Bruckner – Symphony no.8 – Barenboim

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896):
Symphony no.8 in C minor

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim - conductor

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Various Composers – Masses – Various Artists

CD 1:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Mass in C major K.317
Missa solemnis in C minor K.139

CD 2:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Mass in C minor K.427 "Grosse Messe"
Mass in C major K.259 "Orgelsolo-Messe"

CD 3:
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
Mass in B flat major "Harmoniemesse"
Michael Haydn (1737-1806):
Missa Sancti Joannis Nepomuceni

CD 4:
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805):
Missa per l'Incoronazione Carlo X.
Michael Haydn (1737-1806):
Te Deum in D major

CD 5:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Missa solemnis, op.132

CD 6:
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Mass no.5 in A flat major D.678
Deutsche Messe D.872

CD 7:
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Mass no.2 in G major D.167
Mass no.6 in E flat major D.950

CD 8:
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Missa sacra in C minor, op.147
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826):
Missa sancta G major "Jubelmesse"

CD 9:
Friedrich Kiel (1821-1885):
Missa solemnis, op.40

CD 10:
Charles Gounod (1818-1893):
Messe Solenne de Sainte-Cécile
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896):
Te Deum in C major

Wienwe Sängerknaben
Tölzer Knabenchor
RIAS-Kammerchor
Europa Chor Akademie
Kammerchor Cantemus
Wiener Akademie
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss
Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg
Martin Haselböck - conductor
Marcus Creed - conductor
Werner Ehrhard - conductor
Michael Gielen - conductor

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Bruckner – Symphony no.4 “Romantic” - Eugen Jochum

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896):
Symphony no.4 in E flat major "Romantic"

Berliner Philharmoniker
Eugen Jochum - conductor

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Bruckner – Requiem in D minor – Matthew Best

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896):
Requiem in D minor
Psalm 114
Psalm 112

Joan Rodgers - soprano
Catherine Denley - contralto
Maldwyn Davies - tenor
Michael George - bass
Thomas Trotter - organ
Corydon Singers
English Chamber Orchestra
Matthew Best - conductor

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Bruckner – Symphony No.00 'Study Symphony' – Georg Tintner

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896):
Symphony no.00 in F minor "Study Symphony"
"Volksfest" - Finale for Symphony no.4 in E flat major

Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Georg Tintner - conductor

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Mozart – 'Krönungsmesse'; Bruckner – Te Deum – Karajan

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
"Coronation" Mass in C major, KV 317 *
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896):
Te Deum for soloists, chorus and orchestra +

Kathleen Battle - soprano *
Janet Perry - soprano +
Trudeliese Schmidt - contralto *
Helga Müller-Molinari - contralto +
Gösta Winbergh - tenor
Ferruccio Furlanetto - bass *
Alexander Malta - bass +
Rudolf Scholz - organ
Wiener Singverein
Wiener Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan - conductor

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Bruckner – Symphony No.5 – Furtwängler

remembering Wilhelm Furtwängler on his birthday

(January 25, 1886 – November 30, 1954)

Anton Bruckner (1824-2896):
Symphony No.5 in B flat major

Wiener Philharmoniker
Wilhelm Furtwängler - conductor

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Klaus Tennstedt – The Great EMI Recordings

remembering Klaus Tennstedt on the anniversary of his death

(June 6, 1926 – January 11, 1998)

CD 1:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Symphony No.3 in E flat major, op.55 "Eroica"
The Creatures of Prometheus - overture, op.43
Coriolan - overture, op.62
Egmont - overture, op.84

CD 2:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Symphony No.6 in F major, op.68 "Pastoral"
Symphony No.8 in F major, op.93
Fidelio - overture, op.72b

CD 3 / CD4:
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Symphony No.1 in C minor, op.68
Ein deutsches Requiem, op.45
Schicksalslied, op.53

CD 5:
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896):
Symphony No.4 in E flat major "Romantic"

CD 6:
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896):
Symphony No.8 in C minor

CD 7:
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911):
Symphony No.1 in D major

CD 8:
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Symphony No.3 in E flat major, op.97 "Rhenish"
Symphony No.4 in D minor, op.120

CD 9:
Richard Strauss (1864-1949):
Also sprach Zarathustra, op.30
Don Juan, op.20
Tod und Verklärung, op.24

