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(Recorded on September 5 - 8, 2005 at the Castle of Cardona (Catalunya)) “Savall sets some brisk tempos, particularly for the slow movement of Eine kleine Nachtmusik, but they're convincing. …it's vivid playing from everyone, well defined in outline and responding imaginatively to the varied character of Mozart's music.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2006 ***** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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‘Technically Perlman is beyond reproach. There is brilliance in the faster movements, delicacy in the galanteries, and grave expressiveness in the slower music. As the coupling of the names of Bach and Perlman is not one that readily springs to mind, this fine recording has come as a real surprise.’ (Gramophone) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Handel - Keyboard Suites II
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| |  | Handel - Keyboard Suites I
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| |  | Mussorgsky & Tchaikovsky - Works For Piano
“Pletnev dazzles in the Mussorgsky, caressing its sublime poetry with a velvet-gloved sensitivity while throttling its chilling angularities into piano-shattering submission. His Tchaikovsky is no less mesmerising. A real classic.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2005 ***** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | César Franck: Complete Organ Works
“Alain is a completely involved communicator. More than anyone else she delves into the very soul of these works. Thus we have an intensely prayerful Prière, a majestically statuesque Grandepièce symphonique while the Chorales are delivered with an unexpected degree of fervour; perhaps the Third is a shade overfervent since some of the semiquaver figurations lack absolute clarity – something which after one or two hearings serves to heighten the excitement but which might, after repeated listening, become irritating. This is a highly authoritative release not just in terms of playing but also in Alain's accompanying notes. The Caen organ is a particularly fine specimen of a Cavaillé-Coll, dating from 1884 – 25 years after the St Clotilde organ for which Franck wrote much of this music. The recording captures it, and the church's atmosphere, effectively.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Claudio Arrau & Otto Klemperer
Recorded 1957, mono | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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These glorious performances of possibly the most challenging and inspiring pieces in the cello repertory were recorded in the Abbey Church at Vezelay in France and released on CD in May 1995. Here at last was one of the true greats of the instrument finally taking on the ultimate challenge for a cellist and delivering a recording that met every expectation and more of both public and press. “The Basilique Sainte Madeleine's stern, ornate and majestic setting provides the perfect visual and acoustic context for Rostropovich's fluid, commanding solo Bach. His valuable spoken prefaces to each suite include casual demonstrations at the piano and organ.” Gramophone Magazine, April 2008 “Rostropovich's performances are masterly and all-involving, drawing distinctions between each work in his spoken introductions, although one can choose to hear the music without the commentaries. Unsurpassed and unsurpassable.” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Herbert Howells - Music for Violin and Piano
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| |  | Beach - Chamber Music
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