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Jan Vermeulen (fortepiano) This CD includes Sonata in D major D850, Adagio in E major D612 and Sonata in A flat major D557. “This Series continues to be most impressive. Vermuelen must be the ideal Schubert player, and the instrument, a superbly restored Streicher und Sohn of 1826, has an astonishing range of dynamics….” Early Music Review | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Schubert - The Wanderer Fantasyand other works for solo piano
Michael Endres is one of the “secret stars” in the piano world. Experts and lovers of music know and regard him as an exceptional pianist who regularly presents valuable interpretations of music characterized by his careful attention to detail and impeccable technique. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Sviatoslav Richter
Debussy: | Cloches à travers les feuilles (No. 1 from Images pour piano - Book 2) Recorded: Free Trade Hall, Manchester, 8 October 1969 | Schubert: | Piano Sonata No. 14 in A minor, D784 Recorded: Royal Festival Hall, London, 31 March 1979 13 Variations on a theme by Anselm Hüttenbrenner in A minor, D576 Recorded: Free Trade Hall, Manchester, 8 October 1969 | Schumann: | Fantasiestücke, Op. 12 Recorded: Free Trade Hall, Manchester, 8 October 1969 |
“BBC Legends have done no greater service than issuing so much Richter, and this latest disc of Schubert and Schumann, with a magical Debussy encore, shows him at his most intimate with the composers he loved most.” BBC Music Magazine, March 2008 ***** “Schubert composed his A minor Sonata, D784 in 1823, the year in which he learnt he was suffering from an incurable venereal disease. Richter digs deep in this remarkably, bleak and uncompromising reading. The enforced optimism of the final Allegro vivace leaves us with a bitter taste, while the famously treacherous closing octave triplets are dispatched with breathtaking nonchalance.” Gramophone Magazine, December 2007 “The performance is hypnotic, full of the subtlest shades of colour” Donald Manildi, International Record Review | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Schubert and his Circle
Schubert left more unfinished works than any other composer: his brain moved faster than his pen. Most of these fragments are piano scores, some of them of substantial size. Brian Newbould, whose completions of Schubert’s unfinished symphonies have attracted universal praise, here turns his attention to the expansive C major Sonata of 1825, of which Schubert completed the first two movements and left the other two unfinished. Professor Newbould’s work adds an unsuspected masterpiece to the great sonatas that crown Schubert's piano career. The other pieces on this CD attest to his close friendship with the brothers Anselm and Josef Hüttenbrenner, themselves accomplished composers. | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Schubert - Piano Works Volume 2
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| |  | Schubert: Piano Sonatas
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| |  | Schubert: Complete Piano Sonatasand other piano works
Schubert: | Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-21 (complete) Valses Sentimentales (34), D 779 Op. 50 Moments Musicaux (6), D780, Op. 94 8 Ecossaises, D529 10 Variations in F major for piano, D156 (1815) Two Deutsche Tanze D841 12 Valses Nobles, D 969 Op. 77 Two Walzes, D980 4 Impromptus, D899 Minuet with two trios in A major, D380 4 Impromptus, D935 13 Variations on a theme by Anselm Hüttenbrenner in A minor, D576 Ländler (12) D790 Two Scherzi, D593 Elf Ecossaisen D 781 Adagio in G major, D178 Six Ecossaises, D421 Klavierstücke (3), D946 3 Deutsche Tänze, D971 Hungarian Melody in B minor D817 Galop and 8 Ecossaises D735 Fantasie in C major, D760 'Wanderer' 16 German Dances D783 March D606 |
Schubert’s piano sonatas span his creative life, from the No.1 D157 of 1815 to the three great sonatas of 1828 D958, 959 and 960. Schubert’s sonatas are a world away from Beethoven’s dramatic statements, and from the overtly virtuosic sonatas of Hummel and Weber. They contain some of his most profound music, the world of song never being far away. Drawing out the ever present patina of sadness, even in what sounds like ‘happy’music is essential if the performer is to understand this music. Some of his best loved works are for solo piano, and the Impromptus D899 and D935 are miniature masterworks, full of passion, drama, reflection and above all supreme lyricism. Recordings made by Denon in the 1990s “How good, then, to be able to hail [Dalberto’s] spring-like imaginative vitality and spontaneity - not least in the main work, the D major Sonata of 1825. He conveys all the youthful eagerness of the opening Allegro
vivace with a stylish lightness and clarity. In the second movement, allowed a liquid, con moto flow, he opened my ears anew to its magical textural felicities and tonal contrasts. (In the) not fully completed F minor
Sonata - an arresting portrait of the 21year-old Schubert not yet wholly reconciled to the procrustean demands of sonata form while plainly overwhelmed by the drama of Beethoven's Appassionata. Here again
Dalberto draws delectable contrasts of colour from his instrument while constantly savouring the unpredictability that contributes so much to even the immature Schubert's genius.” Gramophone Magazine, April 1996 | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Richter in Hungary (1945-1993)
