Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

Editorial Reviews
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Mendelssohn's First Piano Concerto is much more popular, and more frequently played, than his Second. When you listen to this disc, you'll find out why. The First is an inspired piece with memorable themes, enjoyable but not ostentatious display for the piano, and a great sense of fun. The Second has unmemorable themes and a similar style without conveying the sense of fun. For that matter, I've never thought much of the Capriccio brillant, a rather empty showpiece. For those who like lesser Mendelssohn better than I do, this disc is very well played throughout, although the piano takes Howard Shelley's attention away from conducting and the orchestral playing isn't as distinctive as the piano playing. --Leslie Gerber

Tracks:

Concerto For Piano & Orchestra No. 1 In G Minor, Op. 25: I. Molto Allegro Con Fuoco
Concerto For Piano & Orchestra No. 1 In G Minor, Op. 25: II. Andante
Concerto For Piano & Orchestra No. 1 In G Minor, Op. 25: III. Presto. Molto Allegro E Vivace
Concerto For Piano & Orchestra No. 2 In D Minor, Op. 40: I. Allegro Appassionato
Concerto For Piano & Orchestra No. 2 In D Minor, Op. 40: II. Adagio. Molto Sostenuto
Concerto For Piano & Orchestra No. 2 In D Minor, Op. 40: III. Finale. Presto Scherzando
Concerto For Violin & Orchestra In E Minor, Op. 64: I. Allegro Molto Appassionato
Concerto For Violin & Orchestra In E Minor, Op. 64: II. Andante. Allegretto Non Troppo
Concerto For Violin & Orchestra In E Minor, Op. 64: III. Allegro Molto Vivace

Customer Reviews:

Mendelssohn's Concerti performed with excellence.......2006-02-27

This recording by Serkin and Stern is a terrific performance to add to your collection if you like Mendelssohn. I highly recommend these performances especially at such a budget conscious price!

Mendelssohn is put on a Serkin-support system.......2006-01-12

The flashy runs in both Mendelssohn piano concertos, particularly the first, haven't redeemed the banality of their musical content, which actually rivals the Liszt concertos--they are diabolically humdrum while Mendelssohn is academically humdrum. Serkin didn't care about their low status. He pitches into both works as if they are incendiary masterpieces, and for as long as he is playing you're held in his spell. The sonics on these 1959 recordings are a bit thin in the orchestral background--the piano is caught very well--so getting the most up-to-date pressing seems like a good idea.

1959 was also the year when Isaac Stern recorded this Mendelssohn Violin Concerrto, and the sound is still respectable, with the violin escaping the nasty edginess found on old budget CDs. Ormandy is quite vigorous here, as in the piano concertos--he was at his best as an accompanist. Where Menuhin takes every opportunity to make a musical point and Heifetz every opportuity to dazzle, Stern is midway between. He isn't introspective, but he plays seriusly. Passagework and intonation are impeccably clean, and although not the most individual reading in the catalog, Stern's is excellent, particularly in a budget release.

Very good performances.......2005-03-17

It is very nice to have both Mendelssohn piano concertos and the famous violin concerto all on one CD. A very good bargain, and very good performances. Sound quality is actually pretty good too, even though these recordings are somewhat old.

