Discover The Classics, Vol. 3: The Concerto

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Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8, "Christmas Concerto" (more info)
Performed by: Wroclaw Chamber Orchestra Leopoldinum Cantilena Cologne Chamber Orchestra New Dutch Academy Chamber Orchestra Capella Istropolitana Collegium Musicum 90 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Arcangelo Corelli
Conducted by: Karol Teutsch Jaroslav Krecek Simon Murphy Richard Edlinger Helmut Muller-Bruhl Iona Brown Bernard Labadie Adrian Shepherd Pavel Baleff Hans-Joachim Drechsler Jeffrey Thomas
Simon Standage, violin
Quido Holbling, violin
Anna Holbling, violin
John Constable, harpsichord
Ludovit Kanta, cello
Angus Anderson, violin
Adrian Davies, violin
Daniela Ruso, harpsichord
Yasushi Ideue, violin
Alexandra Bossak, violin
Jonathan Rees, violin
Lionel Handy, cello
Ian Watson, organ
Rinaldo Alessandrini, harpsichord


1.   Allegro - 2:11


Sonata a 5 (more info)
Performed by: Capella Istropolitana New York Chamber Symphony
Composed by: Giuseppe Torelli
Conducted by: Richard Edlinger Peter Kvor Peter Skvor Gerard Schwarz
Miroslav Kejmar, trumpet
Recording date: January 1989


2.   Andante - Allegro - 4:03


Oboe Concerto in C major, Op. 9, No. 5 (more info)
Performed by: Collegium Musicum 90 London Virtuosi
Composed by: Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Conducted by: John Georgiadis
Anthony Camden, oboe
Simon Standage, violin
Anthony Robson, oboe
Julia Girdwood, oboe
Lajos Lencses, oboe
Recording date: 11-12 October 1992


3.   Allegro - 3:15


Violin Concerto in C major, Op. 8, No. 6, RV 180, "Il piacere" (more info)
Performed by: Bournemouth Sinfonietta Winterthur Symphony Orchestra Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: Antonio Vivaldi
Conducted by: Clemens Dahinden Constantine Orbelian
Anthony Newman,
Massimo Quarta, violin
Bela Banfalvi, violin
Ronald Thomas, cello
Giuliano Carmignola, violin
Cho-Liang Lin, violin
Louis Kaufman, violin
Yuko Tanaka, harpsichord
Recording date: 4-5 and 8 August 1950


4.   Allegro - 3:04


Organ Concerto No. 4 in F major, Op. 4, No. 4, HWV 292 (more info)
Performed by: Handel Festival Chamber Orchestra Northern Sinfonia
Composed by: George Frideric Handel
Conducted by: Bradley Creswick John Tinge
Johann Aratore, organ
Erzsebet Achim,
Simon Lindley, organ
Robert Girard, organ
Jean-Francois Rivest, violin
Recording date: 14-15 February 1996


5.   Allegro - 3:49


Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047 (more info)
Performed by: CBC Vancouver Orchestra Cologne Chamber Orchestra English Baroque Soloists Capella Istropolitana NBC Symphony Orchestra Swiss Baroque Soloists Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Mario Bernardi Helmut Muller-Bruhl Andrew Mogrelia Bohdan Warchal Helmuth Rilling John Eliot Gardiner
David Shifrin, clarinet
Rinaldo Alessandrini, harpsichord


6.   Allegro assai - 3:22


Concerto for 2 Keyboards in C minor, BWV 1060 (more info)
Performed by: Cologne Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: Helmut Muller-Bruhl
Robert Hill, harpsichord
Michael Behringer, harpsichord


7.   Allegro - 3:34


Cello Concerto in A major, Wq. 172, H. 439 (more info)
Performed by: Bournemouth Sinfonietta Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Santa Fe Festival Orchestra
Composed by: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Conducted by: Christophe Rousset Richard Studt
Janos Starker, cello
Tim Hugh, cello
Atsushi Sakai, cello


