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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Vladimir Sofronitsky in TuitionFrom the personal archives of his friend and former pupil, Pavel Lobanov, never-before-released recordings of the Russian Master's famed lessons
Debussy: | Reflets dans l'eau (No. 1 from Images pour piano - Book 1) Recorded 1954 | Liszt: | La leggierezza - Étude de concert No. 2, S144 Recorded 1954 | Mendelssohn: | Etude in A Minor Op. 104b Recorded 1954 | Schumann: | Carnaval, Op. 9 Recorded 4th March 1947 | Scriabin: | Prelude, Op. 11 No. 4 in E minor Lesson: 2nd October 1954 Prelude, Op. 11 No. 5 in D major Lesson: 2nd October 1954 Poème in F sharp major, Op. 32 No. 1 Lesson: 2nd October 1954 Prelude, Op. 22 No. 1 in G sharp minor Recorded 21st September 1954 Prelude, Op. 11 No. 4 in E minor Recorded 21st September 1954 Mazurka in E minor, Op. 25 No. 3 Recorded 21st September 1954 Prelude, Op. 22 No. 3 in B minor Recorded 21st September 1954 (first few notes missing, with first bar of Op. 22 No. 4 following) Prelude, Op. 13 No. 6 in B minor Recorded 4th March 1947 Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 'Black Mass' Recorded 1954 |
Vladimir Sofronitsky (piano/teacher), Pavel Lobanov (pupil) This CD brings over twenty-five minutes of Sofronitsky's teaching of three of Scriabin’s pieces as well as performances of four Scriabin pieces, all recorded privately at his Moscow apartment in 1954. The lessons are meticulously indexed with carefully labelled translations in the booklet. There's also a selection of private and live recordings from 1947 and 1954 of works by Scriabin, Schumann, Liszt, Debussy and Mendelssohn. WARNING: Although sonically challenged, these recordings have been available due to their profound historical significance. Also, the relatively extreme length [79.57] of this CD may cause reading problems in some early model players. “A fascinating glimpse into the teaching methods of a Russian master pianist...Sofronitsky’s charisma, the fascination he held for so many musicians...shine[s] through...Sofronitsky’s spontaneity and vitality can be enchanting; never more so than in the final section of ‘Promenade’ from Carnaval where Schumann leaves his dancing magic and glides into reverie.” Gramophone Magazine, October 2002 “The recording is primitive, but his points are all clearly caught, usually reinforced by demonstrations, and his unclichéing of his pupils' playing is meticulously indexed with carefully labelled translations in the booklet.” Irish Times, 29th August 2002 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Scriabin: Piano Works
Scriabin: | Preludes, Op. 13 (6) Andrei Gavrilov (piano) Prelude, Op. 9 No. 1 in C sharp minor for the left hand Andrei Gavrilov (piano) Prelude, Op. 11 No. 2 in A minor Andrei Gavrilov (piano) Prelude, Op. 11 No. 4 in E minor Andrei Gavrilov (piano) Prelude, Op. 11 No. 5 in D major Andrei Gavrilov (piano) Prelude, Op. 11 No. 6 in B minor Andrei Gavrilov (piano) Prelude, Op. 11 No. 8 in F sharp minor Andrei Gavrilov (piano) Prelude, Op. 11 No. 9 in E major Andrei Gavrilov (piano) Prelude, Op. 11 No. 10 in C sharp minor Andrei Gavrilov (piano) Prelude, Op. 11 No. 11 in B major Andrei Gavrilov (piano) Prelude, Op. 11 No. 12 in G sharp minor Andrei Gavrilov (piano) Prelude, Op. 11 No. 13 in G flat major Andrei Gavrilov (piano) Prelude, Op. 11 No. 14 in E flat minor Andrei Gavrilov (piano) Prelude, Op. 11 No. 16 in B flat minor Andrei Gavrilov (piano) Prelude, Op. 11 No. 18 in F minor Andrei Gavrilov (piano) Prelude, Op. 11 No. 20 in C minor Andrei Gavrilov (piano) Prelude, Op. 11 No. 22 in G minor Andrei Gavrilov (piano) Prelude, Op. 11 No. 24 in D minor Andrei Gavrilov (piano) Preludes, Op. 67 (2) John Ogdon (piano) Preludes, Op. 48 (4) John Ogdon (piano) Preludes, Op. 74 (5) John Ogdon (piano) Two Pieces, Op. 57 John Ogdon (piano) Albumblatt, Op. 58 John Ogdon (piano) 2 Poems for Piano, Op. 63 John Ogdon (piano) Vers la flamme, Op. 72 John Ogdon (piano) Étude Op. 2 No. 1 in C sharp minor John Ogdon (piano) 3 Pieces Op. 45 Mikhail Pletnev (piano) 8 Etudes, Op. 42 Roustem Saitkoulov (piano) Piano Sonata No. 2 in G sharp minor, Op. 19 'Sonata Fantasy' Boris Giltburg (piano) Piano Sonata No. 4 in F sharp major, Op. 30 Andrei Gavrilov (piano) Piano Sonata No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 53 Simon Trpceski (piano) Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 64 'White Mass' Ian Fountain (piano) Piano Sonata No. 10, Op. 70 Mikhail Pletnev (piano) |
