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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Wilhelm Backhaus: The Virtuoso (1908-1940)
Albéniz: | Triana (from Iberia, book 2) | Brahms: | Variations on an Original Theme in D major, Op. 21, No. 1 Variations on a theme by Paganini in A minor, Op. 35 | Chopin: | Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op. 11: Romance Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu' Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57 Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz' | Delibes: | Naila: Waltz | Kreisler: | Liebesleid | Liszt: | La leggierezza - Étude de concert No. 2, S144 A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Wedding March & Dance of the Fairies (after Mendelssohn), S410 Liebestraum, S541 No. 3 (Nocturne in A flat major) Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 2 in C sharp minor Waldesrauschen, S145 No. 1 | Mendelssohn: | A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo | Moszkowski: | Caprice espagnole, Op. 37 | Mozart: | Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, K537 'Coronation' Deh! vieni alla finestra (from Don Giovanni) | Pick-Mangiagalli: | La Danza di Olaf | Rachmaninov: | Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C sharp minor | Schubert: | Marche Militaire, D733 No. 1 | Strauss, R: | Ständchen, Op. 17 No. 2 | Weber: | Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, J. 98, Op. 11: Rondo - moto perpetuo |
Wilhelm Backhaus (piano, piano-roll) Berlin Municipal Orchestra, Berlin Stadtischen Opera Orchestra, Fritz Zaun This CD showcases Backhaus’s great virtuosity. “revelatory: instead of the stern Beethovenian we are used to, the young pianist who emerges courtesy of piano-roll recordings from the 1920s is full of fire and flamboyance.” BBC Music Magazine, February 2013 ***** | 
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| |  | Rachmaninov - Solo Piano Recordings Volume 3Victor Recordings 1925-1942
Bach, J S: | Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV1006: suite (Gigue, Gavotte & Preludio) arr. Rachmaninov | Kreisler: | Liebesfreud arr. Rachmaninov | Mendelssohn: | A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo arr. Rachmaninov | Mussorgsky: | Sorochintsy Fair: Gopak arr. Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov: | Étude-Tableau, Op. 33 No. 2 in C major Étude-Tableau, Op. 33 No. 7 in E flat major (published as No. 4) Étude-Tableau, Op. 39 No. 6 in A minor Moment musical No. 2 in E flat minor, Op. 16 No. 2 Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C sharp minor Melodie in E Major, Op. 3 No. 3 Serenade, Op. 3 No. 5 Humoresque in G major, Op. 10 No. 5 Oriental Sketch (1917) Polka de V.R. Prelude Op. 23 No. 10 in G flat major Prelude Op. 32 No. 3 in E major Prelude Op. 32 No. 6 in F minor Prelude Op. 32 No. 7 in F major Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5 arr. for solo piano Daisies, Op. 38 No. 3 | Rimsky Korsakov: | Flight of the Bumble Bee arr. Rachmaninov | Schubert: | Das Wandern (No. 1 from Die schöne Müllerin, D795) arr. Rachmaninov | Tchaikovsky: | Lullaby, Op. 16 No. 1 |
Sergei Rachmaninov (piano) This third volume of Rachmaninov’s Victor recordings contains discs he made of his own solo compositions and arrangements from the introduction of electrical recording in 1925 to a year before his death. The works recorded were those most in demand by the public, each piece subject to Rachmaninov’s perfectionism and the version released always the best of a number of takes (for example, the recording of his famous Prelude in C sharp minor is Take 23). Whether it be in the 1925 recording of his transcription of Kreisler’s Liebesfreud or the February 1942 recording of the same work (in which he displays a cast iron technique only a year before his death), the sheer virtuosity, utter clarity and supreme musicianship of Rachmaninov’s playing style are undiminished. The first two releases in this series have been acclaimed for their superb remastering. Ward Marston, producer and audio restoration engineer “No composer or pianist has ever sounded more indelibly Russian, and never more so than in his own music...What clear relish and delight in the playful rather than melancholic capers of the Polka, what vitality and aplomb in the festive E major Prelude...this, the thrid volume of Naxos's 'Great Pianists' Rachmaninov, gives us playing beyond price.” Gramophone Magazine, January 2013 “Wonders galore in Rachmaninov's playing, beyond its obvious historical importance. Cast-iron technique, proper old-school sense of line and tone colour, and an incomparable rubato.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2013 ***** | | | (also available to download from $9.00) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Mendelssohn - Orchestral Works