8.   Allegro assai - 4:41


Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, Hob.VIIe:1 (more info)
Performed by: Cologne Chamber Orchestra Capella Istropolitana Vienna Academy Orchestra Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra Swedish Chamber Orchestra New York Chamber Symphony Latvian Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: Neville Marriner Franz Joseph Haydn
Conducted by: Roy Goodman Helmut Muller-Bruhl Peter Skvor Gerard Schwarz Martin Haselbock
Niklas Eklund, trumpet
Miroslav Kejmar, trumpet
Reinhold Friedrich, trumpet
Jurgen Schuster, trumpet
Pierre Kremer, trumpet
Recording date: January 1989


9.   Finale: Allegro - 4:31


Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488 (more info)
Performed by: Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra London Mozart Players Laval Symphony Orchestra Zurich Chamber Orchestra Concentus Hungaricus Prague Chamber Orchestra Moscow Chamber Orchestra Mozart-Haydn Festival Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra Vienna Mozart Orchestra Cappella Coloniensis
Composed by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Neville Marriner Alain Lefevre Fazil Say
Conducted by: Ivor Bolton Rafael Kubelik Hans Rosbaud Ferdinand Leitner Howard Griffiths Nicholas Kraemer Konrad Leitner Matyas Antal Constantine Orbelian Carlos Miguel Prieto
Monique Haas, piano
Daniel Barenboim, piano
Jeno Jando, piano
Howard Shelley, piano
Paul Badura-Skoda,
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Lars Vogt, piano
Linda Nicholson, fortepiano
Jean-Francois Rivest, violin
Friedrich Gulda, piano
Ivan Moravec, piano
Jorge Federico Osorio, piano


10.   Allegro - 10:29


Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622 (more info)
Performed by: Collegium Musicum Basel Bratislava Mozart Academy Vienna Mozart Academy London Symphony Orchestra Capella Istropolitana Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra Tapiola Sinfonietta Vienna Mozart Orchestra Concerto Koln Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Mostly Mozart Orchestra New York Chamber Symphony
Composed by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Neville Marriner
Conducted by: Simon Gaudenz Nicholas Cleobury John Storgards Franz-Paul Decker Richard Edlinger Konrad Leitner Martin Sieghart Johannes Wildner Gerard Schwarz Werner Erhardt Don Jackson
Michael Whight, clarinet
Andrew Marriner, clarinet
Sebastian Manz, clarinet
Jozef Luptacik, clarinet
Gerald Grunbacher, clarinet
Karin Dornbusch, clarinet
Ernst Ottensamer, clarinet
Kari Kriikku, clarinet
David Shifrin, clarinet
Pierre-Andre Taillard, clarinet
Cornelius Meister, piano
Elisabeth Depardieu, clarinet
James Campbell, clarinet


11.   Adagio - 7:21


Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major, K. 495 (more info)
Performed by: CBC Vancouver Orchestra Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra Bournemouth Sinfonietta Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Capella Istropolitana Mannheim Mozart Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Polish Radio Amadeus Chamber Orchestra Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conducted by: Herbert von Karajan Ivor Bolton Nicholas Cleobury Sebastian Weigle Thomas Fey Mario Bernardi Jozef Kopelman Agnieszka Duczmal Jorg-Peter Weigle
Wilhelm Bruns, horn
Jacek Muzyk,
Martin Owen, horn
Milos Stevove, horn
Michael Thompson, horn
Dennis Brain, horn
Johannes Hinterholzer, horn
James Sommerville, horn


12.   Rondo: Allegro vivace - 3:40


Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano in C major, Op. 56 (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra NBC Symphony Orchestra Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra English Chamber Orchestra Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Ludwig van Beethoven Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Bela Drahos Kenneth Jean Neeme Jarvi Felix Weingartner Alexander Gibson Herbert Kegel
Ania Dorfmann, piano
Jeno Jando, piano
Dong-Suk Kang, violin
Maria Kliegel, cello
Joseph Kalichstein, piano
Ricardo Odnoposoff, violin
Stefan Auber, cello
Angelica Morales, piano
Takako Nishizaki, violin
Jaime Laredo, violin
Sharon Robinson, cello
Peter Rosel, piano
Christian Funke, violin
Jurnjakob Timm, cello


