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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Martin Stadtfeld plays Mendelssohn, Schumann & Bach
Bach, J S: | St Matthew Passion, BWV244: Wir setzen uns mit tranen nieder Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben': Jesu, bleibet meine Freude | Busoni: | ‘Nun komm der heiden Heiland' (Bach BWV659) | Mendelssohn: | Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner Variations sérieuses in D minor Op. 54 Song without Words, Op. 62 No. 6 in A major 'Spring Song' Song without Words, Op. 30 No. 6 in F sharp minor 'Venezianisches Gondellied No. 2' Song without Words, Op. 85 No. 4 in D major Song without Words No. 49 for Piano in D minor 'Horseman's Song' Song without Words, Op. 67 No. 1 in E flat major Song without Words, Op. 38 No. 2 in C minor Song without Words, Op. 38 No. 6 in A flat major 'Duetto' Song without Words, Op. 19b No. 1 in E major 'Sweet Remembrance' Song without Words, Op. 67 No. 4 in C major 'Spinning Song' or 'Bee's Wedding' Song without Words, Op. 53 No. 4 in F major | Schumann: | Erinnerung |
Martin Stadtfeld performs Mendelssohn, Schumann & Bach, with the renowned Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, under its founder, Sir Neville Marriner. This is the first Mendelssohn (1809-1847) disc from acclaimed, award winning German pianist Stadtfeld, who caused a stir in 2002, becoming the first German to win the 'International Bach Competition' in Leipzig. There are two CD's, with disc one being a x13 piece body of Mendelssohns work & then a bonus disc two containing x4 pieces of work, covering Schumann & Bach. | 
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| |  | Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Piano Solo Works
Mendelssohn: | Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 Mito Chamber Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa Song without Words, Op. 62 No. 1 in G major 'May Breezes' Song without Words, Op. 67 No. 4 in C major 'Spinning Song' or 'Bee's Wedding' Song without Words, Op. 62 No. 5 in A minor 'Venetianisches Gondellied No. 3' Song without Words, Op. 62 No. 6 in A major 'Spring Song' Song without Words, Op. 53 No. 3 in G minor Song without Words, Op. 38 No. 6 in A flat major 'Duetto' Rondo capriccioso in E major, Op. 14 Prelude & Fugue for piano in E minor, Op. 35 No. 1 |
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| |  | Mendelssohn: The Piano Concertos
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| |  | The Romantic Piano Concerto 17 - Mendelssohn
“With Stephen Hough's Mendelssohn we enter a new dimension. The soft, stylish arpeggios that open the first work here, the Capriccio brillant, announce something special. But this is just a preparation for the First Concerto.
Here again, 'stylish' is the word. One can sense the background – especially the operatic background against which these works were composed. The first solo doesn't simply storm away, fortissimo; one hears distinct emotional traits: the imperious, thundering octaves, the agitated semiquavers, the pleading appoggiaturas.
The revelation is the First Concerto's slow movement: not a trace of stale sentimentality here, rather elegance balanced by depth of feeling. Some of the praise must go to the CBSO and Foster; after all it's the CBSO violas and cellos that lead the singing in that slow movement. Foster and the orchestra are also effective in the opening of the Second Concerto – too often dismissed as the less inspired sequel to No 1. The first bars are hushed, sombre, a little below the main tempo, so that it's left to Hough to energise the argument and set the pace – all very effective.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Mendelssohn: The Piano Concertos & Rondo Brilliant
All Helmchen’s recordings for the PentaTone label have been award winners. The romantic and virtuoso piano concertos by Mendelssohn never became as popular as his violin concertos but are of just as high a calibre. Helmchen regularly works with Philippe Herreweghe and this collaboration has resulted in a very special album. There is no other recording of these works currently available on SACD. “The outer movements of the concertos fizz and sparkle as they should yet Helmchen finds time to sculpt phrase-endings without any loss of momentum, heightening the drama in the process. The piano is centre stage in the sound picture - and how Helmchen can make it sing!...his burnished, singing tone bring[s] an unusual depth to this life-enhancing music.” Gramophone Magazine, January 2011 “the Rondo brillant was never meant to be anything more than what it says...and Martin Helmchen has just the youthful energy and dazzling technique to make the most of it. Everything is kept light and good-humoured, and this is really also the right manner for the concertos” International Record Review, December 2010 | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Mendelssohn in VerbierRecorded at Verbier Festival, July 2009
