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AGNESI, Maria Teresa d' (1720-95); ITA [f] [4 files] $Search amazon.com for AGNESI, Maria Teresa d\'$

Harpsichord Concerto

[MIDI] Allegro giusto [3:29]; Andante [3:50]; Tempo di Minuetto [3:36]. (H.Heldstab).

[MIDI] Sonata per il Clavicembalo [4:12] (H.Heldstab)

AHLEFELDT, Elisabeth (1775-1823); DEU [f] [1 file]

[MIDI] Kanarien-Trio [1:51] (H.Heldstab)

ALUSHINA, Olga [f] [4 files]

[LIVE Rec] Steps, for chamber ensemble [5:28 · 5.0M] — Performed by Ensemble of Soloists of the New Music Studio
[LIVE Rec] Through... [5:00 · 6.9M] — Performed by Ensemble of Soloists of the New Music Studio

ANNA AMALIA, Princess of Prussia (1723-87); DEU [f] [1 file]

[MIDI] Triosonate [2:31] (H.Heldstab)

ASSANDRA, Caterina (c.1570-c.1610); ITA [f] [2 files]

[MIDI] Ave verum corpus [2:25] (H.Heldstab)
[MIDI] Ego flos campi [2:10] (H.Heldstab)

AZNAURIAN, Sofa (1959- ); ARM [f] [13 files]
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5 Songs with Texts by M.Sargsyan

[LIVE Rec] [9:20] — 1.When did you become so old? [1:59 · 2.7M]; 2.Your fingers [1:14 · 1.7M]; 3.Your life wasn't quiet [2:11 · 3.0M]; 4.Incoming evening [2:35 · 3.5M]; 5.My bright, bright sun [1:22 · 1.9M] — Performed by M.Hovsepyan

[LIVE Rec] Hope (mono-opera based on the novel 'The Fiction' by Z.Hippius) [39:51 · 54.7M] — Performed by M.Hovsepyan

BACKER-GRÖNDAHL, Agathe Ursula (1847-1907); NOR [f] [1 file]

[MIDI] Menuet [3:24] (J.van Roy).

BADARZEWSKA, Tekla (1839-62); POL [f] [2 files]

[MIDI] L'Echo des Bois [3:41] (J.van Roy). {¶}
[MIDI] The Maidens Prayer [3:03] (J.van Roy)

BAPTISTA, Sor Gracia (16th c.); ESP [f] [1 file]

[MIDI] Conditor alme [1:26] (H.Heldstab)

BAYREUTH, Wilhelmine von (1775-1823); DEU [f] [1 file]

[MIDI] Gavotte [4:36] (H.Heldstab)

BEACH, Amy Marcy Cheney (Mrs. H. H. A.) (1867-1944); USA [f] [2 files]
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Piano Works

Farewell, Summer, Op.102, No.1 (1924)

[MIDI] Farewell, Summer, Op.102, No.1 (1924) [3:41] (K.O.Edwards)

Prelude and Fugue, Op.81 (1918)

[MIDI] Prelude and Fugue, Op.81 (1918) [9:18 · 49k] (K.O.Edwards)

BEMBO, Antonia (c.1670-c.1720); ITA [f] [3 files]

[MIDI] Ballett [0:36] (H.Heldstab)
[MIDI] Menuet [0:56] (H.Heldstab)
[MIDI] Gigue [1:00] (H.Heldstab)

BOCHIKHINA, Olga; RUS [f] [2 files]

[LIVE Rec] Tactile Instruments [2:44 · 3.8M] — Performed by Ensemble of Soloists of the New Music Studio

BON DI VENEZIA, Anna (c.1738-80); ITA [f] [1 file]

[MIDI] Menuet con Variazione [3:53] (H.Heldstab)

BONIS, Mel(anie) (1858-1937); FRA [f] [1 file]
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[MIDI] Sonate pour flute et piano (1904) [23:37 · 67k] (G.M.Egner).

BOULANGER, Lili (1893-1918); FRA [f] [4 files]

Piano Works

Cortège (1914)

[MIDI] Cortège [1:32] (S.Murai).

D'un jardin clair (1914)

[MIDI] D'un jardin clair [2:15] (S.Murai).

D'un vieux jardin (1914)

[MIDI] D'un vieux jardin [3:14] (S.Murai).

