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❄Waltz of the Snowflakes❄


from "The Nutcracker"
🎼Pyotr Tchaikovsky🎼
🎻Berliner Philharmoniker🎻
😇Libera😇
Simon Rattle
▫ conductor
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▫Pedal-Exercitium BWV 598▫


🎼J. S. Bach 🎼
🎹Matthias Havinga🎹

LOOK MOMMY; NO HANDS !
Sorry, couldn´t help myself... 🤣

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▫Piano Concerto no 3▫


🎼Ludwig van Beethoven🎼
🎹 Jan Lisiecki 🎹
🎻NDR Elbphilharmonie🎻
Pablo Heras-Casado
▫ conductor
Live at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festivals 2021

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▫Piano Concerto no 3▫


🎼Ludwig van Beethoven🎼
🎹 Jan Lisiecki 🎹
🎻NDR Elbphilharmonie🎻
Pablo Heras-Casado
▫ conductor
Live at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festivals 2021

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▫Burleske▫


in D minor for piano & orchestra

🎼Richard Strauss🎼
🎹Glenn Gould🎹
🎻Toronto Symphony Orchestra🎻
Vladimir Golschmann
▫ conductor
From a CBC television broadcast on November 15th, 1967.

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▫Burleske▫


in D minor for piano & orchestra

🎼Richard Strauss🎼
🎹Glenn Gould🎹
🎻Toronto Symphony Orchestra🎻
Vladimir Golschmann
▫ conductor
From a CBC television broadcast on November 15th, 1967.

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  • Vingtneufiesme Fantasie
  • Huictiesme Fantasie
  • Dixhuictisme Fantasie
  • Premiere Fantasie
  • Vingtcinquiesme Fantasie
  • Vingtsixiesme Fantasie
  • Sixiesme Fantasie
  • Vingtiesme Fantasie
  • Trentequatriesme Fantasie
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  • Neufiesme Fantasie
  • Dixseptiesme Fantasie
  • Vingthuictiesme Fantasie
  • Quatorziesme Fantasie
  • Unziesme Fantasie
  • Dixiesme Fantasie
  • Quarantiesme Fantasie
  • Quaranteuniesme Fantasie
  • Quarantedeuxiesme Fantasie

Hespèrion XX
Jordi Savall
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  • Vingtneufiesme Fantasie
  • Huictiesme Fantasie
  • Dixhuictisme Fantasie
  • Premiere Fantasie
  • Vingtcinquiesme Fantasie
  • Vingtsixiesme Fantasie
  • Sixiesme Fantasie
  • Vingtiesme Fantasie
  • Trentequatriesme Fantasie
  • Trenteseptiesme Fantasie
  • Neufiesme Fantasie
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  • Vingthuictiesme Fantasie
  • Quatorziesme Fantasie
  • Unziesme Fantasie
  • Dixiesme Fantasie
  • Quarantiesme Fantasie
  • Quaranteuniesme Fantasie
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Hespèrion XX
Jordi Savall
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Composer: Ludwig Schuncke
Artists: Tatiana Larionova

Born the same year as Robert Schumann, 1810, Ludwig Schuncke died at the tender age of 24 from tuberculosis. Thus was cruelly abbreviated the life of a pianist and composer who, had he lived on, might well have attained more of the fame accorded to Schumann himself. The two men met at a Leipzig drinking establishment in December 1833 and quickly became firm friends. Up to that point Schunke had pursued the career of a prodigal musician, including studies in Paris with Anton Reicha, even a brief meeting with Chopin.

The influence of Chopin can be heard in the reflective introduction to Schunke’s Grand Sonata, which is the largest piece in this valuable collection of his piano music, which will captivate anyone with an ear or interest for the stirrings of the 19th-century Romantic tradition of piano music. Schuncke dedicated the Sonata to Schumann, who returned the compliment with his Toccata Op.7: some indication of the mutual respect between the two men but also Schuncke’s capability as a performer. The Sonata’s brief but stormy Scherzo leaps through torrents of passagework, and the following Andante owes more to the songful German tradition than Chopin’s brand of melancholy.

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▫Symphonia Domestica▫


🎼Richard Strauss🎼
🎻The Oslo Philharmonic🎻 with conductor André Previn perform Richard Strauss' Symphonia Domestica in Oslo Concert Hall on 29th August 2002. This was Maestro Previn's first concert as the chief conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic, a position he held until 2006.

