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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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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JS Bach & Beyond • A Well-Tempered Conversation [Julien Libeer]

A Well-Tempered Conversation

CD 1

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Bagatelle in C minor, WoO 52 (Presto)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue in C sharp major, BWV 848

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Mazurka in C sharp minor, Op. 50 No. 3 (Moderato)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 850

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Prelude in D minor, Op. 23 No.3

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue in E flat major, BWV 852

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Prelude in E flat minor, Op. 103 No. 6

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue in E major, BWV 854

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Le Tombeau de Couperin: Fugue (Allegro moderato) in E minor

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue in F major, BWV 856

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  (1756-1791)
Fantasia in F minor for a Mechanical Organ, KV 608 (arr. Busoni)*

CD 2

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue in F sharp major, BWV 858

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Capriccio (Un poco agitato) in F sharp minor, Op. 76 No. 1

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 860 

Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Prelude in G minor, Op. 34 No. 22

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue in A flat major, BWV 862 

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
Prelude (Andantino) in G sharp minor, Op. 37 No. 12 (BV 181/12)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue in A major, BWV 864

György Ligeti (1923-2006)
Musica ricercata I on A (Sostenuto) 

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue in B flat major, BWV 866

Max Reger (1873-1916)
Two-part Canon in B flat minor No. 19

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue in B major, BWV 868

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Sechs kleine Klavierstücke Op. 19

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude in C major, BWV 846

Julien Libeer (piano)
*Adam Laloum (piano)

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Igor Levit on DSCH

Igor Levit on DSCH

CD 1

Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87: Nos. 1-12

CD 2

Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87: Nos. 13-24

CD 3

Ronald Stevenson (1928-2015)
Passacaglia on DSCH

Igor Levit (piano)

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Leonard Bernstein • The Symphony Edition • CD 53 Shostakovich, Sibelius

Leonard Bernstein • The Symphony Edition

CD 53 Shostakovich, Sibelius

Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Symphony No. 14, Op. 135*

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Symphony No. 3 in C major, Op. 52

*Teresa Kubiak (soprano), *Isser Bushkin (bass)
   New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein

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Leonard Bernstein • The Symphony Edition • CD 52 Shostakovich

Leonard Bernstein • The Symphony Edition

CD 52 Shostakovich

Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 "Leningrad"

New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein

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Leonard Bernstein • The Symphony Edition • CD 51 Shostakovich

Leonard Bernstein • The Symphony Edition

CD 51 Shostakovich

Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
Symphony No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 70

New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein

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Leonard Bernstein • The Symphony Edition • CD 50 Shostakovich

Leonard Bernstein • The Symphony Edition

CD 50 Shostakovich

Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54

New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein

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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 [Saito Kinen Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa]

Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)

Symphony No. 5¹

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Le Sacre du Printemps²

¹Saito Kinen Orchestra
²Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa

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Shostakovich: Symphonies [Rudolf Barshai]

Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)

Symphonies

CD 1

Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10
Symphony No. 2 in B major, Op. 14 'To October'
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 20 'The First of May'

Rundfunkchor

CD 2

Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43

CD 3

Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54

CD 4

Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 'Leningrad'

CD 5

Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65

CD 6

Symphony No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 70
Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93

CD 7

Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 'The year 1905'

CD 8

Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Op. 112 'The Year 1917'

CD 9

Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor, Op. 113 'Babi Yar'

Sergei Aleksashkin (bass)
The Choral Academy Moscow

CD 10

Symphony No. 14 in G minor, Op. 135

Alla Simoni (soprano), Vladimir Vaneev (bass)

CD 11

Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141

WDR Sinfonieorchester
Rudolf Barshai

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Shostakovich, Schoenberg: Chamber Music [The Nash Ensemble]

Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)

CD 1

Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57
4 Waltzes for flute, clarinet & piano
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)

CD 2

Kammersymphonie, Op. 9
Ode to Napoleon, Op. 41*
Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4

