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Chopin: | Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu' Nocturne No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 9 No. 1 Étude Op. 10 No. 5 in G flat major 'Black Key' Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58: Scherzo Impromptu No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 29 | Liszt: | Grande Étude de Paganini, S. 141 No. 3 'La Campanella' Concert Paraphrase on Rigoletto, S.434 after Verdi's opera Liebestraum, S541 No. 3 (Nocturne in A flat major) Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S124: Allegro Maestoso | Mozart: | Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major, K330: 1 - Allegro Moderato | Prokofiev: | Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16: Scherzo | Scarlatti, D: | Keyboard Sonata K13 in G major | Schumann: | Carnaval, Op. 9 |
The first international compilation devoted to one of DG / Universal’s greatest young pianists, YUNDI. It started back in 2000, when he won the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw and went on to record six albums as an exclusive DG artist. Now here’s a distillation of those recordings, both solo and concerto in a fascinating flow of virtuosic and dreamily romantic music. This midprice release includes the several selections from Chopin, Liszt and Schumann, as well as from the Ravel and Prokofiev piano concertos. There is also some Scarlatti and Mozart – over 80 minutes great music and exceptional playing in a seamless sequence. | 
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| |  | Idil Biret Solo Edition 2 - Liszt
“Idil Biret’s new Liszt album prompts a reappraisal of her extraordinary talent… In her Liszt Sonata… you will hear playing of a formidable power and assurance… There is no mistaking her lightning refl exes in the second of the Paganini Etudes and her vivo in the imitation sautillé bowing of No. 4 would make even Heifetz envious. Biret’s brilliant, iron-clad Steinway is well recorded and… in her Liszt, there is stunning profi ciency and a forbidding manner very much her own.” Gramophone, 2011 “Biret sweeps through the set [of Etudes] with unfaltering assurance and in No. 9, the prototype for 'La ricordanza'...she is as affectionate as she is dextrous. Elsewhere there are suspicions of a 'play the notes and the rest will look after itself' philosophy...Biret rides [Il Lamento's] storms with an thunder-and-lightening virtuosity.” Gramophone Magazine, December 2011 | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Liszt: Piano Works
Liszt: | Funérailles (Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S. 173 No. 7) Consolation, S. 172 No. 3 in D flat major Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este (Années de pèlerinage III, S. 163 No. 4) Ballade No. 2 in B minor, S171/R16 Sonetto 104 del Petrarca (Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161 No. 5) Mephisto Waltz No. 1 Liebestraum, S541 No. 3 (Nocturne in A flat major) Un Sospiro from 3 Concert Studies, S144 No. 3 Grande Étude de Paganini, S. 141 No. 3 'La Campanella' Réminiscences de "Don Juan" (after Mozart), S. 418 Concert Paraphrase on Rigoletto, S.434 after Verdi's opera Miserere du Trovatore, S433 Aida Di Verdi - Danza Sacra e Duetto Finale S436 Réminiscences de Simone Boccanegra, S.438 Don Carlos - Coro di festa e marcia funebre Soirees Musicales (Rossini-Liszt) S424: La Danza (Tarantella Napolitana) Ouverture de l'opéra Guillaume Tell (Rossini) S552 |
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| |  | Richard Farrell - The Complete Recordings, Volume 2
Brahms: | Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 Klavierstücke (4), Op. 119 Rhapsody in G minor, Op. 79 No. 2 | Chopin: | Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20 Mazurka No. 10 in B flat major, Op. 17 No. 1 Mazurka No. 41 in C sharp minor, Op. 63 No. 3 Étude Op. 10 No. 3 in E major 'Tristesse' Previously unreleased Étude Op. 10 No. 4 in C sharp minor Previously unreleased Étude Op. 10 No. 5 in G flat major 'Black Key' Étude Op. 10 No. 10 in A flat major Previously unreleased Étude Op. 25 No. 11 in A minor 'Winter Wind' Previously unreleased Nocturne No. 4 in F major, Op. 15 No. 1 Waltz No. 14 in E minor, Op. post., KKIVa:15, B 56 Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 'Héroïque' Previously unreleased | Debussy: | Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque) | Granados: | Goyescas: Quejas ó La Maja y el Ruiseñor | Liszt: | Concert Paraphrase on Rigoletto, S.434 after Verdi's opera Widmung S566 after Schumann (Liebeslied) Hulanka (Drinking Song, after Chopin) | Mendelssohn: | Song without Words, Op. 38 No. 6 in A flat major 'Duetto' | Rachmaninov: | Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op. 42 First ever stereo release Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C sharp minor First ever stereo release Prelude Op. 23 No. 4 in D major First ever stereo release Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 in G minor First ever stereo release Prelude Op. 23 No. 6 in E flat major First ever stereo release Prelude Op. 32 No. 5 in G major First ever stereo release Prelude Op. 32 No. 12 in G sharp minor First ever stereo release | Schumann: | Arabeske in C major, Op. 18 |