Chamber Works

D'un matin de printemps, for violin or flute and piano (1917)

[MIDI] D'un matin de printemps, for violin or flute and piano [4:30 · 45k] (G.M.Egner). {¶}

BOULGAKOVA, Maria; RUS [f] [2 files]

[LIVE Rec] Die Zeichen [6:14 · 5.7M] — Performed by Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble

BRAUNSCHWEIG, Sophie von (1613-67); DEU [f] [1 file]

[MIDI] Baurentanz [1:40] (H.Heldstab)

CACCINI, Francesca (1587-1638); ITA [f] [1 file]

[MIDI] O che nuovo stupor [5:42] Il primo libro delle musiche, 1618 (J.-C.Templeur).

CARREÑO, Maria Teresa (1853-1917); VEN [f] [4 files]

[MIDI] Andante con Larghezza [6:18] (G.M.Egner). {¶}
[MIDI] Gottschalk Waltz [4:54 · 48k] Composed in 1863 at age 10 years. (G.C.Byrd) {¶}
[MIDI] Hymn to Simon Bolivar 1883 [2:13 · 48k] orch & choir (G.M.Egner). {¶}
[MIDI] Le Printemps [5:24 · 38k] (J.van Roy). {¶}

CHERNOVA, M. [f] [2 files]

[LIVE Rec] Excerpt from Cycle of Pieces for Piano [4:13 · 3.9M] — Performed by M.Chernova

DINESCU, Violeta [f] [2 files]

[LIVE Rec] Lun Yu [4:56 · 4.5M] — Performed by Cadence Chamber Duo

DUBKOVA, Irina [f] [2 files]

[LIVE Rec] In Soft Light of the Moon... [7:54 · 7.2M] — Performed by Jurgenson Musical Salon

DUVAL, Louise (1704-69); FRA [f] [1 file]

[MIDI] Deux Passepieds [2:06] (H.Heldstab)

FARRENC, Victorine Louise (1804-75); FRA [f] [1 file]

[MIDI] Rondo on Bellini's Pirate themes Op.9 [5:17 · 40k] (W.Pepperdine).

GABITOVA, Dilyara (1977- ); RUS [f] [12 files]
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[LIVE Rec] Concerto for Cello and Orchestra [12:25 · 11.4M] — Performed by Dilyara Gabitova
[LIVE Rec] Japanese Suite No.3, 'Hinamaturi' [2:38 · 2.4M] — Performed by Dilyara Gabitova
[LIVE Rec] Osam, for piano [5:50 · 5.3M] — Performed by Dilyara Gabitova
[LIVE Rec] Osam, for piano [5:50 · 5.3M] — Performed by Maki Sekiya
[LIVE Rec] Sonata for Viola and Piano [9:22 · 8.6M] — Performed by Dilyara Gabitova
[LIVE Rec] String Quartet [11:03 · 10.1M] — Performed by Dilyara Gabitova

GINES, Teodora (c.1580-1630); CUB [f] [1 file]

[MIDI] Son de la Ma Teodora [1:10] (H.Heldstab)

GOMELSKAYA, J. [f] [2 files]

[LIVE Rec] Behind the shadow of sound [10:45 · 14.8M] — Performed by Cadence Chamber Duo

GONZAGA, Chiquinha (1847-1935); BRA [f] [1 file]
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[MIDI] Lua Branca [2:30] (F.Vassiliades).

GORELOVA, Galina; BLR [f] [2 files]

[LIVE Rec] Landscapes, for solo piano [11:34 · 15.9M] — Performed by Berinsky Club

GORODOVSKAYA, V.; RUS [f] [4 files]

[LIVE Rec] Paths in a Field [3:12 · 4.4M] — Performed by Vyacheslav Krouglov
[LIVE Rec] Kalinka, for balalaika and orchestra [3:31 · 6.4M] — Performed by Andrei Gorbachev

GOTTSCHALK, Augusta; USA [f] [1 file]

[MIDI] Bluette (Caprice de Genre) (1871) [2:55] [Info] (G.C.Byrd) {¶}

GUBAIDULINA, Sofia (1931- ); RUS [f] [13 files]
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[LIVE Rec] 5 Pieces for Alto Domra (based on Tartar folk songs) [9:25 · 12.9M] — Performed by Mikhail Gorobtsov and Gubernatorsky Orchestra of Russian Folk Instruments
Rejoice!, for violin and cello

[LIVE Rec] [34:00] — 1."Your joy no one will take from you" [4:24 · 4.0M]; 2."Rejoice with joy" [4:17 · 3.9M]; 3."Rejoice, Rabbi" [11:46 · 10.8M]; 4."And he returned to his own abode" [7:26 · 6.8M]; 5."Heed thyself" [6:08 · 5.6M] — Performed by Natalia Gutman