Conciertos al mejor nivel.......2004-09-15

Mendelssohn escribio estos tres conciertos de gran factura y ciertamente tener los tres en un CD ya es algo bastante interesante, ahora si a eso añadimos la calidad de la interpretación estamos frente a un CD de colección.
Rudolf Serkin es un gran pianista y aqui lo demuestra doblemente, el concierto Nº 1 es exquicito, innovador, bello y Serkin lo lleva con fuerza y pulcritud, el comienzo es apasionado, diria frenetico, Serkin me sorprende nuevamente y lleva al piano al maximo, Arrau seria mas majestuoso y quizas le daria un toque de delicadeza, Serkin al contrario y Ormandy lo acompaña, hacen de este comienzo un apasionado y abrumador, muy bueno. Asi el segundo movimiento es mas sutil pero ese toque que Mendelssohn le da a todos sus conciertos, finalizamos con otro momento agitato por decirlo de alguna manera y el solista denuevo nos deslumbra. El Nº 2, aunque inicia como si fuera mas suave es solo eso, un comienzo sutil unos acordes suaves orquesta y luego piano, y de pronto frenesi, impetu, voragine, verdaderamente genial, tengo que decirlo Serkin es un pianista de excepcion y Ormandy como Uds, lo saben acompaña como el solo sabe hacerlo, en forma perfecta. El concierto es recio, contundente, no estoy seguro cual de los dos es mejor, pero definitivamente siempre opacados por el concierto para violin. Aqui otro solista de la mayor calidad Stern lleva el vigor y la alegria de este concierto hasta hacerlo inolvidable, es hermoso, los sonidos de la orquesta, la sutileza y la no tanto del violin envuelven al oyente en una magica red de portentoza gracia y esplendor.
Eugene Ormandy hace lo suyo de manera impecable, lo he comentado antes, es un director de rigor, que acompaña y que sobresale, es espectacular. En este caso acompaña a Serkin y lo hace con fuerza y vigor, y bueno su conocidisima pomposidad.
La Orquesta de Columbia que aparece en forma especial, fue creada para Bruno Walter y es por cierto de una calidad inmejorable. Para la Orquesta de Filadelfia no creo que tenga ya mas halagos que decir que es perfecta.

A must in your collection.......2004-06-20

The piano concerts are ornamental works , and never reach the peak of the champions . They are deeply lyrical and inmersed in the mood of that age signed by the virtuosistic mood. Think in those forty years , Thalberg , Herz, Czerny , Henselt , Moscheles , Bronsart and Liszt to name the most remarkable. In that generation it was more important the show itself that the music could mean. The romanticism in its peak , with all his effects over the great audiences . Transcriptions for piano , fireworks , eight hours concerts , where the music felt in a show business.
Only Schumann , Chopin , Brahms among others could keep the level in their works. And we had to expect for the second half of the century for that show fever eventually dissapeared.
The violin concerto in this case was the best work in the genre of the concerts. In my opinion , F.M. will be reminded by his string quartets , his last three symphonies and this violin concert.
Stern gives to that work , eloquence , majesty and dignity . And the only version I remember to that level is Szigetti Beecham . Deep musicality and above all elegance , and nuance.
Undoubtly this work itself deserves you to acquire.The Philadelphia strings as always superb and powerful. Ormandy was deeply inspired in that ocassion.

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Mostly Magnificent Menuhin, with a Few Reservations

The Violinist
Yehudi Menuhin , Johann Sebastian Bach , Bela Bartok , Ludwig van Beethoven , Alban Berg , Johannes Brahms , Max Bruch , Arcangelo Corelli , Edward Elgar , Franz Joseph Haydn , Edouard Lalo , Felix Mendelssohn , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Carl Nielsen , Niccolo Paganini , Camille Saint-Saens , Jean Sibelius , Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky , Michael Tippett , Henri Vieuxtemps , Antonio Vivaldi , William Walton , Alberto Lysy , Anatole Fistoulari , Antal Dorati , Anthony Bernard , Gaston Poulet , John Pitchard , Mogens Woldike , Pierre Boulez , and Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Manufacturer: EMI Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

I. Allegro
II. Affettuoso
III. Allegro
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Allegro Assai
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Allegro Assai
I. Vivace
II. Largo Ma Non Tanto
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Rhapsody No. 2 (Lassu [Moderato] - Friss [Allegro Moderato])
I. Allegro Non Troppo
II. Andante Tranquillo
III. Allegro Molto
I. Andante
I. Allegretto (Scherzando)
II. Allegro
II. Adagio

Tracks:

Romance No. 1 In G Major
I. Allegro Ma Non Troppo (Cadenza: Kreisler)
II. Larghetto
III. Rondo (Allegro) (Cadenza: Kreisler)
I. Allegro Moderato
II. Adagio
III. Finale (Allegro Energico)

Tracks:

