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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Great Singers - Lotte LehmannLieder Recordings Volume 5 (1941-1942)
“When performing reaches this transcendent degree of greatness, it becomes impossible to listen to more than a few songs at a time. Lehmann is at the height of her powers, completely in possession of each song, her expression setting standards that may never be equalled.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2008 ***** | | | (also available to download from $9.25) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Alfred Cortot - Encores
Albéniz: | Sous le palmier, Op. 232, No. 3 | Brahms: | Wiegenlied, Op. 49 No. 4 (Lullaby) (arr. Cortot) | Chopin: | Impromptu No. 2 in F sharp major, Op. 36 Étude Op. 25 No. 1 in A flat major 'Aeolian Harp' Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2 Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 Part 2; (“Fragment from Ballade”) Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 | Handel: | Keyboard Suite, HWV 430 in E major 'The Harmonious Blacksmith': Air & Variations | Liszt: | Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 11 in A minor Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 2 in C sharp minor Concert Paraphrase on Rigoletto, S.434 after Verdi's opera | Schubert: | Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen, D343 (arr. Cortot) | Weber: | Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65 |
Recorded in Camden, New Jersey 1925-1926 “There are wrong notes, some of the recordings are of poor quality, others remarkably good for the 1920s: what is amazing is the unfailing verve, poetry, warmth and spontaneity. Some of the playing here is hardly credible, the technique and insight together are overpowering.” BBC Music Magazine, January 2008 ***** “Here, in recordings dating from 1925-26, is the very essence of Cortot, superbly remastered by Mark Obert-Thorn. A voice from another age, Cortot was addicted to his incomparable recreative art. Every bar and phrase of these performances induces a frenzy or delirium in the listener, setting the mind and senses reeling.
Cortot may have 'discovered the opium in Chopin' (Daniel Barenboim) but he also discovered the opium in virtually everything else. His arrangement and playing of Schubert's Litany has all the poetic freedom and sumptuous tonal allure of the greatest singers and always you are made aware of his alternating simplicity, richness and intricacy of expression. Hear the cascades close to the end of Chopin's Second Impromptu and you may well agree that you have rarely heard such feline ease and facility.
The mechanics (forced out of focus in the heat of the moment) could be erratic but the technique was scintillating in a way known to very few pianists. Cortot's Liszt Rhapsodies, decked out with an array of sly nudges and winks, are as flamboyant as any on record, and time and again you are made aware of his own dictum on music: 'my secret is, I can't have enough of it'. Above all, he reminds you of Liszt's celebrated description of a virtuoso as 'one called upon to make emotion weep, and sing, and sigh. To conjure scent and blossom, and breathe the breath of life'. A wild but enthralling fragment from Chopin's First Ballade is included (a complete version comes later) and there are two versions of both Liszt's 11th Hungarian Rhapsody and Weber's Invitation to the Dance.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 | | | (also available to download from $9.25) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Volume 24 - Romantic Poets Volume 1
Schubert: | Die junge Nonne, D828 Die Liebe hat gelogen D751 (Platen) Frühlingsglaube, D686 Morgenlied, D685 Abendröte, D690 Der Schmetterling D633 Das Mädchen D652 (Schlegel) Der Knabe, D692 Die Rose, D745 Der Wanderer, D649 (Friedrich von Schlegel) Die Berge, D634 Der Fluss, D693 Die Vogel D691 Die Sterne, D684 Die Gebüsche, D646 Du liebst mich nicht D756 (Platen) Dass sie hier gewesen! D775 (Rückert) Du bist die Ruh D776 (Rückert) Lachen und Weinen, D777 Rosamunde, D797: Romance 'Der Vollmond Strahlt auf Bergeshöh'n' |
Julia Borchert (soprano) & Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano) | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Maria João Pires - With Passion
Chopin: | Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1 Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2 Nocturne No. 15 in F minor, Op. 55 No. 1 Nocturne No. 16 in E flat major, Op. 55 No. 2 | Mozart: | Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major, K332 Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K488 live recording Mozarteum Orchestra, Frans Brüggen | Schubert: | Klavierstücke (3), D946 | Schumann: | Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado |
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| |  | Sviatoslav Richter - The Master Volume 5
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| |  | Undine: Romantic Music for Flute & Piano
It is interesting to speculate as to why there are so many records with titles like The Romantic Flute. One answer is that, during the eighteenth century, the flute was in vogue. Even Frederick the great, emperor of Russia, was a flautist, which raised the status of the instrument greatly. Although it has had periods of dwindling popularity since, today the flute is very much in fashion again. Actually, however, the flute has not been mainly romantic, and the nineteenth century repertoire for solo flute is quite limited. Two longer compositions tend to figure on any record aiming to reflect the period: Franz Schubert's Trockene Blumen variations, the only work of his large ouvre to feature the flute as a solo instrument, and Carl Reinecke's Undine Sonata for flute and piano. | | | (also available to download from $10.75) | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Chant et Guitare - Sartova & Jégard
Maria Sartova (soprano), Joël Jégard (guitar) | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Schubert: Piano Sonatas'complete'
Schubert: | Piano Sonata No. 17 in D major, D850 Piano Sonata No. 8 in E flat major, D568 Piano Sonata No. 4 in A minor, D537 Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major, D959 Piano Sonata No. 18 in G major, D894 Piano Sonata No. 11 in F minor, D625 Piano Sonata No. 9 in B major, D575 Piano Sonata No. 13 in A major, D664 Piano Sonata No. 6 in E minor, D566 Piano Sonata No. 16 in A minor, D845 Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D960 Piano Sonata No. 15 in C major, D840 'Reliquie' Piano Sonata No. 3 in E major, D459 Piano Sonata in F sharp minor D571 Piano Sonata No. 2 in C major, D279 Piano Sonata No. 19 in C minor, D958 Piano Sonata No. 5 in A flat major, D557 Piano Sonata No. 14 in A minor, D784 |
Malcolm Bilson (fortepiano) | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Schubert: String Quartets Vol. I
“The triumphant performance by the Mandelring String Quartet reassured me that I had not lost my capacity to thrill to music.” The Strad | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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