Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

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Rachmaninov - Solo Piano Works

Rachmaninov - Solo Piano Works

Mendelssohn:

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

(transcribed Rachmaninov)

Rachmaninov:

Prelude Op. 23 No. 2 in B flat major

Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5

Prelude Op. 23 No. 1 in F sharp minor

Prelude Op. 23 No. 10 in G flat major

Prelude Op. 32 No. 2 in B flat minor

Daisies, Op. 38 No. 3

Prelude Op. 32 No. 5 in G major

Prelude Op. 23 No. 4 in D major

Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C sharp minor

Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36

(rev 1931)

Rimsky Korsakov:

Flight of the Bumble Bee

(transcribed Rachmaninov)

Tchaikovsky:

Lullaby, Op. 16 No. 1

(transcribed Rachmaninov)

Simon Trpceski (piano)

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EMI - 5579432

(CD)

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Mendelssohn - Piano Music

Mendelssohn - Piano Music

Mendelssohn:

Prélude in B Minor, Op. 104a, No. 2

Rondo capriccioso in E major, Op. 14

Song without words in C Minor, Op. 38, No. 2

3 Etudes, Op. 104b

Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, Op. 34 No. 2

transc. Liszt

Scherzo in E minor, Op. 16 No. 2

Das erste Veilchen, Op. 19 No. 2

Variations sérieuses in D minor Op. 54

Childrens Piece in A Major, Op. 102 No. 5

Caprice in E Major, Op. 33, No. 2

Caprice in B Flat Minor Op. 33, No. 3

Suleika (Goethe/von Willemer) Op. 34 No. 4

transc. Liszt

Song without words, Op. 67, No. 2

Song without words in B Minor, Op. 67, No. 5

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

transc. Rachmaninov

Bertrand Chamayou (piano)

During his tragically short life, Felix Mendelssohn produced an extensive output of music covering every genre. Although he claimed that he took little pleasure in writing for the piano and felt that it was not an area of composition that he was particularly good at, the music itself has always retained a place in the affection of performers. After the sonatas of his early youth, he concentrated mostly on producing short pieces which could more readily be put together during the limited gaps in his busy professional life. The anthology selected for this recording by Bertrand Chamayou interweaves many of these shorter works with more substantial pieces, and includes some rarely performed music alongside established masterpieces like the “Songs without words

Released or re-released in last 6 months

Naive - V5131

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Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op. 84, etc.

Beethoven:

Egmont Overture, Op. 84

Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

Mendelssohn:

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

Mozart:

Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385 'Haffner'

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Carl Schuricht

Archipel Records - ARPCD0352

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Flute Waves

Flute Waves

Bach, J S:

Concerto in C minor, BWV1060

Dinicu:

Hora staccato

Handel:

Entrance of the Queen of Sheba

Mancini, H:

The Pink Panther Suite

Matthus:

Des Meeres und der Floten Wellen

Mendelssohn:

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

Mozart:

Le nozze di Figaro, K492 - Overture

Ravel:

Le Tombeau de Couperin

Verdi:

La traviata: Prelude to Act 1

The 14 Berlin Flutes

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MDG - MDG9081393

(SACD)

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The First 10 Years

The First 10 Years

Bartók:

Concerto for Orchestra, Sz.116

(DVD)

Beethoven:

Fidelio, Op. 72 - Finale Act III

(DVD)

Debussy:

La Mer

(BBC Proms 2000)

Mendelssohn:

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

(recorded Baden-Baden 1998)

Rossini:

Guillaume Tell Overture

(DVD)

Stravinsky:

Petrushka

(St.Petersburg, 2003)

Andreas Kohn (Don Fernando), Albert Dohmen (Don Pizzaro), Evelyn Herlitzius (Leonore), Stig Andersen (Florestan), Hans Tschammer ((Rocco), Ruth Ziesak (Marzelline) & Herbert Lippert (Jaquino)