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00:00:00 Symphonie in A Minor: I. Allegro
00:05:25 Symphonie in A Minor: II. Andante
00:09:57 Symphonie in A Minor: III. Allegro molto
00:16:35 Symphonie in F Major: I. Allegro
00:21:23 Symphonie in F Major: II. Andante cantabile
00:27:12 Symphonie in F Major: III. Menuetto
00:31:07 Symphonie in F Major: IV. Presto
00:34:33 Symphonie in G Minor: I. Allegro moderato
00:39:00 Symphonie in G Minor: II. Andante cantabile
00:45:12 Symphonie in G Minor: III. Menuetto
00:48:28 Symphonie in G Minor: IV. Finale: Allegro
00:52:13 Symphonie in A Major: I. Allegro moderato
01:00:00 Symphonie in A Major: II. Cantabile
01:05:04 Symphonie in A Major: III. Finale: Prestissimo

Tamás Pál, Salieri Chamber Orchestra
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P+C Nar International Srl

Johann Baptist Wanhal was a Czech classical music composer. He was born in Nechanice, Bohemia, and died in Vienna. His music was well respected by Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven. He was an instrumental performer as well. While being a prolific Organist, he also played the Violin and Cello.
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00:00:00 Symphonie in A Minor: I. Allegro
00:05:25 Symphonie in A Minor: II. Andante
00:09:57 Symphonie in A Minor: III. Allegro molto
00:16:35 Symphonie in F Major: I. Allegro
00:21:23 Symphonie in F Major: II. Andante cantabile
00:27:12 Symphonie in F Major: III. Menuetto
00:31:07 Symphonie in F Major: IV. Presto
00:34:33 Symphonie in G Minor: I. Allegro moderato
00:39:00 Symphonie in G Minor: II. Andante cantabile
00:45:12 Symphonie in G Minor: III. Menuetto
00:48:28 Symphonie in G Minor: IV. Finale: Allegro
00:52:13 Symphonie in A Major: I. Allegro moderato
01:00:00 Symphonie in A Major: II. Cantabile
01:05:04 Symphonie in A Major: III. Finale: Prestissimo

Tamás Pál, Salieri Chamber Orchestra
All Rights Reserved
P+C Nar International Srl

Johann Baptist Wanhal was a Czech classical music composer. He was born in Nechanice, Bohemia, and died in Vienna. His music was well respected by Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven. He was an instrumental performer as well. While being a prolific Organist, he also played the Violin and Cello.
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Keyboard Concerto No.2 in E MAjor, BWV 1053
I.Allegro (00:00) II.Siciliano (08:04) III.Allegro (12:41)

Keyboard Concerto No.3 in D Major, BWV 1054
I.Allegro (19:01) II.Adagio e piano sempre (26:51)
III.Allegro (32:43)

Keyboard Concerto No.4 in A Major, BWV 1055
I.Allegro (35:33) II.Larghetto (39:41)
III.Allegro ma non tanto (45:23)

Keyboard Concerto No.5 in F minor, BWV 1056
I.Allegro (49:33) II.Largo (53:10) III.Presto (56:07

Keyboard Concerto No.7 in G minor, BWV 1058
I.Allegro (59:57) II.Andante (1:03:47)
III.Allegro assai (1:09:46)
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Direction : Vladimir Golschmann
Recorded in 1958,67,69, at NewYork

Keyboard Concerto No.1 in D minor, BWV 1052
I.Allegro (1:13:41) II.Adagio (1:22:28)
III.Allegro (1:29:50)
Academic Symphony Orchestra of Leningrad
Direction : Vladislav Slovak
Live recording in 1957, at Leningrad

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Keyboard Concerto No.2 in E MAjor, BWV 1053
I.Allegro (00:00) II.Siciliano (08:04) III.Allegro (12:41)

Keyboard Concerto No.3 in D Major, BWV 1054
I.Allegro (19:01) II.Adagio e piano sempre (26:51)
III.Allegro (32:43)

Keyboard Concerto No.4 in A Major, BWV 1055
I.Allegro (35:33) II.Larghetto (39:41)
III.Allegro ma non tanto (45:23)

Keyboard Concerto No.5 in F minor, BWV 1056
I.Allegro (49:33) II.Largo (53:10) III.Presto (56:07

Keyboard Concerto No.7 in G minor, BWV 1058
I.Allegro (59:57) II.Andante (1:03:47)
III.Allegro assai (1:09:46)
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Direction : Vladimir Golschmann
Recorded in 1958,67,69, at NewYork

