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Recorded live at The Granary, Beccles U.K., this recital captures Pascal Rogé in the repertoire that has earned him the reputation as one of the world’s greatest interpreters of Chopin and the French repertoire. Pascal Rogé is today’s greatest ambassador and stylist in French piano music. Winner of two Gramophone Awards, his name is synonymous over many years with the finest in French piano playing, both in concert and on disc for Decca, and now in Debussy for ONYX “Poètes du Piano is the perfect description for this beautifully sequenced selection of Romantic piano pieces, a series of exquisite miniatures by the likes of Chopin, Ravel, Fauré and Poulenc, in which delicacy and brevity are prized over the more prosaic charms of full-scale works.” The Independent, 18th June 2010 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Roger Muraro: Reflets (Reflections)
With ‘Reflets’ (reflections), Roger Muraro proposes a new look at the Concerto in G through the prism of composers who influenced Ravel, from Gershwin, Stravinsky to Faure. Recorded with Roger Muraro’s long standing accomplices, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France under the baton of Myung-Whun Chung, the Concerto in G takes on a new dynamic dimension in the company of Ravel’s contemporaries. Astonishing and irresistible. “Muraro, making his debut on DG, is an impressively strong-arm pianist and his energy and enthusiasm are infectious. More volatile than poised, he is at his best in Ravel's La valse (his second recording)...His Gershwin is stunningly upfront, characterful and (in the two flanking Allegros) belligerent.” Gramophone Magazine, July 2012 | | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Fauré: Complete Piano Music Volume 2
Jean-Claude Pennetier (piano) An unclassifiable figure among his contemporaries, Gabriel Fauré created a new and wholly original style on the piano. This discreetly individual composer was inspired by the resources of the instrument to conceive music whose luminous, diaphanous sonorities always coupled with a firm transparency of texture. His extreme sensitivity in even his slightest works "discourages oafs, frivolous players and tourists, but speaks softly in the ear of those who deserve to hear", as Vladimir Jankélévitch wrote. “Pennetier focuses on the intimate nature of some of Faure's loveliest early piano works, casting them in a serious light. A beautiful selection, sympathetically played, if sometimes a little ponderous.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2011 **** “In the Second Nocturne we are pleasantly roused by a sudden urgency of effect - this is about as fiery as Faure gets, and Pennetier doesn't hold back...The First Impromptu is a really strong reading also; one might actually say that this is ideal Faure playing: buoyant, smiling, flexible, yet majestic where needed.” International Record Review, February 2012 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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Instead of ordering the nocturnes chronologically, Stefan Irmer has deliberately juxtaposed pieces from the romantic works of the Paris salons and late works, already clearly verging on the limits of tonality. The result is a colourful and varied programme featuring works from fifty full years of Fauré’s life. These pieces allow Irmer to demonstrate his flawless and sparkling technique. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Belle EpoqueA portrait of Gabriel Fauré
Fauré: | Barcarolle No. 6 in E flat major Op. 70 Nocturne No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 63 Pavane, Op. 50 arr. Roy Howat and Wendy Hiscocks Thème & Variations, Op. 73 Barcarolle No. 5 in F sharp minor Op. 66 Nocturne No. 1 in E flat minor, Op. 33 No. 1 Mazurka, Op. 32 Barcarolle No. 7 in D minor Op. 90 Nocturne No. 9 in B minor, Op. 97 Barcarolle No. 8 in D flat major Op. 96 Nocturne No. 12 in E minor, Op. 107 Souvenirs de Bayreuth Quadrille on popular motifs from Wagner's Ring, composed in collaboration with André Messager Air de danse from Caligula, Op. 52 Premier recording of original piano duet Dolly Suite, Op. 56 Nocturne No. 4 in E flat major Op. 36 Piece en forme de Mazurka Premiere recording Prelude Premiere recording Pièces brèves (8), Op. 84 Nocturne No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 37 Sicilienne, Op. 78 Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 74 Barcarolle No. 4 in A flat major Op. 44 Nocturne No. 10 in E minor, Op. 99 Nocturne No. 13 in B minor, Op. 119 |