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| |  | VoyageursBarbara Moser plays Beethoven, Schubert, Liszt & Grieg
The artist writes “I feel the French word ”Voyageurs” best covers, in a single word, the many facets of the traveler…….. Making these various aspects of traveling in the broadest sense of the word, audible is the goal of my selection of these works.” Recorded live at the Vienna Musikverein. | | | (also available to download from $21.00) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Piano Encores
Albéniz: | Seguidillas (Castilla), from Chants d’Espagne, Op. 232 | Bartók: | For Children, Sz42: The Peasant's Flute | Beethoven: | Für Elise (Bagatelle in A minor, WoO59) | Brahms: | Waltz, Op. 39 No. 15 in A flat major | Chopin: | Waltz No. 2 in A flat major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 1 Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu' Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor, Op. post. | Debussy: | Préludes - Book 1: No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin Préludes - Book 1: No. 12, Minstrels The Snow is dancing (from Children's Corner) Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque) Golliwog's Cakewalk (from Children's Corner) Préludes - Book 1: No. 10, La cathédrale engloutie | Liszt: | Un Sospiro from 3 Concert Studies, S144 No. 3 Concert Paraphrase on Rigoletto, S.434 after Verdi's opera | Rachmaninov: | Prelude Op. 32 No. 12 in G sharp minor | Schubert: | Waltzes, D145 Nos. 2 & 6 German Dance D365 No. 2 'Trauerwalzer' Valse Sentimentale, D779 No. 13 | Schumann: | Fantasiestücke, Op. 12 No. 1 'Des Abends' |
"a pianist of ditinction-rhythmic... majestic... dazzling... Rigoletto piece brings to ringing conclusion"
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| |  | Liszt: Favourite Piano Works
Liszt: | Liebestraum, S541 No. 3 (Nocturne in A flat major) Mephisto Waltz No. 1 Funérailles (Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S. 173 No. 7) Réminiscences de "Don Juan" (after Mozart), S. 418 Étude d'exécution transcendante d'après Paganini, S. 140 No. 3 Die Forelle, S564 Erlkönig, S558 No. 4 (after Schubert D328) Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 12 in C sharp minor Consolation, S. 172 No. 3 in D flat major Sonetto 104 del Petrarca (Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161 No. 5) Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este (Années de pèlerinage III, S. 163 No. 4) Au bord d'une source (Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160 No. 4) Gnomenreigen, S145 No. 2 Un Sospiro from 3 Concert Studies, S144 No. 3 Concert Paraphrase on Rigoletto, S.434 after Verdi's opera Piano Sonata in B minor, S178 |
“Bolet's distilled, rarefied art of spinning out a translucent lyrical line, his broad tempos, deep-toned basses and unforced sonorousness were all the products of his musicianly maturity” BBC Music Magazine, July 2010 | | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Liszt Complete Music for Solo Piano 30: Liszt at the Opera 3
Liszt: | Overture zu Oberon, S574 Fantasy on Themes from Mozart's Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni, S697 Ernani '[Deuxième] Paraphrase de Concert', S432 Miserere du Trovatore, S433 Concert Paraphrase on Rigoletto, S.434 after Verdi's opera Réminiscences de Simone Boccanegra, S.438 Valse de concert sur deux motifs de Lucia et Parisina (Donizetti) Grande fantaisie sur des themes de Les Huguenots by Meyerbeer,S412/R211, Reminiscences des Huguenots Les Adieux, rêverie sur un motif de l'opéra Romeo et Juliette, S. 409 Schwanengesang und Marsch aus Hunyadi László, S405 Elsa’s Bridal Procession (from Lohengrin), S445, No.2 Aus Richard Wagners Lohengrin, S446 Phantasiestück über Motive aus Rienzi (Wagner), S. 439 |
“Another valuable instalment in Howard's vast trek through Liszt's piano music” Classic CD “Liszt's operatic outings range from literal transcriptions, such as the opening Oberon Overture, to the most free fantasias, like that on motives from Rienzi at the end of the disc. The sequence is artfully planned to provide the maximum contrast between Liszt as lion and dove, with four of the 16 items earmarked as 'first recordings'. Of these, the Gounod Roméo et Juliette Rêverie is a tender, nocturne-like idyll that not for a second outstays its welcome. Liszt scholars may nevertheless be still more grateful for Howard's rescue of the other three, and first and foremost the nearly 22-minute long Fantasia on themes from Le nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni. Though selfindulgently protracted, its thematic interweavings en route still take your breath away. With Verdi and Wagner we're on more familiar ground, where it goes without saying that Howard has formidable CD rivals. But throughout the disc there's a spaciousness in his characterisation that far more often than not compensates for momentary technical strain or loss of finesse. His tonal range is certainly wide, ranging from the deep, dark, brooding intensity he finds for the Ernani and Il trovatore excerpts to his translucent delicacy in the upper reaches of Gounod's Rêverie. Apart from a slightly metallic touch above a certain dynamic level in the treble, the recorded sound quality can best be described in a nutshell as ripe.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Irene Scharrer: The complete electric & selected acoustic recordingsThe Matthay School Volume 3
