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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Chopin - Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
After Rafal’s hugely successful Deutsche Grammophon debut Chopin recording – almost 60,000 sold worldwide – music lovers await the unique interpretive contributions this winner of the 2005 International Chopin Competition will make to these two legendary concertos. Pianist Rafal Blechacz, returning to his beloved Chopin, teams up with the supreme musicianship of the Concertgebouw Orchestra under conducting legend, Jerzy Semkow. Rafal’s way with Concertos nos. 1 & 2 will be a landmark recording of this highly emotional, popular, and poetic music – a young master heralding Chopin’s 200th birthday in 2010 with an early birthday gift we all will love. “…poised, elegant, with broad paragraphs and expressive details impeccably shaped.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2009 “…I would trade these richly satisfying accounts any day for others that lack the musical integrity and clarity of conception that Blechacz and Semkow bring to these works.” Gramophone Magazine, December 2009 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Rafal Blechacz plays Debussy & Szymanowski
Rafał Blechacz is one of DG’s best-selling young artists – his stunning albums have sold more than 160,000 units worldwide. Blechacz is by talent, proclivity, and nationality the perfect choice to record works by his fellow Pole, Szymanowski, and therefore to record Debussy, too – whose presence in Szymanowski’s musical DNA looms large. Arguably the greatest Polish composer since Chopin, Szymanowski was also influenced by Ravel, Scriabin, and Strauss. For the first time on record Rafał Blechacz plays Szymanowski’s reverie-inducing music – a revelation to those unfamiliar with it. Debussy’s Impressionist soundscapes (also new to Rafał Blechacz’s discography) – including Pour le piano and Estampes – are also a natural fit for Blechacz with his Chopin expertise. “[the Szymanowski is] interpreted by Blechacz in a way that brings out its ripe personal voice and responds to its dramatic breadth of architecture...The disc is worth having for the Szymanowski alone, but Blechacz’s Debussy is also a joy of limpid colour and immaculately weighed articulation, encapsulating the character and imagery of the music with a masterly and imaginative touch.” The Telegraph, 17th February 2012 ***** “He's virtuosic on Debussy's "Pour le Piano", whisking us up and down the keyboard yet allowing pre-echoes of Gershwin to creep in to its more dramatic chordings; his "Pagodes" is weightlessly evocative. There's an almost existential yearning about Szymanowski's "Prelude & Fugue in C sharp minor", while "Sonata in C minor" is complex and involving.” The Independent, 17th February 2012 **** “this pairing of Debussy and Szymanowski confirms Blechacz is much more than a one-trick pianist; he's an artist of imagination and perception, with a fabulous range of keyboard touch and colour. There's nothing obvious or ostentatious about his playing, either...the clarity of the playing is exceptional, but so, too, is the intelligence shaping it. It's a remarkable disc.” The Guardian, 1st March 2012 ***** “Blechacz’s Debussy is little short of miraculous, revelling in the luminous textures and tintinnabulating chinoiserie of Pagodes, from Estampes, the Lisztian flourishes of Jardins sous la pluie and the Gallic sensuality of La Soirée dans Grenade and L’Isle joyeuse. This is an unforgettable disc from one of the pianistic giants of our time.” Sunday Times, 11th March 2012 “This is breathtaking...There is never any doubt that there is a personality shaping the music and he has no fear about following his interpretative instinct on the day the microphones happen to be capturing it for posterity...Blechacz paints with the keyboard without sacrificing any clarity.” BBC Music Magazine, April 2012 **** “I thought this was going to be a a disc of two halves. In fact, it is more of a continuous journey - and a most rewarding, artfully conceived one it is, too...I love Blechacz's crisp articulation and lightly pedalled bustle in the outer movements of Pour le piano...Blechacz's [Szymanowski] has the edge on [the competition] as much for his fierce emotional engagement with the music as for the superior sound quality.” Gramophone Magazine, May 2012 “His Debussy is transparent, pure, yet not lacking in depth, driven with impetus and excitement. The real finds here, however, are the two early works by Karol Szymanowski...virtuoso pianism at full stretch.” The Observer, 29th April 2012 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Chopin GoldChopin 200th anniversary
