Brahms, Johannes

Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 / Klaus Tennstedt, London PO

2 CD / London Philharmonic Orchestra / 2012-11-13

Works: Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68; Symphony no 3 in F major, Op. 90
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Klaus Tennstedt was known for his interpretations of the German Romantic repertoire. This disc of Brahms is a rare treat. Symphony No. 3 was regularly...continue...
Recording information: Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall, London (10/14/1992/04/07/1983)....continue...

Fifty Shades of Emotions / works by Bach, Marcello, Verdi, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, et al.

3 CD / Belmondo S.R.O. / 2012-11-13

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin, Strings & Cembalo (L'autunno, Le Quattro Stagioni 'The Four Seasons'), Op. 8/3; Concerto for Violin, Strings & Cembalo in G minor (L'estate, Le Quattro Stagioni ...

Mezzo Moon: Lieder & Songs by Brahms, Zemlinsky, Weyse, Schubert, Schumann, Nielsen, Reger, Mozart / Pia Heise, mezzo-soprano

1 CD / Danacord / 2012-11-13

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Nachtwandler, Op. 86/3; Alexander von Zemlinsky: Süáe, süáe, Sommernacht, for voice & piano; Christoph Ernst Friedrich We...
Performers: Heise, Pia; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

Danish mezzo-soprano Pia Heise studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music in London. She offers a program of...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Westleton, Suffolk, England (11/21/2011-11/23/2011)....continue...

Brahms: Symphony No. 1 / Sergiu Celibidache, Vienna SO

1 CD / Vienna Philharmonic / 2012-11-13

Works: Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Conductors: Celibidache, Sergiu
Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra

If you would believe the "big" words of Maestro Celibidache, "The Record or CD is the destruction of the music - because she can be...continue...
Recording information: Konzerthaus Vienna (10/30/1952)....continue...

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture; Brahms: Symphony No. 1 / Georg Solti, Chicago SO (rec. 1971 at the Edinburgh Festival) [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Conductors: Solti, Georg
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Recorded in 1971, the film on this DVD is taken from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's appearance at the Edinburgh Festival in the same year: their...continue...
Run Time: 67 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W
Sound Format(s): Mono,
Subtitles: German, English, French
Country of Origin: German...continue...

Of the Hungarian and Jewish Soul / Duo Edan, Edua Zadory, Anatasiia Dombrovska

1 CD / Gramola / 2012-11-13

Works: George Perlman: Israeli Concertino, for violin & piano; Jenö Hubay: Scène de la Csárda no 5 for violin & piano ("Hullàmzò Balaton"), Op. 33; Six Pieces, Op. 121; Scène d...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Duo Edan

Recording information: 4Tune Studio, Vienna, Austria (04/02/2012-04/04/2012)....continue...

Linkages - Brahms: Fantasies, Op. 116; Schoenberg: Suite Op. 25; works by Wagner, Liszt / Martin Tchiba: piano

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Johannes Brahms: Fantasies (7) for Piano, Op. 116; Richard Wagner: Albumblatt (Ankunft bei schwarzen Schwänen), for piano in A flat major, WWV 95; Franz Liszt: Nuages gris (Trübe Wolken), f...
Performers: Tchiba, Martin

American Record Guide, March / April 2013
The remaining works on the program are generally good, too. The Schoenberg Suite is more consistent, full of good...continue...
Recording information: Niederberg Forum, Velbert, Germany (10/07/2010-10/09/2010); Niederberg Forum, Velbert, Germany (11/15/2010-11/17/2010)....continue...

Johannes Brahms: Fantasies, Op. 116; Klavierstucke, Op. 118, 119; Waltzes, Op. 39 / Elizabeth Rich, piano

1 CD / Connoisseur Society / 2012-11-13

Works: Johannes Brahms: Fantasies (7) for Piano, Op. 116; Pieces (6) for piano, Op. 118; Pieces (4) for piano, Op. 119; Waltzes (16) for Piano 4 hands, Op. 39
Performers: Rich, Elizabeth

A scholarship student at Juilliard from childhood, pianist Elizabeth Rich was an early competition winner. Her two Beethoven series, her Brahms and Schumann programs and...continue...
Recording information: First Presbyterian Church, Utica, NY (08/01/2006-08/03/2006)....continue...

