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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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| |  | Dianne Baar: Intro
Dianne Baar began playing the piano at the age of three. She was awarded Austrian citizenship in honour of her outstanding musical performances. She performs in the the Lichental Trio which won the Gradus ad Parnassum competition in 2011. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Im Cosmos der Romantik: Songs & Piano Works by Wagner and Liszt
Elisabeth Linhart and Karl Eichinger perform lieder and piano solos by Liszt and Wagner, including Liszt’s Sechs Ausgewählte Lieder for soprano and piano, Wagner’s Fünf Gedichte von Mathilde Wesendonck and Liszt’s “Liebestraum”. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Chopin & Liszt: Works for HarpTranscriptions by Anneleen Lenaerts, Henriette Renie and De Wayne Fulton
plus: Liszt - Romance & Liebestraum
Still only 23, the Belgian harpist is making a name for herself as one of the finest young harpists of today. Anneleen Lenaerts made her debut at the Wigmore Hall and has performed all over Europe to great acclaim. In December 2010 she was appointed Principal Harp of the Vienna Philharmonic. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Liszt: Piano Music
Jimmy Smits introduced American pianist Andrew von Oeyen to millions of PBS viewers at the July 09 event "A Capitol Fourth." In the star-studded program, Andrew joined Michael Feinstein and the National Symphony in a performance of Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue". In his first solo recording, Andrew presents the depth and breadth of Liszt's piano music - the grand design, the deep poetry, the ever-present song. Liszt's involvement in opera is well represented in this album, with affecting paraphrases of Wagner (Tristan und Isolde, Lohengrin) and Verdi (Rigoletto). Worldwide concert audiences hail Andrew as an exciting soloist with major orchestras, and in top recital and Festival series. "As for star quality, von Oeyen is already risen…. leaves you convinced that he can do absolutely anything he likes with a keyboard." (Chicago Tribune) "Andrew von Oeyen, keenly attuned to Liszt's grand design…I would go so far as to say that von Oeyen played the finest all-around performance of Franz Liszt's Sonata in B Minor that I have heard in many years." Washington Post “A probing interpreter, von Oeyen combines Romantic breadth with a Classicist's grasp of structure. His impressionistic sense of colour reveals textural depth.” BBC Music Magazine, 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 - Wild and Crazy
Liszt: | Mephisto Waltz No. 1 Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Liebestraum, S541 No. 3 (Nocturne in A flat major) Daniel Barenboim (piano) Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 2 in C sharp minor arr. Vladimir Horowitz Lang Lang (piano) Il penseroso (Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161 No. 2) Wilhelm Kempff (piano) Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 6 in D flat major Martha Argerich (piano) Funérailles (Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S. 173 No. 7) Mikhail Pletnev (piano) Soirées de Vienne: valse-caprice No. 6 (after Schubert), D427 No. 6 Vladimir Horowitz (piano) Totentanz, S126 for piano & orchestra Jorge Bolet (piano) London Symphony Orchestra, Iván Fischer A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Wedding March & Dance of the Fairies (after Mendelssohn), S410 Egon Petri (piano) Fantasy on Hungarian Folk-tunes, S123 Shura Cherkassky (piano) Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan Widmung S566 after Schumann (Liebeslied) Yundi Li (piano) Grande Étude de Paganini, S. 141 No. 3 'La Campanella' Yundi Li (piano) Concert Paraphrase on Rigoletto, S.434 after Verdi's opera Daniel Barenboim (piano) Waldesrauschen, S145 No. 1 Géza Anda (piano) Gnomenreigen, S145 No. 2 Mikhail Pletnev (piano) Transcendental Study, S139 No. 5 'Feux Follets' Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este (Années de pèlerinage III, S. 163 No. 4) Zoltán Kocsis (piano) Transcendental Study, S139 No. 8 'Wilde Jagd' Alice Sara Ott (piano) Nuages gris, S199 Jean-Rodolphe Kars (piano) La Lugubre Gondola I, S200 No. 1 Jean-Rodolphe Kars (piano) Fantasy on Themes from Mozart's Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni, S697 Egon Petri (piano) Consolation, S. 172 No. 1 Daniel Barenboim (piano) |
First off is a revelatory compilation of Liszt’s most daring and virtuosic piano music, a special celebration of his wild and crazy side from an array of great pianists – dazzling virtuosity, extreme harmonies and textures – a helter-skelter ride through his piano oeuvre, with just the occasional moment of relaxation. From the first strumming chords of the First Mephisto Waltz to the spooky harmonies of La lugubre gondola and the obsessive threnody of Totentanz, a master of the instrument stands before us in all his glory. Featured are such names as Géza Anda, Martha Argerich, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Daniel Barenboim, Jorge Bolet, Shura Cherkassky, Vladimir Horowitz, Zoltán Kocsis, Lang Lang, Alice Sara Ott, Mikhail Pletnev, Sviatoslav Richter and Yundi Li. Rarities include four first releases on CD by Jean-Rodolfe Kars and Egon Petri – the latter aMasters of the Old School, with two incomparable performances of transcriptions (of Mozart’s Figaro and Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream) , guaranteed to bring the house down. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Liszt: Harmonies Du Soir
Liszt: | Ballade No. 2 in B minor, S171/R16 Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 3 in B flat major Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 8 in F sharp minor Transcendental Studies, S139 Nos. 1-12 Valse oubliée No. 1, S.215/1 Waldesrauschen, S145 No. 1 Sonetto 104 del Petrarca (Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161 No. 5) Au lac de Wallenstadt (Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160 No. 2) Consolations, Six Pensées poétiques, S. 172 |
