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| |  | Great Pianists - Vladimir Horowitz
Vladimir Horowitz (piano) Recorded 1932-34 “Horowitz's tonal translucence and tireless caprice in his Chopin is beyond compare, and his Liszt Sonata remains among the greatest of all recorded performances.” Gramophone “This colossal account of Liszt’s great, arching tone-poem for piano...has never really been surpassed for technical authority.” Sunday Times, 3rd January 2010 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Each waltz is treated with the same care that a piano sonata might deserve and the effect is magical: this is true poetry - James Jolly, Gramophone 1000th issue | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Anne Queffelec plays Chopin
Chopin: | Mazurka No. 45 in A minor, Op. 67 No. 4 Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54 Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57 Mazurka No. 32 in C sharp minor, Op. 50 No. 3 Waltz No. 12 in F minor, Op. 70 No. 2 Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu' Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor, Op. post. Cantabile in B Flat Major (Andantino) Waltz No. 18 in E flat major 'Sostenuto', Op. post., KKIVb:10, B 133 Polonaise No. 10 in F minor, Op. 71 No. 3 Mazurka No. 8 in A flat minor, Op. 7 No. 4 Polonaise No. 13 in A flat major B5/KKIVa:2 Polonaise No. 13 in G minor, BI 1 Polonaise No. 12 in B flat major B3/KKIVa:1 Waltz No. 19 in A minor, Op. post., KKIVb:11, B 150 |
Anne Queffélec is among the most popular pianists of her generation, appreciated for the diversity of her repertoire, as her impressive discography testifies. In addition to the French repertoire, she has became particularly known for her performance of works by Mozart and Scarlatti. Her recordings include works of J.S. Bach, Scarlatti, Liszt, Chopin, Schubert, Mozart, Fauré and Debussy. | 
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| |  | Chopin - Waltzes
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| |  | Chopin: The Mazurka Diary
Chopin: | Mazurka No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 6 No. 1 Mazurka No. 2 in C sharp minor, Op. 6 No. 2 Mazurka No. 4 in E flat minor, Op. 6 No. 4 Mazurka No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 7 No. 1 Mazurka No. 6 in A minor, Op. 7 No. 2 Mazurka No. 9 in C major, Op. 7 No. 5 Mazurka No. 11 in E minor, Op. 17 No. 2 Mazurka No. 13 in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4 Mazurka No. 14 in G minor, Op. 24 No. 1 Mazurka No. 15 in C major, Op. 24 No. 2 Mazurka No. 18 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 1 Mazurka No. 19 in B minor, Op. 30 No. 2 Mazurka No. 20 in D flat major, Op. 30 No. 3 Mazurka No. 21 in C sharp minor, Op. 30 No. 4 Mazurka No. 25 in B minor, Op. 33 No. 4 Mazurka No. 27 in E minor, Op. 41 No. 2 Mazurka No. 32 in C sharp minor, Op. 50 No. 3 Mazurka No. 34 in C major, Op. 56 No. 2 Mazurka No. 36 in A minor, Op. 59 No. 1 Mazurka No. 37 in A flat major, Op. 59 No. 2 Mazurka No. 38 in F sharp minor, Op. 59 No. 3 Mazurka No. 40 in F minor, Op. 63 No. 2 Mazurka No. 43 in G minor, Op. 67 No. 2 Mazurka No. 44 in C major, Op. 67 No. 3 Mazurka No. 45 in A minor, Op. 67 No. 4 Mazurka No. 46 in C major, Op. 68 No. 1 Mazurka No. 47 in A minor, Op. 68 No. 2 Mazurka No. 48 in F major, Op. 68 No. 3 Mazurka No. 49 in F minor, Op. 68 No. 4 |
Frédéric Chopin was a devoted champion of the Mazurka. Anna Gourari has selected a programme of works illustrating his life, as if in a musical diary. She lends these triple-time pieces an irresistibly attractive pulse, painting an exquisitely defined and colourful image. In short, Anna Gouari’s performance is stunning. | 
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| |  | Chopin - MazurkasKoroliov Series Volume 11
Chopin: | Mazurka No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 6 No. 1 Mazurka No. 14 in G minor, Op. 24 No. 1 Mazurka No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 7 No. 1 Mazurka No. 11 in E minor, Op. 17 No. 2 Mazurka No. 15 in C major, Op. 24 No. 2 Mazurka No. 13 in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4 Mazurka No. 17 in B flat minor, Op. 24 No. 4 Mazurka No. 41 in C sharp minor, Op. 63 No. 3 Mazurka No. 8 in A flat minor, Op. 7 No. 4 Mazurka No. 21 in C sharp minor, Op. 30 No. 4 Mazurka No. 19 in B minor, Op. 30 No. 2 Mazurka No. 34 in C major, Op. 56 No. 2 Mazurka No. 35 in C minor, Op. 56 No. 3 Mazurka No. 45 in A minor, Op. 67 No. 4 Mazurka No. 18 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 1 Mazurka No. 40 in F minor, Op. 63 No. 2 Mazurka No. 29 in A flat major, Op. 41 No. 4 Mazurka No. 32 in C sharp minor, Op. 50 No. 3 Mazurka No. 39 in B major, Op. 63 No. 1 Mazurka No. 27 in E minor, Op. 41 No. 2 Mazurka No. 47 in A minor, Op. 68 No. 2 Mazurka No. 46 in C major, Op. 68 No. 1 Mazurka No. 22 in G sharp minor, Op. 33 No. 1 Mazurka No. 51 in A minor 'Émile Gaillard' Mazurka No. 49 in F minor, Op. 68 No. 4 |
Koriolov was born in Moscow in 1949. As a student, he won numerous prizes at international competitions and after graduating was invited to teach at the Tchaikovsky Conservatoire. He later became a professor in Hamburg. His previous recordings on Tacet have all been very well received. | 
