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30 January 2021

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade [Riccardo Muti]



Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)

Scheherazade, Symphonic Suite Op. 35

The Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti

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Charles Ives: The Sonatas for Violin and Piano [Gregory Fulkerson, Robert Shannon]

 

Charles Ives (1874-1954)

The Sonatas for Violin and Piano

CD 1

Sonata No. 1
Sonata No. 2

CD 2

Sonata No. 3
Sonata No. 4

Gregory Fulkerson (violin)
Robert Shannon (piano)

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29 January 2021

Darius Milhaud: Six Petites Symphonies, Trois Opéras-Minutes [Karl Anton Rickenbacher]



Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)

6 Petites Symphonies

Symphonie No. 1, Opus 43 "Printemps"
Symphonie No. 2, Opus 49 "Pastorale"
Symphonie No. 3, Opus 71 "Sérénade"
Symphonie No. 4, Opus 74 "Dixtuour"
Symphonie no. 5, opus 75 "Dixtuour d'Instruments à Vent"
Symphonie No. 6, Opus 79

Trois Opéra-Minutes

L'Enlèvement d'Europe, Opus 94
L'Abandon d'Ariane, Opus 98
La Delivrance de Thésée, Opus 99

Capella Cracoviensis
Karl Anton Rickenbacher

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J.S. Bach: "Wir danken dir, Gott" [Philippe Herreweghe]



Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

"Wir danken dir, Gott"

Cantatas

Cantata BWV120 'Gott man lobet dich in Stille'
Cantata BWV119 'Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn'
Cantata BWV29 'Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir'

Deborah York (soprano), Ingeborg Danz (alto)
Mark Padmore (tenor), Peter Kooy (bass)
Collegium Vocale Gent
Philippe Herreweghe

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28 January 2021

Igor Strawinsky: Der Feuervogel (Suite), Le Sacre du Printemps [Claudio Abbado]



Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

L'Oiseau de Feu (1919 Version)
Le Sacre du Printemps

London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado

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Voices of Russian Opera



Voices of Russian Opera

CD 1

Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)
A Life for the Tsar, Act I: Antonida's Cavatina and Rondo

Teresa Stich-Randall (soprano)

A Life for the Tsar, Act IV: Brother, in the darkness

Nicolai Gedda (tenor)

A Life for the Tsar, Act IV: My poor horse is dead

Mela Bugarinović (contralto)

A Life for the Tsar, Act IV: They begin to guess the truth
A Life for the Tsar, Act IV: Not so long ago, at home
A Life for the Tsar, Act IV: Death of Susanin

Boris Christoff (bass)

Ruslan and Ludmila, Act III: Farlaf's Rondo

Aleksandr Dargomïzhsky (1813-1869)
Rusalka, Act I: Song of the Miller
Rusalka, Act III: Mad Scene and Death of the Miller

Feodor Chaliapin (bass)

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
Prince Igor, Act I: Prince Galitsky's Aria

Boris Christoff (bass)

Prince Igor, Act II: Konchakovna's Aria

Reni Penkova (mezzo-soprano)

Prince Igor, Act II: Vladimir's Aria

Todor Todorov (tenor)

CD 2

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
Prince Igor, Act II: Prince Igor's Aria

Constantin Chekerliiski (baritone)

Prince Igor, Act II: Khan Konchak's Aria

Boris Christoff (bass)

Prince Igor, Act IV: Yaroslavna's Lament

Julia Wiener (soprano)

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Boris Godunov, Prologue: O ye faithful! Boris will not yield

Jacques Mars (baritone)

Boris Godunov, Prologue: Coronation Scene

Martti Talvela (bass)

Boris Godunov, Act I: Pimen's Narrative

Leonard Mróz (bass)

Boris Godunov, Act I: In the Town of Kazan

Aage Haugland (bass)

Boris Godunov, Act II: Song of the Gnat

Lydia Romanova (mezzo-soprano)

Boris Godunov, Act II: Clapping Game

Ana Alexieva (mezzo-soprano), Mela Bugarinović (contralto)

Boris Godunov, Act II: Boris's Monologue

Martti Talvela (bass)

Boris Godunov, Act II: Tale of the Parakeet

Wiera Baniewicz (contralto)

Boris Godunov, Act II: In the cathedral of Ulglich

Bohdan Paprocki (tenor)