In celebration of the Liszt year 2011, multi-award winning pianist Nelson Freire has personally selected the repertoire for his latest recording – his contribution to the anniversary of the pianist-composer’s birth in 1811. The very personal selection includes Liszt showpieces such as the Harmonies du soir (12 Études d’exécution transcendante), the Hungarian Rhapsodies and Liebesträume. Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire who The New York Times heralded as “an extra-ordinary pianist”, continues to garner both awards and critical acclaim for his recordings and concert appearances. Nelson Freire’s most recent album of Chopin Nocturnes (4782182) received a Diapason d’or of the Year award in France and a Grammy nomination. “it provides a wonderful corrective to those who think of this composer's piano music as all flamboyant gestures and rhetoric. The overwhelming impact of this disc stems from the sheer beauty and elegance of Freire's playing, his crystalline tone and infinitely subtle range of touch and colour, which are combined with all the technique needed to cope with whatever challenges these pieces present him.” The Guardian, 28th April 2011 ***** “Freire is a master of the Romantic repertoire – partly by dint of experience and maturity, which lend his pianism a grace and temperament that is always finely judged, not least in the opulent rhetoric of the Ballade No 2. But he also demonstrates a range of tone-colour and warmth of feeling that are essential to Liszt” Financial Times, 21st May 2011 ***** “[Freire] wears his undeniable virtuosity lightly in this spellbinding programme of choice Liszt...It is, above all, the reflective, dreamy, romantic side of Liszt’s personality that Freire celebrates here...his selections from the Années de pèlerinages...confirm his preference for the poetic Liszt of limpid, transparent sonorities, rather than the flamboyant glitz merchant” Sunday Times, 29th May 2011 ***** “’ll be very surprised indeed if Freire’s new recital isn’t counted as one of the best new recordings for Franz Liszt’s 200th birthday year...Freire has the gift of seeming to slip inside the skin of every piece here, never distracted by surface glitter or showmanship as he seeks the musical truth” bbc.co.uk, 13th June 2011 “This is immensely distinguished Liszt-playing...Freire seems utterly at one with the music, not only in terms of its innate poetry but also its astonishing diversity of texture and touch...Freire produces a really beautiful piano tone, too, conjuring an astonishing range of colours...Altogether an immaculate disc, enhanced by an excellently recorded balance.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2011 ***** “Freire's selection is a judiciously varied programme of works for which he has a particular fondness - and it shows...Again and again one marvels at the spontaneity of Freire's playing, his ability to think in long paragraphs and bring an almost improvisatory air to proceedings” Gramophone Magazine, August 2011  BBC Music Magazine
Instrumental Choice - July 2011 |
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| |  | Klára Würtz plays Romantic Piano Music
Chopin: | Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 | Debussy: | L'isle joyeuse | Liszt: | Waldesrauschen, S145 No. 1 Gnomenreigen, S145 No. 2 Liebestraum, S541 No. 3 (Nocturne in A flat major) Mephisto Waltz No. 1 Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este (Années de pèlerinage III, S. 163 No. 4) | Rachmaninov: | Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 | Schubert: | Impromptu in B flat major, D935 No. 3 | Schumann: | Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 Arabeske in C major, Op. 18 |
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| |  | Josef Hofmann - Acoustic recordings (1916-1923)
Chopin: | Waltz No. 2 in A flat major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 1 Recorded 13th February, 1918 Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2 Recorded 18th April, 1923 Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15 No. 2 Recorded 19th April, 1923 Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu' Recorded 6th March, 1918 Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57 Recorded 26th March, 1918 Polonaise No. 3 in A major, Op. 40 No. 1 'Military' Recorded 10th April, 1923 | Liszt: | Meine Freuden (Nocturne) Chants polonais (after Chopin Op. 74). Recorded 27th April, 1923 Polish Songs S480 No. 1 "Maiden's Wish" (after Chopin) Recorded 6th March, 1918 Waldesrauschen, S145 No. 1 Recorded 13th March, 1923 Tarantella, S. 162 No. 3 (from Venezia e Napoli) Recorded 2nd November, 1916 Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 2 in C sharp minor Recorded in December, 1922 | Mendelssohn: | Song without Words, Op. 67 No. 4 in C major 'Spinning Song' or 'Bee's Wedding' Recorded 13th October, 1916 Rondo capriccioso in E major, Op. 14 Recorded 13th February, 1918 Song without Words, Op. 19b No. 3 in A major 'Hunting Song' Recorded 14th February, 1918 | Moszkowski: | La Jongleuse, Op. 52 No. 4 Recorded 14th February, 1918 Spanish Caprice Recorded 16th October, 1916 | Paderewski: | Minuet in G major, Op. 14 No. 1 Recorded 2nd November, 1916 | Rachmaninov: | Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 in G minor Recorded 20th April, 1923 Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C sharp minor Recorded 20th April, 1923 | Schubert: | Erlkönig, D328 arr. Liszt. Recorded 13th October, 1916 |
Josef Hofmann was one of the greatest pianists of any age. His unique abilities incorporated a technique second to none, and a clarity and pureness of tone that has probably never been heard since his death. Always in total command of everything he played, Hofmann presented each work with an impression of complete facility of execution. All works recorded in New York City “The recessed, wrong-end-of-a-telescope acoustic recordings are still truthful enough to display Hofmann's mesmerisingly fabulous virtuosity in Liszt's Waldesrauchen and Tarantella, and his full, rounded tone.” BBC Music Magazine, October 2008 ***** “Josef Hofmann is among music’s most jealously guarded legends. For his admirers (and they included Anton Rubinstein and Rachmaninov) he could do no wrong, and those fortunate enough to have heard him live during his heyday in America can reminisce by the hour, recalling unforgettable performances of a vast repertoire ranging from Beethoven’s Op. 111 Sonata to the major works of the great romantics.” Gramophone Magazine | | | (also available to download from $9.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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Gramophone Awards 2011
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