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Other Music | |
| Symphony No.1 "To the Fatherland" | Stadlmier / Bamberg Symphony Orch. | Tudor 7099 |
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| Symphony No.2 "From Thüringia" Suite |
Stadlmier / Bamberg Symphony Orch. | Tudor 7102 |
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Symphony No.3 "In the Forest" |
Stadlmier / Bamberg Symphony Orch. | Tudor 7088 |
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| Symphony No.4 | Stadlmier / Bamberg Symphony Orch. | Tudor |
Dame Kobold Ov. |
| Symphony No.5 "Lenore" | Hermann / London Philharmonic Orch. | Unicorn UKCD 2031 |
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| Symphony No.5 "Lenore" Orchestral Suite No.1 |
Stadlmier / Bamberg Symphony Orch. | Tudor 7077 |
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| Symphony No.7 "In the Alps" Op.201 | Stadlmier / Bamberg Symphony Orch. | Tudor 7117 |
Abends Rhapsodie J.S.Bach Chaconne |
| Albert / Philharmonia Hungarica | cpo 999 289 |
Jubel Overture | |
| Symphony No.8 "Sounds of Spring" Op.205 | Albert / Philharmonia Hungarica | cpo 999 536 |
Symphonies Nos.9,10 & 11 |
| Symphony No.9 "In Summer " Op.208 | Stadlmier / Bamberg Symphony Orch. | Tudor 7120 |
Symphony No.11 |
| Symphony No.10 "To the Autumntime " Op.213 | Stadlmier / Bamberg Symphony Orch. | Tudor 7127 |
Symphony No.8 |
| Symphony No.11 "The Winter" Op.214 | Stadlmier / Bamberg Symphony Orch. | Tudor 7120 |
Symphony No.9 |
| Opera: "Dame Kobold" - Overture | Carthy / Orch. della Svizzera Italiana |
Dynamic CDS 283 |
Symphony No.5 |
| Stadlmier / Bamberg Symphony Orch. | Tudor |
Symphony No.4 |
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| Opera: "Die Parole" WoO.30 - Overture | Stadlmier / Bamberg Symphony Orch. | Tudor |
Symphony No.4 |
| Opera: "Benedetto Marcello" WoO.47 - Overture | Stadlmier / Bamberg Symphony Orch. | Tudor |
Symphony No.4 |
| Violin Concerto
No.1 Violin Concerto No.2 "Ungrischer" |
Stadlmair/ Bamberg Symphony Orch. - Paetsch Neftel | Tudor 7086 |
Cavatine arr.violin & orch. |
| Piano Concerto Konzertstück "Ode to Spring" |
Foster / Lausanne Chamber Orch. - Antonioli | Claves 50-8806 |
BUSONI: Konzertstücke |
| Cello Concerto No.1 op.193 | Stadlmair/ Bamberg Symphony Orch. - Müller-Schott | Tudor 7121 |
Cello Concerto No.2 |
| Cello Concerto No.2 WoO.45 | Stadlmair/ Bamberg Symphony Orch. - Müller-Schott | Tudor 7121 |
Cello Concerto No.1 |
| Orchestral Suite No.2 "Hungarian" Op.194 | Stadlmier / Bamberg Symphony Orch. | Tudor 7168 |
Symphony No.6 |
| "Macbeth" Prelude | Stadlmier / Bamberg Symphony Orch. | Tudor 7128 |
Othello |
| "Romeo & Juliet" Prelude | Stadlmier / Bamberg Symphony Orch. | Tudor 7128 |
Macbeth |
| Concert Overture op.123 | Stadlmier / Bamberg Symphony Orch. | Tudor |
Symphony No.4 |
| Abends-Rhapsodie op.163b | Stadlmier / Bamberg Symphony Orch. | Tudor 7117 |
Symphony No.7 J.S.Bach Chaconne |
| Elegie WoO.49 | Stadlmier / Bamberg Symphony Orch. | Tudor 7128 |
Macbeth |
| J.S. Bach's Chaconne (Violin Partita No.2) arr. Raff for orch. | Slatkin / BBC Philharmonic Orch. | CHANDOS CHAN 9835 |
Other orchestral transcriptions of music by JS Bach |
| Sinfonietta | Joho / Basle Radio Symphony Orch. | Tudor |
Symphony No.11 |
| Octet | Academy of St Martin in the Fields | Chandos CHAN 8790 |
MENDELSSOHN: Octet |
| String Sextet | Ensemble Villa Musica | MDG 3041181 |
Piano Quintet |
| String Quartet
No.1 String Quartet No.7 "Die schöne Mullerin" |
Quartetto di Milano | Tudor 7079 |
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| String Quartet No.2 op.90 | Quartetto di Milano | Tudor 7116 |
String Quartet No.6 |
| String Quartet No.6 "Suite in älterer form" String Quartet No.7 "Die schöne Mullerin" |
Mannheim String Quartet | cpo 777 003 |
String Quartet No.7 |
| Piano Trio
No.1 Piano Trio No.4 |
Trio Opus 8 | CPO 999 616 |
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| Piano Trio No.2 Piano Trio No.3 |
Trio Opus 8 | CPO 999 800 |
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| "Begenung" for cello & piano op.86 no.1 | Müller-Schott & Kulek |
Tudor 7121 |
Cello Concerto No.1 |
| Violin Sonata No.1 | Turban & Nemtsov | CPO |
Two Fantasy Pieces |
| Daskalakis & Ishay | Tudor |
Violin Sonata No.3 Violin Sonata No.4 |
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| Violin Sonata No.2 | Turban & Nemtsov | CPO |
Six Morceaux op.85 Duo op.63 no.3 |
| Daskalakis & Ishay | Tudor 7129 |
Violin Sonata No.5 | |
