Kontarsky, Aloys

Piano Encores - Fur Elise; Rondo Alla Turca; Minute Waltz et al. / performed by Argerich, Weissenberg, Gilels

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-24

Works: Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen no 1 ("Von fremden Ländern und Menschen"), for piano, Op. 15/1; Kinderszenen no 7 ("Träumerei"), for piano, Op. 15/7; Waldszenen no 9 ("Abschied"), for piano, ...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Berman, Lazar; Eschenbach, Christoph [Piano/Conductor]; Gavrilov, Andrei; Gilels, Emil; Kempff, Wilhelm; Kissin, Evgeni; Kontarsky, Alfons; Kontarsky, Aloys; Luisada, Jean-M...

A captivating collection spanning three centuries, including music from the greatest ever composers for the piano. Mozart's mischievously infectious Rondo "alla Turca", Chopin's effervescent "Minute"...continue...

Johannes Fritsch: Early Chamber Music / Feedback Studio Series

1 CD / Cybele / 2012-05-03

Works: Johannes Fritsch: Bestandteile des Vorüber, for voice, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, 2 trombones, tuba & 3 double bass; Nachtmusik, for violin, viola, cello & double bass; Ikonen, for 3 pianos; ...
Performers: Achilles, Susanne; Breuer, Paul; Fritsch, Johannes; Giesen, Marlies; Kontarsky, Alfons; Kontarsky, Aloys; Kontarsky, Bernhard; Maier, Franz Josef; Olson, Lesley; Palm, Siegfried
Conductors: Blarr, Oskar Gottlieb;
Ensemble: Köln Hochschule für Musik Solistenensemble

The CD 9 of the feedback CD series dedicated to Johannes Fritsch's early works, chamber music, most of which originated before the formation of Feedback...continue...

The Debussy Edition [18 CDs]

18 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-05-01

Works: Claude Debussy: Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; Première Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Orchestra; Jeux; La mer; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Images for Orchestra; Printemps,...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Badings, Vera; Borkh, Inge; Cassard, Philippe; Christ, Wolfram [Viola]; Cohen, Franklin; Danco, Suzanne; Dietschy, Veronique; Dumay, Augustin [Violin]; Ericourt, Daniel; Ewi...
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Haitink, Bernard; Beinum, Eduard Van; Chailly, Riccardo; Tetu, Bernard; Abbado, Claudio; Ansermet, Ernest; Gardiner, John Eliot; Lindenberg, Edouard; Fistoular...

Following our successful Mahler and Chopin editions, this is a joint Deutsche Grammophon/Decca Classics unlimited edition with benchmark Deutsche Grammophon and Decca Classics recordings....continue...

Edition Lockenhaus [Box Set] / Gidon Kremer, violin; Rattle - Kremerata Baltica

5 CD / ECM / 2011-10-24

Works: Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen for 23 solo Strings, AV 142; Olivier Messiaen: Petites liturgies (3) de la Présence Divine; César Franck: Piano Quintet in F minor, M. 7; André Caplet:...
Performers: Bellheim, Markus; Bennion-Feeney, Krista; Berger, Julius; Beyerle, Hatto; Bik, Annette; Brunner, Eduard; Buniatishvili, Khatia; Causse, Gerard [Viola]; Demenga, Thomas; Geringas, David; Grafenauer, I...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Kofman, Roman; Holliger, Heinz
Ensemble: ; Kremerata Baltica

To coincide with the 30th anniversary of Gidon Kremer's Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival in Austria, ECM releases a 5-CD box set of recordings from 1981-2008....continue...
Recording information: Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival....continue...

