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50 Best Romantic Piano Classics - Popular romantic classics for solo piano or piano & orchestra

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; The Seasons, Op. 47b; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Conc...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Ahn Trio; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Angelich, Nicholas; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Bran, Tim; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Donohoe, Peter; Duchable, Francois-Rene ...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Marriner, Sir Neville; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; Thompson, Bryden; Galliera, Alceo; Jansons, Mariss; Foster, Lawrence; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; ...
Ensemble: ; Rostal & Schaefer Piano Duo

This 3-CD set contains 50 tracks of romantic piano music from catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics performed by some of the world's finest...continue...

50 Best Sensual Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: James Horner: Titanic; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Concerto for Piano ...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bran, Tim; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Bumbry, Grace; Callas, Maria; Cortez, Viorica; Dalton, Mitchell; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Garcia, Jose Luis; Garello, Raul; Garrett...
Conductors: ; Jansons, Mariss; Foster, Lawrence; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Roth, François-Xavier; Goodwin, Ron; Thompson, Bryden; Plasson, Michel; Barry, John; Love, Geoff; Barbirolli, John; Fedotov, Viktor; Boul...
Ensemble: ; Ahn Trio; Berlin Philharmonic Cellists; Virtuosi

This 3-CD set contains 50 tracks of sensual music from the catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics performed by some of the world's finest...continue...

Fiorentino Edition, Vol. 2: The Complete Liszt Recordings / Sergio Fiorentino, piano [6 CDs]

6 CD / Piano Classics / 2013-02-12

Works: Franz Liszt: Album d'un voyageur, S 156; Venezia e Napoli, S 162; Grandes Études de Paganini; Concert Etudes (2) for Piano, S 145; Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244; Hungarian Rhapsod...
Performers: Fiorentino, Sergio
Conductors: Riede, Erich; Handley, Vernon

Piano Classics presents a second volume in their series of recordings by the great Italian pianist Sergio Fiorentino. This superb, specially-priced six disc set is...continue...
Recording information: 1958-1997....continue...

A Liszt Recital / Vanessa Benelli Mosell, piano

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-01-29

Works: Franz Liszt: Valse impromptu for Piano, S 213; Capriccio alla turca sur des motifs de Beethoven, transcription for piano (after Op. 113; 3 versions; Concert Etudes (3) for Piano, S 144; Hungarian Rha...
Performers: Benelli-Mosell, Vanessa

The first Brilliant Classics disc from Vanessa Benelli Mosell included music by Prokofiev and Scriabin: a test for even the most consummate virtuoso. A second...continue...
Recording information: Montevarchi, Italy (03/2012)....continue...

Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor / Vardan Mamikonian, piano

1 CD / Dynamic / 2013-01-29

Works: Franz Liszt: Liebesträume for Piano, S 541; Sonata for Piano in B minor, S 178; Valses oubliées (4) for Piano, S 215; La lugubre gondola for Piano, S 200 (2nd version); Funerailles
Performers: Mamikonian, Vardan

Born into a musical family in Yerevan, Armenia, Vardan Mamikonian began his piano studies at the Yerevan Spendiarian School of Music with Arkui Haroutunian. He...continue...
Recording information: Hessischer Rundfunk, Sendesaal, Frankfurt am Main, Germ (02/20/2012-02/22/2012)....continue...

Liszt: Transcriptions of Saint-Saens, Paganini, Schubert, Wagner / Niu Niu, piano

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Franz Liszt: Danse Macabre, transcription for piano (after Saint-Saëns), S. 555 (LW 273); Die Post, transcription for piano, (after Schubert) S. 561/4 (LW A50/4); Der Lindenbaum, transcription f...
Performers: Niu, Niu [Piano]

EMI Classics is proud to release Liszt: Transcriptions, a new album from teenage piano star Niu Niu. This impressive and delightful album is framed around...continue...
Recording information: The Friary, Liverpool (03/16/2012-03/18/2012)....continue...