Claudio Arrau in Recital, 1969-1977 - Works by Beethoven; Brahms and Schumann / Claudio Arrau, piano [3 CDs]

3 CD / Music & Arts / 2012-11-13

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 7 in D, Op. 10 no 3; Sonata for Piano no 13 in E flat major, Op. 27 no 1 "Quasi una fantasia"; Sonata for Piano no 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"; Vari...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio

There have been few pianists of Arrau's range and stature, and these invaluable live recordings can only reaffirm memories of another time, another place, where...continue...

Brahms: Piano Trio; Piano Quartet / Munich Piano Trio; Tilo Widenmeyer, viola

1 CD / Genuin / 2012-11-13

Works: Johannes Brahms: Trio for Piano and Strings no 3 in C minor, Op. 101; Quartet for Piano and Strings no 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Performers: Widenmeyer, Tilo [Viola]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Münchner Klaviertrio

Genuin presents their sixth release of the Munich Piano Trio, featuring Tilo Widenmeyer, who is also a member of the Melos Quartet. Founded in 1982,...continue...
Recording information: Bruno Walter Hall, Bavarian State Opera, Munich, German (05/26/2012-05/28/2012)....continue...

Brahms: Quintets, Opp. 34 & 115 / Jon Nakamatsu, piano; Jon Manasse, clarinet; Tokyo String Quartet

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-11-13

Works: Johannes Brahms: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor, Op.115; Quintet for Piano and Strings in F minor, Op. 34
Performers: Manasse, Jon; Nakamatsu, Jon
Conductors:
Ensemble: Tokyo String Quartet

The Tokyo String Quartet is joined by pianist Jon Nakamatsu and clarinetist Jon Manasse in a recording of chamber music masterpieces by Johannes Brahms dating...continue...
Recording information: Sauder Concert Hall, Goshen College, Indiana (11/2011)....continue...

Clarinet Sonatas: Brahms, Reinecke, Draeseke / Kilian Herold & Amir Katz

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2012-11-13

Works: Johannes Brahms: Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 120/2; Carl Reinecke: Introduction and Allegro Appassionato, for clarinet & piano in C major, Op. 256; Felix Draeseke...
Performers: Herold, Kilian; Katz, Amir

Recording information: Sendesaal Bremen (11/2011)....continue...

This is Glenn Gould: The Story of a Genius

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-11-06

Works: Spoken Word: This is Glenn Gould (from The Idea of North); Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988; Aria Variata in a, BWV 989 "In the Italian Style"; Sonata no 2 in D major, for viola da...
Performers: Gould, Glenn; Laredo, Jaime; Rose, Leonard; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Golschmann, Vladimir; Susskind, Walter

This is Glenn Gould - Story of a Genius; the title says it all and gives a perfect introduction to the life, music and style...continue...

Murray Perahia: First 40 Years [63 CDs & 5 DVD-Videos]

73 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2012-11-06

Works: Robert Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze for Piano, Op. 6; Fantasiestücke, Op. 12; Symphonic Etudes for Piano, Op. 13; Symphonic Etudes in Variation Form, WoO 6; Moderato; Songs (5) for voi...
Performers: Ax, Emanuel; Brainin, Norbert [Violin]; Cole, Vinson; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Cox, Michael; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Fleming, Renée; Frank, Pamela; Glennie, Evelyn; Kremer, Gidon; Kroyt...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Perahia, Murray; Mehta, Zubin; Haitink, Bernard; ; Davis, Colin; Solti, Sir Georg; Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: ; English Chamber Orchestra

In recognition of his 40th anniversary with the label, Sony Classical is proud to present Murray Perahia: The First 40 Years. This limited edition box...continue...