CD 10:
Richard Wagner (1813-1883):
Die Walküre - Ride of the Valkyries
Götterdämmerung - Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey
Götterdämmerung - Siegfried's Death and Funeral March
Das Rheingold - Entry of the Gods in Valhala
Siegfried - Forest Murmers
Die Walküre - Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music

CD 11:
Richard Wagner (1813-1883):
Tanhäuser - overture
Rienzi - overture
Lohengrin - act I Prelude
Lohengrin - act III Prelude
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - overture

CD 12:
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Symphony No.4 in A major, op.90 "Italian"
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Symphony No.9 in C major, D.944 "Great"

CD 13:
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881):
A Night on Bare Mountain
Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967):
Háry János - suite
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Lieutenant Kijé- suite

CD 14:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Leonore No.3 - overture, op.72a
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Kozerstück for four Horns in F major, op.86
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
Symphony No.9 in E minor, op.95 "From the New World"

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Berliner Philharmoniker
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Klaus Tennstedt - conductor

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Bruckner – Symphony No.6 – Otto Klemperer

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896):
Symphony No.6 in A major *
Richard Strauss (1864-1949):
Don Juan, op.20 +

New Philharmonia Orchestra *
Köln Radio Sinfonie Orchester +
Otto Klemperer - conductor

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Wilhelm Furtwängler – live recordings 1944-1953 – Original Masters DG

remembering Wilhelm Furtwängler on the anniversary of his death

(January 25, 1886 – November 30, 1954)

CD 1:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Overture "Leonore III", op.72 b
Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Symphony No.8 in B minor, D.759 "Unfinished"

CD 2:
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Overture "Manfred", op.115
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Variations on a theme by Haydn, op.56a
Symphony No.2 in D major, op.73

CD 3:
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896):
Symphony No.8 in C minor

CD 4:
Richard Strauss (1864-1949):
Don Juan - symphonic poem
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Symphony No.6 in B minor, op.74 "Pathétique"

CD 5:
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963):
Symphonic Metamorphosis after a theme by C.M. von Weber
César Frank (1822-1890):
Symphony in D minor
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Rapsodie espagnole

CD 6:
Richard Wagner (1813-1883):
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Prélude to Act 1
Tannhäuser, Overture
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude
Tristan und Isolde, Isoldes Liebestod
Die Götterdämmerung, Trauermarsch
Parsifal, Karfreitagszauber


Berliner Philharmoniker
Wiener Philharmoniker
Wilhelm Furtwängler - conductor

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Wilhelm Furtwängler – an anniversary tribute – Original Masters DG

remembering Wilhelm Furtwängler on the anniversary of his death

(January 25, 1886 – November 30, 1954)

CD 1:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Suite No.3 in D major BWV 1068
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787):
Overture to "Alceste"
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Overture to "Rosamunde"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K. 543

CD 2:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Overture "Egmont", op.84
Overture Leonore II", op.72a
Symphony No.8 in F major, op.93
Grosse Fugue, op.133
Carl Maria von Weber (1785-1826):
Overture to "Euryanthe"

CD 3:
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Symphony No.1 in B flat major, op.38 "Spring"
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Symphony No.3 in F major, op.90

CD 4:
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896):
Symphony No.9 in D minor

CD 5:
Richard Strauss (1864-1949):
Metamorphosen
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Symphony No.1 in C minor, op.68

CD 6:
Interviews with Wilhelm Furtwängler


Berliner Philharmoniker
Wiener Philharmoniker
Wilhelm Furtwängler - conductor

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Bruckner – Symphony No.5 – Sinopoli

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896):
Symphony No.5 in B flat major, op.63

Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli - conductor

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Libor Pešek – The Gold Collection – Debussy, Suk, Ravl, Elgar, Scriabin, Bruckner

CD 1:
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
La Mer
Josef Suk (1874-1935):
A Summer's Tale, op.29

CD 2:
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Boléro
Daphnis et Chloé
Josef Suk (1874-1935):
Serenade in E flat major, op.6

CD 3:
Edward Elgar (1857-1934):
Cello Concerto in E minor, op.85 *
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915):
Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, op.20 +

CD 4:
Josef Suk (1874-1935):
Fairy Tale, op.16 (extracts)
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896):
Symphony No.7 in E major


Michaela Fukačová - cello *
Garrick Ohlsson - piano +
Kühn Mixed Chorus
Brno Philharmonic Orchestra
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Libor Pešek - conductor

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Bruckner – Symphonies No.4 & No.9 – Eugen Jochum

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896):
Symphony No.4 in E flat major "Romantic"
Symphony No.9 in D major

