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KNUDAGE RIISAGER
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Ballet Suites from: Slaraffenland; Twelve by Mail (Tolv med Posten); Darduse; Concertino for Trumpet & Strings |
Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet)
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard
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Dacapo |
3/9/2010 |
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MORTON GOULD
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American Symphonettes Nos. 2 & 3; Concerto for Orchestra; Interplay; Chorale and Fugue in Jazz |
Findlay Cockrell (piano)
Albany Symphony Orchestra
David Alan Miller
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Albany |
3/9/2010 |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
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Die schöne Mullerin |
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor); Helmut Deutsch (piano)
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Decca |
3/8/2010 |
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FRANZ XAVER RICHTER
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Grandes Symphonies Nos. 7-12 (1744) |
Helsinki Baroque Orchestra
Aapo Häkkinen
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Naxos |
3/8/2010 |
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
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Mitridate, rč di Ponto |
Henriette Bonde-Hansen, Sine Bundgaard, Maria Fontosh, Lisa Larsson (soprano); Kristina Hammarström (mezzo-soprano); Mathias Zachariassen, Anders Jerker Dahlin (tenor)
Vocal Group Ars Nova
Danish Radio Sinfonietta
Adam Fischer
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Dacapo |
3/8/2010 |
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
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Symphonies Nos. 39 & 40 |
Freiburger Barockorchester
René Jacobs
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Harmonia Mundi |
3/8/2010 |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
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La Cenerentola |
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano); Juan Diego Florez (tenor); David Menendez (baritone); Bruno de Simone, Simon Orfila (bass-baritone); others
Orchestra & Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu
Patrick Summers
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Decca |
3/5/2010 |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
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String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2; Sonata for Two Violins |
Pavel Haas Quartet
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Supraphon |
3/5/2010 |
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ERMANNO WOLF-FERRARI
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L'amore medico (Intermezzo); Susana's Secret (Overture); I quatro rusteghi (Prelude); Il Campiello (Ritornello); Suite Veneziana; Trittico; Divertimento; Arabesques |
Oviedo Filharmonía
Friedrich Haider
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PhilArtis |
3/4/2010 |
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FANNY MENDELSSOHN-HENSEL
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Allegro molto in C minor; Notturno in G minor; Piano Sonata in C minor; Piano Sonata in G minor; Lies in E-flat major; Adagio in E-flat major; Andante con moto in E major; Sonata o Capriccio; Allegro molto agitato in D minor; Schluss |
Heather Schmidt (piano)
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Naxos |
3/4/2010 |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
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An Alpine Symphony; Macbeth |
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Marek Janowski
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PentaTone |
3/4/2010 |
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GABRIEL FAURÉ
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Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 |
Antoine Tamestit (viola)
Trio Wanderer
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Harmonia Mundi |
3/3/2010 |
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GABRIEL FAURÉ
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Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2; Nocturne No. 4 |
Kathryn Stott (piano)
The Hermitage String Trio
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Chandos |
3/3/2010 |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
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Symphonies Nos. 8 "Unfinished" & 9 "Great" |
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard
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BIS |
3/2/2010 |
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FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN
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ARGERICH PLAYS CHOPIN
Ballade No. 1 in G minor Op. 23; Eight Mazurkas; Two Nocturnes; Etude in C-sharp minor Op. 10 No. 4; Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op. 58 |
Martha Argerich (piano)
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Deutsche Grammophon |
3/2/2010 |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
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Symphony No. 11 "The Year 1905" |
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
Mark Wigglesworth
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BIS |
3/1/2010 |
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PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
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Swan Lake (complete) |
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev
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Ondine |
3/1/2010 |
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NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
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Suites: "The Snow Maiden"; "The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh"; Night on Mount Triglav (Act III of "Mlada") |
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev
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PentaTone |
2/26/2010 |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
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Symphony No. 4 |
Laura Claycomb (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev
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LSO |
2/25/2010 |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
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An Alpine Symphony |
London Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink
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LSO |
2/25/2010 |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
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Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 2
Piano Trio |
Kempf Trio
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BIS |
2/24/2010 |
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BERNARD HERRMANN
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Hangover Square; Concerto Macabre; Citizen Kane |
Orla Boylan (soprano); Martin Roscoe (piano)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Rumon Gamba
