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11 November 2026

Chopin: Works for Piano & Orchestra [Jan Lisiecki]



Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise  brillante, Op. 22
Rondo à la krakowiak in F major, Op. 14
Variations on Mozart's 'La ci darem la mano' in B flat major, Op. 2
Fantasy on Polish Airs in A major, Op. 13
Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor, Op. post.

Jan Lisiecki (piano)
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
Krzysztof Urbański


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10 November 2026

Brahms: The Symphonies [Simon Rattle]



Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

CD 1

Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

CD 2

Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90

CD 3

Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

Berliner Philharmoniker
Simon Rattle


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Rosenmüller: Vesperpsalmen & Magnificat [La Soranza, Trinity Baroque, Wiesbadener Knabenchor]



Johann Rosenmüller (1619-1684)

Dixit Dominus
Lauda Sion
Paduana
Ballo & Sarabanda
Nisi Dominus
Magnificat

La Soranza, Ensemble für alte Musik Leipzig
Arno Paduch
Trinity Baroque, Vokalensemble Oxford
Julian Podger
Wiesbadener Knabenchor
Klaus Ullrich


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09 November 2026

The Sweetest Songs [Contrapunctus, Owen Rees]



The Sweetest Songs

Music from the Baldwin Partbooks III

Robert White (c1535-1574)
Domine, non est exaltatum

William Byrd (1539/40-1623)
Tristitia et anxietas

John Mundy (c1555-1630)
In te Domine speravi

Anonymous
Confitebor tibi Domine

William Byrd (1539/40-1623)
Peccavi super numerum

Robert Parsons (c1535-1571/2)
Domine quis habitabit

William Mundy (c1528-c1591)
Memor esto verbi tui

John Sheppard (c1515-1558)
Confitebor tibi Domine

William Byrd (1539/40-1623)
Ne perdas cum impiis

William Daman (c1540-1591)
Confitebor tibi Domine

Robert White (c1535-1574)
Portio mea

Contrapunctus
Owen Rees


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Piano Mascarade [Cyprien Katsaris]



Piano Mascarade

Les plus incroyables transcriptions pour piano de chefs-d'œuvre symphoniques, lyriques, sacrés

CD 1

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: Badinerie

Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)
Masquerade: Waltz
Gayaneh: Sabre Dance

Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Jazz Suite No. 2: Waltz No. 2

Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Messiah: Hallelujah

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Serenade No. 13 in G major, KV 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": I. Allegro

Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)
An der Schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314

Antonio Vivaldi (16Vivaldi78-1741)
The Four Seasons: Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8 RV 297 "Winter": II. Largo

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Die Walküre: The Ride of the Valkyries

Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909)
Tango

Carl Orff (1895-1982)
Carmina Burana: O Fortuna

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Suite for two Pianos No. 2, Op. 17

CD 2

György Cziffra (1921-1994)
Concert Study No. 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, KV 550: I. Allegro molto

Franz Schubert (1797-1827)
Die schöne Müllerin, D 795: Morgengruss
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished": I. Allegro moderato

Cyprien Katsaris (°1951)
Spontaneous Improvisation on various themes

José Rolón (1876-1945)
Valse Caprice

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Organ Concerto in A minor, BWV 593

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Six chants polonais, S 480

Louis XIII (1601-1643)
Tu crois, ô beau soleil

Claude Rouget de Lisle (1760-1836)
La Marseillaise

Cyprien Katsaris (piano)


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08 November 2026

Symphonies of the Bach Family [Reinhard Goebel]



Symphonies of the Bach-Family

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784)
Sinfonia in D major, C 8

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
Sinfonia in E flat major, Wq 122/2
Sinfonia in C major
Sinfonia in E minor, Wq 177

Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732-1795)
Sinfonia in D minor, WFV I:3

Johann Ernst Bach (1722-1777)
Sinfonia in B major, B.c. BR-JEB C 1

Johann Ludwig Bach (1677-1731)
Concerto in D major, JLB 39

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Sinfonia in D major, BWV 1045

Berlin Barock Solisten
Reinhard Goebel


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Virgin and Child [Contrapunctus, Owen Rees]



