Discography

Brahms

Clarinet Sonatas, Op. 120
Karl-Heinz Schütz, Flute
Maria Prinz, Piano
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Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 120, No. 1

• Allegro appassionato
• Andante un poco adagio
• Allegretto grazioso
• Vivace

Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 120, No. 2

• Allegro amabile
• Allegro appassionato
• Andante con moto – Allegro

• 5 Gesänge, Op. 71: No. 5. Minnelied
• 4 Lieder, Op. 96: No. 2. Wir wandelten
• 4 Gesänge, Op. 43: No. 1. Von ewiger Liebe
• 9 Lieder und Gesänge, Op. 32: No. 7. Bitteres zu sagen denkst du
• 5 Lieder, Op. 47: No. 4. O liebliche Wangen
• 5 Lieder, Op. 105: No. 2. Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer
• 5 Lieder, Op. 49: No. 4. Wiegenlied
• 5 Gedichte, Op. 19: No. 5. An eine Äolsharfe
• 5 Lieder, Op. 105: No. 1. Wie Melodien zieht es mir

 

Shostakovich

Songs and Romances
Margarita Gritskova, Mezzo-Soprano
Maria Prinz, Piano
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• 2 Fables of Krïlov, Op. 4: No. 1. Strekoza i muravei (The Dragonfly and the Ant)
• 6 Romances, Op. 21a: No. 2. Pered samoubijstvom (Before the Suicide)
• 6 Romances, Op. 21a: No. 4. V pervij i poslednij ras (For the First and Last Time)
• 2 Romances, Op. 84 – No. 1. Ballad
• 2 Romances, Op. 84 – No. 2. Utro nad Kavkaze (Morning in the Caucasus)
• 6 Verses, Op. 143 – No. 2. Otkuda takaja nezhnost (Whence Comes Such Tenderness)
• 6 Verses, Op. 143 – No. 5. Net, bil baraban… (No, the Drum was Beating)
• 4 Romances, Op. 46: No. 1. Vozrozhdenie (Rebirth)
• 6 Romances, Op. 62: No. 5. Sonnet No. 66
• 6 Romances, Op. 62: No. 6. Korolevskiy pochod (The King’s Campaign)
• Iz yevreyskoy narodnoy poėzii (From Jewish Folk Poetry), Op. 79: No. 3. Kolybelnaya (Lullaby)
• Iz yevreyskoy narodnoy poėzii (From Jewish Folk Poetry), Op. 79: No. 5. Predosterezhenie (Warning)
• Grecheskiye pesni (Greek Songs): No. 2. Pentozalis
• Grecheskiye pesni (Greek Songs): No. 3. Zolongo
• Ispanskiye pesni (Spanish Songs), Op. 100: No. 1. Protschay, Grenada (Farewell, Granada)
• Ispanskiye pesni (Spanish Songs), Op. 100: No. 2. Zvezdotschki (Little Stars)
• Satiri (Satires), Op. 109, “Pictures of the Past” (excerpts) – No. 2. Probuzhdenije vesni (Spring Awakening)
• Satiri (Satires), Op. 109, “Pictures of the Past” (excerpts) – No. 4. Nedorazumeniye (Misunderstanding)
• Preface to the Complete Edition of my Works and a Brief Reflection apropos of this Preface, Op. 123
• Suite, Op. 145, “Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti”: XI. Bessmertie (Immortality) (Sung in Russian)

 

Sergey Prokofiev

Songs and Romances
Margarita Gritskova, Mezzo-Soprano
Maria Prinz, Piano
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• The Ugly Duckling, Op. 18
• 5 Poems, Op. 23 – No. 2. The Little Grey Dress
• 5 Poems, Op. 23 – No. 3. Trust me
• 5 Poems, Op. 23 – No. 5. The Sorcerer
• 5 Poems of Anna Akhmatova, Op. 27 – No. 1. The sun has filled the room
• 5 Poems of Anna Akhmatova, Op. 27 – No. 2. Real tenderness
• 5 Poems of Anna Akhmatova, Op. 27 – No. 3. Memory of the Sun
• 5 Poems of Anna Akhmatova, Op. 27 – No. 4. Hello!
• 5 Poems of Anna Akhmatova, Op. 27 – No. 5. The Grey-Eyed King
• 5 Poems, Op. 36 – No. 4. Remember Me! – A Malayan spell
• 2 Songs from Lieutenant Kijé, Op. 60 – No. 1. My grey dove is full of sorrow
• 2 Choruses, Op. 66a – No. 2. Anyutka
• 3 Children’s Songs, Op. 68 – No. 1. The Chatterbox
• 3 Songs from Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78bis – No. 2. Mark, ye Bright Falcons (The Field of the Dead)
• 3 Romances, Op. 73 – No. 2. The rosy dawn is colouring the east
• 12 Russian Folksongs, Op. 104 – No. 6. Katerina