Keyboard Concerto No.1 in D minor, BWV 1052
I.Allegro (1:13:41) II.Adagio (1:22:28)
III.Allegro (1:29:50)
Academic Symphony Orchestra of Leningrad
Direction : Vladislav Slovak
Live recording in 1957, at Leningrad

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The second instalment of the Complete Keyboard Sonatas contains the sonatas Op. 8, 10, 13 and 15.
Leopold Kozeluch (1747-1818) was born in Bohemia but spent his professional life in Vienna, where he became a famous musician and composer, for a time even eclipsing Mozart’s fame!
The sonatas in this second volume have 3 or 4 movements, of the same scope as Haydn’s sonatas. They are written in the Galante Style, with easy flowing melodies, featuring a highly developed keyboard virtuosity in the abundance of scales, arpeggios, runs in thirds and sixths, repeated notes and tremolos.
Jenny Soonjin Kim plays a fortepiano (Kozeluch preferred fortepianos to harpsichords). The first volume of the complete Kozeluch Sonatas (BC 94770) was praised by the press for its spontaneity, keen sense of the style and effortless and brilliant technique.

Composer: Leopold Kozeluch
Artist: Jenny Soonjin Kim (fortepiano)

Following the successful release of the first volume (BC94770) in 2015, Jenny Soonjin Kim continues her cycle of sonatas by Leopold Kozeluch, Czech contemporary of C.P.E. Bach and then Mozart. The sonatas (he wrote 49 in total) share qualities with the work of his teacher Dussek, and Burney’s contemporary assessment of Kozeluch’s music stands true today: easier on the ear than CPE, ‘Haydn or Mozart; it is natural, graceful and flowing, without imitating any great model, as almost all his contemporaries have done. His modulation is natural and pleasing… His rhythm is well phrased, his accents well placed, and harmony pure.’

Volume 2 contains the complete Opp. 8, 10 and 13 sets, ending with Op.15 No.1. All these sets were published by 1785. Seven years earlier Kozeluch had moved to Vienna, and made such a name for himself as a performer, teacher and composer that he could afford to decline an offer made in 1781 to succeed Mozart as court organist to the Archbishop of Salzburg. He composed music in all the major genres of the day but his sonatas rejoice in a particular enthusiasm for expanding the potential of the keyboard instrument as it evolved radically during his lifetime, from harpsichord through fortepiano towards pianoforte, gaining ever more volume, projection and sustaining lyrical qualities in the process.
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Tatiana Nikolayeva playing Bach's Keyboard Concerti 1-5 and 7, and 6 Concerti for two, three and four pianos with Mikhail Petukhov, Marina Yevseyeva and Sergei Senkov. Saulius Sondeckis conducts the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, live in Moscow on 11, 13 and 14 December 1975. LP rips. Timing and pieces below:

Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052
1 - 00:00
2 - 07:35
3 - 14:46
Concerto No. 2 in E major, BWV 1053
1 - 22:40
2 - 30:42
3 - 37:01
Concerto No. 3 in D major, BWV 1054
1 - 43:19
2 - 51:12
3 - 58:18
Concerto No. 4 in A major, BWV 1055
1 - 01:01:39
2 - 01:05:58
3 - 01:11:21
Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056
1 - 01:15:36
2 - 01:18:53
3 - 01:21:54
Concerto No. 7 in G minor, BWV 1058
1 - 01:25:26
2 - 01:29:28
3 - 01:36:20
Concerto in C minor for two pianos, BWV 1060, with Mikhail Petukhov
1 - 01:40:22
2 - 01:45:00
3 - 01:50:15
Concerto in C major for two pianos, BWV 1061, with Mikhail Petukhov
1 - 01:53:42
2 - 02:00:09
3 - 02:05:05
Concerto in C minor for two pianos, BWV 1062, with Mikhail Petukhov
1 - 02:10:27
2 - 02:13:57
3 - 02:20:12
Concerto in D minor for three pianos, BWV 1063, with Mikhail Petukhov and Marina Yevseyeva
1 - 02:24:30
2 - 02:29:33
3 - 02:35:00
Concerto in C major for three pianos, BWV 1064, with Mikhail Petukhov and Sergei Senkov
1 - 02:39:50
2 - 02:45:37
3 - 02:51:51
Concerto in A minor for four pianos, BWV 1065, with Mikhail Petukhov, Marina Yevseyeva and Sergei Senkov
1 - 02:56:18
2 - 03:00:08
3 - 03:03:11

