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For over twenty-five years, Nigel Kennedy has been acknowledged as one of the world's leading violin virtuosos and is one of the most important violinists Britain has ever produced. His virtuosic technique, unique talent and mass appeal have brought fresh perspectives to both the classical and contemporary repertoire. He is the best selling classical violinist worldwide.This album combines his first-ever Mozart recording with a fresh perspective on the Beethoven violin concerto he first recorded in 1992. He collaborates again with the Polish Chamber Orchestra of which he has been Artistic Director since 2002. He directs the orchestra from the violin in both concertos to achieve a more direct communication of the orchestra members and the cadenzas are very much his own. Kennedy says the main reason for re-approaching the Beethoven concerto is that today, he hears the piece as having more rhythmic vitality which he wants to bring out in his new recording, despite still cherishing his first recording with Tennstedt, which he said had a more old-fashioned, romantic approach and was played slower.Listen out for the Mozart cadenza which definitely gives the piece a contemporary edge. It was recorded with his electric violin and Kennedy expresses in it what the concerto means to him personally and wants to open listeners’ minds to change their view of the piece. He has also introduced a harpsichord to the work which adds warmth and gives it even more life. “There is plenty to enjoy... in Kennedy's inventive performance of Mozart's Fourth Concerto, provided you can take his cadenzas, where he switches to electronic violin and treats Mozartian fragments to jazz riffs with bass player Michal Baranski - a culture shock that may come to seem a tired gimmick on repeated hearings.” The Telegraph, 12th April 2008 “That hallmark attention to detail and line is still there, but it's now coupled with an energy and vitality that springs from his growing interest in jazz. His radical electric violin cadenzas breathe new life into the Mozart concerto in D K218, but purists will hate them.” The Observer, 13th April 2008 “Too wilful to warrant anything like a general recommendation, except to Kennedy fans and the curious.” Gramophone Magazine, July 2008 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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“Tan's playing has a flair and poetic feeling that are rather special and this partnership with Norrington...has great spontaneity. Tan's individuality comesover unforcedly without unwanted wilfulness” Penguin Guide, 2010 edition *** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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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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| |  | Karajan / Mutter - Complete DG Recordings
Beethoven: | Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Cello in C major, Op. 56 | Brahms: | Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102 Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 | Bruch: | Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 | Mendelssohn: | Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 | Mozart: | Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K216 Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K219 'Turkish' | Tchaikovsky: | Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 |
From 1976, when Herbert von Karajan - the most famous conductor in the world - met the prodigiously gifted 13-year-old Anne-Sophie Mutter until his death 13 years later, she was the only violinist to appear with him in concert and on disc. These discs contain all the concertos they recorded together for Deutsche Grammophon during that period. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Beethoven - Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7
“In the slow movement of the Fourth Symphony the fairly brisk tempo combined with broad phrasing… makes for ravishing results. Indeed, the Fourth is a great success in all respects. The Seventh sometimes sounds more like a compromise, but is full of interesting details.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2008 “Biting, buoyant and very athletic - Järvi's Beethoven really bounds along…” Gramophone Magazine, August 2008 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Beethoven Piano Sonatas
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| |  | Beethoven - Symphony No. 3
Emerging from a dark depression, Beethoven chose art rather than death, thus embracing a notion of destiny and heroism which links him to heroes of the past - and of his present.The Eroica Symphony, dedicated initially to Napoleon, and ultimately 'to the memory of a great man', was to prompt contemporary commentators to seek out interpretations in the Iliad. It was this work which first inspired the concept of a 'symphonic poem': here, it is the metaphor that serves the music and not the contrary. “Manze takes a surprisingly Romantic view of the Eroica… with accomplished playing from the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra.” BBC Music Magazine, April 2008 ***** “Precise drive in the Scherzo, with brazen horns in the Trio, presages a finale of real stature.” Gramophone Magazine, May 2008 “Andrew Manze has had the ingenious idea of coupling the Eroica with the set of contredanses in which the theme of the symphony’s finale first appeared, and with the finale of Beethoven’s ballet score The Creatures of Prometheus, the melody’s second appearance. What makes the disc exceptional, however, is the superb clarity and incisiveness of the performances. The splendid Swedish orchestra plays the Eroica as if discovering and revelling in its beauty and audacity for the first time. Manze sets a spanking tempo for the opening movement, but always gives the music room to breathe, and the rest is equally inspiring.” Sunday Times, 15th June 2008 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Günter Wand Edition Volume 19
“A glorious account of Beethoven's (for me) greatest concerto, with Casadesus and Wand engaging in excitingly complementary approaches. The Haydn Symphony is almost massive, but convincing; the Bach ravishing.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2008 ***** | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 1
“Piotr Anderszewski, who has already given us a fine account of the Diabielli Variations, plays the Bagatelles with power and passion.” Gramophone Magazine, June 2008 “Anderszewski has already given us one of the most mercurial recent accounts of the Diabelli Variations, and here he brings the same quicksilver shifts of mood to the Bagatelles...The rollicking, buffo style of the concerto’s outer movements acknowledges debts to the comic spirits of Mozart and Haydn. Sheer bliss.” Sunday Times, 20th April 2008 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Karajan - In Concert
“Herbert von Karajan's conducting achieves a fascinating synthesis of dynamism, discipline, and a diverse palette of gestures.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2008 **** “this DVD brings compelling accounts of the master at work, visually as well as aurally. There is a powerful intensity to the Beethoven overtures and the opening of William Tell is beautifully done, with glorious playing from the Berliners...There is plenty of fascinating archival material to see; and within the maestro's obviously glamorous, jet-set lifestyle, he emerges as a musical communicator of warmth - and humour too. A most revealing issue.” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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