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| | Stefan Zweig the Musicianand Die schweigsame Frau
Bach, J S: | The Art of Fugue, BWV1080 version for string quartet Emerson String Quartet | Beethoven: | Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 96 Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin), Carl Seeman (piano)
(violin), Carl Seeman (piano) | Brahms: | Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114 Karl Leister (clarinet), Ottomar Borwitzky (cello), Tamás Vásáry (piano) | Haydn: | Piano Trio No. 39 in G major, Hob.XV:25: Finale 'Rondo all'ongarese' Beaux Arts Trio | Liszt: | Le cygne (The Swan) trans. for viola and piano by Jacques Drillon Guennadi Freidine (viola), Edouard Oganessean (piano) | Mahler: | Piano Quartet (in one movement) in A minor Gidon Kremer (violin), Veronika Hagen (viola), Clemens Hagen (cello), Oleg Maisenberg (piano) | Mozart: | String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K465 'Dissonance' Emerson String Quartet | Schoenberg: | Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 LaSalle | Schubert: | Piano Trio No. 1 in B flat major, D898 | Schumann: | Romances (3), Op. 94 Heinz Holliger (oboe), Alfred Brendel (piano) | Strauss, R: | Die schweigsame Frau, Op. 80 Wiener Philharmoniker, Chor der Wiener
Staatsoper,, Karl Böhm Cello Sonata in F major, Op. 6 Mischa Maisky (cello), Pavel Gililov (piano) |
Stefan Zweig, one of the greatest German language writers of the twentieth century, was born in Vienna. In the nineteenth century, the city was the musical, even cultural, capital of the Western world. Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven founded ‘Viennese Classicism’ and later of course Schoenberg, Berg and Webern created a revolution with the second ‘Viennese School’. So it comes as no surprise that music was the first source of inspiration for Stefan Zweig, a literary genius. The first CD of this 3-CD set explores the works of various composer associated with Vienna movements whilst discs 2&3 are devoted to The Silent Women, the Richard Strauss opera with a libretto by Stefan Zweig, in the historic version (1959) with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Karl Böhm. A recording long deleted from the catalogue and here reissued for this special set. |
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| |  | The Art of Maurizio Pollini
Bach, J S: | Prelude & Fugue Book 1 No. 4 in C sharp minor, BWV849 Recording: Munich, Residenz, Herkules-Saal, 9 /2008 & 2/2009 Prelude & Fugue Book 1 No. 15 in G major, BWV860 Recording: Munich, Residenz, Herkules-Saal, 9 /2008 & 2/2009 | Beethoven: | Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 Recording: Vienna, Grosser Musikvereinsaal, 1/1977 Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor' Recording: Vienna, Grosser Musikvereinsaal, 5 / 1978 Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm | Chopin: | Études (12), Op. 25 Recordings: Munich, Herkules-Saal, 1 & 5 / 1972 Polonaise No. 5 in F sharp minor, Op. 44 Recording: Munich, Herkules-Saal, 11/1975 Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 'Héroïque' Recording: Munich, Herkules-Saal, 11/1975 Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 Recording: Warsaw, Chopin Competition, 1960. CD release: 4713502 (Bonus CD of Pollini Edition) Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Jerzy Katlewicz | Debussy: | Préludes - Book 1: No. 6, Des pas sur le neige Recording: Munich, Residenz, Herkules-Saal, 6 /1998 Préludes - Book 1: No. 7, Ce qu’a vu le vent de l’ouest Recording: Munich, Residenz, Herkules-Saal, 6 /1998 Préludes - Book 1: No. 10, La cathédrale engloutie Recording: Munich, Residenz, Herkules-Saal, 6 /1998 | Liszt: | Richard Wagner - Venezia, S201 Grosser Saal, live recording, 30.5.1988 | Mozart: | Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K491 Live recording
Recording: Vienna, Musikverein, Grosser Saal, 6/2007 Maurizio Pollini (directed from the piano) Wiener Philharmoniker | Stravinsky: | Three Movements from Petrushka Recording: Munich, Herkules-Saal | Webern: | Variations, Op. 27 Recording: Munich, Herkules-Saal, 7 /1976 |
This is a 3-CD limited-edition hardcover book, with repertoire chosen personally by the artist, consisting of complete works (not extracts or “bits and pieces”) from his repertoire – so, from Stravinsky’s Petrushka and Chopin’s op. 25 Études to complete concertos by Beethoven and Mozart. As an added bonus there is the 1960 performance of Chopin’s First Piano Concerto from the Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw. The accompanying book, 120 pages in full colour, includes a specially-commissioned introduction by US critic Jed Distler, many photos from all stages of Pollini’s career (plus a selection of childhood photos), and a complete full-colour discography (also including alternative covers). | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | New York 9/1/1960 Live
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| |  | Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro & Bastien und Bastienne
Mozart: | Le nozze di Figaro, K492 Rita Streich (Susanna), Walter Berry (Figaro), Sena Jurinac (Countess Almaviva), Paul Schöffler (Count Almaviva), Christa Ludwig (Cherubino), Ira Malaniuk (Marcellina), Oskar Czerwenka (Bartolo), Erich Majkut (Basilio), Murray Dickie (Curzio), Karl Dönch (Antonio), Rosl Schwaiger (Barbarina) Wiener Staatsopernchor, Karl Böhm Bastien und Bastienne, K50 Ilse Holweg (Bastienne), Waldemar Kment (Bastien), Walter Berry (Colas) John Pritchard |
This valuable three CD set couples two of the most admired complete recordings of Mozart operas from the 1950s which have long since been unavailable. Karl Böhm was one of the greatest Mozart conductors of his generation, and on this complete Viennese recording of Le nozze di Figaro he directs a cast which at the time could not have been bettered, featuring some of the finest post-war Mozart singers. Sir John Pritchard completes the set with a sparking performance of Mozart's very early one-act opera Bastien und Bastienne, a delightful opera which is very rarely heard today. The recorded sound is of excellent vintage. “Jurinac serves Countess Almaviva with lovely tone, but her breath-control is challenged by Bohm's protracted tempo for 'Porgi amor'...The female side is admirable, for Streich sparkles in silvery freshness and Christa Ludwig's Cherubino benefits from a rounded tone...Berry, in rousing voice, is an ebullient Figaro. Paul Schoffler's voice has lost some richness, but he is an intelligent singer.” International Record Review, December 2011 | | | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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| |  | Live recording, New York, 1960
Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde has always been one of Böhm’s most famous specialties, and he literally owned the work during a decade at the Bayreuth Festival during the Sixties. His Isolde at Bayreuth as well as in this Metropolitan Opera performance from New York is Birgit Nilsson, who made her Met debut just a few weeks prior to this performance to sensational acclaim. Tristan is Ramón Vinay, for many people the greatest Heldentenor in the years after Lauritz Melchior. His Bayreuth Tristans under Karajan and Jochum are well remembered, and this New York performance still finds him at the peak of his powers. Available for the first time in the UK market in any form. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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This performance was recorded in 1956 in Naples Teatro di San Carlo 17.3.56 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Recorded in Naples on 5th February, 1955 | | | 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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This is a live performance, recorded in the Staatsoper Vienna in 1955. The opera is sung in German. The bonus tracks are of one of the soloists, Sena Jurinac, singing arias. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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