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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Stravinsky: The Firebird
Following the success of their recordings of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and Petrushka, the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Andrew Litton here perform The Firebird. The Firebird was Igor Stravinsky’s first full-length ballet, but not his first collaboration with Diaghilev and his Ballets Russes – he orchestrated two piano compositions by Chopin (also featured on this disc) for use in another project. Andrew Litton here conducts the original ballet score. The disc also includes arrangements of pieces by Tchaikovsky and Sibelius, ending with Stravinsky’s tongue-in-cheek 1955 Greeting Prelude for the 80th birthday of Pierre Monteux. The Bergen Philharmonic’s disc featuring The Rite of Spring and Petrushka was met with critical acclaim – short-listed for a 2011 Gramophone Award, named Editor’s Choice in Classic FM Magazine. “The playing on this disc from Andrew Litton and the Bergen Philharmonic is in many ways marvellous, with a good sense of pace throughout much of the ballet. Recorded sound is sensational, especially in surround...The caveat, though, is that...there is much excellent music-making but not such convincing drama.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2012 *** “Litton allows [The Firebird] more delicacy than some of its later interpreters, to its great advantage in such moments as the very opening...If Kashchey has sounded more formidable in the hands of others (including the composer himself), Litton gives the old sorcerer a spectral quality that is at least as sinister. It is all beautifully played, not least thanks to a woodwind section of players who really listen to one another.” Gramophone Magazine, June 2012 “the fine grain of the recording ensures that nothing in this remarkable score is missed; the Bergen orchestra really is a very fine ensemble these days. Yet too often it's hard to believe that this is a work that was intended for the theatre” The Guardian, 29th March 2012 *** | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Chopin: Piano Adagio
Chopin: | Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 Arthur Rubinstein (piano) Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57 Evgeny Kissin (piano) Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2 Arthur Rubinstein (piano) Cantabile in B Flat Major (Andantino) Cyprien Katsaris (piano) Étude Op. 10 No. 6 in E flat minor 'Lacrimosa' Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Nocturne No. 10 in A flat major, Op. 32 No. 2 Arthur Rubinstein (piano) Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 4: Menuetto Cyprien Katsaris (piano) Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 4: 3rd Movement Cyprien Katsaris (piano) Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21: II. Larghetto Étude Op. 10 No. 3 in E major 'Tristesse' Waltz No. 8 in A flat major, Op. 64 No. 3 Arthur Rubinstein (piano) Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op. 11: Romance Piano Trio in G minor Op. 8: Adagio sostenuto Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano), Pamela Frank (violin) |
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| |  | Cathy Krier - Recital
“For my first recording I wanted to conceive a recital programme that would be diverse yet coherent, encompassing different periods of the piano repertoire…..” So states Cathy Krier in the booklet accompanying this release and she lives up to her promise playing music by Chopin, Dutilleux, Scarlatti, Haydn and Mullenbach. Born in Luxemborg and at the start of a glittering career, Cathy Krier has already received international acclaim for the emotional subtlety and maturity of her playing. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Chopin - Preludes & Nocturnes
Chopin: | Preludes (24), Op. 28 Prelude Op. 45 in C sharp minor (No. 25) Nocturne No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 9 No. 1 Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 Nocturne No. 3 in B major, Op. 9 No. 3 Nocturne No. 4 in F major, Op. 15 No. 1 Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15 No. 2 Nocturne No. 6 in G minor, Op. 15 No. 3 Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1 Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2 Nocturne No. 9 in B major, Op. 32 No. 1 Nocturne No. 10 in A flat major, Op. 32 No. 2 Nocturne No. 11 in G minor, Op. 37 No. 1 Nocturne No. 12 in G major, Op. 37 No. 2 Nocturne No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1 Nocturne No. 14 in F sharp minor, Op. 48 No. 2 Nocturne No. 15 in F minor, Op. 55 No. 1 Nocturne No. 16 in E flat major, Op. 55 No. 2 Nocturne No. 17 in B major, Op. 62 No. 1 Nocturne No. 18 in E major, Op. 62 No. 2 Nocturne No. 19 in E minor, Op. 72 No. 1 Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor, Op. post. Nocturne No. 21 in C minor, BI 108 Prelude Op. posth. in A flat major (No. 26) |