Chopin: | Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 'Héroïque' Maurizio Pollini (piano) Prelude Op. 28 No. 15 in D flat major ‘Raindrop' Martha Argerich (piano) Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz' Maria João Pires (piano) Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2 Alice Sara Ott (piano) Étude Op. 10 No. 12 in C minor ‘Revolutionary' Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Étude Op. 10 No. 3 in E major 'Tristesse' Nelson Freire (piano) Prelude Op. 28 No. 4 in E minor Rafal Blechacz (piano) Prelude Op. 28 No. 7 in A major Rafal Blechacz (piano) Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57 Hélène Grimaud (piano) Polonaise No. 3 in A major, Op. 40 No. 1 'Military' Emil Gilels (piano) Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu' Maria João Pires (piano) Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 Daniel Barenboim (piano) Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 Maurizio Pollini (piano) Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31 Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano) Waltz No. 1 in E flat major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 18 Zoltán Kocsis (piano) Étude Op. 25 No. 11 in A minor 'Winter Wind' Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2 Lang Lang (piano) Étude Op. 10 No. 4 in C sharp minor Nelson Freire (piano) Prelude Op. 28 No. 3 in G major Martha Argerich (piano) Prelude Op. 28 No. 6 in B minor Martha Argerich (piano) Mazurka No. 13 in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4 Vladimir Horowitz (piano) Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 39 Ivo Pogorelich (piano) Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre': 3rd movement (Funeral March) Hélène Grimaud (piano) Prelude Op. 28 No. 11 in B major Friedrich Gulda (piano) Prelude Op. 28 No. 20 in C minor Friedrich Gulda (piano) Écossaises (3), Op. 72 No. 3 Mikhail Pletnev (piano) Étude Op. 25 No. 9 in G flat major 'Butterfly' Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Nocturne No. 10 in A flat major, Op. 32 No. 2 Maria João Pires (piano) Impromptu No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 29 Mikhail Pletnev (piano) Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 Maurizio Pollini (piano) Mazurka No. 19 in B minor, Op. 30 No. 2 Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano) Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47 Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) |
The essential collection of favourite solo works for Chopin Year 2010! Over 140 minutes of pure listening pleasure 2CDs for the price of 1 Featuring Argerich, Ashkenazy, Barenboim, Blechacz, Freire, Grimaud, Gulda, Horowitz, Lang Lang, Michelangeli, Ott, Pires, Pollini and many more “Chopin was the greatest of us all, for he discovered everything through the piano alone”. So wrote Debussy about the Polish master, the 200th anniversary of whose birth is celebrated in 2010. This collection – featuring the world’s greatest pianists – bears out this remark, ranging from the dreamy to the heroic, from the passionate to the playful, with all Chopin’s favourite titles included. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Rafal Blechacz’s debut album for Deutsche Grammophon, the complete Chopin Preludes, went platinum in Poland within a month of its release. He now follows up this success with a recital devoted to the “Viennese Classics”: Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. A compelling overview of the piano sonatas of these three great masters, combining Haydn’s mature E flat major Sonata with Mozart’s lovely D major Sonata K. 311 and Beethoven’s early Sonata op. 2 no. 2, which he dedicated to his teacher Haydn Rafal has played these sonatas many times in concert and counts them among the works that have shaped his playing. By juxtaposing the different styles of these three great composers, Rafal displays his stylistic security and balance, both of which have been widely acclaimed in recent concert reviews “He’s an architect in sonority. Every nuance, however tiny, seems to emerge just as Blechacz intended it . . . Judiciously measured and deeply felt music-making of mature pianistic insight.” (Süddeutsche Zeitung) “The playing itself is full of flair and charm. The Mozart brims with joie de vivre, displaying a classical poise and subtlety of expressive range.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2008 **** “Textural transparency, expressive economy, creative inspiration, high humour and strategically placed silences characterise these three Haydn, Beethoven and Mozart sonatas, as well as Rafal Blechacz's splendid, beautifully recorded interpretations.” Gramophone Magazine, November 2008 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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“Blechacz is a superlative pianist but an even finer musician, and this is playing of exceptional clarity and expressive beauty. Everything Blechacz does seems natural and organic, and his ability to phrase Chopin's long lines with an innate sense of time and space is a constant joy.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2007 ***** “Pure magic, filigree detailing and gorgeous trills and turns. He has an almost feminine elegance and a command of technique that allows him to print a personal inflection even on a cascade of notes . . . How reassuring it is to see one so young putting poetry first . . . we were all on another planet.” Financial Times, August 2006  BBC Music Magazine