Instrumentals

5 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Wayne Shanklin: Chanson d' Amour; Bert Kaempfert: Wonderland by Night; Peter Mösser: Morgen; Louis Louiguy: Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White, song (for the film Underwater); Frank W. Meacham:...
Performers: Bilk, Acker; Calvert, Eddie; Capova, Sylvia; Cramer, Floyd; Davis, Tom [Piano]; Eddy, Duane; Fordham, George; Hogwallop, Lester; Jaccottet, Christiane; Kangas, John; Karas, Anton; Landry, McGeorge; M...
Conductors: Kaempfert, Bert; Vaughn, Billy; Prado, Perez; Miller, Glenn; Miller, Mitch; Greger, Max; Brown, Les; ; Faith, Percy; Mantovani; Justis, Bill; Goodman, Benny; Bush, Lou; Baxter, Les; Anthony, Ray; Hay...
Ensemble: ; Bill Black's Combo; Chris Barber's Jazz Band; Paul Kuhn Combo

Includes crazy otto medley by various composers....continue...

Franz Liszt: Selected Works / Dmitri Vorobiev, piano

2 CD / Blue Griffin / 2012-12-11

Works: Franz Liszt: Konzertetüden (2), for piano, S. 145 (LW A218); Consolations (6) for Piano, S 172; Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude, for piano (Harmonies poétiques no 3), S. 173/...
Performers: Vorobiev, Dmitri

Acclaimed pianist Dmitri Vorobiev, major prize-winner of the Busoni, Cincinnati World, Ibla Grand Prize, A.M.A. Calabria, Iowa and Alabama International Piano Competitions, winner of UNISA...continue...
Recording information: Blue Griffin's Studio "The Ballroom" (08/25/2012-08/26/2012)....continue...

Romantic Silhouettes: Schumann: Abegg Vars.; Fantasiestucke, Op. 12; Liszt: Nocturne Op. 62/3; Reger: Silhouetten; Schoeck: 2 Pieces / Maria Kihlgren, piano

1 CD / Sterling / 2012-12-05

Works: Robert Schumann: Theme and Variations for Piano on the name ABEGG, Op. 1; Fantaisiestücke, Op. 12, Helft 1; Franz Liszt: Liebesträume for Piano, S 541; Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, ...
Performers: Kihlgren, Maria

This CD has been planned as a cross-section through the Romantic age and commences with Robert Schumann Abegg Variations, a work of his youth filled...continue...
Recording information: Studio 2, Swedish Radio (03/2012-04/2012)....continue...

Classical Album 2013

4 CD / Decca Import / 2012-11-27

Works: André Rieu: Strauss and Co., medley for violin & pops orchestra; Paul Mealor: Wherever You Are, song; Ubi caritas, for chorus; Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò), song;...
Performers: Benedetti, Nicola; Bo, Alfie; Brustenghi, Alessandro, Friar; Calleja, Joseph; Domingo, Placido; Jenkins, Katherine; Jones, Aled; Karadaglic, Milos [Guitar]; Klass, Myleene; Lang Lang; Lulu; McElderry...
Conductors: Malone, Gareth; ; Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: ; Escala

Franz Liszt: Sonata in B Minor; En reve; Libestraum no 3 et al. / Daria Scarano, piano

1 CD / Centaur / 2012-10-17

Works: Franz Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, première année, S 160 "Suisse"; En reve - nocturne; Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année, S 161 "Italie"; Liebestr&#...
Performers: Scarano, Daria

Recording information: University of Maryland, Dekelboum Hall (04/19/2011/04/22/2011)....continue...

Meditation: The Most Beautiful Classical Melodies

1 CD / Marquis Classic / 2012-10-16

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Christoph W. Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits; Ludwig van Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata; Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59; Erik Satie: Gymnopedie f...
Performers: Aitken, Robert [Flute]; Bloemendal, Coenraad; Campbell, James [Clarinet]; Eguchi, Akira; Goodman, Erica [Harp]; Goodyear, Stewart; Grant, Cameron; Hoeppner, Susan; Krosnick, Joel; Lindemann, Jens; Ma...
Conductors: Komatsu, Chosei;
Ensemble: ; Duo Concertante; Upper Valley Duo

This collection of the most beautiful, familiar and popular classical melodies of all time, selected from the Marquis catalog of fine classical recordings, features virtuoso...continue...

