Bernard d'Ascoli (piano)
Chopin: The complete Scherzi & Impromptus
Scherzo no. 1 in B minor, Op. 20
Scherzo no. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31
Scherzo no. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 39
Scherzo no. 4 in E major, Op. 54
Impromptu no. 1 in A flat major, Op. 29
Impromptu no. 2 in F sharp major, Op. 36
Impromptu no. 3 in G flat major, Op. 51
Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor, Op. 66

Bernard d'Ascoli is a French pianist of great skill and musicianship, who has recorded for several companies. He is devoted to the music of Chopin, hence this new CD, which will be followed later in 2005 by a 2 CD set of the complete Nocturnes.

JOHANNES BRAHMS

Sonatas for Violin and Piano
Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78
Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100
Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108

Bruce Berg, violin
Wolfgang Watzinger, piano

TERESA CAHILL (soprano) • ROGER VIGNOLES (piano)
RACHMANINOV & STRAUSS SONGS
Richard Strauss: Nichts (2 versions) ; Die Nacht; Schön sind, doch kalt Himmelssterne; All mein Gedanken; Du mein Herzen krönelein; Schlagende Herzen; Ach Leib, ich muss nun scheiden; Heimkehr; Das Rosenband (2 versions); Cäcilie; Die Georgine; Ich liebe Dich; Meinem Kinde; Muttertändelei; Ruhe meine Seele; Schlechter Wetter; Traum durch die Dämmerung (2 versions); Allerseelen; Gefunden; Hat gesagt bleibt's nicht dabei; Mein Herz ist Stumm.
Rachmaninov: 6 Songs, opus 38: In my Garden, To her; Daisies; The Pied Piper; Dreams; The Quest.

To mark the 60th birthday of acclaimed British soprano Teresa Cahill, this CD brings together two vintage performances. The first 18 tracks come from a Chandos LP of 1983, the remainder from a previously unpublished BBC Radio recital of the same year. Three of the Strauss lieder are duplicated, as a bonus, giving two different interpretations of the items

TOUCHES OF BERNSTEIN
The Complete Published Piano Music of Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

• Touches - Chorale, Eight Variations and Coda (1980)
• Seven Anniversaries (1943)
• Four Anniversaries (1948)
• Five Anniversaries (1951)
• Thirteen Anniversaries (1988)

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
• El Salon Mexico (piano transcription by Leonard Bernstein)

Thomas Lanners, piano

• Quartets Op. 40 for bassoon, violin, viola and cello No. 1 in C Major
• No. 2 in D Minor
• No. 3 in B Major

Island: Jane Gower, bassoon
Antoinette Lohmann, violin
Galina Zinchenko, viola
Jennifer Morsches, cello

 J. S. BACH
ORGAN WORKS VOL III

Dorische Toccata & Fugue
Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV 543
Trio Sonata in G major BWV 530
Fantasy in G major BWV 572
plus others

Ton Koopman, organ

APPEARING AT THE WIGMORE HALL 6TH MARCH 2005

Eleanor Percy, violin
Irina Lyakhovskaya, piano

W. A. Mozart
Sonata in E minor, KV 304
Johannes Brahms
Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78
Sergei Prokofiev
Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 94a

 J S BACH
ORGAN WORKS VOLUME IV

Prelude and Fugue in G major BWV 541
Fugue in G minor BWV 578
Pastorale in F major BWV 590
Fantasy in C minor BWV 562
plus others

Ton Koopman, organ

JOAQUIM FREIRE, Guitar

MARLOS NOBRE (*1939)
Reminiscencias Op. 83
Homage to Villa-Lobos Op. 46

HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)
Twelve Edudes

ERNST VON DOHNANYI
Serenade for String Trio Op. 10 (1902)

MAX REGER
Trio No. 1 Op. 77b for Viola, Violin and Violoncello in a minor

JEAN FRANCAIX
Trio (1933)

TRIO LIGETI
Igor Keller, violin
Silvia Simionescu, viola
Diana Ligeti, cello

 RE-ISSUE - NOW BACK IN STOCK!

From The Highly Acclaimed Stokowski Series
Two Of The Last Recordings Stokowski Made, At 95!

Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 “Italian”
Brahms
Symphony No. 2

Leopold Stokowski, National Philharmonic Orchestra

ADVAYA

ARNE DEFORCE (*1962)
Limen for cello solo (2000)
Riti for cello solo (2000)

JONATHAN HARVEY (1939)
Curve with Plateaux for Cello Solo (1982)
Advaya for cello solo, digital keyboard and electronics (1994)

British Composer Series

JEFFREY LEWIS

Epitaph for Abelard and Heloise
for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, piano and percussion

Litania
for percussion, harp, violin, piccolo
Musica Aeterna

David Jones, piano

Appearing the the Wigmore Hall
6th March 2005

Eleanor Percy, violin
Irina Lyakhovskaya, piano

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
SONATAS FOR PIANO AND VIOLIN

The Mannheim Sonatas
The Paris and Salzburg Sonatas

Henryk Szeryng, violin
Poish Radio National Symphony Orchestra
Jan Krenz, conductor

 HOLLYWOOD BOWL CONCERT (1928)
Eugene Goossens, conductor
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

“Carnival” Overture for Full Orchestra, Op. 92
Manuel De Falla (1876-1946):

Ritual Fire Dance from “El Amour Brujo”
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869): The March to the Scaffold from “Symphonie Fantastique” Op. 16-a
Mily Balakirev (1827-1910)

Oriental Fantasy “Islamey”