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| |  | 15th International Chopin Piano Competition 2005Polish Pianists
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| |  | Rafal Blechacz: Winner: 15th International Chopin Competition
Chopin: | Prelude Op. 28 No. 7 in A major Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 in F sharp minor Prelude Op. 28 No. 9 in E major Prelude Op. 28 No. 10 in C sharp minor Prelude Op. 28 No. 11 in B major Prelude Op. 28 No. 12 in G sharp minor Nocturne No. 17 in B major, Op. 62 No. 1 Études, Op. 10 (selection) Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz' Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2 Waltz No. 8 in A flat major, Op. 64 No. 3 Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 'Héroïque' Mazurkas Op. 56 Nos. 1-3 Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit Mazurka No. 10 in B flat major, Op. 17 No. 1 | Debussy: | Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque) |
“…the overall standard of his playing is exceptional. The qualities familiar from the studio disc are again evident here: specifically the innate projection of musical line, the sense of time and space for the music to breathe, itself allied to Blechacz's refined feeling for texture and voicing.” BBC Music Magazine, September 2006 **** | | | This item is currently out of stock at the UK distributor. You may order it now but please be aware that it may be six weeks or more before it can be despatched. |
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| |  | Chronicle - 15th Annual Chopin Piano Competition, 2005including the early rounds, finals, and the Laureate Concert by the winner, Rafal Blechacz
Chopin: | Étude Op. 10 No. 12 in C minor ‘Revolutionary' Fumio Kawamura Variations brilliantes in B flat major on 'Je Vends des Scapulaires', Op. 12 Hisako Kawamura Étude Op. 10 No. 4 in C sharp minor Kiryl Keduk Étude Op. 10 No. 8 in F major Yusuke Kikuchi Nocturne No. 14 in F sharp minor, Op. 48 No. 2 Ben Kim Étude Op. 25 No. 6 in G sharp minor Shinya Kiyozuka Nocturne No. 18 in E major, Op. 62 No. 2 Szczepan Konczal Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20 Jacek Kortus Impromptu No. 3 in G flat major, Op. 51 Olga Kozlova Prelude Op. 28 No. 13 in F sharp major Prelude Op. 28 No. 14 in E flat minor Rachel Naomi Kudo Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1 Timo Herman Latonen Étude Op. 25 No. 5 in E minor Ka Ling Colleen Lee Tarantella in A flat major, Op. 43 Dmitri Levkovich Waltz No. 4 in F major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 3 Dong Hyek Lim Nocturne No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1 Wei-Chi Lin Waltz No. 3 in A minor 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 2 Jedrzej Lisiecki Étude Op. 10 No. 12 in C minor ‘Revolutionary' Igor Lovchinsky Waltz No. 8 in A flat major, Op. 64 No. 3 Takuro Maeda Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz' Milos Mihajlovic Prelude Op. 45 in C sharp minor (No. 25) Aleksandra Mikulska Nocturne No. 3 in B major, Op. 9 No. 3 Maiko Mine Prelude Op. 28 No. 23 in F major Prelude Op. 28 No. 24 in D minor Aleksandra Mozgiel Étude Op. 25 No. 5 in E minor Marko Mustonen Waltz No. 5 in A flat major, Op. 42 Howard Na Étude Op. 10 No. 4 in C sharp minor Kotaro Nagano Nocturne No. 12 in G major, Op. 37 No. 2 Rieko Nezu Étude Op. 10 No. 10 in A flat major Miku Omine Étude Op. 10 No. 2 in A minor 'chromatique' Yuma Osaki Waltz No. 2 in A flat major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 1 Esther Park Étude Op. 10 No. 2 in A minor 'chromatique' Maxence Pilchen Nocturne No. 14 in F sharp minor, Op. 48 No. 2 Maciej Piszek Prelude Op. 28 No. 22 in G minor Prelude Op. 28 No. 23 in F major Marianna Prjevalskaya Étude Op. 10 No. 10 in A flat major Monika Quinn Waltz No. 2 in A flat major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 1 Mayumi Sakamoto Waltz No. 5 in A flat major, Op. 42 Takaya Sano Étude Op. 25 No. 10 in B minor Takashi Sato Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57 Shohei Sekimoto Étude Op. 25 No. 11 in A minor 'Winter Wind' Wen-Yu Shen Waltz No. 2 in A flat major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 