Brahms: The Complete Piano Trios / Smetana Trio; Premysl Vojta, French horn; Ludmila Peterková, clarinet

2 CD / Supraphon / 2012-11-04

Works: Johannes Brahms: Trio for Piano and Strings no 3 in C minor, Op. 101; Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in C major, Op. 87; Trio for clarinet (or viola), cello & piano in A minor, Op. 114; Trio for Pia...
Performers: Peterkova, Ludmila; Vojta, Premysl
Conductors:
Ensemble: Smetana Trio

Following on from the recording of the complete trios of Antonín Dvorák (Supraphon), the renowned and critically acclaimed Smetana Trio have taken the logical step...continue...
Recording information: The Martínek Studio, Prague....continue...

Piano Duets - Music for 2 Pianos by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Schubert, de Falla, Ravel Lutoslawski / Christina & Michelle Naughton

1 CD / Orfeo / 2012-11-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Allegro Brillant, for piano, 4 hands in A major, Op. 92; Johannes Brahms: Variations for 2 Pianos on a theme by Haydn, Op. 56b "St Anthony"; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for 2 P...
Performers: Naughton, Christina [Piano]; Naughton, Michelle [Piano]

Since their début as a piano duo in 2008, twins Christina and Michelle Naughton have proved little short of sensational in concert halls worldwide. They...continue...
Recording information: Sendesaal Bremen (2012-01-12_2012-01-13&2012-)....continue...

Piano Collection - Anniversary Series / Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Haydn, Mussorgsky et al.

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-11-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 21 in C major (Waldstein), Op. 53; Johannes Brahms: 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117; Sergey Rachmaninov: Morceaux de fantaisies (5), Op. 3; Vocalise; Franz Joseph Hayd...
Performers: Bax, Alessio [Piano]; Crossland, Jill; Filsell, Jeremy [Keyboard]; Lill, John; Nicolls, Sarah; Rhodes, James; Sweeney, Nicola; Vera, Ana-Maria; Williams, Llyr
Conductors:
Ensemble: Zoo Duet

2012 marks the 15th anniversary of the first release from the leading independent classical label Signum Records. Beginning life as an early music specialist (with...continue...

Love Songs - chamber music arrangements from the music of Brahms, Dvorak, Suk / Diana Ketler & Konstantin Lifschitz, piano; Andrej Bielow, violin; Razvan Popovici, viola

1 CD / Solo Musica / 2012-10-30

Works: Johannes Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes (18) for piano, 4 hands, Op. 52a; Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 70; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 105; Antonin Dvorák: Slavonic Dance no 9 for piano...
Performers: Bielow, Andrei; Ketler, Diana; Lifschitz, Constantin; Popovici, Razvan [Viola]

Love Songs is a dialogue about love and its reflections, created by four very close friends, the pianists Diana Ketler and Konstantin Lifschitz, violinist Andrej...continue...
Recording information: August Everding Saal, Grünwald (03/29/2012-03/31/2012)....continue...

Beethoven: Symphony No. 2; Brahms: Rinaldo, cantata / Johan Botha. Bertrand de Billy

1 Super Audio CD / Oehms / 2012-10-30

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Johannes Brahms: Rinaldo, cantata for tenor, male chorus & orchestra, Op. 50
Performers: Botha, Johan
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: ; Vienna State Opera Chorus

This recording includes a rare performance of Brahms' cantata Rinaldo, recorded live at the Salzburg Summer Riding School 2007. South African born Johan Botha sings...continue...
Recording information: Felsenreitschule, Salzburg (06/28/2010-07/02/2010); Groáer Sendesaal, ORF, Vienna (06/28/2010-07/02/2010); Felsenreitschule, Salzburg (08/09/2007); Groáer Sendesaa...continue...

Brahms: German Requeim, Op. 45 / Teresa Wakim, Paul Max. Serahic Fire. Justin Blackwell & Scott Allen Jarrett, pianists

1 CD / Seraphic Fire & Firebird / 2012-10-30

Works: Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45
Performers: Blackwell, Justin; Jarrett, Scott; Tipton, Paul Max; Wakim, Teresa [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Quigley, Patrick Dupré
Ensemble: Serahic Fire

American Record Guide, March / April 2013
This is a lively performance with nimble changes of tempo and careful attention to dynamics. An advantage of this...continue...
Recording information: University of South Florida Concert Hall, Tampa, Fla. (06/01/2011-06/02/2011)....continue...

