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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Jorge Bolet: His earliest recordings
From the mid 1970’s until his death, Cuban born Jorge Bolet emerged as one of the world’s truly great pianists and one of the last representatives, along with the likes of Cherkassky, Horowitz and Earl Wild, of the great Romantic tradition of pianism. His pedigree was marvellous - a student of Godowsky-disciple David Saperton at the Curtis Institute, there he was also able to play for Godowsky himself and Josef Hofmann. He won the Naumburg competition in 1937 and looked set for a great career, but the war interrupted the flow of things and he struggled through the 1950s & 60s, mainly playing in the USA and not quite making the international ‘big-time’. His big break came with an RCA contract and the release on LP of a stunning live Carnegie Hall concert in 1974. Shortly after, he was signed to Decca and went on to make many award winning discs. But what of the early years? There’s not much, but here, for the first time on CD, we have the four LPs he made in the 1950s. His very first disc was of Latin-American repertoire that he was never to record again. Here also is the first ever recording of Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto in a performance that is still up there with the best. These almost unknown discs are sure to fascinate, and fill an important gap in the mystery of Bolet’s early career. “This invaluable reissue of discs dating from 1952-53 is a reminder of Jorge Bolet's early stature. The first-ever recording of Prokofiev's malignant, ferociously demanding Second Concerto is of so much more than documentary interest...nothing can dim one's sense of Bolet's massive and unswerving authority, a quality at once lyrical and magisterial...A true aristocrat of the keyboard, his warmth and humanity strike you at every turn.” Gramophone Magazine, December 2011 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Great Pianists - Women at the Piano Volume 1An Anthology of Historic Performances (1926-1952)
“…you will find evidence in these 22 examples of an irrepressible joy in performance, of a charm and spontaneity rarely encountered in today's more correct but more circumspect pianists, be they men or women.” Gramophone Magazine, September 2006 | | | (also available to download from $9.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | EvocationLegendary Encores
Albéniz: | Evocación (from Iberia, book 1) | Chopin: | Waltz No. 2 in A flat major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 1 Nocturne No. 9 in B major, Op. 32 No. 1 Waltz No. 3 in A minor 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 2 Mazurka No. 13 in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4 | Falla: | Cuatro piezas españolas: Andaluza | Granados: | Danza española, Op. 37 No. 5 'Andaluza' Goyescas: Quejas ó La Maja y el Ruiseñor | Handel: | Minuet in G minor from Suite de pièces | Kreisler: | Liebesfreud | Moszkowski: | Étincelles, Op. 36 No. 6 | Rachmaninov: | Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5 Daisies, Op. 38 No. 3 | Tchaikovsky: | Lullaby, Op. 16 No. 1 | Weber: | Perpetuum Mobile (Rondo from Piano Sonata in C major, Op. 24) |
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| |  | Harriet Cohen: Complete Solo Studio RecordingsThe Matthay School Volume 2
| | Sanctify us by thy goodness, from Cantata No 22 Bach/Rummel Beloved Jesus, we are here BWV731 Bach/Cohen. 1928 Sanctify us by thy goodness Bach/Cohen. 1935 Beloved Jesus, we are here Bach/Cohen. 1935 Up! Arouse thee! Bach/Cohen. 1935 Fantasia (Praeludium) in C minor BWV921 Bach/Petri Hymn Tune Prelude on Song 13 Gibbons/Vaughan Williams | Bach, J S: | Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV1052 1924 Orchestra, Sir Henry Wood Prelude & Fugue Book 1 No. 1 in C major, BWV846 Prelude & Fugue Book 1 No. 2 in C minor, BWV847 Prelude & Fugue Book 1 No. 3 in C sharp minor, BWV848 Prelude & Fugue Book 1 No. 4 in C sharp minor, BWV849 1928 Prelude & Fugue Book 1 No. 5 in D major, BWV850 Prelude & Fugue Book 1 No. 6 in D minor, BWV851 Prelude & Fugue Book 1 No. 7 in E flat major, BWV852 Prelude & Fugue Book 1 No. 8 in E flat minor, BWV853 Prelude & Fugue Book 1 No. 9 in E major, BWV854 Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV1052 1946 Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Susskind Prelude & Fugue Book 1 No. 4 in C sharp minor, BWV849 1947 | Bath: | Cornish Rhapsody London Symphony Orchestra, Hubert Bath | Bax: | Paean A Hill Tune A Mountain Mood Oliver Twist: Theme Philharmonia Orchestra, Muir Mathieson | Brahms: | Ballade, Op. 10 No. 1 ‘Edward' Intermezzo in B flat major, Op. 76 No. 4 | Chopin: | Nocturne No. 4 in F major, Op. 15 No. 1 Trois Nouvelles Études: Étude in D flat major Étude Op. 25 No. 7 in C sharp minor Trois Nouvelles Études: Étude in F minor | Debussy: | Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque) Préludes - Book 1: No. 10, La cathédrale engloutie | Falla: | Cuatro piezas españolas: Andaluza Canción del pescador (El amor Brujo) El sombrero de tres picos: Danza del molinero (farruca) | Gibbons, O: | Ayre – Alman – Toy – Coranto – Mr Sanders His Delight | Kabalevsky: | Piano Sonatina in C major, Op. 13, No. 1 | Mozart: | Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major, K330 | Shostakovich: | Prelude for piano, Op. 34 No. 14 in E flat minor |
Certainly the most glamerous of the Matthay students, Harriet Cohen was also the most extrovert and to the general public was known as a socialite as much as a pianist. Her friends included George Bernard Shaw and Ramsay MacDonald and she became notorious as the lover of the married Arnold Bax. Behind this apparently superficial exterior lay a surprising intellect and her repertoire favoured Bach and earlier music or contemporary music (much of it dedicated to her) rather than the more popular, and frequently played, romantic repertoire. Few of her recordings have been reissued on CD so this will be an eagerly awaited set. It includes the first ever (acoustic) recording of Bach’s D minor concerto, and the later post-war remake, and also several of the works Bax wrote for her. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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