Aquarelles - Erik Satie, Bedrich Smetana, Claude Debussy and Franz Liszt / Valerie Milot, harp

1 CD / Analekta / 2012-10-02

Works: Erik Satie: Gymnopédies (3), for piano (also orchestrated by Debussy); Claude Debussy: Clair de lune; Bedrich Smetana: Má vlast; Marcel Tournier: Suite for harp no 4 ("Images"), Op. 39; Fra...
Performers: Milot, Valerie [Harp]

With its ability to delicately suggest, obliquely seduce, and transport us to an "elsewhere" whose quaint, old-fashioned colors have nevertheless lost nothing of their power,...continue...
Recording information: Church of Saint-Augustin de Mirabel (04/2012)....continue...

Piano Treasures

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; The Seasons, Op. 37b; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3; Ludwig ...
Performers: Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Cziffra, György; Duchable, Francois-René [Piano]; Hough, Stephen; Litton, Andrew; Paik, Kun-woo; Pletnev, Mikhail [Piano, Conductor]; Pommier, Jean-Ber...
Conductors: Foster, Lawrence; Vonk, Hans; Plasson, Michel; Cziffra, György; Jansons, Mariss; Kitayenko, Dmitri; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Pletnev, Mikhail; Tetzlaff, Christian; Litton, Andrew; Hickox,...

Treasures is a new series of 3-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of Virgin Classics, presenting the best loved and key works of the classical...continue...

Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner: Im Cosmos der Romantik - Piano works & Lieder / Elisabeth Linhart, soprano; Karl Eichinger, piano

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-08-14

Works: Franz Liszt: Concert Etudes (2) for Piano, S 145; Comment, disaient-ils, S 276 no 2 (2nd version); Buch der Lieder, Volume 2; Was Liebe sei?, S. 288; Einst, song for voice & piano, S. 332 (LW N73); I...
Performers: Eichinger, Karl [Piano]; Linhart, Elisabeth [Soprano]

Songs and piano solos by Liszt and Wagner are performed by Viennese soprano Elisabeth Linhart, and the pianist with the Vienna Symphony Virtuosi, Karl Eichinger....continue...
Recording information: Casino Baumgarten, Vienna, Austria (06/29/2011/08/18/2011)....continue...

Lang Lang: Complete Recordings 2000-2009 [12 CDs]

12 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-24

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Trio for Piano and Strings in A minor, Op. 50; Dumka for Piano in C minor, Op. 59 "Russian rustic scene"; Morceaux (6) for ...
Performers: Bocelli, Andrea; Domingo, Placido; Eschenbach, Christoph [Piano/Conductor]; Fan, Wei; Ji, Wei; Lang Lang; Lang, Guo-Ren [Composer]; Maisky, Mischa; Moragues, Pascal; Repin, Vadim [Violin]; Sarah Brig...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Gergiev, Valery; Long, Yu; Eschenbach, Christoph; Mehta, Zubin; Temirkanov, Yuri; Jenkins, Karl [Composer]; Warren-Green, Christopher

Probably the moment you've been waiting for... the DG catalogue priority of 2012.

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Masterpieces of Piano - 6 albums incl. Echoes of Eternity; La Campanella; Nocturnes of Melancholy and Live at Carnegie Hall / Fuzjko Hemming, piano

6 CD / Domo / 2012-07-10

Works: Robert Schumann: Vogel als Prophet (Waldscenen, Op. 82/7); Carnaval, Op. 9; Frédéric Chopin: Etude for piano no 5 in G flat major, Op. 10/5, CT. 18; Etude for piano no 25 in F minor (Nouvel...
Performers: Hemming, Fujiko
Conductors: Förster, Heiko Mathias

This box set, which includes the albums Echoes of Eternity, La Campanella, Nocturnes of Melancholy, Live At Carnegie Hall, Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1, and...continue...

Evgeny Kissin Plays Chopin and Liszt

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-06-26

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11; Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21; Waltz for Piano in E minor, B 56; Mazurka for piano no 40 in F minor, Op. ...
Performers: Kissin, Evgeni
Conductors: Kitaenko, Dimitri

A former child prodigy who had already made his concerto debut by the age of 10, Russian pianist Evgeny Kissin is one of today's most...continue...