Татьяна Николаева - Марина Евсеева - Сергей Сенков - Бах - Клавирные концерты - Саулюс Сондецкис
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Tatiana Nikolayeva playing Bach's Keyboard Concerti 1-5 and 7, and 6 Concerti for two, three and four pianos with Mikhail Petukhov, Marina Yevseyeva and Sergei Senkov. Saulius Sondeckis conducts the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, live in Moscow on 11, 13 and 14 December 1975. LP rips. Timing and pieces below:

Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052
1 - 00:00
2 - 07:35
3 - 14:46
Concerto No. 2 in E major, BWV 1053
1 - 22:40
2 - 30:42
3 - 37:01
Concerto No. 3 in D major, BWV 1054
1 - 43:19
2 - 51:12
3 - 58:18
Concerto No. 4 in A major, BWV 1055
1 - 01:01:39
2 - 01:05:58
3 - 01:11:21
Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056
1 - 01:15:36
2 - 01:18:53
3 - 01:21:54
Concerto No. 7 in G minor, BWV 1058
1 - 01:25:26
2 - 01:29:28
3 - 01:36:20
Concerto in C minor for two pianos, BWV 1060, with Mikhail Petukhov
1 - 01:40:22
2 - 01:45:00
3 - 01:50:15
Concerto in C major for two pianos, BWV 1061, with Mikhail Petukhov
1 - 01:53:42
2 - 02:00:09
3 - 02:05:05
Concerto in C minor for two pianos, BWV 1062, with Mikhail Petukhov
1 - 02:10:27
2 - 02:13:57
3 - 02:20:12
Concerto in D minor for three pianos, BWV 1063, with Mikhail Petukhov and Marina Yevseyeva
1 - 02:24:30
2 - 02:29:33
3 - 02:35:00
Concerto in C major for three pianos, BWV 1064, with Mikhail Petukhov and Sergei Senkov
1 - 02:39:50
2 - 02:45:37
3 - 02:51:51
Concerto in A minor for four pianos, BWV 1065, with Mikhail Petukhov, Marina Yevseyeva and Sergei Senkov
1 - 02:56:18
2 - 03:00:08
3 - 03:03:11

Татьяна Николаева - Марина Евсеева - Сергей Сенков - Бах - Клавирные концерты - Саулюс Сондецкис
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Musici Academici, Dejan MIJAJEV, dir.

Dejan Mijajev & Erik Baeten (violins)
Emmanuel Pirard & Jean-Paul Pirard (flutes)
Greet Gils & Tina De Mey (violoncello)
Luc Van Vaerenbergh (Cembalo)
Willem De Fesch

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▫Divertissement▫


🎼Jacques Ibert🎼
🎻NDR Elbphilharmonie🎻
Paavo Järvi
▫ conductor
Recorded live on November 27th, 2020 at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg.

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00:00 Toccata in F sharp minor BWV 910
11:50 Toccata in C minor BWV 911
23:08 Toccata in D major BWV 912
37:18 Toccata in D minor BWV 913
54:27 Toccata in E minor BWV 914
01:03:02 Toccata in G minor BWV 915
01:11:50 Toccata in G major BWV 916
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00:00 Toccata in F sharp minor BWV 910
11:50 Toccata in C minor BWV 911
23:08 Toccata in D major BWV 912
37:18 Toccata in D minor BWV 913
54:27 Toccata in E minor BWV 914
01:03:02 Toccata in G minor BWV 915
01:11:50 Toccata in G major BWV 916
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▫Divertissement▫


🎼Jacques Ibert🎼
🎻NDR Elbphilharmonie🎻
Paavo Järvi
▫ conductor
Recorded live on November 27th, 2020 at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg.

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Sonata A Quattro In La Minore
* Andante
* Allegro Ma Piano

Partita A Quattro In Re Minore
* Andante
* Presto
* Arietta. Andante
* Menuet. Trio. Menuet
* Presto

Sinfonia A Quattro In Si Bemolle Maggiore
* Largo. Adagio
* Allegro
* Andante
* Allegro

Sinfonia A Tre In Si Bemolle Maggiore
* Largo. Adagio
* Allegro
* Andante
* Allegretto

Partita A Tre In Do Minore
* Adagio
* Allegro Moderato
* Aria. Andante
* Adagio
* Allegro

Sonata A Quattro In Mi Minore
* Adagio
* Allegro
* Andante, Ma Allegretto
* Presto

Sonata A Tre In La Minore
* Vivace
* Largo
* Allegro

Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini
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Sonata A Quattro In La Minore
* Andante
* Allegro Ma Piano

Partita A Quattro In Re Minore
* Andante
* Presto
* Arietta. Andante
* Menuet. Trio. Menuet
* Presto

