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Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

Nocturnes

No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 9 No. 1: Larghetto
No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2: Andante
No. 3 in B major, Op. 9 No. 3: Allegretto
No. 4 in F major, Op. 15 No. 1: Andante cantabile
No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15 No. 2: Larghetto
No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2: Lento sostenuto
No. 9 in B major, Op. 32 No. 1: Andante sostenuto
No. 12 in G major, Op. 37 No. 2: Andantino
No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1: Lento
No. 14 in F sharp minor, Op. 48 No. 2: Andantino
No. 15 in F minor, Op. 55 No. 1: Andante
No. 16 in E flat major, Op. 55 No. 2: Lento sostenuto
No. 19 in E minor, Op. 72 No. 1: Andante
No. 20 in C sharp minor, Op. posth.: Lento con gran espressione
No. 21 in C minor, Op. posth.
 

Maria João Pires, Piano

Original Recording
Executive Producer: Christopher Alender
Recording Producer: Helmut Burg
Recording Engineer: Wolf-dieter Karwatky, Reinhard Schmidt
Editing: Jobst Eberhard, Reinhard Largeman
Re-mastering
Producer: Motoaki Ohmachi (ESOTERIC COMPANY)
Mastering Engineer: Masaya Higashino (ESOTERIC COMPANY)
Technical Engineer: Tetsuya Kato (ESOTERIC COMPANY)

 

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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)

»Scheherazade«, Op. 35
Symphonic suite after "A Thousand and One Nights"

1. The Sea and Sindbad's Ship
2. The Story of the Calender Prince
3. The Young Prince and the Young Princess
4. Festival at Baghdad – The Sea –
   The ship goes to pieces against a rock surmounted by a bronze warrior (The Shipwreck)

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)

»Pictures at an Exhibition«
(Orchestration: Maurice Ravel)

5. Promenade
6. Gnomus
7. Promenade
8. Il vecchio castello
9. Promenade
10. Tuileries
11. Bydlo
12. Promenade
13. Ballet of the chickens in their shells
14. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle
15. The market-place at Limoges
16. Catacombae (Sepulcrum romanum)
17. Cum mortuis in lingua mortua
18. The hut on fowl's legs (Baba Yaga)
19. The great gate at Kiev

 

Rainer Küchl, Solo Violin (Scheherazade)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Conducted by André Previn

Original Recording
10-11 December 1981 (Scheherazade)
20 April 1985 (Pictures at an Exhibition, Live recording)
Musikvereinssaal, Wien
Re-mastering
Producer: Motoaki Ohmachi (ESOTERIC COMPANY)
Mastering Engineer: Masaya Higashino (ESOTERIC COMPANY)
Technical Engineer: Tetsuya Kato (ESOTERIC COMPANY)

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Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)

»Alexander Nevsky« Op. 78

1. 1. Russia under the Mongol Yoke
2. 2. Song about Alexander Nevsky
3. 3. The Crusaders in Pskov
4. 4. Arise, ye Russian People
5. 5. The Battle on the Ice
6. 6. The Field of the Dead
7. 7. Alexander's Entry into Pskov

Elena Obraztsova, Mezzo-Soprano
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Claudio Abbado

Recorded: 8-15 June 1979, Watford Town Hall, London
Producer: Reiner Bullock
Recording Engineer: Klaus Hiemann

 

»Ala and Lolly« Op. 20 – Scythian Suite for large orchestra

8. 1. The Adoration of Veless and Ala
9. 2. The Enemy God and the Dance of the Spirits of Darkness
10. 3. Night
11. 4. The Glorious Departure of Lolly and the Sun's Procession

»Lieutenant Kijé« Op.60 - Symphonic Suite

12. 1. Kijé's Birth
13. 2. Romance
14. 3. Kijé's Wedding
15. 4. Troika
16. 5. Kijé's Burial

Adolph Herseth, Solo Trumpet [Op. 60]
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Claudio Abbado

Recorded: 22 February 1977, Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Producer: Reiner Bullock
Recording Engineer: Klaus Hiemann
Editing: Reinhard Schmidt

 

Re-mastering
Producer: Motoaki Ohmachi (ESOTERIC COMPANY)
Mastering Engineer: Masaya Higashino (ESOTERIC COMPANY)
Technical Engineer: Tetsuya Kato (ESOTERIC COMPANY)

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Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Don Quixote, Op. 35
Fantasische Variationen über ein Thema ritterlichen Charakters

1. Introduktion (Mäßiges Zeitmaß) – Thema (Mäßig)
2. Variation I (Gemächlich)
3. Variation II (Kriegerisch)
4. Variation III (Mäßiges Zeitmaß)
5. Variation IV (Etwas breiter)
6. Variation V (Sehr langsam)
7. Variation VI (Schnell)
8. Variation VII (Ein wenig ruhiger als vorher)
9. Variation VIII (Gemächlich)
10. Variation IX (Schnell und stürmisch)
11. Variation X (Viel breiter)
12. Finale (Sehr ruhig)

13. Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
    nach alter Schelmenweise – in Rondeauform
14. Don Juan, Op. 20
    Tondichtung nach Nicolaus Lenau

 

António Meneses, Violoncello (Don Quixote)
Wolfram Christ, Viola (Don Quixote)
Leon Spierer, Violin (Don Quixote)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Conducted by Herbert von Karajan

Original Recording
Producer: Günther Breest
Recording Supervisor: Michel Glotz (Don Quixote, Till Eulenspiegels), Werner Meyer (Don Juan)
Balance Engineer: Günther Hermans
Editing: Jürgen Burglin (Don Quixote), Rainer Hepfer (Don Quixote, Till Eulenspiegels), Reinhild Schmidt (Don Juan)
Recorded: January 1986 (Don Quixote), June 1986 (Till Eulenspiegels), February 1983 (Don Juan)
Re-mastering
Producer: Motoaki Ohmachi (ESOTERIC COMPANY)
Mastering Engineer: Masaya Higashino (ESOTERIC COMPANY)
Technical Engineer: Tetsuya Kato (ESOTERIC COMPANY)

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