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3 Russian Fairy Tales

Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1

Sergey Prokofiev, Igor Stravinsky, Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Gerard Schwarz (conductor), Carol Rosenberger (piano), Stephen Burns, (trumpet)

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Baby Needs Beethoven

Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Kenneth Munday, David Shifrin, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Orford String Quartet, Robin Graham

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Bach Violin Concertos

Jeffrey Kahane (conductor)
Hilary Hahn
Margaret Batjer
Allan Vogel

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Bach's Circle

Telemann (Trio Sonata in E flat Major)
Bach (Sonata in G minor, BWV 1020)
Couperin (Concerto Royal No. 4 in E minor)
Bach (Sonata in G minor, BWV 1030b)
Bach (Sonata in C major)

Allan Vogel (oboe and oboe d’amore)
Janice Tipton (flute)
Patricia Mabee (harpsichord)
Mark Chatfield (viola da gamba)
Nancy Sartain (continuo harpsichord)

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Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-4

Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049

Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Ransom Wilson

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Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 5 & 6; Orchestral Suite No.

“Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D, BWV 1050, Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat, BWV 1051, & Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067”

Johann Sebastian Bach
Gerard Schwarz (conductor), Ransom Wilson (flute)

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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 8; Prometheus Overture

Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus (The Creatures of Prometheus), ballet, Op. 43 Overture
Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21

Gerard Schwarz, conductor

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Brian Asawa - More Than a Day - Music of Ned Rorem

Music of Ned Rorem

“Jeffrey Kahane (conductor), Brian Asawa (countertenor)”

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Debussy: La Mer/Children's Corner

La Mer, symphonic sketches (3) for orchestra, L. 109
Nocturnes, for female chorus & orchestra, L. 91
Children’s Corner, suite for piano (or orchestra), L. 113
Danses sacrée et profane, for chromatic harp & string orchestra, L. 103

Gerard Schwarz, Sir John Barbirolli, conductors
Nancy Allen, Cristina Ortiz

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Dvorak: Serenade Op.22/Waldesruhe/Notturno In B,Op.40

Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Douglas Davis

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Five Seasons

“A new version of Vivaldi’s ‘The Four Seasons’ for clarinet, chamber orchestra and jazz quartet”

“Bernard Rubenstein (conductor), Eddie Daniels (clarinet)”

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Fur Wolfgang Amadeus Tributes to Mozart

Celestial Mechanics, for oboe & string quartet I. Liberamente
Celestial Mechanics, for oboe & string quartet II. Allegro energico
Wir Küssen Ihnen Tausendmal die Hände, for clarinet, horn, string trio & piano
Woven Serenade, for clarinet & string quartet
Schoenberg, Schenker and Schillinger, for flute, oboe, viola, cello & keyboard

Donald Crockett, conductor
Gary Gray, David Shostac, Richard Todd, Allan Vogel, James Bonn

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Gary Gray, Clarinet

“Saint-Saëns (Sonata for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 161)
Martin (Sonatina for Clarinet & Piano)
Arnold (Sonatina for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 29)
Bernstein (Sonata for Clarinet & Piano)
Poulenc (Sonata for Clarinet & Piano)”

Gary Gray (clarinet)
Clifford Benson (piano)

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Handel: Water Music

The Complete Water Music
Suite I in F
Suite II in D
Suite III in G

George Frideric Handel
Gerard Schwarz (conductor)
Susan Ranney, Kenneth Munday, Douglas Davis, David Shostac, Patricia Mabee

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Haydn: Symphonies Nos 38, 82 & 104

“No. 82 in C Major The Bear, No. 38 in C Major, & No. 104 in D Major London”

Joseph Haydn
Christof Perick (conductor)

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Janacek: Sinfonietta Op60; Taras Bulba, rhapsody

Sinfonietta for orchestra (“Military,” “Sokol Festival”), JW 6/18
Taras Bulba, rhapsody for orchestra, JW 6/15
Lachian (Lasské) Dances (6) for orchestra, JW 6/17
Suite for string orchestra, JW 6/2
Mládí (Youth), suite for wind sextet, JW 7/10
Capriccio for piano (left hand), flute & brass ensemble (“Vzdor,” “Defiance”), JW 7/12
Concertino for piano, 2 violins, viola, clarinet, horn & bassoon, JW 7/11

François Huybrechts, Neville Marriner, conductors
Martin Gatt, Antony Pay, Michael Harris

