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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Volodos in Vienna
Since his debut recording released in 1997, Arcadi Volodos, is celebrated as a keyboard genius, and is without a doubt one of today’s most outstanding and internationally interesting pianists. His unlimited virtuosity along with his unique sense of timing, colour and poetry made him a romantic narrator of intensive stories. On March 1st 2009 Volodos played at the Musikverein in Vienna, and subsequently toured the Vienna concert program in several German cities such as Essen, Düsseldorf, Berlin, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Baden-Baden, Schwetzigen, and has received sensational reviews. “The Russian whirlwind Volodos, who appears to have 50 fingers, appears slightly becalmed in this live Vienna recital, recorded... in March last year. The expected thunder and lightning finally strike in Liszt’s Dante Sonata — a tingling performance.” The Times, 27th February 2010 *** “The performance is an awesome display of keyboard command...The recorded sound does gorgeous justice both to the playing itself, and to the surrounding Vienna Musikvereinsaal acoustic.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2010 **** “...the sense that technically Volodos is in complete command, and that the piano is not in pain - even at the most extreme moments - is extraordinarily compelling. And through all the handfuls of notes he never loses sight of the work's form...Volodos is absolutely up there with the best of them” Gramophone Magazine, June 2010 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Scriabin: Intégrale des Poèmes
Scriabin: | Deux poèmes, Op. 32 Poeme for Piano, Op.41 Poème tragique Op. 34 Poème-Nocturne, Op. 61 Poème Aile, Op. 51 No. 3 Poème for piano, Op. 59 No. 1 Poeme satanique for Piano, Op.36 Poème in C major, Op. 52 No. 1 Quasi Valse, Op. 47 Waltz in A flat major, Op. 38 Poeme languide Op. 52 No. 3 Poème fantasque in C major, Op. 45 No. 2 2 Poems for Piano, Op. 44 Feuillet d'album, Op. 45 No. 1 Poèmes, Op. 69 Nos. 1 & 2 2 Poems for Piano, Op. 63 Deux poèmes Op. 71 Vers la flamme, Op. 72 |
These pieces with their ‘revolutionary’ harmony took the piano into the 20th century. They are a challenge to the interpreter, as they have to master both the spiritual and technical aspects of this composer’s art. Pascal Amoyel more than rises to the challenge. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire and is both a pianist and composer. “Amoyel's first-rate pianism puts clarity, proportion, and controlled freedom above all else and keeps the music's volatile undercurrents alive and active” Classics Today “Pascal Amoyel admits he was driven close to neurosis when preparing his Scriabin recording and found it difficult to re-emerge into the world of other composers. Aphoristic or endlessly protracted, seemingly lost in a harmonic limbo or fiercely to the point, such music is indeed challenging to both listener and performer.
For Amoyel the tirelessly extended Poème-nocturne is 'phantasmagorical, ill-defined and confused' (terms he intends as the greatest compliment) and his playing on what he describes as a 'rather sombre-sounding Steinway' amply conveys his enthusiasm.
He is acutely sensitive to the dark mystery at the heart of the Op 41 Poème, its final section a decadent memory of Chopin's Op 10 No 6 Etude, and responds with refinement as well as energy to the Poème tragique with its demands of festivamente, fastoso, irato and fiero. In the Poème satanique (music indelibly associated with Sofronitsky) light is stalked by darkness in a menacing game of tag, while the enchanting Op 38 Valse is an all- Russian extension of the world of Liszt's Valsesoubliées. The Op 69 No 2 Poème is a notably grotesque danse macabre and in the final Vers laflamme Amoyel takes us on a mesmeric journey from threatening shadows to searing brilliance.
Yet even here he resists virtuoso temptations, making it odd that he should be described in France as one of Cziffra's 'spiritual heirs'. Confidentiality and insinuation are his hallmarks rather than wildness or flamboyance. Calliope's sound, like Amoyel's instrument, is subdued but it hardly detracts from an experience that is stifling or exhilarating, according to taste.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 “Amoyel makes the 3 minutes of this first Poème blissful to listen to - a sweet polyphony of floating lines, a pure rubato. In the title of Poème languide, the manner is explicit, but there are also heavily insistent, iteratively
chordal items, such as Poème satanique. Vers la flamme memorably combines the approaches. Poème fantasque self-destructs in 29 seconds.” Sunday Times | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Joseph Moog - Divergences
Following his critically acclaimed Claves release ‘Metamorphonse(n)’ – cat.no 502905, Joseph Moog focuses his attention to contrasting worlds of the first half of the 20th century. The young German pianist presents rare works by Jongen, Reger & Scriabin with the booklet notes comparing the three in a most interesting way - “French spirit, German soul and Russian Mysticism,” all in all, an intriguing combination. “Joseph Moog, still only 21, is bristling with talent and assurance...[He] takes us to Scriabin's perfumed, exotic world with cohesive and powerful readings of the Fourth and Seventh Sonatas played with unerring precision and exhilarating abandon...Another impressive disc from a name to watch.” Gramophone Magazine, August 2010 | | | This item is currently out of stock at the UK distributor. You may order it now but please be aware that it may be six weeks or more before it can be despatched. |
