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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Mozart: Pieces for two pianos
This is the union of two ZZT artists for a disc that includes an original work (the Sonata in D major) and transcriptions for two pianos. Recorded on two historic instruments from the collection of Edwin Beunk, this disc is an operatic and symphonic conversation. It is also the illustration of the highly fruitful collaboration of two singular pianists as well as a new recording with Yury Martynov, who earned a 'Choc' de Classica for his Beethoven-Liszt disc. “this new collection has an unbeatable elan and drive. Some may find the glorious Sonata in D for two pianos too driven, but the pair capture the exuberance of the Larghetto and Allegro in Robert Levin's splendid completion” The Observer, 9th December 2012 | 
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| |  | Mozart: Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2Recordings: 1965
The Pro Arte Piano Quartet was made up of leading London-based instrumentalists, many of whom also played in the Melos Ensemble of London. Pianist Lamar Crowson was, and remains, one of the great chamber music pianists of all time (and a soloist in his own right). Kenneth Sillito led, for several years, the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. Terence Weil was principal cellist of the English Chamber Orchestra and, like viola player Cecil Aronowitz, a founding member of the Melos Ensemble. Together they made three records for L’Oiseau-Lyre, the Decca subsidiary and they are all now issued on Decca Eloquence from Australia. Mozart’s two piano quartets constitute two of the most important works in this genre. The first, in G minor, is full of anguish and passion, while the second, in E flat, conjures up the gentler, more romantic side of the composer’s nature – dreaminess, but with more than a touch of nobility. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Mozart: Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2
‘For freshness, insight and sheer beauty of tone and phrase, this new disc takes the palm … it’s pure joy from first to last and I urge you to add it to
your shelves’ (BBC Music Magazine) “These are unusually expansive works, their first movements each close on 15 minutes' music, prolific in their thematic matter and richly developed. They demand playing that shows a grasp of their scale, playing that makes plain to the listener the shape, the functional character of the large spans of the music.
Paul Lewis and the Leopold String Trio, playing on modern instruments, excel in this, with their feeling for its structure and its tension, particularly in the first movement of the G minor, and especially at its great climax at the end of the development section, which is delivered with a compelling power and a sense of its logic. This performance is exemplified by its carefully measured tempo, its poise and its subtle handling of the balance between strings and piano. The Andante is unhurried, allowing plenty of time for expressive detail; and the darker colours within the finale, for all its G major good cheer, are there too.
The spacious and outgoing E flat work is no less sympathetically done, with plenty of feeling for its special kind of broad lyricism; particularly attractive are the gently springy rhythms and the tenderness of the string phrasing in the first movement, and Lewis's beautifully shaped phrasing in the Larghetto. A real winner, this disc: warmly recommended.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Mozart: Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2
Rich and ripe readings of Mozart's two piano quartets from Georg Solti and the Melos Quartett, in which the conductor takes time off from his podium duties to return to the keyboard - where, in fact, his whole career began. Recorded a year apart, these readings have both thrust and warmth and are made available at budget price for the first time, and after a long period of absence from the Decca catalogue. “The selling point here is that Sir Georg Solti is the pianist. He must have spent far more time conducting than playing the piano, but he needs few excuses for he is very able, indeed at times brilliant” Gramophone Magazine | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Mozart: Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2
Boyan Vodenitcharov (fortepiano), Ryo Terakado (violin), François Fernandez (viola), Rainer Zipperling (cello) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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“For freshness, insight and sheer beauty of tone and phrase, this new disc takes the palm … it’s pure joy” BBC Music Magazine “It is in fact clear from the opening that this is a performance to reckon with, exemplified by its careful measured tempo, its poise and its subtle handling of the balance between strings and piano. A real winner, this
disc; warmly recommended” Gramophone Magazine “These are deeply musical performances, perceptive and satisfying, of two masterpieces” International Record Review | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | André Previn: A Bridge Between Two WorldsA documentary about Grammy Lifetime Award Winner 2010 André Previn
Documentary: Lilian Birnbaum, Peter Stephan Jungk Bonus: Horant H. Hohlfeld André Previn is one of the most multi-talented and prominent musicians of our time, a composer of music of all genres, a conductor, arranger, pianist and jazz musician. He won, among countless Awards, four Oscars for his movie scores, had 13 Oscar nominations and he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010 This intimate portrait features Anne-Sophie Mutter, Mia Farrow, Oscar Peterson, Renée Fleming, Lukas Previn Bonus: Two Mozart Piano Quartets (featuring members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, filmed in 2000) Running Time Total: 107 minutes Documentary: 52 minutes Mozart Quartets: 55 minutes Picture 16:9, color Sound PCM Stereo Subtitles German, English, French, Spanish “Engaging, offbeat and ultimately rather slight, this idiosyncratic Anglo-Germanic documentary will delight admirers of a man who bestrides so many worlds that it is difficult to know which two the directors Lillian Birnbaum and Peter Stephan Jungk had in mind.” International Record Review, March 2011 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Mozart - Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2
The Mozart Piano Quintet was founded in 2000 and has been catapulted to the top echelon of the international music world. Their previous recordings on MDG have all been well received. Saint-Saens quartets performed by the Mozart Piano Quartet is currently Gramophone Editor’s Choice (MDG9431519) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Schubert - Piano Quintet "Trout"
Mozart: | Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat major, K493 Mozart’s piano quartet in E-flat major is the piece which established the piano quartet as a winning
instrumental combination | Schubert: | Piano Quintet in A major, D667 'The Trout' Schubert’s quintet in A Major, D.667 “The Trout”, was composed in 1819 when Schubert was 22 years old.
The piece is known as the Trout because the fourth movement is a set of variations on Schubert's earlier
Lied "Die Forelle" (The Trout) |
“Not just a piano virtuoso of steely right-hand brilliance, Yefim Bronfman also uses his left hand - to accentuate bass-lines and generate harmonic tension.” Gramophone Magazine, September 2008 “Choosing steady tempos, Yefim Bronfman and his string accomplices take an unusually serious view of proceedings. There are moments of great lyrical eloquence. But Bronfman, Zukerman and co do not do Viennese charm. Too often - above all, in their sober finale - they miss a blitheness and rhythmic buoyancy crucial to any performance of this lovable work.
The players' spacious, thoughtful approach is better suited to Mozart's E flat Piano Quartet. The first movement, close in spirit to the contemporary piano concertos, has an almost symphonic amplitude. Again, though, the finale is slightly po-faced, with little sense of Mozartian roguishness bubbling beneath the music's urbane surface.” Richard Wigmore, The Telegraph, 23rd August 2008 “The pianist Bronfman joins the Zukerman Chamber Players (violinist Pinky plus three young Canadians) for an excursion into the rural idyll of Schubert’s Trout Quintet.
The irresistible swing that they generate comes from deep within the core of their bright sound. The slowings at cadences are of one mind, and you’re swept along by the andante’s pendulum dialogue and the bouncing repeated notes of the scherzo. The Trout Variations are the height of gentility until fury erupts as the fish is caught. The jaunty finale, each long note an elegant springboard dive, suggests that he leaps free. The shared engine also drives Mozart’s Piano Quartet in E flat K493 in a performance that sounds nothing but fun.” The Times, 27th June 2008 **** | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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