Virgin and Child

Music from the Baldwin Partbooks II

Thomas Tallis (1505-1585)
Gaude gloriosa Dei mater

John Taverner (c1490-1545)
Mater Christi

Robert White (c1538-1574)
Tota pulchra es

Thomas Tallis (1505-1585)
Magnificat
Videte miraculum

Robert White (c1538-1574)
Regina cæli

Robert Fayrfax (1464-1521)
Ave Dei Patris filia

John Sheppard (c1515-1558)
Verbum caro

Contrapunctus
Owen Rees


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29 October 2026

Dietrich Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri [Currende, Erik Van Nevel]



Dieterich Buxtehude (c1637/9-1707)

Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75

Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75: I. Ad pedes
Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75: II. Ad genua
Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75: III. Ad manus
Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75: IV. Ad latus
Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75: V. Ad pectus
Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75: VI. Ad cor
Klaglied, BuxWV 76
Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75: VII. Ad faciem

Currende
Erik Van Nevel


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Songs and Opera Arias • Galina Vishnevskaya



Songs and Opera Arias

CD 1

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Sunless
Where art thou, little star
Hopak
Peasant's lullaby
Darling Savishna
The orphan
Eremushka's lullaby
Songs and Dances of Death

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
 Sadko: Lullaby of the Sea Princess
The Tsar's Bride: Marfa's Scene and Aria
The Tsar's Bride: Lyubasha's Aria

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
The Snow Maiden, Op. 12: No. 6, Lel's Song

CD 2

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
In the silence of the night, Op. 40 No. 3
The rose and the nightingale, Op. 2 No. 2
The dying glow of the sunset, Op. 39 No. 2
The heavy clouds disperse, Op. 42 No. 3
More sonorous than the lark's singing, Op. 43 No. 1
Not the wind blowing from the heights, Op. 43 No. 2
The octave, Op. 45 No. 3
The nymph, Op. 56 No. 1

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Was I not a little blade of grass?, Op. 47 No. 7
Do not believe, my friend, Op. 6 No. 1
The fearful minute, Op. 28 No. 6
Sleep, my poor friend, Op. 47 No. 4
In this moonlight, Op. 73 No. 3
Cradle song, Op. 16 No. 1
Why?, Op. 6 No. 5
Mid the din of the ball, Op. 38 No. 3
If only I had known, Op. 47 No. 1
It was in the early spring, Op. 38 No. 2
Again, as before, alone, Op. 73 No. 6

CD 3

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Russian Folksongs, Op. 104

Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Seven Romances on Verses by Alexander Blok, Op. 127
Five Satires, Op. 109

Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano)
Mstislav Rostropovich (piano, cello, direction)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Ulf Hoelscher (violin), Vasso Devetzi (piano)


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In the Midst of Life [Contrapunctus, Owen Rees]



In the Midst of Life

Music from the Baldwin Partbooks I

William Byrd (c1539/40-1623)
Circumdederunt me

Robert Parsons (c1535-1571/2)
Libera me, Domine

William Byrd (c1539/40-1623)
Audivi vocem de cælo

William Mundy (c1529-1591)
Sive vigilem

Robert Parsons (c1535-1571/2)
Peccantem me quotidie

John Taverner (c1490-1545)
Quemadmodum

Thomas Tallis (1505-1585)
Nunc dimittis

Dericke Gerarde (fl c1540–80)
Sive vigilem

Robert Parsons (c1535-1571/2)
Credo quod redemptor meus vivit

John Sheppard (c1515-1558)
Media vita

Contrapunctus
Owen Rees


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28 October 2026

Brahms: Late Piano Works [Paul Lewis]



Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Late Piano Works

Seven Fantasies, Op. 116
Three Intermezzi, Op. 117
Six Pieces, Op. 118
Four Pieces, Op. 119

Paul Lewis (piano)


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Chopin Evocations [Daniil Trifonov]



Chopin Evocations

CD 1

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21¹
Variations on "Là ci darem la mano" by Mozart, Op. 2

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Carnaval, Op. 9: 12. Chopin

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Hommage à Chopin, Op.  73 No. 5

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Nocturne, Op.  33

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Un poco di Chopin, Op. 72 No.  15

CD 2

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Rondo in C major, Op. 73²
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11¹