Sinfonia A Quattro In Si Bemolle Maggiore
* Largo. Adagio
* Allegro
* Andante
* Allegro

Sinfonia A Tre In Si Bemolle Maggiore
* Largo. Adagio
* Allegro
* Andante
* Allegretto

Partita A Tre In Do Minore
* Adagio
* Allegro Moderato
* Aria. Andante
* Adagio
* Allegro

Sonata A Quattro In Mi Minore
* Adagio
* Allegro
* Andante, Ma Allegretto
* Presto

Sonata A Tre In La Minore
* Vivace
* Largo
* Allegro

Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini
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▫Symphonia Domestica▫


🎼Richard Strauss🎼
🎻The Oslo Philharmonic🎻 with conductor André Previn perform Richard Strauss' Symphonia Domestica in Oslo Concert Hall on 29th August 2002. This was Maestro Previn's first concert as the chief conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic, a position he held until 2006.

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▫Symphonia Domestica▫


🎼Richard Strauss🎼
🎻The Oslo Philharmonic🎻 with conductor André Previn perform Richard Strauss' Symphonia Domestica in Oslo Concert Hall on 29th August 2002. This was Maestro Previn's first concert as the chief conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic, a position he held until 2006.

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1987 / 1991 Moldavia Philharmonic Orchestra / All Rights Reserved
1985 / 1998 ITC Philharmonic Orchestra / All Rights Reserved
1991 Giuseppe Verdi Orchestra / All Rights Reserved
1988 Lucia Marina Dell'Orso / All Rights Reserved
1984 / 1994 EKlectic Music / All Rights Reserved
2001 Pitagora Music / All Rights Reserved
2012 3ut3rp3 Music Ltd / All Rights Reserved
2001 The Mozart Symphony Orchestra / All Rights Reserved

Pachelbel was a German composer, organist and teacher who brought the south German organ tradition to its peak. He composed a large body of sacred and secular music, and his contributions to the development of the chorale prelude and fugue have earned him a place among the most important composers of the middle Baroque era.

Pachelbel's music enjoyed enormous popularity during his lifetime; he had many pupils and his music became a model for the composers of south and central Germany. Today, Pachelbel is best known for the Canon in D, as well as the Chaconne in F minor, the Toccata in E minor for organ, and the Hexachordum Apollinis, a set of keyboard variations.

Pachelbel's music was influenced by southern German composers, such as Johann Jakob Froberger and Johann Kaspar Kerll, Italians such as Girolamo Frescobaldi and Alessandro Poglietti, French composers, and the composers of the Nuremberg tradition. He preferred a lucid, uncomplicated contrapuntal style that emphasized melodic and harmonic clarity. His music is less virtuosic and less adventurous harmonically than that of Dieterich Buxtehude, although, like Buxtehude, Pachelbel experimented with different ensembles and instrumental combinations in his chamber music and, most importantly, his vocal music, much of which features exceptionally rich instrumentation. Pachelbel explored many variation forms and associated techniques, which manifest themselves in various diverse pieces, from sacred concertos to harpsichord suites
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Artists: Soloists of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia Rome, Akanè Makita (piano), Andrea Oliva (flute), Francesco Bossone (bassoon), Stefano Novelli (clarinet), Francesco Di Rosa (oboe), Alessio Allegrini (horn)

The wind instrumentalists here are members of Rome’s main orchestra, attached to the Accademia nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and their previous disc on Brilliant Classics with Akanè Makita, of chamber music by Henri Dutilleux (BC94738) won recognition both for the original combination of repertoire and the stylish performances: ‘Francesco Bossone and Akanè Makita do the work proud, playing with real character and in excellent balance with each other’ (Musicweb International).

Here they turn to the instant charms of the chamber music by Camille Saint-Saëns, centred around the three sonatas for oboe, clarinet and bassoon. All written within the year 1921, they are the work of a composer who was born 10 years after the death of Beethoven and whose lifetime overlapped with the dawn of jazz in Europe. Little wonder, then, that such pieces embody a remarkable synthesis of styles, to the extent that they hardly seem to be by the same composer as the highly embellished chamber music for strings or the grand statements of the symphonies. They do, however, retain a sense of dramatic dialogue that runs through the composer’s output, for Saint-Saëns was always a theatrical composer even when not writing for the stage. The constant stream of melodies speak of a master of refined simplicity and unfailingly elegant lightness of spirit.

