Piano

Desert Island Discs

3 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2013-03-05

Works: Eric Coates: By the Sleepy Lagoon, valse serenade for orchestra; Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2; Paganini Variations; Giaco...
Performers: Alexander, Roberta [Soprano Vocals]; Baillie, Alexander; Bjorling, Jussi; Boriskin, Michael; Botha, Johan; Chen, Evelyn; Dawson, Lynne; Farrall, Joy; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Ormandy, Eugene; Slatkin, Leonard; Pritchard, John; Cleobury, Nicholas; Daniel, Paul; McGegan, Nicholas; Szell, George; Previn, Andre; Foster, Lawrence; Maazel, Lorin; Davis, Carl; S...
Ensemble: ; Taverner Players

Rachmaninov Rarities for Piano / Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

1 CD / Decca / 2013-03-05

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Andante semplice [fragment]; Morceaux (7) de salon, Op. 10; Nocturnes (3) for Piano; Song without words for Piano in d; Piano piece (Canon), in D minor, TN ii/14; Fugue for piano ...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir

Legendary Russian pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy is considered the pre-eminent interpreter of Rachmaninov's music, and as he marked his seventy-fifth birthday (6 July 2012), he recorded...continue...
Personnel: Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano).

Recording information: Potton Hall, Suffolk (03/14/2012-03/16/2012)....continue...

Identity Thief

1 CD / La-La Land Records / 2013-03-05

Works: Christopher Lennertz: Identity Thief, film score; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Fred Wesley: The Payback
Performers: Anassian, Armen; Ariondo, Nick; Banducci, Brett; Bandy, Briana; Bauer, Alisha; Bergeron, Wayne; Bisharat, Charlie; Bleth, Chris [Oboe]; Booth, Bill; Brown, Amanda [The Voice/New York]; Chedwiggen, Da...
Conductors: Lennertz, Christopher

Recording information: Eastwood Scoring Stage, Burbank, CA; Sonic Fuel Studios, El Segundo, CA....continue...

The music of Eleni Karaindrou - Concert in Athens / Kashkashian, Garbarek, Christopoulos, Karaindrou, Nastasa, Ripo, Gadedi et al.

1 CD / ECM / 2013-03-05

Works: Eleni Karaindrou: Death of a Salesman; Eternity and a Day; Closed Roads, for viola & orchestra; Number Ten; Voyage to Cythera; Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf; The Glass Menangerie; Landscape in the M...
Performers: Anthis, Socratis; Bildea, Maria; Boulard, Marie-Cecile [Clarinet]; Christopoulos, Vangelis; Dimitriadis, Aris; Gadedi, Stella; Garbarek, Jan; Hadjiiordanou, Dinos; Karaindrou, Eleni; Kashkashian, Kim...
Conductors: Myrat, Alexander
Ensemble: ; Camerata Friends of Music Orchestra

An exceptional live recording, Concert In Athens, the tenth ECM release by Greek composer Eleni Karaindrou incorporates moving performances by guests Kim Kashkashian and Jan...continue...
Recording information: Megaron, Athens (11/19/2010)....continue...

Schubert: Piano Sonatas nos. 16 in A minor; Sonata in B flat / Maria Joao Pires, piano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-03-05

Works: Franz Schubert: Sonata for Piano in A minor, D 845/Op. 42; Sonata for Piano in B flat major, D 960
Performers: Pires, Maria-Joao

Iconic Deutsce Grammophon pianist and celebrated Schubert interpreter Maria Joao Pires returns to further explore the music of the quintessential romantic composer; deepening a musical...continue...
Recording information: Hamburg-Harburg, Friedrich-Ebert-Halle (07/2011)....continue...

Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Three Fantastic Dances Op. 5 / Cristina Ortiz, piano

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C minor, Op. 35; Concerto for Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 102; Fantastic Dances (3) for Piano, Op. 5
Performers: Ortiz, Cristina
Conductors: Berglund, Paavo
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

This disc includes the two Piano Concertos; the first was originally intended to be a concerto for trumpet, but during the composition process the piano...continue...
Recording information: 1975....continue...

