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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Poulenc: Orchestral Works
“high-spirited, fresh, elegant playing and sumptuous recorded sound enhance the claim of all this music...Poulenc himself was a pianist of limited accomplishment, but his interpretation with Jacques Fevrier of his own skittish Double Concerto is infectiously jolly.” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Vladimir Horowitz, Vol. 41930-1947
Barber, S: | Excursions Op. 20: Un poco allegro Excursions Op. 20: In slow blues tempo Excursions Op. 20: Allegro molto | Chopin: | Mazurka No. 7 in F minor, Op. 7 No. 3 Mazurka No. 27 in E minor, Op. 41 No. 2 Mazurka No. 32 in C sharp minor, Op. 50 No. 3 Nocturne No. 19 in E minor, Op. 72 No. 1 Étude Op. 10 No. 4 in C sharp minor Étude Op. 10 No. 5 in G flat major 'Black Key' Étude Op. 10 No. 8 in F major Étude Op. 25 No. 3 in F major Impromptu No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 29 Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54 | Kabalevsky: | Prelude in C , Op. 38 No. 1 Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 38 No. 10 Prelude in A flat, Op. 38 No. 17 Prelude in G, Op. 38 No. 3 Prelude in B flat, Op. 38 No. 16 Prelude in F sharp minor, Op. 38 No. 8 Prelude in G minor, Op. 38 No. 22 Prelude in D minor, Op. 38 No. 24 | Poulenc: | Pastourelle Toccata (Trois pieces pour piano No. 2) | Prokofiev: | Toccata in D minor, Op. 11 | Stravinsky: | Danse Russe (from Pétrouchka) |
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| |  | French & Brazilian Piano Music
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| |  | Emil GilelsRecorded: The Town Hall, Cheltenham, 20 November 1980
Any Emil Gilels recital is an eagerly awaited event for collectors. His live recital of Back, Prokofiev, Scarlatti, Schumann and Tchaikovsky on BBC Legends (BBCL40152) has been a best-seller since its release in 1999. Gilels first performed Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No.3, Op.10 as late as 1979 during a US tour which included the ‘Eroica Variations’, Op.35. Both were recorded in the studio but these live performances have a special atmosphere, Gilels having the uncanny ability to hold the audience’s attention throughout. Gilels often mixed early and late Scriabin, ending with the Preludes, Op.74, the last work of Scriabin’s to be published in 1914. Gilels conveys the extraordinarily unsettling power these works can still have when played by a master. Although he played three pieces by Ravel at this Cheltenham recital, the ‘Pavane pour une infante défunte’ had to be removed due to time constraints. All the French titles are played stunningly, ending as an encore with the delightful ‘Pastorelle’ by Poulenc. “This 1980 Cheltenham recital (in fine BBC stereo sound) contains some passages f wonderful pianism. Was there another pianist so capable of nuances in Beethoven allegros without losing a leonine dynamism” Christopher Breunig, Hi-Fi News, May 2009 Album of the Month “Gilels's clean articulation is a marvel in the rapid-fire Presto of Beethoven's Sonata...The 'Eroica' Variations comes wrapped in granite. Fingerwork here is stunning, and despite the hard-as-rock general demeanour, there are some moments of real fantasy. As the complexity of the Variations increases, so do Gilels's responses to the demands, resulting in some spectacular playing...he structure the Variations and Fugue brilliantly…” Colin Clarke, MusicWeb International | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | A Tribute to Phyllis Sellick
Phyllis Sellick was a remarkable pianist and teacher. Her playing inspired both Vaughan Williams and Walton to write for her. One of her most famous recordings is that of Tippett’s 1st Piano Sonata, included on this release. Born in 1911 she died in 2007. “Plummy, bass-heavy, recorded sound doesn’t do justice to the lovely tone of this most engaging of pianists. Her fingerwork is superlative (try Daquin's Le coucou), and Tippett's First Sonata is strongly characterised.” BBC Music Magazine, October 2008 **** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | French Ballet Music of the 1920sL’Éventail de Jeanne, ballet in one act by ten French composers; Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel, ballet in one act by members of the group Les Six
“The zany exuberance of Les mariés, concocted by five of Les Six in the 1920s, is infectiously captured in this colourful reissue, as is L'éventail, a contemporaneous ten-composer collaboration.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2005 **** | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | In Memoriam Theo Bruins (1929-1993)
Live recording of a recital in the Recital Hall (Kleine Zaal) of the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam on February 5, 1974 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | The Heifetzian ViolinTranscriptions by Jascha Heifetz, volume 1
Vilmos Szabadi (violin), Márta Gulyás (piano) All tracks transcribed by Heifetz | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Poulenc - Works for Piano
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| |  | Poulenc - Concertos, Orchestral & Choral works
Françoise Pollet soprano (Gloria, Stabat Mater), François Le Roux baritone (Le Bal masqué, Le Bestiaire, Rapsodie nègre, Cocardes, Le Gendarme incompris, Quatre Poèmes de Max Jacob), Dominique Visse countertenor (Le Gendarme incompris), Lambert Wilson (Le Gendarme incompris), Chœur de Radio France (Gloria, Stabat Mater), François Polgár director, Maîtrise de Radio France (Litanies à la Vierge noire), Denis Dupays director, Pascal Rogé piano (Piano Concerto, Concerto for Two Pianos piano II, Aubade, Le Bal masqué, Rapsodie nègre); harpsichord (Concert champêtre), Sylviane Deferne piano (Concerto for Two Pianos piano I), Peter Hurford organ (Organ Concerto), , Pascal Saumon, Laurent Decker oboe, Philippe Hanon, Claude Fustin bassoon, Marc Bauer, Yves Coueffe trumpet, Sébastien Larrère, Jacques Fourquet, André Goudenhooft trombone, Bernard Balet percussion Philharmonia Orchestra & Orchestre National de France, Charles Dutoit | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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