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Szymon Goldberg Centenary (Edition), Vol. 2: Commercial Recordings / Szymon Goldberg, violin [8 CDs]

8 CD / Music & Arts / 2012-10-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in D minor, BWV 1052; Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042; Brandenburg Concerto no 1 in F major, BWV 1046; Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, B...
Performers: Bottermund, Hans; Breiden, Heinrich; Feuermann, Emanuel; Goldberg, Szymon; Harzer, Albert; Hindemith, Paul; Jones, Geraint; Kern, Gustav; Kraus, Lili [Piano]; Kruttge, Eigel; Lush, Ernest; Moore, Ger...
Conductors: Susskind, Walter; Melichar, Alois; Kletzki, Paul;
Ensemble: ; Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Recordings were made of Goldberg (1909-1993) over virtually a 60-year period--perhaps one of the longest studio careers of any violinist and certainly most consistent in...continue...

Zino Francescatti, Violin: A Treasury of Studio Recordings 1931-1955 / Zino Francescatti, violin [3 CDs]

3 CD / Music & Arts / 2012-07-31

Works: Ernest Chausson: Concert for Piano, Violin and String Quartet in D major, Op. 21; Claude Debussy: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor; La fille aux cheveux de lin; Préludes, Book 1; Maurice...
Performers: Balsam, Artur; Casadesus, Robert; Faure, Maurice; Francescatti, Zino; Lanner, Max
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Cluytens, André

In late-1930s America the Great Depression raged on, affecting all parts of life, not least the arts. Whereas European violinists had once flocked to the...continue...

Szymon Goldberg Centenary Edition Vol 1 - Non-Commercial Recordings

8 CD / Music & Arts / 2009-08-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in D minor, BWV 1052; Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042; Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050; Brandenburg Concerto no 6 in B flat maj...
Performers: Babin, Victor; Balsam, Artur; Bonsel, Adriaan; Casals, Pablo; Curcio, Maria; Goldberg, Szymon; Horszowski, Mieczyslaw; Nelsova, Zara; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Serkin, Rudolf; Smith, Brooks; Stotijn, H...
Conductors: Goldberg, Szymon; Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Samuel, Gerhard; Beinum, Eduard Van; Steinberg, William
Ensemble: ; Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Oakland Symphony Orchestra; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Goldberg was the archetypal Classical violinist and in his everyday life, behaved exactly as he played - a rare gift. He was, perhaps, at his...continue...

Casals Festivals at Prades - Live Concert Performances

13 CD / Music & Arts / 2009-05-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet for Piano and Strings no 2 in E flat major, K 493; Quartet for Oboe and Strings in F major, K 370 (368b); Idomeneo; Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K 581...
Performers: Casals, Pablo; Cortot, Alfred; Curzon, Clifford; de los Angeles, Victoria; Engel, Karl; Foley, Madeline; Goldberg, Szymon; Gonzales, Jose; Grumiaux, Arthur [Violin]; Horszowski, Mieczyslaw; Istomin, ...
Conductors: Casals, Pablo
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum

This collection features the best public performance recordings from Prades, in which Casals is joined by the violinists Menuhin, Szigeti, Grumiaux, Goldberg and Vegh; the...continue...

Schumann, Dvorak: Piano Quintets / Schnabel, et al

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2007-04-01

Works: Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44; Antonin Dvorák: Quintet for Piano and Strings no 2 in A major, Op. 81/B 155
Performers: Schnabel, Artur

A long-time Schnabel chamber music favorite, long unavailable, has been carefully restored and made available in greatly improved sound....continue...

Arthur Schnabel plays Mozart

5 CD / Music & Arts / 2007-02-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 22 in E flat major, K 482; Sonata for Piano no 8 in A minor, K 310 (300d); Concerto for 2 Pianos in E flat major, K 365 (316a); Quartet for Piano and St...
Performers: Maas, Robert; Onnou, Alphonse; Prevost, Germain; Schnabel, Artur
Conductors: Walter, Bruno; Boult, Adrian; Barbirolli, John; Susskind, Walter; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Rodzinski, Artur; Stiedry, Fritz
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra; New Friends of Music Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Artur Schnabel once wrote: "Children are given Mozart because of the small quantity of the notes; grown-ups avoid him because of the great quality of...continue...

