Accordion > Classical Period

Missa Brevis, A Mass for Accordion - haydn, Gustafsson, Mozart, Sonninen et al. / Matti Rantanen, accordion

1 Super Audio CD / Siba Records / 2012-09-25

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross; Kaj-Erik Gustafsson: Missa brevis, for accordion; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio in B minor, KV 540; Ahti Sonninen: Hymns of Zion, for ce...
Performers: Rantanen, Matti; Ylönen, Marko

In the musical climate of 19th-century Finland, members of the educated and church circles condemned little 1- and 2-row accordions as "the devil's lungs" and...continue...
Recording information: Kirkkonummi Church, Finland (2011)....continue...

Classical Accordion: Scarlatti, JS Bach, Berio, Mozart, Piazzolla / Ksenia Sidorova, accordion

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2011-07-26

Works: Arne Nordheim: Flashing, for accordion; Johann Sebastian Bach: Overture in the French Style, BWV 831; Luciano Berio: Sequenza XIII, for accordion; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in D mino...
Performers: Sidorova, Ksenija [Accordion]

This is the debut recording from stunning young classical accordionist, Ksenija Sidorova featuring the best contemporary works for classical accordion, alongside well-known transcriptions. The accordi...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex....continue...

Volkslieder, Vol. 3

1 CD / Carus / 2011-06-28

Works: August Harder: Geh' aus mein Herz, for voice & keyboard; Anonymous, Lochamer Liederbuch: All mein Gedanken, die ich hab; Anton Wilhelm Florentin von Zuccalmaglio: Verstohlen geht der Mond auf (The mo...
Performers: Armbruster, Frank; Bach, Franz; Beeftink, Eildert [Piano]; Bringolf, Anne; Busch, Christine; Genz, Christoph; Hartmann, Stephan; Holscher, Anne-Maria; Iven, Christiane; Jancevskyte, Irina; Kaleschke,...
Conductors: ; Etzold, Klaus-Jürgen; Bischoff, Carola; Utz, Markus
Ensemble: ; Deitsch; Wir Kinder vom Kleistpark

In 2008, concert and opera singer Cornelius Hauptmann in collaboration with Carus Verlag initiated the charitable "Lieder Project" aimed to further music education for children,...continue...

Wiegenlieder, Vol. 2

1 CD / Carus / 2011-05-31

Works: Friedrich Silcher: Gut Nacht; Johann Sebastian Bach: Nun ruhen alle Wälder, chorale setting for 4 voices, BWV 392 (BC F166); Peter Cornelius: Wiegenlied, Op 1/3; German Traditional: Der Wäc...
Performers: Banse, Juliane; Beeftink, Eildert [Piano]; Begemann, Hans Christoph; Bozec, Anne Le; Danz, Ingeborg; Doufexis, Stella; Eberspacher, Sabine; Erdmann, Mojca; Foll, Elisabeth; Freimuth, Michael; Gees, M...

Volkslieder, Vol. 2

1 CD / Carus / 2011-05-31

Works: Anonymous, German: Die Gedanken sind frei, song; Wie schön blüht uns der Maien; German Traditional: Es geht ein dunkle Wolk herein, folk song; Als wir jüngst in Regensburg waren, folks...
Performers: Armbruster, Frank; Banse, Juliane; Becker, Konstantin; Busch, Christine; Gees, Michael; Genz, Stephan; Holscher, Anne-Maria; Irmer, Stefan; Joswig, Margarete; Kaleschke, Johannes; Kallisch, Cornelia;...
Conductors: ; Rademann, Hans-Christoph; Speck, Holger
Ensemble: ; Les Escapades (Ensemble); Licht und Schatten

"The songs are performed in quite a wide variety of styles. The disc opens with Jonas Kaufmann on top form in ‘Die Gedanken sind frei’......continue...

La Capricieuse / transcriptions for violin and accordian

1 CD / Tudor / 2011-04-26

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Violinkonzert no 2, Op. 7; Cantabile e Valtz in E major; Edward Elgar: La capricieuse, Op. 17; Edvard Grieg: Waltz, lyric piece for piano, Op. 12/2; Fritz Kreisler: The Rosary,...
Performers: Paetsch Neftel, Michaela; Pipczynski, Wieslaw

"Can the accordion replace the piano as an accompaniment to the violin? Absolutely! There are hardly any technical obstacles: virtuosic accordionists already adapt the trickiest...continue...
Recording information: Kunst- und Kulturzentrum, Kehrsatz, Bern (03/20/2009-03/22/2009)....continue...

S'il Vous Plait / piano works transcribed for accordion

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2011-03-10

Works: Louis-Claude Daquin: 3ème Suite, 1er livre de pièces de clavecin; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Pièces de clavecin; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in C minor, K. 11; George Frederick Handel: Suite...
Performers: Miki, Mie

Hailed as ‘Queen of the classical accordion’, Mie Miki made her first public appearance at the age of five, and has since then given countless...continue...
Recording information: Länna Church, Sweden (10/2009)....continue...