Romance No. 2 In F Major, Op. 50
I. Allegro Non Troppo (Cadenza: Kreisler)
II. Adagio
III. Allegro Giocoso, Ma Non Troppo Vivace - Poco Piu Presto
I. Allegro Molto Appassionato
II. Andante
III. Allegretto Non Troppo - Allegro Molto Vivace

Tracks:

I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Allegro Molto
I. Andante Tranquillo
II. Presto Capriccioso Alla Napolitana & Trio (Canzonetta)
III. Vivace

Tracks:

I. Allegro Moderato (Cadenza: Menuhin)
II. Adagio Molto
III. Finale (Presto) (Cadenza: Menuhin)
I. Allegro
II. Andante Cantabile
III. Rondo (Andante Grazioso - Allegro Ma Non Troppo)
I. Allegro Maestoso
II. Andante
III. Presto

Tracks:

I. Allegro Non Troppo
II. Scherzando (Allegro Molto)
III. Intermezzo (Allegretto Non Troppo)
IV. Andante
V. Rondo (Allegro)
I. Allegro Non Troppo
II. Andantino Quasi Allegretto
III. Molto Moderato E Maestoso - Allegro Non Troppo
Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28
Havanaise, Op. 83

Tracks:

I. Allegro Maestoso (Cadenza: Emile Sauret)
II. Adagio Espressivo
III. Rondo (Allegro Spiritoso)
I. Andante - Moderato - Cadenza
II. Adagio Religioso
III. Scherzo (Vivace) & Trio
IV. Finale (Allegro)
I. Allegro Non Troppo
II. Cadenza
III. Adagio
IV. Allegro Con Fuoco

Tracks:

Serenade Melancolique
I. Allegro Moderato
II. Adagio Di Molto
III. Allegro Ma Non Tanto
I. Praeludium (Largo)
I. Allegro Cavalleresco
II. Intermezzo (Poco Adagio)
II. Rondo (Allegretto Scherzando)

Tracks:

I. Allegro
II. Largo
III. Allegro
I. Allegro Non Molto
II. Adagio
III. Presto
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Allegro
I. Allegro Non Molto
II. Largo
III. Allegro
I. Vivace - Allegro - Adagio - Vivace - Allegro - Largo Andante
II. Allegro
III. Grave - Andante Largo - Allegro
Fantasia Concertante On A Theme Of Corelli

Customer Reviews:

Mostly Magnificent Menuhin, with a Few Reservations.......2004-01-06

The recent trend toward classical box sets focusing on the performer instead of the composer (see my reviews of the various DG/Decca "Original Masters" sets) continues with EMI's new "Yehudi Menuhin - The Violinist." Sure EMI's past sets have showcased individual performances by Samson Francois, Eugen Jochum and Rudolf Kempe to name a few, but it was always under the heading of a given composer's works, and in the cases mentioned above, to Chopin's piano pieces, Bruckner's Symphonies and Strauss' Orchestral Works respectively. Therefore, this Menuhin collection is the first of EMI's "Budget Box Sets" to showcase a performer playing the works of a variety of composers.

As Menuhin was an EMI recording artist for an incredible 68 years (1931-99), his performances for the label number in the hundreds. With so much music from which to choose, this 10-disc set aims "to highlight some of those alternative versions, including recordings that have not been easily available since the days of LP and others that have never previously appeared on CD." Therefore, the obvious mainstream, easily attainable recordings are omitted here -- for example, the Beethoven/Mendelssohn VCs with Furtwangler, the Elgar VC with the composer conducting, and the Bruch/Mendelssohn VCs with Susskind and Kurtz.

However, a lot of this material has been on disc before on titles which the serious collector most likely already owns. Most of the Bach is currently available as part of the Bach "Budget Box Series" title. The Bruch, Mendelssohn, Brahms and Vivaldi VCs were all available in the now out-of-print 2CD EMI Seraphim series. The Elgar and the Walton are still available in the "British Composers" series. And perhaps most annoyingly, the previously unpublished Beethoven VC and Tchaikovsky "Serenade melancolique" (available as a single disc), and the Beethoven Romance No. 2 (available on an EMI Encore title) were both reissued just a few months back.