HOOVER, Katherine (1937- ); USA [f] [7 files]

Images, for violin, clarinet, and piano (1981)

[LIVE Rec] [14:11] — 1.Allegro [3:42 · 6.8M]; 2.Variations on a Colonial Hymn [7:49 · 14.3M]; 3.Allegro vivace [2:40 · 4.9M] — Performed by Verdehr Trio

JACQUET DE LA GUERRE, Elisabeth-Claude (1664-1729); FRA [f] [15 files]

[MIDI] Air [2:42] (H.Heldstab)
[MIDI] Air de Violon [1:39] (H.Heldstab)
[MIDI] Bourrée pour deux Violons [1:11] (H.Heldstab)
[MIDI] La Trombone [0:57] (H.Heldstab)
[MIDI] Les Bergères [2:11] (H.Heldstab)
[MIDI] Marche du Roi Nereus [1:19] (H.Heldstab)
[MIDI] Menuet [1:13] (H.Heldstab)
[MIDI] Rondeau pour deux Violons [2:19] (H.Heldstab)
Suite for Harpsichord in D-

[MIDI] La Flamande [7:52]; Courante [5:16]; Sarabande [3:30]; Gigue I [6:49]; Gigue II [3:09]; Rigaudon [2:20]; Chaconne [4:26]. (H.Heldstab).

JAZYLBEKOVA, Jamilia; RUS [f] [2 files]

[LIVE Rec] Le Refus de L'Enfermement III [9:02 · 8.3M] — Performed by Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble

JOLAS, Betsy (1926- ); FRA [f] [2 files]

[LIVE Rec] Trio sopra et sola Facta, for violin, clarinet, and piano (1998) [11:57 · 21.9M] — Performed by Verdehr Trio

KAVINA, Lydia [f] [2 files]

[LIVE Rec] Monologue for Theremin Solo, in Memory of Father [5:49 · 5.3M] — Performed by Lydia Kavina

KESAREVA, Margarita [f] [2 files]

[LIVE Rec] Meditation [5:36 · 5.1M] — Performed by Jurgenson Musical Salon

KOMISSARENKO, Anzhelika; RUS [f] [4 files]

[LIVE Rec] Variations for Piano [9:41 · 13.3M] — Performed by Anzhelika Komissarenko
[LIVE Rec] Ode to the Defenders of the Fatherland [6:40 · 9.1M] — Performed by Jurgenson Musical Salon

KONOVALOVA, A.; RUS [f] [2 files]

[LIVE Rec] Love Symbols, after S.Esenin [8:57 · 8.2M] — Performed by Jurgenson Musical Salon

KOZHEVNIKOVA, E.; RUS [f] [2 files]

[LIVE Rec] Postlude [7:02 · 9.7M] — Performed by Vyacheslav Krouglov

LE BEAU, Luise Adolpha (1850-1927); DEU [f] [1 file]
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[Free audio] Kornblumen und Heidekraut [1:39 · 1.5M] (Live: Berlin, 2000; W.Hoogklimmer, Contralto; P.Walliser, Piano) (W.Hoogklimmer).

LEONARDA, Isabella (1620-1704); ITA [f] [1 file]

[MIDI] Sonata duodecima, Op.16 No.12 [9:17 · 35k] (H.Heldstab)

LOUD, Emily L.; USA [f] [1 file]

[MIDI] Koh I Noor, The Mountain of Light, Valse pour le Piano (1851) [1:22] (G.C.Byrd)

MAKHAN, Vera; RUS [f] [2 files]

[LIVE Rec] Potpourri [9:31 · 8.7M] — Performed by Vera Makhan

MAMEDOVA, Alia Tariel [f] [2 files]

[LIVE Rec] String Quartet [14:13 · 13.0M] — Performed by Jurgenson International Competition for Young Composers

MANUKIAN, Irina (1948-2004); RUS [f] [2 files]

[LIVE Rec] Quartet-Serenade [7:41 · 10.5M] — Performed by Vyacheslav Krouglov

MENDELSSOHN [HENSEL], Fanny (Cäcilie) (1805-47); DEU [f] [2 files]

[MIDI] Notturno in G- [3:04] (K.O.Edwards) {¶}
[MIDI] Allegro vivace [1:40] 12/1846 (K.O.Edwards) {¶}

