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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Mozart, Beethoven & Brahms: Violin Sonatas
“Remarkably clear recordings enable us to savour the warmth and passion of Campoli's playing. Katin, too, is admirable, maintaining rock-solid ensemble.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2012 **** “this release consists of entirely discography-filling material … The recorded sound is excellent … A warm welcome […] to this disc, which offers considerable rarity value to the violin aficionado” MusicWeb International, August 2009 “The live recordings […] show some of the ‘bel canto’ playing for which Campoli was so well known … The recording is very good indeed though the violin is quite closely miked, giving an intimate feel to the playing” Audiophile Audition, 28th September 2009 “The beauty of this recording is in the stellar playing, the sincerity of the musicianship, the straightforward sophistication of the interpretations, and the intimacy and high quality of the recorded performances.” American Record Guide, July/August 2010 “it is a great musical treat to hear these two musicians in this work [Brahms], especially their very expansive reading of the slow movement and the discipline and vigour of the finale.” International Record Review, June 2012 “These are compelling duo recordings … The three popular sonatas come out of the loudspeakers with stunning presence and immediacy. Recommended, and do explore this special small label.” Musical Pointers, June 2012 “in an outstanding programme, the great duo of Alfredo Campoli and Peter Katin play [the Mozart and Beethoven] with exquisite taste, refinement and velvety tone…[The Brahms] captures the magical intimacy of two great musicians making music together at home, and the results are spellbinding. Strongly recommended” The Strad, July 2012 | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Beethoven, Dvorak & Martinu: Piano TriosThe Queen Elizabeth Hall, London-15th October 1972
“the Czech Trio (including legendary pianist Josef Palanicek) are at their most spontaneously joyful in the Ghost Trio and emotionally arresting in the Dumky.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2012 **** “There is potency and vivid pleasure throughout the performance … This [recording] fills a real need and catches [The Czech Trio] on the wing, on tour, and on splendid form. The recording is equally vivid and allows one to hear considerable detail without detracting in any way from the ensemble sureties on show. It goes to show how immediate, and yet sympathetic, good microphone placement can be. This excellent disc earns my warm admiration” MusicWeb International, January 2010 “This performance [of the Dumky Trio] is perhaps the finest that I have heard. It has the proper Czech lilt...The Beethoven Trio was also well played … Overall, it is one of the finest performances of this work that I know...The Martinů is the encore. It’s too bad that the whole trio wasn’t performed as it, too, is very well played” American Record Guide, July/August 2010 “The Czech Trio […] was a formidable ensemble live: fearless but superbly controlled, committed and stylish. These characteristics come through impressively in the two trios recorded at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in October 1972: Beethoven’s ‘Ghost’ and Dvořák’s ‘Dumky’. The Beethoven is excellent, but the Dvořák is the highlight: a performance of remarkable eloquence and understanding” International Record Review, June 2012 “The audience is commendably silent, and the playing remarkably poised and assured” The Strad, July 2012 | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Brahms: Symphony No. 1The Royal Festival Hall, London-26th February 1966
“a thoroughly sympathetic reading from Ferencsik … The huge orchestral tuttis impress us with their singing intensity” Audiophile Audition, 4th November 2009 “the recorded clarity allows us to hear the wind playing with unchilly brilliance, as well as the Hungarian warmth of the strings … A considerable amount of panache is on display … there is a palpable sense of engagement […] captured with immediacy by the splendidly consistent and clarity-conscious recording set up.” MusicWeb International, February 2010 “This is also one of the very few performances I’ve heard that catches the [Kodály’s] humorous edge, rather than just its color … [A] complete live concert more than worth the price of admission was caught in fine sound; and we are the beneficiaries. Definitely recommended.” Fanfare, May/June 2010 “While the superbly idiomatic Dances of Galánta are an undoubted highlight here, the Egmont and Brahms C minor Symphony are both readings of genuine stature – strongly projected, fine-grained and captured in some of the best sound of any of the discs here – it’s quite astonishingly lifelike.” International Record Review, June 2012 | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Kurt Masur conducts Beethoven, Haydn, Dessau & MahlerThe Royal Festival Hall, London & White Rock Pavilion, Hastings-17/18 Nov 1967
“[The Dessau is] an intense distillation of Brecht’s art and achievement, rather than a simple memorial piece as such. [In the Mahler, Annelies Burmeister’s] contralto is finely controlled and richly burnished. She’s in good voice and proves a laudable exponent...“The recording quality captures both venues with real fidelity, offering a natural audience perspective shorn of spotlighting. It’s a well balanced disc into the bargain.” MusicWeb International, March 2012 “an enterprising programme … it’s fascinating to hear Dessau’s seldom-heard tribute to his friend Brecht” International Record Review, June 2012 | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 30-32
This release is the latest addition to the complete Beethoven piano sonatas cycle by Kodama. Her previous releases in this series have been well received. “Never bearing down on heavily on the music, she always allows Beethoven his own voice.” Gramophone | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Beethoven - Piano Sonatas Volume 10
The superb reviews have proved what a worthwhile project this complete Beethoven sonata cycle has been. The pièce de résistance of this volume is the “Hammerklavier” sonata. “Michael Korstick is one of the great pianists of our time: a virtuoso and sound wizard – and one of those rare, detail-oriented artists.” Concerti | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Children’s Classics Volume 2
This 3 CD boxed set includes the CDs Funny Stories, Foreign Lands and Good Night, Sleep Tight. All three use classical music to fire children’s imagination, to calm and console them and, above all, to have fun. The carefully selected pieces are accompanied in the booklet by stories and information about the music. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Hymn to Light: Piano Recital
The title of this CD refers to the melting pot of lights and colours used by the composers featured here; Scarlatti, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Liszt, Ravel and Albéniz. Felix Ardanaz’s solo work embraces all styles, although he feels a particular predilection for the Impressionist repertoire, and the works of Albéniz and Chopin. | |
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| |  | Daniel Barenboim & CSO: Tchaikovsky Symphonies 4-6
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| |  | Beethoven - Mozart - Schubert: Violin Sonatas
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