Haydn: Sonaten / Wolfgang Dimetrik

1 CD / Telos / 2011-02-22

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Sonata for Keyboard no 56 in D major, H 16 no 42; Sonata for Keyboard no 44 in F major, H 16 no 29; Sonata for Keyboard no 34 in D major, H 16 no 33; Sonata for Keyboard no 43 in ...
Performers: Dimetrik, Wolfgang

Recording information: Grosse Saal, Musikhochschule Würzburg, Würzburg, German (04/15/2003)....continue...

Diva

1 CD / Universal Classics Import / 2010-08-03

Works: Morgan Pochin: Lucrezia (after Handel); Pace non trovo, for voice & strings (after Alessandro Marcello's Oboe Concerto); George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Giulio Cesare; Semele; Karl Jenkins: Exsulta...
Performers: Apollo Voices; Christie, William [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Les Arts florissants; London Philharmonic Orchestra, The; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Niese, Danielle de; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

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Recording information: Abbey Road Studios, London (01/2010); Emil Berliner Studios (01/2010); Henry Wood Hall, London (01/2010); Paroisse Notre-Dame du Liban, Paris (01/2010); Abbey Road Studios, Lond...continue...

50 Best Opera

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Don ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bastin, Jules; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Blanc, Ernest; Caballe, Montserrat; Call...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Serafin, Tullio; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von;...

Magical Sound of Pan-Flute & Accordion

1 CD / ZYX Records / 2010-06-01

Works: Zequinha de Abreu: Tico-Tico no Fubá, for voice & ensemble; Vittorio Monti: Czárdas no 1; Charles Trénet: La Mer (Beyond the Sea); Vladimir Cosma: Sirba, for pan flute & accordion; Rom...
Performers: Floria, Livia [Pan Flute]; Noel, Patricia [Accordion]

Robert Burns: Complete Songs Vol 6 / Cowie, Hulett, et al

1 CD / Linn Records / 2009-06-30

Works: Robert Burns: O, mirk, mirk is this midnight hour; Turn again fair Eliza; Awa, Whigs, awa!; Bonnie Wee Thing; Two bonie lads; Young Jockie; When Guilford good our pilot stood; O, meikle thinks my luv...
Performers: Brechin, Sandy; Clark, Peter [mandola/fiddle]; Cowie, Elspeth; Duff, Marc; Hewat, Corrina; Hulett, Alistair; Jones, Aaron; MacDonald, Gillian; Maclaughlin, Frank; Malcolm, James; Mann, Claire; Martin...

Robert Burns: Complete Songs Vol 7 / Duff, Hulett, et al

1 CD / Linn Records / 2009-06-30

Works: Robert Burns: The Captain's Lady; The Wren's Nest; John come kiss me; Raving winds; The taylor; The rowin't in her apron; My girl she's airy; As I was a wand'ring; Sensibility how charming; The heath...
Performers: Brechin, Sandy; Chisholm, Duncan; Clark, Peter [mandola/fiddle]; Craig, Shaun; Drever, Ivan; Duff, George; Duff, Marc; Eaglesham, Bobby; Fifield, Fraser; Hewat, Corrina; Hulett, Alistair; Lawson, Har...

Salomix-max - Voice without limits / Salome Kammer

1 CD / Wergo / 2008-10-14

Works: Cole Porter: Leave it to me; Luciano Berio: Sequenza III for Female Voice solo; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Alte, K 517; Johann Valentin Görner: Die Alte; Carola Bauckholt: Emil; Tarquinio Meru...
Performers: Fuchs, Bettina; Kammer, Salome; Reiter, Mark [Accordion]; Riessler, Michael; Spring, Rudi

Not unlike her musical inspiration, the great Cathy Berberian, Salome Kammer is an artist who exploits the entire spectrum of the human voice. She moves...continue...

Bach: Suites, Sonatas, Airs & Dances / Joseph Petric

1 CD / Analekta / 2008-08-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite no 3 in G minor, BWV 808; French Suite no 2 in C minor, BWV 813; Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sonata for keyboard in B flat major (Prussian Sonata no 2), H. 25, Wq....
Performers: Petric, Joseph

Concert accordionist Joseph Petric's repertoire ranges from Rameau, Bach, and Scarlatti to Lutoslawski. He is keenly interested in new technologies and is committed to contemporary...continue...

Vienna Boys Choir - Amazing Grace

1 CD / Koch International / 2006-10-03

Works: John Newton: Amazing Grace; Richard Rodgers: Edelweiss, song (from "The Sound of Music"); Karl Zöllner: Das Wandern ist des Müllers Lust, song; Japanese Traditional: Sakura, Sakura (Cherry ...
Performers: Fuss, Martin; Hoglinger, Peter; Janoksa, Ferry; Killian, Wolfgang; Maass, Sephan; Metzker, Heribert; Osterreicher, Richard; Pesendorfer, Cornelia; Pfeiffer, Sebastian; Zanger, Christoph
Conductors: Wirth, Gerald

Founded in 1498, the Vienna Boys Choir has performed music from every time period, on every continent. Today there are around 100 choristers between the...continue...