111 More Classic Tracks [Limited Edition]

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-11-09

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 10 in E minor, Op. 93; Adagio and Allegretto (Elegy and Polka), for string quartet; Franz Liszt: Concert Etudes (2) for Piano, S 145; Fr...
Performers: Alarie, Pierrette; Ambrosini, Jean-Claude; Anda, Géza; Andre, Maurice; Antonietti, Jean; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Askenase, Stefan; Baldwin, Dalton; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Batt...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Ancerl, Karel; Stadlmair, Hans; Nelson, John; Bernstein, Leonard; Blech, Leo; Böhm, Karl; Previn, Andre; Boulez, Pierre; Karajan, Herbert von; Marcon, Andrea; Pletnev, Mikhail; ...
Ensemble: ; Early Music Consort of London

111 More Classic Tracks carries on from where 111 Classic Tracks of 2009 left off. In another mesmerizing journey through the history of Deutsche Grammophon's...continue...

Darmstadt Aural Documents Box 1: Composers - Conductors

6 CD / Neos Production / 2010-11-05

Works: Spoken Word: Introductory speech by Earle Brown; Earle Brown: Available Forms I for 18 instruments; René Leibowitz: Kammersymphonie, for 12 instruments, Op. 16; Wolfgang Fortner: Mitte des Leb...
Performers: Appenheimer, Yoma; Arden, David; Assmann, Klaus; Bauer, Adam; Blum, Eberhard; Bottner, Karlheinz; Brown, Earle [Composer]; Caskel, Christoph; Cazauran, Jacques; Clapperton, James; Deinzer, Hans; Dier...
Conductors: Brown, Earle [Composer]; Leibowitz, René; Fortner, Wolfgang; Krenek, Ernst; Maderna, Bruno; Stockhausen, Karlheinz; Otte, Hans; Pousseur, Henri; Kagel, Mauricio; Boulez, Pierre; Brün, Her...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Köln; Internationales Kammerensemble Darmstadt; Ixion Ensemble; Klangforum Wien; MusikFabrik; Mutare Ensemble; Ungarisches Kammerensemble Budapest

We do not ordinarily associate the terms "cultural heritage" or "cultural legacy" with works, objects and materials of recent vintage, but rather with things unearthed...continue...

The Art of Isang Yun, Vol. 8

1 CD / Camerata / 2010-07-13

Works: Isang Yun: Images; Piri for solo oboe (or clarinet); Riul for clarinet & piano; Sonata for oboe, harp & viola
Performers: Brunner, Eduard; Demenga, Thomas; Fukai, Hirofuni; Holliger, Heinz; Holliger, Ursula; Kontarsky, Aloys; Nicolet, Aurele; Schneeberger, Hansheinz

This all-star cast continues the series on Camerata devoted to Isang Yun's music. The original recordings were made between 1976 and 1985....continue...

The Premium Collection - 75 Classical Masterworks

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-10-09

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Joaqu...
Performers: Anda, Géza; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bumbry, Grace; Crass, Franz; Domingo, Placido; Eschenbach, Christoph [Piano/Conductor]; Fischer-Die...
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme; Baumgartner; Ozawa, Seiji; Kubelik, Rafael; Wallenstein, Alfred; Chung, Chai-Dong; Jochum, Eugen; Pinnock, Trevor; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Barenboim, Daniel; Steinberg; Masur, Kurt; ...

Ligeti: Clear or Cloudy / Boulez, et al

4 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-11-14

Works: György Ligeti: Sonata for cello; Bagatelles (6) for wind quintet; Quartet for Strings no 1 ("Métamorphoses nocturnes"); Pieces (10) for wind quintet; Quartet for Strings no 2; Atmosphè...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Boyd, Douglas; Cascioli, Gianluca; Gawriloff, Saschko; Haimovitz, Matt; Hardenberger, Håkan [Trumpet]; Hosford, Richard; Kontarsky, Alfons; Kontarsky, Aloys; Manning, Ja...
Conductors: ; Abbado, Claudio; Franz, Helmut; Boulez, Pierre; Atherton, David
Ensemble: ; Ensemble InterContemporain; Wiener Blasersolisten

"With the passing of Gyorgy Ligeti on 12 June, 2006 at the age of 83 in Vienna following a lengthy illness, the musical world has...continue...