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Chandos |
2/23/2010 |
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HENRI DUTILLEUX
WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
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Toute un monde lointain; Trois strophes sur le nom de Sacher
Cello Concerto; Sacher Variation |
Christian Poltéra (cello)
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jac van Steen
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BIS |
2/23/2010 |
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AVNER DORMAN
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Concertos for Mandolin; Piccolo; Piano; Concerto Grosso (for Harpsichord and Strings) |
Avi Avital (mandolin); Mindy Kaufman (piccolo); Eliran Avni (piano); Aya Hamada (Harpsichord)
Metropolis Ensemble
Andrew Cyr
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Naxos |
2/22/2010 |
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CARL DAVIS
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THE WORLD AT WAR
Original score from the TV series, plus World War II songs & excerpts from speeches |
City of Prague Philharmonic
Carl Davis
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Carl Davis Collection |
2/22/2010 |
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BÉLA BARTÓK
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44 Violin Duos Sz. 98 |
Angela & Jennifer Chun (violin)
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Harmonia Mundi |
2/20/2010 |
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DOMENICO SCARLATTI
ROBERT SCHUMANN
FRANZ LISZT
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN
MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI
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HOROWITZ--THE LEGENDARY BERLIN CONCERT MAY 18, 1986
Sonatas K.87, K.380, & K.135
Kreisleriana Op. 16; Träumerei
Valse caprice d’aprčs Schubert No. 6; Sonetto del Petrarca No. 104; Valse oubliée No. 1
Preludes Op. 32 Nos. 5 & 12
Etudes Op. 2 No. 1 & Op. 8 No. 12
Mazurkas Op. 17 No. 4 & Op. 7 No. 3; Polonaise in A-flat Op. 53
Etincelles |
Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
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Sony Classical |
2/20/2010 |
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FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN
FRANZ LISZT
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
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THE RUSSIAN PIANO TRADITION--VIKTOR MERZHANOV
Preludes Op. 28
Six Paganini Etudes
Piano Sonata No. 5 Op. 53 |
Viktor Merzhanov (piano)
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APR |
2/20/2010 |
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JOSEPH MARTIN KRAUS
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Aeneas in Carthage (Overtures, Ballet Music, Marches) |
Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä
Patrick Gallois
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Naxos |
2/20/2010 |
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Works by Iver Kleive, Vivaldi, Hassler, Simon & Garfunkel, others
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ORGAN MUSIC from the film TROUBLED WATER (deUSYNLIGE)
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Iver Kleive (organ)
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2L |
2/20/2010 |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
PAUL PATTERSON
GARRETT BYRNES
ISANG YUN
TORU TAKEMITSU
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Suite Op. 83
Spiders; Bugs
Visions in Twilight
In Balance
Stanza II for harp & tape |
Lavinia Meijer (harp)
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Channel Classics |
2/19/2010 |
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ARVID KLEVEN
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Symphonic Fantasy; The Sleeping Forest; Lotus Land; Sinfonia Libera In Due Parte |
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Susanna Mälkki
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BIS |
2/18/2010 |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
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24 Preludes Op. 34; Piano Quintet in G minor Op. 57 |
David Kadouch (piano)
Quatuor Ardeo
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Transart Live |
2/18/2010 |
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HEINRICH IGNATZ FRANZ VON BIBER
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Mensa Sonora; Battalia |
Baroque Band
Garry Clarke
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Cedille |
2/18/2010 |
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STĹLE KLEIBERG
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TREBLE & BASS
Concerto for Violin & Orchestra; Concerto for Double Bass & Orchestra |
Marianne Thorsen (violin); Göran Sjölin (double bass)
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Reuss
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2L |
2/18/2010 |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
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La forza del destino
Bonus: Songs performed by Bergonzi & Cappuccilli (1984) |
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor); Ilva Ligabue (soprano); Piero Cappuccilli (baritone); Franca Mattiucci (mezzo-soprano); Domenico Trimarchi (bass-baritone); Agostino Ferrin (bass); others
Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Torino della RAI
Fernando Previtali
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Bongiovanni |
2/16/2010 |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
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Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 |
Evgeny Kissin (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy
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EMI |
2/16/2010 |
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FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN
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Etudes Op. 10; Etudes Op. 25; Six Polish Songs (transcr. Franz Liszt) |
Luiza Borac (piano)
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Avie |
2/15/2010 |
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FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN
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Mazurkas (51) |
Nikita Magaloff (piano)
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Decca |
2/15/2010 |
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ERIK SATIE
GERMAINE TAILLEFERRE
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
DARIUS MILHAUD
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LA VIE EST UNE PARADE
11 songs
9 songs
Les Illuminations
Quatre Chansons de Ronsard |
Patrice Michaels (soprano)
The Chicago Chamber Musicians
Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Paul Freeman
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Cedille |
2/14/2010 |
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JOSEPH JOACHIM
JOHANNES BRAHMS
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Violin Concerto No. 2 "In the Hungarian Style"
Violin Concerto |
Rachel Barton (violin)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar
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Cedille |
2/14/2010 |
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ROBERT KURKA
