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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Barenboim on Beethoven - The Complete Piano SonatasConcerts 3 & 4
In 2005 Daniel Barenboim performed the complete Beethoven piano sonatas over eight concerts in two weeks at the Staatsoper in Berlin. The performances were beautifully captured on film. In addition to four DVD releases, each covering two of the concerts, the master classes are released in a separate 2 DVD set – these feature the legendary man imparting his wisdom to the next generation, featuring some of the world’s most notable young pianists. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Barenboim plays Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol. 3Live recording from Palais Kinsky and Schloss Hetzendorf, Vienna, 1983-84
Director: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle New Release on Euroarts's sub-label: Recorded Excellence – Historical Value. The aim of the new series is to make accessible to music lovers and collectors top-quality recordings documenting extra-special concert performances that were hitherto unreleased or were no longer available, either for the first time or as re-releases on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. The main focus is on artists and repertoire. The new series will showcase defining concert moments of music history. Digitally remastered and restored from 35mm film. Including intensive and high-quality audio and visual restoration. In the third part of five DVDs, seven-time GRAMMY® Award-winning pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim performs Sonatas 14 to 21 of the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas. Composed over twenty-five years and embodying the shift of musical taste from the Classic to the Romantic, their performance requires a musician of extraordinary versatility. Daniel Barenboim is one such pianist – his recordings run the gamut from Bach and Mozart to Bruckner and Bartók. In following in the footsteps of such masters as Artur Schnabel, Barenboim truly shows himself to be among the greatest living musicians. Picture format DVD: NTSC 16:9 Sound format DVD: PCM Stereo Region code: 0 Booklet notes: English, German, French Running time: 137 mins “Barenboim brings to these a freshness of approach, and sensitivity. His expressive powers are wondrous and he captures the full range of emotions that these works have to offer. You get the feeling that he really understands this music and that he has an improvisatory and spontaneous approach.” MusicWeb International, 22nd April 2013 | 
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| |  | Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. V
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| |  | Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos 20, 21, 23, 28 & 30Historical Recordings 1938-1940
Reissue Producer and Audio Restoration Engineer: Ward Marston Hailed as ‘the new Anton Rubinstein’ early in his career, Walter Gieseking sought to convey all the excitement and drama in Beethoven’s piano sonatas. This 1939 recording of the Waldstein Sonata was described in Gramophone as ‘distinguished by an amazing range of tone-colour, a neverfailing sensitiveness to the demands of the music, and tremendously vital rhythm.’ The ‘Appassionata’ was received in America as ‘a superb recording that conveys the most subtle nuances as well as emotional vigour’, and the Sonata Op. 101 as ‘one of the finest interpretations and recording... the work emerges with a balance and clarity that could not be improved upon.’. “Gieseking creates his own distinctive ambience and, like a river in full spate, sweeps all before him. Here with a vengeance are reminders that pianists of a past generation invariably chose tempi faster than their successors; a quality dictated by the lighter instruments of the day...All lovers of an entirely individual pianistic genius will have to have this and, once again, Ward Marston's restoration is exemplary.” Gramophone Magazine, December 2011 “whilst you never forget you are listening to 78 rpm records, you are conscious that they are in pristine condition and that they are not going to wear out! The piano sound itself is clean and immediate...Do listen to these performances. They are not mainstream, but they are very satisfying indeed.” MusicWeb International, March 2012 | | | (also available to download from $9.25) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Beethoven: Piano Sonatas
Markus Schirmer regards Beethoven as one of his preferred composers and his selection of pieces, including the “Variations on a Swiss Song” shows a whimsical side to his personality. His chosen programme encompasses an enormous range of different moods. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Beethoven - Piano Sonatas Volume 2
One of Britain’s most prolific recitalists, Martin Roscoe presents the much anticipated second volume from his Complete Beethoven Series of the new Barry Cooper edition. Martin Roscoe is a versatile musician who endeavours always to serve the composer and the music. His enduring popularity and solid reputation are built on a deeply thoughtful musicianship that is allied to an easy rapport with audiences and fellow musicians alike. We are delighted to present Volume Two from his complete Beethoven piano sonata series, of which Roscoe describes these works as “ the most searching, the most challenging and the most fulfilling of all composers.” “Martin Roscoe gives a fine account of the Waldstein, capturing all the music's flamboyance. and meticulously conveying Beethoven's controversial pedal-markings in the concluding rondo. His affectionate performances of the Op. 49 Sonatas leave nothing to be desired, either.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2011 ***/**** “There is a warmth, directness and humanity about Roscoe's Beethoven that is very appealing, no more so than in his beautiful handling of Op 7's Largo movement, one of the highlights of the disc...A fine disc, superbly recorded at Potto Hall.” Gramophone Magazine, September 2011 | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Beethoven - Piano Sonatas Volume 9
With this specially-priced two-disc set, Garrick Ohlsson completes his survey of Beethoven's monumental thirty-two sonatas, a project that the great American pianist has been working on for more than a decade. “With a flawless technique, and recorded in such sumptuous sound, Ohlsson doesn't miss a trick...The sonorous grandeur of his playing, combined with his alertness in Beethoven's ever-present subversiveness, reminds me of his great teacher Claudio Arrau at his peak in the 1950s; and I can't imagine any praise higher than that.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2011 ***** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 9, 10, 19, 20, 24 & 25
1SACD+DVD Born in Osaka, Mari Kodama left Japan as a child and grew up in Germany, Switzerland, France and England. She studied piano with Germaine Mounier at the Conservatoire National de Paris and later became a private pupil with Alfred Brendel. She has an international reputation for her musical sensitivity and outstanding virtuosity. Includes Bonus DVD. “Everything proceeds in a faultless flow of sound and in this sense her credentials are impeccable. Never bearing down heavily on the music, she always allows Beethoven his own voice.” Gramophone Magazine, March 2011 | | | (also available to download from $11.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Volume 3
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