Brahms: Violin Concerto / Ginette Neveu, violin, Hans Schmidt, North German RSO (live, 5/3/48)

1 CD / Acanta / 2012-10-30

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77
Performers: Neveu, Ginette
Conductors: Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans

This disc feature the only live recording of violinist Ginette Neveu performing Brahms' violin concerto in 1948 Hamburg. The critical acclaim following this concert was...continue...
Recording information: Hamburger Musikhalle (05/03/1948)....continue...

Maria Yudina plays Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Liszt / Maria Yudina, piano [3 CDs]

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-10-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903; Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869; Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord no 3 in E major, BWV 1016; Franz Liszt: Preludes...
Performers: Kozolupova, Marina; Yudina, Maria

Maria Yudina was one of the great pianists of 20th Century Russia, and one of the few artists openly opposed to the Soviet regime of...continue...
Recording information: 1948-1958....continue...

Tell Me the Truth About Love songs by Britten, Schumann, Boulanger, Chausson et al. / Amanda Roocroft, soprano; Joseph Middleton, piano

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2012-10-30

Works: Benjamin Britten: Tell me the Truth about Love, for voice & piano (Cabaret Songs); Early one morning, for voice & piano (Folk Songs, Vol. 5); Robert Schumann: Seit ich ihn gesehen, song for voice & p...
Performers: Middleton, Joseph [Piano]; Roocroft, Amanda

Charting the course of a love affair - in song - through the eyes of a young woman who begins by asking the universal question,...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex (08/19/2011-08/26/2011)....continue...

Martha Argerich: Lugano Concertos / Gabriela Montero, Karin Merle, Susan Roberts and Helene Schneidermann [4 CDs]

4 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-30

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 15; Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 19; Francis Poulenc: Concerto for 2 Pianos in D minor; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Gulda, Paul; Gulda, Rico; Gurning, Alexander; Merle, Karin; Mogilevsky, Alexander; Montero, Gabriela; Norman, Daniel; Roberts, Susan; Sakai, Akane [Piano]; Schneiderman, Hel...
Conductors: Rabinovitch, Alexandre; Capilla, Erasmo; Vedernikov, Alexander; Dutoit, Charles; Chmura, Gabriel; Marin, Ion; Fasolis, Diego
Ensemble: ; Lugano Percussion Group

Since 2002 Martha Argerich's Progetto at the Lugano's Festival has brought together many notable artists for memorable concerts of chamber and orchestral music. This deluxe...continue...

Brahms: A German Requiem, Op. 45 / Sylvia McNair; Hakan Hagegard. Kurt Masur

1 CD / Apex / 2012-10-30

Works: Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45
Conductors: Masur, Kurt
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

Not 'just any old Brahms Requiem', Kurt Masur of the New York Philharmonic offers a lightly-sprung, rhythmically buoyant interpretation of the Brahms Requiem that does...continue...
Recording information: Avery Fisher Hall, New York (02/1995-04/1995)....continue...

Brahms by Arrangement, Vol.1 - arrangements of the Piano Quintet Op. 34 and Clarinet Quintet Op. 115 for strings / Zebra String Trio & friends

1 CD / Toccata / 2012-10-30

Works: Johannes Brahms: Quintet for Piano and Strings in F minor, Op. 34; Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor, Op.115
Performers: Boyd, James; Lester, Richard [Cello]; Osostowicz, Krysia; Zebra String Trio
Conductors:
Ensemble: Zebra String Trio

Brahms originally wrote the Piano Quintet, Op. 34, for string quintet before recasting the work as a two-piano sonata. However, the sheet music has not...continue...
Recording information: The Music Room, Champs Hill, Coldwaltham, Pulborough, W (10/01/2011-10/02/2011)....continue...

