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Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Schumann - Schumann: Kreisleriana, Waldszenen, Humoreske & Fantasie

Michel Béroff•

Johannes Brahms•

Robert Schumann

Album - 37 Tracks - Released April 12, 2025

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April 12, 2025

Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Schumann - Schumann: Kreisleriana, Waldszenen, Humoreske & Fantasie
Michel Béroff•
Johannes Brahms•
Robert Schumann
37 tracks
April 11

Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Nicola Benedetti•
Aurora Orchestra•
Nicholas Collon
3 tracks
April 10

Aquarium - Ma mère l'Oye - Humoreske - Hungarian Dances - La fille aux cheveux de lin - The Great Gate of Kiev
Michel Béroff•
Antonín Dvořák•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Claude Debussy•
Darius Milhaud•
Franz Liszt•
Frédéric Chopin•
Georges Bizet•
Igor Stravinsky•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Johannes Brahms•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Maurice Ravel•
Modest Mussorgsky•
Olivier Messiaen•
Robert Schumann•
Sergei Prokofiev
122 tracks
April 10

Works for the Left Hand: Bach / Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Bartók, Scriabin, Chopin / Godowsky, Prokofiev
Michel Béroff•
Alexander Scriabin•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Sergei Prokofiev
21 tracks
April 6

Messiaen: 8 Préludes & 4 Études de rythme
Olivier Messiaen•
Michel Béroff
12 tracks
April 4

Debussy: 2 Romances, CD 65, L. 79: No. 1, L'Âme évaporée
Claude Debussy•
Frédéric Chaslin
1 tracks
April 3

Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22 - Kabalevsky: Sonate pour piano No. 2, Op. 45
Sergei Prokofiev•
Michel Béroff•
Dmitry Kabalevsky
23 tracks
March 28

Herrmann: Psycho
Bernard Herrmann•
Delirium Musicum•
Étienne Gara
2 tracks
March 28

Colouring Book
George Xiaoyuan Fu
19 tracks
March 24

Bach: Overture in the French Style, BWV 831 - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 30 & 31
Michel Béroff•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven
24 tracks
March 20

Ravel: L'enfant et les sortilèges
Maurice Ravel•
Colette Alliot-Lugaz•
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande•
Armin Jordan
13 tracks
March 14

Et Sted på Vesterbro
Augusta Schackinger
1 tracks
March 14

Perihelion
Max Richter•
Louisa Fuller•
Natalia Bonner•
Max Ruisi
1 tracks
March 14

Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Solveigs Song
Edvard Grieg•
Felix Klieser•
Jamie Phillips
1 tracks
March 12

I Do
Catching Flies•
The West Green Quartet
4 tracks
March 11

Ravel: Boléro, M. 81
Maurice Ravel•
Armin Jordan•
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
10 tracks
March 7

Khachaturian: The Dancing Violin
Aram Khachaturian•
David Haroutunian•
Xénia Maliarevitch
12 tracks
March 7

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: II. Larghetto
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Nicola Benedetti•
Aurora Orchestra•
Nicholas Collon
1 tracks
March 7

Sauer: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor - Ansorge: Piano Concerto in F Major, Op. 28
Oliver Triendl•
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin•
Roland Kluttig
7 tracks
March 7

Hèctor Parra: Orchestral Works
Hèctor Parra•
Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya•
Ludovic Morlot
2 tracks
March 7

Mahler: Symphony No. 5
Gustav Mahler•
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich•
Paavo Järvi
5 tracks
March 7

Momentum [2]: Korngold, Strauss
Liya Petrova•
Alexandre Kantorow•
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra•
Duncan Ward
6 tracks
February 28

Finzi: Clarinet Concerto, Dies Natalis, Prelude
Gerald Finzi•
Flavio Emilio Scogna
9 tracks
February 28

Camille Saint-Saëns: Complete Concertos (New Talents Edition #1)
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Leia Zhu•
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra•
Howard Griffiths
8 tracks
February 28

