseph Haydn
The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross
Version for two organs by E. Bellotti after the piano version

Edoardo Bellotti, Maurizio Salerno
organs at Santa Maria della Passione, Milan

Amadeus AM 161 (2003)
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Franz Joseph Haydn
The Seasons

Georg Zeppenfeld, Vasiljka Jezovsek,
Jeremy Howenden, Barbara Fuchs
Coro della Radio Svizzera
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Diego Fasolis

Amadeus AM 157 (2002)
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