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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Schubert & Schumann RecitalsTwo Films by Bruno Monsaingeon
Schubert: | An Schwager Kronos, D369 Hoffnung, D637 Auf der Donau, D553 (Mayrhofer) Der Strom, D565 (poet unknown) Der Wanderer, D489 Die Gotter Griechenlands D677 (Schiller) Freiwilliges Versinken D700 (Mayrhofer) Der Zwerg, D771 (Collin) Wehmut, D825 Totengräbers Heimwehe D842 (Craigher) Auf der Bruck, D853 Des Sängers Habe D832 (Schiechta) Am Fenster, D878 Fischerweise, D881 (Schlechta) Das Zugenglocklein D871 (Seidl) Der Kreuzzug D932 (Leitner) Des Fischers Liebesgluck, D933 (Leitner) Die Sterne, D939 (Leitner) Der Einsame, D800 Aus 'Heliopolis' - II D754 (Mayrhofer) Geheimes, D719 (Goethe) Im Abendrot, D799 Abschied D475 (Mayrhofer) | Schumann: | Mein Wagen rollet langsam, Op. 142 No. 4 Es leuchtet meine Liebe, Op. 127 No. 3 Abends am Strand, Op. 45 No. 3 Liederkreis, Op. 24 Dichterliebe, Op. 48 Du bist wie eine Blume, Op. 25 No. 24 Der Kontrabandiste, Op. 74 No. 10 Erstes Grün, Op. 35 No. 4 Schöne Fremde (No. 6 from Liederkreis, Op. 39) Sitz'ich allein, Op. 25, No. 1 |
SCHUBERT RECITAL (1992) SCHUMANN RECITAL (1991)
This DVD release celebrates the life of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German lyric baritone and one of the most acclaimed Lieder performers of the late 20th century. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf called him ‘a born god who has it all’. He performed and recorded a great many operatic roles and dominated both the opera and concert platform for over thirty years, being regarded as one of the finest lyrical vocalists of his generation. In these two concerts from the Opera Theatre of Nuremberg, recorded in 1991 and 1992, Fischer-Dieskau performs beautiful and dramatic Lieder by Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann. 157 MINS • ALL REGIONS • NTSC 4:3 • COLOUR • L-PCM STEREO | 
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| |  | Rachmaninov - Solo Piano Recordings Volume 1Victor Recordings 1925-1942
Chopin: | Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47 Recorded on 13th April 1925 Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 Recorded on 5th April 1927 Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2 Recorded on 5th April 1927 Waltz No. 8 in A flat major, Op. 64 No. 3 Recorded on 5th April 1927 Waltz No. 14 in E minor, Op. post., KKIVa:15, B 56 Recorded on 18th February 1930 Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre' Recorded on 18th February 1930 | Liszt: | Polish Songs S480 No. 1 "Maiden's Wish" (after Chopin) Recorded on 27th February 1942 Polish Songs S480 No. 6 "Die Heimkehr (Narzeczony, Homeward)" (after Chopin) Recorded on 27th February 1942 | Schumann: | Carnaval, Op. 9 Recorded on 9th, 10th and 12th April 1929 Der Kontrabandiste, Op. 74 No. 10 Recorded on 27th February 1942 |
Restoration Engineer: Ward Marston Rachmaninov’s formidable piano technique was notable for its precision, rhythmic drive, refined legato, crystalline clarity and sensitivity to melodic line. While avoiding sentimentality, he sought and expressed music’s emotional essence. Though fleet fingered, he had, in Arthur Rubinstein’s words, “the secret of the golden, living tone which comes from the heart”, awing listeners with the aristocratic quality of his playing. This is particularly evident in his interpretations of Chopin, Schumann and Liszt, whose great Romantic spirit matched his own. Even today, his recordings remain classics. “Exceptional transfers of justly famous performances Rachmaninov brings this music vividly to life with a unique blend of rubato, unsentimentality, solidity of line and virtuosity.” BBC Music Magazine, June 2009 ***** “Here is a reminder and a remembrance of a matchless idiosyncrasy and mastery… Try this great pianist in Chopin's E flat Nocturne, Op 9 No 2, played in the style of the greatest Russian singers, with a melting cantabile and with a freedom and rubato that can make even the ever-elfin Cherkassky sound sober by comparison.” Gramophone Magazine, October 2009 “His 1929 recording of Carnaval is wonderfully incisive. By subtle, barely perceptible touches of rubato, he makes each figure in Schumann’s gallery of characters so vivid, you can see them.” Sunday Times, 26th April 2009 *** | | | (also available to download from $8.75) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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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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| |  | Emil Gilels Early Recordings