Staatskapelle Dresden
Eugen Jochum - conductor

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The Art of Riccardo Chailly

Celebrating the International Music Day

with Riccardo Chailly

CD 1:
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896):
Symphony No. 7 in E major

CD 2:
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Romeo & Juiliet - ouverture fantasia
Francesca da Rimini - fantasia sinfonica

CD 3:
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Symphony No.5 in E minor, op.64

CD 4:
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
Carnival Overture, Op.92
Symphony No.9 in E minor, Op.95 "From the New World"

CD 5:
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Symphony No.3 in A minor "Scottish", op.56
Opening Sketch of "Scottish Symphony"
Piano Concerto No.3 in E minor, op.posth.
Overture "The Hebrides", op.26

CD 6:
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868):
Overture of Guillaume Tell
Overture of Il signor Bruschino
Overture of Bianca e Falliero
Overture of Il barbiere di Siviglia
Overture of Armida
Overture of Semiramide
Overture of L'inganno felice
Overture of Matilde di Shabran
Overture of Demitrio e Polibio
Overture of La gazza ladra

CD 7:
Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Concerto for Orchestra
The Miraculous Mandarin, op.19

CD 8:
George Gershwin (1898-1937):
Rhapsody in Blue *
Lullaby
An American in Paris
Cuban Overture

Katia and Marielle Labèque - piano duo *


CD 9:
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911):
Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor

CD 10:
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Bolero
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Sarabande
Danse
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) / Maurice Ravel:
Pictures at an Exhibition

CD 11:
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951):
Verklärte Nacht, Op.4
5 Pieces for Orchestra, Op.16
Anton Webern (1883-1945):
Passacaglia for Orchestra, Op.1
Alban Berg (1885-1935):
Piano Sonata, Op.1 (orchestral version by Theo Verbey)

CD 12:
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):
Petrushka, ballet
Pulcinella, ballet *

Anna Caterina Antonacci - soprano *
Pietro Ballo - tenor *
William Shimell - bass *


CD 13:
Edgard Varèse (1883-1965):
Tuning Up
Amériques original version
Poème électronique
Arcana
Nocturnal
Un grand sommeil noir (orchestration by Antony Beaumont)

CD 14:
Luciano Berio (1925-2003) - transcriptions:
Henry Purcell (1659-1695):
The modification and instrumentation of a famous hornpipe
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Contrapunctus XIX (Die Kunst der Fuge)
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805):
Quattro versioni originali della 'Ritirata notturna di Madrid'
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Variations on the Papageno's Aria 'Ein Maedchen oder Weibchen'
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Rendering for orchestra
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Sonata for clarinet and orchestra, Op.120 No.1 *

Fausto Ghiazza - clarinet *


CD 15:
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992):
Turangalila-Symphonie

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Takashi Harada, ondes martenot


CD 16:
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975):
Moscow, Cheryomushki, Operetta, Op. 105
The Bolt, Suite From The Ballet, Op. 27a:
The Gadfly, Suite From The Film Score, Op. 97a


Cleveland Orchestra
Gewandhausorchester
Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Wiener Philharmoniker

Riccardo Chailly - conductor

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Otto Klemperer – Maestro Mistico

remembering Otto Klemperer on the anniversary of his death

(14 May 1885 – 6 July 1973)

CD 1:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Overture "Die Zauberglöte"
Symphony No.25 in G minor, KV 183
Symphony No.38 in D major, KV 504 "Prague"
Serenata Notturna in D major, KV 239

CD 2:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54 *

CD 3:
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896):
Symphony No.4 in E flat major "Romantic"

CD 4:
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911):
Das Lied von der Erde +

Guiomar Novaes - piano *
Elsa Calvetti - mezzo-soprano +
Anton Dermota - tenor
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Budapest
RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Wiener Symphoniker
Otto Klemperer - conductor

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Bruckner – Symphony No.0 – Chailly

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896):
Overture in G minor
Symphony No.0

Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Riccardo Chailly - conductor

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Bruckner – Symphony No.8 – Kubelik

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896):
Symphony No.8 in C minor

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Rafael Kubelik - conductor

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Bruckner – Symphony No.7 – Sir Colin Davis

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896):
Symphony No.7 in E major

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Sir Colin Davis - conductor

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Bruckner – Symphony No.3 in D minor – Karl Böhm

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896):
Symphony No.3 in D minor

Wiener Philharmoniker
Karl Böhm - conductor

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