The two Romances for horn and piano date from much earlier in the composer’s prolific career (1874 and 1885); they proceed not in the compressed version of sonata-form belonging to the later works, but in narrative sections which range from sweetly nostalgic to the turbulent or heroic. Rounding off this irresistible collection is the Op.79 Caprice on Russian and Danish Airs for flute, oboe, clarinet and piano: here is the cheerful Saint-Saëns of the Carnival of the Animals, running through folk tunes and their transformations with balletic grace and fluidity, underpinned by a brilliant, impetuous piano part that shows what a virtuoso this multi-talented composer was in his own right.

00:00:00 Bassoon Sonata in G Major, Op. 168: I. Allegretto moderato
00:02:52 Bassoon Sonata in G Major, Op. 168: II. Allegro scherzando
00:06:40 Bassoon Sonata in G Major, Op. 168: III. Molto adagio - Allegro moderato
00:12:42 Romance, Op. 67: Adagio
00:22:11 Oboe Sonata in D Major, Op. 166: I. Andantino
00:25:26 Oboe Sonata in D Major, Op. 166: II. Allegretto
00:30:15 Oboe Sonata in D Major, Op. 166: III. Molto allegro
00:32:44 Romance, Op. 37: I. Moderato assai
00:39:24 Clarinet Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 167: I. Allegretto
00:44:18 Clarinet Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 167: II. Allegro animato
00:46:16 Clarinet Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 167: III. Lento
00:50:30 Clarinet Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 167: IV. Molto allegro – Allegretto
00:55:56 Caprice sur des airs danois et Russes, Op. 79: I. Poco allegro

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Artists: Soloists of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia Rome, Akanè Makita (piano), Andrea Oliva (flute), Francesco Bossone (bassoon), Stefano Novelli (clarinet), Francesco Di Rosa (oboe), Alessio Allegrini (horn)

The wind instrumentalists here are members of Rome’s main orchestra, attached to the Accademia nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and their previous disc on Brilliant Classics with Akanè Makita, of chamber music by Henri Dutilleux (BC94738) won recognition both for the original combination of repertoire and the stylish performances: ‘Francesco Bossone and Akanè Makita do the work proud, playing with real character and in excellent balance with each other’ (Musicweb International).

Here they turn to the instant charms of the chamber music by Camille Saint-Saëns, centred around the three sonatas for oboe, clarinet and bassoon. All written within the year 1921, they are the work of a composer who was born 10 years after the death of Beethoven and whose lifetime overlapped with the dawn of jazz in Europe. Little wonder, then, that such pieces embody a remarkable synthesis of styles, to the extent that they hardly seem to be by the same composer as the highly embellished chamber music for strings or the grand statements of the symphonies. They do, however, retain a sense of dramatic dialogue that runs through the composer’s output, for Saint-Saëns was always a theatrical composer even when not writing for the stage. The constant stream of melodies speak of a master of refined simplicity and unfailingly elegant lightness of spirit.

The two Romances for horn and piano date from much earlier in the composer’s prolific career (1874 and 1885); they proceed not in the compressed version of sonata-form belonging to the later works, but in narrative sections which range from sweetly nostalgic to the turbulent or heroic. Rounding off this irresistible collection is the Op.79 Caprice on Russian and Danish Airs for flute, oboe, clarinet and piano: here is the cheerful Saint-Saëns of the Carnival of the Animals, running through folk tunes and their transformations with balletic grace and fluidity, underpinned by a brilliant, impetuous piano part that shows what a virtuoso this multi-talented composer was in his own right.

00:00:00 Bassoon Sonata in G Major, Op. 168: I. Allegretto moderato
00:02:52 Bassoon Sonata in G Major, Op. 168: II. Allegro scherzando
00:06:40 Bassoon Sonata in G Major, Op. 168: III. Molto adagio - Allegro moderato
00:12:42 Romance, Op. 67: Adagio
00:22:11 Oboe Sonata in D Major, Op. 166: I. Andantino
00:25:26 Oboe Sonata in D Major, Op. 166: II. Allegretto
00:30:15 Oboe Sonata in D Major, Op. 166: III. Molto allegro
00:32:44 Romance, Op. 37: I. Moderato assai
00:39:24 Clarinet Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 167: I. Allegretto
00:44:18 Clarinet Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 167: II. Allegro animato
00:46:16 Clarinet Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 167: III. Lento
00:50:30 Clarinet Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 167: IV. Molto allegro – Allegretto
00:55:56 Caprice sur des airs danois et Russes, Op. 79: I. Poco allegro

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SUOMALAISILLE SOTAVETERAANEILLE -

Kaikille niille, jotka jäivät sotatantereelle, ovat jo poistuneet muuten keskuudestamme ja niille jotka vielä joukossamme elävät;
Teidän suurten uhrauksienne ansiosta me elämme nyt maassa, joka on vauras, vapaa ja itsenäinen ja siten kykenevä kohtaamaan tänä päivänä aivan uudenlaisen miehittäjän.
Osoittamalla samaa päättäväisyyttä, yhtenäisyyttä ja sisua kuin te aikananne, me tulemme lopulta kukistamaan tämänkin vihollisen - ja se on paljolti teidän ansiotanne.