The Decca Ansermet Legacy on Eloquence continues to garner the highest plaudits from publications all around the world and the latest batch presents the maestro’s recordings of four key Austro-German Romantics: Schubert, Weber, Mendelssohn and Schumann. This 2-CD set brings together all of Ansermet’s Mendelssohn and Schubert recordings for Decca. Adopting clarity and muscularity over homogeneity, Ansermet’s Mendelssohn has dalliance and grace, not to mention wit. The Schubert Rosamunde music is notable particularly for its gorgeously cradled B-flat Entr’acte as well as the Ballet Music No. 1, previously unpublished, possibly due to the limiting length of the LP side – the original LP coupling the Mendelssohn Midsummer Night’s Dream excerpts with Schubert’s Rosamunde. [Mendelssohn Symphony and Overtures] “…fresh, lovely and perceptive Mendelssohn playing, beautifully recorded” Gramophone [Midsummer Night's Dream & Rosamunde] “…enjoyable and musicianly performances…” Gramophone | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Rachmaninoff plays Rachmaninoff
Sergei Rachmaninov (piano) Zenph re-performances of Rachmaninoff playing his own works in crystal-clear sound - the third release from Zenph Studios and Sony Masterworks. Rachmaninoff Plays Rachmaninoff follows upon the success of Zenph Studios’ productions of Glenn Gould’s 1955 recording of The Goldberg Variations (2007) and Art Tatum’s Piano Starts Here (2008). This new compilation of re-performances is made from original masters that the Russian composer and pianist recorded during his lifetime. The recording features Rachmaninoff playing five of his own compositions: the Prelude in C-sharp minor; the Etudes Tableaux in C major and E-flat major, Op. 33; “Daisies”; and Moment Musical in E-flat minor, Op. 16. It also includes Rachmaninoff’s renditions of Kreisler’s Liebesleid and Liebesfreud; Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee; Mendelssohn’s scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Tchaikovsky’s Lullaby. “there's little doubt Zenph's enhanced sound quality makes one appreciate the warmth and clarity of Rachmaninov's playing with its lightness of touch, sparing use of the pedal and avoidance of indulgent mannerisms.” BBC Music Magazine, April 2010 **** “It's unnervingly like raising Rachmaninov from the dead but it's undeniably fascinating to hear his own etudes and arrangements of works by Bach, Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky in these 21st-century reincarnations.” The Observer, 6th December 2009 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Rachmaninov - Solo Piano Works
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Disc of the month - April 2005 |
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| |  | TranscriptionsWorks transcribed for piano by Serge Rachmaninov
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Vovka Ashkenazy (piano), Dody Ashkenazy (piano) & Alastair Mackie (trumpet) “The Bach Partita movements and the Mendelssohn Scherzo are exuberantly executed with wonderfully shaded phrasing and clear voicing.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2006 “Ashkenazy - a long-time champion of Rachmaninov's music - rattles it all off with a technical ease that borders on prestidigitatious. But there's also an innate sympathy with the musical language...The reworking of Tchaikovsky's Lullaby embodies all that's best in the art of transcription - it's both a loving homage and a distinctly personal poetic statement.” Paul Cutts, bbc.co.uk, 25th November 2002 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Rachmaninoff: Solo Works and Transcriptions
Bach, J S: | Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV1006: suite (Gigue, Gavotte & Preludio) trans. Rachmaninov | Mendelssohn: | A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo trans. Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov: | Prelude Op. 23 No. 10 in G flat major Prelude Op. 32 No. 3 in E major Prelude Op. 32 No. 6 in F minor Prelude Op. 32 No. 7 in F major Étude-Tableau, Op. 33 No. 2 in C major Étude-Tableau, Op. 33 No. 7 in E flat major (published as No. 4) Daisies, Op. 38 No. 3 Étude-Tableau, Op. 39 No. 6 in A minor Oriental Sketch (1917) Melodie in E Major, Op. 3 No. 3 Serenade, Op. 3 No. 5 Humoresque in G major, Op. 10 No. 5 Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5 Moment musical No. 2 in E flat minor, Op. 16 No. 2 Polka de V.R. Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C sharp minor Liebesleid (after Kreisler) Hopak | Rimsky Korsakov: | Flight of the Bumble Bee trans. Rachmaninov | Schubert: | Wohin? (No. 2 from Die schöne Müllerin, D795) trans. Rachmaninov | Tchaikovsky: | Lullaby, Op. 16 No. 1 trans. Rachmaninov |
Sergej Rachmaninoff (piano) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Flute Waves
Die 14 Berliner Flötisten | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Standing OvationPopular Overtures
A thrilling collection of Overtures and Preludes (with some popular orchestral pieces thrown in for good measure) from Zubin Mehta. As a showman of the best variety, his recordings remains one of the Decca catalogue's richest legacies, and more than half of this collection is being released on CD for the first time. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | XX'th Century Greatest Conductors: Golovanov & Furtwängler
Recorded 1943-1952 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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