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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Rachmaninov & Medtner Piano Concertos
With his second concerto disc, Yevgeny Sudbin celebrates the close relationship between two great Russian composers: Sergei Rachmaninov and Nikolai Medtner. Medtner would encourage his more famous colleague during the latter’s bouts of self-doubt, while Rachmaninov early on recognized Medtner’s unique gifts, pronouncing him the ‘greatest composer of our time’. The most sincere testament to their friendship is embodied in these two concertos, which the composers dedicated to one another. “Sudbin's playing is vivacious” The Guardian, 27th November 2009 *** “It is a huge asset to have a pianist of Sudbin’s stature and sensitivity championing music that can lie unpardonably overlooked by the wayside... Sudbin’s compelling performance... gives new life to a version [of the Rachmaninov] that has a breadth and passionate dynamism all its own.” The Telegraph, 23rd November 2009 ***** “…exhilarating, barnstorming, spine-tingling performance [of the Rachmaninov]… Sudbin… stresses the work's connection to… Medtner's… Second Concerto… Sudbin… sets his individual stamp on this rhythmically vital and superbly constructed score. BIS's recording is absolutely outstanding. The North Carolina Symphony play as if possessed...” BBC Music Magazine, January 2010 ***** “…Sudbin's relatively low-key playing, never leaves you in doubt of his musicianship and dexterity.” Gramophone Magazine, February 2010 | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Rarities of Piano Music at the Husum Festival 1987-1988
Alkan: | Esquisses (48), Op. 63: No. 32 'Minuettino' Esquisses (48), Op. 63: No. 46 'Le premier billet doux' Esquisses (48), Op. 63: No. 45 'Les diablotins Rainer M. Klaas | Chabrier: | Air de Ballet Peter Froundjian Pièces pittoresques (10): Mauresque Peter Froundjian | Chaminade: | Autrefois, Op. 87 No. 4 Peter Froundjian | Chopin: | Bolero, Op. 19 Boris Bloch | Debussy: | Masques Nina Tichman | Gershwin: | Summertime (from Porgy and Bess) Daniel Berman | Glinka: | The Lark Philip Fowke | Godowsky: | The Garden of Buitenzorg (from Java Suite) Daniel Berman Elegy for the left hand alone Rainer M. Klaas | Hamelin: | Étude No. 12 in A flat minor 'Prelude and Fugue' Marc-André Hamelin | Henselt: | Etude in D minor, Op. 2 No. 1 Etude in D flat major, Op. 2 No. 2 Michael Ponti | Ireland: | The Island Spell Daniel Berman | Joachim: | Variationen über ein irisches Elfenlied Michael Struck | Kreisler: | Liebesleid Philip Fowke | Liszt: | Les cloches de Genève (Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160 No. 9) Peter Froundjian | Moszkowski: | Étincelles, Op. 36 No. 6 Michael Ponti | Nielsen: | Piano Music for Young and Old, Op. 53 (FS148) Peter Westenholz | Rachmaninov: | Pieces (2) in A major for piano 6 hands: Waltz Daniel Berman/Peter Froundjian/Rainer M. Klaas Floods of Spring (from Twelve Songs, Op. 14) Daniel Berman | Rameau: | Elégie Daniel Berman | Sancan: | Caprice romantique (main gauche seule) Peter Froundjian | Schmitt, F: | Le cheval de Ferme-l'œil, Op. 58 No. 3 Le parapluie chinois, Op. 58 No. 7 Duo Quatre Mains | Schubert: | Andantino varié Op. 84, No. 1 Daniel Berman | Schulhoff: | Cinq études de jazz, WV 81: Tango Rainer M. Klaas | Schumann: | Der Abschied, Op. 82, No. 9 Marc-André Hamelin | Strauss, R: | Ständchen, Op. 17 No. 2 Daniel Berman | Szymanowski: | Valse Romantique Peter Froundjian | Villa-Lobos: | Cirandinha No. 4 Roberto Szidon | Wagner: | Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Act 3 Quintet (trans. von Bülow) Eckart Sellheim |
Recently located live recordings of the 1987 & 1988 Husum Piano festival, are now released for the first time on CD at two for the price of one. Not to missed by any piano lover! “[Fowke's] playing is that of a true virtuoso, sumptuously coloured and inflected, while Marc-Andre Hamelin displays all of his superhuman command in his own savagely intricate Prelude and Fugue Etude. Clearly I could go on for ever, but all I can offer is a taster from this box of delights…” Gramophone Magazine, October 2010 | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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