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“Perhaps the scherzo is a little fierce, missing a Viennese lilt in the gliding waltz tune. But the finale, a glorious celebration of the power of movement, is magnificent in its mingled buoyancy and gargantuan energy.” Richard Wigmore, The Telegraph, 13th September 2008 “…the most remarkable recording of this elusive work since Furtwängler's famous Berlin account in 1951. It has a ferocity which, in some places, notably the climax of the second movement, turns into a frightening stampede, to be followed by a prolonged awed silence.” BBC Music Magazine, October 2008 ***** “…a strikingly live and vital account of Schubert's Ninth… Orchestral textures are light and clear, speeds brisk but not over-driven, detail clear and neatly etched with the string-playing responsive and polished.” Gramophone Magazine, November 2008 “In an age of deodorised live recordings, this rough diamond document of that concert is thrilling … A miraculous work played with humour, wisdom and daring.” The Independent on Sunday “The Philharmonia's playing was fabulous…” The Independent “if anything could convert me [to the Ninth], it's this thrilling live recording on the enterprising Signum label. Without forcing a note, Charles Mackerras finds a path through the work which creates a convincing emotional journey - the race to the end is particularly exciting - and the sound of the Philharmonia Orchestra simply glows with warmth.” METRO | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Schubert - Piano Trio No. 1
Jean-Claude Pennetier (piano), Régis Pasquier (violin) & Roland Pidoux (cello) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Schubert - Trout Quintet
Christophe Gaugué (viola) & Stéphane Logerot (double-bass) Trio Wanderer | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Krystian Zimerman plays Chopin and Schubert
Krystian Zimerman - the youngest ever winner of the prestigious Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw at the age of eighteen – giving his Homage to Chopin and Schubert As a brilliant musician, a renown specialist in Romantic music Krystian Zimerman combines all the prerequisites for an authorative interpretation of Chopin´s works. Krystian Zimerman’s peerless artistry, filmed in 1987 by director Humphrey Burton. In 5.1 DTS Surround Sound “Finally transferred to DVD, Humphrey Burton's beautiful filming from 1987 of the 3-year-old Krystian Zimerman has a wonderfully timeless quality. The playing is a marvel of finely balanced sensitivity, fire and colour.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2008 ***** “Fascinating visual confirmation of the purely acoustical impression of Zimerman’s Chopin recordings...In the Schubert, flawless pianism, satisfying conceptions, lucid and deft – plus superb piano sound quality” FonoForum “Zimerman's approach to playing the piano has greatness written all over it. It has intensity, majesty, intimacy, daring, and simplicity, and above all insight” The Times | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Abbado in Concert
Brahms: | Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 Maurizio Pollini (piano) Wiener Philharmoniker | Mozart: | Kyrie in D minor, K341 Karita Mattila, Marjana Lipovšek, Robert Holl, Jerry Hadley & Jorge Pita Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker Grabmusik, K42: Betracht dies Herz Karita Mattila, Marjana Lipovšek, Robert Holl, Jerry Hadley & Jorge Pita Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K339: Laudate Dominum Karita Mattila, Marjana Lipovšek, Robert Holl, Jerry Hadley & Jorge Pita Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker | Rossini: | La Cenerentola Overture Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala Il barbiere di Siviglia Overture Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala | Schubert: | Mass No. 6 in E flat major, D950 Karita Mattila, Marjana Lipovšek, Robert Holl, Jerry Hadley & Jorge Pita Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker |
The ’All Saints Day Concert’ - besides the New Year´s concert the most important Viennese music event - from the Musikvereinssaal, Vienna from 1986 with sacred music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Franz Schubert. Superb soloists like Karita Mattila, Marjana Lipovsek, Robert Holl, Jerry Hadley and Jorge Pita, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Vienna State Opera Chorus under the baton of maestro Abbado. “The Schubert Mass may tax Abbado's greatest fans. Yet the Mozart sequence with Karita Mattila is revelatory, camerawork for the Brahms Second Piano Concerto as fluid and imaginative as the Abbado-Pollini partnership...He combines a phenomenal technique with a poetic temperament. Wonderful.” BBC Music Magazine, October 2008 ***** “the most widely respected living conductor” New York Times | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Franz Schubert - The Song Cycles
