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| |  | Grieg - Piano Concerto
Audio Blu-ray + Hybrid SACD In 2007, conductor Rolf Gupta gave the first Norwegian performance of Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor with the legendary Australian pianist Percy Grainger as the posthumous soloist. On this recording the orchestra accompanies Grainger’s original interpretation of the concerto, also included are a handful of Grieg’s Lyric pieces performed by the composer himself and brought to live by modern technology. Astonishingly, these performances have not been available in any format until now. “Overall… this is a fascinating interpretation, and the final pages are utterly thrilling.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2009 | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Harold Bauer - The Complete recordings
Bach, J S: | Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben': Jesu, bleibet meine Freude arranged Bauer Prelude & Fugue Book 1 No. 3 in C sharp minor, BWV848 | Bauer, H: | Tunes from the 18th Century: Barberini’s Minuet, Motley & Flourish | Beethoven: | Gavotte in F arranged Bauer Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight' Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata' | Brahms: | Capriccio in B minor, Op. 76 No. 2 Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5 | Chopin: | Impromptu No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 29 Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu' Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57 | Couperin, F: | Pièces de clavecin III: Ordre 14ème in D major: Le Carillon de Cithère | Debussy: | Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque) | Durand, M A: | Première Valse Op. 83 | Gluck: | Caprice sur les Airs de Ballet d’Alceste arranged Saint-Saëns | Grieg: | Album Leaf, Op. 28 No. 3 in A major The 1929 Victor & 1939 Schirmer Recordings Norwegian Bridal Procession, Op. 19, No. 2 Album Leaf, EG109 Album Leaf, Op. 28 No. 3 in A major The 1935 HMV & 1942 Victor Recordings Album Leaf, Op. 28 No. 1 in A flat major Lyric Pieces Op. 43: No. 1 - Butterfly Lyric Pieces Op. 43: No. 6 - To Spring Notturno from Lyric Suite, Op. 54 Valse-Impromptu, Op. 47 No. 1 Humoresques, Op. 6, No. 3 Berceuse in G major, Op. 38 No. 1 | Handel: | Keyboard Suite, HWV 430 in E major 'The Harmonious Blacksmith': Air & Variations | Liszt: | Un Sospiro from 3 Concert Studies, S144 No. 3 Un Sospiro from 3 Concert Studies, S144 No. 3 The 1935 HMV & 1942 Victor Recordings Waldesrauschen, S145 No. 1 | Mendelssohn: | Charakterstück in A major Op. 7/4 | Rubinstein: | Kamennoi-Ostrov Op. 10 No. 22 'Rêve Angélique' | Scarlatti, D: | Keyboard Sonata K113 in A major | Schubert: | Impromptu in A flat major, D899 No. 4 Moments Musicaux, D780: No. 3 in F minor | Schumann: | Fantasiestücke Op. 12/5 ‘In der Nacht’ The 1924-1928 Victor Recordings Novelette, Op. 21 No. 2 in D major Fantasiestücke, Op. 12 The 1935 HMV & 1942 Victor Recordings Fantasiestücke Op. 12/5 ‘In der Nacht’ The 1935 HMV & 1942 Victor Recordings Novelette, Op. 21 No. 2 in D major The 1935 HMV & 1942 Victor Recordings | Schütt: | À la bien-aimée, Valse Op. 59/2 |
English born pianist Harold Bauer originally hoped to make his career as violinist but his piano playing so impressed Paderewski that he subsequntly focussed on that instrument. He had huge success in the USA and as a result became a US citizen in 1917. Bauer was not a crowd-pleasing virtuoso firebrand but rather a true musician; there is always a wonderful poetry to his art and he excelled in miniatures, such as the Grieg presented here, though his legendary recording of the Brahms F minor sonata (still a benchmark) shows he had the requisite virtuosity when needed. These new transfers by Ward Marston are the only ones currently available of Bauer’s legacy. “A treasure-trove that should revive interest in this too-neglected master pianist. From Couperin through Brahms to his own transcriptions, Bauer is mercurial, fiery, a glory.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2009 ***** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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