1 Marian Sobula Étude Op. 25 No. 1 in A flat major 'Aeolian Harp' Étude Op. 25 No. 9 in G flat major 'Butterfly' Yeol-Eum Son Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2 Masanori Sugano Étude Op. 10 No. 1 in C major Mei-Ting Sun Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57 Marek Szlezer Étude Op. 25 No. 5 in E minor Piotr Szychowski Nocturne No. 17 in B major, Op. 62 No. 1 Gracjan Szymczak Prelude Op. 28 No. 7 in A major Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 in F sharp minor Prelude Op. 28 No. 9 in E major Prelude Op. 28 No. 10 in C sharp minor Galina Tchistyakova Prelude Op. 28 No. 20 in C minor Xin Tong Rondo in C minor Op. 1 Krzysztof Trzaskowski Étude Op. 10 No. 1 in C major Nobuyuki Tsujii Prelude Op. 28 No. 21 in B flat major Prelude Op. 28 No. 22 in G minor Nobuyuki Tsujii Prelude Op. 28 No. 15 in D flat major ‘Raindrop' Helene Tysman Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz' Yuko Ueno Nocturne No. 3 in B major, Op. 9 No. 3 Natalia Wandoch Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 in F sharp minor Prelude Op. 28 No. 10 in C sharp minor Katarzyna Wasiak Waltz No. 5 in A flat major, Op. 42 Slawomir Wilk Étude Op. 10 No. 5 in G flat major 'Black Key' Xiaoxi Wu Étude Op. 10 No. 2 in A minor 'chromatique' Ingolf Wunder Étude Op. 10 No. 4 in C sharp minor Takashi Yamamoto Étude Op. 10 No. 10 in A flat major Ryo Yanagitani Étude Op. 10 No. 7 in C major Chien-Ying Yang Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57 Andrey Yaroshinskiy Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1 Hong-Chun Youn Étude Op. 10 No. 10 in A flat major Avan Yu Étude Op. 25 No. 10 in B minor Feodor Amirov Prelude Op. 28 No. 13 in F sharp major Prelude Op. 28 No. 14 in E flat minor Soo-Jung Ann Étude Op. 25 No. 4 in A minor Piotr Banasik Étude Op. 25 No. 5 in E minor Michal Bialk Prelude Op. 28 No. 14 in E flat minor Prelude Op. 28 No. 16 in B flat minor Dong Min Lim Étude Op. 10 No. 8 in F major Rafal Blechacz Prelude Op. 28 No. 17 in A flat major Nicolas Bringuier Waltz No. 4 in F major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 3 Sonia Chan Étude Op. 25 No. 10 in B minor Chiao-Ying Chang Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 in F sharp minor Prelude Op. 28 No. 9 in E major Stanislaw Drzewiecki Étude Op. 10 No. 5 in G flat major 'Black Key' Pawel Filek Impromptu No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 29 Sonja Fräki Prelude Op. 28 No. 16 in B flat minor Prelude Op. 28 No. 17 in A flat major Mariko Furukawa Etude Op. 10 No. 11 in E flat major Alexej Gorlatch Étude Op. 25 No. 11 in A minor 'Winter Wind' Peng Cheng He Rondo in E flat major, Op. 16 Ching-Yun Hu Étude Op. 10 No. 7 in C major Maki Inoue Étude Op. 10 No. 5 in G flat major 'Black Key' Oliver Jia Prelude Op. 28 No. 13 in F sharp major Prelude Op. 28 No. 14 in E flat minor Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 Howard Na Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57 Xiaoxi Wu Étude Op. 25 No. 10 in B minor Waltz No. 5 in A flat major, Op. 42 Wen-Yu Shen Nocturne No. 18 in E major, Op. 62 No. 2 Marian Sobula Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1 Avan Yu Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20 Timo Herman Latonen Prelude Op. 28 No. 7 in A major Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 in F sharp minor Prelude Op. 28 No. 9 in E major Prelude Op. 28 No. 10 in C sharp minor Prelude Op. 28 No. 11 in B major Prelude Op. 28 No. 12 in G sharp minor Nocturne No. 17 in B major, Op. 62 No. 1 Étude Op. 10 No. 10 in A flat major Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz' Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2 Waltz No. 8 in A flat major, Op. 64 No. 3 Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 'Héroïque' Mazurkas Op. 56 Nos. 1-3 Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 Rafal Blechacz Nocturne No. 17 in B major, Op. 62 No. 1 Waltz No. 4 in F major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 3 Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31 Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise, Op. 22 Mazurkas (4), Op. 24 Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 Nobuyuki Tsujii Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 Étude Op. 25 No. 5 in E minor Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 39 Nocturne No. 16 in E flat major, Op. 55 No. 2 Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54 Mazurkas Op. 59 Nos. 1-3 Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre' Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 'Héroïque' Takashi Yamamoto Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre' Jacek Kortus Mazurkas (4), Op. 33 Ka Ling Colleen Lee Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 Rachel Naomi