Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring – The 5 Browns

Gustav Holst (1874-1934):
The Planets (arr. Anderson)
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Dance Macabre (arr. Anderson)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):
The Rite of Spring (arr. Shumway)

The 5 Browns

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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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Saint-Saëns, Ravel, Gershwin – Works for Piano and Orchestra – Benjamin Grosvenor

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Piano Concerto no.2 in G minor, op.22
The Swan (transcr. Godowsky)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Piano Concerto in G major
Prélude
George Gershwin (1898-1937):
Rhapsody in Blue
Love Walked In (transcr. Grainger)

Benjamin Grosvenor - piano
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
James Judd - conductor

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Saint-Saëns – Cello Concertos – Natalie Clein (Romantic Cello Concerto –5)

other CDs of this series

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Cello Concerto no.1 in A minor, op.33
Cello Concerto no.2 in D minor, op.119
La muse et le poète, op.132 *
Allegro appassionato, op.43
Le cygne (from "Le carnaval des animaux") for solo cello and 2 pianos +

Natalie Clein - cello
Antje Weithaas - violin *
Julya Lynch - piano +
Judith Keaney - piano +
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Manze - conductor

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Saint-Saëns, Franck, Infante, Poulenc – Works for Two Pianos – Immerseel, Chevalier

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1922):
Danse Macabre, op.40
Variations sur un thème de Beethoven, op.35
César Franck (1822-1890):
Prélude, fugue et variations, op.18
Manuel Infante (1883-1958):
Trois danses andalouses
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963):
Elégie en accords alternés
L'embarquement pour Cythère
Capriccio d'après "Le bal masqué"

Claire Chevalier - piano [Erard, 1897]
Jos Van Immerseel - piano [Erard, 1904]

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Saint-Saëns – Symphony no.3, Piano Concerto no.4 – Les Siècles

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Symphony no.3 in C minor, op.78 "Organ symphony" *
Piano Concerto no.4 in C minor, op.44 +

Daniel Roth - organ
Jean-François Heisser - piano
Les Siècles  [on period instruments]
François-Xavier Roth - conductor

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Various composers – Works for Flute and Orchestra – Marc Grauwels

Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870):
Concertante in F major
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848):
Concertino in D major
Jules Mouquet (1867-1949):
Pan et les oiseaux, op.15
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Tarentelle, op.6
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Berceuse
Morceau de concours
Sicilienne
Fantaisie
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Pièce en forme de Habanera
Eugène Damaré (1840-1919):
Le merle blanc, op.161

Marc Grauwels - flute
Orchestre Symphonique de la Radio & Télévision Belge
André Vandernoot - 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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Saint-Saëns – Messe de Requiem, Part Songs – Diego Fasolis

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Messe de Requiem, Op. 54
Romance du soir, Op. 118
Les Fleurs et les arbres, Op. 68 No. 2
Des pas dans l'allee, Op. 141 No. 1
Calme des nuits, Op. 68 No. 1
Salut au Chevalier Printemps, Op. 151 No. 2 *
Les Guerriers, Op. 84
Pastorale *
Les Marins de Kermor, Op. 71 No. 1
Aux conquerants de l'air, Op. 164 *
Chanson de grand-pere, Op. 53 No. 1

Marie-Paule Dotti - soprano
Guillemette Laurens - mezzo-soprano
Luca Lombardo - tenor
Nicolas Testé - bass
Mario Patuzzi - piano *
Coro della Radio Svizzera
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Diego Fasolis - conductor

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Saint-Saëns – The Complete Etudes – Piers Lane

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Six Études, Op. 52
Six Études, Op. 111
Six Études pour la main gauche seule, Op. 135
Thème varié, op.97

Piers Lane - piano

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Berlioz, Saint-Saëns, Dukas – Symphonic Works – James Levine