Beethoven: | Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2 No. 3 recorded in Moscow in 1952 | Liszt: | Grande Étude de Paganini, S. 141 No. 5 'La Chasse' recorded in Moscow in 1940 Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 6 in D flat major recorded in Moscow in 1940 Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 9 in E flat major 'Pesther Carneval' recorded in Moscow in 1951 | Loeillet, John: | Gigue recorded in Moscow in 1935. Arranged by Godowsky | Prokofiev: | Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14 recorded in Moscow in 1950 | Scarlatti, D: | Keyboard Sonata K159 in C major 'La caccia' recorded in Moscow in 1955 Keyboard Sonata K125 in G major recorded in Moscow in 1955 | Schumann: | Der Kontrabandiste, Op. 74 No. 10 recorded in Moscow in 1935. Arranged by Tausig Toccata in C major, Op. 7 recorded in Moscow in 1935 Traumes Wirren (Fantasiestucke, Op. 12 No. 7) recorded in Moscow in 1937 |
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| |  | Josef Hofmann plays Liszt, Beethoven, Scarlatti & Schumann
Josef Hofmann was hailed as the greatest child prodigy of his generation. A demanding debut concert at the Metropolitan Opera House at the age of nine was ecstatically received. The New York Times wrote: "Josef Hofmann played, not only like an artist, but like a master." A pupil of Rubinstein, Hofmann enjoyed a phenomenal international career performing all over the world. These CD transfers show Hofmann at the peak of his powers spanning the years 1919-1929. Piano roll ('Reproducing Piano') recordings from the early 20th century, replayed on a modern Steinway Concert Grand. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Robert Schumann: Lieder
Schumann: | Widmung, Op. 25 No. 1 Freisinn, Op. 25 No. 2 Der Nussbaum, Op. 25 No. 3 Aus dem Schenkenbuch im Divan I, Op. 25 No. 5 Aus dem Schenkenbuch im Divan II, Op. 25 No. 6 Die Lotosblume, Op. 25 No. 7 Talismane, Op. 25 No. 8 Hochländers Abschied, Op. 25 No. 13 Mein Herz ist schwer, Op. 25 No. 15 Rätsel, Op. 25 No. 16 Zwei Venetianische Lieder, Op. 25 Nos. 17 & 18 Hauptmanns Weib, Op. 25 No. 19 Was will die einsame Träne, Op. 25 No. 21 Niemand, Op. 25 No. 22 Du bist wie eine Blume, Op. 25 No. 24 Aus den östlichen Rosen, Op. 25 No. 25 Zum Schluß, Op. 25 No. 26 Lieder und Gesänge I, Op. 27 Drei Gedichte von Emanuel Geibel, Op. 30 Die Löwenbraut, Op. 31 No. 1 Die rote Hanne, Op. 31 No. 3 Sechs Gedichte aus dem Liederbuch eines Malers, Op. 36 Der Himmel hat eine Träne geweint, Op. 37 No. 1 Ich hab' in mich gesogen, Op. 37 No. 5 Flügel! Flügel! um zu fliegen, Op. 37 No. 8 Rose, Meer und Sonne , Op. 37 No. 9 Liederkreis, Op. 39 Lieder (5), Op. 40 Der Schatzgräber, Op. 45 No. 1 Frühlingsfahrt, Op. 45 No. 2 Der frohe Wandersmann, Op. 77 No. 1 Liederkreis, Op. 24 Gedichte (12) von Justinus Kerner Op. 35 Abends am Strand, Op. 45 No. 3 Dichterliebe, Op. 48 Die beiden Grenadiere, Op. 49 No. 1 Die feindlichen Brüder, Op. 49 No. 2 Auf dem Rhein, Op. 51 No. 4 Romanzen und Balladen III, Op. 53 Belsazar, Op. 57 Tragödie Op. 64 No. 3 Melancholie Op. 74 No. 6 (Francisco Saa de Miranda / Emanuel Geibel) Geständnis, Op. 74 No. 7 Der Kontrabandiste, Op. 74 No. 10 Aufträge, Op. 77 No. 5 Liederalbum für die Jugend, Op. 79 (extracts) Resignation, Op. 83 No. 1 Der Einsiedler, Op. 83 No. 3 Der Handschuh, Op. 87 Es stürmet am Abendhimmel, Op. 89 No. 1 Heimliches Verschwinden, Op. 89 No. 2 Herbstlied, Op. 89 No. 3 Abschied vom Walde, Op. 89 No. 4 Ins Freie, Op. 89 No. 5 Gedichte (6) und Requiem, Op. 90 An den Mond, Op. 95 Nachtlied, Op. 96 No. 1 Schneeglöckchen Op. 96 No. 2 (anonymous) Ihre Stimme Op. 96 No. 3 (August von Platen) Ballade des Harfners, Op. 98a No. 2 Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen ass, Op. 98a No. 4 Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt, Op. 98a No. 6 An die Türen will ich schleichen, Op. 98a No. 8 Mein Schöner Stern! Op. 101 No. 4 Der Gärtner, Op. 107 No. 3 Abendlied, Op. 107 No. 6 Vier Husarenlieder Op. 117 Warnung Op. 119 No. 2 (Gustav Pfarrius) Die Meerfee Op. 125 No. 1 Jung Volkers Lied, Op. 125 No. 3 Husarenabzug, Op. 125 No. 2 Dein Angesicht, Op. 127 No. 2 Es leuchtet meine Liebe, Op. 127 No. 3 Spanische Liebeslieder Op. 138 (selection) Provencalisches Lied, Op. 139 No. 4 Trost im Gesang, Op. 142 No. 1 Lehn deine Wang' Op. 142 No. 2 Mein Wagen rollet langsam, Op. 142 No. 4 Schön Hedwig Op. 106 Vom Heideknaben Op. 122 Nos. 1 & 2 Sechs frühe Lieder, Op. post. (WoO 21) |
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