Mendelssohn – Oedipus – Stefan Soltesz

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Ödipus - Incidental Music, op.93

Rene Pape - bass
Berliner Rundfunkchor
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Stefan Soltesz - conductor

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Falla, Martinu, Tcherepnin, Weber – Works for Piano and Orchestra – Margrit Weber

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946):
Noches en los jardines de España *
Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959):
Concerto No.5 for Piano and Orchestra in B flat major "Fantasia concertante" *
Alexander Tcherepnin (1899-1977):
10 Bagatelles for Piano and Orchestra op.5 +
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826):
Kozertstück in F minor for Piano and Orchestra op.79 +

Margrit Weber - piano
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks *
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin +
Rafael Kubelik - conductor *
Ferenc Fricsay - conductor +

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Dvořák, Bruch, Glazunov – Violin Concertos – Johanna Martzy, Erica Morini

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A minor, op.53*
Max Bruch (1838-1920):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No.1 in G minor, op.26 +
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A minor, op.82 +

Johanna Martzy - violin *
Erica Morini - violin +
RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin *
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin +
Ferenc Fricsay - conductor

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Mahler – Symphony No.10 – Chailly

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) - the Symphonies:
Symphony No.10 in F sharp minor (performing version by Deryck Cooke)

Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Riccardo Chailly - conductor

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Brahms – Symphony No.2, Variations on a Theme of Haydn – Ferenc Fricsay

remembering Ferenc Fricsay on the anniversary of his death

(9 August 1914 – 20 February 1963)

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Symphony No.2 in D major, op.73 *
Variations on a theme by Joseph Haydn, op.56a +
Rhapsody for Contralto, op.53 #

Maureen Forrester - contralto #
RIAS Kammerchor #
Wiener Philharmoniker *
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin +#
Ferenc Fricsay - conductor

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Koussevitzky, Dragonetti, Paganini – Works for Double-bass and Orchestra – Gary Karr

Sergei Koussevitzky (1874-1951):
Concerto for Double bass and Orchestra, op.3
Domenico Dragonetti (1763-1846):
Concerto in A major for Double bass and Orchestra
Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840):
Fantasia on "Moses" of Rossini for Double bass and Orchestra

Gary Karr - double bass
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Uros Lajovic - conductor

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Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky – Piano Concertos – Martha Argerich

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):
Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, op.30 *
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, op.23 +

Martha Argerich - piano
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin *
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks +
Riccardo Chailly - conductor *
Kirill Kondrashin - conductor +

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Entartete Musik (Vol.31) – Korngold - Das Wunder der Heliane – Mauceri

Entartete Musik

["Entartete Musik" or "degenerate music" consists of works by composers surpressed or displaced during the political troubles of the 1930s-40s.]

Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957):
Das Wunder der Heliane - opera in three acts

with:
Anna Tomowa-Sintow
Hartmut Welker
Johna David de Haan
Reinhild Runkel
René Pape
Nicolai Gedda
Martin Petzold

Rundfunkchor Berlin
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
John Mauceri - conductor

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Liszt – Eine Faust-Symphonie – Jianyi Zhang, Eliahu Inbal

remembering Franz Liszt on his birthday

(October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886)

Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Eine Faust-Symphonie for Tenor, Chorus and Orchestra

Jianyi Zang - tenor
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Eliahu Inbal - conductor

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Entartete Musik (Vol.17) – Zemlinsky – Die Seejungfrau – Riccardo Chailly

Entartete Musik

["Entartete Musik" or "degenerate music" consists of works by composers surpressed or displaced during the political troubles of the 1930s-40s.]

Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942):
Die Seejungfrau
Psalm XIII *
Psalm XXIII *

Kammerchor Ernst Senff *
Ernst Senff - conductor *
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Riccardo Chailly - conductor

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Beethoven – Triple Concerto, Brahms – Double Concerto – Fricsay

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra in C major, op.56 "Triple Concerto" *
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A minor, op.102 "Double Concerto" +

Géza Anda - piano *
Wolfgang Schneiderhan - violin * +
Pierre Fournier - cello *
Janos Starker - cello +
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Ferenc Fricsay - conductor

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Schumann – Carnaval arranged for Orchestra – Peter Gülke

Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Carnaval arranged for orchestra:

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Preambule, Valse Allemande / Paganini, Dvidsbündlertänze

entire Carnaval arranged by the russian composers:
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936)
Nikolai Klenowski (1857-1915)
A. (?) Petrov (18??-1???)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Vasili Kalafati (1869-1942)
Nikolai Tcherepnin (1873-1945)
Anatol Lyadov (1855-1914)
Alexander Winkler (1865-1935)
Joseph Wihtol (1863-1948)
Nikolai Sokolov (1859-1922)

Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Peter Gülke - conductor

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Dvořák – Symphony No.9; Smetana – Vltava; Liszt – Les Preludes – Ferenc Fricsay

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
Symphony No.9 in E minor, op.95 "From the New World" *
Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884):
Vltava (The Moldau) from "My Fatherland" *
Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Les Préludes +

Berliner Philharmoniker *
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin +
Ferenc Fricsay - conductor

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Kodály – Dances of Marosszék, Symphony, Psalmus hungaricus – Ferenc Fricsay

Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967):
Dances of Marosszék
Symphony
Psalmus hungaricus, op.13

Ernst Haefliger - tenor
Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale
RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Ferenc Fricsay - conductor

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Mozart – Requiem, Adagio & Fugue K 546 – Ferenc Fricsay

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Requiem in D minor KV 626 *
Adagio and Fugue in C minor KV 546 +

Elisabeth Grümmer - soprano
Gertrude Pitzinger - contralto
Helmut Krebs - tenor
Hans Hotter - bass
RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin *
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin +
Ferenc Fricsay - conductor

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Stravinsky – Orchestral works – Ferenc Fricsay

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):
Le Sacre du printemps
Pétrouchka
Movements for Piano and Orchestra

Margrit Weber - piano
RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Ferenc Fricsay - conductor

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Mozart, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Bruch, Glazunov – Concertos – Ferenc Fricsay

CD 1:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Clarinet Concerto in A major KV 622
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major, op.83

Heinrich Geuser - clarinet
Géza Anda - piano

CD 2:
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor, op.64 *
Max Bruch (1838-1920):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No.1 in G minor, op.26 +
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A minor, op.82 +

Wolfgang Schneiderhan - violin *
Erica Morini - violin +
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Berliner Philharmoniker
Ferenc Fricsay - conductor

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Bruckner – Symphony No.0 – Chailly

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896):
Overture in G minor
Symphony No.0

Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Riccardo Chailly - conductor

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Mendelssohn – Antigone – Stefan Soltesz

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Antigone - Incidental music , op.55

Therese Hämer - speaker
Klaus Piontek - speaker
Gunther Schoss - speaker
Wolfgang Unterzaucher - speaker
Rene Pape - bass
Berliner Rundfunk Chor
Männerchor "Carl Maria von Weber"
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Stefan Soltesz - conductor

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Bartok – Piano Concertos 1-3 – Géza Anda

Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Piano Concerto No.1 Sz 83
Piano Concerto No.2 Sz 95
Piano Concerto No.3 Sz 119

Géza Anda - piano
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Ferenc Fricsay - conductor

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