Cruising once again on the wings of a late Summer evening.
Debussy's intellectual yet sensual Mélodies and Jeux (my absolute favourite Debussy) a score that holds the secret to the musical mistery of the great Master from Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
The warm fragrance of a Spanish night like the one I'm sinking into right now, in de Falla's celebrated Noches en los jardines de España.
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Maurice Ravel
5 Mélodies populaires grècques
Claude Debussy
Fêtes galantes Livre I; 3 Chansons de Bilitis
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1 in D Minor ‘Titan’
Filarmonica della Scala
Gustavo Dudamel
RAI Digital Archives – Milan, 12 May 2008
Giuseppe Martucci
La canzone dei ricordi
Nino Rota
La strada (Suite)
Barbara Frittoli, Soprano
Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI
Gianandrea Noseda
RAI Digital Archives – Stresa 22 August 2003
Sergej Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 3 Op. 26 in C Major
Maurice Ravel
Laideronnette, impératrice des pagodes (from ‘Ma Mère l’oye’) *
Daphnis et Chloé (Complete Ballet)
Martha Argerich, Piano
* Martha Argerich & Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Piano Four-Hands
Orchestra Sinfonica dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
RAI Digital Archives –Rome, 26 February 2011
Sergej Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 3 Op. 26 in C Major
Maurizio Pollini, Piano
Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI di Torino
Herbert Albert
RAI Analogue Tapes –Turin, 5 January 1967
Igor Stravinsky
Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments
Maurizio Pollini, Piano
Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI di Torino
Ferruccio Scaglia
RAI Analogue Tapes – Turin, 27 November 1959
Sergej Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 3 Op. 30 in D Minor
Lilya Zilberstein, Piano
Filarmonica della Scala
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
RAI Digital Archives – Milan, 12 May 2003
Arnold Schoenberg
Pelleas und Melisande Op. 5
Gustav Mahler
Rückert Lieder
Waltraud Meier, Mezzo-Soprano
Berliner Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado
RAI Digital Archives – Ferrara, 7 May 2002
Richard Strauss
Also sprach Zarathustra Op. 30
Orchestra Sinfonica dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Antonio Pappano
RAI Digital Archives – Rome, April 2004
Richard Strauss
Vier letzte Lieder
Eva-Maria Westbroek, Soprano
Filarmonica della Scala
Daniel Harding
RAI Digital Archives –Milan, 12 March 2007
Igor Stravinsky
Perséphone
Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Tenor
Silvie Roher, Récitant
Tölzer Knabenchor
Ernst-Senff Chor
Berliner Philharmoniker
Ingo Metzmacher
RAI Digital Archives – Berlin 21 March 2001
Igor Stravinsky
Symphony of Psalms
Antonio Vivaldi
Gloria
Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-Soprano
Daniela Barcellona, Mezzo-Soprano
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro del Scala
Riccardo Muti
RAI Digital Archives – Milan, 22 December 2001
Piotr Ilic Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5 Op. 64 in E Minor
Igor Stravinsky
L’Oiseau de feu (Suite)
Filarmonica della Scala
Gary Bertini
RAI Digital Archives – Milan, 17 March 2003
Piotr Ilic Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5 Op. 64 in E Minor
Orchestra Sinfonica dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Giuseppe Sinopoli
RAI Digital Archives – Rome, 6 February 2000
Debussy's intellectual yet sensual Mélodies and Jeux (my absolute favourite Debussy) a score that holds the secret to the musical mistery of the great Master from Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
The warm fragrance of a Spanish night like the one I'm sinking into right now, in de Falla's celebrated Noches en los jardines de España.
And then, the cold embrace of a Nordic Romantic with Stenhammar's Concertos meeting the sunny tones of Rota's in Tomassi's definitive recording. A rare Dohnányi and Rajna chamber music disc, some rare Liszt from John Browning and the never forgotten Hildegard Behrens, plus, some splendid Chopin by two distinguished ladies of the Romantic piano like Tanyel and Varsi.
Other rarities: for the many Eduardo Mata's fans, a Strauss and Wirén transfer of mine, plus a stunning Prokofiev by de Waart transfer by Enrico B.
Not to be missed: Pollini's rare Prokofiev 3rd Concerto and Abbado's only Gershwin, in the BONUS section...
