Kjerulf: Complete Works for Piano [Box set]

On this CD:

1. Skizze 5 (Frühlingslied) for piano in F major, HK 49
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

2. Razzia-galop for piano in B flat major, HK 37
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

3. Skizze 3 for piano in E flat major, HK 140
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

4. Albumsblad for piano in G major, HK 60
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

5. Scherzo for piano in G minor, HK 48
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

6. Barcarole for piano, HK 43
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

7. Notturno for piano, HK 44
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

8. Sang uden ord (Song Without Words), for piano, HK 45
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

9. Intermezzo for piano, HK 55 (Op. 27/1)
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

10. Springtanz, for piano, Op. 27/2, HK56
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

11. Elegie for piano in G minor, HK 66
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

12. Etude for piano in G major, HK 67
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

13. Halling, for piano (Selected Norwegian Folk Dances, 1), HK 236a
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

14. Jølstring, for piano (Selected Norwegian Folk Dances, 2), HK 256
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

15. Halling, for piano (Selected Norwegian Folk Dances, 3), HK 265
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

16. Hildals-Halling, for piano (Selected Norwegian Folk Dances, 4), HK 272
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

17. Halling, for piano (Selected Norwegian Folk Dances, 5), HK 264
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

18. Springdands, for piano (Selected Norwegian Folk Dances, 6), HK 299a
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

19. Springdands, for piano (Selected Norwegian Folk Dances, 7), HK 299b
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

20. Halling, for piano (Selected Norwegian Folk Dances, 8), HK 267
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

21. Springdands, for piano (Selected Norwegian Folk Dances, 9), HK 301
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

22. Springdands, for piano (Selected Norwegian Folk Dances, 10), HK 302
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

23. Springdands, for piano (Selected Norwegian Folk Dances, 11), HK 299c
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

24. Springdands, for piano (Selected Norwegian Folk Dances, 12), HK 300
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

25. Brureslaatt, for piano (Selected Norwegian Folk Dances, 13), HK 250
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

26. Springdands, for piano (Selected Norwegian Folk Dances, 14), HK 299d
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

27. Halling, for piano (Selected Norwegian Folk Dances, 15), HK 266
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

28. Springdands, for piano (Selected Norwegian Folk Dances, 16), HK 299e
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

29. Halling, for piano (Selected Norwegian Folk Dances, 17), HK 263b
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

30. Springdands, for piano (Selected Norwegian Folk Dances, 18), HK 299f
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

31. Brureslaatt, for piano (Selected Norwegian Folk Dances, 19), HK 251
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

32. Halling, for piano (Selected Norwegian Folk Dances, 20), HK 263e
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

33. Springdands (Kjoerringa moe Staven), for piano (Selected Norwegian Folk Dances, 21), HK 284
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

34. Fa'ns Marsch, fanitulen for piano (Selected Norwegian Folk Dances, 22), HK 259
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

35. To Springdandse, quasi menueto, quasi trio for piano (Selected Norwegian Folk Dances, 23), HK 307
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

36. Langeleiklaatt, for piano (Selected Norwegian Folk Dances, 24), HK 286
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

37. Vosserull, for piano (Selected Norwegian Folk Dances, 25), HK 311
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

38. Impromptu, for piano in F major, Op. 12/6, HK 98
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

39. Scherzo for piano in E major, HK 109
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

40. Idyl, for piano in A major, Op. 4/2, HK 111
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

41. Wiegenlied, for piano in F sharp major, Op. 4/3, HK 84
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

42. Allegro vivace for piano in G major, HK 207
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

43. Skizz for piano in G major, HK 208
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

44. Impromptu 1 for piano in E flat major, HK 36
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

45. Impromptu 2 for piano in G major, HK 46
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

46. Vaarvise, for piano (Norske folkeviser, 1), HK 310
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

47. Ola Glomstulen, for piano (Norske folkeviser, 2), HK 291
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

48. Jeg ser dei ut for Gluggen, for piano (Norske folkeviser, 3), HK 281
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

49. Guris Sang (from Vaage), for piano (Norske folkeviser, 4), HK 262
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

50. Majoren aa hans Kompani (from Christiansand), for piano (Norske folkeviser, 5), HK 288
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

51. Aa kleggen han sa no te (from Kvikne), for piano (Norske folkeviser, 6), HK 245
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

52. Baadn-Laat (from Valdres), for piano (Norske folkeviser, 7), HK 247
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

53. Baadn-Laat (from Valdres) (ii), for piano (Norske folkeviser, 8), HK 248
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

54. Frieras af Ungkarn te Gjenta, for piano (Norske folkeviser, 9), HK 260
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

55. Sjugur aa Troldbrura (from Hallingdal), for piano (Norske folkeviser, 10), HK 296
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

56. Skogmøte has Thorgjer Skjelle, for piano (Norske folkeviser, 11), HK 298
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

57. Skjøn Anna (from Vaage), for piano (Norske folkeviser, 12), HK 297
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

58. Kjølstadguten, for piano (Norske folkeviser, 13), HK 286
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

59. Huldre aa en Elland, for piano (Norske folkeviser, 14), HK 275
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

60. Astri, mi Astri, for piano (Norske folkeviser, 15), HK 246
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

61. Han Ole, for piano (Norske folkeviser, 16), HK 270
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

62. Soeterreisen, for piano (Norske folkeviser, 17), HK 292
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

63. I fjol gjoett e Geitinn, for piano (Norske folkeviser, 18), HK 279
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