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Geza Anda, piano

1 CD / ICA Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 83
Performers: Anda, Géza
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra

This spine-tingling account of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No.1 has never been issued before. It is a 'live' studio recording from 1958 with the Cologne Radio...continue...
Recording information: Saal 1, Funkhaus, Cologne....continue...

50 Best London Symphony Orchestra

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Symphony no 8 in F, Op. 93; Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 4; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Sergey Prokofiev: Symphony ...
Performers: Beroff, Michel; de Peyer, Gervase; Isserlis, Steven; Loriod, Jeanne; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; Previn, Andre [Conductor/Piano]; Sitkovetsky, Dmitry
Conductors: Jochum, Eugen; Previn, Andre; Boult, Adrian; Gardelli, Lamberto; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Khachaturian, Aram; Hickox, Richard; Davis, Colin; Barbirolli, John

This 3-CD set contains 50 tracks from the catalogues of EMI Records, EMI Classics and Virgin Classics of recordings by the London Symphony Orchestra under...continue...

Busoni: Piano Music, Vol. 8 - 24 Preludes, Op. 37; Macchiette medioevali, Op. 33 / Wolf Harden, piano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-02-26

Works: Ferruccio Busoni: Preludes (24), for piano, Op. 37, KiV 181; Macchiette medioevali, suite for piano, Op. 33, KiV 194 & 195
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]

Volume 8 features two compositions from Busoni's teenage years (1881-83). Charming and engaging works which already reveal an inventive and personal accommodation with mid-19th century...continue...
Recording information: Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth, UK (01/21/2012-01/22/2012)....continue...

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Nos. 22-28 / Daniel Barenboim, piano [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2013-02-26

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 22 in F major, Op. 54; Sonata for Piano no 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"; Sonata for Piano no 24 in F sharp major, Op. 78 "A Thérèse"; S...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel

Though better known to many as a conductor, Daniel Barenboim has maintained an active career as a concert pianist. In 1983-84 he took on a...continue...
Run Time: 158 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo,
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Flavours: Music for cello and piano by Debussy, Schnittke, Beethoven, Van Breen / Amber Docters van Leeuwen, cello; Taisiya Pushkar, piano

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Claude Debussy: Sonata for Cello and Piano; Alfred Schnittke: Sonata for cello & piano no 1; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano no 5 in D major, Op. 102 no 2; Eef Van Breen: Flavours, f...
Performers: Pushkar, Taisiya; Van Leeuwen, Amber Docters

This compilation provides a showcase of the many aspects of the cello and the range of emotions and characters that the instrument is able to...continue...
Recording information: Motor Music Studio, Mechelen, Belgium (02/09/2011)....continue...

Songs of Love - Italian Love Songs by Bellini, Puccini, Tosti, Donizetti et al. / Anna Leese, soprano; Stephen De Pledge, piano

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2013-02-26

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Il fervido desiderio, for voice & piano; Dolente immagine di figlia mia, for voice & piano; Vaga luna, che inargenti, song for voice & piano; La farfalletta, song for voice & piano;...
Performers: Buttner, Thorsten; de Pledge, Stephen; Leese, Anna

Anna Leese and Stephen de Pledge perform Italian Love Songs by Bellini, Puccini, Donizetti and Tosti. These elegant pieces for solo voice, some well known,...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex, UK (11/27/2010-11/29/2010)....continue...

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...

Ernst Chausson: Concert for Violin, Piano & String Quartet, Op. 21; String Quartet, Op. 35 / Jennifer Pike, violin; Tom Poster, piano

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2013-02-26

Works: Ernest Chausson: Quartet for Strings in C minor, Op. 35 (completed by D'Indy); Concert for Piano, Violin and String Quartet in D major, Op. 21
Performers: Pike, Jennifer; Poster, Tom
Conductors:
Ensemble: Doric String Quartet

This is the sixth recording by the Doric String Quartet for Chandos Records, and the discography is going from strength to strength. The disc of...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (07/04/2012-07/06/2012)....continue...