Although he wrote four symphonies and a small number of other orchestral works, the vast majority of Alexander Scriabin's (1872-1915) output was written for solo piano, and it is this aspect of his work that is presented on the two CDs in this set. One of his early influences was the music of Chopin: the Piano Concerto that he wrote when he was just 24 years old is a perfect illustration of this. The effect of Chopin can also be detected in the early Preludes that begin the first CD. It was during a six-year stay in western Europe, beginning in 1903, that his compositional style developed and became more individual and harmonically adventurous. The music that Scriabin wrote during the final five years of his life was all written for the piano and reflects his mature style, making his music some of the most advanced of the time. It was whilst on a visit to London in 1914 that Scriabin suffered a wound to his upper lip which eventually led to the blood poisoning from which he died a year later. “A starry pianistic line-up give their all in Scriabin's microcosmic soundworlds, highlighted by Gavrilov's Fourth, Trpceski's Fifth and Pletnev's Tenth sonatas, alongside Ogdon's hypnotic Vers la flamme.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2011 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Kaleidoscope - Piano Encores
Albéniz: | Tango (No. 2 from Espana, Op. 165) (arr. Godowsky) | Chaminade: | Autrefois, Op. 87 No. 4 | Chopin: | Nocturne No. 15 in F minor, Op. 55 No. 1 Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47 | Glazunov: | Waltz in D major Op. 42 No. 3 | Godowsky: | Waltz-Poem IV for the left hand alone Triakontameron No. 11 'Alt Wien' | Hofmann, J: | Kaleidoscope, Op. 40 No. 4 | Moszkowski: | Spanish Caprice | Rachmaninov: | Polka de V.R. | Rameau: | Tambourin (arr. Godowsky) | Rubinstein: | Melody in F major, Op. 3 No. 1 | Saint-Saëns: | Le carnaval des animaux: Le Cygne (arr. Godowsky) | Schubert: | Moments Musicaux, D780: No. 3 in F minor (arr. Godowsky) | Scriabin: | Prelude, Op. 11 No. 5 in D major | Strauss, J, II: | Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333 (arr. Godowsky) | Tchaikovsky: | Nocturne in C sharp minor (No. 4 from Morceaux (6), Op. 19) |
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| |  | Vladimir Horowitz plays Alexander ScriabinRecordings 1953–1956
Scriabin: | Piano Sonata No. 3 in F sharp minor, Op. 23 Studio Recording, 1955 Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 'Black Mass' Live Recordings, 1953 Étude Op. 8 No. 11 in B flat minor Live Recordings, 1953 Étude Op. 42 No. 5 in C sharp minor Live Recordings, 1953 Prelude, Op. 11 No. 1 in C major Studio Recordings, 1955 Prelude, Op. 11 No. 10 in C sharp minor Studio Recordings, 1955 Prelude, Op. 11 No. 9 in E major Studio Recordings, 1955 Prelude, Op. 11 No. 3 in G major Studio Recordings, 1955 Prelude, Op. 11 No. 16 in B flat minor Studio Recordings, 1955 Prelude, Op. 11 No. 13 in G flat major Studio Recordings, 1955 Prelude, Op. 11 No. 14 in E flat minor Studio Recordings, 1955 Prelude, Op. 15 No. 2 in F sharp minor Studio Recordings, 1955 Prelude, Op. 16 No. 1 in B major Studio Recordings, 1955 Prelude, Op. 13 No. 6 in B minor Studio Recordings, 1955 Prelude, Op. 16 No. 4 in E flat minor Studio Recordings, 1955 Prelude, Op. 27 No. 1 in G minor Studio Recordings, 1955 Prelude, Op. 51 No. 2 in A minor Studio Recordings, 1955 Prelude, Op. 48 No. 3 in D flat major Studio Recordings, 1955 Prelude, Op. 67 No. 1 Studio Recordings, 1955 Prelude, Op. 59 No. 2 Studio Recordings, 1955 Prelude, Op. 11 No. 5 in D major Studio Recordings, 1956 Prelude, Op. 22 No. 1 in G sharp minor Studio Recordings, 1956 |
“Incandescent, fleet-fingered historic performances from the mid-1950s, whose quicksilver emotional reflexes (generously pedalled) mirror exactly the music's neurotic restlessness and pulverising indomitability.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2011 **** | | | (also available to download from $10.75) | This item is currently out of stock at the UK distributor. You may order it now but please be aware that it may be six weeks or more before it can be despatched. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Mayron Tsong: Piano Recital
Prokofiev: | Reminiscenses, Op. 4 No. 1 Suggestion diabolique, Op. 4 No. 4 Sarcasms (5), Op. 17 | Rachmaninov: | Étude-Tableau, Op. 33 No. 2 in C major Étude-Tableau, Op. 33 No. 3 in C minor Étude-Tableau, Op. 39 No. 1 in C minor Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36 | Scriabin: | Prelude, Op. 11 No. 1 in C major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 2 in A minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 3 in G major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 5 in D major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 9 in E major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 10 in C sharp minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 11 in B major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 12 in G sharp minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 14 in E flat minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 15 in D flat major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 16 in B flat minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 17 in A flat major |
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| |  | Heinrich Neuhaus - The Neuhaus School
