Hummel – Complete Piano Trios – Various Artists

Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837):
Piano trio in E flat major op.12
Piano trio in F major op. 22
Piano trio in G major op. 35
Piano trio in G major op. 65
Piano trio in E major op.83
Piano trio in E flat major op.93
Piano trio in E flat major op.96

Alessandro Deljavan - piano
Daniela Cammarano - violin
Luca Magariello - cello

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Burgmüller – Lieder, Piano Sonata – Eleonora Contucci, Constantino Mastroprimiano

Norbert Burgmüller (1810-1836):
Sechs Gesänge op3
Fünf Lieder op6
Fünf Lieder op10
Fünf Lieder op12
Frühlingslied
Piano sonata in F minor op8

Eleonora Contucci - soprano
Constantino Mastroprimiano - fortepiano [Conrad Graf, Vienna, 1826]

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Alkan – Solo piano music – Constantino Mastroprimiano

Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888):
Capriccio alla soldadesca op.50
Le tambour bat aux champs, esquisse op.50 bis
Trois menuets op.51
Une fusée, introduction et impromoptu op.55
Deux Nocturnes op.57
Sonatine in A minor op.61

Constantino Mastroprimiano - pianoforte [Pleyel, 1865]

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Alexander Tcherepnin – Piano Concertos – Noriko Ogawa

Alexander Tcherepnin (1899-1977):

CD 1:
Piano Concerto no.1 op.12
Piano Concerto no.2 op.26
Piano Concerto no.3 op.48

CD 2:
Piano Concerto no.4 op.78 (Fantasie)
Piano Concerto no.5 op.96
Piano Concerto no.6 op.99

Noriko Ogawa - piano
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Lan Shui - conductor

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Mozart – Complete Keyboard Works – Bart van Oort

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):

CD 1:
Sonata in Bflat KV333
Fantasy in D minor KV397
Fantasy in C minor KV396
Sonata in C KV330

CD 2:
Sonata in B flat KV570
Fantasy in C minor KV475
Sonata in C minor KV457
Adagio in B minor KV540
Piano Sonata in D KV576

CD 3:
Nine variations on the arietta ''Lison dormait"  KV 264
Twelve variations on the French song ''La Belle Françoise''  KV 353
Twelve variations on the Romance ''Je suis Lindor'' KV 354
Eight variations on the choral ''Dieu d'amour'' KV 352
Six Variations on the aria ''Salve tu, Domine'' KV 398

CD 4:
Six Variations on a theme from the Clarinette Quintet (KV 581)  KV.Anh.137
Ten Variations on the aria ''Unser dummer Pobel meint''  KV 455
Twelve variations on an Allegretto   KV 500
Nine variations on the menuet by Jean-Pierre Duport   KV 573
Eight variations on the song ''Ein Weib ist das herrlichste Ding"  KV 613

CD 5:
Sonata in E flat KV282
Rondo in D KV485
Sonata in G KV283
Rondo in A minor KV511
Sonata in D KV284

CD 6:
Sonata in C KV279
12 Variations on a Menuet byJ.C.Fischer KV179
Sonata in F KV280
6 Variations on ''Mio caro Adone'' by Salieri KV180
Sonata in B flat KV281

CD 7:
Sonata in C KV309
3 Variations on ''Come un agnello'' by Sarti KV460
Sonata in A minor KV310
12 Variations on the French song ''Ah vous dirai-je. Maman'' KV265
Sonata in D minor KV311

CD 8:
Sonata in A KV331 III
8 Minuets KV315a
Sonata in F ''Pastoralae'' KV332
6 German Dances KV509

CD 9:
Präludium und Fuge C-Dur KV 394
Sonata in F major KV 533
Sonata in C major KV 399
Eine kleine Gigue KV574
Marché funèbre del Sigr. Maetsro Contrapunto KV 453a
Präludium in f minor KV Anh. 32
Sonata in C mjor KV 545
Two little Fugues KV 154a

CD 10:
Overture to Die Entfuhrung ous dem Serail KV384
Adagio in F KV Anh.A65
Modulating Prelude KV624
Adagio in C KV356 (for glass harmonica)
6 Variations on a Allegretto KV54
March in CKV408/1
Minuet in D KV355 and Trio by Stadler
Andante KV616 (for a mechanical organ in F major)
Contredanse in D KV534 Das Donnerwetter
Capriccio in C KV395
Three piano pieces arranged as a Sonata, KV 312, KV 236, KV 400

