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This new album by Sergei Nakariakov, recorded in the Jesus-Christus-Kirche in Dahlem, south-west Berlin, in August 2010 by the same team that made most of his Teldec recordings, is dedicated to his late mentor, the great Russian trumpeter, Timofei Dokshizer. Spectacular virtuoso trumpet works are featured alongside smoother works on the flugel horn. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | L'heure ExquiseMelodies Francaises
Christian-Pierre La Marca (cello), Amandine Savary (piano) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Jan DeGaetani and Gilbert Kalish in Concert
Beethoven: | Songs (3) , Op. 83 Abendlied unter'm gestirten Himmel, WoO 150 | Crumb: | Three Early Songs The Sleeper | Debussy: | Fêtes galantes - Set 2 | Frazelle: | Worldly Hopes | Haydn: | Arianna a Naxos, cantata, Hob.XXVIb/2 | Poulenc: | Chansons villageoises: Les gars qui vont à la fête A sa guitare Métamorphoses: C'est ainsi que tu es Main dominée par le coeur Amoureuses | Strauss, R: | Zueignung, Op. 10 No. 1 Ich trage meine Minne, Op. 32 No. 1 Ruhe, meine Seele!, Op. 27 No. 1 All mein Gedanken ... Op. 21 No. 1 Morgen, Op. 27 No. 4 | Walden, S: | Three Ladies |
To many observers, no artist has ever replaced the great mezzo-soprano, Jan DeGaetani, as an interpreter of contemporary song. Writing of her, New York Times critic Harold C. Schonberg called her “the finest song recitalist that the United States has ever produced.” DeGaetani, with her magnificent duo-partner, Gilbert Kalish, performed together for thirty-years, the partnership ending with DeGaetani's death in 1989. This two-CD set gives us one of their final recitals together, and includes the wide-ranging repertoire that these two artists were known for. “her voice here retains all of the qualities that made it so special, and her artistry remains undiminished...The generosity of the programme mirrors the same quality in DeGaetani's musical nature...Unreservedly recommended.” International Record Review, November 2011 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | French Melodies - Norah Amsellem
Norah Amsellem (soprano), Dalton Baldwin (piano) | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Mischa Maisky: Après un rêveRecorded May 1999
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| |  | Great Performances from the Library of Congress, Vol. 19Leontyne Price and Samuel Barber in Concert
anon.: | Six Folk Songs | Bach, C P E: | Nonnelied | Barber, S: | Sleep Now The Daisies Nocturne, Op. 33 Nuvoletta, Op. 25 Hermit Songs, Op. 29 premiere performance | Brahms: | Der Gang Zum Liebchen, Op. 31 No. 3 Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht, Op. 96 No. 1 | Fauré: | Au bord de l'eau, Op. 8 No. 1 (Prudhomme) | Mendelssohn: | Ist es wahr? | Poulenc: | Quatre Poemès de Paul Eluard Métamorphoses: C'est ainsi que tu es | Sauguet: | La Voyante | Schubert: | Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D300 (Salis-Seewis) | Schumann: | In der Fremde (No. 1 from Liederkreis, Op. 39) |
The 1953 recording features the spectacular twenty-six year old Leontyne Price, accompanied by Samuel Barber at the Library of Congress. The duo's entire recital is issued whole for the first time. In this recital the soprano and composer give the world premiere performance of Barber's "Hermit Songs", and perform Henri Sauguet's "La Voyante" (The Fortune Teller) and other songs by Barber, Poulenc and Fauré. This remarkable 1938 recording, released to the public for the first time, gives us the 28 year old baritone, Samuel Barber in 12 songs, accompanying himself at the piano. These little known performances reveal Barber as a singer/player of uncommonly deep communicative power. The performances (issued in cooperation with Mr. Barber's estate and the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia) include folk songs from England, America, the Tyrol and Tuscany as well as lieder by Schumann, Brahms, Mendelssohn, C.P.E Bach and Schubert. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Voyage à ParisChansons Françaises
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| |  | Poulenc: Melodies
Christine Lajarrige (piano), Michel Piquemal (baritone) “The first time Michel Piquemal met Pierre Bernac, for whom most of these songs were written, Piquemal recalls that Bernac said: 'I am very moved, because what you're doing is exactly what Francis Poulenc was hoping for. He would have been happy.' Afterwards Piquemal studied both with Bernac and Denise Duval, the two singers who were closest to the composer, so this recital is part of a real, authentic tradition. The greatest challenge for a singer comes in the bestknown songs, for instance Montparnasse and 'C'.