Bach, J S: | French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV813 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 (extracts) The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 (extracts) | Beethoven: | Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat major, Op. 22 Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101 Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2 No. 1 Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10 No. 3 Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14 No. 1 Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major, Op. 26 'March Funebre' | Brahms: | Intermezzo in A minor, Op. 118 No. 1 Intermezzo in E flat minor, Op. 118 No. 6 | Chopin: | Scherzi Nos. 1-4 Rondo a la Mazurka, Op. 5 Nocturne No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 9 No. 1 Waltz No. 4 in F major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 3 Waltz No. 11 in G flat major, Op. 70 No. 1 Mazurka No. 41 in C sharp minor, Op. 63 No. 3 Mazurka No. 44 in C major, Op. 67 No. 3 Mazurka No. 48 in F major, Op. 68 No. 3 Mazurka in A minor, Op..posth. | Debussy: | Green (No. 5 from Ariettes Oubliées) C'est l'extase langoureuse (No. 1 from Ariettes Oubliées) Préludes - Book 2 (12, complete) Images pour piano - Book 1 Hommage à Haydn Préludes - Book 1 (selection) | Franck, C: | Prélude, Choral et Fugue, M21 | Grieg: | Lyric Pieces (selection) | Handel: | Keyboard Suite, HWV 430 in E major 'The Harmonious Blacksmith' | Haydn: | Piano Sonata No. 48 in C major, Hob.XVI:35 | Liszt: | Gnomenreigen, S145 No. 2 Liebestraum, S541 No. 2 (Nocturne in E flat major) Valse oubliée No. 1, S.215/1 Sonetto 123 del Petrarca (Années de pèlerinage II, S. 161 No. 6) Harmonies poétiques et réligieuses, S. 154 (No. 9) Liebestraum, S541 No. 3 (Nocturne in A flat major) Valse oubliée No. 2, S.215/2 Valse oubliée No. 3, S.215/3 | Mendelssohn: | Song without Words, Op. 19b No. 1 in E major 'Sweet Remembrance' Song without Words, Op. 19b No. 2 in A minor Song without Words, Op. 19b No. 3 in A major 'Hunting Song' Song without Words, Op. 19b No. 5 in F sharp minor Song without Words, Op. 19b No. 6 in A minor 'Venetianisches Gondellied' | Mozart: | Piano Sonata No. 2 in F, K280 | Prokofiev: | Piano Sonata No. 8 in B flat major, Op. 84 Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (extracts) War and Peace, Op. 91: Waltz | Rachmaninov: | Prelude Op. 23 No. 1 in F sharp minor Prelude Op. 32 No. 9 in A major Prelude Op. 32 No. 10 in B minor Prelude Op. 32 No. 12 in G sharp minor Prelude Op. 23 No. 8 in A flat minor Prelude Op. 32 No. 3 in E major Prelude Op. 32 No. 2 in B flat minor Prelude Op. 32 No. 6 in F minor Prelude Op. 32 No. 7 in F major Prelude Op. 23 No. 2 in B flat major Prelude Op. 23 No. 4 in D major Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 in G minor Étude-Tableau, Op. 33 No. 9 in C sharp minor (published as No. 6) Étude-Tableau, Op. 33 No. 5 in D minor Étude-Tableau, Op. 33 No. 6 in E flat minor (published as No. 3) Étude-Tableau, Op. 39 No. 1 in C minor Étude-Tableau, Op. 39 No. 2 in A minor Étude-Tableau, Op. 39 No. 3 in F sharp minor Étude-Tableau, Op. 39 No. 4 in B minor Étude-Tableau, Op. 39 No. 9 in D major | Ravel: | Pavane pour une infante défunte Gaspard de la nuit: Le Gibet Valses nobles et sentimentales Jeux d'eau Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs No. 4) | Schubert: | Piano Sonata No. 19 in C minor, D958 Moments Musicaux, D780: No. 1 in C Klavierstücke (3), D946 Fantasie in C major, D760 'Wanderer' 13 Variations on a theme by Anselm Hüttenbrenner in A minor, D576 Piano Sonata No. 13 in A major, D664 | Schumann: | Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 Hungarian State Philharmonic Orchestra, János Ferencsik Toccata in C major, Op. 7 Fantasiestücke, Op. 12 (selection) Novelette, Op. 21 No. 1 in F major Novelette, Op. 21 No. 2 in D major | Shostakovich: | Prelude & Fugue for piano, Op. 87 No. 4 in E minor Prelude & Fugue for piano, Op. 87 No. 12 in G sharp minor Prelude & Fugue for piano, Op. 87 No. 23 in F major Prelude & Fugue for piano, Op. 87 No. 14 in E flat minor Prelude & Fugue for piano, Op. 87 No. 17 in A flat major Prelude & Fugue for piano, Op. 87 No. 15 in D flat major | Szymanowski: | Mazurka, Op. 50 No. 1 Mazurka, Op. 50 No. 17 Mazurka, Op. 50 No. 18 Mazurka, Op. 50 No. 3 | Tchaikovsky: | The Seasons, Op. 37b: May ('Starlit Nights') The Seasons, Op. 37b: June (Barcarolle) The Seasons, Op. 37b: November (Troika) The Seasons, Op. 37b: January ('By the Hearth') Nocturne Op. 10 No. 1 Valse-scherzo in A major for piano, Op. 7 Humoresque, Op. 10 No. 2 Capriccioso (No. 5 from Morceaux (6), Op. 19) Waltz in A flat, Op. 40 No. 8 Romance in F minor, Op. 5 |
This is a brand new and exclusive set of 14 CDs which covers the work of Sviatoslav Richter from 1954 until 1993. “I don’t know if it is possible to explain to anybody the extraordinary phenomenon his personality and playing created. We can only hope that this can also be sensed through the recordings, for Richter is one of the few performers whose individuality is clearly manifest on a recording, regardless of its quality, and at each subsequent listening his playing gives a greater, more staggering experience than we are able to remember” (Dezsó Ránki, CD booklet). | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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