CD 11:
8 Variations on the Dutch song ''Laat ons juichen Battavieren'' KV24
Andante in C KV1a
Allegro in C KV1b
Allegro del Sgr.Wolfgango Mozart 11ten Decembris 1761 in F KV1c
Menuetto del Sgr.Wolfgango Mozart 116to Decembris 1761 in F KV1d
Minuet and Trio in G KV 1ef
Minuete in F KV2
Allegro in B flat KV3
Minuet in F KV4
Minuet in F KV5
Allegro in C KV9a
Klavierstuck in F KV33B
Minuet in D KV61gII
Klavierstuck in B flat KV.Deest
London Sketchbook KV 15

CD 12:
Sonata in D  KV 381 for 4 hands *
Fugue in G minor  KV 401 for 4 hands *
Sonata in F  KV 497 for 4 hands *

CD 13:
Sonata in C major KV 19 for 4 hands *
Fantasy for mechanical organ in F minor  KV 608 for 4 hands *
Andante & variations in G major KV 501 for 4 hands *
Sonata in C major  KV 521 for 4 hands *

CD 14:
Sonata B flat major  K358 for 4 hands *
Adagio & Allegro for mechanical organ in F minor  KV 594 fro 4 hands *
Fuga in C minor KV 426 for 2 keyboards *
Sonata in D major KV 448 for 2 keyboards *

Bart van Oort - fortepiano [after Walter, ca.1795]
Ursula Duetschler - [fortepiano] *

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Chopin – His contemporaries and his instruments (Vol.6/6) – Chopin, Weber, Alkan, Liszt

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849):
Mazurka for piano No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 7-1, CT. 56 *
Mazurka for piano No. 13 in A minor, Op. 17-4, CT. 63 *
Mazurka for piano No. 14 in G minor, Op. 24-1, CT. 64 *
Mazurka for piano No. 20 in D flat major, Op. 30-3, CT. 70 *
Mazurka for piano No. 32 in C sharp minor, Op. 50-3, CT. 82 *
Mazurka for piano No. 37 in A flat major, Op. 59-2 CT. 87 *
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826):
Piano Sonata No. 3 in D minor, J. 206 (Op. 49) +
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1883):
Barcarolle  #
Petit conte #
Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Ricordanza from Études d'exécution transcendante §
Harmonies du soir from Études d'exécution transcendante §

Cor de Groot - fortepiano [Pleyel, 1847] *
Jan Vermeulen - fortepiano [Tröndlin, 1828] +
Stanley Hoogland - fortepiano [Pleyel, 1858] #
Fred Oldenburg - fortepiano [Érard,1842] §

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Chopin – His contemporaries and his instruments (Vol.5/6) – Chopin

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Polonaise for piano in A flat major, KV IVa-2, CT. 162 (B.5)
Rondo in C minor, op.1, CT. 192
Mazurka for piano in G major, KK II-2, CT. 100 (B. 16-1)
Mazurka for piano in B flat major, KK IIa-2, CT 101 (B. 16-2)
Polonaise for piano in B flat minor, KK IVa-5, CT. 164
Rondo à la Mazur for piano in F major, op.5 CT. 19
3 Polonaises for piano, op.71, CT. 157-159
Polonaise for piano G flat major, KK. IVa8, CT. 165 (B.36)
Variations for piano in A major (-Souvenir de Paganini-), KK IVa-10, CT. 229 (B.37)
Variations on the March from Bellini's I Puritani, for piano in E majo, KK IIb-2

Constantino Mastroprimiano - fortepiano [Graf, 1826]

other CDs of this set

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Chopin – His contemporaries and his instruments (Vol.4/6) – Chopin's contemporaries

Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888):
Nocturne alla Field in B flat major
Frédéric Kalkbrenner (1785-1849):
Nocturne in A flat major, op. 121 no 1
Nocturne in F major, op. 121 no 2 (à trois mains) *
Clara Wieck Schumann (1819-1896):
Nocturne in F major, op 6, no 2 From: Soireés Musicales
Louis James Alfred Lefebure-Wély (1817-1870):
Les Cloches du Monestère Nocturne in D flat major, op. 54
Edmond Weber (1766-1828):
Première Pensée Nocturne in D flat major, op. 1
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888):
Nocturne in B major, op. 22
Notturnino Innamorato in F sharp minor, op. 63 no 43
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
Nocturne in E flat major
Maria Szymanowska (1789-1831):
La Murmure. Nocturne in A flat major
Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyńsk (1807-1867):
Nocturne in G minor, op. 21 no 1i
Nocturne in F minor, op. 21 no 2
Nocturne in F minor, op. 24 no 1
Nocturne in D flat major, op. 24 no 2
Pozegnanie. Nocturne in G minor

