Various Composers – 'Piano Reflections' – Ji Liu

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Scherzo from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (transription by Rachmaninoff)
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Nocturne in E flat major op.9 no.2
Nocturne in C minor op.48 no.1
Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Liebestraum no.3
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata no.14 in C sharp minor "Moonlight"
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Ständchen (trnascr.: Liszt / Horowitz)
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
June: Barcarolle from "The Seasons"
Lü Wencheng (1898-1981):
Autumn Moon Over the Calm Lake
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Suite Bergamasque
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Danse Macabre

Ji Liu - piano

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Various Composers – Music arranged for 5 pianos – The 5 Browns

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908):
Flight of the Bumble-Bee (arr.for 5 pianos)
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990):
Scenes from West Side Story (arr.for 5 pianos)
Paul Dukas (1865-1935):
The Sorcier's Apprentice (arr.for 5 pianos)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
La Valse (arr.for 2 pianos)
Ignaz Friedman (1882-1948):
Tabatière à musique, op.33 no.3 (for piano solo)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):
Moments musicaux, op.16 no.4 (for piano solo)
Elégie from Morceaux de fantaisie, op.3 (for piano solo)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
L'isle joyeuse (for piano solo)
Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Sonata no.3 in A minor, op.28
York Bowen (1884-1961):
Toccata, op.155 (for piano solo)
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907):
In the Hall of the Mountain King, from Peer Gynt (for 5 pianos)

The 5 Browns

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Debussy, Ravel, Berg – String Quartets – Lasalle Quartet

Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
String Quartet in G minor, op.10
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
String Quartet in F major
Alban Berg (1885-1935):
String Quartet, op.3

Lasalle Quartet

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Debussy, Britten, Mercure – La Mer – Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
La Mer
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976):
Four Sea Interludes
Pierre Mercure (1927-1966):
Kaléidoscope
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Orchestre Metropolitaine du Grand Montréal
Yannick Nézet-Séguin - conductor

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Various Composers – Transcriptions for Choir – Accentus

CD 1:
Samuel Barber (1910-1981):
Agnus Dei - Adagio pour cordes opus 111
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911):
Kein Deutscher Himmel - Adagietto from Symphonie n°5
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Immortal Bach - Komm süsser Tod BWV 478
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Lacrimosa - Etude pour piano opus 10 n°6
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Soupir - Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé
Hugo Wolf (1860-1903):
Das verlassene Magdlein - Mörike Lieder
Auf ein altes Bild - Mörike Lieder
Alban Berg (1885-1935):
Die Nachtigall - Sieben frühe Lieder
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911):
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen - Rückert Lieder
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Les Angelus
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Lulajze, Jezuniu - Sonate pour piano n°3 en si mineur

CD 2:
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1841):
L'hiver - Les Quatre Saisons
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Litanei - Litanei D.34
Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Le champ des morts - Alexandre Nevski
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911):
Scheiden und Meiden - Lieder aus dei Jugendzeit
Richard Wagner (1813-1883):
Im Treibhaus - Wesendonck-Lieder
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Grablied - Quartet in D minor D.810 (Death and the Maiden)
Der Wegweiser - Winterreisse D.911
Nacht und Träume - Nacht und Träume D.827 opus 43 n°2
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911):
Die zwei blauen Augen - Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Busslied - Sarabande French Suite n°1 BWV 812
An Babels Wasserflüssen - Sarabande English Suite n°3 BWV 808
Jerusalem - Menuet II Partita n°1 BWV 825
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Des pas sur la neige - Préludes Livre 1
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
La Flûte enchantée - Shéhérazade
L'indifférent - Shéhérazade
Alexandre Scriabine (1872-1915):
Si comme la lune... - Prélude n°13 opus 11
La lune parait - Feuillet d'album n°1 opus 45
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant - Ma Mère l'Oye
Le jardin féerique - Ma Mère l'Oye

Accentus
Laurence Equilbey - conductor

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Debussy, Poulenc, Ravel, Françaix – Piano Concertos – Florian Uhlig

Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra
Jean Françaix (1912-1997):
Concertino for Piano and Orchestra
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963):
Piano Concerto
Maurice Ravel (1875-1935):
Piano Concerto in G major

Florian Uhlig - piano
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie
Pablo González - conductor

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Debussy – Images pour Orchestre, Chamber works – Various Artists

Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Images pour Orchestre *
Sonata for Violin and Piano
Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp
Syrinx fro Flute solo

Joseph Silverstein - violin
Michael Tilson Thomas - piano
Doriot Anthony Dwyer - flute
Burton Fine - viola
Ann Hobson - harp
Boston Symphony Chamber Players *
Boston Symphony Orchestra *
Michael Tilson Thomas - conductor *

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Martha Argerich and Friends 2013

Martha Argerich and Friends - live from Lugano Festival 2013

CD 1:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Piano Concerto no.1 in C major, op.15
Cello Sonata no.2 in G minor, op.5 no.2

CD 2:
Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936):
Violin Sonata in B minor, P110
Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
La lugubre gondola, S200 for violin and piano
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975):
Cello Sonata in D minor, op.40

CD 3:
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Violin Sonata, op.posth.
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Petite Suite for piano four hands
Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880):
Gaité parisienne - transcr. for 3 pianos by Carlo Maria Griguoli
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Carnival of the Animals

Martha Argerich - piano
Francesco Piemontesi - piano
Jura Margulis - piano
Gabriela Montero - piano
Cristina Marton - piano
Giorgia Tomassi - piano
Carlo Maria Griguoli - piano
Alessandro Stella - piano
Lilya Zilberstein - piano
Renaud Capuçon - violin
Alissa Margulis - violin
Andrey Baranov - violin
Michael Guttman - violin
Mischa Maisky - cello
Gautier Capuçon - cello
Lyda Chen - viola
Alexandre Debrus - cello
Enrico Fagone - double bass
Alfred Rutz - flute
Corrado Giuffredi - clarinet
Gregorio Di Trapani - percussion
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana *
Hubert Soudant - conductor *