64. En liten Gut ifra Tistedalen, for piano (Norske folkeviser, 19), HK 258
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

65. De'rnte greit, for piano (Norske folkeviser, 20), HK 254
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

66. Møllervisen, for piano (Norske folkeviser, 21), HK 290
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

67. Caprice, for piano in D major, Op. 12/4, HK 174
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

68. Elegie for piano in F sharp minor, Op. 12/3, HK 175
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

69. Berceuse for piano in D flat major, Op. 12/5, HK 173
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

70. Menuet, for piano in A major, Op. 12/2, HK 176
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

71. Humoreske for piano in G minor, Op. 12/1, HK 177
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

72. Salon (Polka), for piano in E flat major, Op. 4/1, HK 96
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

73. Til Welhavens "Vaarnat", for piano in E flat major, HK 58
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

74. Loengsels Vee, for piano in B minor, HK 80
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

75. Kommen und Scheiden, for piano in A major, HK 82
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

76. Du fragst mich du mein blondes Lieb, for piano in E major, HK 83
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

77. Minuetto for piano in A flat major, HK 234
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

78. Skizze 1 for piano in F major, HK 131
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

79. Scherzino for piano in D major, Op. 24/3, HK 123
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

80. Bondedands (Pesant Dance) for piano, HK 112
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

81. Aa kjøre Vatten aa kjøre Ve, for piano (Norske folkeviser, 22), HK 244
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

82. Liti Kjersti (from Sillejord), for piano (Norske folkeviser, 23), HK 287
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

83. Tordiveln aa Flugua (from Aadalen), for piano (Norske folkeviser, 24), HK 308
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

84. Dalebu Johsson (from Hitterdal), for piano (Norske folkeviser, 25), HK 252
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

85. Den bakvente Visa (from Je), for piano (Norske folkeviser, 26), HK 253
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

86. Huldre Lok (from Foldalen), for piano (Norske folkeviser, 27), HK 276
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

87. Husk op i Ring Ola Guten min (from Trondheim), for piano (Norske folkeviser, 28), HK 277
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

88. Aa aldri oe' doe verre te (from Hallingdal), for piano (Norske folkeviser, 29), HK 242
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

89. Gjeite Lok (from Østlandet), for piano (Norske folkeviser, 30), HK 261
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

90. Hugebald (from Mo i Telemarken), for piano (Norske folkeviser, 31), HK 274
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

91. Paal paa Haugen, for piano (Norske folkeviser, 32), HK 293
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

92. Stev "Aa Ola, Ola min ejen Onge", for piano (Norske folkeviser, 33), HK 305
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

93. Strile Vise, for piano (Norske folkeviser, 34), HK 306
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

94. Stev (from Telemark), for piano (Norske folkeviser, 35), HK 303
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

95. Jeg lagde mig saa sildig (from Vaage), for piano (Norske folkeviser, 36), HK 280
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

96. Aa gaa du deg te Fjause (from Hallingdal), for piano (Norske folkeviser, 37), HK 249
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

97. E gjoette Tulla (from Hitterdal), for piano (Norske folkeviser, 38), HK 256
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

98. Hvad det er godt at lande, Brorson, for piano (Norske folkeviser, 39), HK 278
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

99. Stev (from Setesdal), for piano (Norske folkeviser, 40), HK 304
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

100. Han Mass aa han Lasse (from Østlandet), for piano (Norske folkeviser, 41), HK 268
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

101. Han Mass aa han Lasse (from Hallingdal), for piano (Norske folkeviser, 42), HK 269
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

102. Skizze 2 for piano in B flat major, HK 159
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

103. Skizze 4 for piano in D minor, HK 160
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

104. Bonde-Idyl for piano in D minor, HK 161
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

105. Efterklang fra Fjeldreisen ("Hallingslaat"), for piano, WoO
Composed by Halfdan Kjerulf
Performed by Einar Steen-Noekleberg

Album Description

Mozart Edition: The Complete Works will make a great gift this Holiday season for the music lover in your life or someone who is hard to buy for. This collection contains 170 discs of completed works by Mozart in one beautiful package. Also included is a cd-rom containing essays on his works, artist bio's, text and libretti's. At this super low price all music lovers will enjoy the Symphonies - Concertos - Serenades - Divertimenti - Dances - Chamber Music - Church Sonatas - String Ensembles - Violin Sonatas - Keyboard Works - Sacred Works - Concert Arias - Songs - Canons and Operas in this collection.

Customer Reviews:

a surprising offer.......2007-07-05

Complete works of Mozart for such a price is a surprising offer. We are pleased of the good quality, and the availability of otherwise difficult to find works of Mozart

Welcome to Perfection.......2007-06-28

Dispite what anyone else says, if god ever tried to talk to humanity it was through Wolfgang because his music is absolute perfection.It is the most beautiful music i've ever heard in my life( and this is coming from a 21 year old metal-head ).If one has second thoughts about buying this collection dispell them right now because this is probably the first item i've bought in a long time that i have not regreted.

