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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | The Classical Clarinet
Henk de Graaf (clarinet), Daniel Wayenberg (piano) | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Le Jardin FéeriqueMusic for Two Harps
Duo Bilitis: Ekaterina Levental & Eva Tebbe (harps) | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | LiebestraumThe most beautiful romantic piano melodies
Beethoven: | Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight': Adagio sostenuto Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathétique': Adagio cantabile Für Elise (Bagatelle in A minor, WoO59) | Brahms: | Intermezzo in B flat major, Op. 76 No. 4 Intermezzo in E flat major, Op. 117 No. 1 Intermezzo in B flat minor, Op. 117 No. 2 Intermezzo in A major, Op. 118 No. 2 | Chopin: | Nocturne No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 9 No. 1 Prelude Op. 28 No. 15 in D flat major ‘Raindrop' Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 | Debussy: | Arabesque No. 1 Arabesque No. 2 Rêverie Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque) | Liszt: | Liebestraum, S541 No. 3 (Nocturne in A flat major) | Mendelssohn: | Song without Words, Op. 19b No. 1 in E major 'Sweet Remembrance' | Schubert: | Impromptu in B flat major, D935 No. 3 Impromptu in A flat major, D935 No. 2 Moments Musicaux, D780: No. 3 in F minor Klavierstück in E flat major, D946 No. 2 Impromptu in G flat major, D899 No. 3 | Schumann: | Fantasiestücke, Op. 12 No. 1 'Des Abends' Romance in F sharp major, Op. 28 No. 2 Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Traümerei |
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| |  | Le SacreDebussy - Stravinsky
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| |  | Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 2
PLEASE NOTE - The note the information on the cover of the disc is incorrect in that the Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 is not conducted by Barbirolli. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Susanne Beer - Cello Diverse
‘Cello Diverse’ is the debut release for Susanne Beer on Divine Art Records. The two featured sonatas differ in apparent scale, quite apart from the very obvious matters of harmony and style. Stravinsky’s ‘Suite Italienne’ is based originally on a theme by Pergolesi, and arranged for cello and piano at the request of the legendary Piatigorsky. The final piece is a transcription of the key theme to the movie “The Mission”. | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Souvenirs
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| |  | Introducing Shannon Lee
Bazzini: | La Ronde des lutins, Op. 25 | Brahms: | Sonatensatz (Scherzo from the F.A.E. sonata), WoO 2 | Chopin: | Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor, Op. post. | Debussy: | Beau Soir | Elgar: | Salut d'amour, Op. 12 | Engel, Carl: | Sea-Shell | Ernst, H W: | Der Erlkönig - Grand Caprice Op. 26 | Kreisler: | Tambourin Chinois, Op. 3 Recitative & Scherzo Caprice, Op. 6 | Rimsky Korsakov: | Flight of the Bumble Bee | Scriabin: | Étude Op. 8 No. 10 in D flat major 'Etude in Thirds', arranged by Joseph Szigeti | Vitali, T: | Chaconne in G minor | Wieniawski: | Scherzo-Tarantelle in G minor, Op. 16 |
Shannon Lee is a young violinist who is tipped for great things. In the summer of 2005, she made her stunning orchestral debut at the age of 12 with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, performing the Chausson “Poeme” and Franz Wexman’s extremely challenging Carmen Fantasy. Later that same year, she was the featured soloist for the Dallas Symphony’s Texas Tour, and in 2006 she made her European debut with the Nuremberg Philharmonic Orchestra. Introducing Shannon Lee is a wonderful collection of pieces that include the well known and the rare. Each of the works spotlights the versatility and musicianship of this young violinist and her ability to work well with accompanist Pamela Mia Paul. Highlights include Wieniawski’s notoriously difficult “Scherzo-Tarantelle”, Elgar’s much-loved “Salut d’amour” and the most weighty work on the disc, Brahms’ “Sonatensatz”. This disc is the first opportunity to hear a young violinist poised to become one of the great artists of tomorrow. As Telarc President Robert Woods puts it “There is a dearth of fantastic talent in young artists today, so why