Various composers – 'Traditions and Transformations, Sounds of Silk Road Chicago'

Ernest Bloch (1880-1959):
Schelomo Hebraic Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra *
Byambasuren Sharav (b.1952):
Legend of Herlen +
Lou Harrison (1917-2003):
Pipa Concerto #
Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Scyntian Suite, op.20 §

Yo-Yo Ma - cello *, morin-khuur +
Wu Man - pipa #
Chicago Symphony Orchestra * # §
Silk Road Ensemble +
Miguel Harth-Bedoya - conductor * #
Alan Gilbert - conductor §

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Various Composers - Works for Cello and Orchestra – Steven Isserlis

Edward Elgar (1857-1934):
Cello Concerto *
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959):
Schelomo *
Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904-1987):
Cello Concerto no.2 op.77 +
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Variations on a Rococo Theme, op.33 #
Nocturne, op.19 no.4 #
Pezzo capriccioso, op.62 #
Andante cantabile, op.11 #
Richard Strauss (1864-1949):
Don Quixote, op.35 §

Steven Isserlis - cello
London Symphony Orchestra *
London Philharmonic +
Chamber Orchestra of Europe #
Minnesota Orchestra §
Richard Hickox - conductor *
Andrew Litton - conductor +
John Eliot Gardiner - conductor #
Edo de Waart - conductor §

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Schumann, Bruch, Bloch – Works for Cello and Orchestra – Truls Mørk

Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Cello Concerto in A minor, op.129
Max Bruch (1838-1920):
Kol Nidrei, op.47
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959):
Schelomo

Truls Mørk - cello
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Paavo Järvi - conductor

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Barber, Walton, Bloch – Works for Violin and Orchestra – Joshua Bell

Samuel Barber (1910-1981):
Violin Concerto
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959):
Baal Shem
William Walton (1902-1983):
Violin Concerto

Joshua Bell - violin
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman - conductor

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Bruch, Bloch, Popper – Music for Cello and Orchestra – Jiří Hošek

Max Bruch (1839-1920):
Kol Nidrei, op.47 - Adagio for Cello and Orchestra
Ernst Bloch (1885-1977):
Schelomo - Hebrew Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra
David Popper (1843-1913):
Tarantella in G major, op.33 for Cello and Orchestra
Adagio for 3 Cellos and Orchestra *

Jiří Hošek - cello
Jan Širc - cello *
Radomír Širc - cello *
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Válek - conductor

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Leopold Stokowski – Maestro Celebre

remembering Leopold Stokowski on the anniversary of his death

(18 April 1882 – 13 September 1977)

CD 1 - Stokowski's orchestral transcriptions of Bach's works:

Prelude in E flat minor (after Bach, BWV 853, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)

Christ lag in Todesbanden (after Bach, Cantata No. 4, BWV 4)

Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major (after Bach, BWV 564)

Komm, süsser Tod (after Bach, BWV 478)

Siciliano (after Bach, from Violin Sonata No. 4 in C minor, BWV 1017)

Sarabande (after Bach, English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808)

Air (after Bach, Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068)

O Haupt voll Blut (after Bach, St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244)

Mein Jesu, was für Seelenweh (after Bach, BWV 487)

Sarabande (after Bach, from Violin Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002)

Es ist vollbracht, transcription for orchestra (after Bach, St. John Passion, BWV 245)

CD 2:

Richard Wagner (1813-1883):

Lohengrin - Prelude to Act I

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Prelude to Act I

Tristan und Isolde - symphonic synthesis by Stokowski

Parsifal - symphonic synthesis by Stokowski

CD 3:

Cesar Franck (1822-1890):

Symphony in D minor

Ernest Chausson (1855-1899):

Poème for Violin and Orchestra *

CD 4:

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943):

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra +

Richard Strauss (1864-1949):
Tod und Verklärung

Ernest Bloch (1880-1959):

Schelomo Hebrew Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra #

Toscha Seidel - violin *

Sergei Rachmaninov - piano +

Emanuel Feuermann - cello

Philadelphia Orchestra

Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra

New Yrok Symphony Orchestra

Leopold Stokowski - conductor

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Rostropovich edition [EMI]

CD 1:
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104 *
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Double Concerto for Violn and Cello in A minor, op.102 +

David Oistrakh - violin +
London Philarmonic Orchestra *
Cleveland Orchestra +
Carlo Maria Giulini - conductor *
George Szell - conductor +

CD 2:
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
Cello Concerto in C major, Hob.VIIb:1 *
Cello Concerto in D major, Hob.VIIb:2 *
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959):
Schelomo - Hebrew Rhapsody +

Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields *
Orchestre National de France +
Leonard Bernstein - conductor +

CD 3:
Richard Strauss (1864-1949):
Don Quixote, op.35 *
Nikolai Miaskovsky (1881-1950):
Cello Concerto in C minor, op.66 +

Berliner Philharmoniker *
Philharmonia Orchestra +
Herbert von Karajan - conductor *
Sir Malcolm Sargent - conductor +

Mstislav Rostropovich - cello

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Martha Argerich and Friends 2009 – Chamber music

Martha Argerich and Friends - live from Lugano Festival 2009

CD1:
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Fantasiestücke for violin, cello and piano in A minor, Op. 88 *
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music, Op. 61 (arr. for two pianos) +
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849):
Introduction and Polonaise brillante for cello and piano in C major, Op. 3 #
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Piano Sextet in D major, Op. 110 §