Buy this as an encyclopedia of Mozart, then add other recordings..........2007-06-22

Brilliant Classics Complete Mozart edition, released for the 250th anniversary year of Mozart's birth (he was born in 1756), has much to recommend it. It contains almost all the works of Mozart, and has many fine performances: the piano sonatas by Klara Wurtz, Piano Concertos by Derek Han, Paul Freeman/Philharmonia, The Magic Flute, conducted by Charles Mackerras (licensed from Telarc), String Quartets by the Franz Schubert Quartet (Licensed from Nimbus) each stand out. The Symphonies, by the Amsterdam Mozart Academy/ Jaap ter Linden, are "So-so": I don't like the small period ensemble, but Symphonies 20, 40 (both versions: one with clarinets and the other without), 23, 24, and 34 are pretty good. Symphonies 1:I, 25 and 41 are sub-par: scrappy playing and weak violins make for a pretty rough experience. I would supplement this with the complete Mozart Symphonies by Karl Bohm/Berlin Philharmonic (DG), among the best recordings of these works, and the best complete set of Mozart's Symphonies, completed in 1968.

The Requiem, conducted by Nicol Matt (2001 recording) has had better performances, and for this I would recommend Bohm/Vienna Philharmonic (DG) and Colin Davis/London Symphony (Philips), which use a larger choir and orchestra, and have more drama where it is needed. The other choral works conducted by Nicol Matt are better, especially "Exsultate Jubilate" motet, the short Masses, and "Ave Verum".

Also worthy of mention are the "Posthorn" and "Haffner" Serenades, by Colin Davis/Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, licensed from Novalis for this release.

This is a great overview, and Brilliant Classics are to be commended for making it available at a low price, to get Mozart's music out to the mass public. It's a great buy, but I would get the Bohm Symphonies, and also Piano Concertos by either Ashkenazy/Philharmonia (Decca), Perahia/English Chamber Orchestra (Sony) or Anda/Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg (DG) for supplements. Also, Karl Bohm's recordings of the operas: The Magic Flute, the Marriage of Figaro, Idomeneo, and La Clemenza di Tito (all DG) are required listening, too. Recommended, but not as the only recording of Mozart's works.

Great value..Cant beat this deal at all!!!.......2007-06-13

As others have reviewed the product and highlighted that there are a few poor pieces... But who cares when there is 170 discs.. if you had have 10 cds that are poor quality and had a 160 disc set of good cd's and you paid $90 for the set.. would you be happy? I would think so... So don't get frustrated and just buy the set.. Enjoy the music for the price.. I am not going to go into details like others did but just buy the set!

Incredible Bargain.......2007-06-10

This offer is an incredible bargain at just over 50 cents a CD. The price jumps around often - you can sometimes get it for $4 or $5 less. but still at 50 cents. Mine arrived in excellent shape - it's hard for them to do otherwise. The way they are packaged they are either in good shape or some major disaster has happened destroying a whole bunch. Those I have played sound great. It will probably take a life time to play them all. Meanwhile we can just revel in our riches and feel all warm and fuzzy.
I also own the Bach set and am wildly happy with that as well.

Average customer rating:

Debussy with a difference!
One Star for Charity's Sake
Beautifully interpreted
Complete Debussy

Debussy: The Complete Piano Music

Manufacturer: Asv Living Era
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Mazurkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Ballads | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

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Ravel: Piano Works
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ASIN: B0001Z2RSM
Release Date: 2004-08-24

Tracks:

Reverie
Prelude
Menuet
Clair De Lune
Passepied
Lent (Melancolique Et Doux)
Tres Vite
Prelude
Sarabande
Toccata
Reflets Dans L'eau
Hommage A Rameau
Mouvement
Cloches A Travers Les Feuilles
Et La Lune Descend Sur Le Temple Qui Fut
Poissons D'or

Tracks:

Arabesque No.1
Arabesque No.2
Danse Bohemienne
Ballade Slave
Tarantelle Styrienne
Valse Romantique
Mazurka
Nocturne
Danseuses De Delphes
Voiles
Le Vent Dans La Plaine
Les Sons Et Les Parfums
Les Collines D'Anacapri
Des Pas Sur La Neige
Ce Qu'a Vu Le Vent D'Ouest
La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin
La Serenade Interrompue
La Cathedrale Engloutie
La Danse De Puck
Minstrels

Tracks:

L'isle Joyeuse
Pagodes
La Soiree Dans Grenade
Jardins Sous La Pluie
D'un Cahier D'esquisses
Morceau De Concours
Masques
Brouillards
Feuilles Mortes
La Puerta Del Vino
Les Fees Sont D'exquises Danseuses
Bruyeres
General Lavine - Eccentric
Les Terraces Des Audiences
Ondine
Hommage A S. Pickwick Esq. PPMPC
Canope
Les Tierces Alternees
Feux D'artifice

Tracks:

Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum
Jimbo's Lullaby
Serenade For The Doll
The Snow Is Dancing
The Little Shepherd
Golliwog's Cake-Walk
Hommage A Haydn
Le Petit Negre
La Plus Que Lente
Berceuse Heroique
Elegie
Page D'album (Piece Pour Le Vetement Du Blesse)
Pour Les Cinq Doigts
Pour Les Tierces
Pour Les Quartes
Pour Les Sixtes
Pour Les Octaves
Pour Les Huit Doigts
Pour Les Degres Chromatiques
Pour Les Agrements
Pour Les Notes Repetees
Pour Les Sonoritees Opposees
Pour Les Arpeges Composes
Pour Les Accords

Customer Reviews:

Debussy with a difference!.......2007-03-10

Do not let the dismissive review below make you dismiss this amazing and breath taking complete set. Like his Scriabin recordings, Gordon Fergus-Thompson works wonder with the well known piece like Clair de Lune, Arabesque and Reverie, and breathes new life into the music by his keen sense of tonal colours and delicacy. When it comes to impressionist music, no pianists can match Richter, who played Clair de Lune, Pavane or miroirs like a miracle, but Fergus-Thompson creats his own unique soundscape.

