Kalliwoda – Symphonies Nos.2 & 4 – Michael Alexander Willens

remembering Jan Kalivoda (Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda) on the anniversary of his death

(February 21, 1801 – December 3, 1866)

Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda (1801-1866):
Concert Overture No.17 op.242
Symphony No.2 in E flat major op.17
Symphony No.4 in C major op.60

Die Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens - conductor

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Forgotten Treasures Vol.11 – Mandolin Concertos – Anna Torge

other volumes of this series

Emanuele Barbella (1718-1777):
Concerto for Mandolin in D major
Giovanni Francesco Giuliani (1760-1818):
Concerto for Mandolin in F major
anonymous [Paisiello ? (1740-1816)]:
Concerto for Mandolin in E flat major
Giovanni Hoffmann (1750-1819):
Concerto for Mandolin in D major

Anna Torge - mandolin
Kölner Akademie

Michael Alexander Willens - conductor

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Andrea Zani – Cello Concertos – Martin Rummel

Andrea Zani (1696-1757):

CD 1:
Cello Concerto No.10 in F major
Cello Concerto No.2 in A minor
Cello Concerto No.3 in D major
Cello Concerto No.6 in G minor
Cello Concerto No.8 in C minor
Cello Concerto No.5 in G major

CD 2:
Cello Concerto No.9 in B flat major
Cello Concerto No.4 in D minor
Cello Concerto No.7 in C major
Cello Concerto No.11 in E minor
Cello Concerto No.1 in A major
Cello Concerto No.12 in F minor

Martin Rummel - cello
Die Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens - conductor

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Neukomm – Three Orchestral Fantasies, Sinfonie Heroïque – Willens

Sigismund Neukomm (1778-1858):
Fantaisie à grand Orchestre op.9 [NV 26]
Dramatic Fantasia on some passages of Milton's Paradise Lost [NV 426]
Fantaisie à grand Orchestre [NV 41]
Grande Symphonie heroïque op.19 [NV deest]

Die Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens - conductor

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Forgotten Treasures Vol.10 – French Concertos for harp

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Martin Pierre d'Alvimare (1772-1839):
Deuxième Concerto pour la Harpe, op.30
Francesco Petrini (1744-1819):
Premier Concert pour la Harpe, op.25
Daniel Steibelt (1765-1823):
Grand Concert pour la Harpe

Masumi Nagasawa - harp
Kölner Akademie

Michael Alexander Willens - conductor

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Forgotten Treasures Vol.9 – Trumpet music

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Johann Baptist Schiedermayr (1779-1840):
Offertorium Ave maris stella - for contralto, trumpet and orchestra *
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
Adagio for Solo Trumpet and Orchestra
Konradin Kreutzer (1780-1849):
Variations in G major for trumpet and orchestra
Leopold Kozeluch (1747-1818):
Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major for mandolin, trumpet, double-bass, piano and orchestra +
Friedrich Dionys Weber (1771-1842):
Variations for trumpet in F major
Joseph Fiala (1748-1816):
Divertimento for trumpet and orchestra

Robert Vanryne - trumpet
Ulrike Schneider - mezzo-soprano *

Anna Torge - mandolin +
David Sinclair - double-bass
Kathryn Cok - pianoforte
Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens - conductor

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Forgotten Treasures Vol.8 – Neukomm – Piano Concerto, Orchestral Fantasia, Cantata

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Sigismund von Neukomm, Ritter von (1778-1858):
Fantasia in C minor for Orchestra, op.11
Scena composta per la Signora Hunnius (Misera, dove, son!) *
Gran Concerto pour le piano-forte in C major, op.12 +
Arianna a Naxos - Cantata a vocce sola del Sig. J.Haydn *

Marianne Beate Kielland - mezzo-soprano

Riko Fukuda - pianoforte
Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens - conductor

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Forgotten Treasures Vol.7 – Fischer, Stamitz - Oboe Concertos

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Johann Christian Fischer (1733-1800):
Concerto for Oboe No.1 in C major
Concerto for Oboe No.7 in F major
Carl Stamitz (1745-1801):
Concerto in B major
Johann Christian Fischer (1733-1800):
Concerto for Oboe No.2 in E flat major

Michael Niesemann - oboe
Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens - conductor

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Forgotten Treasures Vol.6 – French music for Horn