| Violin Sonata No.3 | Turban & Nemtsov | CPO 999 769 |
Aus Der Schweitz Duo op.63 no.1 Sonatillen Nos.4-7 |
| Daskalakis & Ishay | Tudor |
Violin Sonata No.1 Violin Sonata No.4 |
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| Violin Sonata No.4 "Chromatische Sonate" op.129 | Daskalakis & Ishay | Tudor |
Violin Sonata No.1 Violin Sonata No.3 |
| Turban & Nemtsov | CPO |
Violin Sonata No.5 |
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| Violin Sonata No.5 | Daskalakis & Ishay | Tudor 7129 |
Violin Sonata No.2 |
| Turban & Nemtsov | CPO |
Violin Sonata No.4 |
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| Aus der Schweitz for violin & Piano | Turban & Nemtsov | CPO |
Aus Der Schweitz |
| Two Fantasy Pieces for violin & piano | Turban & Nemtsov | CPO 999 767 |
Violin Sonata No.1 Duo op.59 Duo op.63 no.2 |
| Duo op.59 1. Violin & Piano 2. Cello & Piano |
1. Turban & Nemtsov | CPO 999 767 |
Violin Sonata No.1 Two Fantasy Pieces Duo op.63 no.2 |
| 2. Müller-Schott & Kulek |
Tudor 7121 |
Cello Concerto No.1 |
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| Three Duos on motifs from Wagner Operas 1. No.1 "Flying Dutchman" 2. No.2 "Tannhäuser" 3. No.3 "Lohengrin" |
1. Turban & Nemtsov | CPO |
Violin Sonata No.3 |
| 2. Turban & Nemtsov | CPO 999 767 |
Violin Sonata No.1 Two Fantasy Pieces Duo op.59 |
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| 3. Turban & Nemtsov | CPO 999 768 |
Violin Sonata No.2 Six Morceaux |
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| 3. Sohn & Loeb | Naxos 8.570202 |
Diverse opera fantasies by various composers | |
| Six
Morceaux 1.Complete 2.No.3 "Cavatina |
1. Turban & Nemtsov | CPO 999 768 |
Violin Sonata No.2 Duo op.63 no.3 |
| 1. Paetsch-Neftel & Le Van | Tudor 7109 |
Ten Sonatilles op.99 | |
| 2. Kowalski & Lutz | Guild GMCD 7125 |
Diverse pieces by various composers | |
| Ten Sonatilles 1. Complete 2. Nos.4-7 |
1. Paetsch-Neftel & Le Van | Tudor 7109 |
Six Morceaux op.85 |
| 2. Turban & Nemtsov | CPO |
Violin Sonata No.3 |
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| Sanges Frühling Songs Nos.1,4,5,10,12, 13,14,15,16,17,21,22,23, 26 & 30 |
Meláth & Virág | Hungaroton HCD 32258 |
Maria Stuart Lieder |
| Maria Stuart Lieder Songs Nos.9,10,11 & 12 |
Meláth & Virág | Hungaroton HCD 32258 |
Sanges-Frühling |
| Chaconne for 2 pianos | Hitzlberger & Shültz | CPO 999 106 |
REINECKE & RHEINBERGER |
| Fantasie-Sonate Piano Sonata Trois Morceaux |
Seferinova | Cameo Classics CC9024CD Previously available as Cahoots CAH 001 |
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| Piano Suite in a | Zolotarev | AK Coburg DR0008 |
Piano Suite in e Bach Cello Suite arrangements Nos.4 & 5 |
| Piano Suite in C | Zolotarev | AK Coburg DR0006 |
Piano Suite in g Bach Cello Suite No.1 arrangement |
| Piano Suite in e | Zolotarev | AK Coburg DR0008 |
Piano Suite in a Bach Cello Suite arrangements Nos.4 & 5 |
| Piano Suite in d | Estrin | Newport NCD 60067 |
SCRIABIN: 12 Etudes |
| Piano Suite in g | Zolotarev | AK Coburg DR0006 |
Piano Suite in C Bach Cello Suite No.1 arrangement |
| Piano Suite in G | Zolotarev | AK Coburg DR0007 |
Piano Suite in B flat Bach Cello Suite No.2 arrangement |
| Piano Suite in B flat | Zolotarev | AK Coburg DR0007 |
Piano Suite in G Bach Cello Suite No.2 arrangement |
| Reminiscences of Mozart's Don Juan | Malan | Hänssler CD 98.231 |
Transcriptions and arrangements of Mozart by various composers |
| The Queen's Polka Caprice | Etherden | Hunters
Moon HMPCD 589 |
Diverse pieces by various composers |
| Two Pieces - No.2 "La Fileuse" | O'Connor | Telarc CD-80313 |
Diverse pieces by various composers |
| Reminiscences from Die Meistersingers - No.4 | Katasaris | Sony SK58973 |
Piano transcriptions by various composers of music from Wagner's operas |
| J.S. Bach's Cello Suite No.1 arr. Raff for piano | Zolotarev | Ars FCD 368 388 |
J.S. Bach piano transcriptions by other composers |
| Zolotarev | AK Coburg DR0006 |
Piano Suite in C Piano Suite in g |
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| J.S. Bach's Cello Suite No.2 arr. Raff for piano | Zolotarev | AK Coburg DR0007 |
Piano Suite in G Piano Suite in B flat |
| J.S. Bach's Cello Suite No.4 arr. Raff for piano | Zolotarev | AK Coburg DR0008 |
Piano Suite in a Piano Suite in e Bach Cello Suite No.5 arrangement |
| J.S. Bach's Cello Suite No.5 arr. Raff for piano | Zolotarev | AK Coburg DR0008 |
Piano Suite in a Piano Suite in e Bach Cello Suite No.4 arrangement |