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Duo Sessions: Julia Fischer & Daniel Muller-Schott
HALVORSEN: Passacaglia for Violin & Cello/Viola (after Handel)
KODALY: Duo for Violin and Cello Op. 7
RAVEL: Sonata for Violin & Cello
SCHULHOFF: Duo for violin & cello
Julia Fischer (violin), Daniel Muller-Schott (cello)
ORFEO C902161A (CD)

Mozart: Piano Trios, KV 502, 542 & 564
MOZART: Piano Trio No. 3 in B flat major, K502; Piano Trio No. 4 in E major K542; Piano Trio No. 6 in G major K564
Rautio Piano Trio (on period instruments): Jane Gordon (violin), Adi Tal (cello), Jan Rautio (fortepiano)
RESONUS CLASSICS RES10168 (CD)

Chopin: Mazurkas
CHOPIN: Mazurka No. 31 in A flat major Op. 50 No. 2; Mazurka No. 34 in C major Op. 56 No. 2; Mazurka No. 11 in E minor Op. 17 No. 2; Mazurka No. 12 in A flat major Op.17 No.3; Mazurka No. 38 in F sharp minor Op. 59 No. 3; Mazurka No. 33 in B major Op. 56 No. 1; Mazurka No. 47 in A minor Op. 68 No. 2; Mazurka No. 14 in G minor Op. 24 No. 1; Mazurka No. 13 in A minor Op. 17 No. 4; Mazurka No. 17 in B flat minor Op. 24 No. 4; Mazurka No. 56 in B flat major, K.IIa/3; Mazurka No. 10 in B flat major Op. 17 No. 1; Mazurka No. 24 in C major Op. 33 No. 3; Mazurka No. 16 in A flat major Op. 24 No. 3; Mazurka No. 26 in C sharp minor Op. 41 No. 1; Mazurka No. 19 in B minor Op. 30 No. 2; Mazurka No. 32 in C sharp minor Op. 50 No. 3; Mazurka No. 15 in C major Op. 24 No. 2; Mazurka in A minor KKIIb/5; Mazurka No. 1 in F sharp minor Op. 6 No. 1; Mazurka in A minor KKIIb/4; Mazurka No. 30 in G major Op. 50 No. 1; Mazurka No. 35 in C minor Op. 56 No. 3; Mazurka No. 37 in A flat major Op. 59 No. 2
Pavel Kolesnikov (piano)
HYPERION CDA68137 (CD)

Modern Jacobite
SMITH: Jacobite; RACHMANINOV arr. SMITH: Vocalise; COREA / SMITH: Children's Songs
Tommy Smith (tenor saxophone), 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Clark Rundell (conductor)
SPARTACUS RECORDS STS022 (CD)

Top recommendation:

VIVALDI: Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione - 12 concerti Op. 8
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (conductor)
ERATO 5454652 (download)

Vivaldi Concertos
VIVALDI: Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione - 12 concerti Op. 8; L'estro armonico - 12 concerti Op. 3
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (conductor)
VIRGIN 6484082 (4CD)

Also available on Warner Classics as a 2 CD set (5099960250322) and a 4 CD set (5099964840826)

Other recordings:

Below is a shortlist of other recordings which Mahan Esfahani also liked, although we can鈥檛 guarantee the availability of these discs.

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
VIVALDI: The Four Seasons; Bassoon Concerto, RV 501 in B flat major 'La notte'; Bassoon Concerto, RV 496 in G minor; Concerto For Violin In Tromba Marina, Strings & Continuo In G, RV 311; Concerto For Violin In Tromba Marina, Strings & Continuo In D, RV 221
Peter Wheelan (bassoon), Adrian Chandler (director/violin), La Serenissima
AVIE AV2344 (CD)

Nigel Kennedy: The Four Seasons
VIVALDI: The Four Seasons
Nigel Kennedy (violin, director), English Chamber Orchestra
WARNER CLASSICS 2564628814 (CD)

Neere: Hahn, Duparc and Chausson
CHAUSSON: 7 Melodies Op. 2; La chanson douce; Le temps des lilas
DUPARC: Chanson triste; Romance de Mignon; Phidyle; Au pays ou se fait la guerre; L'Invitation au voyage
HAHN, R: Le printemps; Trois jours de vendange; Quand je fus pris au pavillon; Le rossignol des lilas; A Chloris; Etudes Latines (extracts)
Veronique Gens (soprano), Susan Manoff (piano)
ALPHA ALPHA215 (CD)