5 Mélodies populaires grècques
Claude Debussy
Fêtes galantes Livre I; 3 Chansons de Bilitis
Francis Poulenc
Metamorphoses; 2 Poèmes de L. Aragon; 3 Poèmes de L. Lalanne
Arthur Honegger
Saluste du Bartas
and Songs by Gabriel Fauré and Emile Vuillermoz
Karina Gauvin, Soprano
Marc-André Hamelin, Piano
Claude Debussy
3 Nocturnes
3 Nocturnes
Jeux
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BONUS
Manuel de Falla
Noches en los jardines de España
Daniel Barenboim, Piano
Orquesta Sinfónica de Barcelona y Nacional de Cataluña
Lawrence Foster
RAI Digital Archives – Barcelona, 2007
George Gershwin
Cuban Overture
Catfish Row (Porgy & Bess Suite)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado
RAI Digital Archives – Berlin, 5 March 2001
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink
Philips 400 023-2 (1979)
Claude Debussy
Images Livres I & II
Pour le Piano
Children's Corner
2 Arabèsques
Images Livres I & II
Pour le Piano
Children's Corner
2 Arabèsques
Philippe Entremont, Piano
Sony SBK 48174 (1964)
Manuel de Falla
Noches en los jardines de España
Noches en los jardines de España
Isaac Albéniz
Rapsodia española
Joaquín TurinaRapsodia sinfónica Op. 66
Alicia de Larrocha, Piano
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Rafael Frühbeck de BurgosDecca 410 289-2 (1984)
Manuel de Falla
Piano Music
Piano Music
Jean-François Heisser, Piano
Erato 2292 45481-2 (1989)
César Franck
Violin Sonata in A Major
Edvard Grieg
Violin Sonata Op. 45 in C Minor
Uto Ughi, Violin
Violin Sonata in A Major
Edvard Grieg
Violin Sonata Op. 45 in C Minor
Uto Ughi, Violin
Bruno Canino, Piano
Amadeus 132-2 (2000)
Ernő Dohnányi
Violin Sonata Op. 21 in C-Sharp Minor
Thomas Rajna
Music for Violin and Piano
String Quartet
Jürgen Schwietering, Violin
Violin Sonata Op. 21 in C-Sharp Minor
Thomas Rajna
Music for Violin and Piano
String Quartet
Jürgen Schwietering, Violin
Thomas Rajna, Piano
Schwietering String Quartet
Claremont GSE 1550 (1996)
Camille Saint-Saëns
Symphony No. 3 Op. 78 in C Minor "Organ"
Paul Dukas
L'apprenti sorcier
Simon Preston, Organ
Symphony No. 3 Op. 78 in C Minor "Organ"
Paul Dukas
L'apprenti sorcier
Simon Preston, Organ
Berliner Philharmoniker
James Levine
DGG 419 617-2 (1986)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade Op. 35
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Kirill Kondrashin
Philips 400 021-2 (1979)
Antonín Dvořák
Violin Concerto Op. 53 in A Minor
Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto Op. 47 in D Minor
Salvatore Accardo, Violin
Concertgebouw Orchestra (Dvořák)London Symphony Orchestra (Sibelius)
Colin Davis
Philips 420 895-2 (1980)
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 23 in D Minor
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto Op. 16 in A Minor
Marie Rørbech, Piano
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Okko Kamu
EMI 94635 43352 (2006)
Wilhelm Stenhammar
Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 1 in B-Flat Minor
Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 23 in D Minor
Seta Tanyel, Piano
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Manze
Hyperion CDA 67750 (2008)
Wilhelm Stenhammar, Wilhelm Petersen-Berger, Sigurd von Koch, Hugo Alfvén, Ture Rangström, Emil Sjögren
Songs
Anne Sofie von Otter, Mezzo-Soprano
Bengt Forsberg, Piano
DGG 449 189-2 (1995)
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Piotr Ilic Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 Op. 74 in B Minor "Pathétique"
Symphony No. 6 Op. 74 in B Minor "Pathétique"
Cleveland Orchestra
Lorin Maazel
Lorin Maazel
CBS MK37834 (1983)
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Piotr Ilic Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 Op. 74 in B Minor "Pathétique"
"Polonaise" from Eugen Onegin Op. 24
Symphony No. 6 Op. 74 in B Minor "Pathétique"
"Polonaise" from Eugen Onegin Op. 24
Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnányi
Christoph von Dohnányi
Telarc CD 80130 (1986)
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Louis Vierne
Symphony No. 1 Op. 14 in D Minor
Pièces de fantaisie Op. 54
Symphony No. 1 Op. 14 in D Minor
Pièces de fantaisie Op. 54
Daniel Chorzempa, Organ
Philips 422 058-2 (1987)
Previously posted in "Des Horizons plus vastes de la Musique Française Vol. 1"
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Philips 422 058-2 (1987)