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Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Morceau de Concert, op.94
Romance, op.36
Jean-Toussaint Radoux (1825-1889):
Méditation

Emile Pessard (1843-1917):
Dans la Forêt
Paul Jeajean (1874-1928):
Nocturne
Aymé Kunc (1877-1958):
Nocturne
Paul Jeajean (1874-1928):
Romance
Robert Guillemyn (?-1945):
Chant d'Automne
George Templeton Strong (1856-1948):
Hallali
Emanuel Chabrier (1841-1894):
Larghetto
Théodore Dubois (1837-1924):
Cavatine
Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
La Mer, Mélodie de F.Schubert
Adolphe Blanc (1828-1885):
Romance, op.43 bis
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Romance, op.67

Ulrich Hübner - Horn
Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens - conductor

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Forgotten Treasures Vol.5 – Romberg – Symphonies

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Bernhard Romberg (1767-1841):
Trauer-Symphonie auf der Tod der Königin Luise von Preussen, in C minor op.23
Symphony No.2 in E flat major op.28
Symphony No.3 in C major op.53

Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens - conductor

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Forgotten Treasures Vol.4 – Wilms – Concertos & Symphony

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Johann Wilhelm Wilms (1772-1847):
Piano Concerto in C major, op.12 *
Symphony in E flat major, op.14
Flute Concerto in D major, op.24

Paolo Giacometti - pianoforte
Martin Sandhof - flute
Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens - conductor

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Forgotten Treasures Vol.3 – Hoffmeister, Pichl, Vanhal – Double bass Concertos

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Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754-1812):
Concerto for Double bass in E flat major
Wenseslav Pichl (1741-1805):
Concerto for Double bass in D major
Johann (Jan Křtitel) Vaňhal (1739-1813):
Concerto for Double bass in E flat major

David Sinclair - Double bass
Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens - conductor

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Forgotten Treasures Vol.2 – Danzi – Bassoon Concertos

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Franz Danzi (1763-1826):
Overture in E flat major
Concerto for Bassoon in G minor
Concerto for Bassoon in C major
Concerto for Bassoon in F major

Jane Gower - bassoon
Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens - conductor

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Forgotten Treasures Vol.1 – Crusell – Clarinet Concertos

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Bernhard Crusell (1775-1838):
Concerto for Clarinet in F minor, op.5
Concerto for Clarinet in B major, op.11
Concerto for Clarinet in E flat major, op.1

Eric Hoeprich - clarinet
Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens - conductor

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Mattheson – 'Das größte Kind' Christmas Oratorio – Willens

Johann Mattheson (1681-1764):
"Das größte Kind - Christmas Oratorio

Susanne Rydén - soprano
Nele Gramß - soprano
Anne Schmid - alto
Melissa Hegney - alto
Gerd Türk - tenor
Ulrich Cordes - tenor
Wolf Matthias Friederich - bass
Thilo Dahlmann - bass
Die Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens - conductor

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Mattheson – Christmas Oratorio 'Die heilsame Geburt...' – Willens

Johann Mattheson (1671-1764):
Christmas Oratorio "Die heilsame Geburt und Menschwerdung unsers Herrn und Heilandes Jesu Christi"
Magnificat a due cori

Nicki Kennedy - soprano
Anna Crookes - soprano
Ursula Eittinger - contralto
Dorothee Merkel - contralto
Andreas Post - tenor
Sven Hansen - tenor
Stephan MacLeod - bass
Johannes Gsänger - bass
Die Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens - conductor

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Anton Eberl - Piano Concertos, Opp. 32 & 40 - Giacometti, Fukuda

Anton Eberl (1765-1807):
Piano Concerto in E flat major, op.40 *
Piano Concerto in C major, op.32 +

Paolo Giacometti - piano *
Riko Fukuda - piano +
Die Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens - conductor

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Ries - Double Horn Concerto; Violin Concerto; Overtures - Willens

Ferdinand Ries (1784-1873):
Overture from "Die Räuberbraut" op.156
Concerto for Two Horns WoO 19 *
Overture from "Liska oder die Hexe von Gyllensteen" op.164
Violin Concerto op.24 +

Teunis van der Zwart - horn *
Erwin Wieringa - horn *
Anton Steck - violin +
Die Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens - conductor

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