Roy Howat (piano) with Emily Kilpatrick (piano) 2CDs for price of 1 This exquisite collection benefits from Roy Howat’s dedicated scholarship and performance of French music and with duo partner Emily Kilpatrick illuminates Fauré’s piano music, beautifully portraying the elegance and lyricism that was the Belle Epoque. Includes three world premieres. “Stripping away the precious aura of roses and incense...Howat notes the composer's preference for strict tempos, many of which are brisker here than usual...An original concept album, then, that wears its erudition lightly; one that I will return to with great enjoyment many times.” BBC Music Magazine, April 2010 **** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Gabriel Fauré's set of thirteen Nocturnes for solo piano contain some of the most beautiful and original pieces that the composer created. Their composition over half a century (1870 - 1921) charts the development
of a highly personal voice beginning with the Chopinesque early works and
culminating in the passionate outpourings of the final masterpieces. “Charles Owen is an affectionate and unassuming guide, disinclined to impose himself on music whose subtlety is easily destroyed by over-emphasis.” Gramophone Magazine, August 2008 “Owen is obviously completely at home in these sometimes elusive works and he plays them beautifully, with subtle feeling for their colour. He is very well recorded.” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Faure: Nocturnes / Preludes
Jean-Paul Sevilla (piano) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Essential PianoThis collection includes the most requested piano music including essential works from Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Schumann, Rachmaninov, Liszt, Satie and Grieg
Albéniz: | Sevilla (from Suite Española, Op. 47) Alicia de Larrocha | Bach, J S: | Goldberg Variations, BWV988: Aria Andras Schiff Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben': Jesu, bleibet meine Freude (arr. Myra Hess) Julius Katchen | Beethoven: | Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight': Adagio sostenuto Vladimir Ashkenazy Für Elise (Bagatelle in A minor, WoO59) Vladimir Ashkenazy Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathétique': Adagio cantabile Vladimir Ashkenazy Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor' - Adagio un poco mosso Vladimir Ashkenazy Cleveland Orchestra | Chopin: | Waltz No. 1 in E flat major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 18 Vladimir Ashkenazy Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz' Jorge Bolet Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 Vladimir Ashkenazy | Debussy: | Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque) Pascal Rogé Golliwog's Cakewalk (from Children's Corner) Pascal Rogé | Fauré: | Nocturne No. 1 in E flat minor, Op. 33 No. 1 Pascal Rogé | Grieg: | Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 16: Adagio Stephen Kovacevich BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis | Liszt: | Consolation, S. 172 No. 3 in D flat major Jorge Bolet Liebestraum, S541 No. 3 (Nocturne in A flat major) Jorge Bolet | Mozart: | Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K467 'Elvira Madigan' - Andante Radu Lupu Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466 – Romance Vladimir Ashkenazy Philharmonia Orchestra Rondo alla Turca from Piano Sonata No. 11, K331 Andras Schiff Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K488 - Adagio Vladimir Ashkenazy Philharmonia Orchestra | Rachmaninov: | Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18: 2 - Adagio sostenuto Zoltán Kocsis | Ravel: | Pavane pour une infante défunte Jean-Yves Thibaudet | Rubinstein: | Melody in F major, Op. 3 No. 1 Shura Cherkassky | Satie: | Gymnopédie No. 1 Pascal Rogé | Schubert: | Moments Musicaux, D780: No. 3 in F minor Radu Lupu Impromptu in G flat major, D899 No. 3 Radu Lupu | Schumann: | Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Traümerei Radu Lupu | Shostakovich: | Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102 - Andante Cristina Ortiz Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy | Sinding: | Frühlingsrauschen (Rustle of Spring), Op. 32 No 3 Joseph Cooper | Tchaikovsky: | Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23, Andantino semplice Vladimir Ashkenazy London Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel |
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