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Richter performs two of the greatest Russian piano concertos, Tchaikovsky's first and Rachmaninov's second. Highly acclaimed performances at super budget price. | 
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| |  | L'Art d'Andre CluytensTchaikovsky, Franck & Debussy
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| |  | Nobuyuki Tsujii at White Nights
The blind up-and-coming Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii - an astonishing virtuoso on his instrument – performs with the Russian conductor Valery Gergiev at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg. In 2009 he hit the Top Ten of the Japanese Charts with his first album “début”. He also won the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2009. At the White Nights Festival he played works by the Russian composers Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and Shostakovich. Here he plays Tchaikovsky’s famous Piano Concerto No. 1. As a bonus Nobuyuki Tsujii performs his own Elegy for the Victims of the Tsunami of March 2011, a stirring and moving piece dedicated to his home country Japan. This performance also includes Shostakovich Symphony No. 14. Live recording from the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, 8 July 2012. Picture format Blu-ray: 1080i Full HD 16:9 Sound format Blu-ray: Dolby Digital 5.1, PCM Stereo Region code: All Booklet notes: English, German, French Running time: 110 mins “The camera lingers revealingly on close-ups of his neat hands, showing how flat the fingers are, and how relaxed their action, and underscoring the fact that through his finely-judged rubato he exercises total authority over tempo. The cadenza has lovely delicacy...But the principal memory one comes away with is his engagingly child-like presence.” BBC Music Magazine, April 2013 **** |
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| |  | Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Chopin: | Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 | Liszt: | Erlkönig, S558 No. 4 (after Schubert D328) Fruhlingsglaube, S557c Die Forelle, S564 Auf dem Wasser zu singen, S558 No. 2 (from Schubert D774) Die Stadt - Mässig Geschwindt (No. 1 from Schwanengesang, S560, after Schubert) Widmung S566 after Schumann (Liebeslied) | Tchaikovsky: | Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev Un poco di Chopin, Op. 72, No. 15 |
Daniil Trifonov, winner of the XIVth International Tchaikovsky Competition, is probably the world’s most exciting young pianist. On his first Mariinsky recording he joins Valery Gergiev for a scintillating performance of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No 1. Daniil also presents a selection of recital repertoire including music by Tchaikovsky, Chopin and Liszt transcriptions of Schubert and Schumann. Written for Nikolai Rubinstein, Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto is one of his most popular works. Revised three times, including an arrangement for two pianos, the concerto was finally set in stone in 1888 and it is this version that is most frequently performed today. Tchaikovsky balances core motivic elements with a sense of lyrical spontaneity to create a technically challenging but instantly appealing work. At only 21 years old, Daniil Trifonov has won countless awards, including the Chopin Competition in Warsaw, the Rubinstein Competition in Tel Aviv and the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow (Gold Medal). Valery Gergiev personally awarded Trifonov the ‘Grand Prix’ in Moscow, an additional award given to the best overall competitor in any category of the International Tchaikovsky Competition. In 2011, Trifonov gave his debut with the London Symphony Orchestra and has since performed with the Vienna Philharmonic and the Mariinsky Orchestra, as well as touring throughout the USA, Europe and the Far East. In the coming season he will make debuts with the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony and Chicago Symphony orchestras, as well as performing recitals at Salle Pleyel, Carnegie Hall, Suntory Hall and Wigmore Hall. “Trifonov's combination of delicacy and fire leaves an indelible impression in this debut recording with the Mariinsky. The Tchaikovsky, scorching and heart-rending but never bombastic, is paired with solo Liszt transcriptions” The Observer, 12th August 2012 “Trifonov has won every top piano competition, and this shows why. His performance of the Tchaikovsky warhorse...is nuanced but not mannered, virtuosic without being showy, and powerful yet not hammered, as many young Russian pianists do...He has the world at his feet.” The Times, 11th August 2012 **** “Last year’s winner [International Tchaikovsky Competition] 21-year old Daniil Trifonov is truly exceptional. Trifonov … the orchestral support is first-rate … Even more impressive are the solo works included here which display all the variety of Trifonov’s tonal range … Seemingly there is nothing that Trifonov cannot do. Trifonov may be at the start of his career but he is already a mature artist. His youth brings an overwhelming energy which seems to blow the cobwebs off everything he performs: he forces one to listen to these works anew, the sure sign of greatness.” International Record Review, October 2012 “His special blend of attributes is on display here, not least his technical ease, exquisite control and rich resource of colour. In the Tchaikovsky [Concerto], Trifonov's playing ignites when it has to, but is generally notable for its dynamic phrasing and variety of articulation. For such an overworked piece it sounds remarkably fresh.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2012 **** “[Trifonov] makes the instrument sing and allows the music to breathe … The six Liszt song transcriptions show him at his best, triumphantly capturing all the despair of ‘Erlkonig’ … A pianist, then, with a great international career in front of him (no doubt about that).” Gramophone Magazine, November 2012 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 22 & 27
Richter’s concert was recorded in Tokyo in 1970 NB Sleeve-notes are Japanese-only | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Brahms & Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Vladimir Horowitz performs two major concertos in the piano repertoire. These performances were recorded in 1936 and 1948. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Mitropoulos conducts Beethoven & Tchaikovsky
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| |  | Beethoven & Tchaikovsky
“Gieseking starts [the Emperor] rather wildly with dropped notes and a degree of irregularity, but soon settles down...Thereafter things greatly improve, the pianist’s rather classicist approach bringing rewards...His performance [of the Tchaikovsky] is pungently dramatic with superb drama and incendiary octaves a-plenty.His playing is poetically alluring in the slow movement and full of potent fire in the finale.” MusicWeb International, August 2012 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23Complete version and orchestral backing tracks
Roberto Cappello (piano) Compagnia d'Opera Italiana Orchestra, Antonello Gotta | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Rococo Variations
This release features a new and exciting version of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No.1 which is a premiere recording. World famous pianist Tzimon Barto and his pianist colleague and conductor Christoph Eschenbach have worked together on this project. After the final concert of this version at the Berlin Philharmonie, both the audience and the press were very enthusiastic. | | | (also available to download from $10.75) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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