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Historical - Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem / Celibidache, Hotter, Giebel

1 CD / Myto Records / 2009-04-17

Works: Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45
Performers: Giebel, Agnes; Hotter, Hans
Conductors: Celibidache, Sergiu
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Chorus; Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Brahms: The 4 Symphonies / Bychkov, WDR SO Köln

3 Super Audio CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 73; Symphony no 3 in F major, Op. 90; Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Conductors: Bychkov, Semyon
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Semyon Bychkov and the WDR Sinfonieorchester Koln, of which Bychkov has been Music Director since 1997, have proven to be one of the greatest success...continue...

Mozart: Piano Concerto no 20, Cadenzas by Beethoven, Brahms, Busoni, etc / Rische, Griffiths, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2009-03-31

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 20 in D minor, K 466; Ferruccio Busoni: Cadenzas (2) for Mozart's Piano Concerto no 20, for piano in D minor, KiV B7; Johannes Brahms: Cadenza for Mozar...
Performers: Rische, Michael
Conductors: Griffiths, Howard
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Bach, Brahms, etc: Violin Concertos / Oistrakh, Hagen, Zukermann, et al

2 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2008-10-28

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Violin no 4 in G major, H 7a no 4; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 5 in A major ("Turkish") K. 219; Michael Haydn: Concerto for Violin in B flat major...
Performers: Greutter, Roland; Hagen, Lukas; Meneses, Antonio; Oistrakh, David; Ricci, Ruggiero; Zehetmair, Thomas [Conductor/Violin]; Zukerman, Pinchas
Conductors: Konwitschny, Franz; Wand, Günter; Hartung, Volker; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Sanderling, Kurt
Ensemble: ; Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra; Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; St. Petersburg Chamber Orchestra

Classical Dreams / Norrington, Winschermann, Zhukov, Hartung, et al

3 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2008-09-30

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C minor, K 457; Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i); Adagio for Violin and Orchestra in...
Performers: Backhaus, Wilhelm; Basch, Wolfgang; Belesow, Sergej; Gasparovic, Jadranka; Gieseking, Walter; Greutter, Roland; Hagen, Lukas; Koroliov, Evgeni; Kremer, Pierre; Makarow, Igor; Meneses, Antonio; Rubsam...
Conductors: Pesek, Libor; Blomstedt, Herbert; Winschermann, Helmut; Hartung, Volker; Jans, Carlo; Norrington, Roger; Cloutier, Denise; Köster, Tilmann; Wand, Günter; Karajan, Herbert von; Zhukov, Igor;...
Ensemble: Camerata Salzburg; Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Cologne Youth Symphony; Dresden Staatskapelle; European Philharmonic Orchestra; German Bach Soloists; Latvian Philharmonic Chamber Orc...

Beethoven: Symphony no 6; Brahms / Sanderling, et al

2 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2007-11-20

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Academic Festival Overture in C minor, Op. 80
Performers: Meneses, Antonio; Richter, Sviatoslav; Zehetmair, Thomas [Conductor/Violin]
Conductors: Sanderling, Kurt
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra

"Another superb WDR releaserecorded in 1985 in pure, spacious DDD soundSanderling's performance of Beethoven 6 is authoritative, beautifully shaped, and played to perfection by the...continue...

Beethoven: Egmont Overture; Brahms: Symphony no 1; Mahler

1 CD / Medici Masters / 2007-08-28

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op. 84A; Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68; Gustav Mahler: Kindertotenlieder, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra)
Performers: London, George [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Brahms: Symphony; Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto / Karl Böhm

1 CD / Audite / 2007-06-20

Works: Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68; Henri Vieuxtemps: Concerto for Violin no 5 in A minor, Op. 37 "Grétry"
Performers: Bobesco, Lola
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra

In 1963, partnered with the WDR Symphony Orchestra, Karl Bohm successfully crafted an interpretation of Brahms' unwieldy 'Symphony No. 1' that is passionate and full...continue...

Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem / Klemperer, Grummer, Prey

1 CD / Archipel / 2007-04-02

Works: Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45
Performers: Grummer, Elisabeth; Prey, Hermann
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Chorus; Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Günter Wand Edition - Brahms, Weber

1 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2006-05-16

Works: Johannes Brahms: Serenade for orchestra no 1 in D major, Op. 11; Carl Maria von Weber: Concerto for Clarinet no 2 in E flat major, J. 118 (Op. 74)
Performers: Gieáer, Hermut
Conductors: Wand, Günter
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra

The Cologne Years Vol 1 / Otto Klemperer

2 CD / Andante / 2005-11-15

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 83; Paul Hindemith: Nobiliss...
Performers: Anda, Géza
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra

From the first bars, the lions claws wrote Eigel Kruttge (Deputy Director, Cologne Radio) after Klemperers first rehearsal on February 6, 1954. Here at last...continue...