Previously posted in "Des Horizons plus vastes de la Musique Française Vol. 1"
Nino Rota
Piano Concerto in C
Piano Concerto in E "Piccolo mondo antico"
Piano Concerto in C
Piano Concerto in E "Piccolo mondo antico"
Giorgia Tomassi, Piano
Filarmonica della Scala
Riccardo Muti
EMI 24355 68692 (1999)
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Filarmonica della Scala
Riccardo Muti
EMI 24355 68692 (1999)
Erik Satie
Piano Music
Piano Music
Alan Marks, Piano
Decca 425 208-2 (1987)
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Decca 425 208-2 (1987)
Franz Liszt
Harmonies poétiques et religieuses
Harmonies poétiques et religieuses
Steven Osborne, Piano
Hyperion CDA 67445 (2004)
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Hyperion CDA 67445 (2004)
Franz Liszt
Sonata in B Minor
Sonetti 47; 104; 123 del Petrarca
Après une lecture du Dante
Sonata in B Minor
Sonetti 47; 104; 123 del Petrarca
Après une lecture du Dante
John Browning, Piano
Delos D/CD 3022 (1984)
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Delos D/CD 3022 (1984)
Franz Liszt
Lieder
Lieder
Hildegard Behrens, Soprano
Cord Garben, Piano
DGG 419 240-2 (1986)
Cord Garben, Piano
DGG 419 240-2 (1986)
Frédéric Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 11 in E Minor
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major
Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 11 in E Minor
Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major
Emil Gilels, Piano
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy (Chopin)
Charles Rosen, Piano
New Philharmonia Orchestra
John Pritchard (Liszt)
CBS MYK 45504 (1983)
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Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy (Chopin)
Charles Rosen, Piano
New Philharmonia Orchestra
John Pritchard (Liszt)
CBS MYK 45504 (1983)
Xaver Scharwenka
Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 32 in B-Flat Minor
Frédéric Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 11 in E Minor
Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 32 in B-Flat Minor
Frédéric Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 11 in E Minor
Seta Tanyel, Piano
Philharmonia Orchestra
Yuri Simonov (Scharwenka)
Carlo Rizzi (Chopin)
Collins 12632 (1991)
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Philharmonia Orchestra
Yuri Simonov (Scharwenka)
Carlo Rizzi (Chopin)
Collins 12632 (1991)
Frédéric Chopin
Cello Sonata Op. 65 in G Minor
Richard Strauss
Cello Sonata Op. 6
Cello Sonata Op. 65 in G Minor
Richard Strauss
Cello Sonata Op. 6
Lluís Claret, Cello
Alain Planès, Piano
Harmonia Mundi 1901370 (1994)
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Frédéric Chopin
Harmonia Mundi 1901370 (1994)
Préludes Op. 28
Alexander Scriabin
Etudes Op. 42
Claude Debussy
Images Livre I
Alessandra Maria Ammara, Piano
Honens International Piano Competition Laureate Series (2003)
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Alexander Scriabin
Etudes Op. 42
Claude Debussy
Images Livre I
Alessandra Maria Ammara, Piano
Honens International Piano Competition Laureate Series (2003)
Frédéric Chopin
Préludes Op. 28
Scherzo No. 2 Op. 31 in B-Flat Minor
3 Mazurkas
Préludes Op. 28
Scherzo No. 2 Op. 31 in B-Flat Minor
3 Mazurkas
Seta Tanyel, Piano
Collins 13302 (1993)
Frédéric Chopin
Piano Sonata No. 2 Op. 35 in B-Flat Minor
Piano Sonata No. 3 Op. 58 in B Minor
Waltzes No. 1/19
Piano Sonata No. 2 Op. 35 in B-Flat Minor
Piano Sonata No. 3 Op. 58 in B Minor
Waltzes No. 1/19
Philip Fowke, Piano
EMI CFP 68969 2 (1987)
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Frédéric Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 11 in E Minor
Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 21 in F Minor
Dinorah Varsi, Piano
Orchestre National De L'Opéra De Monte-Carlo
Jan Krenz
LP Rip - Philips 6537 006 (1971) (Courtesy of Enrico B.)
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Claude Debussy
Children's Corner
2 Arabesques
L'isle joyeuse
Peter Frankl, Piano
LP Rip - Turnabout TV34166DS (1969)
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Sergej Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet (Suite)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Edo de Waart
LP Rip - Philips 6500 640 (1974) (Courtesy of Enrico B.)