Frederic Mompou (1893-1987)
Variations on a theme by Chopin

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 "Fantaisie-Impromptu"

Daniil Trifonov (piano)
²Sergei Babayan (piano)
¹Mahler Chamber Orchestra
¹Mikhail Pletnev


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27 October 2026

Bach • Handel [Sabine Devieilhe, Raphaël Pichon]



Bach • Handel

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
“Mein Jesu! was vor Seelenweh” BWV 487: vv. 1 & 3
Cantata "Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal", BWV 146: Sinfonia
Cantata "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut", BWV 199

Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Brockes Passion, HWV 48: 40. “Ach Gott, ach Gott! Mein Sohn wird fortgeschleppt” - “Soll mein Kind, mein Leben sterben/Ja, ich sterbe dir zu gut”*
Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: 29. “Che sento? O dio!”… - “Se pietà di me non senti”
Brockes Passion, HWV 48: 42. “Hier erstarrt mein Herz und Blut”… - “O Anblick, o entsetzliches Gesicht!”
Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: 35.  “Piangerò la sorte mia”
Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a: “Pure del Cielo intelligenze eterne”… - “Tu del Ciel ministro eletto”

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Cantata "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen", BWV 51

Sabine Devieilhe (soprano)
*Stéphane Degout (baritone)
Pygmalion
Raphaël Pichon


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Virgilio Mazzocchi: Vespro della beata Vergine [Cantus Cölln]



Vespro della beata Vergine

Virgilio Mazzocchi (1597-1646)
Dixit Dominus
Beata Mater
Laudate pueri

Giacomo Carissimi (c1605-1674)
Exsurge cor meum

Virgilio Mazzocchi (1597-1646)
Laetatus sum
Aurge amica mea
Nisi Dominus

Giacomo Carissimi (c1605-1674)
O dulcissimum Mariae nomen

Virgilio Mazzocchi (1597-1646)
Lauda Jerusalem

Giacomo Carissimi (c1605-1674)
Salve Regina

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
Canzona a due cori

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525/6-1594)
Ave maris stella

Virgilio Mazzocchi (1597-1646)
Vespro della beata Vergine: XIII. Magnificat

Cantus Cölln
Concerto Palatino
Konrad Junghänel


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26 October 2026

Lamentazioni [María Cristina Kiehr, Concerto Soave]



Lamentazioni per la Settimana Santa

Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674)
Incipit Lamentatio Ieremiae Prophetae
Vaù

Michelangelo Rossi (c1601-1656)
Toccata Quarta

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
Jod.

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c1525-1594)
Heu mihi Domine, passeggiato per la viola

Anonymous
De Lamentatione Ieremiae Prophetae
Lamed.

Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger (c1580-1651)
Toccata Quinta

Anonymous
De Lamentatione Ieremiae Prophetae
Toccata arpeggiata

Giovanni Francesco Marcorelli (c1615-c1675)
Aleph.

Anonymous
Incipit Oratio Ieremiae Prophetae

María Cristina Kiehr (soprano)
Concerto Soave
Jean-Marc Aymes


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Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 [Martha Argerich, Charles Dutoit]



Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21

Martha Argerich (piano)
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Charles Dutoit


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Bizet: Symphonie en ut, Jeux d'enfants • Chabrier: Suite pastorale [Les Siècles, Roth]



Georges Bizet (1838-1875)

Symphonie en ut majeur

Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894)

Suite pastorale

Georges Bizet (1838-1875)

Jeux d'enfants, Op. 22

Les Siècles
François-Xavier Roth


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25 October 2026

Brahms • Abbado



Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

CD 1

Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
Gesang der Parzen, Op. 89
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

CD 2

Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73

CD 3

Tragic Overture
Schicksalslied, Op. 54
Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90

CD 4

Variations on a theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a
Nänie, Op. 82
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

CD 5

Serenade No. 1 in D major, Op. 11
Serenade No. 2 in A major Op. 16

Marjana Lipovšek (contralto) [Alto Rhapsody]
Ernst Senff Chor [Alto Rhapsody, Schicksalslied]
Rundfunkchor Berlin [Gesang der Parzen, Nänie]
Berliner Philharmoniker
Mahler Chamber Orchestra [Serenade No. 1]
Claudio Abbado