MIKHEYEVA, Tatyana (1962- ); KAZ [f] [23 files]
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[LIVE Rec] Archaic Canons for cello, voices, choir, and phonograph (2000) [15:17 · 14.0M] — Performed by Tatyana Mikheyeva
[LIVE Rec] Moonlight Woman, for flute, alto flute, and percussion (1993) [5:03 · 4.6M] — Performed by Tatyana Mikheyeva
[LIVE Rec] "Morning Mountain Music" for voice, piano, cello, and small ensemble [16:29 · 15.1M] — Performed by Dmitry Cheglakov
[LIVE Rec] Music for the Pregnant, for voice and synthesizer (1990) [28:32 · 26.1M] — Performed by Tatyana Mikheyeva
[LIVE Rec] Music in the Dark, for two pianos, percussion, and phonograph (1994-98) [23:58 · 21.9M] — Performed by Tatyana Mikheyeva
[LIVE Rec] The Prophecy of Yahavi', for voice, percussion, and sea wave (1989) [14:42 · 13.5M] — Performed by Tatyana Mikheyeva
Requiem in Memory of Dmitry Pokrovsky, for folk voices, percussion, and phonograph (1999)

[LIVE Rec] [49:21] — Great Devastation [11:34 · 10.6M]; Trisna [5:21 · 4.9M]; Voices of Ancestors [8:35 · 7.9M]; Krada [11:16 · 10.3M]; Lullaby of Iriy [12:35 · 11.5M] — Performed by Tatyana Mikheyeva

NASCIMBENI, Maria Francesca (c.1640-80); ITA [f] [1 file]

[MIDI] Sitientes venite [1:58] (H.Heldstab)

NOVIKOVA-BORODINA, Svetlana; RUS [f] [4 files]

[LIVE Rec] Hand-Voltiger [4:43 · 6.5M] — Performed by Dmitry Kalinin
[LIVE Rec] Hand-Voltiger (arr.balalaika and piano) [4:32 · 6.2M] — Performed by Dmitry Kalinin

PARADIS, Maria Theresia von (1759-1824); AUT [f] [4 files]

[MIDI] Fantasie le piano-forte in G [13:58 · 53k · type 0] (T.Therese). {¶}
[LIVE Rec] Siciliana in Eb (arr. Utkin) [3:04 · 2.8M] — Performed by Mikhail Utkin
[MIDI] Siciliana [2:28] (H.Heldstab)

PARKER, Mrs. (fl.1841); USA [f] [1 file]

[MIDI] Malibran Waltz [1:23] [Info] (G.C.Byrd)

PLIEVA, Zhanna; RUS [f] [58 files]

[LIVE Rec] Cello Sonata No.2 [15:42 · 21.6M] — Performed by Zhanna Plieva and Yaroslav Sudzilovsky
Eden Passions, an electro-acoustic ballet

[LIVE Rec] [67:27] — 1.The Creation [12:20 · 16.9M]; 2a.Adam and Eve, Pt.1: Adam's Awakening [3:50 · 5.3M]; 2b.Adam and Eve, Pt.2; Eve's Awakening [3:51 · 5.3M]; 3.The Old Serpent [4:11 · 5.8M]; 4.The Serpent's Dance [1:58 · 2.7M]; 5.Adam's Temptation [1:13 · 1.7M]; 6a.Adam's Metamorphose [4:07 · 5.6M]; 6b.The Fall [3:23 · 4.6M]; 7.Adagio: Adam and Eve [6:06 · 8.4M]; 8.The Hall of the zoo Museum [4:39 · 6.4M]; 9.The Appearance of Adam of Eve [1:03 · 1.4M]; 10.Dance of Adam and Eve [2:56 · 4.0M]; 11.The Appearance of the Temptress [1:30 · 2.1M]; 12.Tango: The Fall [9:02 · 12.4M]; 13.Nostalgia [7:19 · 10.1M] — Performed by Zhanna Plieva

Heavenly Mirror, a theaterical work (excerpts)

[LIVE Rec] [43:34] — 1.Ritual Prcoession: Calling to the Rain, Pt.1 [1:00 · 1.4M]; 2.Ritual Prcoession: Calling to the Rain, Pt.2 [2:16 · 3.1M]; 3.Undoing Knots, Pt.1 [3:00 · 4.1M]; 4.Undoing Knots, Pt.2 [2:20 · 3.2M]; 5.Ceremonial Maiden Dance: Foot Doll [2:32 · 3.5M]; 6.Headstone [9:37 · 13.2M]; 7.Ritual of Commemoration [8:52 · 12.2M]; 8.Calling to the Rain, Pt.3 [4:41 · 6.4M]; 9.Sacrifice [5:39 · 7.8M]; 10.2 Ritual Memories (Funeral) [3:37 ·&nb