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Liszt: Hexameron - works by Chopin, Czerny, Thalberg, Herz, Liszt, Pixis and Buche / Blanchard, Buche, Goicoechea, Sorieux, Tanski

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2013-05-21

Works: Franz Liszt: Hexaméron (Morceau de concert), collaborative work for piano & orchestra (edited by Leslie Howard),; Funerailles; Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka for piano no 13 in A minor, Op. ...
Performers: Blanchard, Johann; Buche, Leon; Goicoechea, Carlos; Sorieux, Caroline; Tanski, Claudius; Yoshikane, Kanako

It was billed as a battle of titans. Franz Liszt had invited the leading pianists of his time to compose variations on Bellini's "March of...continue...
Recording information: Konzerthaus der Abtei Marienmünster (12/10/2012-12/12/2012)....continue...

Mendelssohn: String Quintets, Opp. 87 & 18 / Leipsig Quartet, Barbara Buntrock, viola

1 CD / MD&G / 2013-05-21

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Quintet for Strings no 2 in B flat major, Op. 87; Quintet for Strings no 1 in A major, Op. 18
Performers: Buntrock, Barbara [Viola]
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Ensemble: Leipzig String Quartet

When the Leipzig String Quartet takes on Mendelssohn's string quintets, the atmosphere is electrifying. Mendelssohn's late quintet shows that this composer at was the height...continue...
Recording information: Konzerthaus der Abtei Marienmünster (01/25/2013-01/27/2013)....continue...

Bach, Händel - Works in romantic organ arrangements / Wolfgang Baumgratz, organ

1 CD / MD&G / 2013-05-21

Works: Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Chorale improvisation & fugue after Bach's "Singt dem Herrn ein neues Lied" (BWV 225); Arrangement of Bach's Adagio (Air célèbre), BWV 1068; Arrangement of Bach' s Vari...
Performers: Baumgratz, Wolfgang

Bach and Händel in arrangements by Max Reger, Alexandre Guilmant, and Sigfrid Karg-Elert: these are the top names that have been brought together for you...continue...

Mahler: Das klagende Lied; Blumine; Symphony No. 10 / Manuela Uhl, soprano; Lioba Braun, alto; Werner Gura, tenor. Blunier

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2013-05-21

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das klagende Lied, Cantata for Soli, Chorus and Orchestra (Version 1898/99); Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Symphony no 10 in F sharp minor/major
Performers: Güra, Werner; Uhl, Manuela
Conductors: Blunier, Stefan
Ensemble: ; Czech Philharmonic Chorus Brno

Mahler initially had a hard time of it. A few compositional attempts from his youth did not turn out to his liking and were destroyed....continue...
Recording information: Bonn (05/14/2012-05/26/2012)....continue...

Wagner: Arrangements for Piano by Busoni, Kocsis, Corbett, Stradal, Moszkowski / Severin von Eckardstein, piano

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2013-05-21

Liszt was the first, but pianists of later generations also journeyed through the gigantic cosmos of the Wagnerian music drama with paraphrases and transcriptions for...continue...

Heinrich Schutz: Funeral Music & Motets / Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben, Musica Fiata

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2013-04-23

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Das ist je gewiálich wahr, motet for 2 sopranos, alto, 2 tenors, bass & continuo, SWV 388 (Op. 11/20; Wie habe ich dein Gesetze so lieb (Psalm 119; Das Wort ward Fleisch ...
Performers: Allmendinger, Simeon [Boy Alto]; Altinisik, Levin [Boy Soprano]; Demel, Delix [Bass Vocal]; Haberland, Felix [Tenor Vocal]; Heller, Moritz [Boy Soprano]; Lauxmann, Balduin; Malik, Julian [Boy Soprano...
Conductors: Wilson, Roland
Ensemble: Musica Fiata

The court of the Venetian Doges was of legendary magnificence. Princes who desired some of this splendor for their own courts sent their artists and...continue...
Recording information: Christuskirche Stuttgart (04/20/2012-04/23/2012)....continue...

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Sarasate: Gypsy Tunes / Gerhard Tascher, violin

1 CD / MD&G / 2013-04-23

Conductors: Lehmann, Fritz; Rother, Artur
Ensemble: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Gerhard Taschner became the concertmaster in Brno at the age of seventeen, and shortly thereafter Wilhelm Furtwängler appointed him to the same post in Berlin....continue...