“A seductive trilogy of Fischer-Dieskau at the young heart of his career: a classic Schöne Müllerin; one of the most enriching of at least 30 recordings of Winterreise; and the best Schwanengesang on disc, unique in its searching insight and sustained intensity.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2008 ***** “It [is] no mere repeat of earlier triumphs. If anything, these performances - notably that of the darkest and greatest of the cycles, Winterreise - are even more searching than before, with Moore matching the hushed concentration of the singer in some of the most remarkable playing that even he had ever put on record.” Penguin Guide, 2010 edition **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Henri Bonamy plays Brahms & Schubert
Henri Bonamy is fast becoming one of the most ‘in demand’ young talents of his generation, on the concert platform today. A graduate of the Paris Conservatoire he has played extensively throughout Europe and the Far East, in concerto and solo performances. He is a regular chamber music recitalist and his performing partners include Julia Fischer, Marina Chiche and Wen-Sinn Yang. | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | David Oistrakh - The Complete EMI Recordings
Beethoven: | Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Cello in C major, Op. 56 Lev Oborin (piano) & Sviatsolav Knushevitzky (cello) Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent Piano Trio No. 7 in B flat Major, Op. 97 'Archduke' Lev Oborin (piano) & Sviatsolav Knushevitzky (cello) Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Cello in C major, Op. 56 Sviatoslav Richter (piano) & Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 Stockholm Festival Orchestra, Sixten Ehrling Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 Orchestre National de la Radioffusion Française, André Cluytens Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer' Lev Oborin (piano) Violin Sonata No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 12 No. 3 Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) | Brahms: | Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102 Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 Orchestre National de la Radioffusion Française, Otto Klemperer Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102 Pierre Fournier (cello) Philharmonia Orchestra, Alceo Galliera Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell | Bruch: | Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 London Symphony Orchestra, Lovro von Matacic | Debussy: | Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque) Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) | Falla: | Jota (No. 4 from Siete canciones populares españolas) Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) | Franck, C: | Violin Sonata in A major Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) | Khachaturian: | Violin Concerto in D minor Philharmonia Orchestra, Aram Khachaturian | Khachaturian, K: | Violin Sonata in G minor, Op. 1 Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) | Kodály: | Hungarian Dances (3) Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) | Lalo: | Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21 Philharmonia Orchestra, Jean Martinon | Mozart: | Violin Sonata No. 32 in B flat major, K454 Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K216 Berliner Philharmoniker Violin Concerto No. 1 in B flat major K207 Berliner Philharmoniker, David Oistrakh Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major, K211 Berliner Philharmoniker, David Oistrakh Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola & Orchestra in E flat major, K364 Igor Oistrakh (viola) Berliner Philharmoniker, David Oistrakh Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K218 Berliner Philharmoniker Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K219 'Turkish' Berliner Philharmoniker Adagio for Violin and Orchestra in E, K261 Berliner Philharmoniker Rondo for Violin and Orchestra in B flat, K269 Berliner Philharmoniker Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K216 Philharmonia Orchestra, David Oistrakh Concertone in C for 2 Violins and Orchestra, K190 Igor Oistrakh Berliner Philharmoniker, David Oistrakh | Prokofiev: | Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19 London Symphony Orchestra, Lovro von Matacic Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63 Philharmonia Orchestra, Alceo Galliera Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 94a Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) | Schubert: | Piano Trio No. 1 in B flat major, D898 Lev Oborin (piano) & Sviatsolav Knushevitzky (cello) Octet in F major, D803 Peter Bondarenko, Mikhail Terian, Sviatoslav Knushevitzky,