He is one of very few pianists alive who pay careful attention to how a note produced on the instrument decays and merges with other notes, while most of pianist nowadays focus mostly on starting point of the sound. That's a secret of the richness of colours and expression in his pianism.

He is often criticised for lack of technical prowess, compared to past masters like Gieseking or Michelangeli, but I can not detect even a hint of technical weakness or instability in this set. This is simply a different and highly personal interpretation, and it is a shame to miss out this magical music making simply because it is different from the mainstream interpretation.

One Star for Charity's Sake.......2007-03-01

Avoid this set!!! The man is a gifted pianist but has no understanding on how to interpret the music. This is the nadir of all the Debussy piano sets. With Walter Gieseking's superlative set available why would you want dog food when you can eat supreme cuisine!!!

Beautifully interpreted.......2007-02-13

Gordon Fergus-Thompson does an amazing job of playing and interpreting Debussy's music. I have been playing piano for years--especially Debussy--and this CD really captures the essence of the music. I'd recommend this to anyone.

Complete Debussy.......2006-12-13

These recordings are some of the highest quality Debussy you'll find. There is a freedom that comes across in Fergus-Thompson's playing that you won't find in other so-called great recordings. Instead of trying to sound "Debussy-like", the music is played naturally while maintaining accuracy and original intent of the composer. Recording quality is up to date. Box set is 4 discs, with the body nicely separated into larger works with dates included.

Hans Pfitzner: Complete Orchestral Works [Box Set]

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Hans Pfitzner: Complete Orchestral Works [Box Set]

Manufacturer: Cpo Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Pfitzner: Dunkle Reich; Der Blumen Rache
Gernsheim: Complete Symphonies
Hans Rott: Symphony No. 1; Orchestral Works
Bach: Complete Works - 155 CD Box Set

ASIN: B000001RXP
Release Date: 1995-01-25

Tracks:

Kleine Sinfonie Op.44: Gemachlich
Kleine Sinfonie Op.44: Allegro
Kleine Sinfonie Op.44: Adagio
Kleine Sinfonie Op.44: Heiter bewegt (Allegretto)
Sinfonie op.46: Allegro moderato
Sinfonie op.46: Sehr langsam (Adagio)
Sinfonie op.46: Presto
'Das Fest auf Solhaug': Vorspiel I
'Das Fest auf Solhaug': Vorspiel II
'Das Fest auf Solhaug': Vorspiel III

Tracks:

Symphony in C sharp minor, op.36a: Moderato
Symphony in C sharp minor, op.36a: Sehr schnell
Symphony in C sharp minor, op.36a: Langsam, ausdrucksvoll
Symphony in C sharp minor, op.36a: Ziemlich schnell
Elegie und Reigen Op.45: Ruhig - Andante tranquillo
Elegie und Reigen Op.45: Rondo. Allegro moderato
Fantasie Op.56: Andante (Ruhig schwebend)
Fantasie Op.56: Sehr langsam
Fantasie Op.56: Finale. Lebhaft (Agitato)

Tracks:

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in E flat major, op. 31: Pomphaft, mit Kraft und Schwung - H. PFITZNER
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in E flat major, op. 31: Heiterer Satz. Ziemlich schnell, in einheitlich atemlosen Zeitmass - H. PFITZNER
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in E flat major, op. 31: Ausserst ruhig, versonnen, schwarmerisch - H. PFITZNER
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in E flat major, op. 31: Rasch, ungeschlact, launig - H. PFITZNER

Tracks:

Violin Concerto op. 34: Lebhaft, energisch
Violin Concerto op. 34: Langsam, sehr getragen
Violin Concerto op. 34: Das Zeitmass des Anfangs, etwas gemachlicher, freier
Duo for Violin, Cello & Orchestra op.43: Allegro moderato
Duo for Violin, Cello & Orchestra op.43: Moderato
Duo for Violin, Cello & Orchestra op.43: (Rondo) Ganze Takte
Scherzo for Orchestra

Tracks:

Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra in A minor op. 52: Ruhig - H. PFITZNER
Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra in A minor op. 52: Nicht zu schnell - H. PFITZNER
Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra in A minor op. 52: Feierlich - H. PFITZNER
Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra in A minor op. 52: Allegretto - H. PFITZNER
Concerto in G major for Violoncello and Orchestra in One Movement op. 42: Sehr langsam - Allegro - Sehr ruhig - H. PFITZNER
Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra in A minor op. posth.: Andante molto sostenuto - Allegro - H. PFITZNER
Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra in A minor op. posth.: Adagio molto tranquillo - Allegro - Adagio - H. PFITZNER

Schumann: The Complete Piano Works (Box Set)

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Schumann: The Complete Piano Works (Box Set)