Felix Mendelssohn: Preludes and Fugues, Opp. 37 and 35 / Adam Lenart, organ

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2013-04-23

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy composed six pairs of preludes and fugues for the piano. Adam Lenart's transfer of this magnificent music to the organ has produced...continue...

Music for winds arr. from Byrd, Pärt / Kai Wessel, alto; Calefax Reed Quintet

1 CD / MD&G / 2013-04-23

Works: William Byrd: Senex puerum portabat, motet for 5 voices (SATTB); Work(s); Senex puerum portabat; Mass for 5 Voices (SATTB); Arvo Pärt: Magnificat Antiphons (7), for chorus; Arbos, for 7 recorder...
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Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet

When it comes to melody, the uncompromising linear clarity and chamber-style flexibility enjoyed by reed instruments give them a big advantage over choirs and orchestras....continue...

Bax, Bliss, Vaughan Williams: Sonatas and Suite for Viola and Piano / Christian Euler, viola; Paul Rivinius, piano

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2013-04-09

Louis Vierne: Complete Organ Works / Ben Van Oosten, Organ

9 CD / MD&G / 2013-04-09

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Ben van Oosten has played his way through vast acres of French romantic music, superbly recording more repertoire than most organists could play in...continue...

Gershwin: Song Book; Three Preludes; Promenade; Impromptu in two keys / Corinna Simon, piano

1 CD / MD&G / 2013-04-09

Poulenc: Songs, Vol. 2 - Songs on poems by Paul Eluard and Louise de Vilmorin / Holger Falk, baritone; Alessandro Zuppardo, piano

1 CD / MD&G / 2013-04-09

The friendship between the poet Paul Éluard and the composer Francis Poulenc was more than just an artistic relationship. Éluard wrote to Poulenc, "It was...continue...

Widor: Trio, Op. 19; Soirs d'Alsace, Op. 52; 4 Pieces (1890) / Trio Parnassus

1 CD / MD&G / 2013-04-09

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Ensemble: Trio Parnassus

Organist, composer, author, critic, teacher - Charles-Marie Widor was a man of many talents and extremely successful in all of these endeavors throughout his life....continue...

Franz Danzi: Flute Quartets, Op. 56 / Karl Kaiser, flute; Ardinghello Ensemble

1 CD / MD&G / 2013-03-12

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Ensemble: Ardinghello Ensemble

Franz Danzi's outstanding wind quintets rank first among his works in today's concert repertoire. During his lifetime Danzi was famous for his operas, symphonies, and...continue...

Mompou: Musica Callada / Steffen Schleiermacher, piano

1 CD / MD&G / 2013-03-12

During the early 1960s, when the avant-garde was in the midst of the bitterly fought Serial-Aleatory Wars and electronic music and noise were embroiled in...continue...

Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5 / Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, Blumier

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2013-03-12

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Conductors: Blunier, Stefan
Ensemble: ; Beethoven Orchestra Bonn

Finally! Following excursions into the late and very latest years of musical romanticism, well received opera recordings, and a journey to Russia, the Beethoven Orchestra...continue...
Recording information: Bonn (05/29/2012-05/31/2012)....continue...

Mendelssohn: Organ Works - Three Preludes and Fugues, Op. 37 / Yuval Rabin, organ

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2013-03-12

For five years the men of Gersau labored and toiled while their wives sold jewelry and handicrafts in order to be able to finance their...continue...

Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 / Christian Zacharias, Lausanne CO

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2013-01-29

Works: Robert Schumann: Symphony no 1 in B flat major ("Spring"), Op. 38; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 97 "Rhenish"
Conductors: Zacharias, Christian
Ensemble: ; Lausanne Chamber Orchestra

Robert Schumann composed his first symphony in a fresh and youthful mood, free at last, and full of springtime renewal. And just how fresh and...continue...
Recording information: Métropole Lausanne (09/14/2011-09/16/2011)....continue...

