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Flavours: Music for cello and piano by Debussy, Schnittke, Beethoven, Van Breen / Amber Docters van Leeuwen, cello; Taisiya Pushkar, piano

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Claude Debussy: Sonata for Cello and Piano; Alfred Schnittke: Sonata for cello & piano no 1; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano no 5 in D major, Op. 102 no 2; Eef Van Breen: Flavours, f...
Performers: Pushkar, Taisiya; Van Leeuwen, Amber Docters

This compilation provides a showcase of the many aspects of the cello and the range of emotions and characters that the instrument is able to...continue...
Recording information: Motor Music Studio, Mechelen, Belgium (02/09/2011)....continue...

Beethoven: Complete Violin Sonatas / Kristof Barati, violin; Klara Wurtz, piano [4 CDs]

4 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-10-30

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in D major, Op. 12 no 1; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2 in A major, Op. 12; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in E flat major, Op. 12 no 3; Son...
Performers: Baráti, Kristóf; Würtz, Klára

"Sonatas for piano with violin" was the way Beethoven initially thought of these works, and indeed the earliest of the sonatas reflect that attitude. But...continue...
Recording information: Ferenc Liszt Concert Hall, Pécs, Hungary (2011-11-03_2011-11-09&2012-)....continue...

Sviatoslav Richter plays Beethoven: Sonatas nos 3, 4, 17, 18, 27, 28, 30, 31 & 32; Concerto no 3

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-10-30

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 27 in E minor, Op. 90; Sonata for Piano no 30 in E major, Op. 109; Sonata for Piano no 31 in A flat major, Op. 110; Sonata for Piano no 32 in C minor, Op. 11...
Performers: Richter, Sviatoslav
Conductors: Sanderling, Kurt
Ensemble: ; Moscow Youth Symphony Orchestra

The hardworking Russian pianist Sviatoslav Richter is said to have given more concerts than any other pianist of the 20th century, due in part to...continue...
Recording information: 1952-??-??&1965-??-??&1972-....continue...

Maria Yudina plays Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Liszt / Maria Yudina, piano [3 CDs]

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-10-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903; Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869; Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord no 3 in E major, BWV 1016; Franz Liszt: Preludes...
Performers: Kozolupova, Marina; Yudina, Maria

Maria Yudina was one of the great pianists of 20th Century Russia, and one of the few artists openly opposed to the Soviet regime of...continue...
Recording information: 1948-1958....continue...

Beethoven: Cello Sonatas, Op. 102; Schumann: 5 Pieces in Folk Style, Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73 / Quirine Viersen, cello; Silke Avenhaus, cello

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano no 4 in C major, Op. 102 no 1; Sonata for Cello and Piano no 5 in D major, Op. 102 no 2; Robert Schumann: Phantasiestücke (3) for Clarinet and Pi...
Performers: Avenhaus, Silke; Viersen, Quirine

The combination of cello and piano has long been a favored choice among composers. Detailing a selection of works by two of the world's greatest;...continue...
Recording information: De Nieuwe Veste Breda, The Netherlands (04/09/1999-04/10/1999)....continue...

Historic Russian Archives: David Oistrakh - Chamber Music Edition

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano in D major, K 306 (300l); Variations (12) on "La bergère Célimene," for violin & piano in G major, K. 359 (K. 374a); Sergey Rachmani...
Performers: Badura-Skoda, Paul; Bauer, Frida; Goldenweiser, Alexander [Composer]; Knushevitsky, Svyatoslav; Kollegorskaya, Inna; Makarov, Abram; Oborin, Lev; Oistrakh, David; Oistrakh, Igor [Violin]; Richter, Sv...

The reissue of this unique collection of chamber music masterpieces, ranging from Baroque to 20-century, played by the legendary David Oistrakh, with his luminous, sonorous

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Beethoven: Symphonies, complete / Staatskapelle Dresden - Blomstedt

5 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-06-26

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Symphony no 5 in C min...
Conductors: Blomstedt, Herbert
Ensemble: ; Staatskapelle Dresden

"Herbert Blomstedt's Beethoven cycle with the Staatskapelle Dresden is one of the great ones, as much for the magnificent playing of this finest of all...continue...
Recording information: Lukaskirche Dresden....continue...