13.   Rondo alla polacca - 13:09


Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73, "Emperor" (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra WDR Symphony Orchestra Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Vienna State Opera Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice London Symphony Orchestra Capella Istropolitana West German Radio Symphony Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Tapiola Sinfonietta Bilkent Symphony Orchestra Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Emil Tabakov Ludwig van Beethoven Olli Mustonen
Conducted by: Herbert von Karajan Malcolm Sargent Gunter Wand Philippe Jordan Fritz Reiner Andrew Davis Reinhard Seifried Bruno Walter Grzegorz Nowak Antoni Wit Barry Wordsworth Wilhelm Furtwangler Walter Weller Hubert Soudant Jansug Kakhidze
Edwin Fischer, piano
Mario Galeani, piano
Walter Gieseking, piano
Artur Schnabel, piano
John Lill, piano
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Emil Gilels, piano
Ethella Chuprik, piano
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
George Szell,
Paul Badura-Skoda,
Valery Afanassiev, piano
Anton Kuerti, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Anton Dikov, piano
Stefan Vladar, piano
Nodar Gabunia, piano
Francois-Frederic Guy, piano
Recording date: 10-11 September 1934


14.   Rondo: Allegro - 10:09

Concerto for Violin and Piano in D minor (more info)
Performed by: Northern Sinfonia
Composed by: Felix Mendelssohn
Conducted by: Andrew Penny
Benjamin Frith, piano
Marat Bisengaliev, violin


1.   Allegro molto - 9:03


Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S124/R455 (more info)
Performed by: Nashville Symphony Orchestra BBC Symphony Orchestra Budapest Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Moscow Symphony Orchestra Gulbenkian Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bilkent Symphony Orchestra Hague Residentie Orchestra
Composed by: Emil Tabakov Franz Liszt
Conducted by: Henry Wood Konstantin Krimetz Malcolm Sargent Yakov Kreizberg Oliver Dohnanyi Andras Ligeti Leonard Slatkin Otto Ackermann Hans Graf George Pehlivanian Lawrence Foster Vasily Petrenko
Larissa Shilovskaya, piano
Walter Gieseking, piano
Janina Fialkowska, piano
Landon Ronald, piano
Mischa Levitzki, piano
Jeno Jando, piano
Louis Lortie, piano
Earl Wild, piano
Joseph Banowetz, piano
Eldar Nebolsin, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Peng Peng, piano
Alfredo Perl,
Geza Anda, piano
Lise De la Salle, piano


2.   Allegro maestoso - 5:16


Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 (more info)
Performed by: Russian National Orchestra Chicago Symphony Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra Singapore Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin Staatskapelle Boston Symphony Orchestra Russian Philharmonic Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Neville Marriner Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conducted by: Charles Munch Franz Konwitschny Dmitry Yablonsky John Barbirolli Yakov Kreizberg Kent Nagano Lan Shui Hans Muller-Kray Keith Clark Kenneth Jean Ondrej Lenard William Steinberg Alfred Wallenstein Lior Shambadal Frederick Stock Hanns-Martin Schneidt
Christian Tetzlaff, violin
David Oistrakh, violin
Mischa Elman, violin
Jascha Heifetz, violin
Mariko Honda, violin
Bronislaw Huberman, violin
Ilya Kaler, violin
Nathan Milstein, violin
Joseph Banowetz, piano
Gil Shaham, violin
Ida Haendel, violin
Julia Fischer, violin
Viviane Hagner,
Latica Honda-Rosenberg, violin
Takako Nishizaki, violin
Itzhak Perlman, violin
Recording date: 19th and 20th December 1929


