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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Berliner Philharmoniker: Gala From Berlin – Grand FinalesLive Recording from the Philharmonie Berlin, 1999
Works by Beethoven, Stravinsky, Mahler & Schoenberg
An extraordinary programme for an extraordinary night: The Berliner Philharmoniker celebrates the final day of the 20th Century with Grand Finales in the first part and heralds the leap into the 21st Century with an explosion of sparkling music pieces in the 2nd half of the programme. For the Grand Finales, maestro Abbado conducts masterpieces like Beethoven‘s Finale of the 7th symphony, excerpts from Stravinsky‘s „Firebird“ and the final movement of Mahler‘s 5th Symphony. In the famous Finale of Arnold Schoenberg‘s „Gurre Lieder“, the internationally renowned actor Klaus Maria Brandauer plays a leading role. Sound Format: PCM STEREO, DD 5.1 Picture Format: 16:9 DVD Format: DVD 9, PAL Running Time: 113 mins FSK: 0 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Victoria de los Ángeles: Songs to Remember
anon.: | La Rossignoll Geoffrey Parsons (piano) El Mariner Geoffrey Parsons (piano) | Berlioz: | Absence (from Les nuits d'été, Op. 7) Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch | Dvorak: | Als die alte Mutter (No. 4 from Zigeunermelodien, op. 55) Sinfonia of London, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos | Halffter, E: | Ai que linda moça Geoffrey Parsons (piano) | Mendelssohn: | Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, Op. 34 No. 2 Sinfonia of London, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos | Mompou: | Damunt de tu, nomes les flors Gonzalo Soriano (piano) | Montsalvatge: | Canto Negra Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos Madrigal sobre un tema popular (‘El cant dels ocells') Lluis Claret (cello) Orquesta Ciutat de Barcelona, Luis A. Garcia Navarro | Ovalle: | Azulao Sinfonia of London, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos | Paladilhe: | Psyché Geoffrey Parsons (piano) | Ravel: | La Flûte enchantée (Shéhérazade No. 2) Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, Pedro de Freitas Branco | Respighi: | Stornellatrice Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, Pedro de Freitas Branco | Schubert: | An die Musik D547 Manuel Garcia Morante (piano) Ständchen 'Leise flehen meine Lieder', D957 No. 4 Manuel Garcia Morante (piano) | Strauss, R: | Ständchen, Op. 17 No. 2 Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, Pedro de Freitas Branco | Toldrá: | Cançó incerta Patronato Orquesta Ciudad de Barcelona, Antoni Ros-Marbà Maig, Quatro Canciones No. 3 Patronato Orquesta Ciudad de Barcelona, Antoni Ros-Marbà | trad.: | Sometimes I feel like a Motherless Child Geoffrey Parsons (piano) | Yradier: | La Paloma Sinfonia of London, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos |
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| |  | Sarah Nemtanu: Gypsic
Sarah Nemtanu (violin), Chilly Gonzales (piano, organ farfisa, drum, percussion), Romain Descharmes (piano), Lyodoh Kaneko (solo), Guillaume Barli, Pierre Fouchenneret, Tiphaine Gaigne (first violins), Virginie Buscail, Young-Eun Koo, Alexandra Jouannie, Nathalie Crambes (second violins), Lise Berthaud, Delphine Tissot (violas), Christophe Morin, Jérôme Lefranc (cellos), Maria Chirokoliyska (double bass), Armand Amar (triangle) & Lurie Morar (cimbalom) Aurélien Azan Zielinski ‘Gypsic’ is the very first recording of violinist Sarah Nemtanu who brings a subtle touch of Balkanese extravagance to classical masterpieces from Ravel and Enesco. Sarah Nemtanu is one of today’s leading violinists and her career to date commands respect, including being first violin solo with the Orchestre National de France and having performed with many of the most renowned orchestras in the world. For this ambitious recording, Romanian-born Sarah Nemtanu chose to perform pieces from the classical repertoire in arrangements bringing out their Balkan fibre. On this challenging recording Sarah Nemtanu teams up with the influential virtuoso pianist, electro megalomaniac and all-round entertainer Chilly Gonzales who brings his experience in piano improvisations and familiarity with electronic music to arrange classical masterpieces from Ravel and Enesco among others. This is a very ‘gypsic’ recording in between music and rhythmic, a surprising mixture, impressive in its respect and precision, and delightful in its insubordination to form and genre. The biggest challenge on this album was undoubtedly to rework the Blues from Maurice Ravel’s Violin Sonata, inspired here by rhythmic ethio-jazz, a blend of jazz and the traditional music of Ethiopian azmari minstrels. | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Encores & More