Ferdinand David: Music for Violin and Piano / Stephan Schardt, violin; Philipp Vogler, piano

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2013-01-29

Works: Ferdinand David: Salon-Duett, for violin & piano in D major, Op. 25 (after a song by E. Haase); Suite for solo violin, Op. 43; Salon Pieces (12), for violin & piano, Op. 24; Impromptus in forme de Va...
Performers: Schardt, Stephan; Vogler, Philipp

Mendelssohn's magnificent Violin Concerto would never have been written if not for Ferdinand David, whose incomparable violin playing fascinated and inspired his famous friend. Now...continue...
Recording information: Konzerthaus der Abtei Marienmünster (04/12/2012-04/14/2012)....continue...

David Philip Hefti: String Quartets / Leipzig String Quartet

1 CD / MD&G / 2013-01-29

Works: David Philip Hefti: Quartet for Strings no 1 ("Ph(r)asen"); Quartet for Strings no 2 (Guggisberg-Variationen); Quartet for Strings no 3 ("Mobile"); Quartet for Strings no 4 ("Con fuoco")
Conductors:
Ensemble: Leipzig String Quartet

David Philip Hefti is the young rising star of the newest generation of composers, and the four string quartets written by him to date confirm...continue...
Recording information: Konzerthaus der Abtei Marienmünster (01/28/2012/05/19/2012)....continue...

Antoine de Lhoyer: Guitar Duos / Heinrich-Albert Guitar Duo

1 CD / MD&G / 2013-01-29

Works: Antoine de Lhoyer: Duo Concertant for 2 guitars in A major, Op. 31/1; Duo Concertant for 2 guitars in C major, Op. 31/2; Duo Concertant for 2 guitars in E minor, Op. 31/3; Waltzes (12), for 2 guitars...
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Ensemble: Heinrich Albert Duo

Once again the Heinrich Albert Duo has taken on something very special. Antoine de Lhoyer's duos combine a sovereign command of musical convention around 1800...continue...
Recording information: Konzerthaus der Abtei Marienmünster (06/08/2012-06/10/2012)....continue...

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream (highlights) arr. for Wind Quintet; Quartet in E flat, Op. 44/3; Nocturno, Op. 24 / Ma'alot Quintet

1 CD / MD&G / 2013-01-15

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61; Quartet for Strings no 5 in E flat major, Op. 44 no 3; Overture for wind instruments in C major ("Harmoniemusik"), Op. 24
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Ensemble: Ma'alot Quintett

The Ma'alot Wind Quintet has recorded Mendelssohn's fabulous A Midsummer Night's Dream. And what initially seems to be a makeshift solution for limited performance circumstances...continue...
Recording information: Konzerthaus der Abtei Marienmünster (03/29/2012-03/31/2012)....continue...

Trumpet Concertos - works by Goedicke, Bohme, Shakhov, Vasilenko, Arutiunian / Reinhold Friedrich, trumpet

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2013-01-15

Works: Ilya Shakhov: Romantic Concerto for trumpet & orchestra; Alexander Arutiunian: Concerto for Trumpet in A flat major; Oskar Böhme: La Napolitaine, tarantella for trumpet & ensemble, Op. 25; Serge...
Performers: Friedrich, Reinhold [Trumpet]; Tyre, Marjorie
Conductors: Mueller, Christoph-Mathia
Ensemble: ; Gottinger Symphony Orchestra

Reinhold Friedrich is one of the leading trumpet soloists of our time.

Shakhov is little known, and outside Russia his name has been subject to

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Recording information: Hannover (2011-09-16_2011-09-18&2012-)....continue...

Saint-Saëns: Complete Organ Works / Ben van Oosten, Cavaillé-Coll Organ, Eglise de la Madeleine, Paris

3 CD / MD&G / 2012-11-27

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Marche religieuse, for organ in F major, Op. 107; Rapsodies (3) sur des cantiques bretons, Op. 7; Fantasy for Organ in E flat major; Fantasy for Organ in D flat major, Op. 1...
Performers: Oosten, Ben van

The infinite cosmos of French organ music is Ben van Oosten's realm, and he now has recorded the complete organ works of Camille Saint-Saëns in...continue...
Recording information: Église de la Madeleine, Paris, France (05/2012)....continue...

Schubert: Octet F major D 803 for clarinet, bassoon, horn & strings / Consortium Classicum

1 CD / MD&G / 2012-11-27

Works: Franz Schubert: Octet for Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Strings in F major, D 803/Op. 166
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Ensemble: Consortium Classicum

Schubert composed the octet, the crowning glory of his chamber music and a work of profound emotion, four years before his death and during a...continue...