But let's focus on the positive, which are the other rare performances, the most significant being the never before reissued 1954 performance of Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 4 with John Pritchard and the Philharmonia. Other elusive recordings include Viuextemps and Paganini VCs with Fistoulari, Lalo and Saint-Saens works with Goossens, and excellent Berg and Bartok accounts with Boulez. Though I'm delighted at their inclusion, of lesser importance is a 1965 Bartok VC No. 2 with Dorati -- his mono EMI with Furtwangler and an earlier account with Dorati on Mercury Living Presence are far superior. Also, neither the Sibelius (Boult, 1955) nor Nielsen (Woldike, 1952) Concertos are truly Menuhin's cups of tea.

My last complaint has to do with the packaging. I know I'm being rather trite but it seems that EMI has taken the "slim" out of slim, paper-sleeved box sets with their latest batch of releases. Both this title and the new box of Liszt Orchestral Works by Masur are noticeably thicker than previous EMI sets featuring a similar number of discs. A minor point, but us serious classical collectors need every centimeter of space on our increasingly crowded CD shelves, not to mention the amount of wasted packaging.

Overall though, despite the fact that "Yehudi Menuhin - The Violinist" is not as essential a reissue as its counterparts in the "Original Masters" series, it is a delightful set that most collectors will thoroughly enjoy.

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Fantastic Recording
Outstanding Pianist

Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

Manufacturer: Chandos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000AT4
Release Date: 1994-01-04

Tracks:

Piano Concerto No. 1 In G Minor, Op.25: Molto Allegro Con Fuoco
Concerto No. 1 In G Minor, Op.25: Andante
Concerto No. 1 In G Minor, Op.25: Presto - Molto Allegro E Vivace - Tempo 1
Piano Concerto No. 2 In D Minor, Op. 40: Allegro Appassionato
Concerto No. 2 In D Minor, Op. 40: Adagio: Molto Sostenuto
Concerto No. 2 In D Minor, Op. 40: Finale. Presto Scherzando
Capriccio Brillant, Op.22: Andante - Allegro Con Fuoco

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Mendelssohn's First Piano Concerto is much more popular, and more frequently played, than his Second. When you listen to this disc, you'll find out why. The First is an inspired piece with memorable themes, enjoyable but not ostentatious display for the piano, and a great sense of fun. The Second has unmemorable themes and a similar style without conveying the sense of fun. For that matter, I've never thought much of the Capriccio brillant, a rather empty showpiece. For those who like lesser Mendelssohn better than I do, this disc is very well played throughout, although the piano takes Howard Shelley's attention away from conducting and the orchestral playing isn't as distinctive as the piano playing. --Leslie Gerber

Customer Reviews:

Fantastic Recording.......2003-03-03

This stunner is worth the Penguin Rosette and recommendation from Gramophone magazine. The playing is stunning. The orchestra is in finest form. And the digital recording is fabulous - crystal clear, well balanced. No muddy piano parts. The notes are clearly heard and played at a thrilling pace. Very very highly recommended.

Outstanding Pianist.......2000-12-26

Listening to Howard Shelley and Felix Mendelssons Piano Concerto Nr 1 brought back great memories when I was a youth. The sad yearning especially Molto Allegro Con Fuoco is particularly hauntingly beautiful. Give it a try get the kids to bed put your feet up get a bottle of good beer say a McEwans and a glass of good sherry and listen to Howard direct and Play this hauntingly beautiful concerto. It remind me somewhat of some of Mozart's earlier Piano Concerto's .

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The Mendelssohn Piano Concerto Set to Get!

Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

Manufacturer: Arte Nova Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

I. Molto Allegro Con Fuoco
II. Andante
III. Presto
I. Allegro Appassionato
II. Adagio
III. Finale: Presto Scherzando
Capriccio Brillant
Rondo Brillant

Album Description

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), creator of the lyric piano piece, wrote his popular Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor when he was twenty-two years old and played the solo part himself in public. In this early work Mendelssohn nurtured a compositional principle of free approach to form--a novelty that he also used to good end in the Concerto No. 2 in D minor and the later Violin Concerto. Andrei Pisarev, winner of the 1983 Rachmaninov Competition in Moscow, is one of the leading pianists of Russia's younger generation. In 1991 he won several piano awards, including First Prize at the International Mozart Competition in Salzburg, demonstrating not only outstanding technical ability but also profound musicality.