Bart van Oort - fortepiano [Érard, 1837]
Agnieszka Chabowska *

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Chopin – His contemporaries and his instruments (Vol.3/6) – Chopin

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Nocturne op.27 no.1 in C sharp minor
Nocturne op.27 no.2 in D flat major
Nocturne op.37 no.1 in G minor
Nocturne op.37 no.2 in G major
Nocturne op.48 no.1 in C mino
Nocturne op.48 no.2 in F sharp minor
Nocturne op.55 no.1 in F minor
Nocturne op.55 no.2 in E flat major
Nocturne op.posth. in C minor

Bart van Oort - fortepiano [Érard, 1837]

other CDs of this set

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Chopin – His contemporaries and his instruments (Vol.2/6) – Chopin

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1 in B flat minor
Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 in E flat major
Nocturne Op. 9 No. 3 in B major
Nocturne Op. 27 No. 1 in E minor
Nocturne Op. 15 No. 1 in F major
Nocturne Op. 15 No. 2 in F sharp major
Nocturne Op. 15 No. 3 in G minor
Nocturne Op. 32 No. 1 in B major
Nocturne Op. 32 No. 2 in A flat major
Nocturne Op. 62 No. 1 in B flat major
Nocturne Op. 62 No. 2 in E major
Nocturne in C sharp Op. Posth

Bart van Oort - fortepiano [Pleyel, 1842]

other CDs of this set

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Chopin – His contemporaries and his instruments (Vol.1/6) – John Field

John Field (1782-1837):
Nocturne No. 1, in E flat majo
Nocturne No. 2, in C minor
Nocturne No. 3, in A flat major
Nocturne No. 4, in A major
Nocturne No. 5, in B flat major
Nocturne No. 6, in F major
Nocturne No. 7, in C major
Nocturne No. 8, in A major
Nocturne No. 9, in E flat major
Nocturne No. 10, in E minor
Nocturne No. 11, in E flat major
Nocturne No. 12, in G major
Nocturne No. 13, in D minor
Nocturne No. 16, in F major
Nocturne No. 17, in E major

Bart van Oort - fortepiano [Broadwood, 1823]

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Mendelssohn & Fanny Hensel – Piano Trios – VA

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Piano Trio no.1 in D minor, op.49
Trio for Piano, Violin and Viola in C minor, wo. op.n.
Piano Trio no.2 in C minor, op.66
Fanny Hensel [née Mendelssohn] (1805-1847):
Piano Trio in D minor, op.11

Hrvoje Jugović - fortepiano [J.B. Streicher, 1836; after Walter & Sons, ca.1805;
                                       Broadwood & Sons, 1838; J.M. Schweighofer, 1854]
Maria Bader-Kubizek - violin [after Guarnieri, 1734]
Dorothea Schönwiese - cello [G.Klotz, ca.1770]
Silvia Schweinberger - viola [C.Strnad, 1793]

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Bach – Harpsichord Concertos – Christine Schornsheim, Pieter-Jan Belder

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):

CD 1:
Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052 *
Harpsichord Concerto in E major, BWV 1053 *
Harpsichord Concerto in D major, BWV 1054 *
Harpsichord Concerto in A major, BWV 1055 *

CD 2:
Harpsichord Concerto in F minor,  BWV 1056 *
Harpsichord Concerto in F major, BWV 1057 *
Harpsichord Concerto in G minor, BWV 1058 *
Concerto for 2 Harpsichords in C minor, BWV 1060 #
Concerto für 4 Harpsichords in A minor, BWV 1065 §

CD 3:
Concerto for 2 Harpsichords in C major, BWV 1061 +
Concerto for 2 Harpsichords in C minor, BWV 1062 +
Concerto for 3 Harpsichords in D major, BWV 1063 +
Concerto for 3 Harpsichords in C major, BWV 1064 +

Christine Schornsheim - harpsichord * # §
Armin Thalheim - harpsichord # §
Mechtild Stark - harpsichord §
Violetta Liebsch - harpsichord §
Pieter-Jan Belder - harpsichord +
Menno van Delft - harpsichord +
Siebe Henstra - harpsichord +
Neues Bachisches Collegium Music * # §  [on period instruments]
Musica Amphion + [on period instruments]
Burkhard Glaetzner - conductor * # §
Pieter-Jan Belder - conductor +