3.   Finale: Allegro vivacissimo - 6:15


Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 (more info)
Performed by: Philadelphia Robin Hood Dell Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Ireland National Symphony Orchestra Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Pablo Casals Orchestra of Barcelona Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Neville Marriner Pablo Casals Gregor Piatigorsky Johannes Brahms
Conducted by: Kurt Sanderling Fritz Reiner John Barbirolli Yakov Kreizberg Andrew Constantine Eugene Ormandy Neeme Jarvi Daniel Raiskin
Alfred Cortot, piano
Jacques Thibaud, violin
Benjamin Schmid, violin
Ulf Hoelscher, violin
Jascha Heifetz, violin
Ilya Kaler, violin
Nathan Milstein, violin
Lydia Mordkovitch, violin
Maria Kliegel, cello
Daniel Muller-Schott,
Antonio Meneses, cello
Julia Fischer, violin
Ramon Jaffe, cello
Thomas Zehetmair, violin
Claes Gunnarsson, cello
Raphael Wallfisch, cello
Wolfgang Boettcher, cello
Emanuel Feuermann, cello
Sara Troback Hesselink, violin
Recording date: 21 December 1939


4.   Andante - 8:20


Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1 (more info)
Performed by: Philadelphia Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Scottish National Orchestra Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Conducted by: Malcolm Sargent Jascha Horenstein Mario Bernardi Eugene Ormandy Bryden Thomson Antoni Wit
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Bernd Glemser, piano
Howard Shelley, piano
Earl Wild, piano
Alexander Ghindin, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Arthur Ozolins, piano
Recording date: 4 December 1939 and 24 February 1940


5.   Andante - 6:24


Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 (more info)
Performed by: Dusseldorf Symphony Orchestra Dallas Symphony Orchestra Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Mineria Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Conducted by: Yasuo Shinozaki Lawrence Renes Long Yu Carlos Miguel Prieto Andrew Litton
Philippe Quint, violin
Hyeyoon Park, violin
Ulrike-Anima Mathe, violin
Vera Tsu, violin
Matthew Trusler, violin


6.   Moderato mobile - 9:28


Viola Concerto, BB 128 (completed by Tibor Serly, 1949) (more info)
Performed by: Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra Paraiba Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Bela Bartok
Conducted by: Janos Kovacs Eleazar de Carvalho
Karen Elaine-Bakunin, viola
Hong-Mei Xiao, viola


7.   Finale: Allegretto - 4:25


Clarinet Concerto in C minor, Op. 31 (more info)
Performed by: Manitoba Chamber Orchestra Northern Sinfonia
Composed by: Gerald Finzi
Conducted by: Simon Streatfeild Howard Griffiths
Robert Plane, clarinet
James Campbell, clarinet


8.   Allegro vigoroso - 7:52


Guitar Concerto (more info)
Performed by: Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Northern Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: Heitor Villa-Lobos
Conducted by: Kazuhiro Koizumi Nicholas Ward
Norbert Kraft, guitar


9.   Allegretto non troppo - 4:42


Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 107 (more info)
Performed by: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra English Chamber Orchestra Russian State Symphony Orchestra Xalapa Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Dmitry Shostakovich
Conducted by: Geoffrey Simon Valery Polyansky Antoni Wit Carlos Miguel Prieto Christoph Eschenbach Luis Herrera de la Fuente
Maria Kliegel, cello
Frans Helmerson, cello
Dimitri Maslennikov, cello
Raphael Wallfisch, cello
Carlos Prieto, cello


10.   Allegretto - 6:15


Cello Concerto (more info)
Performed by: Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Ulster Orchestra English Northern Philharmonia
Composed by: Arthur Bliss
Conducted by: David Lloyd-Jones Uri Mayer Vernon Handley
Tim Hugh, cello
Raphael Wallfisch, cello
Shauna Rolston, cello


11.   Allegro - 6:33


The Piano Concerto (more info)
Performed by: Ulster Orchestra
Composed by: Michael Nyman
Conducted by: Takuo Yuasa
John Lenehan, piano


12.   The Release - 4:38

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