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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Wilhelm Backhaus: The Virtuoso (1908-1940)
Albéniz: | Triana (from Iberia, book 2) | Brahms: | Variations on an Original Theme in D major, Op. 21, No. 1 Variations on a theme by Paganini in A minor, Op. 35 | Chopin: | Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op. 11: Romance Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu' Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57 Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz' | Delibes: | Naila: Waltz | Kreisler: | Liebesleid | Liszt: | La leggierezza - Étude de concert No. 2, S144 A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Wedding March & Dance of the Fairies (after Mendelssohn), S410 Liebestraum, S541 No. 3 (Nocturne in A flat major) Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 2 in C sharp minor Waldesrauschen, S145 No. 1 | Mendelssohn: | A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo | Moszkowski: | Caprice espagnole, Op. 37 | Mozart: | Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, K537 'Coronation' Deh! vieni alla finestra (from Don Giovanni) | Pick-Mangiagalli: | La Danza di Olaf | Rachmaninov: | Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C sharp minor | Schubert: | Marche Militaire, D733 No. 1 | Strauss, R: | Ständchen, Op. 17 No. 2 | Weber: | Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, J. 98, Op. 11: Rondo - moto perpetuo |
Wilhelm Backhaus (piano, piano-roll) Berlin Municipal Orchestra, Berlin Stadtischen Opera Orchestra, Fritz Zaun This CD showcases Backhaus’s great virtuosity. “revelatory: instead of the stern Beethovenian we are used to, the young pianist who emerges courtesy of piano-roll recordings from the 1920s is full of fire and flamboyance.” BBC Music Magazine, February 2013 ***** | 
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| |  | Cziffra in Prague 1955
Hungarian born Georges Cziffra (1921-1994) was a pianistic phenomenon. After trying to escape Hungary’s Soviet regime, his early years were spent undergoing hard labour which injured his hands. Following his release from prison in 1953, the Ministry of Culture arranged tours of Switzerland and Czechoslovakia. In 1954, he made his ‘first’ recording in Hungary and in 1955 in Prague, the source of this recital. He won the Liszt Prize in the same year. In 1956 he made a successful bid for freedom, arriving in Vienna, and was signed by EMI in France where his subsequent concerts created a furore. This recital has never been issued before on CD. It is extremely rare having been remastered from a collector’s LP. The recital contains miniatures – CPE Bach, Scarlatti and Couperin as well as the Liszt warhorses which Cziffra became famous for. Out of the four Scarlatti Sonatas, Cziffra includes three in F, G and A that are new to his discography. The recital is totally free from eccentricity and represents the pianist at his best. The two bonus tracks come from a 1959 recital in Turin which show off his dazzling technique. The Bach arr. Liszt: Fantasy & Fugue has never appeared on CD before. “Cziffra's potent combination of gypsy-like abandon with absolute control of rubato and cumulative build-up makes for very exciting listening.” BBC Music Magazine, June 2011 ***** | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The Great Conductors: Hermann Abendroth
Dohnányi: | Wedding Waltz, Op. 18 No. 4 (from The Veil Of Pierrette) recorded in Berlin, 19 June 1937 | Gluck: | Iphigénie en Aulide Overture recorded in Berlin, 19 June 1937 | Graener: | Comedietta, Op. 82 recorded in Berlin, 2 October 1936 | Liszt: | Hungarian Rhapsody, S359 No. 1 in F minor recorded in Berlin, 19 June 1937 Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 2 in C sharp minor recorded in Berlin, 1 October 1938 | Sibelius: | Finlandia, Op. 26 recorded in Berlin, 2 October 1936 | Wagner: | Der fliegende Holländer: Overture recorded in Berlin, 1 October 1938 |
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| |  | Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
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| |  | Of the Hungarian and Jewish Soul
Duo Edan (Edua Zadory - violin, Anastasiia Dombrovska - piano) | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | The Very Best of Lang Lang
Supporting the release of the Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon (4790058) | | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Liszt: The 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies
Giovanni Bellucci (piano) Giovanni Bellucci is the perfect interpreter of Liszt. His musical accolades are endless, his Paraphases on operas by Verdi and Bellini was ranked by Diapason as one of the ten best Liszt recordings in history. This latest release of the complete Hungarian Rhapsodies also has the added benefit of including the rarely recorded Rumanian Rhapsody. “[Bellucci] lets his hair down with a vengeance, revelling in every opportunity for virtuoso brio and teasing idiosyncrasy...Blowing hot and cold, I would say that, while Bellucci gives us little of the studio and everything of the freedom and daring of the concert-hall, there is also a too self-conscious striving for Liszt's gypsy idiom” Gramophone Magazine, July 2012 | | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Liszt: His Life and Music
Liszt: | Ouverture de l'opéra Guillaume Tell (Rossini) S552 Auf dem Wasser zu singen, S558 No. 2 (from Schubert D774) Ave Maria, S. 20/1 Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 2 in C sharp minor Années de pèlerinage, 1ère année, Suisse (9 pieces), S. 160 Années de pèlerinage, 2ème année, Italie (7 pieces), S. 161 Etude en douze exercises, S136/R1 Transcendental Studies, S139 Nos. 1-12 Harmonies poétiques et religieuses (10), S. 173 Piano Sonata in B minor, S178 Orpheus, symphonic poem No. 4, S98 Concert Paraphrase on Rigoletto, S.434 after Verdi's opera Legendes (2) for piano, S. 175 Urbi et orbi - benediction papale, S184/R69 Via Crucis (The 14 Stations of the Cross), S53 excerpts In festo transfigurationis Domini nostri Jesu Christi, S188/R74 Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe, symphonic poem No. 13, S107 Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 17 in D minor Nuages gris, S199 |
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Liszt’s birth, this new format title (2 CDs + 50,000 word biography) explores the fascinating world of LIZST: HIS LIFE AND MUSIC. Perhaps the greatest pianist who has ever lived, Liszt was one of the titanic musical figures of the Romantic age. Abandoning his spectacular career as a travelling virtuoso in his mid-thirties, this passionate lover and fond father dedicated himself instead to a life of composing, conducting, teaching and, increasingly, religious devotion, eventually taking minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church. This biography explores an enthralling life lived for long periods in France, Switzerland, Germany, Italy and the composer’s native Hungary – a kaleidoscope of cultural worlds whose folk music, literature and landscapes richly coloured Liszt’s own music. The 2 CDs feature music spanning Liszt’s career, and the free website www.naxosaudiobooks/lisztlifeandmusic offers hours of extra music and other bonus material. | | | (also available to download from $12.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Liszt: Piano Works
This Chinese pianist studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. He continued his studies in Hannover. He has won many prizes and scholarships, including a silver medal in the International Vladimir Horowitz Piano Competition in Kiev. His Liszt recital includes Sonata in B minor and Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2. “For [Zhang], Liszt is never a springboard for personal or preening excess, and even when you marvel at his velocity in the treacherous fugue, it is in the slow descending scale...and the glassy sighs and menaces of the retrospective coda that he creates a truly haunting and spacious impression...Zhang is a most serious artist” Gramophone Magazine, April 2011 “there is a restrained elegance to his playing” International Record Review, December 2011 | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-6 / Symphonic Poems
Liszt: | Hungarian Rhapsody, S359 No. 1 in F minor Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Andras Korodi Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 2 in C sharp minor (arr. G. Darvas) Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Andras Korodi Hungarian Rhapsody, S359 No. 3 in D major Hungarian Rhapsody, S359 No. 4 in D minor Hungarian Rhapsody, S359 No. 5 in E minor Hungarian Rhapsody, S359 No. 6 in D major Les Préludes, symphonic poem No. 3, S97 Hungarian State Orchestra, Janos Ferencsik Orpheus, symphonic poem No. 4, S98 Hungarian State Orchestra, Janos Ferencsik Tasso, Lamento e trionfo, symphonic poem No. 2, S96 Hungarian State Orchestra, Janos Ferencsik |
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