Alan Curtis is one of the pioneers of early music as an interpreter, editor, and as a specialist in old instruments. Being part of the movement for almost half a century, he has brought about some significant revivals with his performances all over Europe and America. His recordings of Handel operas have won plaudits throughout the classical music press.

Rodelinda was greeted as a masterpiece when it was premiered in London in 1725 and is still one of the top three most-performed operas by Handel. This recording is Curtis' first Handel opera for Deutsche Grammophon and features two of the hottest young stars of today's Baroque opera scene - Simone Kermes and Marijana Mijanoviè. Both are no strangers to the Archiv label and have been hailed by the press worldwide as the rising Baroque divas of the new century.

ARTISTS
Les Musiciens du Louvre / Marc Minkowski

TRACKLISTING
RAMEAU: Une Symphonie imaginaire
Ouverture (Zaïs)
Scène funèbre (Castor et Pollux)
Air tendre (Les Fêtes d'Hébé)
Tambourins I & II (Dardanus)
Air tendre pour les Muses (Le Temple de la Gloire
Contredanse en Rondeau (Les Boréades)
Air gracieux (La Naissance d'Osiris)
Gavottes I & II pour les Heures et les Zéphirs (Les Boréades)*
Orage (Platée
Prélude (Les Boréades)*
La Poule (Concert no 6 from 'Six Concerts en sextuor')
Musette en Rondeau · Tambourin en Rondeau (Les Fêtes d'Hébé)
Ritournelle (Hippolyte et Aricie)
Rigaudons I & II (Naïs)
Danse des Sauvages (Les Indes galantes)
Entrée de Polymnie (Les Boréades)*
Chaconne (Les Indes galantes)

Une symphonie imaginaire is Minkowski's own collection of 17 orchestral pieces from 11 of Rameau's operas, compiled into a dramatic cycle that represents both the world of French Baroque dance music and the origins of French symphonic music.

What emerges is a programme that is as dramatic as it is delightful

Earlier live performances of the suite have been hailed by the critics. The Daily Telegraph (London) wrote: "... here was no puzzling, religious world-view to get in the way of a suite of Rameau's most delectable dances compiled by Minkowski. Here you could just enjoy the parade of colours and rhythms, played with amazing vividness and sparkling virtuosity".

ARTISTS
Mischa Maisky, cello
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Göteborgs Symfoniker / Neeme Järvi
Boston Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa
Philharmonia Orchestra / Giuseppe Sinopoli

TRACKLISTING
MASSENET: Thaïs (Méditation)
MASCAGNI: Cavalleria Rusticana (Intermezzo Sinfonico)
SATIE: Gymnopedie No. 3
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves
GRIEG: Morning Mood
GRIEG: Ase's Death
GRIEG: Solveig's Song
MASSENET: Last Sleep of the Virgin
FAURÉ: Pavane, Op. 50
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis: Largo sostenuto
SAINT SAENS: Le carnaval des animaux: 13. Le cygne
MAHLER: Symphony No. 5: Adagietto

ARTISTS
Herbert Höver · Walter Prystawski, violins
Jean Soldan, flute
Lucerne Festival Strings / Rudolf Baumgartner
Orchestre de Chambre Paul Kuentz / Paul Kuentz

TRACKLISTING
ALBINONI: Adagio for Strings and Organ in G minor - arr. Remo Giazotto, transcr.
PACHELBEL: Canon and Gigue in D major
VIVALDI: Concerto in A, R. 552
PURCELL: Ciacona in G minor
J. S. BACH: Air in D major, BWV 1068
J. S. BACH: Choral 'Jesus bleibet meine Freude', BWV 147
J. S. BACH: Badinerie h-moll, BWV 1067
RAMEAU: Tambourin, A major
MOURET: Rondeau (1st mvmt of Suite No. 1, Sinfonies de fanfares in D major)
CHARPENTIER: Prelude to the Te Deum