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The Good Soldier Schweik |
Jason Collins (tenor); Kelli Harrington (soprano); Buffy Baggott (mezzo-soprano); Marc Embree (baritone); Timothy Sharp (baritone); others
Chicago Opera Theater
Alexander Platt
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Cedille |
2/14/2010 |
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
JOSEPH HAYDN
ROBERT SCHUMANN
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
MAURICE RAVEL
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CHICAGO PRINCIPAL FIRST CHAIR SOLOISTS
Oboe Concerto; Bassoon Concerto; Horn Concerto No. 3
Trumpet Concerto
Konzertstück for Four Horns & Orchestra
Serenade for Tenor, Horn, & Strings
Tuba Concerto
Boléro |
Dale Clevenger (horn); Willard Elliot (bassoon); Adolph Herseth (trumpet); Arnold Jacobs (tuba); Raymond Still (oboe)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado
Carlo Maria Giulini
Daniel Barenboim
Georg Solti
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Deutsche Grammophon |
2/14/2010 |
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Works by Bartók, Beethoven, Bizet, Bruckner, Carter, Copland, Corigliano, Debussy, Mahler, Mozart, Prokofiev, Rameau, Roussel, Schubert, Schumann, Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Vaughan Williams, Wagner, others
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CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IN THE 20TH CENTURY--COLLECTOR'S CHOICE
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Various conductors
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CSO Special Edition |
2/14/2010 |
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
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L’elisir d’amore |
Mirella Freni, Emily Maire (soprano); Luigi Alva (tenor); Enzo Sordello, Sesto Bruscantini (baritone)
Glyndebourne Chorus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Carlo Felice Cillario
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Glyndebourne |
2/13/2010 |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
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Abegg Variations Op. 1; Etudes symphoniques Op. 13; Romances Op. 28; Impromptus Op. 5; Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor Op. 14; Carnaval Op. 9 |
Jean-Philippe Collard (piano)
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EMI |
2/13/2010 |
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ROY HARRIS
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Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 "Gettysburg"; Acceleration |
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop
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Naxos |
2/13/2010 |
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UUNO KLAMI
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Northern Lights; Cheremissian Fantasy; Kalevala Suite |
Samuli Peltonen (cello)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
John Storgards
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Ondine |
2/13/2010 |
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
LOUIS SPOHR
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Clarinet Concerto
Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-flat major Op. 57 |
Jon Manasse (clarinet)
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz
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Harmonia Mundi |
2/11/2010 |
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GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL
W.A. MOZART
CARL MARIA VON WEBER
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN
SAMUEL BARBER
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
IGOR STRAVINSKY
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
ARAM KHACHATURIAN
PETER TCHAIKOVSKY
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NADIA REISENBERG--CARNEGIE HALL RECITAL, 1947
Suite No. 9 in G minor
Piano Sonata in A minor K. 310
Rondo Brilliante in E-flat Op. 62
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op. 58; Nocturne in C-sharp minor Op. posth.
Four Excursions Op. 20
Six Etudes
Etude in F-sharp Op. 7 No. 4
Etude in D minor Op. 2 No. 1
Toccata
In the Village |
Nadia Reisenberg (piano)
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Bridge |
2/10/2010 |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY
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Symphony in Three Movements; Pulcinella (complete); Four Etudes for Orchestra |
Roxana Constantinescu (mezzo-soprano); Nicholas Phan (tenor); Kyle Ketelsen (bass)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Boulez
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CSO Resound |
2/10/2010 |
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HAVERGAL BRIAN
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Symphony No. 1 "Gothic" |
Honor Sheppard (soprano); Shirley Minty (alto); Ronald Dowd (tenor); Roger Stalman (bass)
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Various Choirs
Adrian Boult
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Testament |
2/9/2010 |
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
JOSEF HAYDN
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
FRANZ SCHUBERT
J.S. BACH
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THE FAREWELL CONCERTS
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat K. 279; Piano Sonata No. 18 In F K. 533/494
Variations in F minor Hob. XVII:6
Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Op. 27 No. 1; Bagatelle in A Op. 33 No. 4
Piano Sonata in B-flat D. 960; Impromptu in G-flat D. 899 No. 3
Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland (arr. Busoni) |
Alfred Brendel (piano)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Mackerras
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Decca |
2/9/2010 |
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Works by Rorem, Antheil, Hoiby, Fine, Sowerby, Liebermann, Lees, Harris, Lehman, Menotti, Diemer, Lewenthal, Riegger, Persichetti, & Bastien
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TOUCH: THE TOCCATA PROJECT VOL. 1--AMERICAN COMPOSERS
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Philip Amalong (piano)
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Albany |
2/9/2010 |
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FRANZ LISZT
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EARL WILD--THE 1985 SESSIONS
Sonata in B minor; Ballade No. 2 in B minor; Bach/Liszt Fantasia & Fugue in G minor; Funérailles; others |
Earl Wild (piano)
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Ivory Classics |
2/8/2010 |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
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13 Song Transcriptions (arr. Wild) |
Earl Wild (piano)
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Ivory Classics |
2/8/2010 |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
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The Four Piano Concertos; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini |
Earl Wild (piano)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Jascha Horenstein
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Chandos |
2/8/2010 |
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