Kudo Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise, Op. 22 Dong Hyek Lim Mazurkas (4), Op. 24 Rieko Nezu Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 'Héroïque' Dong Min Lim Mazurka No. 36 in A minor, Op. 59 No. 1 Yeol-Eum Son Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise, Op. 22 Yuma Osaki Mazurkas (4), Op. 30 Andrey Yaroshinskiy Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 'Héroïque' Shohei Sekimoto Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 Jacek Kortus Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 Dong Hyek Lim Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 Takashi Yamamoto Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 Rieko Nezu Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 Rafal Blechacz Prelude Op. 28 No. 13 in F sharp major Prelude Op. 28 No. 14 in E flat minor Prelude Op. 28 No. 15 in D flat major ‘Raindrop' Prelude Op. 28 No. 16 in B flat minor Prelude Op. 28 No. 17 in A flat major Prelude Op. 28 No. 18 in F minor Mazurkas Op. 59 Nos. 1-3 Dong Hyek Lim Waltz No. 4 in F major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 3 Mazurkas (4), Op. 33 Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 Dong Min Lim Mazurkas Op. 56 Nos. 1-3 Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 'Héroïque' Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2 Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz' Mazurka No. 10 in B flat major, Op. 17 No. 1 Rafal Blechacz | Debussy: | Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque) Rafal Blechacz |
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| |  | The Complete Chopin Edition
Chopin: | Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 Krystian Zimerman (piano) Polish Festival Orchestra Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 Krystian Zimerman (piano) Polish Festival Orchestra Variations on Mozart's 'La ci darem la mano' in B flat major, Op. 2 Claudio Arrau (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Eliahu Inbal Fantasia in A major on Polish Airs, Op. 13 Claudio Arrau (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Eliahu Inbal Krakowiak - Concert Rondo in F, Op. 14 Claudio Arrau (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Eliahu Inbal Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise, Op. 22 Claudio Arrau (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Eliahu Inbal Ballades Nos. 1-4 Krystian Zimerman (piano) Fantasia in F minor, Op. 49 Krystian Zimerman (piano) Etude No. 25 in F Minor Op. Posth Anatol Ugorski (piano) Etude No. 26 in A-flat major, Op. posthumous Anatol Ugorski (piano) Étude Op. 25 No. 8 in D flat major Anatol Ugorski (piano) Marche Funebre, Op. 72 No. 2 Anatol Ugorski (piano) Écossaises (3), Op. 72 No. 3 Anatol Ugorski (piano) Études (12), Op. 10 Maurizio Pollini (piano) Études (12), Op. 25 Maurizio Pollini (piano) Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 Maurizio Pollini (piano) Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57 Maurizio Pollini (piano) Mazurkas Nos. 1-51 Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Mazurka in C major (1833) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Mazurka No. 49 in F minor, Op. 68 No. 4 Revised version Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Nocturnes Nos. 1-21 (complete) Maria João Pires (piano) Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise, Op. 22 Martha Argerich (piano) Polonaises (16) Anatol Ugorski (piano) Two Bourrees B160B Anatol Ugorski (piano) Galop in A flat major 'Marquis', WN 59 Anatol Ugorski (piano) Albumblatt in E major Anatol Ugorski (piano) Cantabile in B Flat Major (Andantino) Anatol Ugorski (piano) Fugue in A minor Anatol Ugorski (piano) Largo in E flat major, BI 109 Anatol Ugorski (piano) Preludes (24), Op. 28 Rafal Blechacz (piano) Prelude Op. posth. in A flat major (No. 26) Rafal Blechacz (piano) Prelude Op. 45 in C sharp minor (No. 25) Rafal Blechacz (piano) Impromptus Nos. 1-4 Yundi Li (piano) Scherzi Nos. 1-4 Maurizio Pollini (piano) Rondo in C minor Op. 1 Lilya Zilberstein (piano) Rondo a la Mazurka, Op. 5 Lilya Zilberstein (piano) Rondo in E flat major, Op. 16 Mikhail Pletnev (piano) Rondo in C major for two pianos, Op. 73 Kurt Bauer, Heidi Bung (pianos) Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 4 Lilya Zilberstein (piano) Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre' Maurizio Pollini (piano) Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 Maurizio Pollini (piano) Introduction and Variations on a German National Air, Op. post. Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Variations in A - Souvenír de paganini Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Variations brilliantes in B flat major on 'Je Vends des Scapulaires', Op. 12 Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Introduction, Theme and Variations on a Theme of Moore Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vovka Ashkenazy (pianos) Hexaméron KKIIb/2 Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Allegro de Concert in A major Op. 46 Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Bolero, Op. 19 Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Tarantella in A flat major, Op. 43 Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Waltzes Nos. 1-19 Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Piano Trio in G minor Op. 8 Beaux Arts Trio Introduction and Polonaise Brillante in C, Op. 3 Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Martha Argerich (piano) Grand Duo for Cello and Piano (on themes from Meyerbeer's Robert le Diable) Anner Bijlsma (cello), Lambert Orkis (piano) Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65 Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Martha Argerich (piano) Zyczenie (The Maiden's Wish), Op. 74 No. 1 Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano), Martin Martineau (piano) Wiosna (Spring), Op. 74 No. 2 Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano), Martin Martineau (piano) Smutna rzeka (The Sad River), Op. 74 No. 3 Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano), Martin Martineau (piano) Hulanka (Merrymaking), Op. 74 No. 4 Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano), Martin Martineau (piano) Gdzie lubi (What She Likes), Op. 74 No. 5 Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano), Martin Martineau (piano) Precz z moich oczu (Out of My Sight!), op. 74 No. 6 Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano), Martin Martineau (piano) Posel (The Messenger), Op. 74 No. 7 Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano), Martin Martineau (piano) Sliczny chlopiec (Handsome Lad), Op. 74 No. 8 Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano), Martin Martineau (piano) Melodia (Melody), Op. 74 No. 9 Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano), Martin Martineau (piano) Wojak (The Warrior), Op. 74 No. 10 Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano), Martin Martineau (piano) Dwojaki koniec (The Double End), Op. 74 No. 11 Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano), Martin Martineau (piano) Moja pieszczotka (My Sweetheart), Op. 74 No. 12 Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano), Martin Martineau (piano) Nie ma czego trzeba (I Want What I Have Not), Op. 74 No. 13 Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano), Martin Martineau (piano) Pierscien (The Ring), Op. 74 No. 14 Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano), Martin Martineau (piano) Narzeczony (The Bridegroom), Op. 74 No. 15 Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano), Martin Martineau (piano) Piosnka litewska (Lithuanian Song), Op. 74 No. 16 Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano), Martin Martineau (piano) Spiew z mogilky (Leaves Are Falling), Op. 74 No. 17 Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano), Martin Martineau (piano) Czary (Charms), KK.IVa/11 Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano), Martin Martineau (piano) Dumka (Reverie), KK.IVb/9 Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano), Martin Martineau (piano) Mazurka No. 58 in A flat major Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Mazurka No. 53 in G major Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Mazurka No. 52 in B flat major Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Mazurka in D major (1820) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Mazurka in D major (1832) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) |
A completely reworked version of the 1999 DG Edition, now split between DG and Decca recordings. 17 CDs, non-limited, in capbox. Pollini recordings backbone of collection (Etudes, Sonatas, Polonaises, Scherzos) New DG Highlights: Zimerman's Concertos, Blechacz's Preludes, Pires's Nocturnes New from Decca: Arrau - Piano Works with orchestra, Ashkenazy - Mazurkas and Waltzes. Available for the Chopin 200th anniversary in March 2010. “The quality, both of DG's chosen recordings and the set's general presentation, is just about as good as it gets. To have in one box such wonders as Zimmerman's Ballades, Pollini's Etudes, Pires's Nocturnes, Ashkenazy's Mazurkas and Waltzes, and the Cello Sonata incandescently performed by Rostropovich and Argerich is a treat indeed and could scarcely by bettered. The Concertos are Zimmerman's second recording. ...it is gorgeously romantic, with every string slide cherished and each note turned like wrought gold. This is a set to treasure...” BBC Music Magazine, February 2010 ***** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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