Christoph Eschenbach: The Early Recordings / Beethoven, Chopin, Schubert, Henze

6 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Sonata for Piano no 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"; Frédéric Chopin: Prelud...
Performers: Eschenbach, Christoph [Piano/Conductor]
Conductors: Henze, Hans Werner; Ozawa, Seiji

Chief conductor of the Orchestre de Paris, Eschenbach (b.1941) is one of today's foremost conductor-pianists. This fascinating retrospective focuses on his brilliant early career as...continue...

Historical Russian Archives: Rudolf Barshai Edition / Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Bartok et al. [10 CDs] (live, 1956 - 1974)

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-10-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Don Giovanni; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Concerto no 6 in G minor (from 6ème Pièces de clavecin en concerts); Gavott...
Performers: Barshai, Rudolf; Dobrokhotov, Boris; Dokshitzer, Timofei; Korneyev, Alexander; Lill, John; Moreira-Lima, Arthur; Morozova, Irina; Reshetin, Mark; Smirnov, Yevgeny; Vishnevskaya, Galina
Conductors: Barshai, Rudolf
Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra

The Russian conductor Rudolf Barshai was born in 1924 and studied at the Moscow and Leningrad Conservatories. He quickly became part of a group of...continue...

Russian Archives: The 5 Beethoven Piano Concertos; Sonatas 12 & 16 / Emil Gilels

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-10-25

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 15; Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 19; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Conce...
Performers: Gilels, Emil
Conductors: Masur, Kurt
Ensemble: State Symphony Orchestra of USSR

Emil Gilels belongs to a select group of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. Born in Odessa in 1916, he began his studies at...continue...
Recording information: 1976....continue...

Legendary Russian Pianists

25 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka for piano no 33 in B major, Op. 56/1, CT. 83; Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11; Etude for piano no 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 10/4, CT. 17; Etude for pi...
Performers: Akopian-Tamarina, Nelly [Piano]; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bashkirov, Dmitri; Berman, Lazar; Davidovich, Bella; Demidenko, Nikolai; Flier, Yakov; Gavrilov, Andrei; Gilels, Emil; Ginzburg, Grigori; Grinber...
Conductors: Gauk, Alexander; Oistrakh, David; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Tretiakov, Viktor; Temirkanov, Yuri

Russia is home to some of the antiquities most iconic piano players: Konstantin Igumnov, Grigory Ginzburg, Lev Oborin, Vladimir Sofronitzky, Sviatoslav Richter, and Evgeny Kissin...continue...

Beethoven: Favourite Piano Sonatas / Alfred Brendel

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique"; Sonata for Piano no 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"; S...
Performers: Brendel, Alfred

Born in Wiesenberg, Czechoslavakia to a non-musical family, Alfred Brendel has grown into one of Austria's most renowned pianists. Known as one of the most...continue...
Recording information: 1962-1964....continue...

Balakirev: Complete Piano Works / Alexander Paley, piano

6 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Mily Balakirev: Oriental Fantasy for Piano, Op. 18 "Islamey"; Reminiscences on "A Life for the Czar", for piano (2nd version of Fantasy on Glinka's themes); Phantasiestück, for piano in D flat m...
Performers: Paley, Alexander

Founder of the group of Russian composers called 'The Mighty Handful', Mily Balakirev is known for having helped create a distinctive Russian school of music...continue...

Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Liszt: Piano Concertos

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-06-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 15 in B flat major, K 450; Concerto for Piano no 11 in F major, K 413 (387a); Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C ...
Performers: Brendel, Alfred; Freire, Nelson [Piano]; Giacometti, Paolo; Han, Derek; Lechner, Karin; Mayer, Stephen; Würtz, Klára
Conductors: Feeman, Paul; Boettcher, Willfried; Wallberg, Heinz; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; van Beek, Arie; Plasson, Michel; Vásáry, Tamás; Sirenko, Vladimir; Marturet, Eduardo

The piano concerto emerged from the 18th century keyboard concerto as a display vehicle for the new instrument - the fortepiano, and the new breed...continue...

Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch: Violin Concertos

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-06-28

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in D minor, BWV 1052; Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042; Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C minor, B...
Performers: Black, Neil; Carmignola, Giuliano; Dubach, Alexandre; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Grubert, Ilya; Kogan, Leonid; Oistrakh, David; Sitkovetsky, Dmitry; Van Den Booren, Borika
Conductors: Sitkovetsky, Dmitry; Martini, Carlo De; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Kondrashin, Kirill; Sasson, Michel; Foster, Lawrence; Golovschin, Igor; Marturet, Eduardo; Nebolsin, Vasili; Gauk, Alexander
Ensemble: ; English Chamber Orchestra

A 10CD collection that includes the great violin concertos performed by some of the great violin virtuosos of our time. Also included are some rarer...continue...

Ferdinand Rebay: Complete Works for Clarinet and Guitar

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-05-31

Works: Ferdinand Rebay: Vortragsstücke (3), for clarinet & guitar; Variations on a theme from Chopin's Preludes Op. 28, for clarinet & guitar; Sonata for clarinet & guitar in D minor; Sonata for clarin...
Performers: Laura, Massimo; Magistrelli, Luigi

Recording information: S. Stefano Ticino, Italy (2005-10-??&2006-05-??_2006-)....continue...

Beethoven Edition: Complete Works / Grumiaux, Haitink, Vienna PO, Schiff et al.

86 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-05-31

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Symphony no 5 in C min...
Performers: Altvater, Tobias; Amadeus Webersinke; Ander, Eva; Bartel, Reinhold; Berkes, Kalman; Bischoff, Joachim; Bittner, Manfred; Boensch, Cornelius; Bourve, Antonia; Brendel, Alfred; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Bryn...
Conductors: Blomstedt, Herbert; Stein, Horst; Oskamp, Gerard; Haitink, Bernard; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Bünte, Carl-August; Semkov, Jerzy; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; Marriner, Sir Neville; Koch, Helmut; Batz...
Ensemble: ; Berliner Solisten; Borodin Trio; Brahms-Trio; Erben-Quartett; European Chamber Soloists; Members of the MDR Leipzig Radio Chorus; Members of the Orchestra da Camera di Genova (Memb; Ottetto Italiano

Brilliant Classics Piano Library: Beethoven / Alfred Brendel

9 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"; Sonata for Piano no 32 in C minor, Op. 111; Sonata for Piano no 28 in A major, Op. 101; Sonata for Piano no 30 i...
Performers: Brendel, Alfred

After winning the the French Grand Prix du Disque in 1965, these early recordings of Alfred Brendel for the Vox-Turnabout label have achieved iconic status!...continue...
Recording information: 1961-1966; 1962-1964....continue...

The Art of Géza Anda - Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann and Liszt

4 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-07-13

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations (33) for Piano on a Waltz by Diabelli in C major, Op. 120; Franz Schubert: Sonata for Piano in B flat major, D 960; Frédéric Chopin: Preludes (24) for Piano...
Performers: Anda, Geza

Furtwangler called Anda "the troubadour of the piano", and he was indeed a philosopher-virtuoso. His career was devoted to finding the perfect balance between head...continue...

Brilliant Opera Collection - Beethoven: Fidelio / Dohnányi, Schnaut, Protschka

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-07-13

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Conductors: Dohnányi, Christoph von

This 1991 recording was produced by Christopher Raeburn. "This is a tough, unvarnished reading... Dohnanyi has certainly observed anew everything there is in the score......continue...
Recording information: Konzerthaus, Vienna (1991)....continue...

