Ludwig van Beethoven

(1770-1827)

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András Schiff - Concertos & Chamber Music

Bartók:	Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 3 (complete) Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
Beethoven:	Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 (complete) Staatskapelle Dresden, Bernard Haitink Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata'
Dvorak:	Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81 Panocha Quartet Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat, Op. 87 Panocha Quartet
Mozart:	Piano Trio No. 3 in B flat major, K502 Yuuko Shiokawa (violin) & Miklós Perényi (cello) Clarinet Trio in E flat major, K498 "Kegelstatt-Trio" Yuuko Shiokawa (violin) & Miklós Perényi (cello) Piano Trio No. 4 in E major K542 Yuuko Shiokawa (violin) & Miklós Perényi (cello)
Schubert:	Sonata in A minor 'Arpeggione', D821 Yuuko Shiokawa (violin) & Miklós Perényi (cello) Piano Trio No. 1 in B flat major, D898 Yuuko Shiokawa (violin) & Miklós Perényi (cello) Notturno in E flat major for piano trio, D897 (Op. post.148) Yuuko Shiokawa (violin) & Miklós Perényi (cello) Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat major, D929 Yuuko Shiokawa (violin) & Miklós Perényi (cello)
Veress:	Hommage à Paul Klee Budapest Festival Orchestra, Heinz Holliger Concerto for piano, strings and percussion Budapest Festival Orchestra, Heinz Holliger 6 Csárdás Budapest Festival Orchestra, Heinz Holliger

András Schiff (piano)

“A pianist who, for all his digital dexterity, is a profoundly intellectual artist, one for whom heart and brain are inseparably fused.” Financial Times

Warner Classics - 2564699675

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Baiba & Lauma Skride: The Duo Sessions

Beethoven:

Violin Sonata No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 12 No. 3

Ravel:

Tzigane

Violin Sonata in G major

Schubert:

Sonatina in D major, D384 (Op. posth. 137 No. 1)

Baiba Skride (violin), Lauma Skride (piano)

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Beethoven:

Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60

Live recording: Berlin, 27.06.1943

Schumann:

Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54

Live recording: Berlin, 01.03.1942

Walter Gieseking (piano)

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler

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Beethoven:

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58

Live recording: Berlin, 30.10.1943

Conrad Hansen (piano)

Grieg:

Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16

Live recording: Munich? 30.07.1944

Walter Gieseking (piano)

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler

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Emil Gilels - Recital

Beethoven:	Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 'Waldstein' Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101
Mendelssohn:	Song without Words, Op. 67 No. 4 in C major 'Spinning Song' or 'Bee's Wedding'
Mozart:	Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K310 Sechs Variationen in F-Dur über die Arie 'Salve tu, Domine' aus der Oper I filosofi immaginarii (Giovanni Paisiello) K398 (416e) Fantasia in D minor, K397
Schumann:	Nachtstücke, Op. 23 No. 4

Emil Gilels (piano)

“Richter's majestic peer is filmed at the height of his powers in an ornate Austrian church with only the occasional distracting shot of his face in the Steinway lid to mar the concentration of his spacious Mozart and Beethoven.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2007 *****

“[On Emil Gilels] Virtuosity with a human face.” Gramophone Magazine

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DG - 0734265

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Mozart & Beethoven - Quintets for Piano & Winds

Beethoven:

Quintet in E flat major for piano and winds, Op.16

Mozart:

Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat, K452

Adagio and Rondo K617 arranged for piano, flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon

Stephen Hough (piano)

Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet

On this disc one of the world’s finest pianists encounters one of the world’s greatest wind quintets, performing two very special works: Mozart’s and Beethoven’s quintets for piano and winds. The unusual scoring has led these works to be performed less often than they deserve: indeed, in 1784 Mozart wrote about his work to his father Leopold stating ‘I myself consider it to be the best thing I have ever written’. Twelve years later, Beethoven composed his Quintet, which he also arranged for the standard piano quartet combination. Beethoven must have been familiar with Mozart’s work: the choice of the same key and the same formal structure (down to small details) cannot be purely coincidental.

“The combination of Stephen Hough and wind players from the BPO makes for sparkling performances of these two quintets… It is noticeable that the Berlin horn is less plummy than the Viennese, and in the slow movement of the Mozart Hough and his partners take a lighter view than their rivals, highlighting the tenderness. Hough and the Berliners also bring out the stylistic contrasts between Mozart and the youthful Beethoven, who expressly adopted the layout of the Mozart Quintet.” Gramophone Magazine, July 2007

Building a Library

Single Disc Choice - April 2007

BIS - BISCD1552

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Beethoven: Piano Trios Nos. 1, 4, 5 & 7

Beethoven:

Piano Trio No. 1 in Eb major, Op. 1 No. 1

Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 11 'Gassenhauer', for violin, cello & piano

Piano Trio No. 5 in D major, Op. 70 No. 1 'The Ghost'

Piano Trio No. 7 in B flat Major, Op. 97 'Archduke'

Chung Trio

EMI Gemini - 3817512

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Beethoven - Violin Sonatas

Beethoven:

Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 'Spring'

Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2

Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer'

Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 96

Yehudi Menuhin & Jeremy Menuhin

EMI Gemini - 3817562

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Hommage à Sevilla

	Commentary: Domingo, at the tobacco factory (now the University of Seville) made famous in Carmen, on the story of Bizet´s opera Commentary: Domingo on setting the Mozart aria in the Alcazar and the Giralda and on the mysterious beauties of the Barrio Santa Cruz, the setting for the Rossini duet Commentary: Domingo talks about Seville: on Holy Week and the April Festival, on operas set in the city, and on Don Juan Commentary: Domingo on Andalusia and on setting the aria from La forza del destino at Almodovar del Rio Commentary: Domingo at the Roman ruins of Italica on Fidelio and Goya´s Los desastres de la guerra Commentary: Domingo at the chapel of the Maestranza bullring and the store of El Gato Montés Commentary: Domingo at the Maestranza on the ritual of the bullfight and on setting the final scene from Carmen in the bullring
Beethoven:	Gott! Welch Dunkel hier! (from Fidelio)
Bizet:	La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen) C'est toi! (from Carmen) C'est toi! (from Carmen)
Mozart:	Fin ch'han dal vino (from Don Giovanni)
Penella:	Me llamabas, Rafaeliyo? from El gato montés
Rossini:	All'idea di quel metallo (from Il barbiere di Siviglia) (Domingo sings both Almaviva and Figaro)
Verdi:	La vita è inferno … O tu che in seno (from La Forza del Destino)