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ASIN: B000058THK
Release Date: 2001-03-06

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Good for the rare pieces.....but..........2006-11-08

Overall, you will be hard up to find a more thoroughly complete two hand piano survey of Schumann's piano opus. However, for the more "popular" pieces such as the op 17, or the kinderszenen, these are decent to mediocre versions are best. They arent bad, Jorg Demus is a skilled pianist, though has always in my view been more successful in a supporting role, as evidenced by his masterful accompaniment in Dichterliebe and assorted Schubert lieder. If you are familiar with Richter's masterful Schumann interpretations-or Horowitz for many of the works, or Lupu, Argerich, these pale in comparison. If you are out for quantity-I would recommend the Ashkenazy set-though it is incomplete. Again, many of the works by schumann that you can only find here will only be of interest to the absolute Schumannaholic, which I am, but it is kind of a two way street because if you are a schumann madman, then you will know how third tier these performances truly are.

Mystery Solved.......2006-10-07

First off, thanks to WTA for his extremely thoughtful and comprehensive review, which helped me decide to purchase this Nuova Era set (his reasoning about the unlikelihood that Demus would record this huge corpus again was especially insightful).

I own the original 20-LP/6-volume Musical Heritage Society set issued between 1971 and 1973. Having seen the CD set in a store last year, I was puzzled about whether it was a transfer of these invaluable discs, which contain vast tracts of Schumann that you will be hard pressed to find elsewhere (included, for instance, are several posthumously issued works and even a few pieces played from unpublished manuscripts). WTA's review gave me enough clues to suspect that these discs were exactly what I'd been waiting for.

Having just received them, I'm happy to confirm that they are indeed the MHS performances (minus most of the four-hand works, however; see below). I instantly recognized the character of the piano sound and the recording acoustic (both much improved on CD), and a quick check of rhetorical gestures in a sonata movement that I especially value in Demus's hands showed the CD and LP versions to be identical. MHS did not always provide track timings for individual sections of the big piano suites. But where such detail exists, respective CD and LP timings are consistently mere seconds apart -- easily the result of different engineering choices for silent lead-ins and lead-outs to each track.

A further clue comes from a small note on the jewel-box tray inserts, indicating a 1989 digital remastering. I can think of no fully digital (DDD) recording that would be getting remastered so early in CD history. Anything from the '80s would almost certainly be making its first appearance in the new storage medium. Moreover, the sound has none of the hallmarks of DDD recordings (as WTA notes, for instance, Demus's recordings have detectable [but nonintrusive] background hiss).

So for all these reasons, I feel confident in declaring that this set is basically the old MHS offering. There are two sad omissions, however:

(1) The CD set includes all the solo pieces in the LP set, as well as a short, posthumously published F-minor Scherzo on CD 12 that MHS seems to have left out. Nuova Era, alas, omits the vast majority of the often-delightful four-hand works, for which Norman Shetler joined Demus (most of these items appeared in MHS's five-disc finale). The Sketches for Pedal Piano, Opp. 56 & 58, are here (perhaps because they were originally conceived for a now-forgotten solo instrument that had a pedalboard [Alkan was said to have been its greatest master]; on a modern instrument, Schumann's pedal-piano music thus takes two pianists), but -- shame on Nuova Era! -- Shetler gets no credit as the second pianist. If you'd like a fine but inexpensive tour of the four-hand output, try the three-disc VoxBox ("Schumann Complete Works For Piano 4-Hands") featuring Peter Frankl, Andras Schiff, et al.

(2) The CD set lacks the superb MHS album notes by Douglas Townsend. Also missing is Demus's own illuminating statement about recording these works across a span of about three years. These are thoroughly digested interpretations: Demus not only memorized every note but also played every last work in concert. Complete recordings like this one are not necessarily commercial gimmicks, as some so carelessly assert. A serious and sensitive musician who takes on such a task will uncover secrets and interconnections that only exposure to a composer's full output in a given area can progressively disclose. As Demus explains (in Herman Adler's translation from the German), "Only by knowing Schumann's creative output in its totality has it been possible to uncover fresh facets in overfamiliar standard works. [. . .] In the music of no other composer do we find as many cross-relations and associations throughout his work. Schumann likes to quote himself as well as other composers, as did, later, his French brother-in-spirit, Claude Debussy. [. . .] Only knowledge of this entire universe will result in something I would call *Stilsicherheit* (stylistic assurance)."

But let's not dwell on what's *not* here. As WTA observes, this is a deeply rewarding collection that every serious Schumann-lover will want to explore. Are these performances the last word on Schumann's poetic realm? Of course not: no such "last word" exists. The essential thing is that throughout this enormous journey, Demus never falsifies the music, and he plays with an honesty that can be far more illuminating than flashier approaches.

So, Schumann-lovers, get this set as cheaply as you can -- but one way or another, get it while you can!

Mystery meat.......2006-04-10

I don't think I've ever before experienced such frustration in trying to assess a product. Here a well-regarded and fairly well-known pianist sits down and records all (even that's up for grabs) the piano music of a pretty well-known and well-regarded composer and barely a peep out there in Internet land.

