Brahms, Korngold – Violin Concertos – Nikolaj Znaider

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Violin Concerto in D major, op.77
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957):
Violin Concerto in D major, op.35

Nikolaj Znaider - violin
Wiener Philharmoniker
Valery Gergiev - conductor

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Brahms – Cello Sonatas, Clarinet Trio – Ophélie Gaillard

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Cello Sonata no.2 in F major, op.99
Cello Sonata no.1 in E minor, op.38
Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in A minor, op.114

Ophélie Gaillard - cello
Louis Schwizgebel-Wang - piano
Fabio Di Càsola - clarinet

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Brahms – Hungarian Dances – Ivan Fischer

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor (orch. Brahms)
Hungarian Dance No. 2 in D minor (orch. Fischer)
Hungarian Dance No. 3 in F major (orch. Brahms)
Hungarian Dance No. 4 in F sharp minor (orch. Fischer)
Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor (orch. Fischer)
Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D major (orch. Parlow)
Hungarian Dance No. 7 in A major (orch. Fischer)
Hungarian Dance No. 8 in A minor (orch. Schollum)
Hungarian Dance No. 9 in E minor (orch. Schollum)
Hungarian Dance No. 10 in F major (orch. Brahms)
Hungarian Dance No. 11 in D minor (orch. Fischer)
Hungarian Dance No. 12 in D minor (orch. Fischer)
Hungarian Dance No. 13 in D major (orch. Fischer)
Hungarian Dance No. 14 in D minor (orch. Fischer)
Hungarian Dance No. 15 in B flat major (orch. Hidas)
Hungarian Dance No. 16 in F minor (orch. Parlow)
Hungarian Dance No. 17 in F sharp minor (orch. Hidas)
Hungarian Dance No. 18 in D major (orch. Hidas)
Hungarian Dance No. 19 in B minor (orch. Dvorák)
Hungarian Dance No. 20 in E minor (orch. Dvorák)
Hungarian Dance No. 21 in E minor (orch. Dvorák)

Budapest Festival Orchestra
Iván Fischer - conductor

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Brahms – Complete Works for Violin and Piano – Znaider, Bronfman

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Sonata for Violin and Piano no.1 in G major
Sonata for Violin and Piano no.2 in A major
Sonata for Violin and Piano no.3 in D minor
Scherzo in C minor WoO 2 (3rd movement from Sonata "F-A-E")

Nikolaj Znaider - violin
Yefim Bronfman - piano

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Brahms – The Piano Concertos – Stephen Hough

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Piano Concerto no.1 in D minor, op.15
Piano Concerto no.2 in B flat major, op.83

Stephen Hough - piano
Mozarteumorchester Salzburg
Mark Wigglesworth - conductor

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Brahms – Hungarian Dances – Cédric Tiberghien

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Hungarian Dances, WoO 1
Klavierstücke, op.76
Walzer, op.39

Cédric Tiberghien - piano

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Brahms, Grieg, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann – Serenade-Songs for Clarinet – Fabio di Càsola

Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Ständchen
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Abendempfindung
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Versunken
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Loreley
Evard Grieg (1843-1907):
Solveigs Lied
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Lerchengesang
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Die Blume der Ergebung
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Ave Maria
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Der Zauberer
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Nacht und Träume
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Gestillte Sehnsucht
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Der Lindenbaum
Evard Grieg (1843-1907):
Ein Traum
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Herzeleid
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Das Traumbild
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Du bist die Ruh
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Widmung
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Feldeinsamkeit
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Mondnacht
Evard Grieg (1843-1907):
Ich liebe dich

Fabio di Càsola - clarinet
Zürcher Kammerorchester

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Brahms – Symphonies, Piano Concertos, Violin Concerto – Thielemann, Polini, Batiashvili

celebrating 3 years of posts

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Symphony no.1 in C minor, op.68
Tragic Overture, op.81
Symphony no.2 in D major, op.73
Academic Festival Overture, op.80
Symphony no.3 in F major, op.90
Symphony no.4 in E minor, op.98
Piano Concerto no.1 in D minor, op.15
Piano Concerto no.2 in B flat major, op.83
Violin Concerto in D major, op.77