Weekend Classics - A Romantic Weekend

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-06-13

Works: Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Camille Saint...
Performers: Kontarsky, Alfons; Kontarsky, Aloys
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard; Järvi, Neeme; Kubelik, Rafael; Böhm, Karl; Kleiber, Carlos; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Maazel, Lorin; Ozawa, Seiji
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

Love's Dream: Romantic Piano Music

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2005-01-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59; Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Felix Mendelssohn: Song Without Words; Franz Schubert: ...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Gavrilov, Andrei; Gilels, Emil; Gulda, Friedrich; Kissin, Evgeni; Kontarsky, Alfons; Kontarsky, Aloys; Luisada, Jean-Marc; Michelangeli...

20/21 - Ligeti: Volumina, Harmonies, etc / Boulez, et al

1 CD / Deutsches Grammophon / 2002-08-13

Works: György Ligeti: Volumina, for organ; Study no 1 "Harmonies," for organ; Pieces (3) for 2 pianos; Aventures, for 3 voices & 7 instruments; Nouvelles aventures, for 3 voices & 7 instruments; Myster...
Performers: Hardenberger, Håkan [Trumpet]; Kontarsky, Alfons; Kontarsky, Aloys; Manning, Jane; Pöntinen, Roland; Pearson, William; Thomas, Mary; Zacher, Gerd
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Ensemble InterContemporain

'Volumina, Drei Stucke fur 2 Klaviere,' and 'Nouvelles Aventures' appear for the first time on CD, newly remastered for this reissue. 'Volumina' is a cluster...continue...

Fauré: Requiem, Pelléas et Méllisande, etc / Ozawa, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2001-08-14

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80; Une châteleine en sa tour, Op. 110; Pavane, Op. 50; Dolly, Op. 56; Les berceaux, Op. 23 no 1; Le secret, Op. 23 n...
Performers: Baldwin, Dalton; Battle, Kathleen; Eskin, Jules; Farrell, Timothy; Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine; Kontarsky, Alfons; Kontarsky, Aloys; Roge, Pascal; Schmidt, Andreas [Baritone Vocals]; Souzay, Gerard; Viv...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Ozawa, Seiji; ; Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; King's College Choir, Cambridge; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Kelemen: Archetyphon II, etc / Bareza, Hersett, Kontarsky

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1998-02-05

Works: Milko Kelemen: Archetypon II; Nonet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Strings; Composé; Apocalyptica; Infinity
Performers: Kontarsky, Alfons; Kontarsky, Aloys
Conductors: Bareza, Niksa; Méfano, Paul; Bour, Ernest; Franz, Helmut
Ensemble: Ensemble 2e2m; North German Radio Chorus Hamburg; Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Zagreb Radio Symphony Orchestra

Great Artists Perform Music from Israel / Menuhin, et al

1 CD / Gallo / 1995-08-18

Works: Paul Ben-Haim: Sonata for Violin solo in G major; A star fell down; Avraham Daus: Sonnets (12) after Rilke for Cello solo; Yoram Paporisz: Florianta; Habib Hassan Touma: Taqsim
Performers: Ben-Haim, Paul; Kontarsky, Aloys; Mayer-Reinach, Ursula; Menuhin, Yehudi; Nicolet, Aurele; Palm, Siegfried

Boulez: Structures pour deux pianos / Kontarsky & Kontarsky

1 CD / Wergo / 1992-11-01

Works: Pierre Boulez: Structures, Book I, for 2 pianos; Structures, Book II, for 2 pianos
Performers: Kontarsky, Alfons; Kontarsky, Aloys

Prokofieff: Peter und der Wolf; Saint-Saëns: Der Karneval der Tiere

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1985-12-20

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals
Performers: Herzer, Wolfgang; Kontarsky, Alfons; Kontarsky, Aloys
Conductors: Böhm, Karl