KIITOS ❕


TO THE FINNISH VETERANS OF WAR -

To all those lost in the battleground, those who have already left us because of old age and poor health and those who still are among us;
It is because of your heavy sacrifice we now live in a country that is prospering, independent and free, allowing us to face a very different kind of an invader today.
Showing the same perseverance, commitment, unity and sisu we will eventually conquer this new enemy, too - because you laid the groundwork for us.

THANK YOU ❕


On this very day 75 years ago all acts of war on the Finnish soil were brought to a halt and the time of peace began. In our country, today is the National Veteran´s Day in honour of our wartime heroes.
Due to the current situation with # all the festivities and gatherings for the occasion are cancelled.
For our tune for today, I´m happy to post a very special performance - commissioned by the Finnish Government for today - of the Finlandia Hymn by Jean Sibelius. The choral arrangement is by the composer himself and it is conducted here by director cantus Arto Joutsimäki.
A thousand singers from all across the country (plus seventy-five for the occasion) of Virtuaalikuoro ("The Virtual Choir") recorded their parts in home isolation.


Greetings from Finland from all of us at the Team Sintti HQ -
Stay strong, take care, stay safe and look after yourselves and your loved ones ❕


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SUOMALAISILLE SOTAVETERAANEILLE -

Kaikille niille, jotka jäivät sotatantereelle, ovat jo poistuneet muuten keskuudestamme ja niille jotka vielä joukossamme elävät;
Teidän suurten uhrauksienne ansiosta me elämme nyt maassa, joka on vauras, vapaa ja itsenäinen ja siten kykenevä kohtaamaan tänä päivänä aivan uudenlaisen miehittäjän.
Osoittamalla samaa päättäväisyyttä, yhtenäisyyttä ja sisua kuin te aikananne, me tulemme lopulta kukistamaan tämänkin vihollisen - ja se on paljolti teidän ansiotanne.

KIITOS ❕


TO THE FINNISH VETERANS OF WAR -

To all those lost in the battleground, those who have already left us because of old age and poor health and those who still are among us;
It is because of your heavy sacrifice we now live in a country that is prospering, independent and free, allowing us to face a very different kind of an invader today.
Showing the same perseverance, commitment, unity and sisu we will eventually conquer this new enemy, too - because you laid the groundwork for us.

THANK YOU ❕


On this very day 75 years ago all acts of war on the Finnish soil were brought to a halt and the time of peace began. In our country, today is the National Veteran´s Day in honour of our wartime heroes.
Due to the current situation with # all the festivities and gatherings for the occasion are cancelled.
For our tune for today, I´m happy to post a very special performance - commissioned by the Finnish Government for today - of the Finlandia Hymn by Jean Sibelius. The choral arrangement is by the composer himself and it is conducted here by director cantus Arto Joutsimäki.
A thousand singers from all across the country (plus seventy-five for the occasion) of Virtuaalikuoro ("The Virtual Choir") recorded their parts in home isolation.


Greetings from Finland from all of us at the Team Sintti HQ -
Stay strong, take care, stay safe and look after yourselves and your loved ones ❕


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▫Violin Concerto op. 35▫


🎼Erich Korngold🎼
🎻Guro Kleven Hagen🎻
🎻Oslo Philharmonic🎻
Vasily Petrenko
▫ concductor
Recorded live at the Oslo Concert Hall on January 21st, 2021.

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▫Violin Concerto op. 35▫


🎼Erich Korngold🎼
🎻Guro Kleven Hagen🎻
🎻Oslo Philharmonic🎻
Vasily Petrenko
▫ concductor
Recorded live at the Oslo Concert Hall on January 21st, 2021.

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▫Notturno for String and Harp▫


🎼Arnold Schönberg🎼
Violinist Eileen Siegel performing live with musicians of the Oslo Philharmonic on March 2021 at the Oslo Concert Hall.