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Richard Strauss
Le bourgeois gentilhomme Suite Op. 60
Dag Wirén
Serenade for String Orchestra Op. 11
National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada
Eduardo Mata
LP Rip - RCA RL85362 (1985)
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Piotr Ilic Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 Op. 36 in F Minor
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Zdeněk Mácal
LP Rip - EMI CFP 414414 1 (1983)
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Max Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1 Op. 26 in G Minor
Camille Saint-Saëns
Havanaise Op. 83
Introduction and Rondò capriccioso Op. 28
Arthur Grumiaux, Violin
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (Bruch)
Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux
Manuel Rosenthal (Saint-Saëns)
LP Rip - Philips Fontana 6540 129 (1962) (Courtesy of Enrico B)
Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 11 in E Minor
Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 21 in F Minor
Dinorah Varsi, Piano
Orchestre National De L'Opéra De Monte-Carlo
Jan Krenz
LP Rip - Philips 6537 006 (1971) (Courtesy of Enrico B.)
Children's Corner
2 Arabesques
L'isle joyeuse
Peter Frankl, Piano
LP Rip - Turnabout TV34166DS (1969)
Romeo and Juliet (Suite)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Edo de Waart
LP Rip - Philips 6500 640 (1974) (Courtesy of Enrico B.)
Le bourgeois gentilhomme Suite Op. 60
Dag Wirén
Serenade for String Orchestra Op. 11
National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada
Eduardo Mata
LP Rip - RCA RL85362 (1985)
Symphony No. 4 Op. 36 in F Minor
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Zdeněk Mácal
LP Rip - EMI CFP 414414 1 (1983)
Violin Concerto No. 1 Op. 26 in G Minor
Camille Saint-Saëns
Havanaise Op. 83
Introduction and Rondò capriccioso Op. 28
Arthur Grumiaux, Violin
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (Bruch)
Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux
Manuel Rosenthal (Saint-Saëns)
LP Rip - Philips Fontana 6540 129 (1962) (Courtesy of Enrico B)
BONUS
Manuel de Falla
Noches en los jardines de España
Daniel Barenboim, Piano
Orquesta Sinfónica de Barcelona y Nacional de Cataluña
Lawrence Foster
RAI Digital Archives – Barcelona, 2007
Cuban Overture
Catfish Row (Porgy & Bess Suite)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado
RAI Digital Archives – Berlin, 5 March 2001
Symphony No. 1 in D Minor ‘Titan’
Filarmonica della Scala
Gustavo Dudamel
RAI Digital Archives – Milan, 12 May 2008
La canzone dei ricordi
Nino Rota
La strada (Suite)
Barbara Frittoli, Soprano
Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI
Gianandrea Noseda
RAI Digital Archives – Stresa 22 August 2003
Piano Concerto No. 3 Op. 26 in C Major
Maurice Ravel
Laideronnette, impératrice des pagodes (from ‘Ma Mère l’oye’) *
Daphnis et Chloé (Complete Ballet)
Martha Argerich, Piano
* Martha Argerich & Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Piano Four-Hands
Orchestra Sinfonica dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
RAI Digital Archives –Rome, 26 February 2011
Piano Concerto No. 3 Op. 26 in C Major
Maurizio Pollini, Piano
Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI di Torino
Herbert Albert
RAI Analogue Tapes –Turin, 5 January 1967
Igor Stravinsky
Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments
Maurizio Pollini, Piano
Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI di Torino
Ferruccio Scaglia
RAI Analogue Tapes – Turin, 27 November 1959
Piano Concerto No. 3 Op. 30 in D Minor
Lilya Zilberstein, Piano
Filarmonica della Scala
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
RAI Digital Archives – Milan, 12 May 2003
Pelleas und Melisande Op. 5
Gustav Mahler
Rückert Lieder
Waltraud Meier, Mezzo-Soprano
Berliner Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado
RAI Digital Archives – Ferrara, 7 May 2002
Also sprach Zarathustra Op. 30
Orchestra Sinfonica dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Antonio Pappano
RAI Digital Archives – Rome, April 2004
Vier letzte Lieder
Eva-Maria Westbroek, Soprano
Filarmonica della Scala
Daniel Harding
RAI Digital Archives –Milan, 12 March 2007
Perséphone
Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Tenor
Silvie Roher, Récitant
Tölzer Knabenchor
Ernst-Senff Chor
Berliner Philharmoniker
Ingo Metzmacher
RAI Digital Archives – Berlin 21 March 2001
Symphony of Psalms
Antonio Vivaldi
Gloria
Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-Soprano
Daniela Barcellona, Mezzo-Soprano
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro del Scala
Riccardo Muti
RAI Digital Archives – Milan, 22 December 2001
Symphony No. 5 Op. 64 in E Minor
Igor Stravinsky
L’Oiseau de feu (Suite)
Filarmonica della Scala
Gary Bertini
RAI Digital Archives – Milan, 17 March 2003
Symphony No. 5 Op. 64 in E Minor
Orchestra Sinfonica dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Giuseppe Sinopoli
RAI Digital Archives – Rome, 6 February 2000
Flac & Scans