Mozart – Harpsichord Concertos – Pierre Hantaï

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Harpsichord Concerto in D major KV 107 No.1
Violin Sonata in B major KV 31
Harpsichord Concerto in G major KV 107 No. 2
Menuette KV 1, KV 2, KV 3, KV 4, KV 5
Klavierstück KV 33b
Violin Sonata in D major KV 29
Harpsichord Concerto in E flat major KV 107 No.3
Violin Sonata in E flat major KV 26

Pierre Hantaï - harpsichord [Jean Couchet, Antwerpen, 1671]
François Fernandez - violin [copy of Stradivarius]
Le Concert Français  [on period instruments]
Pierre Hantaï - direction

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Mendelssohn – Symphony No.2 'Lobgesang' – Christoph Spering

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 52 - "Lobgesang"

Soile Isokoski - soprano
Mechthild Bach - soprano
Freider Lang - tenor
Chorus Musicus
Das Neue Orchester
Christoph Spering - conductor

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Schubert – Die Verschwornen – Christoph Spering

Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Die Verschworenen - opera in one act

with:
Soile Isokoski
Peter Lika
Lisa Larsson
Anke Hoffmann
Mechthild Georg
Rodrigo Orrego

Chorus Musicus
Das Neue Orchester
Christoph Spering - conductor

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Music at the Court of St. Petersburg (Vol.5) – various composers – Musica Petropolitana

Music at the Court of St Peterburg (Vol.V):

Baldassare Galuppi (1706-1785):
Sonata for harpsichord in C minor
Josef Kozlowski (1757-1831):
Cavatina "Placido Zeffiretto" for soprano with violin and harpsichord
Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801):
Sonata for harp in B flat major - Allegro
Sonata for harp in G minor - Andante
Sonata for harp in D minor
Sonata for harp in D minor - Andante
Folk Songs:
"The flowers have blossomed and faded"
"Oh what was the point?"
Jean Baptiste Cardon (1760-1803):
Sonata for Harp with accompaniment of violin ad libitum in C major, op.7 no.4
Giuseppe Sarti (1729-1802):
Sonata for harpsichord and flute in D mjaor
Folk Songs:
"How I suffer"
"Do you remember me?"
Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816):
Rondo for harpsichord in C minor
Jean Baptiste Cardon (1760-1803):
Romance "Arbre charmant, qui me rappelle"
Duet No.3 from Trois duoas à deux harpes ou harpe et clavecin
Sonata for harp with accompaniment of violin ad libitum in C minor, op.9 no7
Nataly Kourakin (1766-1831):
Romance "Quand nos jours, navrés de tristesse"
Vincenzo Manfredini (1737-1799):
Harpsichod Sonata in D minor

Olga Pasichnyk - soprano
Mara Galassi - harp
Irina Schneyerova - harpsichord
Andre Rechetin - violin
Nicolaï Nassonow - flute

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Music at the Court of St. Petersburg (Vol.7) – Glinka Chamber Music – Various Artists

Music at the Court of St Peterburg (Vol.VII) - Chamber Music:

Mikhail Glinka (1804–1857)
Trio Pathétique in D minor
The Lark (arr. for piano by Balakirev)
Viola Sonata in D minor
Waltz-Fantasia
Variations on a theme by Alabiev
Alexander Alyabiev (1787-1851):
Violin Sonata in E minor

Adrian Chandler - violin
Norbert Blume - viola
Colin Lawson - clarinet
Alberto Grazzi - bassoon
Olga Tverskaya - fortepiano

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Music at the Court of St. Petersburg (Vol.4) – various composers – Petershof Orchestra

Music at the Court of St Peterburg (Vol.IV):

Alexander Dargomyzhsky (1813–1869)
Kazatchok
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Nocturne *
Humoresque
Josef Gungl (1810-1889):
"Onward!" March
Polka
Josef Labitzky (1802-1881):
Idyll +
Alexander Aliabiev (1787-1851):
"Morning and Evening" Overture
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
Waltz-Fantasia
Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894):
Melody
Johann Strauss II (1825-1899):
Horse Guard March
The Neva Polka
The Farewell to Saint Petersburg

Leonid Gorokhov - cello *
Alla Agranovskaia - violin +
Igor Romaniuk - violin +
Petershof Orchestra
Leo Korkhin - conductor

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Music at the Court of St. Petersburg (Vol.3) – Paisiello, Lolli – Various Artists

