Various Composers – 'Up to 8 pianos' Arrangements for various pianos – Baynov-Piano-Ensemble

George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Rhapsody in Blue - 8 Hands, 4 Pianos
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):
Valse et Romance - 6 Hands, 1 Piano
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946):
Fire Dance - 8 Hands, 4 Pianos
Heinz Benker (1921-2000):
Three Dances - 30 Fingers, 1 Piano
Albert Lavignac (1846-1916):
Galop-Marche - 8 Hands, 1 Piano
Leonard Gautier (1866-1955):
Le Secret - 6 Hands, 1 Piano
Franz Hirtler (b.1914):
Heitere Variationen über ein schwäbisches Lied - 32 Hands, 8 Pianos
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)/ Carl Czerny (1791-1857):
Overture to "Semiramide" - 32 Hands, 8 Pianos

Baynov-Piano-Ensemble

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Czerny – Quatuors Concertantes for 4 pianos op.230, op.816 – Baynov-Piano-Ensemble

Carl Czerny (1791-1857):
Quatuor Concertant for 4 pianos, op.230
2me Quatuor Concertant for 4 pianos, op.816

Baynov-Piano-Ensemble

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Schubert – 'The unauthorised Piano Duos' – Goldstone & Clemmow (Vol.1)

Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Quintet in A major D.667 "The Trout"- arranged for piano duet by Carl Czerny
Study for two pianos on Schubert's Impromptu in E flat D.899 no 2 - by Ede Poldini
Overture to the drama "Rosamunde" D.644 - arranged for piano duet by Joseph Hüttenbrenner
Polonaise in B flat major (from the D.618a sketches) - realised by Anthony Goldstone
Waltzes - arranged for two pianos by Sergei Prokofiev
Adagio from String Quartet in C major D.956 - arranged for piano duet by Hugo Ulrich

Anthony Goldstone - piano
Caroline Clemmow - piano

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Czerny – Nonet, Grande Sérénade Concertante – Consortium Classicum

Carl Czerny (1791-1859):
Nonet for Cor anglais, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Double Bass and Piano
Grande serenade concertante for Clarinet, Horn, Cello, and Piano

Consortium Classicum
Claudius Tanski - piano

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Czerny – Music for Horn and Fortepiano – Andrew Clark

Carl Czerny (1791-1857):
Introduction et Variationes concertantes, op.248
Drei Brillante Fantasien (after Schubert songs), op.339
Andante e Polacca

Andrew Clark - natural horn
Geoffrey Govier - fortepiano

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Carl Czerny – Symphonies Nos.1 & 5 – Nikos Athinäos

remembering Carl Czerny on his birthday

(21 February 1791 – 15 July 1857)

Carl Czerny (1791-1857):
Symphony No.1 in C minor, op.780
Symphony No.5 in E flat major

Staatsorchester Frankfurt (Oder)
Nikos Athinäos - conductor

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Schubert, Ries, Hummel, Kuhlau, Reinecke, Czerny – 'Almost Mozart' – Christian Lambour

remembering Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on his birthday

(27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791)

Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Fantasia in C minor, D.993 after Mozart's Fantasy KV 475
Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838):
Fantaisie sur des thèmes de l'opéra "Figaro" de Mozart
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837):
Fantasia in C major, with themes of Mozart's opera "Die Entführung aus dem Serail"
Friedrich Kuhlau (1786-1832):
3 Rondos, op.56 after themes from Mozart's opera "Le Nozze di Figaro"
Carl Reinecke (1824-1910):
Mozartiana, op.253 no.8 after Mozart's "O heiliges Band der Freundschaft" KV 148
Fantasiestück, op.276 no.5 after Mozart's "Das Veilchen" KV 476
Carl Czerny (1791-1857):
Dixième Rondino sur un motif de Mozart, op.98 after Mozart's sonata for piano and violin KV 304

Christian Lambour - pianoforte [Broadwodd, 1812; Bösendorfer, 1846]

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Rossini – Music for Two Pianos – David Bradshaw, Cosmo Buono