Casals Festivals at Prades Vol 2 - Live, 1953-62

12 CD / Music & Arts / 2006-09-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin solo no 2 in A minor, BWV 1003; Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004; Sonata for Violin solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1005; Partita for Violin solo n...
Performers: Baker, Julius; Bloom, Robert; Casals, Pablo; de los Angeles, Victoria; Farrow, Norman; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; Fuchs, Joseph; Fuchs, Lillian; Greenhouse, Bernard; Horszowski, Mieczyslaw; Kahn, Er...
Conductors: Casals, Pablo; ; Végh, Sándor
Ensemble: ; Bach Aria Group; Prades Festival Orchestra

Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra

4 CD / Music & Arts / 2006-02-01

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 violins, cello, strings & continuo in D minor ("L'estro armonico" no 11), Op. 3/11,; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Adoramus te Christe, motet for 4 voices (from Mo...
Performers: Rodzinski, Artur [Conductor]
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra

Stokowski, the first major musician to recognize the potentialities of the sound recording as a significant factor in our musical life, actually resisted the idea...continue...

Complete Schubert Recordings / Artur Schnabel

5 CD / Music & Arts / 2005-12-01

Works: Franz Schubert: Impromptus (4) for Piano, D 899/Op. 90; Impromptus (4) for Piano, D 935/Op. 142; Allegretto for Piano in C minor, D 915; March for piano in E major, D. 606; Moments musicaux (6) for P...
Performers: Hobday, Claude; Maas, Robert; Onnou, Alphonse; Prevost, Germain; Schnabel, Artur; Schnabel, Karl Ulrich

During his last years in American, Artur Schnabel's fame as a Beethoven interpreter - the Beethoven interpreter on the piano - was so pervasive that...continue...

Historical Recordings / Hungarian String Quartet, et al

8 CD / Music & Arts / 2005-02-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet for Strings no 19 in C major, K 465 "Dissonance"; Quartet for Strings no 15 in D minor, K 421 (417b); Franz Schubert: Quartet for Strings no 14 in D minor, D 810 "Dea...
Performers: Antonietti, Jean; Fried, Geza; Halleux, Laurent; Koromzay, Denes; Kuttner, Michael; Magyar, Gabor; Moskowsky, Alexandre; Palotai, Vilmos; Szekely, Zoltan
Conductors: Otterloo, Willem Van

The Fine Arts Quartet at WFMT

8 CD / Music & Arts / 2005-01-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 7 in F major, Op. 59 no 1 "Razumovsky"; Quartet for Strings no 8 in E minor, Op. 59 no 2 "Razumovsky"; Quartet for Strings no 9 in C major, Op. 59 no 3 "R...
Performers: Browning, John [Piano]; Loft, Abram; Sopkin, George; Sorkin, Leonard; Stanick, Gerald; Tuckwell, Barry [French Horn]; Zaslav, Bernard; Zaslav, Naomi

Mozart: Oboe Quartets, Flute Quartets / American Baroque

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2003-07-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet for Oboe and Strings in F major, K 370 (368b); Quartet for flute, violin, viola & cello no 3 in C major, K. Anh. 171 (K. 285b); Quartet for Flute and Strings no 2 in ...
Performers: Blumenstock, Elizabeth; Kyme, Katherine; Ruiz, Gonzalo; Schultz, Stephen; Tomkins, Tanya
Conductors:
Ensemble: American Baroque Ensemble

"Oboist Gonzalo X Ruiz plays like an actor who relishes his workds, and every phrase speaks eloquently." - Andrew Farach-Colton, Gramophone...continue...

