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Pleyel: Flute Qurtets
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Berlioz: Messe solennelle
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Anne Queffelec - Ravel Complete Piano Works
Disc One:
01. - 06 Le Tombeau de Couperin [27'10]
07. Pavane pour une infante defunte [7'04]
08. Menuet antique [6'09]
09. - 13. Miroirs [30'59]
Disc Two:
01. Jeux d'eau [6'03]
02. - 04. Sonatine [12'15]
05. Prelude [1'39]
06. Serenade grotesque [3'26]
07. - 14. Valses nobles et sentimentales [16'13]
15. Menuet sur le nom de Haydn [2'14]
16. A la maniere de Chabrier [2'12]
17. A la maniere de Borodine [1'48]
18. - 20. Gaspard de la nuit [24'27]
Anne Queffelec- piano
Virgin VBD5614892 (recorded October 1990 & September 1992; this CD release 1998)
Recording venue: St Martin's Church, East Woodhay, Newbury, England
Recording engineer: Mike Hatch; Producer: John H West
Here's another fine collection of French piano music performed by Anne Queffelec. Maybe not as celebrated as her earlier Satie discs, this collection of Ravel's solo piano music has featured prominently on my record shelves for many years. Her unmannered performances make the piano sing warmly and reveal much subtle detail. Whilst individual recordings may be preferred in some works, Martha Argerich in Gaspard for example, but overall I find this very satisfying and Miroirs is a particular favourite.
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Prague - L'age d'or baroque (organ music from Prague)
Pavel Kohout, organ
Most pieces on this remarkable disc radiate an aura of refined melancholy. This recording was a revelation for me, as having listened to and played the JS Bach pieces a few hundred times I hadn't heard about J.F.N. Seger at all. Now I'm convinced that every organ music afficionado should acquaint him- or herself with his work :-)
[flac, photos]Editions Hortus 2008
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Borodin: Symphony No. 2 & Polovtsian Dances
Symphony No. 2
Polovtsian Dances
Vienna Philharmonic
Rafael Kubelik
Cassette Rip - 1961
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I did a bit of research online, and it seems that this recording of the Polovtsian Dances has never been released on CD.
[FLAC, Front cover, Individual tracks]
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Choral Music by Czech Masters (and Kodály): 1890-1990
Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959)Field Mass
Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)
Amarus, cantata
Soloists
Czech Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra
Charles Mackerras
Supraphon 33C37-7735 (1985)
[flac, cue, log, scans]
Missa brevis
Laudes organi
Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)
Mass in E flat (reconstruction)
The Choir of Westminster Cathedral, James O'Donnel
Hyperion CDA67147 (1999)
[flac, cue, log, scans]
Mass in D major, op. 86
Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)
Our Father
Petr Eben (1929-2007)
Prague Te Deum
Soloists
Prague Chamber Choir, Josef Pancík
ECM 449 508-2 (1996)
[flac, cue, log, scans]
Czech madrigals
Four Marian songs
Madrigals for five voices
Brigand songs
Romance z Pampelišek
Netherlands Chamber Choir, Stephen Layton
Globe GLO 5208 (2006)
[flac, cue, log, scans]
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Desmarest: Diane + Vénus & Adonis
Two secular works by french baroque composer Henry Desmarest (1661–1741)
I think this CDs have become quite rare, and I hope it will be useful to share them here.
La Diane de Fontainebleau
1686
with Françoise Masset, Raphaëlle Kennedy, Marie-Noëlle Maerten, Marie-Louise Duthoit, Arnaud Marzorati, Patrick Aubailly, Christophe Laporte
La Symphonie du Marais
Hugo Reyne, conductor.
Auvidis Astrée, 1998.
Link
Vénus et Adonis
tragédie en musique, 1697
with Karine Deshayes, Sébastien Droy, Anna-Maria Panzarella, Henk Neven, Ingrid Perruche, Jean Teitgen, Anders J. Dahlin
Les Talens Lyriques
Chœur de l’Opéra national de Lorraine
Christophe Rousset, conductor.
Live recording, 2006, published 2007, Ambroisie
Both: FLAC + CUE, Complete Scans.
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The RIAS-Kammerchor sings Britten, Elgar and others
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Frederick Delius (1862-1934)
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Songs
RIAS-Kammerchor, Marcus Creed
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901734 (2002)
[flac, cue, log, scans]
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Kozeluch: Keyboard Works
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Danceries - Erik Satie
01. Chanson Medievale. Introduction [1'39]
02. La Diva de l'Empire* [2'54]
03. Je te veux* [3'32]
04. Tendrement* [3'58]
05. - 08. La Belle Excentrique [9'55]
09. - 11. Trois Mélodies sans Paroles* [8'31]
12. - 14. Trois Gymnopedies [8'00]
15. - 19. Ludions* [7'16]
20. 22. Trois Petites Pieces Montees [6'15]
23. Chanson Medievale* [3'39]
Danceries (Ichiro Okamoto- director & viols, Kenji Sano- lute & ud, Hirohiko Nakamura & Yoshiko Yanaga- recorders & crumhorns, Pak Konil- rebec & violin, Kenzo Kumei- cittern, saz & lute, Yumi Takahashi- bass viol, Keiji Azami- santour, Mamiko Hirai- mezzo-soprano* and Tomoe Matsui- soprano*)
Denon 33CO-1280 (recorded June 1986; CD issued 1986)
Recording venue: Vega Hall, Takarazuka, Japan
Recording engineer: Kiyokuni Kamon; Producer: Makoto Hagiwara
Here's another relatively rare Saite recording for his sesquicentennial. The performances and arrangements (pre-period instruments?) are suitably weird and wacky, quite appropriate to the composer. I'm not sure how this recording ended up in my collection but it gets occasional plays - although probably best sampled in small doses.