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The late, renowned Austrian pianist Friedrich Gulda performs 2 Mozart Piano Sonatas. His first interpretation is of # 9, K.311 in D major followed by # 12, K.332 in F major.
Gulda was most famous for his Mozart and Beethoven interpretations, although he also performed the music of J. S. Bach (often on clavichord), Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, Debussy and Ravel.

K.311 ~ Allegro con spirito
Andante con espressione
Rondeau (allegro)
K. 332 ~Allegro
Adagio
Allegro assai

I remember Friedrich Gulda well, as a classmate taught the son of Gulda in piano playing... Gulda later in his career played a lot of jazz... great jazz!

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  • String-Qurtete #14 (0:00)
  • String-Qurtete #15 (26:12)
  • String-Qurtete #16 (55:23)
  • String-Qurtete #17 "The Hunt" (1:19:25)
  • String-Qurtete #18 (1:44:54)
  • String-Qurtete #19 "Dissonace" (2:14:29)
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Composer: Ludwig Schuncke
Artists: Tatiana Larionova

Born the same year as Robert Schumann, 1810, Ludwig Schuncke died at the tender age of 24 from tuberculosis. Thus was cruelly abbreviated the life of a pianist and composer who, had he lived on, might well have attained more of the fame accorded to Schumann himself. The two men met at a Leipzig drinking establishment in December 1833 and quickly became firm friends. Up to that point Schunke had pursued the career of a prodigal musician, including studies in Paris with Anton Reicha, even a brief meeting with Chopin.

The influence of Chopin can be heard in the reflective introduction to Schunke’s Grand Sonata, which is the largest piece in this valuable collection of his piano music, which will captivate anyone with an ear or interest for the stirrings of the 19th-century Romantic tradition of piano music. Schuncke dedicated the Sonata to Schumann, who returned the compliment with his Toccata Op.7: some indication of the mutual respect between the two men but also Schuncke’s capability as a performer. The Sonata’s brief but stormy Scherzo leaps through torrents of passagework, and the following Andante owes more to the songful German tradition than Chopin’s brand of melancholy.

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Composer: Ludwig Schuncke
Artists: Tatiana Larionova

Born the same year as Robert Schumann, 1810, Ludwig Schuncke died at the tender age of 24 from tuberculosis. Thus was cruelly abbreviated the life of a pianist and composer who, had he lived on, might well have attained more of the fame accorded to Schumann himself. The two men met at a Leipzig drinking establishment in December 1833 and quickly became firm friends. Up to that point Schunke had pursued the career of a prodigal musician, including studies in Paris with Anton Reicha, even a brief meeting with Chopin.

The influence of Chopin can be heard in the reflective introduction to Schunke’s Grand Sonata, which is the largest piece in this valuable collection of his piano music, which will captivate anyone with an ear or interest for the stirrings of the 19th-century Romantic tradition of piano music. Schuncke dedicated the Sonata to Schumann, who returned the compliment with his Toccata Op.7: some indication of the mutual respect between the two men but also Schuncke’s capability as a performer. The Sonata’s brief but stormy Scherzo leaps through torrents of passagework, and the following Andante owes more to the songful German tradition than Chopin’s brand of melancholy.

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Sonata N.1 in Fa Maggiore
Sonata N.2 in Mi Minore 9:17​
Sonata N.3 in La Minore 17:10​
Sonata N.4 in Sol Minore 24:36​
Sonata N.5 in Do Maggiore 35:03​
Sonata N.6 in Sol Maggiore 42:21
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Sonata N.1 in Fa Maggiore
Sonata N.2 in Mi Minore 9:17​
Sonata N.3 in La Minore 17:10​
Sonata N.4 in Sol Minore 24:36​
Sonata N.5 in Do Maggiore 35:03​
Sonata N.6 in Sol Maggiore 42:21
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Cello: Bruno Cocset

Sonata I en si mineur, Livre I
Sonata II a tre in rè mineur, Livre III 12:48​
Sonata IV en sol majeur, Livre IV 21:19​
Sonata VI en do mineur, Livre II 31:31​
Sonata III en rè mineur, Livre II 44:21​
Sonata IV en si bèmol majeur, Livre III 53:04

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Cello: Bruno Cocset

Sonata I en si mineur, Livre I
Sonata II a tre in rè mineur, Livre III 12:48​
Sonata IV en sol majeur, Livre IV 21:19​
Sonata VI en do mineur, Livre II 31:31​
Sonata III en rè mineur, Livre II 44:21​
Sonata IV en si bèmol majeur, Livre III 53:04

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