Orchestrated by Alfedo Casessa (1883-1947)
Piotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893): Ballet Suite from “Sleeping Beauty”
REHEARSAL SEQUENCES
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971): Ballet Suite from “Le Sacre du Primtemps” - “The Rite of Spring”
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804-1857): Kamarinskaya - Fantasy on Two Russian Folk Melodies

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Violin Concerto in D major op. 61
Jasha Heifetz, violin
Dimitri Mitropoulos conducting the New York Philharmonic Orchestra

 CARLOS CHAVEZ
46th Grammy Award Winner

Complete Chamber Music Volume 1

Performed by the Southwest Chamber Music

Invention 1 for Piano
Invention II for String Trio
Invention III for Harp* (First Recording)
Suite for Double Quartet
Upingos for Oboe

FREDERIC CHOPIN
Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 11
Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 21

Arthur Rubinstein, piano
Jan Krenz, conductor
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra

2 Instrumentals

2 Alphorn

Sonata for Violin and Piano
Christiane Edinger, violin • Klaus Hellwig, piano
Sonatina for Flute and Piano
Marcos Fregnani-Martins, flute and alto flute • Lukas Kuen, piano
Solo for Alto Flute
Marcos Fregnani-Martins, alto flute
String Quartet No. 7
Sine Nomine String Quartet (Switzerland)

JAN LADISLAV DUSSEK
Concerto in B flat for 2 Pianos & Orchestra

ROBERT SCHUMANN
Andante & Variations for 2 Pianos, 2 Celli & Horn

Toni and Rosi Grunschlag, duo piano
Orchestra of the Vienna Volksoper
Paul Angerer, conductor
Walter Tombock, horn
Richard Harand and Gunther Weiss, cello

World Premiere Recordings
FANNY MENDELSSOHN-HENSEL (1805-1847)
PIANO CHAMBER MUSIC
• Piano Quartet A Flat major (1822)

(World Premiere Recording)

• Capriccio A flat major (1829)
(World Premiere Recording)

• Sonata o Fantasia G minor
(World Premiere Recording)

• Piano Trio D minor op. 11 (1846/47)

Celine Dutilly, piano • Friedemann Kupsa Violoncello • Renate Eggebrecht, violin • Fanny Mendelssohn Quartet

 BRASILEIRA
Piano Music by Brazilian Women
Maria Helena Rosas Fernandes (b.1933)
Preludio • Valsa
Kilza Setti (b.1932)
Cinco Pecas sobre Mucama Bonita
Adelaide Pereira da Silva (b.1928)
Valsa-Choro No. 2 • Suite No. 2
Chiquinha Gonzaga (1848-1935)
Corta-Jaca; Meditacao • Atraente
Nininha Gregori (b.1925)
Cenas Brasileiras
Maria Luiza Priolli (1915-2000)
Arabesco • Lundu Carioca
Clarisse Leite (1917-2003)
Suite Nordestina
Branca Bilhar (1887-1936)
Samba
Sertanejo Soares, piano

BARMANN TRIO

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholody (1809-47)
Concertpiece No. 1 in F minor
Concertpiece No. 2 in D major

Otfried Busing (*1955):
Images Virtuelles (1998)

Wolfgang A Mozart (1756-1791):

Two Arias from the Opera “Titus”

Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
Trio Pathetique
Sven Van Der Kriup, Clarinet
Ulrich Busing, Bassetthorn/Bass Clarinet
John-Noel Attard, piano
The Barmann Trio, founded in 1993, performs a wide repertoire which demonstrates the great tonal and expressive diversity to be found among the instruments of the clarinet family. Their programms include many rarely heard works, ranging from early classical pieces to contemporary compositions, many of which have been written expressly for the Barmann Trio.

WILLIAM BOLCOM AND ARNOLD WEINSTEIN

Cabaret Songs (complete)
Joan Morris, mezzo-soprano
William Bolcom, piano
Recorded Live at the Flea Theater, New York City
ANCIENT CABARET (2001)
On a Statue of a Runner • Unlucky Eutichus • An Enaustic Painting • Timomarchus’s Picture of Medea in Rome • Praxiteles’ Aphrodite
CABARET SONGS - Vol 1 (1978)
Over the Piano • Fur (Murray the Furrier) • He Tipped the Waiter • Waitin • Song of Black Max (as told by the De Kooning boys) • Amor
CABARET SONGS - Vol 2 (1981-1983)
Places to Live • Toothbrush Time • Surprise! • The Actor • Oh Close the Curtain • George
CABARET SONGS - Vol 3 (1996)
The Total Stanger in the Garden • Love in the Thirties • Thius King of Orf • Miracle Song • Satisfaction • Radical Sally
CABARET SONGS - Vol IV (1996)
Angels are the Highest From of Virtue • Poet Pal of Mine • Can’t Sleep • At the Last Lousy Moments of Love • Lady Luck • Blue

The Passion of Bliss, Bowen and Bridge

York Bowen
Fantasie Quartet for Four Violas • Melody for the G String, Op. 47 • Rhapsody for Viola and Piano

Frank Bridge
Lament for 2 Violas

Arthur Bliss
Sonata for Viola and Pianoforte

Doris Lederer, viola, with Bruce Murray, piano; Dariusz Korcz, viola; Jennifer Cassin, viola; Franklin Shaw, viola

Apparitions and Whimsies
John Heiss
Apparations for Flute and Piano with Electronic Sound by Frank Heiss

Whimsies

Robert Muczynski
Duos for Flutes, Op. 34

Jindrich Feld
Sonatine Americaine

Toru Takemitsu
Air
Charles Koechlin
Sonate pour deux flutes, Op. 75

Andrea Kapell Loewy, flute • Yuling Huang,piano
Leone Buyse, flute • Susanna Loewy, flute

CRC 2689