Bartók: | Romanian Folk Dances for piano, Sz. 56, BB 68 | Boulanger, G: | Pizzicato-vals | Elgar: | La Capricieuse, Op. 17 | Falla: | Siete Canciones populares españolas | Fiocco, J H: | Allegro | Gershwin: | It Ain't Necessarily So (from Porgy and Bess) arr. Heifetz | Hubay: | Scène de la csárda No. 4 'Hejre Kati', Op. 32 | Khachaturian: | Sabre Dance from Gayane arr. Heifetz | Kodály: | Adagio for viola (or cello or violin) & piano | Kreisler: | Danse Espagnole (after Falla) Marche miniature viennoise Syncopation | Liszt: | Grand duo concertant sur la romance 'Le Marin', S. 128 | Monti, V: | Csárdás | Mussorgsky: | Sorochintsy Fair: Gopak | Polyakin: | The Canary - Polka | Rachmaninov: | Daisies, Op. 38 No. 3 arr. Heifetz | Ravel: | Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera | Sarasate: | Danza Española No. 5: Playera Op. 23 No. 1 | Shchedrin: | In Imitation of Albeniz | Shostakovich: | Prelude for piano, Op. 34 No. 13 in F sharp major Prelude for piano, Op. 34 No. 17 in A flat major | Vecsey, F: | Valse triste | Wieniawski: | Mazurka in A minor, Op. 3 No. 2 'Kujawiak' | Zarzycki: | Romance in E major, Op. 16 |
Friedemann Eichhorn (violin), Peer Findeisen (piano) | | | (also available to download from $20.75) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Jurowski conducts Strauss & RavelRecorded at Cité de la Musique - Paris, January 2009
This programme captures the musical encounter between one of the most talented conductors of his generation with arguably the best chamber orchestra musicians. They are joined by worldwide renowned pianist Hélène Grimaud in a programme featuring Strauss and Ravel, a perfect combination of familiar repertoire and works that deserve to be discovered. Vladimir Jurowski surprises the listener by a fresh style and approach. In combination with the charming and incisive Grimaud, he invites us to drift away with this extraordinary performance. Both artists are very thoughtful about the music they make and create a pure enjoyment for ear and eye. The award-winning Hélène Grimaud presents a lively rendition of Ravel’s concerto. Together with the orchestra lyricism and sonorous harmonies are expertly teased out. Picture format DVD: NTSC 16:9 Sounds formats DVD: PCM Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1 Region code: 0 Booklet notes: English, German, French Running time: 81 min FSK: 0 “The undoubted highlight of Jurowski's concert is a translucent performance of Strauss's Metamorphosen. The ebb and flow is exquisite, and the benefits of having a true chamber orchestra, rather than simply a reduced orchestral string section. The lines are individually moulded, yet never lose sight of the fluid whole.” BBC Music Magazine, September 2010 *** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Salzburg Opening Concert 2008 with Boulez & Barenboim
With Pierre Boulez, Daniel Barenboim and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra you are assured of a concert of superlatives. Running Time 90 minutes Picture 16:9, color Sound PCM Stereo, dts 5.1 “Boulez paints the often delicate colours of Ravel's Valses nobles et sentimentales with subtlety, the Vienna Philharmonic's woodwind showing their finesse.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2010 **** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Nobel Prize Concert 2009Recorded at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 8 December 2009