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868):
L'Assedio di Corinto - overture (transcr.Rossini)
Stabat Mater - "Cujus Animam Gementem" & "Inflammatus et Accensus" (transcr.Czerny)
Grande Fantaisie sur le "Barbiere de Seville" (S.Thalberg)
Il viaggio a Reims - overture (transcr.Alessandro Peroni)
La Charité (transcr.Liszt & Cramer)
Guglielmo Tell - overture (transcr.Gottschalk)
Regata Veneziana (transcr.Liszt)
La danza (transcr.Liszt)

David Bradshaw - piano
Cosmo Buono - piano

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Abeille, Czerny – Concertos for Piano Duet – Kölner Klavier Duo

remembering Carl Czerny on the anniversary of his death

(21 February 1791 – 15 July 1857)

Ludwig Abeille (1761-1838):
Grand Concerto for Piano Duet, op.6
Carl Czerny (1791-1857):
Concerto for Piano Duet, op.153

Kölner Klavier-Duo
Kölner Rundfunkorchester
Florian Metz - conductor

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Felicja Blumental (Vol.1) – Carl Czerny

Felicja Blumental Vol.1

Carl Czerny (1791-1857):
Variations on a Theme of Haydn, op.73
Piano Concerto in A minor, op.214

Felicja Blumental - piano
Vienna Chamber Orchestra
Helmut Froschauer - conductor

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Serenade for Klöcker – Consortium Classicum

remembering Dieter Klöcker on his birthday

(April 13, 1936 - May 21, 2011)

CD 1:
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868):
Wind Quartet Nr. 1 in F major
Wind Quartet Nr. 2 in G major
Wind Quartet Nr. 3 in F major
Wind Quartet Nr. 4 in B major
Wind Quartet Nr. 5 in D major
Wind Quartet Nr. 6 in F major

CD 2:
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837):
Serenade for Wind Octet in E flat major
Concertino for Oboe in Fmajor
Sextet for Wind in F major
Octett-Parthia in E flat major

CD 3:
Ignaz Pleyel (1757-1831):
Octet in B flat major
Sextet in E flatmajor
Sextett B flat major
Octet in E flat major

CD 4:
Carl Czerny (1791-1857):
Nonet (1850)
Grande Serenade Concertante op.126

CD 5:
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
Quartet for clarinet & string trio No. 1 in B flat major
Quartet for clarinet & string trio No. 2 in C minor
Quartet for clarinet & string trio No. 3 in B flat major

CD 6:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Sinfonia Concertante KV C 14.01 = 297b E flat major
Variations after KV 382 for Clarinet and Orchestra B flat major
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra KV C 14.06 E flat major

CD 7:
Consortium Classicum - Portrait
works by Rossini, Haydn, Mozart, Pleyel, J.F.Schubert, Donizetti, Weber, W.E.Hartmann, Dvorak, C.P.E.Bach, J.C.Bach and Hummel

Dieter Klöcker - clarinet and direction
Consortium Classicum

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Carl Czerny – Piano Music for Four Hands – Tal & Groethuysen

Carl Czerny (1791-1857):
Ouverture charactéristique et brillante in B minor, op.54
Grande Sonate brillante in C minor, op.10
Fantaisie in F minor, op.226
Grande Sonate in F minor, op.178

Yaara Tal - piano
Andreas Groethuysen - piano

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Ries, Czerny, Lichnowsky, Louis Ferdinand – Chamber Music – Consortium Classicum

Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838):
Octet in F minor, op.128
Karl Czerny (1791-1857):
Notturno brillant in E flat major
Reichsgraf Moritz von Lichnowsky (1771-1837):
Seven Variations for Piano about a theme by Paisiello
Louis Ferdinand Prinz von Preussen (1772-1806):
Octet in F major, op.12

Consortium Classicum
Dieter Klöcker - clarinet & direction

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Czerny - Konzert fur Klavier zu vier Handen; Sinfonie Nr. 2 - Athinaos

Carl Czerny (1791-1857):
Concerto for Four Handed Piano and Orchestra in C major, op.153
Symphony No.2 in D major, op.781

Liu Xiao Ming - piano
Horst Göbel - piano
Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt
Nikos Athinaïkos - conductor

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Arturo Sacchetti - Organ history: German Romanticism

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

Organ History:
German Romanticism

works by:
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Louis Spohr (1784-1859)
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Carl Czerny (1791-1857)
Julius Reubke (1834-1858)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Arturo Sacchetti - organ

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