Maurizio Pollini - piano
Lisa Batiashvili - violin
Staatskapelle Dresden
Christian Thielemann - conductor

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Stravinsky, Brahms, Piazzolla – Music for Piano Duo – Alessio Bax & Lucille Chung

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):
Petrushka
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
16 Waltzes, op.39
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992):
Four Tangos (arr.Bax & Chung)

Alessio Bax - piano
Lucille Chung - piano

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Brahms, Berg – Violin Concertos – Renaud Capuçon

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Violin Concerto in D major, op.77
Alban Berg (1885-1935):
Violin Concerto "To the Memory of an Angel"

Renaud Capuçon - violin
Wiener Philharmoniker
Daniel Harding - conductor

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Brahms – Piano Trios – Angelich, R.Capuçon, G.Capuçon

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Piano Trio no.1 in B major, op.8
Piano Trio no.2 in C major, op.87
Piano Trio no.3 in C minor, op.101

Nicholas Angelich - piano
Renaud Capuçon - violin
Gautier Capuçon - cello

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Liszt, Brahms, Lutoslawski, Rachmaninov – Paganini Variations – Tzimon Barto

CD 1:
Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Grandes études de Paganini
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Paganini Variations
Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994):
Paganini Variations

CD 2:
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):
Paganini Rhapsody *

Tzimon Barto - piano
Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra *
Christoph Eschenbach - conductor *

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Brahms – Piano Concerto after Violin Concerto op.77 – Dejan Lazić

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Piano Concerto in D major, after Violin Concerto op.77 - arr.Dejan Lazić
2 Rhapsodies, op.79
Scherzo in E-flat minor, op.4

Dejan Lazić - piano
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Spano - conductor

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Schumann, Brahms – Piano Quintets – Artemis Quartet, Andsnes

Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Piano Quintet in E flat major, op.44
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Piano Quintet in F minor, op.34

Leif Ove Andsnes - piano
Artemis Quartet

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Various composers – 'Fantasien'-music for harp – Sivan Magen

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788):
Fantasy for Keyboard in E flat major, Wq 58 No. 6
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Fantasies for Piano, Op. 116: No. 2, No.4 (arranged by Sivan Magen)
Intermezzi for Piano, Op. 117: No.1, No.2 (arranged by Sivan Magen)
Ekaterina Walter-Kühne (1870-1930):
Fantasy on themes from Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Fantasia for Piano in D minor, K 397 (arranged by Sivan Magen)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903a (arranged by Sivan Magen)
Henriette Renié (1875-1956):
Ballade fantastique

Sivan Magen - harp

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Brahms – Symphonies nos.3 & 4 – Vladimir Jurowski

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Symphony no.3 in F major, op.90
Symphony no.4 in E minor, op.98

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski - conductor

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Brahms – Symphonies nos.1 & 2 – Vladimir Jurowski

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Symphony no.1 in C minor, op.68
Symphony no.2 in D major, op.73

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski - conductor

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Mozart, Brahms – Clarinet Quintets – Anthony McGill, Pacifica Quartet

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Quintet in A major for Clarinet and Strings, K.581
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Quintet in B minor for Clarinet and Strings, op.115

Anthony McGill - clarinet
Pacifica Quartet

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Brahms – String Sextets – Talich Quartet

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
String Sextet no.1 in B flat major, op.18
String Sextet no.2 in G major, op.36

Talich Quartet
Michal Kaňka - cello
Josef Klusoň - viola

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Brahms – Symphony no.1, Tragic Overture – Karl Böhm

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Symphony no.1 in C minor, op.68
Tragic Overture, op.81

Wiener Philharmoniker
Karl Böhm - conductor

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