Songs to Poems by Heine - Schuimann: Dichterliebe. Songs by Liszt, Brahms / Deon van der Walt, tenor; Charles Spencer, piano

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-10-30

Works: Franz Liszt: Vergiftet sind meine Lieder, S 289; Du bist wie eine Blume, S 287; Im Rhein, im schönen Strome, S 272; Morgens steh' ich auf und frage, song for voice & piano (3 versions), S. 290 (...
Performers: Spencer, Charles; Van der Walt, Deon

Heine's poetry became the epitome for modern weltschmerz in the arrangement by Brahms, Liszt and Schumann. These songs are the central core of the genre...continue...
Recording information: Studio 2 des Bayerischen Rundfunks (07/26/1994-07/29/1994)....continue...

Brahms: 4 Ballads, Op. 10; 2 Rhapsodies, Op. 79; 10 Intermezzi / Glenn Gould, piano

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-10-30

Works: Johannes Brahms: Ballades (4) for piano, Op. 10; Rhapsodies (2) for piano, Op. 79; Intermezzi (3) for Piano, Op. 117; Pieces (6) for Piano, Op. 118; Fantasies (7) for Piano, Op. 116; Pieces (8) for P...
Performers: Gould, Glenn

Sony Classical celebrates Glenn Gould's 80th Anniversary with The Glenn Gould Collection, the complete Glenn Gould CD collection in 20 volumes, each available separately. They include...continue...
Recording information: 30th Street Studio, New York City, USA (02/08/1982-02/10/1982); RCA Studio A, New York City (02/08/1982-02/10/1982); RCA Studio A, New York City, USA (02/08/1982-02/10/1982); 30...continue...

Duo - Schumann: Fantasiestucke; Cello Sonatas by Debussy, Shostakovich and Brahms / Sol Gabetta, cello; Helene Grimaud, piano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-22

Works: Robert Schumann: Phantasiestücke (3) for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 73; Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Cello and Piano no 1 in E minor, Op. 38; Claude Debussy: Sonata for Cello and Piano; Dmitry Shost...
Performers: Gabetta, Sol; Grimaud, Hélène

Two of today's most passionate and inspirational artist join forces in the recital program that brought audiences to their feet at the Menuhin Festival in...continue...
Recording information: Essen, Philharmonie, Alfried Krupp Saal (05/2012)....continue...

Machet die Tore weit - Choral and Organ music for Advent and Christmas / Kay Johannsen, organ

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2012-10-16

Works: Andreas Hammerschmidt: Machet die Tore weit (Open Wide the Gates); Michael Praetorius: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (How Brightly Shines the Morning Star) (from the Polyhymnia caduc; Den d...
Performers: Aures, Michael [Drums]; Johannsen, Kay; Kartmann, Daniel; Lauxmann, Balduin; Mycka, Katarzyna
Conductors: Homburg, Rainer Johannes
Ensemble: ; Handel's Company; Stuttgarter Hymnus Childrens Choir

Recording information: Christuskirche, Stuttgart-Gänsheide (06/02/2011-06/05/2011)....continue...

Wanderer - German songs / Andreas Scholl, counter tenor, Tamar Halperin, piano

1 CD / Decca / 2012-10-16

Works: Johannes Brahms: German folk songs (49) for voice & piano, WoO 33; Pieces (6) for Piano, Op. 118; Franz Joseph Haydn: The Wanderer, song for voice & keyboard (from English canzonettas, set 2), H.26a/...
Performers: Halperin, Tamar; Scholl, Andreas

A new and exquisite collection of German songs from counter-tenor Andreas Scholl, providing a perfect balance between text and music.

The choice of music reflect

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Recording information: Markus Sittikus Hall, Hohenems, Austria (07/23/2012-07/27/2012)....continue...

Malgré tout ...: Piano Music for Left Hand - Works by Blumenfeld, Scriabin, Wagner/Liszt, Bach, Brahms / Paul Coker, piano

1 CD / Doron / 2012-10-12

Works: Felix Blumenfeld: Etude for piano (left hand), Op. 36; Alexander Scriabin: Pieces (2) for Piano left hand, Op. 9; Nocturne for piano in D flat major (for left hand alone), Op. 9/2; Franz Liszt: Isold...
Performers: Coker, Paul

Recording information: Dinemec Studio, Gland, Switzerland (09/15/2010/09/16/2010)....continue...