As part of the official Nobel Week, the world’s most renowned artists are gathering each year to pay tribute to the Nobel Laureates. An event of world class stature and performances of highest international standard. Members of the Swedish Royal Family as well as guests of the Nobel Foundation are attending the highly acclaimed event, which gathers internationally renowned artists and conductors each year. Very special highlight was this year’s soloist Martha Argerich, one of the very charismatic and brilliant pianists, performing Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major under Yuri Temirkanov leading the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. The program also includes Prokofiev’s Suite from Romeo and Juliet. Born in Buenos Aires in 1941, Martha Argerich had her performing debut at the age of eight. Her breakthrough came in 1965, when she won the prestigious Chopin Competitionin Warsaw. Working with most of the world’s leading conductors Argerich is passionate about supporting young talents. In 1999 the first International Martha Argerich Piano Contest was held in Buenos Aires, a competition that she founded and of which she is now the chief judge. Picture format DVD: NTSC 16:9 Sounds formats DVD: PCM Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1 Region code: 0 Booklet notes: English, German, French Running time: 79 mins FSK: 0 “Argerich plays with a remarkable combination of freedom and control...[Temirkanov] draws an impressive sound from the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.” BBC Music Magazine, September 2010 *** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Charles Munch conducts a Treasury of French Music
Berlioz: | Le Corsaire Overture, Op. 21 Béatrice et Bénédict, Op. 27: Overture Harold en Italie, Op. 16 Joseph de Pasquale (viola) Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7 | Debussy: | La Demoiselle élue Victoria de los Angeles (soprano) Radcliffe Choral Society Jeux - Poème dansé La Mer Images for orchestra | Fauré: | Requiem, Op. 48 Adele Addison (soprano) & Donald Graham (bass-baritone) Radcliffe Choral Society & Harvard Glee Club | Franck, C: | Symphony in D minor | Indy: | Symphony on a French Mountain Song Op. 25 Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer (piano) | Milhaud: | Symphony No. 6, Op. 343 | Ravel: | Introduction & Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet Valses nobles et sentimentales La Valse Rapsodie Espagnole Piano Concerto in G major Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer (piano) | Roussel: | Suite in F major, Op. 33 |
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| |  | Ravel: Complete Piano Solo Works
Abdel Rahman El Bacha (piano) This two-disc Hybrid SACD set of the complete works for solo piano by Maurice Ravel, features the highly-regarded Libyan born virtuoso Abdel Rahman el Bacha. Abdel Rahman el Bacha has lived in France for the last 30 years and during this time has made many critically-acclaimed recordings for the French label Forlane, including an award-winning CD of the early works of Sergei Prokofiev. Born in Beirut in 1958 Abdel Rahman el Bacha moved to France at the age of 16 to study at the Paris Conservatiore. In 1978, when only 19, he won the Queen Elisabeth of Belgium Piano Competition by a unanimous judgment. In 1983, his first recording for the label Forlane, “Early Works by Prokofiev”, was awarded the "Grand Prix de l'Académie Charles Cros". For the same label he has recorded 3 Concertos by Bach, Ravel's 2 Concertos and works by Schumann, Ravel and Schubert. Alongside a series of critically acclaimed recordings of the complete piano sonatas of Beethoven, he has also released Chopin's complete solo piano works on 12 CDs in chronological order. Maurice Ravel was trained as a pianist, and although he is much better known as a composer of some of the greatest orchestral music of the first part of the 20th century, he left behind a significant number of pieces for solo piano. He later transcribed several of these, notably the Pavane pour une infante défunte and Valses nobles et sentimentales, for larger forces. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Arturo Toscanini conducts Schumann, Ravel & Respighi
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