Homage d'Amour: Love Letters of German composers / Sandra Brune, piano

1 CD / Rondeau Production / 2012-04-24

Works: Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6; Spoken Word: Reading of a letter between Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Frau Konstanze, April 13, 1789; Reading of a letter betw...
Performers: Brune, Sandra [Piano]

Robert ditches Ernestine to be with Clara. Johannes writes Clara love-letters, and Robert is put into a psychiatric ward. Clara dies. Johannes, 14 years younger...continue...
Recording information: Bürgerhaus Hohenmölsen (06/13/2011-06/15/2011)....continue...

Classical Moods

1 CD / Signature / 2012-04-24

Works: Claude Debussy: Clair de lune; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 1; Ludwig van Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata; Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 5...

Candle Night Classics

2 CD / Intergroove Media / 2012-04-10

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71; Suite no 4 in G major, Op. 61 'Mozartiana'; Swan Lake, Op. 20; Frédéric Chopin: Prelude for piano no 17 in A flat major, Op. 28/17, CT. 18...
Performers: Bolkvadze, Elisso; Dvarionaite, Aldona; Fedorov, Adil; Gelgotas, Valentinas; Ivanovich, Andrei; Karnavichius, Jurgis; Sanikidze, Tamara; Shakin, Vladimir; Spitkova, Helena; Ts'ong, Fou
Conductors: Kakhidze, Djansug; Titov, Alexander; Sondeckis, Saulius; Bubelnikov, Pavel; Gorkovenko, Stanislav; Dmitriev, Alexander; Chang, Yun-Sung; Lizzio, Alberto; Korchin, Leo; Kakhidze, Vakhtang

Mercury Living Presence Collection [51 CDs]

51 CD / Decca / 2012-03-06

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Night on the Bare Mountain; Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106; Hungarian Sketches, for orchestra, Sz. 97; Romanian...
Performers: Bachauer, Gina; Belov, Rudolf; Fischer, Irwin; Glenecke, Thomas; Graham, Allan; Hood, Boyde [Trumpet]; Janis, Byron; Koves, Toni; London Symphony Orchestra; Menuhin, Yehudi; Metzenger, Edward; Miquel...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Hanson, Howard; Dorati, Antal; Fennell, Frederick; Paray, Paul; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; ; Menges, Herbert; Kondrashin, Kirill; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Gnutov, Vitaly; Alessandro, ...
Ensemble: ; Battery B, 2nd New Jersey Light Artillery; Eastman Wind Ensemble

Mercury Living Presence is special in many ways - an American company, from the heyday of classical recording in the U.S. that reproduced some of...continue...
Includes work(s) by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky....continue...

The Short Liszt

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-03-06

Works: Franz Liszt: Grand Bravura Fantasia on Paganini's "La Campanella", S 420; Concert Etudes (2) for Piano, S 145; Klavierstück, for piano no 2 in A flat major, S. 189a/1 (LW A116); Feuilles d'album...
Performers: Papadakis, Konstantinos [Piano]

Recording information: WGBH Fraser Studio, Boston, Massachusetts (2010)....continue...

Dedicated to the International Tchaikovsky Competition / Van Cliburn; Valery Klimov, Natallia Shakhovskaya et al.

5 CD / Melodiya / 2012-02-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"; Franz Liszt: Liebesträume for Piano, S 541; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op...
Performers: Amentaeva, A.; Atlantov, Vladimir; Cliburn, Van; Farr, L. [Piano]; Khalilova, Farida; Klimov, Valery; Marsh, Jane; Natalia Shakhovskaya
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Shostakovich, Maxim; Kitayenko, Dmitri; Ermler, Mark; Haikin, B.;
Ensemble: ; State Academic Bolshoi Theatre Sextet

Melodiya presents an exclusive edition dedicated to the International Tchaikovsky Competition! A major artistic phenomenon and national endowment of Russia, the International Tchaikovsky Competition i...continue...