Classical Top 100

5 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-05-04

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Concerto for Flute "Il Gardellino"; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Carnival of the Animals; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata, K. 331; Eine ...
Performers: Austbo, Hakon; Boer, Harmen de; Crombach, Sara; Geiger, Gyorgy; Goldstein, Misha; Grafova, Maria; Grauwels, Marc; Groop, Monica; Han, Derek; Hoek, Martijn van den; Holbling, Anna; Jerie, Marek; Jones...
Conductors: Warchal, Bohdan; Clark, Robert Haydon; Bátiz, Enrique; Ermler, Mark; ; Robev, Georgi; Sándor, János; Kosler, Zdenek; Heyerick, Florian; Davis, Carl; Lenárd, Ondrej; Vandernoot, An...
Ensemble: ; Early Music Consort of London; London Baroque; Musica ad Rhenum; New York Harp Ensemble

This set is newly compiled, choosing the 100 very best tracks in the best available performances, including London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Carl...continue...

Beethoven: The Late String Quartets / LaSalle Quartet

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-04-20

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 12 in E flat major, Op. 127; Quartet for Strings no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131; Quartet for Strings no 13 in B flat major, Op. 130; Grosse Fuge for Stri...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Lasalle Quartett

The famous, near-legendary recordings from the seventies of the late Beethoven String Quartets by the LaSalle Quartet....continue...
Recording information: Beethovensaal, Hannover, Germany....continue...

Beethoven: Famous Piano Sonatas / Alfred Brendel

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-02-09

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique"; Sonata for Piano no 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"
Performers: Brendel, Alfred

Alfred Brendel's first recorded cycle of the complete works for piano of Beethoven appeared in the 1960s on the Vox label. They established his reputation...continue...
Recording information: 1962-1964....continue...

Mozart, Beethoven: Quintets for Piano & Winds / Klára Würtz, Netherlands Wind Ensemble

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-06-02

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Quintet for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Horn in E flat major, Op. 16; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat major, K 452
Performers: Würtz, Klára
Conductors:
Ensemble: Netherlands Wind Ensemble

K452 is an undisputed masterpiece. Each instrument is in effect a virtuoso soloist, and Mozart's writing for them all is masterful. It also dates from...continue...

Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Romances / Emmy Verhey, et al

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-05-05

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 2 in F major, Op. 50; Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 1 in G major, Op. 40
Performers: Verhey, Emmy

Piano Music for Children - Beethoven: Für Elise; Debussy, Schumann, Tchaikovsky / Klára Würtz

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-01-27

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59; Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Claude Debussy: Children's Corner; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Album pour enfants...
Performers: Würtz, Klára

This program presents a wonderful collection of favorites that everyone who has learned to play the piano will know and love. Beethoven's touching 'For Elise'...continue...

Beethoven: Piano Concerto no 3 & 5 / Sugitani, Oskamp, Berlin SO

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-01-13

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Performers: Sugitani, Shoko
Conductors: Oskamp, Gerhard
Ensemble: Berlin Symphony Orchestra

Beethoven: Symphonies no 5 & 6 / Blomstedt, Staatskapelle Dresden

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-01-13

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"
Conductors: Blomstedt, Herbert
Ensemble: Dresden Staatskapelle

Of all his nine symphonies it is the 5th that has come to epitomize Beethoven as the artist whose life was one relentless struggle with...continue...

Beethoven: Symphony no 9 "Choral" / Blomstedt, Döse, Adam, Schiml, Schreier, Dresden Staatskapelle

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-01-13

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers: Adam, Theo; Döse, Helena; Schiml, Marga; Schreier, Peter
Conductors: Blomstedt, Herbert
Ensemble: Dresden Staatskapelle

Schiller's 'Ode to Joy' although pre dating the French Revolution, was the nearest a German artist had come to espousing the same lofty ideas of...continue...