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869):
Benvenuto Cellini, op.23 - overture
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Symphony no.3 in C minor, op.78 "Organ"
Paul Dukas (1865-1935):
L'apprenti sorcier

Simon Preston - organ
Berliner Philharmoniker
James Levine - conductor

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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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Pierné, Boïeldieu, Sain-Saëns, Renié – Concertos for Harp – Xavier de Maistre

Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937):
Concert Piece in G flat major for Harp and Orchestra, op.39
François-Adrien Boïeldieu (1775-1834):
Concerto in C major for Harp and Orchestra, op.82
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Concert Piece in G major for Harp and Orchestra, op.154
Henriette Renié (1875-1956):
Concert in C minor for Harp and Orchestra

Xavier de Maistre - harp
Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie
Shao-Chia Lü - conductor

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J.S. Bach – Transcriptions for Piano (by various composers) – Risto Lauriala

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Ouverture from Cantata Wir danken dir Gott BWV 29 (Saint-Saens)
Adagio from Sonata for Violin and Cembalo no 5, F minor BWV 1018 (Siloti)
Chaconne from Partita for Violin, D minor BWV 1005 (Siloti)
Toccata and Fugue, D minor BWV 565 (Reger)
Passacaglia in C minor BWV 582 (d'Albert)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, 'Dorian' BWV 538 (Kabalevsky)

Risto Lauriala - piano

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Boieldieu, Saint-Saens, Pierné – Harp Concertos – Isabelle Moretti

François-Adrien Boïeldieu (1775-1834):
Harp Concerto in C major
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Morceau de Concert, op.154
Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937):
Concertstück, op.39

Isabelle Moretti - harp
Rundfunkorchester des Südwestfunks
Klaus Arp - conductor

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Saint-Saëns – Orchestral Pieces – Jean-Jacques Kantorow

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Morceau de concert for Violin and Orchestra, op.62
Romance for Horn and Orchestra, op.36
Morceau de concert for Harp and Orchestra, op.154
Caprice andalou for Violin and Orchestra, op.122
Morceau de concert for Horn and Orchestra, op.94
Romance for Violin and Orchestra, op.48
Spartacus - overture

Olivier Charlier - violin
Marielle Nordmann - harp
Radovan Vlatković - horn
Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
Jean-Jacques Kantorow - conductor

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Saint-Saens – Suite algérienne, La Princesse jaune – Francis Travis

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Suite algérienne, op.60
"La princesse jaune", op.30 - comic opera in one act *

Maria Contanza Nocentini - soprano *
Carlo Allemano - tenor *
Cantemus *
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Francis Travis - conductor

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Various Composers – 'La bonne Chanson'-French songs – Anne Sofie von Otter

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé
Ernest Chausson (1855-1899):
Chanson perpétuelle
Frank Martin (1890-1974):
Trois Chants de Noël
Maurice Delage (1879-1961):
Quatre Poèmes hindous
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Une Flûte invisible
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963):
Rapsodie nègre
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
La Bonne Chanson

Anne Sofie von Otter - mezzo-soprano
Bengt Forsberg - piano

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Saint-Saëns – Le Carnaval des Animaux, Septet – Ross Pople

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Prelude to "Le Déluge", op.45
Le Carnaval des Animaux
Wedding Cake, op.76
Septet in E flat major, op.65
Sarabande in E major, op.93

Nicholas Walker - piano
Michael Freyhan - piano
London Festival Orchestra
Ross Pople - conductor

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Chopin, Saint-Saens, Franck – Works for Piano – Sviatoslav Richter (Melodiya Edition VI)

Vol.6 Melodiya Series

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor, op.21 *
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Piano Concerto No.5 in F major, op.103 +
César Franck (1822-1890):
Les Djinns - symphonic poem for Piano and Orchestra +

Sviatoslav Richter - piano
USSR Symphony Orchestra *
Moscow Youth Orchestra +
Yevgeny Svetlanov - conductor *
Kirill Kondrashin - conductor +

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