The Complete Recordings / Moriz Rosenthal, piano

5 CD / Appian Publications & Recordings / 2012-02-14

Works: Moriz Rosenthal: Fantasy for piano (on Johann Strauss II's "An der shönen blauen Donau," "Die Fledermaus" & "Freut eu; Les Papillons for piano; Carnaval de Vienne; New Carnaval de Vienne, for pi...
Performers: Rosenthal, Moriz
Conductors: Weissmann, Frieder

Moriz Rosenthal was also one of the more important Liszt pupils, therefore his legacy is of the utmost importance as representative of 19th-century style. He...continue...

Rudolph Ganz: Historical Recordings From The Collections of The Zentralbibliothek Zurich

1 CD / Guild / 2012-02-14

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Waltz for piano no 2 in A flat major, Op. 34/1, CT. 208; Nocturne for piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 9/1, CT. 108; Franz Liszt: Liebesträume for Piano, S 541; Mignon,...
Performers: Ganz, Rudolf
Conductors: Ganz, Rudolf

Rudolph Ganz, born in Zurich in 1877, was among the most influential Swiss musicians abroad in the first half of the 20th century. Included on...continue...

Arthur Rubinstein: The Complete Album Collection

144 CD / RCA Records / 2012-01-10

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Barcarolle for Piano in F sharp major, B 158/Op. 60; Waltz for piano no 2 in A flat major, Op. 34/1, CT. 208; Mazurka for piano no 35 in C minor, Op. 56/3, CT. 85; Concerto...
Performers: Courte, Robert; Dalley, John; Feuermann, Emanuel; Fournier, Pierre; Frezin, Adolphe; Heifetz, Jascha; Kochanski, Pawel; Mayes, Samuel; Piatigorsky, Gregor; Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]; Sandor, Arpad; S...
Conductors: Coates, Albert; Barbirolli, John; ; Ormandy, Eugene; Golschmann, Vladimir; Dorati, Antal; Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Steinberg, William; Toscanini, Arturo; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Munch, Charles; Susskind, ...
Ensemble: ; Pro Arte Piano Quartet

From December on, "Arthur Rubinstein The Complete Album Collection" will be the world's biggest CD edition for a solo artist according to Guinness World Records

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Cyprien Katsaris Plays Liszt, Vol. 1

2 CD / Piano 21 / 2012-01-10

Works: Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244; Hungarian Rhapsody, for piano no 7 in D minor, S. 244/7 (LW A132/7); Hungarian Rhapsody, for piano no 5 in E minor ("Héroïde-él...
Performers: Katsaris, Cyprien

Franz Liszt was arguably the most diverse of all composers in the range of his musical creativity. This double CD offers us five aspects of...continue...

A Portrait fo Franz Liszt / Guillaume Coppola, piano

1 CD / Eloquentia / 2011-12-13

Works: Franz Liszt: Soirées musicales; Funerailles; Bagatelle ohne tonart for Piano, S 216a "Mephisto Waltz no 5"; Légendes (2) for Piano, S 175; Consolations (6) for Piano, S 172; Vallée d...
Performers: Coppola, Guillaume

Guillaume Coppola is widely recognized as one of the most accomplished French pianists of the younger generation. After being awarded a Premier Prix for piano...continue...
Recording information: Conservatoire de Musique et de Danse, Aulnay-sous-Bois, (04/2009)....continue...

The Liszt Legacy / Claudio Arrau, Alicia Larrocha, Raymond Lewenthal, Benno Moiseiwitsch and Egon Petri

10 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-11-15

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"; Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique"; Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonli...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio; De Larrocha, Alicia; Lewenthal, Raymond; Moiseiwitsch, Benno; Petri, Egon

The pièce de résistance of Deutsche Grammophon's Liszt 200th anniversary celebration is a 10-CD box that brings together five great piano virtuosos of the past...continue...

Legendary Russian Pianists

25 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka for piano no 33 in B major, Op. 56/1, CT. 83; Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11; Etude for piano no 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 10/4, CT. 17; Etude for pi...
Performers: Akopian-Tamarina, Nelly [Piano]; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bashkirov, Dmitri; Berman, Lazar; Davidovich, Bella; Demidenko, Nikolai; Flier, Yakov; Gavrilov, Andrei; Gilels, Emil; Ginzburg, Grigori; Grinber...
Conductors: Gauk, Alexander; Oistrakh, David; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Tretiakov, Viktor; Temirkanov, Yuri

Russia is home to some of the antiquities most iconic piano players: Konstantin Igumnov, Grigory Ginzburg, Lev Oborin, Vladimir Sofronitzky, Sviatoslav Richter, and Evgeny Kissin...continue...