What I did encounter after a lot of searching, and according to different reviewers who deigned to barely mention this bulky and hard-to-ignore boxed set, was this dopey basketful of professional opinions:

1) The recording quality was poor according to one guy
2) The piano was out of tune according to some editor who happened to also be a piano tuner
3) The music was criminally recorded using a piano with beat hammers and strings
4) Demus may or may not have recorded the set with a period instrument that also may have had beat hammers and strings
5) Nobody should record Schumann on a period instrument according to another expert (without really letting us know if this was the case here)
6) The interpretations were wooden
7) The interpretations were fabulous despite the crappy sound and beat up old out-of-tune piano
8) Nobody was sure if this was his complete Schumann recorded in the 1970s and released on Musical Heritage or these were new DDD recordings as listed

OK--as the notes with this set absolutely stink and no one out in Internet land seems to have any consistent and coherent thing to say about it, this then is my judgement, based on careful listening and a few intelligent guesses.

1) The interpretations are great, wonderful, really enjoyable, idiomatic--some might consider them slightly wooden because there's next-to-no pedal which leads me to believe it is a period instrument he's recorded on. This isn't Argerich slamming away at these so don't expect that. Yamaha fans will be disappointed. Demus clearly knows his Schumann and plays crisply and accurately.
2) The sound quality, while hardly SACD, is just fine and, again if this is a period instrument and I sure tend to think so, what I'm hearing would be about right. I rather like the engineering as the result is intimate and warm
3) Honestly, did Demus record all these in the 1970s without them getting any attention and then do it all over again in the 1980s just to get ignored again? I hear distinct tape hiss if I listen closely, this doesn't sound like a 1989 DDD recording (which the box claims it to be) which is probably why the recording has some warmth and (audible tape hiss)
4) Who am I to argue with an editor/piano tuner but if this piano is out of tune I'm not noticing it one zot. Also, didn't they tune pianos a little differently way back in 1850 or so?

SO--I'll guess this is the complete piano music of Robert Schumann (perhaps minus one small piece according to yet another miffed commentator, although he keeps talking about a 12 CD set and this has 13 discs!)recorded in the 1970s with Jorg Demus playing a piano built around 1850 or so with everything that implies. I'll also guess that a lot of reviewers out there, left to fend for themselves without some promotional sheet from the label, maybe without even free promo copies, were really reaching a bit. Even if I'm wrong I seem to be doing better than the second-guessing I found elsewhere and anyway the result is really enjoyable. I simply like this set a lot even if someday I may discover it is, in fact, Ernest Borgnine playing a badly tuned pool hall upright in 1953. Less than no stars to Nuovo Era for never seeming to get the presentation of this delightful set right--license it to Brilliant and they'll do it up properly for Pete's sake and maybe you'll actually sell a few. They might even be able to kick down that DDD tape hiss a bit. It's also too danged expensive given even the putative late recording date--it shouldn't be more than $120 under any circumstances. I got mine for less than $40 at a classical cut-outs and deletions place.

Conclusion: This whole situation is sad. Jorg Demus is a great pianist and he obviously loves Schumann. Schumann's piano music is worth the effort. This should be a well-known and highly-regarded set and I'm happier with this than with any other big box of piano I may own, short of a Brahms set.

Paul Hindemith: Complete Orchestral Works [Box Set]

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Paul Hindemith: Complete Orchestral Works [Box Set]

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Release Date: 1995-01-25

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Hindemith was the greatest German composer of the post-War period, and the last in that great line that began with Bach and extended through the Classical and Romantic periods. His orchestral music is varied and generally extremely approachable, and the percentage of major works is very high. Nobilissima visione, Symphonic Metamorphoses, Mathis der Maler, Symphony in E-flat, and Concert Music for Strings and Brass are all popular masterpieces, while works such as the Symphonic Dances, Symphonia Serena, and Harmony of the World Symphony deserve the same accolades. This set, excellently performed and recorded by a selection of fine Australian orchestras, really deserves the widest circulation among fans of listenable contemporary classical music. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

Great performances of a great composer.......2006-08-23

While Hindemith will never be known for changing the way the world hears music, he will always be recognized as composing well-crafted minor masterpieces, even if they can be a little formulaic and his sense of melody was a little warped. All six discs in this set have gems that should be heard more often in the concert halls and recorded more. In particular, the Concerto for Orchestra on Disc 6 is fantastic -- with its addictive and fun themes and transparent structure, it was the only work I listened to for about a month. Of the rarer works recorded here, his Symphony Serena on Disc 5 is a little tougher to like, but is really quite good, while his Symphony in E flat on Disc 4 is nothing short of amazing. The Philharmonic Concerto, a set of variations on a strange but catchy theme that only Hindemith could write, also really shines in this set.

Of his more well known -- if you can call any Hindemith "well known" -- works, the recordings are a mixed bag. His Concert Music for Strings and Brass on Disc 3 have a wonderful fullness in the lower brass that I haven't heard in other performances. But the Mathis der Maler Symphony and Nobilissima Visione are both so-so and a little dull. And the performance of Symphonic Metamorphosis here is just outright terrible and a big disappointment, full of mistakes and uneven tempos.

But that's ok. Because you can get good recordings of his better-known works elsewhere. But because his lesser works are presented here in such convincing performances, this set is a must buy for anyone exploring Hindemith! The other 2 box sets on CPO that round out his complete orchestral works are just as good, if not even better. All are highly recommended.