Mozart 'The Weber Sisters'
MOZART: Les petits riens K299b - Overture; Variations (12) on 鈥楢h, vous dirai-je, Maman' in C major, K265; Dans un bois solitaire, K308; Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio! K418; Popoli di Tessaglia! - Io non chiedo, eterni Dei, K316; Nehmt meinen Dank, ihr holden Gonner!, concert aria K383; Adagio in F major, K410; Schon lacht der holde Fruhling, KV580; Der Holle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen (from Die Zauberflote); Thamos, Konig in Agypten, KV 345: entr'acte; Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act II: March of the Priests; Solfeggio in G major, K393: No. 2; Et incarnatus est (from Great Mass in C minor)
Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Pygmalion, Raphael Pichon (conductor)
ERATO 2564601625 (CD)

BEETHOVEN: Fidelio Op. 72
Christa Ludwig (Leonore), Jon Vickers (Florestan), Walter Berry (Don Pizarro), Gottlob Frick (Rocco), Ingeborg Hallstein (Marzelline), Gerhard Unger (Jaquino), Franz Crass (Don Fernando), Kurt Wehofschitz (First Prisoner), Raymond Wolansky (Second Prisoner), Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer (conductor)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564695614 (2CD)

Igor Levit plays Bach, Beethoven, Rzewski
BACH, J S: Goldberg Variations, BWV988
BEETHOVEN: Diabelli Variations Op. 120
RZEWSKI: The People United Will Never Be Defeated!
Igor Levit (piano)
SONY 88875060962 (3CD)

Sarah Walker reviews new recordings of Liszt and Liszt-based piano recitals from some of today's most exciting players including Kirill Gerstein and Daniil Trifonov.

Melvyn Tan: Master & Pupil
BEETHOVEN: Bagatelles (6) Op. 126; Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major Op. 109
CZERNY: Rode Variations Op. 23; Funeral march for Beethoven Op.146
LISZT: Piano Sonata in B minor, S178
Melvyn Tan (piano)
ONYX ONYX4156 (CD)

Liszt: Angelus
LISZT: O Roma nobilis, S506b; Zwei Transcriptionen uber Themen aus Mozarts Requiem, S550; Via Crucis, S504a; Totentanz, S525 for solo piano; Angelus! Priere aux anges gardiens (Annees de pelerinage III, S. 163 No. 1); Miserere, d'apres Palestrina (Harmonies poetiques et religieuses, S. 173 No. 8); Ave Maria fur die grosse Klavierschule von Lebert und Stark, S182/R67, "Die Glocken von Rom"; Ave Maria II in D flat major, S504/R193; Benediction de Dieu dans la solitude (Harmonies poetiques et religieuses, S. 173 No. 3); Legendes (2) for piano, S. 175; Pater noster (Harmonies poetiques et religieuses, S. 173 No. 5)
Irene Russo (piano)
BRILLIANT CLASSICS 95196BR (2CD)

Liszt: Complete Piano Music Volume 43
LISZT: Les Preludes, symphonic poem No. 3, S97; Orpheus, symphonic poem No. 4, S98; Kunstlerfestzug, S520ii; Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe, symphonic poem No. 13, S107; Zwei Episoden aus Lenaus Faust (piano solo): Der nachtliche Zug; Mephisto Waltz No. 1; Mephisto Waltz No. 2; Mephisto Waltz No. 3; Mephisto Waltz No. 4
Sergio Monteiro (piano)
NAXOS 8573485 (CD)

LISZT: Transcendental Studies, S139 Nos. 1-12
Kirill Gerstein (piano)
MYRIOS MYR019 (Hybrid SACD)

Transcendental: Daniil Trifonov plays Franz Liszt
LISZT: Transcendental Studies, S139 Nos. 1-12; Two Concert Studies, S145/R6: Gnomenreigen; Waldesrauschen; Three Concert Studies, S144/R5: Un lamento; La leggierezza; Un sospiro; Grandes Etudes de Paganini (6), S. 141
Daniil Trifonov (piano)
DG 4795529 (2CD)