Customer Reviews:

The Mendelssohn Piano Concerto Set to Get!.......2007-06-25

This rerelease of recordings of Mendelssohn's works for piano and orchestra with an all Russian ensemble are now the ultimate choice for those who love this music. Too many recordings fail to bring out the Romanticism and drama of these works, playing them like Mozartian Classical works instead. Mendelssohn stood at a crossroads (second third of nineteenth century) and he is considered one of the first Romantics (along with Schumann and Chopin). His music should be played that way, making him a bridge to the more overt Romanticism of Brahms.

Pianist Andrei Pisarev is a world-class talent and he brings out the fire as well as the lyricism of these works as few others have. Conductor Samuel Friedmann chooses just the right tempos and the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra (noted for their recordings of Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich for Naxos) play with passionate commitment to the music. Even classic accounts like Serkin, Perahia, and Thibadeut fail to bring out these qualities. The Second Concerto in particular stands out for its darkness, drama, and excitement in Pisarev's hands. This work is sometimes played speedily, giving it a lightness and superficiality which are unsuitable to the work. Pisarev can play with great speed when the time is right, but he can also slow down to allow the music to breathe when necessary. This is the most compelling account of the Second Concerto I've ever heard and the First Concerto and the two shorter works for piano and orchestra are also given outstanding performances here. The sound quality throughout is crystal clear and nearly perfect.

For those who have been waiting for satisfying performances of Mendelssohn's piano/orchestra works, the wait is over. This CD is the one you'll want to own. With the super-budget price, they're practically giving it away! Don't hesitate!

Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Concerto for Piano & String Orchestra

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Great performances

Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Concerto for Piano & String Orchestra

Manufacturer: Teldec
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Great performances.......2007-01-02

These are the best recordings of these pieces available.

Mendelssohn's Piano Concertos have been largely ignored, and not really accepted into the professional repertoire. After listening to these performances you'll be scatching your head and asking, "why?" These are great performances that are highly recommended.

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The Greatest Recording of the Mozart Concertoes.
The Finest, Gutsiest Version On A Valved Horn!

Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos. 1-4

Manufacturer: Testament
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ASIN: B000003XK5
Release Date: 1997-05-09

Tracks:

Horn Concerto No. 1 In D, K. 412: I. Allegro
Horn Concerto No. 1 In D, K. 412: II. Rondo (Allegro)
Horn Concerto No. 2 In E Flat, K. 417: I. Allegro maestoso
Horn Concerto No. 2 In E Flat, K. 417: II. Andante
Horn Concerto No. 2 In E Flat, K. 417: III. Rondo
Horn Concerto No. 3 In E Flat, K. 447: I. Allegro
Horn Concerto No. 3 In E Flat, K. 447: II. Romance (Larghetto)
Horn Concerto No. 3 In E Flat, K. 447: III. Allegro
Horn Concerto No. 4 In E Flat, K. 495: I. Allegro moderato
Horn Concerto No. 4 In E Flat, K. 495: II. Romanza (Andante)
Horn Concerto No. 4 In E Flat, K. 495: III. Rondo (Allegro vivace)
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Nocturne
Prelude, Theme & Variations

Customer Reviews:

The Greatest Recording of the Mozart Concertoes........2006-02-10

This is by far the greatest recording of the Mozart Horn Concertoes I have ever heard. The only one that could be better is the other recording that Civil did in the early 80's(I believe that is the corect time frame).

Civil does a incredible job of bringing the music to life and planting it into the hearts of the listeners.