Liszt Experience / Aimard, Alain, Berzovsky and Duchable

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-08-30

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Liebesträume for Piano, S 541; Feux-follets (Transcendental Etude no 5); Harmonies poétiques et réligieuses (10), for piano...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Alain, Marie-Claire; Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Duchable, Francois-René [Piano]; Farkas, Gabor [Piano]; Hoffmann, Ludwig; Leonskaja, Elisabeth; Sebök, György
Conductors: Wolff, Hugh; Masur, Kurt; Sourisse, Jean; Conlon, James
Ensemble: ; Nova Vocal Ensemble; Paris Audite Nova Choir

This new release from Warner classics features a "greatest hits" collection from the piano's ultimate historic virtuoso and composer, Franz Liszt. Listeners will enjoy the...continue...

Me on Wings of Song / Konstantin Scherbakov, piano

1 CD / TwoPianists / 2011-08-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude for keyboard in E minor (WFN 18; variant of BWV 855), BWV 855a; Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 1124; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Christoph W. Gluck Dance of the B...
Performers: Scherbakov, Konstantin [Piano]

This personal selection by award-winning pianist Konstantin Scherbakov, featuring such beautiful melodies as the Bach/Siloti Prelude in E minor, Lyadov Prelude Op.11, no.1, and the...continue...
Recording information: Endler Hall, Stellenbosch University, South Africa (02/15/2001-02/17/2001)....continue...

Essential Liszt / Over 2 hours of romantic masterpieces

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-08-23

Works: Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244; Grand Bravura Fantasia on Paganini's "La Campanella", S 420; Liebesträume for Piano, S 541; Sonata for Piano in B minor; Concert Etudes (...
Performers: Béroff, Michel; Cziffra, György; Darré, Jeanne-Marie; Duchable, Francois-René [Piano]; Hough, Stephen; Lockhart, James; Lucchesini, Andrea; Ogdon, John; Ousset, Cécil...
Conductors: Masur, Kurt; Muti, Riccardo

EMI Classics presents a new addition to the popular Essential Classics series: Essential Liszt. To celebrate the 200th birthday of this master pianist and composer,...continue...

50 Best Liszt / Michel Béroff, Aldo Ciccolini, John Ogdon, André Watts, et al.

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-08-23

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125; Polonaise brillante, transcription for piano (after von Weber; Fantasy on Hungarian Folk Themes...
Performers: Beroff, Michel; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Cziffra, Gyorgy; Darre, Jeanne-Marie; Lucchesini, Andrea; Ogdon, John; Ovchinikov, Vladimir; Paik, Kun-woo; Sheppard, Craig; Watts, Andre
Conductors: Masur, Kurt
Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

50 Best is a series of 3-CD sets which feature genres of music ranging from symphonies, concertos, and solo instrumental works to chamber music, songs,...continue...

Liszt 200: Jorge Bolet / Transcendental Etudes; Consolations & Paraphrases

2 CD / Piano Classics / 2011-08-09

Works: Franz Liszt: Die Forelle (I), transcription for piano (after Schubert, D. 550), S. 563/6 (LW A109/6); Ständchen "Horch, horch!" (Schubert) for Piano, S 558 no 9; Polish Songs (6) for Piano (Chop...
Performers: Bolet, Jorge

It took a long time before the musical establishment recognized the genius of the great Cuban pianist Jorge Bolet. It was through his recordings for...continue...
Recording information: Casino De L'alianca del Poble Nou, Barcelona, Spain....continue...