 

Russian Songs

Margarita Gritskova, Mezzo-Soprano
Maria Prinz, Piano
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Pyotr Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–1893)

• 1. I wish I could take all my sadness (1875)
• 2. Those were the first few days of spring (1878)
• 3. And was I not once a little blade of grass (1880)
• 4. Lullaby (1872)
• 5. By chance at a ball I did see you (1878)
• 6. If I’d only guessed (1880)
• 7. No, only he who knew (1869)
• 8. Not one word, not one sigh, oh my friend (1869)
• 9. My genius, my angel, my friend (1857/58)

Nikolay Andreyevich RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844–1908)

• 10. Twas not the wind that lightly brushed (1897)
• 11. The flying wisps of clouds are thinning, scattering far (1897)
• 12. In the west the pale rose sunset’s darkening (1897)
• 13. A rose has charmed a nightingale (An Eastern Romance) (1866)
• 14. Upon the Georgian hills there lies the haze of night (1866)

Sergey RACHMANINOV (1873–1943)

• 15. I wait for you (1894–96)
• 16. Oh, I fell in love, to my own despair (1893)
• 17. Oh beauty, do not sing to me (1893)
• 18. How good ’tis here (1900)
• 19. Vocalise (1912)
• 20. The Waters of Spring (1894–96)

 

Giacomo Puccini

Complete Songs for Soprano and Piano
Krassimira Stoyanova, Soprano
Maria Prinz, Piano
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• 1. Canto d’anime (Pagina d’album) (Luigi Illica, 1857-1919)
  
• 2. Sole e amore (Giacomo Puccini (?), 1858-1924)
  
• 3. E l’uccellino (Ninna-Nanna) (Renato Fucini, 1843-1921)
  
• 4. La Primavera – Canzonetta (Giacomo Puccini)
  
• 5. Ave Maria Leopolda (Giacomo Puccini)
  
• 6. Ad una morta! (Antonio Ghislanzoni, 1824-1893)
  
• 7. Morire? (Giuseppe Adami, 1878-1946)
  
• 8. Salve regina (Antonio Ghislanzoni)
  
• 9. A te (Anonymous)
  
• 10. Casa mia – Italian popular nursery rhyme
  
• 11. Sogno d’or (Carlo Marsili, 1828-1878)
  
• 12. Terra e mare (Enrico Panzacchi, 1840-1904)
  
• 13. Inno a Roma (Fausto Salvatori, 1870-1929)
  
• 14. Beata Viscera (after Luke)
  
• 15. Avanti, Urania! (Renato Fucini)
  
• 16. Storiella d’amore – melodia (Antonio Ghislanzoni)
  
• 17. Inno a Diana (Carlo Abeniacar)
  
• 18. Mentìa l’avviso (Felice Romani, 1788-1865)
  
• 19. Vexilla Regis prodeunt (Venantius Fortunatus, c. 530– c. 600/609 AD)
  

 

Ludwig van Beethoven

Variations of Folk Songs, Opp. 105 and 107
Patrick Gallois, Flute
Maria Prinz, Piano
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Six Variations on Folk Songs, Op. 105

• No. 1 The cottage maid (Welsh)
• No. 2 Of noble stock was Shinkin (Scottish)
• No. 3 A Schüsserl und a Reindl (Austrian)
• No. 4 The last rose of summer (Irish)
• No. 5 Chiling O’Guiry (Irish)
• No. 6 Paddy whack (Irish)

Ten Variations on Folk Songs, Op. 107

• No. 1 I bin a Tiroler Bua (Austrian)
• No. 2 Bonny laddie, highland laddie (Scottish)
• No. 3 Volkslied aus Kleinrußland (Russian)
• No. 4 St Patrick’s Day (Irish)
• No. 5 A Madel, ja a Madel (Austrian)
• No. 6 Peggy’s daughter (Welsh)
• No. 7 Schöne Minka (Russian)
• No. 8 O Mary, at the window be (Scottish)
• No. 9 Oh,thou art the lad of my heart (Scottish)
• No. 10 The highland watch (Scottish)

 

The 20th-century Concerto Grosso

Schulhoff, Krenek, D’Indy
Maria Prinz, Piano • Karl-Heinz Schütz, Flute • Christoph Koncz, Violin • Robert Nagy, Cello
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner

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Erwin Schulhoff (1894 – 1942)
Concerto doppio, WV 89 (1927) for Flute, Piano, String Orchestra, and Two Horns

• 1. Allegro moderato – Più mosso – Cadenza – Subito come primo. Allegro moderato
• 2. Andante
• 3. Rondo. Allegro con spirito – Tempo di blues (quasi l’istesso tempo) – [ ]