Vladimir Sorokin, Joseph Gertovich, Joseph Stidel & Jacov Shapiro | Shostakovich: | Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 99 New Philharmonia Orchestra, Maxim Shostakovich | Sibelius: | Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 Stockholm Festival Orchestra, Sixten Ehrling | Suk: | Love Song, Op. 7 No. 1 Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) | Szymanowski: | Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 9 Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) | Taneyev: | Suite de Concert Op. 28 Philharmonia Orchestra, Nicolai Malko | Tartini: | Violin Sonata in G minor 'Devil's Trill' arr. Kreisler Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) | Tchaikovsky: | Valse-scherzo in C major for violin & orchestra (or violin & piano), Op. 34 Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) | Wieniawski: | Légende in G minor, Op. 17 Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) | Ysaye: | Extase Op. 21 Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) | Zarzycki: | Mazurka in G, Op. 26 Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) |
EMI Classics are proud to be able to present this 17-CD set of some of the finest recordings by David Oistrakh, one of the truly great violin virtuosi of the past 100 years. Like Nathan Milstein, five years before him, Oistrakh was born in Odessa in the Ukraine, on 30 September 1908, and grew up and was educated in what was soon to become the Soviet Union. In spite of this he was a frequest visitor to the West and, in his early years, took part in many of Europe's best-known instrumental competitions, winning first prize in many cases. During World War II Oistrakh gave many concerts in his homeland: at the front, in factories and hospitals and in besieged Leningrad. Being an eager advocate of new music brought him into contact with most Soviet composers of the time and he befriended many of them. Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Miaskovsky, Khachaturian, Rakov and Vainberg all dedicated works to him, many of which were specially written for him. Aside from his activities on the concert platform Oistrakh also taught many young and up-coming violinists amongst whom were Oleg Kagan, Gidon Kremer, Cyrus Forough and his own son, Igor Oistrakh. After an immensely successful international career Oistrakh suffered a fatal heart attack whilst working with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam in 1974. His remains were returned to Moscow where he was interred in Moscow's famous Novodevichy Cemetery where, in 2007, Rostropovich was also buried. The asteroid '42516 Oistrakh' is named in honour of him and his son Igor. Oistrakh was a prolific recording artist and left behind him a large legacy of incomparable recorded performances. Naturally, the majority of these recordings were made for Melodiya, the Soviet State recording company, but EMI Classics are privileged to have worked with Oistrakh in the studio more than any other record company in the West and these recordings are not only technically superior but are of immeasurable musical worth. This unique set brings together for the first time all of Oistrakh's EMI recordings on 17 CDs. The collection includes most of the great works of the violin repertoire, both solo and concerto, and there are some fine examples of Oistrakh as a player of chamber music. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Schubert - Piano Sonatas
“Even now, when the greatness of Schubert’s mature piano sonatas is unchallenged, the C minor is, for some reason, neglected, at least when compared with the other two sonatas composed in the final year of his life. Yet it is fully their equal, as Paul Lewis’s passionate performance movingly reminds us. He might have found a leaner texture for the first movement’s spectral coda, though I am loath to cavil at playing so fine and so responsive to the wealth of invention — playing at once spacious and implacably rhythmic. His account of the enigmatic A minor is no less masterly.” Sunday Times, 20th July 2008 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The Alban Berg Quartet - The Teldec Recordings (1971-79)
Berg: | String Quartet, Op. 3 Lyric Suite - for string quartet (1926) | Brahms: | String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51 No. 1 String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2 String Quartet No. 3 in B flat major, Op. 67 | Dvorak: | String Quartet No. 13 in G major, Op. 106 (B192) | Haydn: | String Quartet, Op. 74 No. 3 in G minor 'The Rider' String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 3 in C major 'Emperor' | Mozart: | Six Quartets dedicated to Haydn (Quartets 14-19) String Quartet No. 20 in D major, K499 'Hoffmeister' String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K575 'Prussian No. 1' String Quartet No. 22 in B flat major, K589 'Prussian No. 2' String Quartet No. 23 in F Major, K590 'Prussian No. 3' | Schubert: | String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D804 'Rosamunde' String Quartet No. 9 in G minor, D173 | Urbanner: | String Quartet No. 3 | Webern: | Five movements for String Quartet, Op. 5 (1909) Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9 (1911-1913) String Quartet, Op. 28 (1937-38) |
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