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Chopin: Ballades; Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Gary Graffman, piano

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-10-25

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Ballade for Piano no 1 in G minor, B 66/Op. 23; Ballade for Piano no 2 in F major/a minor, B 102/Op. 38; Ballade for Piano no 3 in A flat major, B 136/Op. 47; Ballade for P...
Performers: Graffman, Gary
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Gary Graffman belongs to that incredible flowering of great American virtuosos who burst onto the public scene in the 1940s & '50s. He was born...continue...

Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Liszt: Piano Concertos

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-06-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 15 in B flat major, K 450; Concerto for Piano no 11 in F major, K 413 (387a); Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C ...
Performers: Brendel, Alfred; Freire, Nelson [Piano]; Giacometti, Paolo; Han, Derek; Lechner, Karin; Mayer, Stephen; Würtz, Klára
Conductors: Feeman, Paul; Boettcher, Willfried; Wallberg, Heinz; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; van Beek, Arie; Plasson, Michel; Vásáry, Tamás; Sirenko, Vladimir; Marturet, Eduardo

The piano concerto emerged from the 18th century keyboard concerto as a display vehicle for the new instrument - the fortepiano, and the new breed...continue...

Edition Klaiver-Festival Ruhr: Handel, Mendelssohn & Neue Music 2009

3 CD / CAvi Music / 2010-04-13

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Piano no 1 in G minor, Op. 25; Capriccio brillant for piano and orchestra in B minor, Op. 22; Concerto for 2 Pianos in A flat major; George Frederick Handel: Suite no ...
Performers: Berben, Léon; Chuang, Ya-Fei; Dubreuil, Pascal; Kammer, Salome; Levin, Robert D. [American Pianist]; Mauser, Siegfried; Schafer, Markus; Spring, Rudi; Stefanovich, Tamara
Conductors: Sloane, Steven

Highlights from the 2009 Ruhr Piano Festival! All tracks are live performances and recordings from the festival, which included harpsichord players for the first time....continue...

Mendelssohn: Complete Concertos [SACD]

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) Import / 2010-03-23

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Concerto for Piano and Violin in D minor; Capriccio brillant for piano and orchestra in B minor, Op. 22; Rondo brillant, for piano & orchestra in E ...
Performers: Brautigam, Ronald; Derwinger, Love; Pontinen, Roland; van Keulen, Isabelle [Violin]
Conductors: Markiz, Lev

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Mendelssohn Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2010-02-02

Works: Miloslav Kabelác: Symphony no 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"; Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"; Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scotch"; A Midsummer Nigh...
Performers: Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Edelmann, Sergei; Francescatti, Zino; Istomin, Eugene; Jansen, Rudolph [Piano]; Oppitz, Gerhard; Rose, Leonard; Stern, Isaac
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard; Flor, Claus P.; Ormandy, Eugene; Szell, George; Munch, Charles

Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos, Capriccio brillante / Kuerti, Freeman, et al

1 CD / Doremi / 2009-03-10

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Piano no 1 in G minor, Op. 25; Concerto for Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 40; Capriccio brillant for piano and orchestra in B minor, Op. 22
Performers: Kuerti, Anton
Conductors: Feeman, Paul

Mendelssohn Edition 1: Symphonies 1-5; Violin and Piano Concertos

4 CD / Warner Classics / 2009-03-09

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 11; Symphony no 5 in D major, Op. 107 "Reformation"; Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture, in D major Op. 27; Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 ...

The Piano Concerto Collection - Mozart, Chopin, Liszt, etc

25 CD / Brilliant Classics Import / 2008-10-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 24 in C minor, K 491; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D major, K 40; Concerto for Piano no 13 in C major, K 415 (387b); Concerto for Piano no 15 in B flat ma...
Performers: Brendel, Alfred; Cattarino, Alexander; Giacometti, Paolo; Groot, Cor De; Han, Derek; Lechner, Karin; Lill, John; Lugansky, Nikolai [Piano]; Moreira-Lima, Arthur; Osorio, Jorge Federico; Prats, Jorge ...
Conductors: Feeman, Paul; Han, Derek; Oskamp, Gerard; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; van Beek, Arie; Manolov, Dimiter; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Gielen, Michael; Froment, Louis de; Marturet, Eduardo; Bátiz,...