In Honor of Rudolf Kolisch

6 CD / Music & Arts / 2003-05-01

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Quartet for Strings no 1 in D minor, Op. 7; Quartet for Strings no 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 10; Work(s); Quartet for Strings no 3, Op. 30; Quartet for Strings no 4, Op. 37; Concerto...
Performers: Gifford, Clemence; Hoss, Wendell; Johansen, Gunnar; Kolisch, Rudolf; Sharrow, Leonard; Simon, Eric; Zentrick, Anthony
Conductors: ; Leibowitz, René
Ensemble: Kolisch Quartet; Pro Arte Quartet of the University of Wisconsin; Pro Arte String Quartet; Wisconsin Festival Orchestra

Schumann: Piano Concerto; Schubert / Schnabel, Monteux

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2002-10-01

Works: Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; Franz Schubert: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in B flat major, D 898/Op 99
Performers: Fournier, Pierre; Schnabel, Artur; Szigeti, Joseph [Violin]
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

"The Piano Concerto under Pierre Monteux is a first release, more consistant than an alternative Schnabel broadcast that annotator Harris Goldsmith rightly calls 'erratic'. [This]...continue...

Brahms: Double Concerto, etc / Adolph & Herman Busch, et al

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2001-05-22

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Sextet for Strings no 1 in B flat major, Op. 18; Felix Mendelssohn: Capriccio in E minor, Op. 81 no 3
Performers: Busch, Adolf; Busch, Hermann

Thow: Songs for the Earth

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2000-07-25

Works: John Thow: Songs for the Earth; Trilce; Breath of the Sun; Quartet for Clarinet, Piano, Violin and Cello; Remembering Opus 109
Performers: Brooks, Sharon Louise; Friedman, Stephanie; Gray, Gary [Clarinet]; McElrath, Katheryn; McHenry, Richard; Rosenak, Karen; Waller, Susan
Conductors: Mosko, Stephen L.;
Ensemble: Francesco Trio; San Francisco Contemporary Music Players; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Members; The Flute Exchange

Charles Wuorinen - Music of Two Decades Vol 1

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2000-05-23

Works: Charles Wuorinen: Trio for Strings; Arabia Felix; Variations for Piano; Variations I for Flute; Variations II for Flute solo; Bearbeitungen über das Glogauer Liederbuch; Speculum Speculi
Performers: Blackwell, Virgil; Blackwood, Easley; DesRoches, Raymond; Dunkel, Paul; Fitz, Richard; Graham, John; Hudson, Benjamin; MacCourt, Donald; Miller, Robert; Oppens, Ursula; Palma, Donald; Schulte, Rolf; ...
Conductors: Sherry, Fred;
Ensemble: Group for Contemporary Music; Speculum Musicae members

Fanfare
The disc is drawn primarily from Nonesuch originals recorded in 1971 and 1974. In addition to restoring some major Wuorinen back into circulation, they serve...continue...

Merit - F. Couperin: Musique de Chambre / Musical Assembly

1 CD / Music & Arts / 1999-09-21

Works: François Couperin: Les nations; Nouveaux concerts
Performers: Claire, Robert; Haas, Arthur; McGaughey, Martha; Sand, Michael
Conductors:
Ensemble: Musical Assembly

Merit - Brahms: Piano Variations / Michael Boriskin

1 CD / Music & Arts / 1999-05-18

Works: Johannes Brahms: Variations (13) for Piano on a Hungarian Dance, Op. 21; Variations (11) for Piano on an Original Theme, Set 1, Op. 21; Sextet for Strings no 1 in B flat major, Op. 18; Variations and...
Performers: Boriskin, Michael

Crawford, Britten, Chihara: Quartets / Sequoia Quartet

1 CD / Music & Arts / 1999-04-20

Works: Benjamin Britten: Quartet for Strings no 2 in C major, Op. 36; John Crawford: Quartet for Strings; Paul Chihara: Sequoia; Ellington Fantasy
Performers: Dunham, James; Martin, Robert [horn]; Matsuda, Yoko; Watanabe, Miwako
Conductors:
Ensemble: Sequoia String Quartet