Antony Girard (b. 1959): In Praise of Folly; The Marriage of Orpheus; The Circle of Life / Genevieve Girard, piano; Jean-Marc Fessard, clarinet; Fabrice Bihan, cello

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-02-26

Works: Anthony Girard: Eloge de la folie, for clarinet & piano; Les Noces d'Orphée, for clarinet, cello & piano; L'Effroi de la nuit froide, for clarinet; Le Cercle de la Vie, preludes (24) for piano
Performers: Bihan, Fabrice [Cello]; Fessard, Jean-Marc [Clarinet]; Girard, Genevieve

A wide-ranging program from a contemporary French composer for whom Minimalism, oriental music, poetry and mysticism are central to his works....continue...
Recording information: Marcel Landowski Auditorium, Paris....continue...

Schumann: Fantasiestucke; Kreisleriana; Brahms: Theme & Variations from String Sextet no 1 / Imogen Cooper, piano

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2013-02-26

Works: Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 12; Kreisleriana; Johannes Brahms: Theme and Variations for Piano in D minor
Performers: Cooper, Imogen

This is Volume 1 in Imogen Cooper's new series on Chandos Records, dedicated to the complete works for piano by Robert Schumann. Recognized worldwide as...continue...
Recording information: Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk, England (07/23/2012-07/26/2012)....continue...

Philip Glass: Solo Piano Music / Jeroen van Veen

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Philip Glass: Glassworks; Metamorphosis, for piano; Mad Rush; Wichita Vortex Sutra, for piano; The Hours, music from the film score for piano; Truman Sleeps (for the film "The Truman Show"); The Olym...
Performers: van Veen, Jeroen [Piano]

This selection of pieces showcases Glass's music for solo piano, with each of the works baring the hallmarks of minimalism. Among the pieces featured in...continue...
Recording information: Barbara Church, Culemborg, The Netherlands (10/23/2006-10/28/2006)....continue...

Reynaldo Hahn: Works for Piano Solo / Cristina Ariagno, piano [4 CD & DVD]

5 CD / Concerto / 2013-02-26

Works: Reynaldo Hahn: Le rossignol éperdu, poems (53) for piano; Pièces d'amour et autres inédits, for piano; L'inspiration, waltz for piano; Juvenilia, 6 pieces for piano; Au clair de la lun...
Performers: Ariagno, Cristina

Hahn was labeled as a composer of salon music, a lightweight, whose compositions were written to satisfy the academic tastes of social circles in the...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium Fazioli, Sacile, Italy (10/2009-12/2010)....continue...

Hommage a Debussy - works by Carlo Grante; Alfredo Casella; Paul Dukas; Robert Piana / Carlo Grante, piano

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2013-02-26

Works: Claude Debussy: Images for Piano, Set 1; Images for Piano, Set 2; Estampes (3) for Piano; Arabesques (2) for Piano; Carlo Grante: Debussy-Pastiche, for piano; Alfredo Casella: A la manière de......
Performers: Grante, Carlo

An audiophile recording of some of Debussy's favorite piano pieces plus rare and unusual works by admirers of his musical idiom. Grante is one of...continue...
Recording information: Glanzing Studio, Vienna (02/18/2012-02/19/2012)....continue...

Beethoven: The 10 Sonatas for Violin and Piano / Petr Messiereur, violin; Stanislav Bogunia, piano

3 CD / Phaia Music / 2013-02-26

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in D major, Op. 12 no 1; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2 in A major, Op. 12; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in E flat major, Op. 12 no 3; Son...
Performers: Bogunia, Stanislav; Messiereur, Petr

Recording information: Metz (1994/1995)....continue...