The Essential Rudolf Serkin

2 CD / RCA Records / 2008-07-29

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Bagatelles (11) for piano, Op. 119; Felix Mendelssohn: Prelude & Fugue for piano in E minor/E major, Op. 35/1; Cap...
Performers: Serkin, Rudolf
Conductors: Szell, George; Ormandy, Eugene
Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra

A "pianist's pianist" in the truest sense, Rudolf Serkin has inspired generations of musicians with the heroic purity and integrity of his playing. A self-effacing...continue...

Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos / Herbig, Schirmer, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Piano no 1 in G minor, Op. 25; Capriccio brillant for piano and orchestra in B minor, Op. 22; Concerto for Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 40; Serenade & Allegro giocoso, f...
Performers: Schirmer, Ragna
Conductors: Herbig, Günther

Ragna Schirmer is regarded as one of the most promising artists of the young generation. As Gramophone Magazine said of one of her recent releases,...continue...

Dimitri Mitropoulos - Bach, Beethoven, Rachmaninov, et al / Rubinstein, Graudan, et al

10 CD / Membran / 2008-01-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050; Fantasia and Fugue for Organ in G minor, BWV 542 "Great G minor"; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. ...
Performers: Graudan, Joanna; Mitropoulos, Dimitri [Conductor/Piano]; Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]; Stern, Isaac; Szigeti, Joseph [Violin]
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra; NBC Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 2

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2007-10-09

Works: Ignaz Moscheles: Concerto for Piano no 3 in G minor, Op. 60; Ferdinand Hiller: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 69; Henry Litolff: Concerto Symphonique for piano & orchestra no 3 in E fl...
Performers: Ponti, Michael
Conductors: Mága, Othmar M. F.; Froment, Louis de; Schmidt-Gertenbach, Volke; Cao, Pierre

Legendary Treasures - Frank Pelleg Vol 1

2 CD / Doremi / 2007-10-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Duet for Organ in E minor, BWV 802; Duet for Organ in F major, BWV 803; Duet for Organ in G major, BWV 804; Duet for Organ in A minor, BWV 805; Goldberg Variations, BWV 988; Br...
Performers: Graf, Peter-Lukas; Pelleg, Frank; Rybar, Peter
Conductors: Goehr, Walter; Ackermann, Otto

Frank Pelleg was a prizewinning keyboard student at Prague University who immigrated to Palestine in 1936. As a musicologist and scholar, he became head of...continue...

Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos, etc / Pisarev, Friedmann

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2007-05-08

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Piano no 1 in G minor, Op. 25; Concerto for Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 40; Capriccio brillant for piano and orchestra in B minor, Op. 22; Rondo brillant, for piano & o...
Performers: Pisarev, Andrei
Conductors: Friedmann, Samuel
Ensemble: Russian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), creator of the lyric piano piece, wrote his popular Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor when he was twenty-two years old,...continue...

Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto no 1, etc / Bacchetti, Prague CO

1 CD / Arts / 2007-03-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Capriccio brillant for piano and orchestra in B minor, Op. 22; Rondo brillant, for piano & orchestra in E flat major, Op. 29; Serenade & Allegro giocoso, for piano & orchestra in B...
Performers: Bacchetti, Andrea
Conductors: Bacchetti, Andrea
Ensemble: Prague Chamber Orchestra

In his own day Mendelssohn was a highly regarded composer, conductor and pianist. As an active performer of his own music, he was inspired to...continue...

An Introduction to Felix Mendelssohn

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-09-19

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"; Concerto for Piano no 1 in G minor, Op. 25; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Capriccio brillant for piano and orchestra in B minor, ...
Conductors: Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Shelley, Howard; Groves, Charles, Sir; Weller, Walter
Ensemble: London Mozart Players; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Mendelssohn's exhilarating 'Italian' Symphony is one of the warmest, most vivacious and melodic works in the repertoire and has understandably become a central work in...continue...

Mendelssohn: Symphonies, Piano Concertos, etc / Masur, et al

5 CD / Warner Classics / 2006-06-20

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 11; Symphony no 5 in D major, Op. 107 "Reformation"; Symphony no 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 "Lobgesang"; Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; S...
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; Eberle, Friedhelm; Katsaris, Cyprien; Oertel, Christiane; Schonheit, Michael; Schreier, Peter; Wiens, Edith
Conductors: Masur, Kurt
Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

This newly reissued 5-CD budget boxed set offers critically acclaimed recordings of Mendelssohn's major orchestral music by Kurt Masur and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra featuring...continue...

