Boris Blacher – Symphony, Violin Concerto, Poeme for Orchestra – Nikos Athinäos

Boris Blacher (1903-1975):
Symphonie
Violin Concerto
Poeme for Large Orchestra

Kolja Blacher - violin
Philharmonisches Orchester Frankfurt (Oder)
Nikos Athinäos - conductor

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Boris Blacher – Symphonic Works – Herbert Kegel

Boris Blacher (1903-1975):
Concertante Music for Orchestra op.10
Orchestral Variations on a Theme of Paganini, op.26
Second Piano Concerto (in variable metre)

Gerty Herzog - piano
Dresdner Philarmonie
Herbert Kegel - conductor

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Boris Blacher – Symphonic Works – Vladimir Ashkenazy

Boris Blacher (1903-1975):
Concertante Musik
Suite from the opera 'Fürstin Tarakanowa'
Zwei Inventionen op.46
Music for Cleveland op.53
Concerto for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra

Dimitri Ashkenazy - clarinet
Deutsches Symphonieorchester Berlin
Vladimir Ashkenazy - conductor

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Boris Blacher – The Three Piano Concertos – Horst Göbel

remembering Boris Blacher on his birthday

(19 January 1903 – 30 January 1975)

Boris Blacher (1903-1975):
Concerto No.1 for Piano and Orchestra *
Concerto No.2 for Piano and Orchestra +
Variations on a Theme of Muzio Clementi for Piano and Orchestra +

Horst Göbel - piano
Sinfonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks *
Filharmonia Pomorska +
Rudolf Alberth - conductor *
Takao Ukigaya - conductor +

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Hans Rosbaud - Original Masters [DG Edition]

remembering Hans Rosbaud on his birthday

(July 22, 1895 – December 29, 1962)

CD 1:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
Symphony No. 92 in G major "Oxford"
Symphony No. 104 in D major "London"

Wolfgang Schneiderhan - violin
Berliner Philharmoniker


CD 2:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Opus 73 ("Emperor") *
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943):
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 +

Robert Casadesus - piano *
Julian von Karolyi - piano +
Concertgebouw Orchestra *
Münchner Philharmoniker +


CD 3:
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957):
Finlandia, Op.26
Valse Triste, Op.44
Swan of Tuonela, Op.22 No.3
Festivo, Op.25 No.3
Karelia Suite, Op.11: Intermezzo: Moderato (1957)
Tapiola, Op.112

Berliner Philharmoniker


CD 4:
Boris Blacher (1903-1975):
Concertante Music for Orchestra
Piano Concerto No. 2 *
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):
Pétrouchka

Gerty Herzog - piano *
Berliner Philharmoniker
Concertgebouw Orchestra


CD 5:
Alban Berg (1885-1935):
Three Pieces for Orchestra, op.6
Anton Webern (1883-1945).
Six Pieces for Orchestra, op.6
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):
Agon

Sinfonieorchester de Südwestfunks Baden-Baden


Hans Rosbaud - conductor

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Sergiu Celibidache and the Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra [Orfeo edition]

remembering Sergiu Celibidache on his birthday

(11 July 1912 – 14 August 1996)

CD 1:
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Die Zauberharfe Overture D 644
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Ma mère l'oye
Boris Blacher (1903-1975):
Variations on a Theme of Paganini op.26

CD 2:
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Symphony No.6 "Pathétique"
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963):
Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber

CD 3:
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):
L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet suite for orchestra
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

CD 4:
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
A Midsummer Night's Dream, overture, Op. 21
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, D. 125
Richard Strauss (1864-1949):
Don Juan, tone poem for orchestra, Op. 20
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Daphnis et Chloé, suite No. 2

CD 5:
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Ein deutsches Requiem *

Agnes Giebel - soprano *
Hans Hotter - bass *
Kölner Rundfunk Chor *
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester [today: WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln]
Sergiu Celibidache - conductor

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Liebermann, Blacher, Egk, von Einem – Orchestral works – Fricsay

Rolf Liebermann (1910-1999):
Furioso for Orchestra *
Boris Blacher (1903-1975):
Paganini-Variationen *
Werner Egk (1901-1983):
French Suite *
Gottfried von Einem (1918-1996):
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, op.20 +
Ballade for Orchestra, op.23 #

Gerty Herzog - piano +
RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin *
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin + #
Ferenc Fricsay - conductor

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