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Chopin: | Études (12), Op. 10 Recorded 4th and 5th July, 1933 at EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 3, London Études (12), Op. 25 Recorded 18th and 21st June 1934 at EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 3, London Trois Nouvelles Études Recorded 4th November, 1949 at EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 3, London Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 Recorded 5th July, 1933 at EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 3, London |
Recorded 1933-1949 | | | (also available to download from $9.00) | This item is currently out of stock at the UK distributor. You may order it now but please be aware that it may be six weeks or more before it can be despatched. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | The Great Female Pianists Volume 4 - Guiomar Novaes
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| |  | Wilhelm Backhaus plays Chopin Piano Works
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| |  | Chopin & Godowsky - ÉtudesFor the first time on record, Boris Berezovsky plays Chopin’s original etudes and Godowsky’s versions side by side allowing listeners to compare them.
“Berezovsky's technical command in Godowsky is formidable” BBC Music Magazine, 1st November 2005 “the truest successor to the great Russian pianists...the most interesting Russian pianist since Emil Gilels [with] a technique that can sweep all preconceived notions or sense of musical propriety into oblivion...a prodigious virtuoso....a young Russian titan of the keyboard [who] takes even the mightiest virtuoso repertoire in his stride” The Times “Here, uniquely, you can hear Chopin and Chopin-Godowsky side by side, marvelling or shuddering at the way Chopin's original is turned topsy-turvy and transformed into 'something rich and strange'. Recorded live, Boris Berezovsky's performances of eight of Chopin's Studies and 11 of Godowsky's arrangements beggar description.
No more formidable young pianist exists and his stunning recital balances prodigies of virtuosity with an unfaltering musical integrity. His Op 10 No 1 study is maestoso indeed, and never more so than when Godowsky's massive carillon of sound is embellished with a counterpoint as imperious as the last trump. Chopin's originals are always musically rather than sensationally characterised, the reverse of, say, Cziffra's dazzling if infamous distortions, yet Berezovsky's way with Op 10 No 5 is of a rollicking bravura that few could equal.
In the left-hand-only studies his tone conjures up Neuhaus's description of Gilels, 'rich in noble metal, a 24-carat gold that we find in the voices of the great singers' and, throughout, you are also reminded of Shakespeare's words: 'O, it is excellent / To have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous / To use it like a giant.' Here, caught 'on the wing', there is none of that diffidence that occasionally affects Berezovsky when at his least concentrated but rather playing in the grandest of grand Russian traditions.
For encores there are Alt Wien, as warm and affectionate as Cherkassky though without a trace of whimsy, and Godowsky's teasing elaboration of the Minute Waltz. Heard on this form Berezovsky is the pianist of your dreams; and it only remains to add that he plays the third rather than the second version of Op 25 No 1 and that Warner's sound is superb.
Prolonged applause celebrates Berezovsky's phenomenal achievement.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010  BBC Music Magazine
Instrumental Choice - November 2005 |
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| |  | Busoni And His Legacy
Busoni's complete recordings are newly restored, revealing his tone and musical details, along with significant recently discovered performances by Ley and Petri. Included in the booklet is an English translation of Heinrich Neuhaus' essay on Busoni as pianist and interpreter. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Pachmann: The Mythic Pianist -1907-1927 Recordings
Brahms: | Capriccio in C sharp minor, Op. 76 No. 5 | Chopin: | Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47 (2nd half) Nocturne in E minor, KKIV/b Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2 Nocturne No. 4 in F major, Op. 15 No. 1 Nocturne No. 12 in G major, Op. 37 No. 2 Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2 Mazurka No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 50 No. 2 Mazurka No. 38 in F sharp minor, Op. 59 No. 3 Mazurka No. 45 in A minor, Op. 67 No. 4 Mazurka No. 24 in C major, Op. 33 No. 3 Impromptu No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 29 Étude Op. 10 No. 3 in E major 'Tristesse' Étude Op. 10 No. 5 in G flat major 'Black Key' Étude Op. 10 No. 12 in C minor ‘Revolutionary' Étude Op. 25 No. 5 in E minor Prelude Op. 28 No. 15 in D flat major ‘Raindrop' Prelude Op. 28 No. 24 in D minor | Liszt: | Polonaise No. 2 in E major, S223 No. 2 (2nd half) | Mendelssohn: | Prelude & Fugue for piano in E minor, Op. 35 No. 1 Song without Words, Op. 30 No. 6 in F sharp minor 'Venezianisches Gondellied No. 2' Song without Words, Op. 67 No. 4 in C major 'Spinning Song' or 'Bee's Wedding' | Raff: | La Fileuse Op. 157 No. 2 | Schumann: | Novelette, Op. 21 No. 1 in F major |
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| |  | Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 10and works by Gubaidulina, Liszt & Dubugnon
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| |  | Vladimir HorowitzThe London recordings 1932-1936
Bach, J S: | Chorale Prelude BWV734 'Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein' (arr. Busoni) | Beethoven: | Variations (32) on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO 80 | Chopin: | Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54 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 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 Impromptu No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 29 Nocturne No. 19 in E minor, Op. 72 No. 1 | Debussy: | Études pour piano No. 11 - Pour les arpeges composes | Haydn: | Piano Sonata No. 52 in G major, Hob.XVI:39 | Liszt: | Piano Sonata in B minor, S178 Funérailles (Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S. 173 No. 7) | Scarlatti, D: | Keyboard Sonata K87 in B minor Keyboard Sonata K125 in G major | Schumann: | Arabeske in C major, Op. 18 Toccata in C major, Op. 7 Traumes Wirren (Fantasiestucke, Op. 12 No. 7) Presto passionato in G minor op.22 |
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| |  | Great Pianists - BusoniBusoni and His Pupils
Recorded 1922-1952 “Petri's musical imagination in Sonatina No. 3 brings charm, warmth and intimacy to this little gem” Gramophone Magazine, March 2011 | | | (also available to download from $9.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Great Pianists - LevitzkiHistorical recordings and broadcasts 1927-1938
Chopin: | Prelude Op. 28 No. 7 in A major Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2 Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47 Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15 No. 2 Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 'Héroïque' Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 39 Étude Op. 10 No. 5 in G flat major 'Black Key' Nocturne No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1 Waltz No. 8 in A flat major, Op. 64 No. 3 Waltz No. 11 in G flat major, Op. 70 No. 1 Prelude Op. 28 No. 23 in F major | Levitzki: | Waltz in A major, Op. 2 'Valse amour' Arabesque valsante, Op. 6 | Rachmaninov: | Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 in G minor | Rubinstein: | Etude in C major, Op. 23 No. 2 | Saint-Saëns: | Piano Concerto No. 2: second movement |
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