Hindemith, Hindemith, Hindemith!!!!!.......2005-05-15

Wow, this box set is phenomenal. First off, HIndemith is one of the most underappreciated and underrated composers of the 20th century. In my opinion he is definetly in the top 5 along with Stravinsky, Schoenberg, etc. This box set is simply amazing. Whether it is the sound quality, or the works themselves, they will provide you with hours and hours of great music. Although Hindemith was a 20th century composer, his works are EXTREMELY ACCESSIBLE and have a chromatic-romantic feeling to them. I am a music teacher and I have a huge classical collection and this box set is played more than most else. Also, I would recommend the other two volumes by CPO, they are just as good as this set.

DIDN'T THINK THAT THEY MADE THEM LIKE THIS ANYMORE.......2002-12-08

I listened upstairs in bed, on the couch watching football with the sound off, while typing my uncle William E. Crawford's WWII journals. It doesn't get any better than Paul Hindemith, whether it is band music, symphony, ragtime, or overture.
I confess I sometimes have a love-hate feeling about the role of the Jewish Diaspora musicians and composers. But they do the time to the beat and more. I always go to them for performance. They should teach other Americans to compose and perform.

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For the last decade or so, CPO has been the only label of note to advocate the music of Paul Hindemith (1885-1963). Not only have they gone about this advocacy with great enthusiasm, they've also sought out some of Hindemith's lesser-known works. And while Volume I contains Hindemith's clear masterpieces, Volume II shines with its own gems. Most notable among the major works in this set are The Four Temperaments (1940) and the Piano Concerto (1945), both clear Romantic masterpieces and both excellently performed. Of the lesser-known works, the best are the suites from the ballets, Der Damon (1922) and Herodiade (1944). Also in Volume II are the complete cello concertos, which contain some of Hindemith's moodiest writing. The sound quality in all five discs is warm and focused with the exception of disc two, which contains somewhat muted recordings of Kammermusik No. 2 and Konzertmusik. This is a minor complaint, however. Hindemith fans will want this collection if they don't already have any of these five previously released discs. --Paul Cook

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Works [Box Set]

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Works [Box Set]

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ASIN: B000A0HFZS
Release Date: 2006-02-20

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170 CD set!

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WAM's Amazing Work.......2007-05-14

This is a huge contribution to the education of any real musician, no matter what your orientation. On one hand it staggers the imagination that any one person could have done this; we must remember that WAM had a rather skilled teacher (a trumpeter...his dad) without the torture of government schools!
On the other hand, it is a source of musical inspiration almost beyond what can be put into written text.

The Complete Works of Scott Joplin, Vol. 1-5

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Wilmot
Delightful colletion of Scott Joplin's music
Avoid
One Star for Pity
The Complete Works?? I think not

The Complete Works of Scott Joplin, Vol. 1-5

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Complete Piano Music of Scott Joplin
Scott Joplin: The Complete Rags, Marches, Waltzes & Songs
James Scott: The Complete Works 1903-1922

ASIN: B000001VWW
Release Date: 1993-11-30

Tracks:

Please Say You Will
A Picture Of Her Face
The Great Crush Collision March
Harmony Club Waltz
Combination March
Original Rags
Maple Leaf Rag
Swipesy-Cake Walk
Sunflower Slow Drag
Peachtree Rag
Augustan Club Waltz
The Easy Winners
Cleopha
The Strenuous Life

Tracks:

I Am Thinking Of My Pickanniny Days
The Ragtime Dance
A Breeze From Alabama
Elite Syncopations
March Majestic
The Entertainer
Something Doing
Weeping Willow
Little Black Baby
Palm Leaf Rag
The Favorite
The Sycamore
The Cascades
The Chrysanthemum

Tracks:

Rosebud March
Bethena
Leola
Sarah Dear
Binks Waltz
Eugenia
Antoinette
Snoring Sampson
Gladiolus Rag
Searchlight Rag
The Nonpareil (Equal To None)
When Your Hair Is Like The Snow
Lose Leaf Rag
Heliotrope Bouquet

Tracks:

School Of Ragtime
Fig Leaf Rag
Sugar Cane
Pine Apple Rag
Wall Street Rag
Solace
Pleasant Moments
Country Club
Paragon Rag
Euphonic Sounds
Stoptime Rag
Felicity Rag
Lovin' Babe
Scot Joplin's New Rag

Tracks:

Highlights From Treemonisha
A Real Slow Drag
Prelude to Act 3
Frolic Of The Bears
Kismet Rag
Magnetic Rag
Reflection Rag
Silver Swan Rag
Lily Queen
Sensation

Customer Reviews:

Wilmot.......2007-01-10

Well done, with the only drawback that Joshua Rifkind is not at the piano. Sometimes the pace is too frenetic.

Delightful colletion of Scott Joplin's music.......2006-08-17

This is a wonderful collection of Scott Joplin's music. Delightful to own, to play over and over and over.

Avoid.......2004-10-30

I have to agree with "A music fan" is his review of March 2003.

The piano used is poor, and not even all that well in tune. The recorded sound quality is muffled and 'processed'-sounding.

And the playing, I am afraid, is an insult to Joplin. What a pity to produce so full a set, and to do it so badly. A travesty.

If you want a superb Joplin set, played "as wrote", on a good concert grand and played with verve and style, and well-recorded, it's got to be the new Guido Nielsen 4 CD set on the Basta label (Basta 30-91262).

