Bach – Variations Goldberg – Pierre Hantaï

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

Pierre Hantaï - harpsichord

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Schumann, Dvorak – Piano Concertos – Francesco Piemontesi

Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
Piano Concerto in G minor, op.33 (original published version from 1883)

Francesco Piemontesi - piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiří Bělohlávek - conductor

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Schubert – Sonata 'Arpeggione', Sonatina, lieder Transcriptions – Anne Gastinel

Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano in A minor D 821
Ständchen - Serenade - Lied from Schwanengesang D 957 n°4
An Die Musik - Lied Op. 88 n° 4 D 547
Sonatine for Violin and Piano in D majour Op. 137 n° 1 D 384 (transcr. for cello and piano)
Litanei aus des Fest Aller Seelen - Lied D 343
Die Forelle - Lied D 550
Der Doppelgänger - Lied from Schwanengesang D 957
Auf dem Wasser zu singen - Lied D 774
Täuschung - Lied from Winterreise Op. 89 n° 19 D 911
Der Müller und der Bach - Lied from Die schöne Müllerin Op. 25 n° 19 D 795

Anne Gastinel - cello
Claire Désert - piano

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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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Mendelssohn – Piano works – Bertrand Chamayou

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Prelude in B flat minor, op. 104a Nr. 2
Rondo capriccioso, opus 14
Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, opus 34 Nr. 2
Étude Nr. 1, in B flat minor, opus 104b
Étude Nr. 2, in F major, opus 104b
Étude Nr. 3, in A minor, opus 104b
Song without words, in C minor, opus 38 Nr. 2
Scherzo, in E minor, opus 16
Song without words, in A minor, opus 19 Nr. 2
Variations sérieuses, in D minor, opus 54
Song without words, in A minor, opus 102 Nr. 5
Caprice Nr. 2, in E major, opus 33
Caprice Nr. 3, in B flat minor, opus 33
Suleika, Lied opus 34 Nr. 4
Song without words in F sharp minor, opus 67 Nr. 2
Song without words in B flat minor, opus 67 Nr.5
Scherzo (from Ein Sommernachtstraum - transcr.: Rachmaninov)

Bertrand Chamayou - piano

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Mozart – Requiem – Jordi Savall

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Maurerische Trauermusik, KV 477 (Ode funebre)
Requiem in D minor, KV 626

Montserrat Figueras - soprano
Claudia Schubert - mezzo-soprano
Gerd Türk - tenor
Stephan Schreckenberger - bass
La Capella Reial de Catalunya [on period instruments]
Le Concert des Nations [on period instruments]
Jordi Savall - conductor

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Haydn – String Quartets op.77 – Quatuor Mosaiques

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
String Quartet in G major, op.77 no.1 H.III:81
String Quartet in F major, op.77 no.2 H.III:82
String Quartet in D minor, op.77 no.3 (op.103) H.III:83

Quatuor Mosaïques [on period instruments]

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Mozart – String Quartets K.464 & 465 – Quatuor Mosaiques

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
String Quartet in A major, KV 464
String Quartet in C major, KV 465 "Dissonanzenquartett"

Quatuor Mosaïques [on period instruments]

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Beethoven – String Quartets op.18 nos.1 & 4 – Quatuor Mosaiques

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
String Quartet in F major, op.18 no.1
String Quartet in C major, op.18 no.4

Quatuor Mosaïques [on period instruments]

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Schubert – String Quartets D.87 & D.804 – Quatuor Mosaiques

Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
String Quartet in E flat major D.87
String Quartet in A minor, D.804 "Rosamunde"

Quatuor Mosaïques [on period instruments]

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Mendelssohn – String Quartets op.12 & op.13 – Quatuor Mosaiques

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
String Quartet in E flat major, op.12
String Quartet in A minor, op.13

Quatuor Mosaïques [on period instruments]

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Bach – Matthäus-Passion (arr. Mendelssohn) – Christoph Spering