Complete Collections - Mendelssohn: Complete Symphonies, etc

6 CD / RCA Records / 2005-05-31

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 11; Symphony no 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 "Lobgesang"; Die Hochzeit des Camacho, opera, Op. 10; Symphony no 3 in A minor, O...
Performers: Edelmann, Sergei; Holle, Matthias; Kaufmann, Julie; Lipovsek, Marjana; Popp, Lucia; Protschka, Josef; Scharinger, Anton; Takezawa, Kyoko; Van der Walt, Deon
Conductors: Flor, Claus P.

Romantic Piano Concertos - Brahms, Schumann, etc / Margalit

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-09-26

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano no 1 in D minor, Op. 15; Felix Mendelssohn: Capriccio brillant for piano and orchestra in B minor, Op. 22; Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; ...
Performers: Margalit, Israela
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

"These are bold and muscular performances" -Fanfare "a particularly brilliant recording" -Gramophone...continue...

Mendelssohn: Complete Solo Concertos / Markiz, van Keulen

4 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1998-11-27

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Octet for strings in E flat major, Op. 20; Concerto for Piano in A minor; Concerto for Piano no 1 in G minor, Op. 25; Concerto for Piano no 2 in D m...
Performers: Brautigam, Ronald; Derwinger, Love; Pontinen, Roland; van Keulen, Isabelle [Violin]
Conductors: Markiz, Lev
Ensemble: Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam

Uniquely among the great composers, many of Mendelssohn's major scores are very little known. The mature symphonies and the E minor Violin Concerto overshadow all...continue...

The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 17 - Mendelssohn / Hough

1 CD / Hyperion / 1997-08-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Capriccio brillant for piano and orchestra in B minor, Op. 22; Concerto for Piano no 1 in G minor, Op. 25; Rondo brillant, for piano & orchestra in E flat major, Op. 29; Concerto f...
Performers: Hough, Stephen
Conductors: Foster, Lawrence
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

"...This program reminds us of a period when music was meant to be enjoyed, when laughter at concerts was not held as a crime and...continue...

Mendelssohn: Works for Piano & Orchestra / Rena Kyriakou

1 CD / Tuxedo Music / 1996-03-14

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Piano in A minor; Capriccio brillant for piano and orchestra in B minor, Op. 22; Rondo brillant, for piano & orchestra in E flat major, Op. 29; Serenade & Allegro gioc...
Performers: Kyriakou, Rena
Conductors: Lange, Mathieu; Swarowsky, Hans
Ensemble: ; Vienna Pro Musica Orchestra

Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin & Piano, etc / Markiz

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1996-03-07

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Capriccio brillant for piano and orchestra in B minor, Op. 22; Rondo brillant, for piano & orchestra in E flat major, Op. 29; Serenade & Allegro gio...
Performers: Brautigam, Ronald; van Keulen, Isabelle [Violin]
Conductors: Markiz, Lev
Ensemble: Amsterdam Sinfonietta

"For those who like excellence without eccentricity, or who especially desire the three works for piano and orchestra, it is hard to imagine the new...continue...

Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos 1 & 2, etc / Howard Shelley

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-01-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Piano no 1 in G minor, Op. 25; Concerto for Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 40; Capriccio brillant for piano and orchestra in B minor, Op. 22
Performers: Shelley, Howard
Conductors: Shelley, Howard
Ensemble: London Mozart Players

Künneke: Piano Concerto no 1; Mendlessohn / Wirtz, Smola

1 CD / Koch International /

Works: Eduard Künneke: Concerto for piano & orchestra no 1 in A flat major, Op. 36; Felix Mendelssohn: Serenade & Allegro giocoso, for piano & orchestra in B minor, Op. 43; Capriccio brillant for piano...
Performers: Wirtz, Tiny
Conductors: Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Smola, Emmerich
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

This disc features a world premiere recording of Eduard Kunneke's Piano Concerto No. 1, his attempt to get away from his reputation as a "light...continue...