Ludwig van Beethoven: The 5 Sonatas for Cello and Piano / Evzen Rattay, cello; Stanislav Bogunia, piano

2 CD / Phaia Music / 2013-02-26

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano no 1 in F major, Op. 5 no 1; Sonata for Cello and Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 5 no 2; Sonata for Cello and Piano no 3 in A major, Op. 69; Sonata for Ce...
Performers: Bogunia, Stanislav; Rattay, Evzen

Recording information: 1983....continue...

Georges Onslow: Sonatas for cello & piano nos 1-3 / Maria Kliegel, cello; Nina Tichman, piano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-02-26

Works: George Onslow: Sonatas (3) for cello/viola (or violin) & piano, Op. 16
Performers: Kliegel, Maria; Tichman, Nina

Worthy of comparison with those of Beethoven, Onslow's three Cello Sonatas are amongst the finest to have been written in France in the first half...continue...
Recording information: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Cologne, Germany (2011-11-28_2011-11-30&2011-)....continue...

Yojo, 15 - music of Haydn, Mozart & Beethoven / Yojo Christen, piano

1 CD / TYXart / 2013-02-26

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Sonata for Keyboard no 38 in F major, H 16 no 23; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i); Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 17 in D minor...
Performers: Yojo

Among the dry-cleaned competition champions arise a few young personalities whose musical ability and individuality are truly compelling. Yojo Christen (born in 1996) is a...continue...
Recording information: Straubing, Bavaria (01/2012)....continue...

Works by Ravel, Scriabin and Schubert / Alexander Schimpf, piano

1 CD / Oehms / 2013-02-26

Works: Maurice Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin; Alexander Scriabin: Preludes (5) for piano, Op. 74; Franz Schubert: Sonata for Piano in B flat major, D 960
Performers: Schimpf, Alexander [Piano]

Recording information: Studio 2, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich (03/12/2012-03/14/2012)....continue...

Mozart: Concertos for 2 and 3 Pianos; Concert Rondos / Zoltan Kocsis; Dezso Ranki, pianos. Schiff

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for 2 Pianos in E flat major, K 365 (316a); Concerto for 3 Pianos in F major, K 242; Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in D major, K 382; Rondo for Piano and Orchestra i...
Performers: Kocsis, Zoltan; Ránki, Dezsö; Schiff, Andras; Schmidt, Annerose
Conductors: Ferencsik, János; Masur, Kurt
Ensemble: ; Annersoe Schmidt

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is considered one of the greatest composers of all time. In his relatively short life he contributed to every style of composition....continue...

Exiles' Café - works by Bartok, Bowles, Sahl, Milhaud, Rachmaninov, Chopin, Fairouz / Lara Downes, piano

1 CD / Steinway & Sons / 2013-02-26

Works: Béla Bartók: Hungarian folksongs (3) from the Csik district, Sz 35a; Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka for piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 6/1, CT. 51; Mazurka for piano no 49 in F minor,...
Performers: Downes, Lara [Piano]

This music comes from the Exiles' Café, a place both real and metaphorical where the travelers of the world gather to find a home away...continue...
Recording information: Sono Luminus, Boyce, Virginia (09/12/2012-09/14/2012)....continue...

Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907): Sonatas for Violin & Piano nos 1 & 2; Allegro giusto, Op. 39 / Marco Rogliano, violin; Gianluca Luisi, piano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-02-26

Works: Ludwig Thuille: Sonata for violin & piano, Op. 30; Sonata for Violin no 1 in D minor, Op. 1; Allegro giusto for violin & piano, Op. 39
Performers: Luisi, Gianluca; Rogliano, Marco

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
Thuille's writing remained, to a large degree, conservatively romantic, as can be heard here, in his Violin...continue...
Recording information: Teatro La Nuova Fenice, Osimo, Italy (09/19/2011-09/21/2011)....continue...

Piano works by Schumann, Brahms & Schubert / Carmen Piazzini, piano

1 CD / TYXart / 2013-02-26

Works: Robert Schumann: Fantasia in C major, Op. 17; Arabeske for piano in C major, Op. 18; Johannes Brahms: Variations (16) for Piano in F sharp minor on a Theme by Schumann, Op. 9; Franz Schubert: Pieces ...
Performers: Piazzini, Carmen [Piano]

With characteristic energy and sensitive virtuosity, pianist Carmen Piazzini brings a new dimension of musicality to the works of Schumann, Brahms, and Schubert. This CD...continue...
Recording information: Festeburgkirche, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (04/2010)....continue...