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24 October 2026

Portrait [Anonymous 4]



A Portrait of Anonymous 4

Anonymous
Venite omnes criosticole
Ad superni regis decus
Portum in ultimo
O Maria stella maris
Stabat iuxta Christi crucem
Stillat in stellam radium
Primo tempore alleviata
Speciosus forma
Mi Atyánk Atya Isten
Puisque bele dame m'eime / FLOS FILIUS
Ne sai, que je die / IOHANNE
Amor potest conqueri / Ad amorem sequitur
Quant yver la bise ameine / IN SECULUM
On doit fin[e] Amor / La biauté / IN SECULUM
Edi beo thu hevene quene
Ave maris stella
Salve virgo virginum
Ther is no rose of swych vertu
Prolis eterne genitor / Psallat mater gracie
Ecce quod natura

Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
Spiritui sancta

Anonymous 4


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23 October 2026

Grandi Voci: Pilar Lorengar



Pilar Lorengar

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
La Bohème: Si, mi chiamano Mimi
La Rondine: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta
Madama Butterfly: Un bel dì
Turandot: Tu che di gel sei cinta
Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Rusalka: Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém

Gustave Charpentier (1860-1956)
Louise: Depuis le jour

Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Carmen: C'est des contrebandiers... Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante
Les pêcheurs de perles: Me voilà seule... comme autrefois dans la nuit sombre

Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
Manon: Obéissons... Profitons bien de la jeunesse

Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia
Giuseppe Patanè

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Le nozze di Figaro: E Susanna non vien!... Dove sono

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Fidelio: O wär ich schon mit dir vereint

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Der Freischütz: Wie nahte mir der Schlummer... Leise, leise

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Tannhäuser: Dich, teure Halle

Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957)
Die tote Stadt: Glück, das mir verblieb

Wiener Opernorchester
Walter Weller

Pilar Lorengar (soprano)


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Army of Generals • Volume 1 [Anders Muskens]



Army of Generals

The World of the Court Orchestra in Mannheim (1742-1778): Volume 1

Franz Ignaz Beck (1734-1809)
Symphonie Périodique No. 17 in E flat major, C. 27 (1761)

Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782)
Amor Vincitore: “Anime, che provate” - "Queste selve gia d'amore"
Concerto for the pianoforte in E flat major, Op. 13 No. 6

Wolfgang amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Recitativo e aria “Alcandro, lo confesso” ‐ “Non sò d'onde viene”, KV 294

Niccolò Jommelli (1714-1774)
La Didone Abbandonata: “Va crescendo il mio tormento”

Carl Stamitz (174-1801)
Symphonie de chasse in D major

Das Neue Mannheimer Orchester
Anders Muskens


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22 October 2026

Ferdinand Ries: Sonate sentimentale [Uwe Grodd, Matteo Napoli]



Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838)

Works for Flute and Piano

Flute Sonata in E flat major, Op. 169 "Sonate sentimentale"
Introduction and Polonaise, Op. 119
Flute Sonata in G major, Op. 87
Variations on a Portuguese Hymn, Op. 152 No. 1

Uwe Grodd (flute)
Matteo Napoli (piano)


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Franco Leoni: L'Oracolo [Stefan Solyom]



Franco Leoni (1864-1949)

L'Oracolo

Ashley Holland (baritone), Peter Sidhom (baritone)
Franz Mayer (baritone), Carlo Ventre (tenor)
Annalisa Raspagliosi (soprano), Katharina Magiera (contralto)
Chor und Kinderchor der Oper Frankfurt
Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester
Stefan Solyom


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21 October 2026

Friedrich Gernsheim: Symphonies 1 & 3 [Hermann Bäumer]



Friedrich Gernsheim (1839-1916)

Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 32
Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 54

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Mainz
Hermann Bäumer


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Ernst Wilhelm Wolf: Keyboard Sonatas [Paul Simmonds]



Ernst Wilhelm Wolf (1735-1792)

Keyboard Sonatas

Sonata in C minor
Sonata in B flat major
Sonata in C minor
Sonata in B flat major
Sonata in C minor
Sonata in D minor
Sonata in F major
Sonata in E minor
Sonata in B flat major
Sonata in B minor

Paul Simmonds (clavichord)


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