Beethoven: | Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 'Tempest' recorded in Moscow in 1946 | Chopin: | Mazurka No. 6 in A minor, Op. 7 No. 2 recorded in Moscow circa 1938 Mazurka No. 26 in C sharp minor, Op. 41 No. 1 recorded in Moscow circa 1938 Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 recorded in Moscow in 1951 Moscow Radio Orchestra, Alexander Gauk | Scriabin: | Prelude, Op. 11 No. 2 in A minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 5 in D major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 8 in F sharp minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 11 in B major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 12 in G sharp minor |
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| |  | Vers la FlammeNiklas Sivelöv plays Scriabin
Scriabin: | Piano Sonata No. 2 in G sharp minor, Op. 19 'Sonata Fantasy' Étude Op. 2 No. 1 in C sharp minor Étude Op. 8 No. 2 in F sharp minor Étude Op. 8 No. 11 in B flat minor Étude Op. 8 No. 12 in D sharp minor Vers la flamme, Op. 72 Prelude, Op. 11 No. 1 in C major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 2 in A minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 3 in G major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 4 in E minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 5 in D major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 6 in B minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 8 in F sharp minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 9 in E major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 10 in C sharp minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 11 in B major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 12 in G sharp minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 13 in G flat major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 14 in E flat minor Prelude, Op. 16 No. 1 in B major Prelude, Op. 16 No. 2 in G sharp minor Prelude, Op. 16 No. 4 in E flat minor Prelude, Op. 16 No. 5 in F sharp major 3 Pieces Op. 45 Two Pieces, Op. 57 Albumblatt, Op. 58 2 Pieces for Piano, Op. 59 Mazurka in G sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 9 Mazurka in F minor, Op. 25 No. 1 Mazurka in B minor, Op. 25 No. 8 Mazurka in D flat major, Op. 40 No. 1 Piano Sonata No. 4 in F sharp major, Op. 30 |
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| |  | Shura Cherkassky
Recorded: Concert Hall, Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh Festival, 24 June 1974 “this is the most joyeous Pathetique on disc…a must have issue.” Gramophone Magazine “Listening to Cherkassky is an education in the possibilities that the piano offers in terms of colour, expressiveness and sheer pleasure.” The Telegraph | | | (also available to download from $10.75) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | The Art of Heinrich Neuhaus, Vol. 2
Scriabin: | Feuillet d'album, Op. 45 No. 1 Vers la flamme, Op. 72 Preludes, Op. 13 (6) 2 Pieces for the left hand, Op. 9 Fantasy in B minor, Op. 28 Deux poèmes, Op. 32 Two Pieces, Op. 57 2 Poems for Piano, Op. 63 Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 'Black Mass' Piano Sonata No. 10, Op. 70 Prelude, Op. 11 No. 2 in A minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 4 in E minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 5 in D major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 8 in F sharp minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 9 in E major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 10 in C sharp minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 11 in B major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 12 in G sharp minor |
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| |  | Sophia Lisovskaya plays Scriabin
Scriabin: | Piano Sonata No. 4 in F sharp major, Op. 30 Étude Op. 2 No. 1 in C sharp minor Étude Op. 8 No. 12 in D sharp minor Prelude, Op. 16 No. 1 in B major Prelude, Op. 27 No. 1 in G minor Deux poèmes, Op. 32 Feuillet d'album, Op. 45 No. 1 Two Pieces, Op. 57 Prelude, Op. 59 No. 2 Étude Op. 65 No. 2 Prelude, Op. 67 No. 1 Vers la flamme, Op. 72 Étude Op. 65 No. 3 in G major Prelude, Op. 16 No. 4 in E flat minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 1 in C major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 2 in A minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 3 in G major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 5 in D major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 6 in B minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 8 in F sharp minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 9 in E major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 11 in B major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 14 in E flat minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 22 in G minor |
Sophia Lisovskaya (piano) | | | (also available to download from $10.75) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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