Boris Godunov, Act II: Clock Scene

Feodor Chaliapin (bass)

Boris Godunov, Act III: Marina's Aria

Evelyn Lear (soprano)

Boris Godunov, Act III: Marina/Rangoni Duet

Eugenia Zareska (mezzo-soprano), Kim Borg (bass)

Boris Godunov, Act III: Dmitri's Aria

Dimitr Ouzounov (tenor)

Boris Godunov, Act III: That wily Jesuit has firmly seized me

Nicolai Gedda (tenor)

Boris Godunov, Act IV: Shuisky's Evidence

André Bielecki (tenor)

CD 3

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Boris Godunov, Act IV: Hear ye, noble Boyars

Andrzej Hiolski (baritone)

Boris Godunov, Act IV: Simpleton's Song

Kiril Dulguerov (tenor)

Boris Godunov, Act IV: Flow, flow, o bitter tears

Paulos Raptis (tenor)

Boris Godunov, Act IV: Boris's Farewell and Prayer
Boris Godunov, Act IV: Death of Boris

Boris Christoff (bass)

Songs and Dances of the Death: The Field Marshal

Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano)

Sorochintsy, Act I: Why cry and lament, my poor eart?

Nicolai Gedda (tenor)

Khovanshchina, Act V: Dosifei's Aria

Boris Christoff (bass)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Eugene Onegin, Act I: Tatyana's Letter Scene

Lucia Popp (soprano)

Eugene Onegin, Act II: Lensky's Aria

Rolando Villazón (tenor)

Eugene Onegin, Act III: Prince Gremin's Aria

Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone)

The Queen of Spades, Act I: Forgive me, loveliest of creatures

Nicolai Gedda (tenor)

The Queen of Spades, Act III: It is close on midnight already

Lucia Popp (soprano)

The Queen of Spades, Act III: What is our life? A game!

Nicolai Gedda (tenor)

The Snow Maiden: Lel's Song

Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano)

CD 4

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
May Night, Act I: The sun sinks low
Sadko, Scene 2: Oh, you dark little wood

Nicolai Gedda (tenor)

Sadko, Scene 2: Lullaby of the Sea Princess

Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano)

Sadko, Scene 4: Song of the Viking Guest

Feodor Chaliapin (bass)

The Snow Maiden, Act II: Nature, sacred sweet

Dmitri Smirnov (tenor)

The Tsar's Bride, Act II: Marfa's Scene and Aria

Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano)

The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh, Act III: Prince Yuri's Aria

Boris Christoff (bass)

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Aleko: Romance of the Young Gypsy

Nicolai Gedda (tenor)

Aleko: Aleko's Aria

Feodor Chaliapin (bass)

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
War and Peace, Scene 3: What right have they?

Lucia Popp (soprano)

Ivan the Terrible Op. 116: Song about the Beaver

Irina Arkhipova (mezzo-soprano)

Ivan the Terrible Op. 116: Feodor Basmanov's Song

Anatoly Mokrenko (baritone)

Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Act I: Oh, I don't feel like sleep

Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano)

Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Act II: That's what old age means

Dimiter Petkov (bass)

Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Act III: Only a lady friend of mine

Robert Tear (tenor)

Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Act III: The police were formed

Aage Haugland (bass)

Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Act IV: In the wood, right in a grove

Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano)

Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Act IV: Thank you Katerina Lvovna

Birgit Finnilä (mezzo-soprano)

Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Act IV: We trudge along day after day

Alexander Malta (bass)

CD 5 Singers of Imperial Russia

Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)
A Life for the Tsar, Act II: I look over the bare fields

Marie Michailova (soprano)

A Life for the Tsar, Act IV: Ah, not to me, poor wretch

Eugenia Zbrueva (contralto)

A Life for the Tsar, Act IV: They guess the truth

Vladimir Kastorsky (bass)

Ruslan and Ludmila, Act III: O my Ratmir!

