Music at the Court of St. Petersburg (Vol.5) – various composers – Musica Petropolitana

Music at the Court of St Peterburg (Vol.V):

Baldassare Galuppi (1706-1785):
Sonata for harpsichord in C minor
Josef Kozlowski (1757-1831):
Cavatina "Placido Zeffiretto" for soprano with violin and harpsichord
Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801):
Sonata for harp in B flat major - Allegro
Sonata for harp in G minor - Andante
Sonata for harp in D minor
Sonata for harp in D minor - Andante
Folk Songs:
"The flowers have blossomed and faded"
"Oh what was the point?"
Jean Baptiste Cardon (1760-1803):
Sonata for Harp with accompaniment of violin ad libitum in C major, op.7 no.4
Giuseppe Sarti (1729-1802):
Sonata for harpsichord and flute in D mjaor
Folk Songs:
"How I suffer"
"Do you remember me?"
Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816):
Rondo for harpsichord in C minor
Jean Baptiste Cardon (1760-1803):
Romance "Arbre charmant, qui me rappelle"
Duet No.3 from Trois duoas à deux harpes ou harpe et clavecin
Sonata for harp with accompaniment of violin ad libitum in C minor, op.9 no7
Nataly Kourakin (1766-1831):
Romance "Quand nos jours, navrés de tristesse"
Vincenzo Manfredini (1737-1799):
Harpsichod Sonata in D minor

Olga Pasichnyk - soprano
Mara Galassi - harp
Irina Schneyerova - harpsichord
Andre Rechetin - violin
Nicolaï Nassonow - flute

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Various Composers – 18th-century Overtures – Raymond Leppard

Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782):
Catone in Utica - Opera: Overture
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764):
Les Paladins, comédie lyrique: Overture
Zaïs, pastorale-héroïque: Overture
Pygmalion, acte de ballet: Overture
William Boyce (1711–1779):
Here all thy active fires diffuse, ode: Overture
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725):
Il giardino di rose: La SS Vergine del Rosario, oratorio: Overture
Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801):
I Tre Amanti, opera: Overture
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–1736):
L'olimpiade, opera: Overture
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759):
Il Pastor Fido, opera, HWV 8a: Overture
André Ernest Modeste Grétry (1741–1813):
Le Jugement de Midas, opera: Overture
Giovanni Bononcini (1670-1747):
Polifemo, opera: Overture
Antonio Maria Gasparo Sacchini (1730–1786):
Oedipe a Colonne, opera: Overture
Étienne Nicolas Méhul (1763–1817):
Le Jeune Henri, opera: Overture

New Philharmonia Orchestra
Raymond Leppard - conductor

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Cimarosa – Requiem – Jérémie Rhorer

remembering Domenico Cimarosa on his birthday

(17 December 1749 – 11 January 1801)

Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801):
Requiem

Valérie Gabail - soprano
Katalin Várkonyi - mezzo soprano
Etienne Lescroart - tenor
Ronan Nédelec - barytone
Choeur de Chambre des Musiciens du Louvre
La Philharmonie de Chambre
Jérémie Rhorer - conductor

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Igor Markevitch - Original Masters [DG Edition]

remembering Igor Markevitch on his birthday

(July 27, 1912 – March 7, 1983)

CD 1:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Symphony No. 34 in C major, K. 338
Symphony No. 38 in D major ("Prague"), K. 504
Symphony No. 35 in D major ("Haffner"), K. 385
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787):
Sinfonia in G major

CD 2:
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
Sinfonia Concertante for violin, cello, oboe, bassoon & orchestra, H.I:105
Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801):
Concerto for 2 flutes & orchestra in G major
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Symphony No. 3 in D major, D. 200

CD 3:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Leonore Overture No. 3 in C major, Op. 72b
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major (-Eroica-), Op. 55
[Interview with Igor Markevitch]

CD 4:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Symphony No. 6 in F major (-Pastoral-), Op. 68
Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
Fidelio, overture, Op. 72c
Namensfeier (Name-Day Celebration) Overture for orchestra in C major, Op. 115
Die Weihe des Hauses (Consecration of the House), overture for orchestra, Op. 124

CD 5:
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Alto Rhapsody, for alto, male chorus & orchestra, Op. 53
Tragic Overture, in D minor, Op. 81

CD 6:
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Zoltan Kodály (1882-1962):
Psalmus Hungaricus, oratorio for tenor, chorus, children's chorus ad lib, orchestra & organ, Op. 13