does any one person stand out from another? To a great extent, it’s the preference of the listener – the person who discovers someone’s playing for the first time. When that happened for me with Shannon, I had the sense I was listening to a very old soul in a young person’s body. Shannon’s maturity was well beyond what I had heard from other young performers.” Accompanist Pamela Mia Paul has performed with the world’s great orchestras. She has given concerts throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia, both as soloist and as chamber musician. In the studio, or in the setting of a master class, she is an internationally sought-after pedagogue whose students have participated in and won competitions including the Naumburg International Piano Competition. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Paul Tortelier plays Fauré & Debussy
Digitally remastered “Although a little strait-laced in the Élégie, Tortelier and Hubeau are marvellous advocates for Fauré's magnificent cello sonatas, with their mix of passion and eloquence, and they are majestic in Debussy's late Sonata.” BBC Music Magazine, September 2008 ***** | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Emil Gilels: Early Recordings Volume 1All tracks recorded in the USSR, 1935-1951
Debussy: | Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque) Trois Nocturnes: Fêtes arr. Borwick | Godowsky: | Renaissance - No. 12, Gigue in E (Loeillet) | Mendelssohn: | Scherzo in E minor, Op. 16 No. 2 Song without Words, Op. 38 No. 6 in A flat major 'Duetto' Song without Words, Op. 38 No. 6 in A flat major 'Duetto' | Mozart: | Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K457 | Rameau: | La villageoise Le rappel des oiseaux | Ravel: | Le Tombeau de Couperin: Prelude Le Tombeau de Couperin: Forlane Le Tombeau de Couperin: Toccata | Schumann: | Toccata in C major, Op. 7 Traumes Wirren (Fantasiestucke, Op. 12 No. 7) Der Kontrabandiste, Op. 74 No. 10 arr. C. Tausig | Smetana: | Czech Dances, Book 1, No. 2 Polka in A minor Polka in F major |
Emil Gilels was one of the greatest Russian pianists of the twentieth century, born in Odessa in 1916. The recordings on this first disc of his early recordings, made in the USSR, come from the first stage of Gilels’s career and include his first known recordings from1935. Leopold Godowsky’s arrangement of the Gigue by Jean-Baptiste Loeillet immediately shows the immense power the nineteen-year old Gilels had at the keyboard. His playing, especially in his youth, was fiery, volatile and exciting, and even late in his career it still retained grandeur and sweep of a great master in the Russian tradition. “Gilels had a sense of grandeur tempered by discipline and respect for the text….strong and massive without being harsh…. A fine pianist.” BBC Music Magazine “Here was a real artist, and a real communicator.” BBC Music Magazine “Here, in performance after performance, is the sort of playing that made Rubinstein, on hearing the teenage Gilels in Russia, exclaim, 'if that boy ever comes to America I might as well pack my bags and retire'. Even in dated sound an 'elemental virtuoso gift' and a 'sonority rich in noble metal' are omnipresent. And whether you hear Gilels in his exquisite Rameau, the thunderous brilliance of his Godowsky or in the way his decorations in Smetana's A minor Polka shimmer like the beating of a hummingbird's wings, you will hear a nonpareil pianism. True, in years to come Gilels would find greater depth than his enviably spruce and immaculately turned Mozart conveys, but even here the playing is of an aristocratic distinction and finesse.
All in all these performances is a reminder of this grandest of musical titans. Ward Marston's transfers come up excellently and special thanks go to Judith Rayner for the loan of discs from her priceless collection.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 “…here, in performance after performance, is the sort of playing that made Rubinstein, on hearing the teenage Gilels in Russia, exclaim, "if that boy ever comes to America I might as well pack my bags and retire".” Gramophone Magazine, February 2009 “these are now the transfers of choice for this body of recordings” MusicWeb International | | | (also available to download from $8.75) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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