The Finest, Gutsiest Version On A Valved Horn!.......1998-10-17

While the classic monophonic Dennis Brain recording is an accomplished and incomparably smooth rendition, Alan Civil (with Barry Tuckwell, the late Dennis Brain's successors as the finest of British hornists) and Otto Klemperer and the Philharmonia bring much more life and vigor to the interpretations than did Karajan in his accompaniment to Brain; and the recorded sound is spectacularly good, much finer than the original LP release on domestic American Angel.

Tracks:

Piano Concerto No. 1 In G Minor, Op. 25: Molto allegro con fuoco
Piano Concerto No. 1 In G Minor, Op. 25: Andante
Piano Concerto No. 1 In G Minor, Op. 25: Presto
Piano Concerto No. 2 In D Minor, Op. 40: Allegro appassionato
Piano Concerto No. 2 In D Minor, Op. 40: Adagio - Molto sostenuto
Piano Concerto No. 2 In D Minor, Op. 40: Finale: Presto scherzando
Capriccio Brillant In B Minor, Op. 22
Ronto Brillant In E Flat Major, Op. 29

Customer Reviews:

Lovely!.......2007-02-27

I just heard these concertos for the first time, in fact, this is my first ever hearing of these concertos. I am by no means an expert, but I know what I like and when the music moves me and gets to me. These recordings are lovely. The slower softer movements are as pleasing as a Chopin nocturn and the the faster movements are played with gusto and pizzaz. The orchestra does a fine job and the recording engineers did it up right.

Splendidly performed Mendelssohn concertos........2000-07-09

These are splendid renditions of four Felix Mendelssohn masterpieces for piano and orchestra - Piano Concertos 1 and 2; "Capriccio Brilliant," Op. 22; and "Rondo Brilliant," Op. 29. Pianist Benjamin Frith teams with the Kosice Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Robert Stankovsky to imbue each piece with a wonderful romanticism that is, at the same time, tinged with the classical restraint intended by Mendelssohn. Frith demonstrates an excellent ability to capture the music's swift and sometimes subtle changes of mood. He plays faster movements with fiery passion, and slower ones with a sublimely poetic touch and an often ethereal quality. The musical dialog between Frith and the Kosice SSPO is first rate.

Tracks:

Prelude a l'AprMidi d'un Faune - Belgrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Igor Markevitch
Agnus Dei - Ricardo Casinelli, ,
Four Seasons -- 2nd Movement: Largo E Pianissimo Sempre - Martin Sieghart, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Orfeo Ed Euridice 2nd Act -- Ballo: Andante (Dance of the Blessed ...) - Wilhelm Keitel,
Liebestraum No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 62 "O Lieb So Lang" du ... - Peter Schmalfuss
Ice Skaters Waltz "Las Patineurs" Excerpt - Gerhard Becker, Berlin Symphony Orchestra
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 Death of Ase - Libor Pesek, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Air - Artur Faihs, Frida Faihs
Nutcracker Ballet Suite, Op. 71a III: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy - Alfred Scholz, South German Philharmonic Orchestra
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, No. 1: Aria - Christiane Jaccottet
Tales of Hoffman "Barcarolle" - Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Rainer
Suite Bergamasque III: Clair de Lune - Peter Schmalfuss
Landler, Op. 171, No. 4 - Peter Schmalfuss
Ave Verum Corpus, Motet K. 618 - Rolf Schweizer,
Preludes, Op. 28 No. 15 in D flat major: Sostenuto "Raindrops" - Bianca Sitzius
Canon in D major: Preludes - Bernhard G Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Elegies for Piano, Op. 34 I: Wounded Heart - Stefan Jeschko

Tracks:

