Max Reger – Requiem – Roland Bader

Max Reger (1873-1916):
Requiem op.144b for Contralto, Chorus and Orchestra
Latin Requiem op.145 a - opening movement for Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra
Dies Irae - fragmentary movement for Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra

Yoko Kawahara - soprano
Marga Höffgen - contralto
Hans-Dieter Bader - tenor
Nikolaus Hillebrand - bass
NDR Chor
Sinfonie-Orchester des NDR
Roland Bader - conductor

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Günter Raphael – Symphonies 2-5 – VA

Günter Raphael (1903-1960):

CD 1:
Symphony No.2 op.34 *
Symphony No.5 op.75 +

MDR Sinfonieorchester *
NDR Sinfonieorchester +
Christoph Alstaedt - conductor *
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt - conductor +

CD 2:
Symphony No.3 op.60

MDR Sinfonieorchester
Matthias Foremny - conductor

CD 3:
Symphony No.4 op.62

Berliner Philharmoniker
Sergiu Celibidache - conductor

CD 4:
Chorsymphonie "Von der grossen Weisheit", op.81

Cvetka Ahlin - contralto
Raimund Grumbach - baritone
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Michael Gielen - conductor

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Schumann, Strauss, Volkmann, Bruch – Works for Cello and Orchestra – Müller-Schott

Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in A minor, op.129
Richard Strauss (1864-1949):
Romanze in F major for Cello and Orchestra AV 75
Robert Volkmann (1815-1883):
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in A minor, op.33
Max Bruch (1838-1920):
Kol Nidrei, op.47

Daniel Müller-Schott - cello
NDR Sinfonieorchester
Christoph Eschenbach - conductor

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Nicolai – Mass; Righini – Te Deum – VA

Otto Nicolai (1810-1849):
Mass in D major *
Vincenzo Righini (1756-1812):
Te Deum +

Georgine Resick - soprano * +
Gwendolyn Killebrew - contralto *
Marga Schiml - contralto +
Frieder Lang - tenor *
Rüdiger Wohlers - tenor +
Hermann Christian Polster - baritone *
Victor von Halem - bass +
NDR Chor *
Rias Kammerchor +
Sinfonie-Orchester des NDR *
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin +
Heinrich Hollreiser - conductor *
Gerd Albrecht - conductor +

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Schumann – Introduction & Allegro appasionato, etc. - Barto, Eschenbach

Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Introduction & Allegro appasionato, op.92 for Piano and Orchestra
"Geistervariationen" for Piano solo, WoO 24
Introduction & Concert-Allegro, op.134 for Piano and Orchestra
Six Etudes in Canonic Form, op.56 (arr. for two pianos by Claude Debussy) *

Tzimon Barto - piano
Christoph Eschenbach - piano *
NDR Sinfonieorchester
Christoph Eschenbach - conductor

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Beethoven - Violin Concerto; Bach: Partita No. 3, Sonata No. 3 - Kennedy

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Violin Concerto in D major, op.61
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Preludio from Partita No.3 in E major BWV 1006 for unaccompanied violin
Allegro assai from Sonata No.3 in C major BWV 1005 for unaccompained violin

Nigel Kennedy - violin
Sinfonie-Orchester des NDR
Klaus Tennstedt - conductor

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