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Mozart – Piano Sonatas – Maria João Pires

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) - Piano Sonatas:

CD 1:
Piano Sonata No.1 in C major, KV.279
Piano Sonata No.2 in F major, KV.280
Piano Sonata No.3 in B-flat major, KV.281
Piano Sonata No.4 in E-flat major, KV.282
Piano Sonata No.5 in G major, KV.283

CD 2:
Piano Sonata No.6 in D major K.284
Piano Sonata No.7 in C major K.309
Piano Sonata No.8 in A minor K.310
Rondo in D major K.485

CD 3:
Piano Sonata Nr. 9 D major K.311
Piano Sonata Nr. 10 C major K.330
Piano Sonata Nr. 11 A major K.331
Rondo a minor K.511

CD 4:
Piano Sonata No. 12 F major K.332
Piano Sonata No. 13 B major K.333
Fantasia C minor K. 475
Piano Sonata No. 14 C minor K.457

CD 5:
Piano Sonata No. 15 F major K.533
Piano Sonata No. 16 C major K.545
Piano Sonata No. 17 B flat major K.570
Piano Sonata No. 18 D major K.576
Fantasia D minor K.397 (385g)

Maria João Pires - piano

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Borodin – Chamber Music – Various Artists

remembering Alexander Borodin on the anniversary of his death

(12 November 1833 – 27 February 1887)

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887):

CD 1:
String Quartet No.1 in A major
Piano Quintet in C minor

CD 2:
String Quartet No.2 in D major
String Quintet in F minor
Serenata alla spagnola for String Quartet

CD 3:
String Sextet in D minor
StringTrio in G minor
String Trio in G major
Piano Trio in D major

Alexander Mndoiantz - piano
Alexander Polonski - violin
Alexander Bobrovsky - viola
Alexander Gotthelf - cello
Moscow String Quartet
Moscow Trio

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Khrennikov – Violin Concertos, Piano Concertos – Vladimir Fedoseyev

Tikhon Khrennikov (1913-2007):
Violin Concerto No.1, op.14 *
Piano Concerto No.2, op.21 +
Violin Concerto No.2, op.23 #
Piano Concerto No.3, op.28 §

Vadim Repin - violin *
Evgeny Kissin - piano +
Maxim Vengerov - violin #
Tikhon Khrennikov - piano §
Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio
Vladimir Fedoseyev - conductor

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Albeniz – Suite espagnole, Iberia, Chants d'Espagne – Ricardo Requejo

Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909):

CD 1:
Suite espagnole, op.47
Iberia, Book 1
Iberia, Book 2

CD 2:
Iberia, Book 3
Iberia, Book 4
Chants d'Espagne, op.232

Ricardo Requejo - piano

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Janáček – Piano works – Håkon Austbø

Leoš Janáček (1854-1928) - Piano works:

CD 1:
Sonata I.X.
On an overgrown path - 1st series
On an overgrown path - 2nd series
In the mist

CD 2:
Tema con variazioni
In rememberance
Ej, danaj!
Music for gymnastics
To my Olga
On an overgrown path - two rejected pieces
Moravian Dances
6 Miniatures
Intimate Sketches

Håkon Austbø - piano

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Luigi Gatti – Three Concertos – Various Artists

Luigi Gatti (1740-1817):
Concertone in D major for 2 Violins and Orchestra *
Concerto in F major for Bassoon and Orchestra +
Concerto in C major for Piano and Orchestra #

Paolo Ghidoni - violin *
Rita Mascagna - violin *
Stefano Canuti - bassoon +
Andrea Dembech - piano #
Orchestra dei Ducati *
Orchestra da Camera del Conservatorio di Musica di Mantova + #
Fausto Pedretti - conductor * +
Luca Bertazzi - conductor #

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Evgeny Kissin in concert (CD 4) – Chopin – Piano Works

tribute to Evgeny Kissin on his birthday

(born 10 October 1971)

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Waltz No.14 in E minor, op.posth.
Mazurka in F minor, op.63 no.2
Mazurka in D flat major, op.30 no.3
Mazurka in B flat major, op.24 no.4
Mazurka in F minor, op.68 no.4
Mazurka in C sharp minor, op.50 no.3
Fantaisie in F minor, op.49
Piano Sonata No.3 in B minor, op.58

Evgeny Kissin - piano

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