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| |  | Chopin: Nocturnes
Chopin: | Nocturne No. 19 in E minor, Op. 72 No. 1 Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor, Op. post. Nocturne No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 9 No. 1 Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 Nocturne No. 3 in B major, Op. 9 No. 3 Nocturne No. 4 in F major, Op. 15 No. 1 Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15 No. 2 Nocturne No. 6 in G minor, Op. 15 No. 3 Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1 Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2 Nocturne No. 9 in B major, Op. 32 No. 1 Nocturne No. 10 in A flat major, Op. 32 No. 2 Nocturne in C minor Op. post Nocturne No. 11 in G minor, Op. 37 No. 1 Nocturne No. 12 in G major, Op. 37 No. 2 Nocturne No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1 Nocturne No. 14 in F sharp minor, Op. 48 No. 2 Nocturne No. 15 in F minor, Op. 55 No. 1 Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 Nocturne No. 17 in B major, Op. 62 No. 1 Nocturne No. 18 in E major, Op. 62 No. 2 |
“A very welcome reissue indeed. Eloquent, unfailingly beautiful in tone and blessedly free of mannerism, Livia Rev combines in almost perfect balance the simplicity of utterance required of all great Chopin playing” BBC Music Magazine | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Frederic Chopin, Vol. 41936-1937
Chopin: | Nocturne No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 9 No. 1 Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 Nocturne No. 3 in B major, Op. 9 No. 3 Nocturne No. 4 in F major, Op. 15 No. 1 Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15 No. 2 Nocturne No. 6 in G minor, Op. 15 No. 3 Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1 Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2 Nocturne No. 9 in B major, Op. 32 No. 1 Nocturne No. 10 in A flat major, Op. 32 No. 2 Nocturne No. 11 in G minor, Op. 37 No. 1 Nocturne No. 12 in G major, Op. 37 No. 2 Nocturne No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1 Nocturne No. 14 in F sharp minor, Op. 48 No. 2 Nocturne No. 15 in F minor, Op. 55 No. 1 Nocturne No. 16 in E flat major, Op. 55 No. 2 |
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| |  | Chopin: Nocturnes
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| |  | Chopin: Nocturnes
Chopin: | Nocturne No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 9 No. 1 Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 Nocturne No. 3 in B major, Op. 9 No. 3 Nocturne No. 4 in F major, Op. 15 No. 1 Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1 Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2 Nocturne No. 9 in B major, Op. 32 No. 1 Nocturne No. 10 in A flat major, Op. 32 No. 2 Nocturne No. 12 in G major, Op. 37 No. 2 Nocturne No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1 Nocturne No. 15 in F minor, Op. 55 No. 1 Nocturne No. 18 in E major, Op. 62 No. 2 Nocturne No. 19 in E minor, Op. 72 No. 1 |
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| |  | Miroslav Kultyshev: 16th International Chopin Piano Competition
Chopin: | Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 Étude Op. 10 No. 8 in F major Nocturne No. 16 in E flat major, Op. 55 No. 2 Polonaise No. 5 in F sharp minor, Op. 44 Nocturne No. 10 in A flat major, Op. 32 No. 2 Waltz No. 5 in A flat major, Op. 42 Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 Polonaise No. 7 in A flat major, Op. 61 'Polonaise-fantaisie' Mazurkas (4), Op. 30 Impromptu No. 3 in G flat major, Op. 51 Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu' |
Miroslav Kultyshev (piano) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Chopin: Nocturnes & Scherzos
Chopin: | Nocturne No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 9 No. 1 Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 Nocturne No. 3 in B major, Op. 9 No. 3 Nocturne No. 4 in F major, Op. 15 No. 1 Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15 No. 2 Nocturne No. 6 in G minor, Op. 15 No. 3 Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1 Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2 Nocturne No. 9 in B major, Op. 32 No. 1 Nocturne No. 10 in A flat major, Op. 32 No. 2 Nocturne No. 11 in G minor, Op. 37 No. 1 Nocturne No. 12 in G major, Op. 37 No. 2 Nocturne No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1 Nocturne No. 14 in F sharp minor, Op. 48 No. 2 Nocturne No. 15 in F minor, Op. 55 No. 1 Nocturne No. 16 in E flat major, Op. 55 No. 2 Nocturne No. 17 in B major, Op. 62 No. 1 Nocturne No. 18 in E major, Op. 62 No. 2 Nocturne No. 19 in E minor, Op. 72 No. 1 Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20 Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31 Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 39 Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54 |
recorded at RCA Studios, Hollywood, 29 June 1949 - 26 September 1950 | |
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