Schubert: Erlkönig
Franz Schubert•
Delirium Musicum•
Étienne Gara
1 tracks
February 28

Brahms: The Piano Concertos
Johannes Brahms•
Tung-Chieh Chuang
12 tracks
February 26

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: I. Vivace, ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo
Michel Béroff•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven
2 tracks
February 24

Rameau: Castor et Pollux, RCT 32, Act I Scene 3: Tristes apprêts
Jean-Philippe Rameau•
Teodor Currentzis
1 tracks
February 21

Sibelius & Barber: Violin Concertos
Renaud Capuçon•
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande•
Daniel Harding•
Jean Sibelius•
Samuel Barber
6 tracks
February 14

Poème Mystique: Strauss - Bloch - Schubert - Fauré
Danbi Um•
Juho Pohjonen
9 tracks
February 14

Fagerlund: Autumn Equinox
Sebastian Fagerlund•
Lapland Chamber Orchestra•
John Storgårds•
Niek De Groot
5 tracks
February 14

Inmost Heart: Bach, Brahms, Busoni & Reger
Johannes Brahms•
Samson Tsoy
38 tracks
February 14

Ravel: Boléro - Klassik die man gehört haben muss
Maurice Ravel•
Armin Jordan•
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
10 tracks
February 14

Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 20
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Leia Zhu•
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra•
Howard Griffiths
3 tracks
February 14

ad tendo
Simone Porter
14 tracks
February 14

Cilea: Gloria (1932 Version)
Francesco Cilea•
Ramaz Chikviladze•
Franco Vassallo•
Coro del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari•
Orchestra del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari•
Francesco Cilluffo
20 tracks
February 14

Medtner: Solo Piano Works, Vol. 2
Nikolai Medtner•
Frank Huang
14 tracks
February 13

Bach: Overture in the French Style, BWV 831: V. Sarabande
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Michel Béroff
1 tracks
February 12

Sundial Avenue
Catching Flies•
The West Green Quartet
3 tracks
February 7

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38
Edward Elgar•
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra•
Nicholas Collon
15 tracks

April 12, 2025

Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Schumann - Schumann: Kreisleriana, Waldszenen, Humoreske & Fantasie
Michel Béroff•
Johannes Brahms•
Robert Schumann
37 tracks
April 10

Aquarium - Ma mère l'Oye - Humoreske - Hungarian Dances - La fille aux cheveux de lin - The Great Gate of Kiev
Michel Béroff•
Antonín Dvořák•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Claude Debussy•
Darius Milhaud•
Franz Liszt•
Frédéric Chopin•
Georges Bizet•
Igor Stravinsky•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Johannes Brahms•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Maurice Ravel•
Modest Mussorgsky•
Olivier Messiaen•
Robert Schumann•
Sergei Prokofiev
122 tracks
April 10

Works for the Left Hand: Bach / Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Bartók, Scriabin, Chopin / Godowsky, Prokofiev
Michel Béroff•
Alexander Scriabin•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Sergei Prokofiev
21 tracks
April 6

Messiaen: 8 Préludes & 4 Études de rythme
Olivier Messiaen•
Michel Béroff
12 tracks
April 3

Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22 - Kabalevsky: Sonate pour piano No. 2, Op. 45
Sergei Prokofiev•
Michel Béroff•
Dmitry Kabalevsky
23 tracks
March 28

Colouring Book
George Xiaoyuan Fu
19 tracks
March 24

Bach: Overture in the French Style, BWV 831 - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 30 & 31
Michel Béroff•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven
24 tracks
March 20

Ravel: L'enfant et les sortilèges
Maurice Ravel•
Colette Alliot-Lugaz•
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande•
Armin Jordan
13 tracks
March 12

I Do
Catching Flies•
The West Green Quartet
4 tracks
March 11

Ravel: Boléro, M. 81
Maurice Ravel•
Armin Jordan•
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
10 tracks
March 7

Mahler: Symphony No. 5
Gustav Mahler•
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich•
Paavo Järvi
5 tracks
March 7