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Kraft: Songs of Flowers, Bells and Death

Songs of Flowers, Bells and Death, Requiem for Victims of all Wars, for chorus & percussion orchestra (Contextures 4)
Silent Boughs “To Jackie”, for mezzo soprano & string orchestra
Contextures II: the Final Beast for soprano, tenor, chorus, orchestra, chamber ensemble

Henry Lewis, Odaline de la Martinez, conductors
Marilyn Horne, Saras Eyden, Andrew Busher

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Masterpieces from the French Repertoire

“Franck, Milhaud, Fauré, Hue, Godard”

David Shostac (flute) & Antoinette Perry (piano)

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Mozart Symphony No. 40, Symphony No. 41

“Symphony No. 40 in G minor K. 550 & Symphony No. 41 in C major ‘Jupiter’ K. 551”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Gerard Schwarz (conductor)

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Mozart: Symphony Nos. 4, 5 & 29

Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, K. 22
Symphony No. 4 in D major, K. 19
Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201 (K. 186a)

James DePreist, conductor

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Paul Schoenfield: Four Parables; Vaudeville; Klezmer Rondos

“Four Parables, Vaudeville & Klezmer Rondos”

“John Nelson (conductor), Jeffrey Kahane (piano), Wolfgang Basch (piccolo trumpet) & Carol Wincenc (flute)”

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Prokofiev Favorites

Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 1 and 2 for orchestra, Op. 64 bis
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26
Symphony No. 1 in D major (“Classical”), Op. 25
Pushkin Waltzes (2), for orchestra, Op. 120 No. 2

Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Dickran Atamian

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Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Suite

Der Rosenkavalier Suite

“Jesús López-Cobos (conductor), Jeffrey Kahane (piano), Michael Chertock (organ) & Eugene Espino (timpani)”

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Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps, etc.

Petrushka; Pulcinella; Suites Nos. 1 & 2; Danses Concertantes, ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED

Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra
Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version)
Pulcinella, ballet with song in 1 act, for 3 vocal soloists & orchestra
Suite No. 1 and 2, for chamber orchestra
Danses concertantes, for chamber orchestra

Riccardo Muti, Neville Marriner, conductors
Yvonne Kenny, Robert Lloyd, Robert Tear

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Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale/Shostakovich: Piano Concerto

L’histoire du soldat (The Soldier’s Tale), concert suite for 7 instruments
Piano Concerto No. 1, for piano, trumpet & strings, in C minor, Op. 35
Symphony No. 1 in D major (“Classical”), Op. 25

Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Susan Ranney, Kenneth Munday, David Shifrin, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Principals, Tomas Raney

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Tania Gabrielle French: Chamber Music

Los Angeles Piano Trio

George, Landauer, Walter Landauer, Susan Greenberg, Allan Vogel (oboe)

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The Art of Gary Gray

“Copland (Clarinet Concerto), Arnold (Clarinet Concerto No. 1), Lutoslawski (Dance Preludes) & Rossini (Variations)”

“Harry Newstone (conductor), Gary Gray (clarinet)”

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The Hall of Mirrors

A quartet of chamber works by Mark Carlson-Pacific Serenades

“Mark Carlson (flute), Gary Gray (clarinet & bass clarinet), Roger Wilke (violin), Roland Kato (viola), David Speltz (cello), Ayke Agus (piano) & Joanne Pearce-Martin (piano)”

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The Romantic Flute

“Vol. 2 Music for Quiet Times (Ravel, Debussy, Bach, Borodin, Saint-Saëns, Chopin, Massenet, Gluck, Kreisler, Drigo, Rachmaninoff, et. al.)”

“David Shostac (flute), Joanne Pearce-Martin (piano), James Smith (guitar) & Marcia Dickstein (harp) & John Walz (cello)”

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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Handel: Water Music

The Four Seasons: “Spring Concerto No. 1 in E Major,” “Summer Concerto No. 2 in G Minor,” Autumn Concerto No. 3 in F Major,” “Winter Concerto No. 4 in F Minor”
Water Music Suite I in F, Water Music Suite II in D.

Elmar Oliveira

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Yo-Yo Ma - Made in America

Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Charles Ives, Leon Kirchner
Clarinet Sonata, Triptych, Three Preludes, Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano

“Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Jeffrey Kahane (piano), Lynn Chang (violin), Ronan Lefkowitz (violin), & Gilbert Kalish (piano)”

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