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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Dvorak: Music for violin & piano
Dvorák's music for violin and piano comes from many periods in his career. An early Sonata in A minor of 1873 is lost. Of the works which do survive, several, including the Notturno and Four Romantic Pieces, are skilful arrangements of earlier works (the Notturno is a reworking of the central section of the E minor String Quartet, while the Four Pieces were originally written for viola and piano). There are two extensive compositions exclusively for violin and piano: the Sonata in F major, interestingly designated by the composer as being for 'piano and violin', and the popular Sonatina in G major, composed during his stay in America. Both are models of perfection in this most relaxed of chamber-music genres. The Ballad in D minor was composed in the autumn of 1884 specifically for publication in the Christmas edition of the London Magazine of Music and is a work with a tragic and passionate tone akin to that of the Seventh Symphony. “Yet another unimpeachable release from the Hyperion stable” Classic CD “This delectable Hyperion release enshrines music-making of sensitivity and eloquence” Gramophone Magazine “The G major Sonatina, written in America, is a particular charmer, but the F major Sonata is also a work to enjoy, as is the ravishing Notturno. I can’t imagine them more beautifully and idiomatically played than in this reissued 1997 recording” Sunday Times, 3rd July 2011 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Josef Suk plays Smetana, Dvorak & Suk
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| |  | Dvorak: Violin Concerto, Romance & Sonatina
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| |  | Dvorak: Violin Concerto
Hrachya Avanesyan (violin) Hrachya Avanesyan, winner of the last violin session of the Carl Nielsen Competition in Denmark, is a violinist of great caracter. Based in Belgium, where he followed the classes of Augustin Dumay at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel; he recorded the second Violin Concerto of Henri Vieuxtemps for Fuga Libera on a remarkable album (FUG575) in which his participation shone as bright as that of his musical partners. His feverish touch and intense sense for music are perfectly suited to the music of Antonin Dvořak, especially when it is distilled by such extraordinary artists: in the Romance and in the concerto – a work of art often forgotten - Sinfonia Varsovia answers the injunctions of Augustin Dumay like a single Stradivarius. Marianna Shirinyan, who already has an impressive career behind her in Scandinavia and Germany, is just as convincing in the adorable Romantic Pieces. This album is a new milestone in Fuga Libera’s Collection of Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel recordings that led to the revelation of artists such as Plamena Mangova and Trio Dali. “Hrachya Avanesyan is clearly a sensitive musician and highly accomplished; his performances on this disc, enlivened by imaginative expressive nuance, consistently avoid any sense of routine.” Gramophone Magazine, April 2012 “Dumay’s own contribution is fundamental, since his orchestra has those qualities of a living, breathing body, the presence or absence of which can make or mar any Dvorák performance...There is no doubt of Avanesyan’s commitment and command right through” MusicWeb International, May 2012 | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Salon de Vienne
Thomas Albertus Irnberger (violin) & Jörg Demus (piano) | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | 135 Years of Czech Composers
Yvonne Smeulers (violin), Sander Sittig (piano) | | | (also available to download from $21.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Artur Balsam & Louis Kaufman - Music of Dvorak & Chausson
With the exception of the Dvorák Quartet, Op. 87, all of the recordings were made in collaboration
with the stellar violinist, Louis Kaufman. Kaufman and Balsam were frequent collaborators,
especially for the early LPs that they made for the Concert Hall label. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | What about this, Mr. Paganini?
Saschko Gawriloff (violins by Amati, Guadagnini, A. Guarneri, P. Guarneri, Horvath, Stradivari, Vuillaume), Kira Ratner (piano) On 28th December 1995 seven violins, selected instruments created by the world's most famous violin makers, met for a high-class competition. "Who is the fairest in the land?" That was and is the question... | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Romantic Pieces for Violin
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| |  | Czech Serenade
Dvorak: | Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22 Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81 Waltz No. 1 in A major, Op. 54 Czech Suite, Op. 39 Romantic Pieces (4) for Violin & Piano, Op. 75 Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60 | Fibich: | Poème | Janacek: | Suite for string orchestra, JW 6/2 | Nedbal: | The Tale of Simple Johnny: Valse triste | Novák, V: | Slovácká svita, Op. 32, for piano or small orchestra (piano version) | Suk: | Serenade for String Orchestra in E flat, Op. 6 |
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