Works by Chopin and Ravel - Sonata in B minor; Scarbo; Ondine / Miao Huang, piano

1 CD / Genuin / 2013-02-26

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for Piano no 3 in B minor, Op. 58; Barcarolle for Piano in F sharp major, B 158/Op. 60; Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit
Performers: Huang, Miao

The young Miao Huang, winner of the German Music Competition, shows on her GENUIN Primavera CD that her confidence is thoroughly justified. She masters the...continue...
Recording information: Siemens-Villa, Berlin, Germany (07/26/2012-07/28/2012)....continue...

Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 4 - Sonatas nos 3, 5 & 6; Two Fugues / Allison Brewster Franzetti, piano

1 CD / Grand Piano / 2013-02-26

Works: Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Sonata for Piano no 3, Op. 31; Sonata for Piano no 5, Op. 58; Fugues for Ludmila Berlinskaya (2), for piano; Sonata for Piano no 6, Op. 73
Performers: Franzetti, Allison Brewster

The last disc in Brewster Franzetti's highly acclaimed four single disc survey includes the deeply expressive, technically challenging and superbly varied Sonatas Nos. 5 (1956)...continue...
Recording information: The Gene and Shelley Enlow Recital Hall at Kean Univers....continue...

JS Bach: Partitas / Pi-Hsien Chen, piano

2 CD / Phil.Harmonie / 2013-02-26

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Keyboard no 2 in C minor, BWV 826; Partita for keyboard no 3 in A minor, BWV 827 (BC L3); Partita for Keyboard no 4 in D major, BWV 828; Partita for Keyboard no 1 i...
Performers: Pi-hsien, Chen

Bach's collection of Six Partitas titled "Clavierübung" represents the sum of what was written for keyboard instruments before him. On this recording, Pi-hsien Chen plays...continue...
Recording information: Attenbach-Bergneustadt (06/07/2011-06/08/2011)....continue...

Bernhard Sekles: Violin Sonata; Cello Sonata; Chaconne, Op. 38; Capriccio / Solomia Soroka, violin, viola; Noreen Silver, cello; Philip Silver, piano

1 CD / Toccata / 2013-02-26

Works: Bernhard Sekles: Chaconne on an Eight-Bar March-Theme, for viola & piano, Op. 38; Sonata for cello & piano in D minor, Op. 28; Capriccio in 4 movements, for violin, cello & piano; Sonata for violin &...
Performers: Silver, Noreen [Cello]; Silver, Phillip; Soroka, Solomia

Sekles (1872 - 1933) was a leading figure in German music in the first decades of the20th century. In 1928, as director of the Hoch...continue...
Recording information: Blue Griffin Recording Studio, Lansing, MI (2012-05-28_2012-05-29&2012-)....continue...

Sonograms - works by Arnaoudov, Szymanski, Steffens, Part, Xenakis, Minchev

1 CD / Labor / 2013-02-26

Works: Georgi Arnaoudov: Thyepolia, for tenor recorder & khandjari; Pawel Szymanski: Studies (2), for piano; Walter Steffens: Ecstasy, for string quartet, Op. 2b; Watercolors (4) after Paul Klee, for 3 reco...
Performers: Bonitz, Benedikta; Kindalov, Ventzislav [Recorder (Bass)]; Pavlov, Stojan; Tanev, Christo; Tosheva, Angela

A "Sonogram" is a graphic representation of a sound from the physical world that cannot be represented in conventional musical notation. This new release of...continue...
Recording information: Hamburg, Germany (1974); Salle Bulgaria, Sofia, Bulgaria (1974); Hamburg, Germany (1996/1997); Salle Bulgaria, Sofia, Bulgaria (1996/1997)....continue...