Alfred Brendel - Complete Vox, Turnabout and Vanguard Solo Recordings

38 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2008-09-30

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 9 in E flat major, K 271 "Jeunehomme"; Concerto for Piano no 14 in E flat major, K 449; Concerto for Piano no 17 in G major, K 453; Concerto for Piano n...
Performers: Brendel, Alfred; Klien, Walter
Conductors: Janigro, Antonio; Angerer, Paul; Boettcher, Willfried; ; Wallberg, Heinz; Mehta, Zubin; Gielen, Michael; Sternberg, Jonathan
Ensemble: Hungarian Woodwind Quintet members; I Solisti di Zagreb; Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-B; Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra; Stuttgart Teacher's Choral Society; Vienna Chamber Orche...

Alfred Brendel retires this year from public performance. He will give his last recital in December 2008 at Vienna's Musikverein, in the city where he...continue...

Beethoven: Piano Variations & Bagatelles / Brendel

5 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2007-03-27

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Ecossaises (6) for Piano, WoO 83; Polonaise for Piano in C major, Op. 89; Andante for Piano in F major, WoO 57 "Andante Favori"
Performers: Brendel, Alfred

A truly historic document: some 40 years ago Alfred Brendel recorded Beethoven's Bagatellen and Piano variations. Here the eminent pianist already showed his idiosyncratic self....continue...

The Great Piano Concertos / Kissin, Gilels, Grimaud, et al

6 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2006-06-06

Works: Sergei Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Maurice Ravel: Concerto for Piano in G major; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano ...
Performers: Firkusny, Rudolf; Freire, Nelson; Gilels, Emil; Grimaud, Hélène; Kissin, Evgeni; Lugansky, Nikolai; Würtz, Klára
Conductors: Shpiller, Ivan; López-Cobos, Jesús; Gergiev, Valery; Susskind, Walter; Kitayenko, Dmitri; Masur, Kurt; Sirenko, Vladimir; van Beek, Arie; Plasson, Michel
Ensemble: Academic Symphony Orchestra St. Petersburg; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra; Northwest German Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Russian State Academi...

Children's Corner - Piano Music for Children

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2006-06-06

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59; Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Les saisons, Op. 37b; Album pour enfants, Op. 39; Cla...
Performers: Austbö, Haakon; Bär, Alwin; Fergus-Thompson, Gordon; Lechner, Karin; Van de Laar, Frank; Van den Hoek, Martijn; Würtz, Klára; Warenberg, Alexander

Historic Russian Archives - Oistrakh plays Violin Concertos

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2006-06-06

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64; Antonín Dvorák: Concerto for Violin in A minor, Op. 53; Dmitri Shostakovich: Concerto for Violin no 1 in A minor, Op. 77; Conc...
Performers: Oistrakh, David
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kiril; Mravinsky, Eugen; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Eliasberg, Karl; Sanderling, Kurt; Yudin, Gabril; Gauk, Alexander
Ensemble: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra; Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra; USSR State Radio Symphony Orchestra; USSR State Symphony Orchestra

The violinist David Oistrakh is one of those musicians whose fame crossed many borders both physically and in time. He died over 30 years ago...continue...

Beethoven: String Quintets, etc / Zurich String Quintet, etc

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2006-06-06

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Quintet for Strings in C major, Op. 29; Quintet for Strings in C minor, Op. 104; Quintet for Strings in E flat major, Op. 4; Fugue for String Quintet in D major Op. 137; Duet fo...
Performers: Alexandru, Viorel; Bartha, Mátyás; Hakhnazarian, Mikael; Livschitz, Boris; Livschitz, Zvi; Ostertag, Dominick
Conductors:
Ensemble: Zurich String Quintet

Beethoven: Symphonies / Sawallisch, Price, Lipovsek, et al

5 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2006-06-06

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 8 in F major, Op. 93; Symphony no 4 in B flat maj...
Performers: Lipovsek, Marjana; Price, Margaret; Rootering, Jan-Hendrik; Seiffert, Peter
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Düsseldorf Städtischer Musikvereins Chorus; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Now a (re-issue of) the complete cycle of Beethoven's symphonies by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, one of the world's leading orchestras. Conductor is Wolfgang Sawallisch,...continue...