The Romantic Piano: A View from Sienna - works by Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Fauré, Grieg, Handel, Liszt et al. / Wilhelm Backhaus, R. Ganz; Vlad de Pachemnn

1 CD / Dal Segno / 2012-10-11

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata, Op. 24 no 2; Johannes Brahms: Waltz; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109; Waltz for piano no 6 in D flat major...

Recording information: 1908-1933....continue...

Virtuoso Cello - works by Paganini, Brahms, Sarasate, Wieniawski, Monti, Bassini / Seeli Toivio, cello; Kalle Toivio, piano

1 CD / Alba / 2012-10-09

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Introduction and Variations on "Dal tuo stellato soglio" from Rossini's "Mosè", for violin & guitar; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1...
Performers: Toivio, Kalle; Toivio, Seeli

Recording information: Sibelius Academy Concert Hall, Helsinki, Finland (07/28/2009-07/29/2009)....continue...

Sonatas for Viola & Piano, Vol. 2 - Brahms, Schubert, Franck / Tabea Zimmermann, viola; Kirill Gerstein, piano

1 Super Audio CD / Myrios Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Johannes Brahms: Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano no 1 in F minor, Op. 120/1; Franz Schubert: Sonata for Arpeggione in A minor, D 821; César Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major,...
Performers: Gerstein, Kirill; Zimmermann, Tabea [Viola]

Tabea Zimmermann and Kirill Gerstein return to the studio to record the follow-up to their highly praised first duo album. The new disc includes spellbinding...continue...

Brahms: Serenades (2) for orchestra / Philharmoonia Baroque Orchestra, McGegan

1 CD / Philharmonia Baroque / 2012-10-09

Works: Johannes Brahms: Serenade for orchestra no 2 in A major, Op. 16; Serenade for orchestra no 1 in D major, Op. 11
Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas
Ensemble: ; Philharmoonia Baroque Orchestra

Music Director Nicholas McGegan and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra bring to life the depth and brilliance of Brahms' two orchestral Serenades on this disc, recorded live...continue...
Recording information: First Congregational Church, Berkeley, CA....continue...

Brahms, Berg: Violin Concertos / Renaud Capuçon, violin; Daniel Harding

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77; Alban Berg: Concerto for Violin
Performers: Capuçon, Renaud
Conductors: Harding, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic

Renaud Capuçon, the leading French violinist of his generation, joins the British conductor Daniel Harding and the Wiener Philharmoniker for two landmark concertos of the...continue...
Recording information: ORF RadioKulturhaus, Vienna, Austria (12/19/2011); ORF RadioKulturhaus, Vienna, Austria (12/21/2011-12/22/2011)....continue...

Essential Encores - Over 2 hours of great classical showpieces

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Antonio Bazzini: La ronde des lutins, Op. 25; Niccolò Paganini: Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1; Fritz Kreisler: La Gitana; Jules Massenet: Meditation (from "Thaïs"); Aram Khachaturian...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alagna, Roberto; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Antonsen, Ole Edvard; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Balsom, Alison; Barrueco, Manuel; Bostridge, Ian; Brightman,...
Conductors: ; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Kempe, Rudolf; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Jansons, Mariss; Litton, Andrew; Karajan, Herbert von; Paavo, Järvi; Fisch, Asher; Barker, John
Ensemble: ; Nash Ensemble; Virtuosi

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Presenting the bestloved and most popular works...continue...

