Prices shown exclude VAT. (UK tax is not payable for deliveries to United States.) See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | A Natural Born FiddlerThis DVD introduces the unbelievable talents of Valeriy Sokolov
Valeriy Sokolov (violin) A film by Bruno Monsaingeon ‘It was in Britain, in the spring of 2003, at the Yehudi Menuhin School, that I first had the opportunity to hear Valeriy Sokolov play. I had only just learned of his existence when he offered to play me the Ysaÿe Sonata. As he did so, not the slightest tension marred the impression he gave of total ease with his instrument, absolute control of technique, a musical maturity which made the fact that he was only sixteen completely irrelevant, and above all an utter abandonment to the flow of the music... I was seized by a compulsion to try and capture Valeriy Sokolov in all the freshness of his youth as soon as possible. So I made this film...’ Bruno Monsaingeon Format: NTSC Language: English Region: All Regions Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Number of discs: 1 DVD Release Date: September 12, 2006 Run Time: 93 minutes Subtitles - English, French | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The Great Violinist-Endre WolfThe Complete Danish TONO Recordings 1949-1951
Aulin: | Humoresque Op. 12, No. 1 Antoinette Wolf (piano) | Bach, J S: | Partita in D minor BWV1004 - Sarabande | Bartók: | Hungarian Folk Songs arr. Szigeti Antoinette Wolf (piano) | Beethoven: | Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 'Spring' Antoinette Wolf (piano) Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer' Antoinette Wolf (piano) | Bruch: | Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra, Erik Tuxen | Mozart: | Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K219 'Turkish' Endre Wolf (soloist and conductor) The Copenhagen Chamber Orchestra | Paganini: | Caprice for solo violin, Op. 1 No. 5 in A minor | Rimsky Korsakov: | Flight of the Bumble Bee Antoinette Wolf (piano) | Tchaikovsky: | Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Jensen |
Endre Wolf (violin) Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra & The Copenhagen Chamber Orchestra When listening to these recordings one feels his sense of rhythm and timing and the unforced, natural sound that is Endre Wolf’s hallmark. His timing in the last movement of the Mozart Concerto or the stunning rendering of the Tchaikovsky Concerto are wonderful examples of this. He plays fast and clear but is never in a hurry. His timing is immaculate. | | | (also available to download from $21.00) | This item is currently out of stock at the UK distributor. You may order it now but please be aware that it may be six weeks or more before it can be despatched. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Opera 125 - Éves Az Operaház (1884-2009)Stars of the Hungarian Opera Vol. 1/4
Ney Dávid (bass), Környei Béla (tenor), Rózsa S. Lajos (baritone), Sándor Erzsi (soprano), Pilinszky Zsigmond (tenor), Székelyhidy Ferenc (tenor), Basilides Mária (soprano), Kálmán Oszkár (bass), Halmos János (tenor), Palló Imre (baritone), Závodszky Zoltán (tenor), Maleczky Oszkár (baritone), Pataky Kálmán (tenor), Németh Mária (soprano), Fekete Pál (tenor), Báthy Anna (soprano), Székely Mihály (bass), Lendvai Andor (baritone) | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | On Bartók's Piano II
Great Hungarian pianists of the 21st century play Bartók's original piano at the Béla Bartók Memmorial House. Subtitles: English/German/French/Italian | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Bartók - Music for Solo Violin & Violin and Piano
Béla Bartók’s music for the violin occupies an important position in his creative output. The instrument attracted him at intervals throughout his career, from the Andante of 1902 to the magnificently disciplined Sonata for Violin Solo, written in 1944. Norwegian Elise Båtnes, newly appointed concertmaster of the Oslo Philharmonics, makes her international debut release as a soloist with a selection of these phenomenal works, revealing a mature interpreter and an outstanding violinist. The earliest surviving work by Bartók for violin and piano is the Andante in A major composed in 1902 while he was a student at the Budapest Academy of Music. It seems to have been written for a fellow-student destined for fame as a violinist, namely Adila d’Aranyi, niece of Joseph Joachim. The work was written as a kind of friendly message on a series of six postcards. The Sonata in E minor was written only one year later, but it reveals a more ambitious composer audibly inspired by both the virtuosity of Liszt, Hungarian folk music, the chromatic harmony of Richard Strauss and the violin sonatas of Brahms. Bartók and Kodály, as professional ethnomusicologists, uncovered the old, authentic Hungarian folk music by going into the countryside with a phonograph and recording the actual melodies people sang and danced to. They published their first joint collection of folksongs in 1906, and Bartók published his piano pieces entitled “For Children” in 1909. In 1931 Bartók transcribed several numbers under the title Hungarian Folk Songs for violin and piano. Bartók’s Sonata for unaccompanied violin was one of his last compositions. It was written early in 1944 for Yehudi Menuhin, who had begun to emerge as a notable interpreter of Bartók’s violin music. The composer worked on the piece in close collaboration with Menuhin, who gave the world premiere in New York on 26 November 1944 and subsequently edited the score for publication. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Bartók: 44 Duos for Two Violins
Katalin Kokas (violin), Zoltan Kocsis (piano), Zoltán Juhász (flute), Barnabás Kelemen (violin) | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Irén Marik: from Bach to BartókRecordings 1956-1983
Bach, J S: | Prelude & Fugue in G minor, BWV535: Prelude (trans. Siloti) French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV816 | Bartók: | Hungarian Folk Songs Hungarian Sketches, BB 103, Sz. 97 Bagatelles (selection) Mikrokosmos (selection) For Children, Sz42 | Beethoven: | Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight' Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 | Chopin: | Nocturne No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 9 No. 1 | Couperin, F: | Ordres pour le clavecin | Liszt: | Consolation, S. 172 No. 3 in D flat major | Ravel: | Jeux d'eau Oiseaux tristes (Miroirs No. 2) Sonatine | Scarlatti, D: | Keyboard Sonata K394 in E minor Keyboard Sonata K27 in B minor | Scriabin: | Étude Op. 2 No. 1 in C sharp minor |
This second volume of Irén Marik's art consists mostly of unpublished recordings made in studios and at home from 1955 - 1983. Her highly individual and structural approach explores a carefully chosen repertoire. An insight further developed while Marik studied with Bartók is applied to all the composers she performed. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Tears and Smiles
Stefan Margita (tenor), Katerina Bachmannova (piano) | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 weeks. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Bartok - Complete Violin Works
Bartók: | Violin Concerto No. 1, BB48a, Sz 36 Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz 112 Rhapsody for Violin & Orchestra No. 1, BB 94b, Sz. 87 Rhapsody for Violin & Orchestra No. 2, BB 96b, Sz. 90 Violin Sonata No. 1, BB 84, Sz. 75 Violin Sonata No. 2, BB 85, Sz. 76 Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124, Sz. 117 44 Duos for Two Violins, BB 104, Sz. 98 Contrasts for violin, clarinet & piano, BB 116, Sz. 111 Hungarian Folk Songs Arranged for Violin and Piano |
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