*Thomas Allen (reciter)
The Nash Ensemble

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Dmitry Shostakovich: Violin Sonata Op. 134, Viola Sonata Op. 147, 24 preludes Op. 34 [Mikhail Bezverkhny, Timur Sergeyenya]

Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)

CD 1

Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 134
24 Preludes for Piano, Op. 34

CD 2

24 preludes , Op. 34 (arr. for Violin and Piano)
Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147

Mikhail Bezverkhny (violin, viola)
Timur Sergeyenya (piano)

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The Best of Maxim Vengerov: CD 9 • Prokofiev, Shostakovich

The Best of Maxim Vengerov

CD 9

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 73

Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Violin Concerto No. 2 in C sharp minor, Op. 129

Maxim Vengerov (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra
Mstislav Rostropovich

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The Best of Maxim Vengerov: CD 6 • Prokofiev, Shostakovich

The Best of Maxim Vengerov

CD 6

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19

Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77

Maxim Vengerov (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra
Mstislav Rostropovich

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The Soviet Experience Volume II • String Quartets by Dmitri Shostakovich and his Contemporaries [Pacifica Quartet]

The Soviet Experience Volume II

CD 1

Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
String Quartet No. 1 in C major, Op. 49
String Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 68
String Quartet No. 4 in D major, Op. 83

CD 2

Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)

String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 92

Pacifica Quartet

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Gould, Shostakovich, Poulenc: Chamber Music [Glenn Gould]

The Glenn Gould Edition

Chamber Music

Glenn Gould (1932-1982)
String Quartet, Op. 1

Symphonia Quartet

"So you want to write a fugue?"

Elizabeth Benson-Guy (soprano), Anita Darian (mezzo-soprano)
Charles Bressler (tenor), Donald Gramm (bass)
Juilliard Quartet

Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Piano Quintet, Op. 57

Glenn Gould (piano)
Symphonia Quartet

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Aubade

Glenn Gould (piano)
Ensemble conducted by Boris Brott

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Shostakovich • Huybrechts [Edith Volckaert, René Defossez, Eugène De Canck]

Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)

Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 99¹

Albert Huybrechts (1899-1938)

Violin Sonata²

Edith Volckaert (violin)
¹Symphony Orchestra of the Belgian Radio (RTB-BRT)
¹René Defossez
²Eugène De Canck

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Shostakovich: The 15 String Quartets [The Beethoven Quartet]

Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)

The 15 String Quartets

CD 1

String Quartet No. 1 in C major, Op. 49
String Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 68
String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73

CD 2

String Quartet No. 4 in D major, Op. 83
String Quartet No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 92
String Quartet No. 6 in G major, Op. 101

CD 3

String Quartet No. 7 in F sharp minor, Op. 108
String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
String Quartet No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 117
String Quartet No. 10 in A flat major, Op. 118

CD 4

String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122
String Quartet No. 12 in D flat major, Op. 133
String Quartet No. 13 in B flat minor, Op. 138
Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11*

CD 5

String Quartet No. 14 in F sharp major, Op. 142
String Quartet No. 15 in E flat minor, Op. 144

*Komitas Quartet
The Beethoven Quartet

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Shostakovich: The String Quartets [Brodsky Quartet]

Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)

The String Quartets

CD 1

String Quartet No. 1 in C major, Op. 49
String Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 68

CD 2

String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73
String Quartet No. 4 in D major, Op. 83

CD 3

 String Quartet No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 92
String Quartet No. 6 in G major, Op. 101
String Quartet No. 7 in F sharp minor, Op. 108

CD 4

String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
String Quartet No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 117
String Quartet No. 10 in A flat major, Op. 118

CD 5

 String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122
String Quartet No. 12 in D flat major, Op. 133
String Quartet No.13 in B flat minor Op.138

CD 6

String Quartet No. 14 in F sharp major, Op. 142
String Quartet No. 15 In E Flat Minor, Op. 144

Brodsky Quartet

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Shostakovich: Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 2 [Stockholm Arts Trio]

Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)

Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 8
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
Seven Romances on Verses by Alexander Blok, Op. 127*

*Anita Soldh (soprano)
Stockholm Arts Trio

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