For a really fine single CD recorded on a top-notch piano and with playing that brings out all the elegance in Joplin's music (which it isn't wrong to do - Joplin put it in there), try the new Naxos CD played by Alexander Peskanov (Naxos 8.559114).

The Zimmerman set, I am afraid, must be consigned to the dustbin. A pity.

One Star for Pity.......2003-05-05

My review in two statements: DON'T BUY IT. EVER.

One star for pity - and for the effort of going to the trouble of learning Scott Joplin's complete works. I know it must have been quite a task getting the sheet music for these works and it must have been quite a task learning them, but I cannot honestly say that this is a good recording. Richard Zimmerman plays these works on a piano with bad quality sound, and he plays these works with his own embellishments and in his own style. If you're going to take liberties with a written score, you'd might as well not even try to play it at all. Either play it as written, or don't play it. Why can't people understand that?

The Complete Works?? I think not.......2002-08-06

I bought the CD entitled the Complete Works of Scott Joplin but upon receiving it I found that it only contained 14 tracks from the Complete Works book. The CD at the price is certainly a good buy even with the 14 tracks but it should be more correctly labled as the "Almost" complete works - "Sort - Of" Complete works or maybe A Partial Compilation of the Complete Works but a Complete Works it is not. It appears that a more Complete Works also has the same label.. Or maybe I am missing something..

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Classical Guitar (Box Set)

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Release Date: 2003-03-11

Clementi: The Complete Orchestral Works (Box Set)

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Release Date: 1993-12-18

Tracks:

Sym in B flat, Op.18 No.1: First Movt: Allegro Assai - Pietro Spada
Sym in B flat, Op.18 No.1: Second Movt: Un Poco Adagio - Pietro Spada
Sym in B flat, Op.18 No.1: Third Movt: Minuetto (Allegretto) And Trio - Pietro Spada
Sym in B flat, Op.18 No.1: Fourth Movt: Allegro Assai - Pietro Spada
Sym in D, Op.18 No.2: First Movt: Grave - Allegro Assai - Pietro Spada
Sym in D, Op.18 No.2: Second Movt: Andante - Pietro Spada
Sym in D, Op.18 No.2: Third Movt: Minuetto (Un Poco Allegro) And Trio - Pietro Spada
Sym in D, Op.18 No.2: Fourth Movt: Allegro Assai - Pietro Spada
Minuetto Pastorale - Pietro Spada
Con in C: First Movt: Allegro Con Spirito - Pietro Spada
Con in C: Second Movt: Adagio Cantabile Con Grande Espressione - Pietro Spada
Con in C: Presto - Pietro Spada

Tracks:

Sym No.1 in C: First Movt: Larghetto - Allegro - The Philharmonia/Francesco D'Avalos
Sym No.1 in C: Second Movt: Andante Con Moto - The Philharmonia/Francesco D'Avalos
Sym No.1 in C: Third Movt: Minuetto (Allegretto) And Trio - The Philharmonia/Francesco D'Avalos
Sym No.1 in C: Fourth Movt: Finale (Allegro Vivace) - The Philharmonia/Francesco D'Avalos
Ov in C - The Philharmonia/Francesco D'Avalos
Sym No.3 in G 'The Great National': First Movt: Andante Sostenuto - Allegro Con Brio - The Philharmonia/Francesco D'Avalos
Sym No.3 in G 'The Great National': Second Movt: Andante Un Poco Mosso - The Philharmonia/Francesco D'Avalos
Sym No.3 in G 'The Great National': Third Movt: Minuetto (Allegretto) And Trio - The Philharmonia/Francesco D'Avalos
Sym No.3 in G 'The Great National': Fourth Movt: Finale (Vivace) - The Philharmonia/Francesco D'Avalos

Tracks:

Sym No.2 in D: First Movt: Adagio - Allegro - The Philharmonia/Francesco D'Avalos
Sym No.2 in D: Second Movt: Larghetto Cantabile - The Philharmonia/Francesco D'Avalos
Sym No.2 in D: Third Movt: Minuetto (Allegretto) And Trio - The Philharmonia/Francesco D'Avalos
Sym No.2 in D: Fourth Movt: Finale (Pastorale) - The Philharmonia/Francesco D'Avalos
Ov in D - The Philharmonia/Francesco D'Avalos
Sym No.4 in D: First Movt: Andante Sostenuto - Allegro Vivace - The Philharmonia/Francesco D'Avalos
Sym No.4 in D: Second Movt: Andante Cantabile - The Philharmonia/Francesco D'Avalos
Sym No.4 in D: Third Movt: Minuetto (Allegretto Moderato) And Trio - The Philharmonia/Francesco D'Avalos
Sym No.4 in D: Fourth Movt: Finale (Allegro Vivace) - The Philharmonia/Francesco D'Avalos

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Music Track

music track

Recommended Music:

Ten Years After [Import]

Chamber Concerto / Aventures

Encore: Pieces for Violin & Piano

Music: Looking for Ground

A Tribute to Rancid

Chantilly Remembrance

Colors

Burleigh: Deep River

Black and Blue America

Canciones Del Solar De Los Aburridos [Import]

CD Singles Box Set 5 [CD-single] [Import]

Amann Rik

Bass Race, Vol. 1 [Import]

Rachmaninoff: Fantasy Pieces, Op. 3; Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

The Green World