Favourite Flavors / Quartetto Gelato

1 CD / Koch International / 2005-11-08

Works: N. Salerno: Tango del Mare; Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Anonymous: Hungaria; George Meanwell: Words That I Want; Jacques Ibert: Entr'acte; C. T. Cozens: The Clown of Venice; Vincenzo De Crescenzo: ...
Performers: Cooper, Kristina Reiko; De Sotto, Peter; Leon, Rosendo; Macerollo, Joseph; Meanwell, George; Occhipinti, Roberto; Quartetto Gelato; Sevastian, Alexander; Sotto, Peter de; Steljes, Cynthia; Vena, Clau...
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Ensemble: Quartetto Gelato; Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Personnel: Peter DeSotto (tenor, mandolin, violin); George Meanwell (guitar, mandolin, cello); Claudio Vena (viola, accordion); Kristina Reiko Cooper (cello); Alexander Sevastian (accordion); Cynthia ...continue...

Robert Burns: Complete Songs Vol 9

1 CD / Linn Records / 2001-10-30

Works: Robert Burns: Medley; The Nobel Maxwells; O, open the door; There was five Carlins; Corn rigs (The rigs o' barley); O, leeze me on my spinnin-wheel; Where braving angry winter's storms; My heart's in...
Performers: Campbell, Maria; Clark, Pete; Fifield, Fraser; Gary Peterson [Liner Notes/Research]; Jones, Aaron; Kennedy, Ross; Lowthian, Ian; Polwart, Karine

Robert Burns: Complete Songs Vol 8 / McManus, Duff, et al

1 CD / Linn Records / 2001-02-06

Works: Robert Burns: Ken ye ought o' Captain Grose?; Who will buy my Troggin; Galloway Tam; Behold my love; Weary fa' you Duncan Gray; Wandering Willie; Ithers, seek; O, cam ye here the fight to shun; Work(...
Performers: Anderson, Ian [Jethro Tull]; Bowman, Gill; Brechin, Sandy; Bruce, Ian; Campbell, Maria; Craig, Shaun; Duff, George; Duff, Marc; Eaglesham, Bobby; Fifield, Fraser; Jackson, Bill; Jones, Aaron; Kennedy...

The Mozart Effect: Music for Children Vol. 1, Tune Up Your Mind

1 CD / Children's Group / 1997-09-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Concerto for Violin no 2 in D major, K. 211; Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola in E flat major, K 364 (320d); Symphony no 17 in G major, K 129...
Performers: Campbell, Don; Copley, Michael [Recorder/Flute]; Ingram, Dag; Jando, Jeno; Krejci, Jiri; Kyzivat, Vaclav; Mullerova, Hana; Nishizaki, Takako; Seidl, Jiri; Tylsar, Zdenek; Valek, Jiri
Conductors: ; Wildner, Johannes; Edlinger, Richard; Ward, Nicholas; Gunzenhauser, Stephen
Ensemble: Cambridge Buskers; Capella Istropolitana; Northern Chamber Orchestra

Personnel: Takako Nishizaki (violin); Jenö Jandó (piano).

TUNE UP YOUR MIND is the first disc in the 3-CD series THE MOZART EFFECT, the program of which was compiled by well-known edu...continue...

The Mozart Effect - Children Vol 2 - Relax, Daydream & Draw

1 CD / Children's Group / 1997-09-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Cassation in G major, K 63 "Final-Musik"; Symphony no 6 in F major, K 43; Symphony no 18 in F major, K 130; Gran P...
Performers: Campbell, Don; Copley, Michael [Recorder/Flute]; Ingram, Dag; Turnovsky, Stepan
Conductors: ; Nerat, Harald; Ward, Nicholas; Turnovsky, Martin; Wildner, Johannes
Ensemble: Amadeus Wind Ensemble; Cambridge Buskers; Capella Istropolitana; German Wind Soloists; Northern Chamber Orchestra; Salzburg Chamber Orchestra; Vienna Mozart Academy

Personnel: Donald A. Ingram (accordion).

RELAX, DAYDREAM AND DRAW is the second disc in the 3-CD series THE MOZART EFFECT, the program of which was compiled by well-known educator and musician ...continue...

The Mozart Effect: Music for Children Vol. 3, Mozart in Motion

1 CD / Children's Group / 1997-09-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i); German Dance in C major, K 611 "Die Leyerer"; Contradance in C major, K 535 "Battle"; March in D major, K 335 n...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Campbell, Don; Copley, Michael [Recorder/Flute]; Ingram, Dag; Istropolitana, Capella; Nishizaki, Takako; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Conductors: ; Marriner, Sir Neville; Wildner, Johannes; Edlinger, Richard; Nerat, Harald
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Cambridge Buskers; Capella Istropolitana; Salzburg Chamber Orchestra

Personnel: Takako Nishizaki (violin).

MOZART IN MOTION is the third disc in the 3-CD series THE MOZART EFFECT, the program of which was compiled by well-known educator and musician Don Campbell...continue...