J.S. Bach – Concertos for One and Two Harpsichords – Raymond Leppard

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):

CD 1:
Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052
Concerto No. 3 in D, BWV 1054
Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056
Concerto No. 6 in F, BWV 1057
Concerto No. 7 in G minor, BWV 1058

CD 2:
Concerto No. 2 in E, BWV 1053
Concerto No. 3 in A, BWV 1055
Concerto for 2 Harpsichords, Strings and Continuo in C minor, BWV 1060 *
Concerto for 2 Harpsichords, Strings and Continuo in C, BWV 1061 *
Concerto for 2 Harpsichords, Strings and Continuo in C minor, BWV 1062 +

Raymond Leppard - harpsichord and direction
Andrew Davis - harpsichord *
Philip Ledger - harpsichord +
English Chamber Orchestra

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Messiaen – Orchestral works – Pierre Boulez, Myung-Whun Chung

remembering Olivier Messiaen on his birthday

(December 10, 1908 – April 27, 1992)

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992):

CD 1:
Poèmes pour Mi *
Réveil des oiseaux +
Sept Haïkaï #

Françoise Pollet - soprano *
Pierre-Laurent Aimard - piano +
Joela Jones - piano #
The Cleveland Orchestra
Pierre Boulez - conductor


CD 2:
Trois petites Liturgies de la Présence Divine *
Couleurs de la cité céleste +
Hymne #
Chant des déportés §

Roger Muraro - piano *
Valérie Hartmann-Claverie - ondes martenot *
Hélène Collerette - violin *
Maîtrise de Radio France *
Catherine Cournot - piano +
BBC Chorus §
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France * + #
BBC Orchestra §
Myung-Whun Chung - conductor * + #
Sir Andrew Davis - conductor §


CD 3:
Turangalila-Symphonie

Yvonne Loriod - piano
Jeanne Loriod - ondes martenot
Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille
Myung-Whun Chung - conductor


CD 4:
Chronochromie *
La Ville d'en haut *
Et expecto ressurrectionem mortuorum *
Oiseaux exotiques +

The Cleveland Orchestra *
Concertgebouw Orhestra +
Pierre Boulez - conductor *
Riccardo Chailly - conductor +


CD 5 / CD 6:
La Trnsfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus Christ

Choeur de Radio France
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Myung-Whun Chung - conductor


CD 7 / CD 8:
Des canyons aux étoiles *
L'Ascension +

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France *
Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille +
Myung-Whun Chung - conductor


CD 9:
Éclairs sur l'Au-delà...

Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille
Myung-Whun Chung - conductor


CD 10:
Concert à quatre *
Les Offrandes oubliées
Un sourire
Le Tombeau resplendissant
Un vitrail et des oiseaux +

Catherine Cantin - flute *
Heinz Holliger - oboe *
Yvonne Loriod - piano *
Mstislav Rostropovich - cello *
Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin +
Myung-Whun Chung - conductor
Karl-Anton Rickenbacher - conductor +

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Elgar – The Music Makers – Andrew Davis

Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934):
The Music Makers - ode for mezzo-soprano, chorus and orchestra, op.69
Dream Children - two pieces for small orchestra, op.43
Elegy - for strings, op.58
Sursum corda - for brass, organ and strings, op.11
Sospiri - for strings, piano and organ, op.70
Chanson de matin, op.15 no.2
Chanson de nuit, op.15 no.1
Salut d'amour, op.12

Jean Rigby - mezzo-soprano
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis - conductor

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Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 2 - Stephen Hough

Johannes Brahms (1833-187):
Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major, op.83

Stephen Hough - piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis - conductor

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Haydn, C.P.E.Bach, Boccherini - Cello Concertos - Haimovitz

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
Concerto fro Violoncello nd Orchestra in C major Hob. VIIb:1
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788):
Concerto for Violoncello, Strings and Coninuo in A major, Wq. 172
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805):
Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra in B flat major

Matt Haimovitz - cello
English Chamber Orchestra
Andrew Davis - conductor

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