Ernst Krenek (1900 – 1991)
Concertino, Op. 27 (1924) for Flute, Violin, Piano, and String Orchestra

• 4. Toccata. Im Tempo sehr frei – Allegro misurato – Tempo I, largamente – Allegro, agitato – Tempo I, largamente – Molto largamente
• 5. Sarabande. Largo
• 6. Scherzo. Allegro – Andante, a piacere – Allegro – Andante, come prima – Allegro, poco ritenuto – Tempo I – Andante, come prima – Allegro
• 7. Air. Molto moderato – Poco mosso – Tempo I
• 8. Finale. Allegro moderato – Cadenza – [ ]

Vincent d’Indy (1851 – 1931)
Concert, Op. 89 (1926) for Piano, Flute, and Cello, with String Orchestra

• 9. Modéré, mais bien décidé – Un peu élargi – Au mouvement – Un peu élargi – Calme – Au mouvement
• 10. Lent et expressif – Le double plus vite – Le double plus lent
• 11. Mouvement de Ronde française – Calme

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Sonatas for Violin and Piano
Patrick Gallois, Flute
Maria Prinz, Piano

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Violin Sonata No. 24 in F major, K. 376 (arr. P. Gallois for flute and piano)

• 1. Allegro
  
• 2. Andante
• 3. Rondeau: Allegretto grazioso

Piano Sonata No. 17 in B flat major, K. 570 (arr. P. Gallois for flute and piano)

• 4. Allegro
• 5. Adagio
• 6. Allegretto

Violin Sonata No. 25 in F major, K. 377 (arr. P. Gallois for flute and piano)

• 7. Allegro
• 8. Tema con variazioni
• 9. Tempo di Menuetto: Un poco Allegretto
  

Violin Sonata No. 26 in B flat major, K. 378 (arr. P. Gallois for flute and piano)

• 10. Allegro moderato
  
• 11. Andantino sostenuto e cantabile
• 12. Rondeau: Allegro

 

Haydn & Mozart

Piano Concertos
Maria Prinz, piano
Sofia Symphony Orchestra
Vassil Kazandjiev, conductor

Records in Bulgaria Concert Hall, March 2001
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Joseph Haydn
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in D major (H.XVIII: 11)

• 1. Vivace
  
• 2. Un poco adagio
  
• 3. Rondo all’Ungherese
  

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in F major KV 413

• 4. Alegro
  
• 5. Larghetto
  
• 6. Tempo di Menuetto
  

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A major KV 488

• 7. Allegro
  
• 8. Adagio
  
• 9. Allegro assai
  

 

Brahms, Poulenc, Martinu

Petko Radev – clarinet and Maria Prinz – piano
Maria Prinz, piano
Petko Radev, clarinet
Vassil Kazandjiev, conductor

Records in Bulgaria Concert Hall, March 2001
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Johannes Brahms
Sonata for clarinet and piano in F minor op.120 No.1

• 1. Allegro appassionato
  
• 2. Andante un poco Adagio
• 3. Allegretto grazioso
• 4. Vivace

Francis Poulenc
Sonata for clarinet and piano

• 5. Allegro tristamente
• 6. Romanza
• 7. Allegro con fuoco

Bohuslav Martinu
Sonata for clarinet and piano

• 8. Moderato – Allegro
• 9. Andante
• 10. Poco allegro

Bela Kovacs

• 11. Hommage a de Falla

Marin Valtchanov

• 12. Rondo in spanish style

 

Ensemble PRINZ=OHTA

Yoshiko Ohta, flute
Alfred Prinz, clarinet
Shigeru Ohta, bassoon
Maria Prinz, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven
Duet for Clarinet and Bassoon Wo0 27, C major No. 1

• 1. Allegro commodo
  
• 2. Larghetto sostenuto
  
• 3. Allegretto
  

Ludwig van Beethoven
Trio for Flute, Bassoon and Piano, Wo0 37 G major

• 4. Allegro
  
• 5. Adagio
  
• 6. Thema andante con variazioni
  

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Trio “Pathetique” for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano D minor

• 7. Allegro moderato
  
• 8. Scherzo Vivacissimo
  
• 9. Largo
  
• 10. Allegro con Spirito
  

Alfred Prinz

• 11. Marche grotescue
  
• 12. Kaleidoscope
  

 

Alfred Prinz

J. Brahms 2 Clarinet Sonatas
Alfred Prinz, clarinet
Maria Prinz, piano

CLARINET SONATA No.1 IN F MINOR Op.120-1

• 1. Allegro appassionato
  
• 2. Andante un poco Adagio
  
• 3. Allegretto grazioso
  
• 4. Vivace
  

CLARINET SONATA No.2 IN E FLAT MAJOR Op.120-2

• 5. Allegro amabile
  
• 6. Allegro appassionato
  
• 7. Andante con moto