The Oboe: 1903-1953 / Georges Gillet, Joseph Fonteyn, Georges Blanchard and Myrtile Morel

2 CD / The Classics Label / 2012-10-09

Works: Anonymous: Petite Mignon (attrib. Carmen); Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Samuel Huguenin: La nuit de Noël; Georges Guilhaud: First Concertino, for oboe & piano; Farandole, for oboe & piano,...
Performers: Addimando, Caesar [Oboe]; Blanchard, Georges [Oboe]; Bleuzet, Louis [Oboe]; Christiansen, Christian; De Busscher, Henri [Oboe]; Dyke, Spencer [Violin]; Eran, Thomas [Piano]; Felumb, Svend Christian; ...
Conductors: Mengelberg, Willem; Gmeindl, Walter; Koussevitzky, Sergey; Kreisler, Fritz; Szigeti, Joseph [Violin]

As a fascinating feature of this disc of oboe music, Goossens' mentor Henri de Busscher demonstrates the Brahms violin concerto solo in a 1940s educational...continue...

Schubert: lieder, Brahms: Volkslieder, Mahler: lieder / Franui Ensemble

3 CD / Col Legno / 2012-10-09

Works: Franz Schubert: Der Wanderer, D 493/Op. 4 no 1; Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D 774; Der Wanderer an den Mond, D 870/Op. 80 no 1; Wanderers Nachtlied, D 768/Op. 96 no 3; Abendstern, D 806; Schwanengesang...
Performers: Bechtolf, Sven-Eric; Harringer, Elisabeth; Rainer, Cornelia; Rainer, Sylvia [Vocals]; Schmutzhard, Daniel
Conductors:
Ensemble: Franui

Franui's magical lieder triangle has now finally been assembled in a box set, with the group's inspiring trilogy about the art of 19th century lied...continue...

Violin Encores - Meditation; Salut d'Amour; Liebeslied et al. / Kyung Wha Chung; Joshua Bell; Nicola Benedetti

1 CD / Decca / 2012-10-09

Works: Jules Massenet: Meditation (from "Thaïs"); John Williams: Schindler's List; Dmitry Shostakovich: The Gadfly Suite; Fritz Kreisler: Liebesleid; Liebesfreud; Edward Elgar: Salut d'amour; Camille S...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore [Violin/Conductor]; Bell, Joshua; Benedetti, Nicola; Benson, Clifford; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Grynyuk, Alexei; Jansen, Janine; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Mintz, Shlomo; Moll, Phi...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Wordsworth, Barry; Dutoit, Charles; Fischer, Iván;
Ensemble: ; Roby Lakatos Ensemble

This collection of popular encores celebrates the instrument's glittering brilliance and features some of the world's greatest violinists. It contains the intense lyricism of Massenet,...continue...

Brahms: 4 Ballads; Variations on a theme by Paganini / Alessio Bax, piano

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-10-06

Works: Johannes Brahms: Ballades (4) for piano, Op. 10; Pieces (8) for piano, Op. 76; Variations (28) for Piano on a theme by Paganini, Op. 35; Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/5
Performers: Bax, Alessio [Piano]

The Italian-born pianist and Leeds competition winner Alessio Bax returns with his third solo recital disc for Signum. His program surveys a selection of highlights...continue...

Sviatoslav Richter plays Beethoven and Brahms sonatas and concerto

2 CD / Widescreen / 2012-10-06

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 3 in C major, Op. 2 no 3; Sonata for Piano no 9 in E major, Op. 14 no 1; Sonata for Piano no 22 in F major, Op. 54; Sonata for Piano no 23 in F minor, Op. 57...
Performers: Richter, Sviatoslav
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich

These recordings are offered for the first time in the same edition. Until now it was not possible, because for half a century have belonged...continue...

Schumann: Symphony in C; Konzertstuck for four Horns; 2 Symphonic Etudes; Pfitzner: Symphony in C et al. / Gerard Schwarz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-09-25

Works: Robert Schumann: Konzertstück for 4 horns & orchestra in F major, Op. 86; Two Etudes Symphoniques, Op. 13; Felix Mendelssohn: Die Heimkehr aus der Fremde - Liederspiel, Op. 89; Johannes Brahms: ...
Performers: Bonnevie, Robert; Knapp, David C.; Robbins, Mark; Wilson, Scott
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