Somewhat self-evident from their instrumentarium, Ichiro Okamoto's Japanese group normally specialises in performances of mediaeval and renaissance European music.
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Italian Renaissance with De labyrintho
Canticum Canticorum
De labyrintho
Walter Testolin
Amadeus AM 283-2 (2013)
[flac, cue, log, scans]
Claudio Merulo (1533-1604)Mottetti and Ricercari from "Liber Primus Sacrarum Cantionum Quinque Vocum" 1578
Quoniam (ensemble of dulcians), Paolo Tognon
De labyrintho, Walter Testolin
Velut luna (2001)
[flac, cue, log, scans]
Responsoria ad officium hebdomadae: Sabbato Sancto
Vittorio Ghielmi, viola da gamba
De labyrintho
Walter Testolin
Stradivarius STR 33842 (2009)
[flac, cue, log, scans]
Josquin Desprez (c.1450-1521)
Salve Regina a cinque voci
Virgo salutiferi
Miserere mei, Deus
De labyrintho
Walter Testolin
Amadeus AM 187-2 (2005)
[flac, cue, log, scans]
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Danzi: Flute Quartets
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Monsigny: Le Roi et le fermier
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Vanhal: Claviersonaten
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Forgotten Treasures Vol. 11: Mandolinenkonzerte
Mandolin concerto in D major
Giovanni Francesco Giuliani (1760-1718)
Mandolin Concerto on F major
Anonymous (possibly by Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816)
Mandolin Concerto in Eb major (1780)
Giovanni Hoffmann (1750-1819)
Mandolin Concerto in D major
Anna Torge, Mandolin
Michael Alexander Willens, Kölner Akadamie
Ars Produktion ARS 38 092 (2013)
[Flac & Scans]
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Grassi: Organ Sonatas
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Ravel Orchestral Works
Disc One
01. Miroirs: Alborada del Gracioso [7'27]
02. La Valse [12'16]
03. - 05. Daphnis et Chloe. Suite No. 2* [16'13]
06. Bolero [14'10]
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus* and Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Christoph von Dohnanyi
Disc Two
01. - 04. Le Tombeau de Couperin [16'54]
05. Claude Debussy (orch. Ravel) - Sarabande [4'53]
06. Claude Debussy (orch. Ravel) - Danse [5'26]
07. Pavane pour une infante defunte [6'54]
08. - 18. Ma mere l'oye. Complete Ballet [27'13]
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra conducted by Hugh Wolff
Teldec Ultima 0630-18959-2 (recorded 1989 and 1991; this CD issued 1997)
(flac and scans)
Recording venues: Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland (Disc One) and Saint Paul (Disc Two)
Recording engineer: Michael Brammann; Producer: Wolfgang Mohr
Here's another useful twofer from Warner Teldec. Being an admirer of Hugh Wolff and the Saint Paul orchestra, I picked this up for Hugh Wolff's disc and for the complete Mother Goose, which is excellent. The selection of works on disc two is ideal for the chamber orchestra. I had not expected Christoph von Dohnanyi to be such a fine Ravel conductor but this is also excellent and the Cleveland orchestra plays wonderfully. It's good to have the chorus in the Daphnis et Chloe suite, too. Only the Bolero is a tad disappointing.
I've included the artwork in both downloads in case one is of interest but the other isn't.
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Franck in four shapes [4 CDs]
César Franck (1822-1890)Trois Chorals
Trois Pièces: Cantabile, Pièce héroïque
Offertoires from L'Organiste & L'Orgue d'eglise
Daniel Roth, organ
Paris/Saint-Sulpice; Saint-Brieuc, Brittany; San Sebastián, Spain
Motette CD 11401 (1991)
[flac, cue, log, scans]
Messe solennelle, op. 12
Louis Devos, tenor
Choeurs de la RTB-BRT Bruxelles
Hubert Schoonbroodt, organ / Francette Bartholomée, harp
Daniel van Heste, violoncello / Lucien Fafchamps, double bass
directed by Pierre Bartholomée
Koch 3-1044-2 (1992). Recorded 1976
[flac, cue, log, scans]
César Franck
Symphony in D minor
Symphonic Variations
Jorge Bolet, piano
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly
Amadeus AM 028 (1992). Recorded 1986
[flac, cue, log, scans] Showing the original cover by Decca
Sonata for violin and piano in A major
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
Mythes, op. 30
Roxana's Song from "King Roger"
Kurpish Song
Kaja Danczowska, violin
Krystian Zimerman, piano
Deutsche Grammophon 431 469-2 (1991). Recorded 1980
[flac, cue, log, scans]
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Cambini: Chamber Works
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Schubert: Goethe Lieder
Franz Schubert
Goethe Lieder
Erlkönig
Der König in Thule
Suleika I & II
Heidenröslein
Der Musensohn
»Heiss mich nicht reden«
»So laßt mich scheinen«
»Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt«
Nähe des Geliebten
Ganymed
Meeres Stille
Gretchen am Spinnrade
Esliabeth Söderström, soprano
Paul Badura-Skoda, Hammerflügel Conrad Graf ca. 1824
1984/1991, Astrée
FLAC + CUE + Log, Complete Scans
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