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An die Musik: Famous Songs (21) by Franz Schubert / Klaus Mertens, bass-baritone; Tini Mathot, fortepiano

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Franz Schubert: Der Musensohn, D 764/Op. 92 no 1; Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen, D 343; Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D 774; Das Rosenband ("Im Frühlingsgarten fand ich sie"), song for voice & p...
Performers: Mathot, Tini; Mertens, Klaus

This release includes Schubert's most famous songs, plus many more selected by Klaus Mertens and Tini Mathot. The duo sheds their unique light and fresh...continue...
Recording information: Zuidervermaning Church, Westzaan, The Netherlands (09/2011)....continue...

Krufft: Sonatas for bassoon and fortepiano / Wouter Verschuren, Kathryn Cok

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2009-04-14

Works: Nikolaus Von Krufft: Sonata for piano with bassoon obbligato in F major; Grand Sonata for piano with bassoon accompaniment in B flat major, Op. 34
Performers: Cok, Kathryn; Verschuren, Wouter

World premiere recordings of wrongly forgotten pieces - one piece has never even been published in our time!...continue...

Onslow: Violin Sonatas Op. 16 / Moderntimes_1800

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2009-02-10

Works: George Onslow: Sonatas (3) for cello/viola (or violin) & piano, Op. 16
Performers: Korol, Ilja; Zeilberger, Norbert
Conductors:
Ensemble: Moderntimes_1800

Once again the choice of period instruments for neglected early romantic chamber music reveals its subtle quality that too often gets lost in performance on...continue...

Schubert: Schwanengesang, Songs after Seidl / Christoph Prégardien, Andreas Staier

1 Super Audio CD / Challenge Classics / 2008-11-11

Works: Franz Schubert: Herbst, D 945; Schwanengesang, D 957; Die Taubenpost ("Ich hab' eine brieftaub'"), song for voice & piano (Schwanengesang), D. 965a (D. 95; Sehnsucht, D 879/Op. 105 no 4; Am Fenster, ...
Performers: Prégardien, Christoph; Staier, Andreas [Keyboard]

"As good as Staier is, Pregardien is still the star of the show; he seems to be in the right place in terms of the...continue...

Brahms: Violin Sonatas / Korol, Grigorieva

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2008-04-08

Works: Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in G major, Op. 78; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2 in A major, Op. 100; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Performers: Grigorieva, Natalia; Korol, Ilja
Conductors:
Ensemble: moderntimes_1800

It is a revelation to hear Brahms on this thoroughbred, sonorous Streicher Grand - with its richness in overtones, powerful bass, and clear and focused...continue...

From Toy Symphony to Peasant Wedding - Leopold & W.A. Mozart / Mathot, Koopman, et al

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2008-04-08

Works: Leopold Mozart: Divertimento in D major "Peasant Wedding"; Toy Symphony (Cassation), for toys, 2 oboes, 2 horns & strings in G major (formerly K. 63); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Gallimathias musicum, K...
Performers: Mathot, Tini
Conductors: Koopman, Ton
Ensemble: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

All these works have been recorded before, but never so well and never in this context, which reveals the roots of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. A...continue...

Sonatas & Variations - M. Danzi, W. Mozart /Lohmann, Schlepp

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2007-09-04

Works: Margarethe Danzi: Sonata for violin & piano in E flat major, Op. 1/1; Sonata for violin & piano in B flat major, Op. 1/2; Sonata for violin & piano in E major, Op. 1/3; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Varia...
Performers: Lohmann, Antoinette; Schlepp, Vaughan

Margarethe (Marchand) Danzi (1768-1800) was the wife of the well-known composer Franz Danzi, and a fine musician herself who was discounted as a composer due...continue...

Schubert: Die Winterreise / Klaus Mertens, Tini Mathot

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2006-04-11

Works: Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89
Performers: Mathot, Tini; Mertens, Klaus

Schubert's 24-song cycle 'Winterreise' is a setting of melancholy and deeply moving poems by Wilhelm Muller. It is generally considered the summit of the art...continue...

J.M. Kraus: Sonatas and Trio / Schlepp, Lohmann, Wakelkamp

2 CD / Challenge Classics / 2005-10-11

Works: Joseph Martin Kraus: Sonata for piano & violin in D major; Sonata for piano & violin in C major; Sonata for Piano in E flat major, Vb. 195; Sonata for piano & violin in E flat major; Sonata for violi...
Performers: Lohmann, Antoinette; Schlepp, Vaughan; Wakelkamp, Frank

The Swedish composer Joseph Martin Kraus, an almost exact contemporary of Mozart, has been overshadowed by the latter for 200 years, but recently his large...continue...

Scarlatti: Sonatas / Sergio Ciomei

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2003-02-04

Works: Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in E minor, K 394/L 275; Sonata for Harpsichord in C major, K 513/L S3; Sonata for Harpsichord in B major, K 262/L 446; Sonata for Harpsichord in D minor, K...
Performers: Ciomei, Sergio