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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Alfred Brendel plays and introduces Schubert Piano WorksRecorded at the Hörfunkstudio, Radio Bremen, 1976/1977
Schubert: | Fantasie in C major, D760 'Wanderer' Piano Sonata No. 14 in A minor, D784 Piano Sonata No. 15 in C major, D840 'Reliquie' Piano Sonata No. 16 in A minor, D845 Piano Sonata No. 17 in D major, D850 Piano Sonata No. 18 in G major, D894 4 Impromptus, D899 4 Impromptus, D935 Piano Sonata No. 19 in C minor, D958 Moments Musicaux (6), D780, Op. 94 Klavierstücke (3), D946 Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major, D959 Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D960 |
5 CDs for price of 3 “A perfectionist at the piano...master pianist Alfred Brendel.” Sunday Times | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Lucerne Festival Orchestra - The First 5 Years
Recorded live 2003-2006<br /><br />The present DVD provides a comprehensive overview of the work of this already legendary orchestra featuring a selection of outstanding recordings from the 2003 to 2006 festivals. For prominent works by Beethoven, Bruckner, Debussy and Mahler, the orchestra is joined by reputed soloists. In addition to a masterly filmed musical experience, the box set also comprises the documentary "The History of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra" including rarely seen rehearsal, concert and archival footage featuring Wilhelm Furtwangler, Ferenc Fricsay, Herbert von Karajan, Yehudi Menuhin and Arturo Toscanini. Also included is a bonus DVD of Maurizio Pollini playing Beethoven in a first ever audiovisual release. The box set comes, at a very attractive price, in a luxurious presentation with an extended booklet with insightful essays and interesting photographic material - a suitable homage to a very special orchestra and its great conductor. “It’s different having best friends together. Everyone is there to enjoy making music, to take pleasure, to play with enthusiasm, with passion. They are prepared to do any crazy thing I ask them for the sake of the music. To fly, to walk through fire.” Claudio Abbado | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Beethoven - Piano Variations & Bagatelles
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| |  | Mozart - 12 Great Piano Concerti
Mozart: | Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K453 Piano Concerto No. 18 in B flat major, K456 Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major, K459 Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466 Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K467 'Elvira Madigan' Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major, K482 Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K488 Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K491 Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K503 Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, K537 'Coronation' Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K595 Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra No. 10 in E flat, K365 |
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| |  | Brahms: Solo & Duet Piano Music
Brahms: | Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 Nos. 1-21 (complete) Alfred Brendel (piano) Waltzes (16), Op. 39 Ballades (4), Op. 10 Fantasies (7 piano pieces), Op. 116 Intermezzi (3), Op. 117 Klavierstücke (6), Op. 118 Klavierstücke (4), Op. 119 Rhapsodies (2), Op. 79 Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5 Waltzes (16), Op. 39 Beatriz Klein (piano) Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 Variations on a theme by Schumann in F sharp minor, Op. 9 |
“this collection makes an admirable way to explore Brahms's most familiar and rewarding piano repertoire. Klien's performance of the F minor Sonata is unsurpassed, with all the spontaneous buoyancy of youth. He is equally at home in the classicism of the Handel Variations and the romanticism of Brahms/Schumann” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition | | | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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| |  | Favourite Piano Concertos
Beethoven: | Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 Claudio Arrau Staatskapelle Dresden, Sir Colin Davis Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor' Radu Lupu Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta | Brahms: | Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 Alfred Brendel Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado | Chopin: | Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 Claudio Arrau London Philharmonic Orchestra, Eliahu Inbal | Grieg: | Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 Radu Lupu London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn | Liszt: | Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S124 Sviatoslav Richter London Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin | Mozart: | Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K467 'Elvira Madigan' Mitsuko Uchida English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K595 Mitsuko Uchida English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate | Rachmaninov: | Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 Vladimir Ashkenazy Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 Martha Argerich RSO Berlin, Riccardo Chailly | Schumann: | Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 Radu Lupu London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn | Tchaikovsky: | Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 Vladimir Ashkenazy London Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel |
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| |  | Mozart: Chamber Music
Mozart: | String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K515 Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat major, K493 Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K414 String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K516 String Quartet No. 14 in G major, K387 'Spring' String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K421 String Quartet No. 16 in E flat, K428 String Quartet No. 17 in B flat major, K458 'The Hunt' String Quartet No. 18 in A Major, K464 'Drum' String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K465 'Dissonance' String Quartet No. 20 in D major, K499 'Hoffmeister' String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K575 'Prussian No. 1' String Quartet No. 22 in B flat major, K589 'Prussian No. 2' String Quartet No. 23 in F Major, K590 'Prussian No. 3' |
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| |  | Alfred Brendel: Schubert Piano Works 1822-28
Schubert: | Piano Sonata No. 17 in D major, D850 Piano Sonata No. 14 in A minor, D784 Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major, D959 Hungarian Melody in B minor D817 16 German Dances D783 Allegretto in C minor, D915 Piano Sonata No. 19 in C minor, D958 Moments Musicaux (6), D780, Op. 94 Piano Sonata No. 16 in A minor, D845 Klavierstücke (3), D946 4 Impromptus, D899 4 Impromptus, D935 Piano Sonata No. 18 in G major, D894 Piano Sonata No. 15 in C major, D840 'Reliquie' Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D960 Fantasie in C major, D760 'Wanderer' |
As Alfred Brendel celebrates his 80th birthday on 5 January 2011, Decca is marking this momentous occasion with FOUR major catalogue releases. He’s a legend of the piano world, revered and applauded the world over. For long an exclusive Philips Classics artist, Alfred Brendel is the recipient of the 2010 Gramophone Lifetime Achievement Award. Famed for his peerless interpretations of Viennese classics, 2011 sees Brendel celebrate his 80th birthday and for it we present four iconic sets – available at budget price for the first time. The third release to mark Alfred Brendel’s 80th birthday, is a stunning reissue of Alfred Brendel’s digital recordings of Schubert’s major piano works recorded between 1987-88. Including Moments Musicaux, Impromptus and the “Wanderer” fantasy, this second Schubert cycle comes in a 7CD boxed set, displaying Brendel’s impressions of the masterworks of Schubert’s last six years. “few pianists illuminate this music better” Mail on Sunday, 30th January 2011 ***** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Schubert - Piano Works 1822-1828
Schubert: | Piano Sonata No. 14 in A minor, D784 Piano Sonata No. 17 in D major, D850 Piano Sonata No. 16 in A minor, D845 Piano Sonata No. 18 in G major, D894 Piano Sonata No. 15 in C major, D840 'Reliquie' Piano Sonata No. 19 in C minor, D958 Moments Musicaux (6), D780, Op. 94 Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major, D959 16 German Dances D783 Hungarian Melody in B minor D817 Allegretto in C minor, D915 Fantasie in C major, D760 'Wanderer' Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D960 Klavierstücke (3), D946 4 Impromptus, D899 4 Impromptus, D935 |
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| |  | Alfred Brendel: The Artist’s Choice Collection
Beethoven: | Bagatelles (6), Op. 126 Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109 Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 'Waldstein' | Haydn: | Piano Sonata No. 53 in E minor, Hob.XVI:34 Piano Sonata No. 54 in G major, Hob.XVI:40 Piano Sonata No. 56 in D major, Hob.XVI:42 Piano Sonata No. 62 in E flat major, Hob.XVI:52 | Liszt: | Piano Sonata in B minor, S178 Totentanz, S126 for piano & orchestra Vallée d'Obermann (Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160 No. 6) Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S125 | Mozart: | Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major, K332 Fantasia in D minor, K397 Rondo for Piano & Orchestra in D major, K382 Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466 | Schubert: | Piano Sonata No. 14 in A minor, D784 recorded "live" at the Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, in August 1984; D894 recorded "live" at the Alte Oper, Frankfurt, in September 1998 Piano Sonata No. 15 in C major, D840 'Reliquie' recorded "live" at the Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, in August 1984; D894 recorded "live" at the Alte Oper, Frankfurt, in September 1998 Piano Sonata No. 18 in G major, D894 Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major, D959 recorded "live" at The Maltings Concert Hall, Snape, in June 1999; D960 recorded "live" at the Royal Festival Hall, London, in June 1997 Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D960 | Schumann: | Kreisleriana, Op. 16 Fantasie in C major, Op. 17 |
“He may be hoping that more of his personally selected live performances will yet appear, but there are already quite a few previously unpublished Brendel treats in this compendium. Schubert performances from Snape and London are a joy.” Gramophone Magazine, January 2009 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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