Marianne Tcherkasskaya (soprano)

Alexander Serov (1820-1871)
Judith: I shal don my robe of byssus

Natalia Yuzhina (soprano)

Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894)
The Demon: On desire's soft, fleeting wing

Andrei Labinsky (tenor)

The Demon: In the quiet of the night

Nina Koshetz (soprano)

The Demon: Accursed world

Joachim Tartakov (baritone)

Nero: Epithalamium

Nikolai Shevelev (baritone)

César Cui (1835-1918)
Prisoner of the Caucasus: The sun was brightly shining

Ivan Grizunov (baritone)

Eduard Nápravník (1839-1916)
Dubrovsky: O give me oblivion

Dmitri Smirnov (tenor)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Oprichnik: I swear before God and thee

Nikolai Figner (tenor)

Eugene Onegin, Act II: In your house

Dmitri Smirnov (tenor)

Eugene Onegin, Act III: Lensky's Aria

Leonid Sobinov (tenor)

The Maid of Orleans, Act I: Farewell to the forests

Vera Petrova-Zvantseva (mezzo-soprano)

The Queen of Spades, Act III: It is midnight

Medea Mei-Figner (soprano)

Iolanthe, Act I: Why have I not known this before?

Lydia Lipkowska (soprano)

Iolanthe: My lord, if I offend

Lev Sibiriakov (bass)

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
The Snow Maiden, Prologue: Gathering berries

Antonina Nezhdanova (soprano)

Aleksandr Grechaninov (1864-1956)
Dobrinya Nikitich: Flowers were blooming

Leonid Sobinov (tenor)

Various pianists, orchestras and conductors

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27 January 2021

Johann Caspar Kerll, Giovanni Valentini: Scaramuza [Léon Berben]

 

Scaramuza

Johann Caspar Kerll (1627-1693)

Toccata con il pedali F major
Aria con variazioni D minor
Ricercata in cylindrum phonotacticum transferenda
Versus secundi toni
Scaramuza
Ciaconna C major
Battaglia C major
Canzona F major
Canzona D minor
Canzona «Der teutsche Trommblschlag» C major
Canzona C major
Canzona A minor
Passacaglia D minor
Variationi Schmidt C major
Toccata primi toni
Versus primi toni
Praeludium primi toni

Giovanni Valentini (1582-1649)

Canzona «Le Bon. â 5 V» D major
Canzona a 6 G minor
Canzona a 6 D minor
Canzona a 6 (2) G minor
Canzona a 6 (2) D minor
Canzona a 5 G minor

Léon Berben (organ)

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Wagner: Symphony in C major [Jun Märkl]



Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Symphony in E major (fragment)
Symphony in C major

MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jun Märkl

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26 January 2021

François Ier: Musique d'un Règne [Doulce Mémoire, Denis Raisin Dadre]