ARTISTS
Roberto Szidon, piano
Siegfried Stöckigt, piano
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig / Kurt Masur
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Downes

TRACKLISTING
GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue
An American in Paris
Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra

ARTISTS
Wilhelm Kempff, piano

TRACKLISTING
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 'Moonlight'
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata'
Ecossaise Es-dur WoO 83 No. 1
Rondo a capriccio G-dur Op. 129 'Die Wut über den verlorenen Groschen'
Rondo C-dur op. 51 No. 1
Rondo G-dur op. 51 No. 2
Für Elise WoO 59
Andante favori in F, WoO 57

ARTISTS
Lazar Berman · Tamás Vásáry · Christoph Eschenbach, piano

TRACKLISTING
CHOPIN: Polonaise in A major, Op. 40 No. 1
Polonaise in A flat major, Op. 53
Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2
Ballade in G minor, Op. 23
Etude in A flat major, Op. 25 No. 1
Etude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12
Etude in E major, Op. 10 No. 3
Etude in A minor, Op. 25 No. 11
Mazurka in A minor, Op. 25 post. 68 No. 2
Prelude in A major, Op. 28 No. 7
Prelude in D flat major, Op. 28 No. 15 'Raindrop'
Valse in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz'
Valse in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2
Grande Valse brillante in E flat major, Op. 18
Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor, Op. 66

ARTISTS
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa · Claudio Abbado

TRACKLISTING
RAVEL: Bolero
Alborada del Gracioso
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
Pavane pour une Infante défunte,
Rapsodie espagnole,
La Valse

ARTISTS
James Galway, flute
Lothar Koch, oboe
Horst Eichler, posthorn
Leon Spierer, Emil Maas, violins
Heinz Kirchner, viola
Rainer Zepperitz, double bass
Berliner Philharmoniker
Wiener Philharmoniker

TRACKLISTING
MOZART: Serenade in G, K.525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik'
Serenata notturna, K. 239
Posthorn' Serenade, K. 320

ARTISTS
Wiener Philharmoniker / Karl Böhm

TRACKLISTING
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92

ARTISTS
Gidon Kremer · Walter Prystawski · Herbert Höver, violins
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra / Claudio Abbado

TRACKLISTING
VIVALDI: The Four Seasons
Concerto for 4 Violins, Op. 3 No. 10 in B minor
Concerto for 2 Violins RV 552 'Echo Concert'
Concerto for Piccolo (Recorder) in C major RV 443

ARTISTS
Narciso Yepes · Siegfried Behrend, guitar
I Musici
Berliner Philharmoniker / Reinhard Peters

TRACKLISTING
RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez
ANON.: Romance from the Film 'Forbidden Games' (Jeux Interdits)
VILLA-LOBOS: Prelude No. 1 in E minor
ALBÉNIZ: Suite espagnola No. 5: Asturias Leyenda
ALBÉNIZ: Piezas caraceristicas No. 12: Torre Bermeja Serenata
VIVALDI: Concerto in D major, after RV 93
GIULIANI: Concerto in A major, Op. 30

ARTISTS
Roger Muraro, piano

TRACKLISTING
MESSIAEN: Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus
Twenty Glances at the Infant Jesus
Documentary (52 mn)
A glance at Olivier Messiaen... With Roger Muraro

'Messiaen's music is music that summarises all the music written up to the present day. Hence the usefulness of coming back to it and explaining the choices and influences of the composer.'

ROGER MURARO

Accord therefore responds to this demand by releasing a new DVD of a studio recording of Roger Muraro interpreting Messiaen's Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jésus . This is also the occasion for Roger Muraro to discuss, in the form of a commentary, his close relationship with the composer and the approach to his mentor's works that he has chosen to take.

This DVD offers a new glance on the world of Messiaen, a veritable discovery around the composer through one of his most prestigious interpreters, pianist Roger Muraro.

