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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Classique & ZenSeventy minutes of peaceful classics, all with the seal of serenity for a tranquil summer
Bach, J S: | Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001: I. Adagio (version for lute) Hopkinson Smith (lute) | Beethoven: | Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathétique': Adagio cantabile François-Frédéric Guy (piano) | Chopin: | Largo, Prelude Op. 28 No. 4 Grigory Sokolov (piano) | Debussy: | Préludes - Book 1: No. 6, Des pas sur le neige Noël Lee (piano) | Hahn, R: | L'heure exquise Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto) & Daniel Blumenthal (piano) | Mahler: | Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor - Adagietto Transcription Kein deutscher Himmel Accentus, Laurence Equilbey | Monteverdi: | 'Amor, dicea' from Lamento della Ninfa Concerto italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini | Mozart: | Clarinet Quintet in A major, K581 - Larghetto Wolfgang Meyer (clarinet) Quatuor Mosaïques Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K488 - Adagio Fazil Say (piano) Zürcher Kammerorchester, Howard Griffiths | Murcia: | Canarios Codex (ca. 1730) Ensemble Kapsberger, Rolf Lislevand | Ravel: | La Vallee des Cloches (Miroirs No. 5) Lise de la Salle (piano) | Schubert: | Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D774 Anne Gastinel (cello) & Claire Désert (piano) Die Forelle, D550 Anne Gastinel (cello) & Claire Désert (piano) | Vivaldi: | Sol da te, mio dolce amore (from Orlando furioso) Philippe Jaroussky (counter tenor) Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi Mentre dormi amor fomenti from L’Olimpiade Sara Mingardo (contralto) Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini |
“Inspired changes of tone colour” Gramophone Magazine | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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Einar Steen–Nøkleberg (piano) “There are many possible ways of varying the reverberation in a piano. With the help of the pedals different types of interference producing a variety of colours can be singled out. In order to get these ideas entirely under control, I had to compose Listen, a work devoted to the ebbing existence of a complex of timbres. I wanted to get behind and under the sound when I wrote this strange piece in 1971. I intended, like my colleague Beethoven, to render these little-regarded phenomena audible and eventually accessible – in a similar way to opus 111, perhaps. After many performances of Listen, the mechanics of the music began to reveal new timbres, and I decided to put my experience of electronic music to use. Everything the pianist plays is recorded and fed back to the pianist and the audience. Everything that is recorded via delay or timbre modulation reaches the listener’s ears and emotions once again in constantly changing strata of sound. That is how Listen – Inside Outside came into being”. Arne Nordheim “Listeners must judge for themselves, but this is certainly an ear-challenging disc, and marvellously played and recorded.” BBC Music Magazine, September 2007 **** | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Beethoven - Piano Sonatas Nos. 31 & 32
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| |  | Randall Hodgkinson: Petrouchka & Other Prophesies
Randall Hodgkinson (piano) “Mr. Hodgkinson's Petrouchka bristles and bustles...the performance is succinct, idiomatic and theatrical...A first-class Beethoven interpreter...Mr. Hodgkinson's brand of music making is admirable and persuasive. He has rhythmical drive and forthrightness, structural integrity, and largesse and flair” American Record Guide “A rather spectacular piano recital...[his performance of Petrouchka is] a formidable pyrotechnic display every bit as virtuosic as it ought to be...Hodgkinson's Beethoven is a treat...Chopin's Fourth Scherzo shows Hodgkinson master of another mood...and finally a warm-toned account of Schumann's Waldscenen, ripe with charm and simplicity, rounds off a very impressive debut solo disc.” BBC Music Magazine “A first-rate musician...Hodgkinson's superb sense of musical shape (supported by his exceptional variety of dynamics and nuance of articulation), coupled with lightness of spirit, invests all four performances with a strong sense of character...exquisite Schumann...a most welcome debut.” Fanfare | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Beethoven for Winds
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| |  | Mozart & Beethoven - Quintets
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Filmed and transmitted live at London's Royal Festival Hall “These 1974 broadcasts preserve Haitink's lively but elegant readings with the young Vladimir Ashkenazy's engaging performances.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2007 **** “the sound quality is remarkably good. The performances by a strikingly youhthul Ashkenazy are full of spirit...In many ways the Emperor is the finest of all, freshly inspired, not barnstorming, witha a beautiful, hushed slow movement. The camerawork is straightforward, as one would expect from Brian Large” Penguin Guide, 2010 *** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | The Leonard Bernstein Collectors Edition (Beethoven)The Amnesty International Concert
Beethoven: | Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72a Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43 Egmont Overture, Op. 84 Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 König Stephan Overture, Op. 117 Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b Fidelio Overture Op. 72c String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131 arranged for string orchestra String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135 arranged for string orchestra Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123 Anderson, Walker, König & Rootering Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral' Anderson, Walker, König & Rootering |
“If I don’t feel I’m Beethoven, I’m not doing it well” Leonard Bernstein Live recordings | | | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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| |  | Ruhr Piano Festival Edition Vol. 16: Fidelio
Premiere Recording | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Works For Cello And Piano
Nicolas Altstaedt (cello) & Francesco Piemonsti (piano) “This uncommonly well-planned and well-recorded recital may have arisen from a competition winner (of the 2005
Deutscher Musikwettbewerb) wishing to display the range of his abilities, but it offers a far more satisfying
experience than most such showcases…..Altstaedt is already much more than promising, and anyone interested in a freshly uninhibited approach to Bach should hear him” The Strad, December 2007 | |
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