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Alkan: | Cello Sonata, Op. 47 | Grieg: | Arietta, Op. 12 No. 1 Lyric Pieces Op. 43: No. 5 - Erotikon Allegretto, Op. 45 Lyric Pieces Op. 54: No. 3 - March of the Trolls Lyric Pieces Op. 68: No. 3 - At your feet Lyric Pieces Op. 43: No. 4 - Little bird Lyric Pieces Op. 62: No. 5 - Phantom Lyric Pieces Op. 57: No. 4 - Secret Lyric Pieces Op. 54: No. 2 - Gangar Lyric Pieces Op. 57: No. 6 - Homesickness Lyric Pieces Op. 71: No. 7 - Remembrances | Liszt: | Elegie No. 1, S130 Elegie No. 2, S131 La Lugubre Gondola for cello & piano, S134 Romance oubliée, for viola/cello/violin & piano, S. 132 | Saint-Saëns: | Cello Sonata No. 1 in C minor Op. 32 | Strauss, R: | Romance for cello and piano in F Major, AV 75 Cello Sonata in F major, Op. 6 |
“Underrated, like most of Bloch's music, they are played here with aristocratic dignity by Emmanuelle Bertrand.” The Guardian “The enthusiastic playing of Bertrand and Amoyel captures Saint-Saëns’ characteristic youthful vigour and gleeful virtuosity.” Classic FM Magazine “Rich pickings! Alkan and R Strauss Sonatas are given suitably grandiose performances. Bertrand and Amoyel complement each other superbly.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2011 ***** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Ballad for Edvard Grieg
“Andsnes is undoubtedly one of the finest living exponents of Grieg's… His masterly live performance in the Grieg Hall at Bergen is followed by a superb account of the evergreen Piano Concerto.” Gramophone Magazine, April 2008 “we learn a great deal about Grieg and his music and, if this is not a documentary to return to more than once or twice, the performances which follow are all outstanding, and are not duplicated on Andsnes's CDs...The recording is of high quality and the video direction is excellent.” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Israela Margalit - Romantic Piano Pieces
Bach, J S: | Prelude in C Major | Brahms: | Wiegenlied, Op. 49 No. 4 (Lullaby) | Chopin: | Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 | Debussy: | Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque) | Grieg: | She Dances, Op. 57, No. 3 Lyric Pieces Op. 62: No. 1 - Sylph Lyric Pieces Op. 62: No. 6 - Homeward Lyric Pieces Op. 68: No. 3 - At your feet Lyric Pieces Op. 71: No. 3 - Puck Norwegian Dance, Op. 71 No. 5 Berceuse in G major, Op. 38 No. 1 Norwegian Dance, Op. 38 No. 4 Lyric Pieces Op. 47: No. 2 - Album Leaf Scherzo, Op. 54, No. 5 | Liszt: | Liebestraum, S541 No. 3 (Nocturne in A flat major) Ständchen - Horch, horch! die Lerch (No. 9 from Zwölf Lieder von Franz Schubert, S558) | Mendelssohn: | Song without Words, Op. 30 No. 6 in F sharp minor 'Venezianisches Gondellied No. 2' | Rachmaninov: | Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C sharp minor | Schumann: | Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Traümerei | Tchaikovsky: | The Seasons, Op. 37b: November (Troika) |
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| |  | Grieg - Holberg Suite
This recording is the solo debut disc from Katya Apekisheva for Quartz. Katya has recorded previously for Quartz with Jack Liebeck. Katya has also performed throughout Russia, Italy, Germany, Holland, Israel, Turkey, USA, South Korea, Phillipinnes and in the UK with the following orchestras, London Philharmonic, CBSO, Philharmonia, Halle, Moscow, Philharmonic, and with the following conductors, Alexander Lazarev, David Shallon, Alexander Rudin, and Sir Simon Rattle. Katya will also be playing recitals with Natalie Klein this summer. “Katya Apekisheva is a young pianist who has already achieved artistic greatness. A sonority of beguiling warmth and refinement and a rare poetic empathy make you… listen mesmerised as Apekisheva captures the very essence of Grieg's genius.” Gramophone Magazine, September 2008 “Apekisheva has fabulous technique, with lovely rounded sound and deeply wrought legato…” BBC Music Magazine, October 2008 *** “Cards on the table: Katya Apekisheva is a young pianist who has already achieved artistic greatness. Not even Emil Gilels, in his legendary DG Grieg recital, played more magically or, astonishingly, with greater finesse. How thrilled Irina Zaritskaya, Apekisheva's teacher, would have been if she had lived to hear the fruit of her work with this profoundly gifted artist. A sonority of beguiling warmth and refinement and a rare poetic empathy quickly make you listen mesmerised as Apekisheva captures the very essence of Grieg's genius.
Here, in her mixed programme, she tells you with an often painfully beautiful and unforced eloquence of how Grieg's romantic temperament was easily clouded by depression and unease, of the way, for example in 'Homesickness' and 'Vanished Days', a heartbreaking state of mind is only temporarily modified by memories of happier times. The sense of the LyricPieces as Grieg's confessional diary is everywhere in Apekisheva's recital. In the Aria from the Holberg Suite she is deeply sensitive to the way Grieg's love and respect for the 18th century is coloured by a near-Franckian chromaticism and dark introspection. These works and everything else on this beautifully recorded album suggest an artistic fervour and commitment given to very few in any generation.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Grieg - Lyric Pieces
Grieg: | Melody, Op. 38, No. 3 in C major Lyric Pieces Op. 43: No. 4 - Little bird Lyric Pieces Op. 43: No. 5 - Erotikon Lyric Pieces Op. 43: No. 6 - To Spring Lyric Pieces Op. 47: No. 3 - Melody Lyric Pieces Op. 43: No. 1 - Butterfly Berceuse in G major, Op. 38 No. 1 Lyric Pieces Op. 62: No. 4 - Brooklet Vanished Days, Op. 57 No. 1 Lyric Pieces Op. 47: No. 2 - Album Leaf Valse-Impromptu, Op. 47 No. 1 Lyric Pieces Op. 62: No. 5 - Phantom Norwegian Melody, Op. 12, No. 6 Lyric Pieces Op. 57: No. 6 - Homesickness Scherzo, Op. 54, No. 5 Lyric Pieces Op. 68: No. 3 - At your feet Lyric Pieces Op. 65: No. 6 - Wedding Day at Troldhaugen Secrecy. Op. 57 No. 4 Lyric Pieces Op. 62: No. 1 - Sylph Lyric Pieces Op. 68: No. 4 - Evening in the mountains Lyric Pieces Op. 54: No. 3 - March of the Trolls Notturno from Lyric Suite, Op. 54 |
The Lyric Pieces by Edvard Grieg have long formed part of standard repertoire for musical recitals in the home; they were also excellent encores when pianists wished to thank their audience with a poetic gesture. In this recording, Hideyo Harada recalls the important tradition of these ‘songs without words’ to memory. In the groups of pieces as well as in each piece itself, Hideyo Harada maintains the dramatic tension which is the heart of Romantic musical poetry. Each piece is self-consistent and logical, clearly formed and yet with its own characteristics and with a quasi-visual force of presence. "a thoroughly convincing and satisfying recital. Harada certainly has the virtuoso technique to accomplish it. Her poise, balance, and articulation are essentially flawless, and her sheer speed is often quite breathtaking.” Allmusic.com | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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