Bach, J S: | Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben': Jesu, bleibet meine Freude Prelude & Fugue Book 1 No. 3 in C sharp minor, BWV848 | Boyce: | Trio Sonata No. 12 in G major: Gavotte | Chopin: | Étude Op. 10 No. 5 in G flat major 'Black Key' Waltz No. 14 in E minor, Op. post., KKIVa:15, B 56 Impromptu No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 29 Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu' Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu' Etude Op. 10 No. 11 in E flat major Étude Op. 10 No. 12 in C minor ‘Revolutionary' Étude Op. 25 No. 1 in A flat major 'Aeolian Harp' Étude Op. 25 No. 9 in G flat major 'Butterfly' Étude Op. 25 No. 6 in G sharp minor Étude Op. 25 No. 11 in A minor 'Winter Wind' Étude Op. 25 No. 12 in C minor Trois Nouvelles Études: Étude in F minor Trois Nouvelles Études: Étude in D flat major Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31 Nocturne No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1 abridged Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 in F sharp minor Étude Op. 25 No. 2 in F minor Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre': 3rd movement (Funeral March) Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz' | Debussy: | Arabesque No. 2 Reflets dans l'eau (No. 1 from Images pour piano - Book 1) Poissons d'or (No. 3 from Images pour piano - Book 2) | Goodhart: | Tipperary - Five Variations | Liszt: | Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 12 in C sharp minor Concert Paraphrase on Rigoletto, S.434 after Verdi's opera Gnomenreigen, S145 No. 2 Fantasy on Hungarian Folk-tunes, S123 abridged | Litolff: | From Concerto symphonique, No. 4 Op. 102: Scherzo | Mendelssohn: | Song without Words, Op. 67 No. 4 in C major 'Spinning Song' or 'Bee's Wedding' Andante and Rondo capriccioso in E major Op. 14 | Mozart: | Piano Sonata No. 5 in G, K283 | Paradies: | Toccata | Purcell: | Toccata Prelude | Saint-Saëns: | Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22: Allegro scherzando abridged | Scarlatti, D: | Keyboard Sonata K14 in G major Keyboard Sonata K1 in D minor Keyboard Sonata K11 in C minor Keyboard Sonata K159 in C major 'La caccia' | Schumann: | Intermezzo from Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26 | Scott, C: | Danse nègre, Op.58 No.5 (W89) | Sinding: | Frühlingsrauschen (Rustle of Spring), Op. 32 No 3 |
IRENE SCHARRER, though perhaps the least remembered of the major Matthay pupils, was the earliest to record, beginning in 1909 at the age of 21.That in itself is a credit to her early fame, which she established through an extrovert, but always musical, virtuosity. She excelled in such works as the Chopin Etudes, nine of which she recorded, and in other brilliant pieces such as those here by Scarlatti and Liszt, but the poise and refinement of her Chopin nocture or the slow movement of the Mozart sonata reveal another side to her playing that is sadly underrepresented on disc. Her final recording, of the Litolff Scherzo, was also her most famous; in its day it was a best seller and was responsible for putting that work on the musical map. This set reissues for the first time all Scharrer’s electrical recordings and also an example of every work she recorded in the acoustic era (pre 1925) that was not later remade as an electrical recording. For completeness, a discography of all her other acoustic recordings is also included. “Her playing is a revelation and shows her to be a far more charismatic player than her distant cousin Harriet Cohen...What charm and brio, what joie de vivre! If the fingers sometimes run away with themselves with an occasional loss of detail, who can possibly object in the face of such uninhibited, joyous bravura?...This is an invaluable release.” Gramophone Magazine, November 2012 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Nobuyuki Tsujii Live at Carnegie HallRecorded at Carnegie Hall, November 10, 2011
On November 10, 2011, Nobuyuki Tsujii, the blind pianist from Japan who was the winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Gold Medal in 2009 appeared on the stage of Carnegie Hall. His dream had come true. Arguably the most important event in the career of any performer, for “Nobu” it was a miracle. With his brilliant technique and beautiful tone, he contrasts familiar warhorses with newer pieces, including one of his own compositions, written in memory of the victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. Nobu brought the usually reserved Carnegie Hall audience to its feet. Interviewed after Nobuyuki Tsujii’s recital, Van Cliburn observed: ‘What a thrill to hear this brilliant, very gifted, fabulous pianist. You feel God’s presence in the room when he plays. His soul is so pure, his music is so wonderful and it goes to infinity, to the highest heaven.’ | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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