Piquemal doesn't disappoint. He hasn't got the luxurious voice for the lyrical climax of the first, at the words 'Vous êtes en réalité un poète lyrique d'Allemagne / Qui voulez connaître Paris,' but he delivers all the complicated Apollinaire verse in this and the cycle Banalités with a complete understanding of the necessary balance between stressing the irony and maintaining the strict forward-moving musical line.
The one group that wasn't composed for a light baritone is Chansons villageoises, which, although sung and recorded by Bernac, was intended for a Verdi baritone; 'Un tour de chant symphonique' Poulenc called it. Like Bernac, Piquemal doesn't have the opulent vocal quality here that Poulenc was looking for, but instead he has an actor's way with the words that brings personality and humour to a text such as the opening 'Chanson du clair tamis' – très gai et très vite in Poulenc's marking.
All the brilliance of Maurice Fombeure's poetry gains clarity from Piquemal's diction and sense of fun, while the ensuing sadness of 'C'est le joli printemps' and the macabre parable of 'Le mendiant' are sharply contrasted.
If you want to sample this disc, try Bleuet, and the 'sensitive lyricism' that Bernac wrote of. It's one of8 the saddest songs Poulenc composed, with its image of the young soldier, the blue referring to the uniform of the conscript who has seen such terrible things while he's still almost a child. It has to be sung 'intimately', wrote Poulenc; Bernac, however, thought that it should also be 'virile and serious'. The penultimate line in which the boy faces the reality – he knows death better than life – is sung by Piquemal with a natural feel for the simplicity of the poem, never overdoing the emphasis, and never becoming arch.
At Naxos's low price this is a first-rate introduction to Poulenc's songs, but more than that it's an example of the best kind of French singing.
Christine Lajarrige is a sensitive accompanist, for Poulenc always acknowledged that his songs are duets, for voice and piano.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 “Michel Piquemal's Poulenc recital on Naxos is a real bargain, and a superb introduction to the composer's melodies. Piquemal gained the confidence of Pierre Bernac early in his career, and Bernac told him that his way with Poulenc's music would have made him happy.” Gramophone Magazine | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Mischa Maisky: 10 Classic Albums
anon.: | Catalan Folksong arr. Pablo Casals with Pavel Gililov (piano) When I met you … arr. by Ivan Semyonovich Kozlovsky with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Arensky: | Do not kindle the fires Op. 38 No. 3 Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Bach, J S: | Cello Suites Nos. 1-6, BWV1007-1012 Recorded July & August 1999 | Bizet: | Adieux de l'hotesse Arabe Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) | Brahms: | Wiegenlied, Op. 49 No. 4 (Lullaby) arr. Mischa Maisky with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Chausson: | Quatre Mélodies Op. 13: 2. Sérénade (Jean Lahor) Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) Cantique à l'épouse, Op. 36 No. 1 (Jounet) Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) Le temps des lilas Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) | Chopin: | Prelude Op. 28 No. 6 in B minor Russian Arrangement for Cello and Piano with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Cui: | The burnt letter Op. 33 No. 4 Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Dargomïzhsky: | I am sad ... Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Debussy: | Beau Soir Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) | Duparc: | Soupir Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) Chanson triste Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) Extase Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) | Dvorak: | Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 Recorded December 2002 Live recording Berliner Philharmoniker, Zubin Mehta | Elgar: | Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 Recorded March 1990 Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli | Falla: | Nana (No. 5 from Siete canciones populares españolas) arr. by Mischa Maisky with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Fauré: | Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 1 arr. for Cello and Piano by Mischa Maisky with Pavel Gililov (piano) Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 1 arr. Pablo Casals for Cello and Piano with Daria Hovora (piano) Au bord de l'eau, Op. 8 No. 1 (Prudhomme) Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) Les berceaux, Op. 23 No. 1 Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) Tristesse, Op. 6 No. 2 Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) | Glazunov: | Desire, Op. 60 No. 2 Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Glinka: | The Lark Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Gluck: | Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridice): Dance of the Blessed Spirits arr. for cello and piano with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Gounod: | Ave Maria arr. Mischa Maisky with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Gurilyov, A: | I am weary and sad ... Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Hahn, R: | L'heure exquise Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) | Handel: | Sonata in D major for violin and continuo, HWV371, Op. 1 No. 13: Larghetto arr. by Mischa Maisky for Cello and Piano with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Kreisler: | Liebesleid arr. Mischa Maisky with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Lully: | Gavotte arr. for Cello and Piano with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Massenet: | Elégie arr. Mischa Maisky with Pavel Gililov (piano) Elégie Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) | Mendelssohn: | Cello Sonata No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 45 Recorded February 2002 with Sergio Tiempo (piano) Cello Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 58 Recorded February 2002 with Sergio Tiempo (piano) Variations concertantes Op. 17 Recorded February 2002 with Sergio Tiempo (piano) Song without Words for Cello & Piano, Op. 109 Recorded February 2002 with Sergio Tiempo (piano) Song without Words, Op. 62 No. 1 in G major 'May Breezes' Recorded February 2002 with Sergio Tiempo (piano) Song without Words, Op. 62 No. 6 in A major 'Spring Song' Recorded February 2002 with Sergio Tiempo (piano) Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, Op. 34 No. 2 Recorded February 2002 with Sergio Tiempo (piano) Schilflied, Op. 71 No. 4 Recorded February 2002 with Sergio Tiempo (piano) Suleika (Goethe/von Willemer) Op. 34 No. 4 Recorded February 2002 with Sergio Tiempo (piano) Die Liebende schreibt (Goethe) Op. 86 No. 3 Recorded February 2002 with Sergio Tiempo (piano) Song without Words for Cello & Piano, Op. 109 with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Mussorgsky: | Une Larme (A Tear) original for piano solo, arr. by Alexander Krein with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Poulenc: | Violon Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) Métamorphoses: C'est ainsi que tu es Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) La Courte Paille: 3. La Reine de coeur Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) Deux Poems de Louis Aragon: 1. "C" Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) Les chemins de l'amour Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) | Rachmaninov: | Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 for cello and Piano with Pavel Gililov (piano) Sing not, O lovely one (Ne poi, krasavitsa, pri mne), Op. 4 No. 4 Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) How fair this spot, Op. 21 No. 7 Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Ravel: | Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera with Pavel Gililov (piano) Deux mélodies hébraïques Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) Là-bas, vers l’eglise Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera Recorded May 1999 with Daria Hovora (piano) | Rimsky Korsakov: | The clouds begin to scatter (Elegy), Op. 42 No. 3 Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) The Nymph Op. 56 No. 1 Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) Eastern Song: Enslaved by the rose, the nightingale Op. 2 No. 2 Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Rubinstein: | Night Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Saint-Saëns: | Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 Recorded March 1997 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Le carnaval des animaux: Le Cygne Recorded March 1997 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Allegro Appassionato in B minor Op. 43 Recorded March 1997 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Romance in F major, Op. 36 Recorded March 1997 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Suite for Cello & Piano, Op. 16 Recorded March 1997 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Cello Sonata No. 1 in C minor Op. 32 Recorded March 1998 with Daria Hovora (piano) Le carnaval des animaux: Le Cygne transcription for Cello and Piano with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Schubert: | Ave Maria, D839 arr. Johannes Palaschko with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Schumann: | Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 Recorded December 1999 with Martha Argerich (piano) Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op. 70 Recorded December 1999 with Martha Argerich (piano) Stücke im Volkston (5), Op. 102 Recorded December 1999 with Martha Argerich (piano) Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 Recorded March 1997 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Traümerei for cello and Piano with Pavel Gililov (piano) | Shostakovich: | Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 107 Recorded August 1993 London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas Cello Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 126 Recorded August 1993 London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas | Strauss, R: | Don Quixote, Op. 35 Recorded December 2002 Live recording with Tabea Zimmermann (viola) Berliner Philharmoniker, Zubin Mehta | Tchaikovsky: | Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 Recorded March 1990 Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli Nocturne for cello & small orchestra (or cello & piano), Op. 19 No. 4 arr. Tchaikovsky for cello and piano with Pavel Gililov (piano) Lullaby, Op. 16 No. 1 Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) None but the lonely heart, Op. 6 No. 6 Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) Nochy bezumnïye, Op. 60 No. 6 Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) Noch' (Night), Op. 60 No. 9 Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) To bilo ranneyu vesnoy (It happened in the early spring), Op. 38 No. 2 Recorded January 2005 with Pavel Gililov (piano) |
Mischa Maisky will be 65 on 10 January 2013; he made his first recording for Deutsche Grammophon 30 years ago; and he left the Soviet Union 40 years ago. 10 Classic DG Albums, balanced carefully between his great concerto and recital CDs and presented in Original Jacket artwork. Elegant slipcase presentation, with 10 mint-packs offering gatefold presentation for each album inside. This release is not a limited edition. | 
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