Festival – Classical Music in Switzerland

Bach, J S: Concerto for Four Keyboards in A minor (after Vivaldi), BWV1065 Bach, J S: Motet BWV227 ‘Jesu, meine Freude’ Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 5 in D major, Op. 70 No. 1 ‘The Ghost’ Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 Bloch, E: From Jewish Life: No. 2, Supplication Blum: Luzerner Kreisel Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8 Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27 Dalbavie: Palimpseste Dickkopf: Paris Elgar: Introduction & Allegro for strings, Op. 47 Elgar: They are at rest Enescu: Octet in C major Op. 7 Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody in A major, Op. 11 No. 1 Gesualdo: Beltà poinche t’ assenti Haydn: Symphony No. 6 in D major ‘Le Matin’ Haydn: Symphony No. 88 in G major Kancheli: Chiaroscuro for violin and orchestra Ligeti: San Francisco Polyphony Mahler: Symphony No. 5 Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626 Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K543 Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550 Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 ‘Jupiter’ Neuwirth, O: Trurliade – Zone Zero Purcell: O let me ever, ever weep (from The Fairy Queen, Z629) Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 Rihm: Greeting Moment for Pierre Boulez Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 Schumann: Dein Angesicht, Op. 127 No. 2 Schumann: Es leuchtet meine Liebe, Op. 127 No. 3 Schumann: Lehn deine Wang’ Op. 142 No. 2 Schumann: Mein Wagen rollet langsam, Op. 142 No. 4 Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40 Shostakovich: From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op. 79 / 79a Sollima: Fecit Neap. 17.. per violoncello, archi e continuo Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge: V. Bredon Hill Webern: Six Pieces for Orchestra Op. 6 Ysaÿe: Sonata in A minor for Two Violins, Op. posth.: I. Poco lento maestoso – Allegro fermo

Traditionally, Switzerland has an important and impressive heritage regarding festivals for classical music, among them the famous Lucerne Festival, rooting back to the so-called “Concert de Gala” in the gardens of Richard Wagner’s villa at Tribschen in 1938 conducted by Arturo Toscanini.

Our box set features the fascinating variety and the many facets of the classical festival scene in Switzerland. The selection of the works takes the importance of big names and well known works into account, but also presents modern or even avant-garde approaches or less well known chamber music works.

The world’s leading orchestras, conductors and soloists, outstanding concert venues like the KKL Culture and Convention Centre by the renowned architect Jean Nouvel in Lucerne, a breathtaking landscape: there are many reasons for falling in love with the Swiss music festivals. The Swiss festivals now draw more than 500.000 classical music enthusiasts to the shores of Lake Lucerne or the Verbier mountains every year. And the numbers of visitors is growing from year to year… Artists

Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Schumann Quartet, Sebastian Bohren (violin), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Saskia Giorgini (piano), Rugula Muhlemann (soprano), Robin Muller (violin), Jonian-Ilias Kadesha (violin), Vashti Hunter (cello), Joonas Ahonen (piano), Silke Gang (mezzo-soprano), Oliwia Grabowska (piano), Agnes Vass (flute), Gonzalo Esteban Francisco (clarinet), Gustav Frielinghaus (violin), Andrea Burger (viola), Karolina Ohman (cello), Lily Francis (violin), Candida Thompson (violin), Xenia Jankovic (cello), Paolo Giacometti (piano), Daniel Bard, Bogdan Bozovic, Mathilde Milwidsky, Tim Crawford (violins), Werner Dickel, Sally Beamish (violas), Mladen Miloradovic, Vashti Hunter (cellos), Charlotte Beament (soprano), Anna Harvey (mezzo-soprano), Jeremy Budd (tenor), Ashley Riches (bass-baritone), Giovanni Sollima (cello), Felix Froschhammer (violin, Gregory Ahss (violins), Lawrence Power, Razvan Popovici (violas), Maximilian Hornung, Andreas Fleck (cello), Victor Hanna (percussion), Sol Gabetta (cello), Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Martha Argerich, Evgeny Kissin, James Levine, Mikhail Pletnev (pianos), Lynn Harrell (cello), Yuja Wang (piano), Joshua Bell (violin), Leonidas Kavakos (violin)

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Le Cercle de l’Harmonie, Chaarts Chamber Artists, Casal Quartet, Davos Festival Mannerchor, Festival Orchestra, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Orchestra of the Lucerne Festival Academy, UBS Verbier Festival Orchestra, Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, Roger Norrington, Jérémie Rhorer, Felix Froschhammer, Willem de Bordes, Paul McCreesh, Susanna Mälkki, Matthias Pintscher, András Schiff