The musical expression of German Romanticism is the theme of this disc. The trajectory of Schumann's Konzertstuck, Op. 86, written for four horns and orchestra,...continue...
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Etudes for Piano, Vol. 5: Brahms - Paganini Variations Op. 35; Studies on works by Bach, Schubert, Chopin & Weber / Erika Haase, piano

1 CD / Tacet / 2012-09-25

Works: Johannes Brahms: Variations (28) for Piano on a theme by Paganini, Op. 35; Studies (5) for piano, Anh. 1a/1
Performers: Haase, Erika

Erika Haase completes her etude cycle with a view onto Johannes Brahms, who is less well known as a composer of etudes. The Paganini Variations...continue...
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Dances & Dreams - works by Dvorak, Grieg, Ravel, R. Strauss, Stravinsky, Brahms / Evgeny Kissin, piano; Simon Rattle, Berlin PO [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2012-09-25

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Slavonic Dances Op. 46; Antonín Dvorák: Slavonic Dances (8) for orchestra, B. 147 (Op. 72); Edvard Grieg: Symphonic Dance, Op. 64; Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op...
Performers: Kissin, Evgeni
Conductors: Rattle, Simon
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

In 2011 the Berlin Philharmonic and musical director Sir Simon Rattle welcomed the New Year with a gala concert of dances and dreams. Spine-tingling performances...continue...
Run Time: 89 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio
Country of Origin: Austria
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Debussy: Images; Brahms: Piano Concerto no 2; Prokofiev: Piano Sonata no 3 / Emil Gilels, piano

1 CD / ICA Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 83; Claude Debussy: Images for Piano, Set 1; Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata for Piano no 3 in A minor, Op. 28; Visions fugitives (20) for Piano...
Performers: Gilels, Emil
Conductors: Rossi, Mario [Management]
Ensemble: Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra

Russian pianist Emil Gilels is regarded by many as one of the most significant pianists of the twentieth century and is universally admired for his...continue...

Sacred Treasures

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum, H. 146; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Claudio Monteverdi: Beatus Vir (II), motet for 5 voices (from Seva morale e spirituale), SV 269...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Argenta, Nancy; Bar, Olaf; Barley, Peter; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Connell, John; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Dawson, Lynne; Gens, Veronique; Hogman, Nils; K...
Conductors: Christie, William; Parrott, Andrew; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Herreweghe, Philippe; McCreesh, Paul; ; Norrington, Roger; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Tate, Jeffrey; Muti, Riccardo; Hickox, Richard; Prêtre, ...
Ensemble: ; Coppola e Il Suo Sestetto; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players; Il Seminario Musicale; Les Arts Florissants; London Classical Players; Schutz Consort; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Treasures is a new series of 3-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of Virgin Classics, presenting the best loved and key works of the classical...continue...

The Virtuoso - Mozart, Strauss, Chopin, Brahms & Liszt / Wilhelm Backhaus, piano

2 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2012-09-25

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 26 in D major, K 537 "Coronation"; Don Giovanni KV 527; Richard Strauss: Ständchen ("Mach' auf, mach' auf, doch leise, mein Kind"), song for voice ...
Performers: Backhaus, Wilhelm

Wilhelm Backhaus realized the significance of the gramophone record early on, making his first solo recording in 1908 and going on to record many more,...continue...
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The Super Audio Collection, Vol. 6 from Linn Records

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

Works: Jerome Moross: Lazy Afternoon; Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint (version for percussion); William Byrd: Browning a 5, for instrumental consort ("The Leaves Bee Greene"); George Frederick Handel: Es...
Performers: Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Kato, Kuniko; Martin, Claire [Vocals]; Tunnicliffe, Richard; Wallisch, Gottlieb
Conductors:
Ensemble: Avison Ensemble; Cappella Nova; Dunedin Consort; Magnificat (UK); Phantasm (Viol Consort); Retrospect Trio; Scottish Chamber Orchestra; The Prince Consort (Vocal Ensemble)

The sixth volume in the perpetually popular Linn Sampler series features an appealing selection of tracks from its catalogue of award-winning artists. From soloists like...continue...