Music at the Court of St Peterburg (Vol.III) - Chamber music

Antonio Lolli (c.1725-1802):
Violin Concerto in C major
Giovanni Paisiello (1741-1816):
Divertimento No.1 in A major
Divertimento No.3 in E flat major
Divertimento No.2 in E flat major

Tatiana Grindenko - violin
MAMA Orchestra

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Music at the Court of St. Petersburg (Vol.2) – Bortniansky, Teplov, Kozlovsky – Various Artists

Music at the Court of St Peterburg (Vol.II) - Songs and Chamber music

Osip Antonovich Kozlovsky (1757-1831):
Almen nel ciel pietoso
Polonaise- Pastorale
Fedor Mihkailovich Dubiansky (1760-1796):
Night and day the blue dove moans
Osip Antonovich Kozlovsky (1757-1831):
Polonaise on a theme by Niccolo Paganini
Grigory Nikolaevich Teplov (1717-1779):
In vain do I hide my pityless sadness
Vladimir Morkov (1801-1864):
Barcarolle on a theme by Donizetti
Osip Antonovich Kozlovsky (1757-1831):
In the evening, seated beside the stream
Advotia Ivanova (1750?-1800?):
Fedor Mihkailovich Dubiansky (1760-1796):
With the dark night
Ekaterina Alexeievna Siniavina (1750?-1784):
Polonaise
Grigory Nikolaevich Teplov (1717-1779):
The hours have fled
Dimitri Bortniansky (1751-1855):
Larghetto
Natalia Ivanovna Kurakina (1766-1831):
T'amo tanto
Ekaterina Lykochina (1780-1840):
Polonaise
Grigory Nikolaevich Teplov (1717-1779):
O that dread day
Ekaterina Alexeievna Siniavina (1750?-1784):
Minuet
Osip Antonovich Kozlovsky (1757-1831):
Oh, if there is in your village
Polonaise - Fantaisie no.1
Placido zeffiretto (Metastasio) - Gentle breeze

Iana Ivanilova - soprano
Orpharion Ensemble

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Music at the Court of St. Petersburg (Vol.1) – Glinka, Field, Hassler, Lizogub – Olga Tverskaya

Music at the Court of St Peterburg (Vol.I) - Piano music

Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
Nocturne in E flat major
John Field (1782-1837):
Nocturne caractéristique in E major
Aleksandr Ivanovich Lizogub (1790-1839):
Nocturne for piano No 1 in E flat major
Nocturne for piano No 2 in A flat major
Ivan Laskovsky (1799–1855):
Impromptu in F minor
John Field (1782-1837):
Nocturne in A major
Ivan Laskovsky (1799–1855):
Waltz in F minor
Johann Wilhelm Hässler (1747-1822):
Grande Gigue, op.31, in D minor
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
Nocturne in F minor
Ivan Laskovsky (1799–1855):
Mazurka in B flat major
John Field (1782-1837):
Nocturne in B flat major
Nocturne in G major
Nocturne in E minor
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
Theme and Variations
John Field (1782-1837):
Nocturne in E flat major
Ivan Laskovsky (1799–1855):
Song without words No.3 in B flat major
John Field (1782-1837):
Nocturne in C major

Olga Tverskaya - fortepiano

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Cherubini – Requiem in C minor – Christoph Spering

Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842):
Marche funèbre
Requiem in C minor
In Paradisum

Chorus Musicus Köln
Das Neue Orchester
Christoph Spering - conductor

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Music at the Court of St. Petersburg (Vol.6) – Tesarini, Paisiello, Khandoshkin, Manfredini – Chamber Music – Musica Petropolitana

remembering Vincenzo Manfredini on the anniversary of his death

(22 October 1737 – 16 August 1799)

Music at the Court of St Peterburg (Vol.VI)

Carlo Tesarini (c.1690-c.1766):
Sinfonia No.1 in D major, op.20 no.1
Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816):
Quartet No5 in G major for Flute, Violin, Viola and Cello, op.23 no.5
Carlo Tesarini (c.1690-c.1766):
Sinfonia No.3 in D minor, op.20 no.3
Ivan Yevstafyevich Khandoshkin (1747-1804):
Variations on Russian folktunes
Giuseppe Sarti (1729-1802):
Sonata for Flute and Harpsichord in E minor
Maksym Sozontovych Berezovsky (1745-1777):
Violin Sonata in C major
Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816):
Quartet No.6 for Flute in G major for Flute, Violin, Viola and Cello, op.23 no.6
Vincenzo Manfredini (1737-1799):
Concerto for Harpsichord, Two Oboes and Strings in B flat major

Musica Petropolitana

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