World Orchestra For Peace, Valery Gergiev & Sir Georg Solti

(CD with bonus DVD)

Decca - 4756937

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A Windsor Collection - Organ Music from St George’s Chapel, Windsor

A Windsor Collection - Organ Music from St George’s Chapel, Windsor

Alcock:

Toccatina from The Organ

Bach, J S:

Prelude & Fugue in G major, BWV541

Böhm, G:

Choral Prelude: Vater unser in Himmelreich

Duruflé:

Scherzo, Op. 2

Franck, C:

Prélude, Fugue et Variation Op. 18

Howells:

Psalm-Preludes Set 1, Op. 32: No. 1

Mendelssohn:

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

Mulet:

Tu es Petra

Reger:

Chorale-Fantasia: Hallelujah, Gott zu loben

Tchaikovsky:

Coronation March

Walton:

Popular Song from 'Façade'

Timothy Byram-Wigfield (organ of St George’s Chapel, Windsor)

Regent - REGCD200

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Rachmaninov - Corelli Variations & Transcriptions

Rachmaninov - Corelli Variations & Transcriptions

Bach, J S:

Suite from Partita in E major

Bizet:

L'Arlesienne - Minuet

Kreisler:

Liebesleid, Liebesfreud

Liszt:

Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 2 in C sharp minor

(cadenza by Rachmaninov)

Mendelssohn:

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

Mussorgsky:

Sorochintsy Fair: Gopak

Rachmaninov:

Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op. 42

Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5

Daisies, Op. 38 No. 3

Rimsky Korsakov:

Flight of the Bumble Bee

Schubert:

Wohin?

Tchaikovsky:

Lullaby, Op. 16 No. 1

Olga Kern (piano)

"Kern proves yet again that no-one can perform Russian music as well as Russians themselves." The Observer

Harmonia Mundi - HMU907336

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Transcriptions

Transcriptions

Works transcribed for piano by Serge Rachmaninov

Bach, J S:

Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV1006

Behr:

Lachtäuben

Bizet:

L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1: Minuet

Kreisler:

Liebesleid

Liebesfreud

Mendelssohn:

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

Mussorgsky:

Sorochintsy Fair: Gopak

Rachmaninov:

Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5

Daisies, Op. 38 No. 3

Six Pieces, Op. 11

Waltz in A (6 hands)

Romance in A (6 hands)

Italian Polka for 4-handed piano & trumpet

Rimsky Korsakov:

Flight of the Bumble Bee

Schubert:

Die schöne Müllerin, D795 - Wohin?

Smith, J S:

The Star-Spangled Banner

Tchaikovsky:

Lullaby, Op. 16 No. 1

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Vovka Ashkenazy (piano), Dody Ashkenazy (piano) & Alastair Mackie (trumpet)

Decca - E4702912

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Rachmaninov: The Variations

Rachmaninov: The Variations

Mendelssohn:

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

(trans. Rachmaninov)

Rachmaninov:

Variations on a theme of Chopin, Op. 22

Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op. 42

Melodie in E Major, Op. 3 No. 3

Howard Shelley (piano)

Hyperion - CDA66009

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Rachmaninov - The Transcriptions

Rachmaninov - The Transcriptions

Bach, J S:

Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV1006: suite (Gigue, Gavotte & Preludio)

Behr:

Lachtäuben

Bizet:

L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1: Minuet

Kreisler:

Liebesleid

Liebesfreud

Mendelssohn:

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

Mussorgsky:

Sorochintsy Fair: Gopak

Rachmaninov:

Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5

Daisies, Op. 38 No. 3

Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14

Rimsky Korsakov:

Flight of the Bumble Bee

Schubert:

Wohin?

Tchaikovsky:

Lullaby, Op. 16 No. 1

Howard Shelley (piano)

'A true keyboard aristocrat' (Gramophone)

Hyperion - CDA66486

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£12.99 (£11.06 ex. VAT)

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