ARTISTS
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (Dvorak)
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (Schubert)
Zubin Mehta

TRACKLISTING
DVORAK : Symphony No. 9 'From the New World'
SCHUBERT : Symphony No. 8 'Unfinished'

ARTISTS
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
Marc Neikrug, piano

TRACKLISTING
Violin encores by Falla, Ravel, Albeniz. Brahms, Paradis, Brockway, Elgar, Dvorak & Kreisler

ARTISTS
Ensemble Wien-Berlin

TRACKLISTING
DANZI : Wind Quintet in G minor, Op. 56 No. 2
DANZI : Wind Quintet in F major, Op. 68 No. 2
LACHNER : Wind Quintet No. 2 in E flat

ARTISTS
London Symphony Orchestra
Karl Böhm

TRACKLISTING
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

ARTISTS
James Levine, piano
Ensemble Wien-Berlin

TRACKLISTING
MOZART: Quintet for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn & bassoon in E flat, KV 452
BEETHOVEN: Quintet for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn & bassoon in E flat, Op. 16

ARTISTS
James Levine, piano
Ensemble Wien-Berlin

TRACKLISTING
POULENC
Trio for piano, oboe & bassoon
Clarinet Sonata
Elegie for horn & piano
Flute Sonata
Sextet

ARTISTS
Ruggiero Ricci, violin
London Symphony Orchestra / Piero Gamba [Mendelssohn]
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet [Lalo]

TRACKLISTING
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor
LALO: Symphonie Espagnole

ARTISTS
Mantovani & his Orchestra

TRACKLISTING
Operetta medleys and overtures by Lehár, Oscar Strauss, Kálmán, Johann Strauss II

ARTISTS
National Symphony Orchestra of Washington DC
Antal Dorati

TRACKLISTING
WAGNER: Der Ring des Nibelungen - Orchestral Highlights:
Entry of the Gods into Valhalla
Ride of the Valkyries
Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music
Forest Murmurs
Siegfried's Rhine Journey
Götterdämmerung - closing scene

ARTISTS
Heinz Holliger, oboe
English Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard

TRACKLISTING
J.C. BACH: Oboe Concerto in F major
FIALA: Cor Anglais Concerto in E flat major
HUMMEL: Theme & Variations in F minor

ARTISTS
Heinz Holliger, oboe
Ursula Holliger, harp
Rama Jucker, cello

TRACKLISTING
ROSSINI: Andante con variazioni
RUST: Sonata in A
BOSCHA: Nocturne in F
C.P.E. BACH: Solo in G minor Wq 135
C.P.E. BACH: Solo in G major, Wq 139

ARTISTS
Heinz Holliger, oboe
Members of the Staatskapelle Dresden
Vittorio Negri

TRACKLISTING
LECLAIR: Oboe Concerto in C, Op. 7 No. 3
MARCELLO: Oboe Concerto in D minor
VIVALDI: Oboe Concerto in D minor RV 454
TELEMANN: Oboe d'amore Concerto in G

ARTISTS
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis

TRACKLISTING
STRAVINSKY: The Firebird

ARTISTS
Claudio Arrau, piano
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis

TRACKLISTING
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1
GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor

ARTISTS
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Lorin Maazel

TRACKLISTING
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 90
Tragic Overture
(1959 recordings)

ARTISTS
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Lorin Maazel

TRACKLISTING
RESPIGHI: Pines of Rome
MUSSORGSKY: Night on a Bare Mountain
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio Espagnol
(1958-9 recordings)

ARTISTS
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Antal Dorati

TRACKLISTING
J. STRAUSS II (arr. Dorati): Graduation Ball

ARTISTS
Hilde Gueden, soprano
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Josef Krips

TRACKLISTING
J. STRAUSS II
The Beautiful Blue Danube
Pizzicato Polka
Emperor Waltz
Roses from the South
Acceleration Waltz
Village Swallows from Austria (vocal version)
Voices of Spring (vocal version)

ARTISTS
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Haitink ? Horst Stein

TRACKLISTING
BERLIOZ : Symphonie Fantastique
WEBER (arr. Berlioz) : Invitation to the Dance