Martha Argerich - piano * + #
Cristina Marton - piano +
Kathia Buniatishvili - piano §
Renaud Capuçon - violin *
Dora Schwarzberg - violin §
Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg - viola §
Lida Chen - viola §
Gautier Capuçon - cello * #
Jorge Bosso - cello §
Enrico Fagone - cello §


CD 2:
Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Violin Sonata No. 2 in C major, Sz. 76 *
Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Réminiscences de Don Juan, for 2 pianos S. 656 +
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
Sextet in E flat major #
Sergei Rachmainov (1873-1943):
Romance & Waltz for piano six-hands §
Russian Rhapsody in E minor for 2 pianos ∆

Martha Argerich - piano +
Kathia Buniatishvili - piano *
Mauricio Vallina - piano +
Polina Leschenko - piano #
Daniel Gerzenberg - piano §
Anton Gerzenberg - piano §
Lilya Zilberstein - piano § ∆
Alexander Mogilevsky - piano ∆
Renaud Capuçon - violin *
Alissa Margulis - violin #
Geza Hosszu-Legocky - violin #
Lida Chen - viola #
Mark Drobinsky - cello #
Enrico Fagone - cello #

CD 3:
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946):
Noches en los jardines de España for piano and orchestra *
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Rapsodie espagnole (arr.for 2 pianos by the composer) +
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959):
Piano Quintet No.1 #

Martha Argerich - piano *
Sergio Tiempo - piano +
Karin Lechner - piano +
Lilya Zilberstein - piano #
Alissa Margulis - violin #
Lucia Hall - violin #
Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg - viola #
Mark Drobinsky - cello #
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana *
Alexander Vedernikov - conductor *


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Bloch – Schelomo, Violin Concerto, Hebrew Suite – Navarra, Bress

Ernest Bloch (1880-1959):
Schelomo - Hebrew Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra *
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra +
Hebrew Suite for Violin and Orchestra +

André Navarra - cello *
Hyman Bress - violin +
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra *
Prague Symphony Orchestra +
Karel Ančerl - conductor *
Jindřich Rohan - conductor +

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Bloch – Violin Sonatas, Baal Sheem – Friedman, Schiller

Ernest Bloch (1880-1959):
Violin Sonata No.1
Violin Sonata No.2 "Poème Mystique"
Baal Shem (Three Pictures of Chassidic Life)

Leonard Friedman - violin
Allan Schiller - piano

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Bloch – Concerto symphonique, Symphonic Poems – Dinova, Tchernushenko

Ernest Bloch (1880-1959):
Concerto symphonique, for Piano and Orchestra
Scherzo fantasque, for Piano and Orchestra
Hiver-Printemps

Halida Dinova - piano
Symphony Orchestra of the State Academic Capella of St Petersburg
Alexander Tchernushenko - conductor

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Bloch – Violin Concerto, Suites – Krysa, Oramo

Ernest Bloch (1880-1959):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Poems of the Sea
Suite symphonique

Oleh Krysa - violin
Malmö Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo - conductor

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Bloch – Symphony, Schelomo – Thedéen, Markiz

Ernest Bloch (1880-1959):
Symphony in C sharp minor
"Schelomo" Hebrew Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra *

Torleif Thedéen - cello
Malmö Symphony Orchestra
Lev Markiz - conductor

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Bloch – Concerti grossi 1 & 2 – Duczmal

Ernest Bloch (1880-1959):
Concerto grosso No.1
Concertino for Flute, Viola and String Orchestra
Four Episodes for Chamber Orchestra
Concerto grosso No.2 for Strings

Michael Martin Kofler - flute
Helmut Nicolai - viola
Barton Weber - piano
Amadeus Chamber Orchestra
Agnieszka Duczmal - conductor

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Albert, Bartok, Bloch – Cello, Viola and Orchestra – Yo-Yo Ma

tribute to Yo-Yo Ma on his birthday

(October 7, 1955)

Stephen Albert (1941-1992):
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Concerto for Viola (*) and Orchestra
Ernest Boch (1880-1959):
Schelomo, hebraic rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra

Yo-Yo Ma - cello & alto violin (*)
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman - conductor

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Schumann - Cello Concerto; Bloch - Schelomo - Rostropovich

Ernest Bloch (1880-1959): Schelomo - Hebrew Rhapsody
Robert Schumann (1810-1856): Cello Concerto in A minor, op.129

Mstislav Rostropvich - cello
Orchestre National de France
Leonard Bernstein - conductor

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Ernest Bloch - Sacred Service - Simon

Ernest Bloch (1880-1959): Sacred Service (Avodath Hakodesh)

Louis Berkman - baritone
Zemel Choir
London Symphony Orchestra
Geoffrey Simon - conductor

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Bloch, Barber, Grieg, Puccini - orchestral pieces

Ernest Bloch (1880-1956): Concerto Grosso No.1 for Strings and Piano Obbligato
Samuel Barber (1910-1981): Adagio for Strings op.11
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907): Holberg Suite op.40
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924): Crisantemi for String Quartet, transcribed for String Orchestra

Israel Chamber Orchestra
Yoav Talmi - conductor

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