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| |  | Ivan Moravec - Live in Brussels
Beethoven: | Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastorale' | Brahms: | Intermezzo in A minor, Op. 118 No. 1 Capriccio in B minor, Op. 76 No. 2 Intermezzo in A major, Op. 118 No. 2 Rhapsody in G minor, Op. 79 No. 2 | Chopin: | Nocturne No. 9 in B major, Op. 32 No. 1 Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1 Mazurka No. 13 in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4 Mazurka No. 32 in C sharp minor, Op. 50 No. 3 Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20 |
Over two evenings in 1983 (4 February and 7 November) in the concert hall of Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles, the world-famous pianist Ivan Moravec spellbound the audience with his majestic performance. This master of the piano’s precision marries cultivated tone and widely differentiated articulation, augmented by deep musical élan. Each tone has absolute logic within the order of the composition he interprets, be it Beethoven’s expansive Sonata in D major, “Pastoral”, or the seemingly smaller pieces by Brahms and Chopin. And it is precisely in the latter that Ivan Moravec excels as a master of tiny area, which he wondrously chases in stylistic terms and renders ebulliently. The live recording breathes in the airy atmosphere of the concert hall, one that can hardly be evoked in studio albums. The recording clearly shows that the world of Beethoven’s, Chopin’s and Brahms’s piano works is close to the essence of Moravec’s being. | 
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| |  | Chopin - Mazurkas
Chopin: | Mazurka No. 32 in C sharp minor, Op. 50 No. 3 Mazurka No. 22 in G sharp minor, Op. 33 No. 1 Mazurka No. 16 in A flat major, Op. 24 No. 3 Mazurka No. 35 in C minor, Op. 56 No. 3 Mazurka No. 40 in F minor, Op. 63 No. 2 Mazurka No. 12 in A flat major, Op.17 No.3 Mazurka No. 17 in B flat minor, Op. 24 No. 4 Mazurka No. 18 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 1 Mazurka No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 50 No. 2 Mazurka No. 14 in G minor, Op. 24 No. 1 Mazurka No. 30 in G major, Op. 50 No. 1 Mazurka No. 25 in B minor, Op. 33 No. 4 Mazurka No. 19 in B minor, Op. 30 No. 2 Mazurka No. 11 in E minor, Op. 17 No. 2 Mazurka No. 27 in E minor, Op. 41 No. 2 Mazurka No. 36 in A minor, Op. 59 No. 1 Mazurka No. 6 in A minor, Op. 7 No. 2 Mazurka No. 49 in F minor, Op. 68 No. 4 |
Fou Ts’ong is one of the greatest Chopin interpreters alive today, a prize-winner at the Fifth International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1955, at which he also received the Polish Radio Prize for the best performance of mazurkas, eighteen of which he interprets on an original ‘Chopinian’ instrument on this disc. They date from different periods in the composer’s oeuvre. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Chopin - 21 Mazurkas
Chopin: | Mazurka No. 15 in C major, Op. 24 No. 2 Mazurka No. 40 in F minor, Op. 63 No. 2 Mazurka No. 17 in B flat minor, Op. 24 No. 4 Mazurka No. 10 in B flat major, Op. 17 No. 1 Mazurka No. 2 in C sharp minor, Op. 6 No. 2 Mazurka No. 45 in A minor, Op. 67 No. 4 Mazurka No. 23 in D major, Op. 33 No. 2 Mazurka No. 22 in G sharp minor, Op. 33 No. 1 Mazurka No. 32 in C sharp minor, Op. 50 No. 3 Mazurka No. 39 in B major, Op. 63 No. 1 Mazurka No. 35 in C minor, Op. 56 No. 3 Mazurka No. 37 in A flat major, Op. 59 No. 2 Mazurka No. 20 in D flat major, Op. 30 No. 3 Mazurka No. 47 in A minor, Op. 68 No. 2 Mazurka No. 34 in C major, Op. 56 No. 2 Mazurka No. 27 in E minor, Op. 41 No. 2 Mazurka No. 29 in A flat major, Op. 41 No. 4 Mazurka No. 49 in F minor, Op. 68 No. 4 Mazurka No. 7 in F minor, Op. 7 No. 3 Mazurka No. 41 in C sharp minor, Op. 63 No. 3 Mazurka No. 13 in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4 |
This new recording of 21 of Chopin's Mazurkas sees the young Russian pianist Vassily Primakov commencing his exploration of Chopin's solo works for Bridge Records. “A refined equilibrium that blends momentum with tasteful rhythmic freedom. This is wonderfully multifaceted Chopin-playing, with the music’s joys and shadows sensitively voiced.” Daily Telegraph, 10th June 2009 **** “His limpid touch is allied to a singing tone and lyrical line, with accents discreetly pointed up to give the music buoyancy, and a refined equilibrium that blends momentum with tasteful rhythmic freedom. This is wonderfully multifaceted Chopin-playing, with the music’s joys and shadows sensitively voiced.” Daily Telegraph, 10th June 2009 **** “…Vassily Primakov… shows a special sense of a Slavic melancholy and gaiety at the heart of what is surely Chopin's most deeply confessional diary. Hyper-sensitive to mood-swings, his poetic insight is backed by deft and immaculate pianism. …Primakov surely reserves his ultimate triumph for the end. His op 17 No 4 in A minor is worth the price of the disc alone, memorably refined in sound, colour and nuance.” Gramophone Magazine, September 2009 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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