François Ier • Musiques d'un Règne


CD 1 Messe pour le Camp du Drap d'Or


Pierre Attaingnant (c1494–c1552)
Pavanes

Anonymous
Introit: Da pacem, Domine

Claudin de Sermisy (c1490-1562)
Kyrie

Jean Mouton (c1459-1522)
Da pacem Domine

Nicholas Ludford (c1485–1557)
Gloria

Anonymous
Bonus et miserator

Antonius Divitis (c1470–c.1530)
Credo

Jean Mouton (c1459-1522)
Reges terrae congregati sunt

Nicholas Ludford (c1485–1557)
Sanctus

Anonymous
Elevation: O salutaris Hostia
Occo codex

Nicholas Ludford (c1485–1557)
Benedictus

Claudin de Sermisy (c1490-1562)
Agnus Dei

Jean Mouton (c1459-1522)
Verbum bonum et suave

CD 2 La Chambre du Roy


Claude Gervaise (1525–1583)
Pavane

Anonymous
Je suis déshéritée

Pierre Certon (1510-1572)
Je suis déshéritée

Didier Lupi Second (16th)
Susanne un jour

Pierre Certon (1510-1572)
Susanne un jour

Alberto da Ripa (c1500–1551)
La volunté

Pierre Sandrin (1490-1561)
La volunté

Pierre Attaingnant (c1494–c1552)
Basse danse La Volunté

Pierre Sandrin (1490-1561)
Celle qui m'a le nom d'amy donné

Pierre Attaingnant (c1494–c1552)
Basse danse Celle qui m'a le nom

Claudin de Sermisy (c1490-1562)
Contre raison

Pierre Attaingnant (c1494–c1552)
Gaillarde Contre raison

Pierre Certon (1510-1572)
Tant que vivray

Claudin de Sermisy (c1490-1562)
Tant que vivray
Content désir

Pierre Attaingnant (c1494–c1552)
Basse danse Content désir

Claudin de Sermisy (c1490-1562)
Las je my plains

Pierre Certon (1510-1572)
Las je my plains
Reviens vers moy

Hilaire Penet (?1501-?)
Au joly bois

Pierre Certon (1510-1572)
Au joly bois

Pierre Phalèse (1510-1573)
O combien est

Pierre Certon (1510-1572)
Si par fortune
Si par fortune
L'œil pres et loing

Pierre Attaingnant (c1494–c1552)
Pavane et Gaillarde L'œil pres et loing

Johannes Lupi (c1506-1539)
Reviens vers moy

Claudin de Sermisy (c1490-1562)
Contentez-vous

Pierre Certon (1510-1572)
Contentez-vous

Anonymous
Vecy me may

Antoine de Févin (c1470–c1511)
Vecy le may

Doulce Mémoire

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Johann Rosenmüller: Venezianische Abendmusik [Johann Rosenmüller Ensemble]



Johann Rosenmüller (1617-1684)

Venezianische Abendmusik

Lateinische Psalmkonzerte

Versiculum Jube domne
Psalmus In te Domine speravi
Sonata a cinque per archi
Psalmus Qui habitat in adjutorio
Psalmus Ecce nunc benedicite
Sonata a due Violini
Psalmus Exurge gloria mea
Canticum Simeonis Nunc dimittis
Antiphon Salve Regina

Johann Rosenmüller Ensemble

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25 January 2021

Paderewski: Variations et fugue [Nelson Goerner]



Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941)
Variations and Fugue on an original theme in E flat minor, Op. 23

Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938)
Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Johann Strauss: No. 1, Künstlerleben

Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941)
Nocturne in B flat Op. 16 No. 4

Nelson Goerner (piano)

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G. Ph. Telemann: Das befreite Israel [Hermann Max]



Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Das befreite Israel TWV 6:5
Overture in F Minor TWV 55:f1
Der May TWV 20:40

Ingrid Schmithüsen (soprano), Claudia Schubert (alto)
Howard Crook (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass), Ekkehard Abele (bass)
Rheinische Kantorei
Das Kleine Konzert
Hermann Max

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Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes [Daniel Barenboim]



Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

Nocturnes • Complete Recording

CD 1

Nocturne No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 9 No. 1
Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2
Nocturne No. 3 in B major, Op. 9 No. 3
Nocturne No. 4 in F major, Op. 15 No. 1
Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15 No. 2
Nocturne No. 6 in G minor, Op. 15 No. 3
Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1
Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2
Nocturne No. 9 in B major, Op. 32 No. 1
Nocturne No. 10 in A flat major, Op. 32 No. 2
Nocturne No. 11 in G minor, Op. 37 No. 1

CD 2

Nocturne No. 12 in G major, Op. 37 No. 2
Nocturne No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1
Nocturne No. 14 in F sharp minor, Op. 48 No. 2
Nocturne No. 15 in F minor, Op. 55 No. 1
Nocturne No. 16 in E flat major, Op. 55 No. 2
Nocturne No. 17 in B major, Op. 62 No. 1
Nocturne No. 18 in E major, Op. 62 No. 2
Nocturne No. 19 in E minor, Op. 72 No. 1
Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor, Op. post.
Nocturne No. 21 in C minor, Op. post.

Daniel Barenboim (piano)

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Delius: North Country Sketches, In a Summer Garden, Appalachia [Thomas Beecham]



Frederick Delius (1862-1934)

North Country Sketches
In a Summer Garden
Appalachia

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas Beecham

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24 January 2021

Johannes Ockeghem: Missa Cuiusvis Toni [Ensemble Musica Nova]



Johannes Ockeghem (c1430-c1495)

Missa Cuiusvis Toni

CD 1

Messe en ré
Messe en fa

CD 2

Messe en mi
Messe en sol
Intemerata Dei Mater

Ensemble Musica Nova
Lucien Kandel

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Delius: Hassan, Sea Drift, Arabesk [Thomas Beecham]



Frederick Delius (1862-1934)

Hassan¹
Sea Drift²
Arabesk³

¹Leslie Fry, ²Bruce Boyce, ³Einar Nørby (baritones)
The BBC Chorus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas Beecham

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