This series of TV programmes presents the very best of the 16th Verbier Festival with worldwide renowned artists such as Susan Graham, Martha Argerich, Yuri Temirkanov and Philippe Jaroussky. Furthermore, very gifted artists like Yuja Wang encounter renowned conductors like Kurt Masur to feature Mendelssohn's Third Symphony. These magnificent interpretations of three Mendelssohn works – two orchestral and one chamber – are given by the phenomenally talented young Chinese pianist Yuja Wang and other young performers. Praised in BBC Music Magazine for her ‘keen intelligence’ and ‘staggering technique’, Yuja Wang has also been described by the San Francisco Chronicle as ‘the sort of musician whose combination of talents appears in the world only rarely’. The Verbier Festival Orchestra consists of musicians hand-picked from every part of the world. Here they are directed by the doyen of German Mendelssohn conductors, Kurt Masur. BONUS: Stravinsky: Three Movements from Petrushka performed by Yuja Wang, piano Picture format DVD: NTSC 16:9 Sounds formats DVD: PCM Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1 Region code: 0 Booklet notes: English, German, French Running time: 89 mins (Concert) + 15 mins (Bonus: Concert Yuja Wang / Stravinsky) FSK: 0 “The mixture here of seriousness, high spirits and virtuosity suits Mendelssohn well...Wang excels with her fingerwork, light pedaling and discreetly intelligent touches of rubato...No praise is too high for her bonus performance of the Three Movements from Petrushka...In the Scottish Symphony Kurt Masur exerts an easy, grandfatherly authority over his young orchestra” BBC Music Magazine, January 2011 ***** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Frank Pelleg, Volume 1
Bach, J S: | Duets Nos. 1-4, BWV802-805 Recorded. c.1951 Goldberg Variations, BWV988 Live Broadcast. c.1959 Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV1050 Recorded c.1952 with Peter Rybar (violin) & Peter Lukas Graf (flute) Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, Walter Goehr | Debussy: | Fantasie for piano and orchestra Recorded c.1951 Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Walter Goehr | Mendelssohn: | Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 Recorded c.1951 Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, Walter Goehr Serenade and Allegro giocoso, Op. 43, for piano and orchestra Recorded c.1951 Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Otto Ackermann Capriccio Brillant in B minor Op. 22 Recorded c.1951 Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, Walter Goehr |
Frank Pelleg (harpsichord & piano) Frank Pelleg, a pianist, harpsichordist, composer, musicologist, conductor, philosopher and a teacher - was clearly one of the most illustrious musicians of the 20th century. In addition to his expertise in the performance of Bach and the Baroque era, he was equally a brilliant performer of the classical period and a champion of new music, particularly of Israeli composers. He was a remarkable, delightful and a charismatic person, an original with a great sense of humor, superb communication ability and had an amazing memory (he could perform most of Mozart’s piano concertos on a moment’s notice from memory). Always active with relentless enthusiasm, his untimely death at the age of 57 was a sad event to all who knew him and the entire musical world. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Mendelssohn - Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2Chamber arrangements by Cord Garben
Fumika Shiraga (piano) & Bernd Konzett (double bass) Nathan Quartet In the 18th Century composers often simplified the orchestral part of their own concertos so as to be able to play them in private circles, replacing the orchestra with a string quartet. Today, Cord Garben has taken this very liberty to bring out a version of Mendelssohn’s Concertos opus 25 and 40 in which a string quartet (with added double bass) replaces the orchestra. The clarity and lightness of the music are as enchanting as in the original version, possibly even more so. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Mendelssohn - Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Louis Lortie (piano & direction) Orchestre Symphonique de Québec Canadian pianist Louis Lortie has been praised for the fresh perspective and individuality he brings to a broad spectrum of the keyboard repertoire. He has made more than 30 recordings, ranging from Mozart to Stravinsky. Here he performs as both pianist and conductor for the first time. | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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