Best Piano Music / /Rudolf Buchbinder, piano

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59; Rondo a Capriccio for piano in G major ("Rage Over a Lost Penny"), Op. 129; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano ...
Performers: Buchbinder, Rudolf [Piano]

The Liszt Album / Artur Rubinstein

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-07-12

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Sonata for Piano in B minor, S 178; Valses oubliées (4) for Piano, S 215; Funerailles; Valse impromptu for Piano, S 213; Der Tanz in ...
Performers: Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]
Conductors: Wallenstein, Alfred
Ensemble: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Kissin Plays Liszt

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-07-12

Works: Franz Liszt: Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke, S 514 "Mephisto Waltz no 1"; Transcendental Etudes (12) for Piano, S 139; Étude d'exécution transcendante no 10 in F minor; Feux-follets (Trans...
Performers: Kissin, Evgeni

Franz Liszt [Limited Edition]

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-07-05

Works: Franz Liszt: Liebesträume for Piano, S 541; Sonata for Piano in B minor, S 178; Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke, S 514 "Mephisto Waltz no 1"; La lugubre gondola for Piano, S 200 (2nd version); Prelu...
Performers: Buniatishvili, Khatia

Recording information: Meistersaal, Köthener Str. 38, Berlin, Germany (10/10/2010-10/15/2010)....continue...

Maurice André Edition / Suites, Dances and Arrangements [6 CDs]

6 CD / Erato / 2011-06-28

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Cantata, Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78; Orchestral Suite no 2 in B minor, BWV 1067; Cantata, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Barboteu, Georges; Bernard, Joelle; Bylsma, Anner; De Antoni, Charles; Giebel, Agnes; Holtmann, Jacques; Jaap Schroder [Violin/Conductor]; Karius, Wolfgang; LaGorce, Marcel; Maliponte...
Conductors: Pichaureau, Claude; Soustrot, Marc; Ristenpart, Karl; Rauber, François; Lagrange, Claude; Corboz, Michel; Leonhardt, Gustav; Faerber, Jörg; Gotti, Tito; Paillard, Jean-François; Martin...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble De Cuivres De Paris; Ensemble of Bologna; Harmonie Municipale D'alès ; Trombone Quartet of the RTF Orchestra

Fourth in the series of 6CD box sets of the extensive Erato recordings of Maurice André, famous French trumpet player with the silvery touch....continue...
Includes j'ai du bon tabac (anon.) / menuet d'isis (j.-b. l by various composers.

Includes work(s) by Giuseppe Torelli....continue...

Liszt: Wild & Crazy, various artists

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-06-28

Works: Franz Liszt: Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke, S 514 "Mephisto Waltz no 1"; Liebesträume for Piano, S 541; Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244; Années de pèlerinage, deuxiè...
Performers: Anda, Geza; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bolet, Jorge; Cherkassky, Shura; Horowitz, Vladimir; Kars, Jean-Rodolphe; Kempff, Wilhelm; Kocsis, Zol...
Conductors: Fischer, Iván; Karajan, Herbert von

From the first strumming chords of the First Mephisto Waltz to the spooky harmonies of La lugubre gondola and the obsessive threnody of Totentanz, a...continue...

Liszt: Années de Pèlerinage II / Dalberto

2 CD / Piano Classics / 2011-06-14

Works: Franz Liszt: Prelude "Weinen, Klagen..." (JS Bach) for Piano, S 179; Liebesträume, notturno for piano no 1 in A flat major ("Hohe Liebe"), S. 541/1 (LW A103/1); Liebesträume, notturno for p...
Performers: Dalberto, Michel

The first installment in Piano Classics' Liszt Bicentenary Series features French pianist Michel Dalberto playing a fascinating selection of the composers numerous masterworks....continue...
Recording information: Salle de Chatonneyre, Corseaux, Switzerland....continue...

Classical Album 2011

2 CD / Decca / 2011-06-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor; Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Franz Liszt: Liebestr...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Benedetti, Nicola; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Domingo, Placido; Fernandez, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Fisc...
Conductors: Dudamel, Gustavo; Fischer, Adam; Levine, James; Abbado, Claudio; Chailly, Riccardo; Armiliato, Marco; Lanchbery, John; Fischer, Iván; Dutoit, Charles; Ahronovitch, Yuri; Mackerras, Charles, Sir;...
Ensemble: ; International Chamber Soloists

This stunning collection showcases the greatest stars of classical music with dazzling performances from Gustavo Dudamel, Cecilia Bartoli, Lang Lang and Anna Netrebko, to name...continue...