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Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition, Popular works arranged for low Strings – VA

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881):
Pictures at an Exhibition - arranged for low strings by Illka Pälli
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Träumerei - arranged for low strings by Illka Pälli
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):
Vocalise, op.34 no.14 - arranged for low strings by Illka Pälli
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Sicilienne (from Pelléas et Mélisande) - arranged for low strings by Illka Pälli
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Le petit nègre - arranged for low strings by Illka Pälli
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908):
The Flight of the Bumble-Bee - arranged for low strings by Illka Pälli
Vittorio Monti (1868-1922):
Csárdás - arranged for low strings by Illka Pälli

Sinfonia Lahti Cello & Bass Ensemble

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Debussy, Fauré, Ravel – Piano Trios – The Florestan Trio

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Piano Trio In D Minor, Op. 120
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Piano Trio In G major
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Piano Trio

The Florestan Trio

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Debussy, Saint-Saëns, Ravel, Poulenc – Violin Sonatas – Dong-Suk Kang

Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Violin Sonata
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Violin Sonata no.1 in D minor
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Violin Sonata
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963):
Violin Sonata

Dong-Suk Kang - violin
Pascal Devoyon - piano

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Turina, Debussy – Symphonic Works – Jesús López-Cobos

Claude Debussy (1862-1937):
Ibéria from Images pour orchestre
Joaquín Turina (1882-1949):
Danzas Fantàsticas Op. 22
Sinfonia Sevillana Op. 23
La Procesión del Rocio Op. 9

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Jesús López-Cobos - conductor

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Various Composers – 'Clarinet Evergreens' – Budapest Clarinet Quintet

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908):
The Flight of the Bumble Bee
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847):
Songs without Words
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Romance
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Menuetto from Septet Op. 20
Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909):
Chant d`amour
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Träumerei: Schumann
Johann Strauss (1825-1899) and Joseph Strauss (1827-1870):
Pizzicato Polka
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
Humoresque
Leó Weiner (1885-1960):
Fox`s Dance
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Le petit nègre
Zoltán Kodály (1882-1867):
Epigrams
Scott Joplin (1868-1917):
The Easy Winners
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Pavane
Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909):
Tango
Scott Joplin (1868-1917):
Rose Leaf Rag
Carlos Antonia Jobim (b. 1927):
The Girl from Ipanema
Erroll Garner (1921-1977):
Misty
Vittorio Monti (1868-1922):
Csárdás

Budapest Clarinet Quintet

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Debussy, Ravel – String Quartets – Kodaly Quartet

Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
String Quartet in G minor, op.10
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
String Quartet in F major
Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet

Éva Maros - harp
Zoltán Gyöngyössy - flute
Béla Kovács - clarinet
Kodaly Quartet

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Tchaikovsky – Works arranged for 2 Pianos – Achatz, Nagai

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Excerpts from "The Sleeping Beauty", op.66 - arranged for 2 pianos by Rachmaninov
Excerpts from "The Swann Lake", op.20 - arranged for 2 pianos by Debussy
Symphony No.5 in E minor, op.64 - arranged for 2 pianos by Taneyev

Dag Achatz - piano
Yukie Nagai - piano

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Franck, Debussy – Violin Sonatas – Dumay, Pires

César Franck (1822-1890):
Violin Sonata in A major
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Violin Sonata in G minor
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré
Pièce en forme de habanera
Tzigane

Augustin Dumay - violin
Maria João Pires - piano

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Various Composers – French Flute Music – Robert Aitken

Paul Taffanel (1844-1908):
Andante Pastorale et Scherzettino for Flute and Piano
Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937):
Suite Op 34 for Flute and Piano
Eugène Bozza (1905-1991):
Trois Impressions for Flute and Piano
André Caplet (1878-1925):
Rêverie et Petite Valse for Flute and Piano
André Jolivet (1906-1974):
Chant de Linos for Flute and Piano
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Syrinx for solo Flute
Pierre Octave Ferroud (1900-1936):
Trois Pieces for solo Flute
André Jolivet (1906-1974):
Cinq Incantations for solo Flute

Robert Aitken - flute
Robin McCabe - piano

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Ravel, Debussy, Satie – Orchestral works – Ormandy, Szell, Lane

Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Petite Suite *
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Introduction & Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and orchestra *
Erik Satie (1866-1925):
Gymnopédies (no.1 & no.3) *
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Ma mère l'oye - suite +
Pavane pour une infante défunte #
La Valse §

Cleveland Orchestra * #
Philharmonia Orchestra + §
Louis Lane - conducor *
Michael Tilson Thomas - conductor +
George Szell - conductor #
Eugene Ormandy - conductor §

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Mozart, Schubert, Debussy – Piano Duets – Richter, Britten

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Sonata in C major for Piano Duet, KV 521
Sonata for 2 Pianos in D major, KV 448
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Andantino varié for Piano Duet, D.823
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
En blanc et noir for 2 Pianos

Sviatoslav Richter - piano
Benjamin Britten - piano

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Debussy – Orchestral Works – Boulez

Claude Debussy (1862-1918):

CD 1:
La Mer
Nocturnes *
Printemps
Rhapsodie No.1 for Clarinet +

CD 2:
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Jeux
Images pour orchestra
Danses for Harp and Orchestra #

The John Alldis Choir *
Gervase de Peyer - clarinet +
Alice Chalifoux - harp #
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Cleveland Orchestra #
Pierre Boulez - conductor

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