ARTISTS
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik

TRACKLISTING
DVORAK : Symphony No. 7
DVORAK : Symphony No. 9 'From the New World'

ARTISTS
Ruggiero Ricci, violin
Louis Persinger, piano

TRACKLISTING
SARASATE
Spanish Dances Nos. 1-8
Caprice Basque
Introduction et tarantella
Zigeunerweisen

ARTISTS
Ruggiero Ricci, violin
Louis Persinger, piano

TRACKLISTING
PAGANINI
Le streghe
Fantasia on Rossini's 'Mosè in egitto'
Moto perpetuo
Variations on 'Nel cor più'
Variations on 'God save the King'
La campanella
Sonata No. 6 for violin & piano
Introduction and variations

ARTISTS
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa

TRACKLISTING
DVORAK
Symphony No. 9 'From the New World'
In Nature's Realm
The Noon Witch

ARTISTS
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Karl Böhm

TRACKLISTING
MOZART
Symphony No. 29
Symphony No. 35 'Haffner'
Masonic Funeral Music KV477

ARTISTS
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Karl Böhm

TRACKLISTING
SCHUBERT : Symphony No. 8 'Unfinished'
DVORAK : Symphony No. 9 'From the New World'

ARTISTS
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Karl Böhm

TRACKLISTING
SCHUBERT : Symphony No. 5
SCHUMANN : Symphony No. 4

ARTISTS
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Karl Böhm

TRACKLISTING
WAGNER
Rienzi
Tannhäuser
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Prelude to Act I
Parsifal - Prelude to Act I

ARTISTS
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Karl Böhm

TRACKLISTING
WAGNER
The Flying Dutchman
Lohengrin - Preludes to Acts I & III
Tristan und Isolde - Prelude & Liebestod

ARTISTS
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Karl Böhm

TRACKLISTING
SCHUBERT:
Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 8 'Unfinished'

ARTISTS
Arthur Grumiaux, violin
Riccardo Castagnone, piano

TRACKLISTING
TARTINI : Devil's Trill Sonata
CORELLI: Sonata Op. 5 no. 12 'La Follia'
VITALI: Chaconne
VERACINI : Sonata in A
PAGANINI: Di Tanti Palpiti ? Le streghe

ARTISTS
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Hans Knappertsbusch

TRACKLISTING
BRUCKNER : Symphony No. 4
WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll

ARTISTS
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Willem van Otterloo

TRACKLISTING
BERLIOZ:   Symphonie Fantastique
WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll

ARTISTS
Teresa Stich-Randall, soprano
Anna Reynolds, alto
Ernst Haefliger, tenor
John Shirley-Quirk, bass
RIAS Kammerchor
RSO Berlin
Lorin Maazel

TRACKLISTING
J.S. BACH : Mass in B minor

ARTISTS
Elena Suliotis
Mario del Monaco
Carlo Cava
Fiorenza Cossotto
And supporting cast
Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma
Silvio Varviso

TRACKLISTING
BELLINI : Norma

ARTISTS
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

TRACKLISTING
RAVEL : Gaspard de la Nuit / Pavane pour une infante défunte / Valses Nobles et Sentimentales
DEBUSSY: L'Isle Joyeuse
SCRIABIN : Quatre Morceaux, Op. 56 / Deux Danses, Op. 73 / Deux Poèmes, Op. 22 / Quartre Morceaux, Op. 51

ARTISTS
Solti
Backhaus
Böhm
Karajan
Kubelik
Tebaldi
Taddei

TRACKLISTING
Music by Mahler, Schubert, Brahms, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Puccini

ARTISTS
Solti
Bernstein
Karajan

TRACKLISTING
Music by Glinka, Mahler, Verdi, Wagner

ARTISTS
Ashkenazy
Khachaturian
Bernstein
Reiner
Uchida

TRACKLISTING
Music by Rachmaninov, Chopin, Khachaturian, Mozart, Brahms