Ultimate Wedding Collection [EMI Classics]

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-05-17

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, BWV 208; Orchestral Suite no 4, BWV 1068; Cantata no 156, "Ich steh' mit einem Fuss im Grabe" BWV 156; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bayco, Frederic; Bo, Alfie; Bramma, Harry; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Bullard, Thomas; Dale, Laurence; Dawson, Lynne; Gibson, Simon; Gilchrist, Jane...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Parrott, Andrew; ; Kilbey, Reginald; Cleobury, Stephen; Willcocks, David; Montgomery, Kenneth; Menuhin, Yehudi; Lysy, Alberto; Faerber, Jörg; Ericson, Eric; Fischer, Georg...
Ensemble: ; Nash Ensemble; Taverner Players

All the music you need for your special day is available in this exclusive 2-CD set. The joy, grandeur and intimacy of this ceremony of...continue...

Liszt: Faust Paraphrase; 6 Consolations; Etc.

1 CD / Dal Segno / 2011-05-04

Works: Franz Liszt: Paraphrase on a Waltz from Gounod's "Faust", S 407; Consolations (6) for Piano, S 172; Paraphrase on Quartet from Verdi's "Rigoletto", S 434; Années de pèlerinage, deuxièm...
Performers: Thibaudet, Jean-Yves [Piano]

These recordings were originally recorded for Denon and are now available on CD for the first time in nearly 20 years....continue...

Liszt: Mephisto Waltz; Opera Transcriptions and Paraphrases

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-05-03

Works: Franz Liszt: Funerailles; Consolations (6) for Piano, S 172; Années de pèlerinage; Ballade, for piano no 2 (I) in B minor, S. 170a; Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année,...
Performers: Duchable, Francois-René [Piano]

Franz Liszt: Piano Works

1 Super Audio CD / Alba / 2011-04-12

Works: Franz Liszt: Polonaise, for piano no 2 in E major, S. 223/2 (LW A171/2); Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude, for piano (Harmonies poétiques no 3), S. 173/3 (LW A158/3); Rhapsodie esp...
Performers: Arto Satukangas

Composer David Burge studied at Northwestern University, Eastman and the Cherubini Conservatory in Florence, Italy. His long career in academia began with an appointment to...continue...
Recording information: Sello Hall, Espoo (2009-09-06_2009-09-07&2009-)....continue...

Brein's World / Music of Georg Breinschmid

2 CD / Preiser / 2011-04-12

Works: Georg Breinschmid: 7/8 Landler, for violin, piano & contrabass; Musette no 2, for violin, piano & contrabass; Jacaranda, for trumpet & contrabass; Computer-Wienerlied, song; Brein's Knights, for viol...
Performers: Bachner, Robert; Bentz, Roland; Breinschmid, Georg; Finder, Azzi; Gürtler, Sebastian; Huber, Tommaso; Igudesman, Aleksey; Janoska, Frantisek; M., Erni; Salesny, Clemens; Salfellner, Christian; S...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Brein's Café ; classXXX; Duo Gansch-Breinschmid

Bass player and composer Georg Breinschmid from Vienna, Austria presents his newest release. All About Jazz enthuses: "Georg Breinschmid is a genius madman. Brein's World...continue...
REVIEWS:

Down Beat (p.66) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[E]ach member has plenty of solo space and they expertly interject short statements into the often thick textures."...continue...

Music by Masonic Composers

1 CD / Gega New / 2011-04-12

Works: Francesco Geminiani: Sonata for cello & continuo no 3 in C major, Op. 5/3; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Platée; Pièces de clavecin; Johann Christian Bach: Concerto for cello & orchestra in C min...
Performers: Nikolov, Ventseslav [Cello]; Tcharaktchieva, Ruzhka

Bulgarian cellist Ventseslav Nikolov and pianist Ruzhka Tcharaktchieva perform a concert of works by Masonic composers who lived during the last three centuries....continue...
Recording information: Studio 1, Bulgarian National Radio (04/2010-05/2010)....continue...