Sauer: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor - Ansorge: Piano Concerto in F Major, Op. 28
Oliver Triendl•
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin•
Roland Kluttig
7 tracks
March 7

Momentum [2]: Korngold, Strauss
Liya Petrova•
Alexandre Kantorow•
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra•
Duncan Ward
6 tracks
March 7

Khachaturian: The Dancing Violin
Aram Khachaturian•
David Haroutunian•
Xénia Maliarevitch
12 tracks
February 28

Camille Saint-Saëns: Complete Concertos (New Talents Edition #1)
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Leia Zhu•
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra•
Howard Griffiths
8 tracks
February 28

Brahms: The Piano Concertos
Johannes Brahms•
Tung-Chieh Chuang
12 tracks
February 28

Finzi: Clarinet Concerto, Dies Natalis, Prelude
Gerald Finzi•
Flavio Emilio Scogna
9 tracks
February 21

Sibelius & Barber: Violin Concertos
Renaud Capuçon•
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande•
Daniel Harding•
Jean Sibelius•
Samuel Barber
6 tracks
February 14

Cilea: Gloria (1932 Version)
Francesco Cilea•
Ramaz Chikviladze•
Franco Vassallo•
Coro del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari•
Orchestra del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari•
Francesco Cilluffo
20 tracks
February 14

Medtner: Solo Piano Works, Vol. 2
Nikolai Medtner•
Frank Huang
14 tracks

April 11, 2025

Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Nicola Benedetti•
Aurora Orchestra•
Nicholas Collon
3 tracks
April 4

Debussy: 2 Romances, CD 65, L. 79: No. 1, L'Âme évaporée
Claude Debussy•
Frédéric Chaslin
1 tracks
March 28

Herrmann: Psycho
Bernard Herrmann•
Delirium Musicum•
Étienne Gara
2 tracks
March 14

Perihelion
Max Richter•
Louisa Fuller•
Natalia Bonner•
Max Ruisi
1 tracks
March 14

Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Solveigs Song
Edvard Grieg•
Felix Klieser•
Jamie Phillips
1 tracks
March 14

Et Sted på Vesterbro
Augusta Schackinger
1 tracks
March 7

Hèctor Parra: Orchestral Works
Hèctor Parra•
Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya•
Ludovic Morlot
2 tracks
March 7

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: II. Larghetto
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Nicola Benedetti•
Aurora Orchestra•
Nicholas Collon
1 tracks
February 28

Schubert: Erlkönig
Franz Schubert•
Delirium Musicum•
Étienne Gara
1 tracks
February 26

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: I. Vivace, ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo
Michel Béroff•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven
2 tracks
February 24

Rameau: Castor et Pollux, RCT 32, Act I Scene 3: Tristes apprêts
Jean-Philippe Rameau•
Teodor Currentzis
1 tracks
February 14

Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 20
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Leia Zhu•
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra•
Howard Griffiths
3 tracks
February 13

Bach: Overture in the French Style, BWV 831: V. Sarabande
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Michel Béroff
1 tracks
February 12

Sundial Avenue
Catching Flies•
The West Green Quartet
3 tracks
February 7

Schubert: Ave Maria, D. 839 (Arr. for Violin & Piano by August Wilhelmj)
Franz Schubert•
Danbi Um•
Juho Pohjonen
1 tracks
February 7

Three Études for Piano and Flower Pots: II. Vivacious
George Xiaoyuan Fu
1 tracks
February 7

Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam
Gustav Mahler•
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich•
Paavo Järvi
1 tracks
February 7

Khachaturian: Gayaneh: Aisha’s Dance
Aram Khachaturian•
David Haroutunian•
Xénia Maliarevitch
1 tracks
January 31

Fagerlund: Octet ‘Autumn Equinox’: III. Agitato con forza ma espressivo
Sebastian Fagerlund•
Lapland Chamber Orchestra
1 tracks
January 31

Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 20
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Leia Zhu•
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra•
Howard Griffiths
2 tracks