CD 7:
Richard Wagner (1813-1883):
Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75- Prelude to Act 1
Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75- Prelude to Act 3
Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70- Overture
Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70- Venusberg Music (from the Paris Version, Act 1, Scene 1)
Siegfried Idyll, for small orchestra in E major, WWV 103
Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b- Excerpt

CD 8:
Charles Gounod (1818-1893):
Symphony No. 2 in E flat major
Georges Bizet (1838-1875):
Petite Suite
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
La Mer
Danses sacrée et profane, for chromatic harp & string orchestra

CD 9:
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Symphony No. 6 in B minor (-Pathétique-), Op. 74
Francesca da Rimini, symphonic fantasy for orchestra in E minor, Op. 32

Berliner Philharmoniker
Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux
Symphony of the Air
USSR State Symphony Orchestra

Igor Markevitch - conductor

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Cimarosa, Salieri, Mozart – Flute Concertos – VA

Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801) - Flute Concertos:
Concertante in G major for 2 Flutes and Orchestra *
Antonio Salieri (1750-1825):
Concerto in C major for Flute, Oboe and Orchestra +
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Andante in C major for Flute and Orchestra KV.315 #
Flute Concerto No.2 in D major KV.314 §

Robert Dohn - flute * +
Helmut Steinkraus - flute *
Alfred Sous - oboe +
Peter Thalheimer - flute #
Hans-Martin Linde - flute §
Württemberg Chamber Orchestra * + §
Hamburg Symphony #
Jörg Faerber - conductor * + §
Günter Neidlinger - conductor #

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Mozart, Cimarosa, Vivaldi, Stamitz - Concertos for Two Flutes - Rampal, Kudo

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Concertone for two Solo Violins (Flutes) and Orchestra in C major, K. 190
Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801):
Concerto for Two Flutes and Orchestra in C major
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741):
Concerto for Two Flutes, Strings and B.C. in C major, RV 533
Anton Stamitz (1750-1757?):
Concerto for Two Flutes and Orchestra in G major

Shigernori Kudo - flute
Jean-Pierre Rampal - flute & direction
Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg

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Arturo Sacchetti - L'Organo Napoletano

Not my rip. This album is a generous offer by Daffy. 

Organ History:
L'Organo Napoletano nel XVIII secolo - Composizione da camera:

works by:
Gregorio Strozzi (inizio '600-dopo 1687)
Gaetano Grecco (1657-1728)
Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
Johann Adolf Hasse (1699-1783)
Pietro Domenico Paradisi (1707-1791)
Giovanni Batista Pergolesi (1710-1736)
Niccolò Jommelli (1714-1774)
Pasquale Anfossi (1727-1797)
Giacomo Insaguine (1728-1795)
Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi (1728-1804)
Giuseppe Sarti (1729-1802)
Giuseppe Sigismondo (1730-1826)
Mattia Vento (1735-1776)
Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816)
Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801)

Arturo Sacchetti - organ

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Salieri, Cimarosa, Stamitz - Konzerte für Flöte und Oboe - Nicolet, Holliger

Antonio Salieri (1750-1825):
Concerto in C major for Flute, Oboe and Orchestra
Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801):
Concertante in G major for Flute, Oboe and Orchestra
Carl Stamitz (1745-1801):
Concerto in G major for Flute, Oboe and Orchestra

Aurèle Nicolet - flute
Heinz Holliger - oboe
Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields
Kenneth Sillito - conductor

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Mozart, Cimarosa - Flute Concertos - Bennett, Nicolet

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Flute Concerto in G major, K.313 *
Flute Concerto in D major, K.314 *
Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801):
Concerto for 2 Flutes in G major +

William Bennett - flute *
Aurèle Nicolet - flute +
Christiane Nicolet - flute +
English Chamber Orchestra *
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra +
George Malcolm - conductor *
Karl Münchinger - conductor +

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Cimarosa - Requiem - Negri

Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801):
Requiem for soloists, choir and orchestra

Elly Ameling - soprano
Birgit Finnilä - contralto
Richard van Vrooman - tenor
Kurt Widmer - bass
Choeur du Festival de Montreux
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Vittorio Negri - conductor

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Albinoni, Cimarosa, Marcello, etc. - Concerti per Oboe - Holliger

Alessandro Albinoni (1684-1750): Concerto in D minor for oboe, strings and continuo
Giuseppe Sammartini (c.1693-c.1750): Concerto in D major for oboe, strings and continuo
Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1750): Concerto a cinque in G minor, op.9 No.8, for oboe, strings and continuo
Antonio Lotti (c.1667-c.1740): Concerto in A major for oboe d'amore, strings and continuo
Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801): Concerto in C major for oboe and strings

Heinz Holliger - oboe & oboe d'amore
I Musici

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