Preludes, Book 1 No. 8: "La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin" - Peter Schmalfuss
Suite Espa, Op. 47 Sevilla - Irina Kircher
Water Music Suite, Allegro - Oliver VonDohnanyi
Humoresque, Op. 101 - Erich Appel, Oliver Colbentson
Songs Without Words for Piano, Book 2, Op. 30, No. 6 in F sharp minor - Sylvia Capova
Swan Lake, Ballet Suite, Dance of the Swans - Belgrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Igor Markevitch
Divertimento No. 1 in B flat major, 2nd Movement - Chorale Saint Antoni Andante,
Symphony No. 5, 4th Movement: Adagietto - Anton Nanut
Lohengrin, Prelude to Act 3 - Bystrik Rezucha, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Op. 46: Anitra's Dance - Libor Pesek, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Preludes, Op. 3, No. 2 in C sharp minor - Yuri A. Rozum
Tale of the Tsar Saltan -- Flight of the Bumble Bee - Camerata Rhenania, Hanspeter Gmur
Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 "Jupiter," 1st Movement: ... - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Alfred Scholz
Finlandia, Op. 26/7 - Roland Donatte,
Etudes, Op. 10, No. 5 in G flat major "Black Keys" - Peter Schmalfuss
Serenade in E major, Op. 22, 1st Movement: Moderato - Marian Lapsansky, Bystrik Rezucha, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

Tracks:

Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54, 2nd Movement: ... - Marian Lapsansky, Bystrik Rezucha,
Nutcracker Ballet Suite, Op. 71a, Arab Dance - Alfred Scholz, South German Philharmonic Orchestra
Divertimento for 2 Horns & Strings in F major "A Musical Joke," ... - Capella Istropolitana
Faust "Margarethe" -- Ballet Music, Allegretto - The London Symphony Orchestra, Alfred Scholz
Gymnopedies No. 3 - Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48, 2nd Movement; Waltz - Kurt Redel
Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15 Traumerei - Peter Schmalfuss
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16, Adagio - Marian Lapsansky, Bystrik Rezucha, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Waltz in A flat major, Op. 69/1 - Peter Schmalfuss
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73, Adagio Non Troppo - Libor Pesek, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Largo from Xerxes - Ernst Riedlinger
Symphony No. 22 in E flat major, "Philosopher," Adagio
Quintet in E minor, G. 451, Allegro Moderato - Karl Heinz Ber, Hans Kalafusz, GKehr, Gunter Lemmen, Siegfried Palm

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Manufacturer: Golden Classics
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ASIN: B00013D5DU
Release Date: 2004-02-10

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Four Seasons, Violin Concerto, Op. 8 - I: Allegro, From: Spring, Op. 8 - Rainer Kussmaul, Martin Sieghart, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Overture from "The Thieving Magpie" - London Festival Orchestra, Alfred Scholz
Faust's Damnation - Hungarian March - Christian Rainer, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Ave Maria, For Organ - Ernst Riedlinger
Coppa, Ballet Suite - Vienna Opera Orchestra
Orpheo and Euridice - Ballo: Andante (Dance of the Blessed Spirits) - Wilhelm Keitel,
Midsummer Night's Dream - Wedding March (Allegro Vivace) - Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Christian Rainer
From "Scenes from Childhood" Op. 15, No. 7 - Dreaming
At the Spring, From "The Moldau" (Excerpt) - Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pesek
Watermusic, Suite - Allegro - Slovak Philharmonic, Oliver VonDohnanyi
Caro Mio Ben - Ernst Riedlinger
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 - I: Allegro - Hans Swarowsky

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Arlenne-Suite, No. 2 - I: Pastorale - Munich Symphony Orchestra, Alfred Scholz
Orpheus in the Underworld, Overture
Pictures at an Exhibition - Promenade No. 1 - Gerhard Eckle
Danse Macabre, Op. 40
Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55 - Solveig's Song - Libor Pesek, Slovak Philharmonic
Overture from "Fidelio", Op. 72
From: Suite Espa, Op. 47 - Sevilla - Irina Kircher
Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E Minor - The London Symphony Orchestra, Alfred Scholz
Etude in C Minor, Op. 10/12 "Revolution" - Peter Schmalfuss
Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525/"A Little Night Music" - I: Allegro - Libor Pesek, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Carmen Suite No. 2 - Haba (No. 1. Movement) - Loic Bertrand,
Bolero [Short Version, Ed. Durant] - Samo Hubad,

Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Capriccio Brillant

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Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Capriccio Brillant
Serkin , Ormandy , and Columbia Symphony Orchestra
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ASIN: B0001XPY3Y
Release Date: 2005-07-18

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