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Matthäus-Passion (arr.Mendelssohn)

Wilfried Jochens - tenor
Peter Lika - bass
Angela Kazimierczuk - soprano
Alison Browner - contralto
Markus Schäfer - tenor
Franz-Josef Selig - bass
Chorus Musicus
Das Neue Orchester
Christoph Spering - conductor

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Marc-Antoine Charpentier – Te Deum – Martin Gester

remembering Marc-Antoine Charpentier on the anniversary of his death
(? 1643 – 24 February 1704)

Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704):
Te Deum
In honorem Sancti Ludovici Regis Galliae Canticum H 365
In honorem Sancti Ludovici Regis Galliae H 418
Psalmus Davis 75us Notus in Judea H 206

Salomé Haller - soprano
Brigitte Chevigné - soprano
François-Nicolas Geslot - counter tenor
Stephan van Dyck - tenor
Arnaud Gester - baritone
Maîtrise de Bretagne
Le Parlement de Musique
Martin Gester - conductor

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Fazil Say – 1001 Nights in the harem – Various Artists

tribute to Fazıl Say on his birthday

(born January 14, 1970)

Fazil Say (b.1970):
Violin Concerto "1001 nights in the harem"
Summertime variations for Piano solo
Patara ballet for Soprano, Ney Flute, Piano and Percursion
Alla turca - fantasia on the Rondo from the Piano Sonata K.331 by Mozart for Piano solo

Fazil Say - piano
Patricia Kopatchinskaja - violin
Burcu Soysev - soprano
Aykut Köselerli - percursion
Celalettin Biçer - ney flute
Lucerne Symphony Orchestra
John Axelrod - conductor

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Monteverdi – Vespro della Beata Vergine – Rinaldo Alessandrini

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643):
Vespro della Beata Vergine da Concerto

Roberta Invernizzi - soprano
Monica Piccinini - soprano
Anna Simboli - soprano
Sara Mingardo - contralto
Francesco Ghelardini - countertenor
Vincenzo di Donato - tenor
Luca Dordolo - tenor
Gianluca Ferrarini - tenor
Pietro Spagnoli - baritone
Furio Zanasi - baritone
Antonio Abete - bass
Daniele Carnovich - bass
Concerto Italiano [on period instruments]
Rinaldo Alessandrini - conductor

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Bach – Mass in B minor – Marc Minkowski

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Mass in B minor

Lucy Crown - soprano
Joanne Lunn - soprano
Julia Lezhneva - soprano
Blandine Staskiewski - soprano
Nathalie Stutzmann contralto
Terry Wey - countertenor
Colin Balzer - tenor
Markus Brutscher - tenor
Christian Immler - bass
Luca Tittoto - bass
Les Musiciens du Louvre [on period instruments]
Marc Minkowski - conductor

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Pergolesi, A.Scarlatti – Stabat Mater – Rinaldo Alessandrini

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736):
Stabat Mater for Soprano, Contralto, Strings and B.C.
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725):
Stabat Mater for Soprano, Contralto, Strings and B.C.

Gemma Bertagnolli - soprano
Sara Mingardo - contralto
Concerto Italiano [on period instruments]
Rinaldo Alessandrini - conductor

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Brahms – Violin Sonatas – Sergey Khachatryan

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Violin Sonata No.1 in G major op.78
Violin Sonata No.2 in A major op.100
Violin Sonata No.3 in D minor op.108

Sergey Khachatryan - violin
Lusine Khachatryan - piano

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Sibelius, Khachaturian – Violin Concertos – Sergey Khachatryan

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957):
Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47
Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978):
Violin Concerto in D minor

Sergey Khachatryan - violin
Sinfonia Varsovia
Emmanuel Krivine - conductor

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César Franck, Shostakovich – Violin Sonatas – Sergey Khachatryan

César Franck (1822-1890):
Violin Sonata in A major
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975):
Violin Sonata, op.134

Sergey Khachatryan - violin
Lusine Khachatryan - piano

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