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| |  | Volodos in ViennaLive from the Musikverein Wien
Bach, J S: | Organ Concerto in D minor (after Vivaldi), BWV596: Sicilienne | Liszt: | Après une lecture du Dante, fantasia quasi sonata (Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161 No. 7) | Ravel: | Valses nobles et sentimentales | Schumann: | Waldszenen, Op. 82 | Scriabin: | Prelude, Op. 37 No. 1 in B flat minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 16 in B flat minor Danse languide, Op. 51 No. 4 Guirlandes, Op. 73 No. 1 Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 64 'White Mass' Feuillet d'album, Op. 45 No. 1 | Tchaikovsky: | Lullaby in a storm, Op. 54 No. 10 arr. Volodos |
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| |  | Winners of the Fourth International Scriabin Competition
Scriabin: | Preludes, Op. 22 (4) Enigme, Op. 52 No. 2 Poème in C major, Op. 52 No. 1 Ironies Op. 56 No. 2 2 Poems for Piano, Op. 63 Three Etudes Op. 65 (1911/1912) Two Mazurkas, Op. 40 Preludes, Op. 48 (4) Deux poèmes Op. 71 2 Impromptus, Op. 14 Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 'Black Mass' Feuillet d'album, Op. 45 No. 1 Prelude, Op. 45 No. 3 in E flat major Nuances, Op. 56 No. 3 Étude Op. 56 No. 4 Étude Op. 42 No. 4 in F sharp major | Taneyev: | Prelude in F major |
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| |  | Scriabin: Strangeness - Preludes and Poems
Scriabin: | Prelude, Op. 17 No. 7 in G minor Prelude, Op. 16 No. 2 in G sharp minor Prelude, Op. 31 No. 4 in C major Prelude, Op. 35 No. 1 in A flat major Prelude, Op. 39 No. 4 in A flat major Prelude, Op. 48 No. 2 in C major Prelude, Op. 51 No. 2 in A minor Prelude, Op. 59 No. 2 Prelude, Op. 17 No. 5 in F minor Poème, Op. 71 No. 2 Prelude, Op. 16 No. 4 in E flat minor Prelude, Op. 17 No. 2 in E flat major Prelude, Op. 17 No. 6 in B flat major Prelude, Op. 22 No. 2 in C sharp minor Prelude, Op. 22 No. 3 in B minor Prélude, Op. 31 No. 3 in E flat minor Prélude, Op. 33, No. 3 in C major Prelude, Op. 37 No. 4 in C minor Feuillet d'album, Op. 45 No. 1 Fragilite, Op. 51, No. 1 Vers la flamme, Op. 72 Prelude, Op. 17 No. 4 in B flat minor Prélude Op. 33, No. 2 in F sharp major Poème in F sharp major, Op. 32 No. 1 Prelude, Op. 35 No. 3 in C major Prelude, Op. 35 No. 2 in B flat major Prelude, Op. 48 No. 1 in F sharp major Nuances, Op. 56 No. 3 Enigme, Op. 52 No. 2 Poème, Op. 71 No. 1 Etrangeté, Op. 63 No. 2 Prelude, Op. 74 No. 4 Prelude, Op. 11 No. 11 in B major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 2 in A minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 12 in G sharp minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 16 in B flat minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 21 in A flat major |
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| |  | The Art of Heinrich Neuhaus, Vol. 2
Scriabin: | Feuillet d'album, Op. 45 No. 1 Vers la flamme, Op. 72 Preludes, Op. 13 (6) 2 Pieces for the left hand, Op. 9 Fantasy in B minor, Op. 28 Deux poèmes, Op. 32 Two Pieces, Op. 57 2 Poems for Piano, Op. 63 Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 'Black Mass' Piano Sonata No. 10, Op. 70 Prelude, Op. 11 No. 2 in A minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 4 in E minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 5 in D major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 8 in F sharp minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 9 in E major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 10 in C sharp minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 11 in B major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 12 in G sharp minor |
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| |  | Sophia Lisovskaya plays Scriabin
Scriabin: | Piano Sonata No. 4 in F sharp major, Op. 30 Étude Op. 2 No. 1 in C sharp minor Étude Op. 8 No. 12 in D sharp minor Prelude, Op. 16 No. 1 in B major Prelude, Op. 27 No. 1 in G minor Deux poèmes, Op. 32 Feuillet d'album, Op. 45 No. 1 Two Pieces, Op. 57 Prelude, Op. 59 No. 2 Étude Op. 65 No. 2 Prelude, Op. 67 No. 1 Vers la flamme, Op. 72 Étude Op. 65 No. 3 in G major Prelude, Op. 16 No. 4 in E flat minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 1 in C major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 2 in A minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 3 in G major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 5 in D major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 6 in B minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 8 in F sharp minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 9 in E major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 11 in B major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 14 in E flat minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 22 in G minor |
Sophia Lisovskaya (piano) | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Scriabin - Piano Music
Scriabin: | Étude Op. 2 No. 1 in C sharp minor Mazurka, Op. 3 No. 3 Étude Op. 8 No. 12 in D sharp minor Prelude, Op. 16 No. 4 in E flat minor Prelude, Op. 27 No. 2 in B major Étude Op. 42 No. 3 in F sharp major 'La Moustique' Feuillet d'album, Op. 45 No. 1 Prelude, Op. 48 No. 4 in C major Danse languide, Op. 51 No. 4 Nuances, Op. 56 No. 3 Désir, Op. 57 No. 1 Caresse dansée, Op. 57 No. 2 Poèmes, Op. 69 Nos. 1 & 2 Vers la flamme, Op. 72 Piano Sonata No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 53 Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 64 'White Mass' Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 'Black Mass' Piano Sonata No. 10, Op. 70 |
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Gramophone Awards 2010