Sonatas & Suites - works by Bréville, Koechlin; Tournemire / Steven Dann, viola; James Parker, piano

1 CD / ATMA / 2013-02-26

Works: Pierre de Breville: Sonata for viola & piano; Charles Koechlin: Sonata for viola & piano, Op. 53; Charles Tournemire: Suite in three parts, for viola & piano, Op. 11
Performers: Dann, Steven; Parker, James [Piano]

It wasn't until 1894, 99 years after the violin and cello were allowed into the Paris Conservatory, that the institution's great doors were opened for...continue...
Recording information: Françoys-Bernier Concert Hall, Domaine Forget, Saint-Ir (05/2011)....continue...

Mozart: Violin Sonatas, K.376-378; K. 570 Arranged for Flute / Patrick Gallois, flute; Maria Prinz, piano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-02-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano in F major, K 376 (374d); Sonata for Piano no 16 in B flat major, K. 570; Sonata for Violin and Piano in F major, K 377 (374e); Divertimento for S...
Performers: Gallois, Patrick [Flute/Conductor]; Prinz, Maria

Transcribed for flute by one of the world's greatest exponents of the instrument, these memorably tuneful works represent different stages of Mozart's development and are...continue...
Recording information: Casino Baumgarten, Vienna, Austria (06/04/2012-06/06/2012)....continue...

Lera Auerbach: Celloquy; 24 Preludes for cello & piano (1999); Sonata for cello & piano; Postlude / Ani Aznavoorian, cello; Lera Auerbach, piano

1 CD / Cedille / 2013-02-26

Works: Lera Auerbach: Preludes (24) for cello & piano; Sonata for cello & piano; Postlude for cello & piano
Performers: Aznavoorian, Ani; Lera Auerbach [Composer/Piano]

Lera Auerbach's 24 Preludes for violoncello and piano (1999) receives its world-premiere recording on Celloquy in a performance by Ani Aznavoorian, an award-winning American cellist...continue...
Recording information: The Recital Hall, The Performing Arts Center, Purchase (08/07/2012-08/09/2012)....continue...

Schumann & Schumann: Robert: Sonatas Opp. 11 & 14; Clara: Notturno; Scene Fantastique / Ksenia Nosikova, piano

1 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2013-02-26

Works: Robert Schumann: Sonata for Piano no 3 in F minor ("Concerto Without Orchestra"), Op. 14; Piano Soanta in F sharp minor, Op. 11; Clara Wieck Schumann: Notturno for piano in F major, Op. 6/2; Piè...
Performers: Nosikova, Ksenia

The courtship and marriage of Robert Schumann and Clara Wieck is one of the great love stories in the history of music. Their relationship, embodying...continue...
Recording information: Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood, Lenox, MA (06/09/2011-06/11/2011)....continue...

Franz Schubert: Wanderer-Fantasie, D 760; Moments Musicaux, D 780; Sonata in C minor, D 958 / Konstanze Eickhorst, piano

1 CD / Genuin / 2013-02-26

Works: Franz Schubert: Fantasy for Piano in C major, D 760/Op. 15 "Wanderer"; Moments musicaux (6) for Piano, D 780/Op. 94; Sonata for Piano in C minor, D 958
Performers: Eickhorst, Konstanze

Time and again, Schubert appears to tear holes in the space-time continuum. A single Moment Musical a few minutes long can seem like an eternity...continue...
Recording information: Reitstadel in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Germany (08/22/2012-08/24/2012)....continue...

Muzio Clementi: Gradus ad Parnassum, Vol. 4 - Exercises nos 66-100 / Alessandro Marangoni, piano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-02-26

Works: Muzio Clementi: Gradus ad Parnassum, Op. 44
Performers: Marangoni, Alessandro

The last disc in Marangoni's highly acclaimed four single disc survey of Clementi's monumental Gradus ad Parnassum....continue...
Recording information: Baroque Hall of the SMC, Ivrea, Italy (11/14/2011-11/16/2011)....continue...

Alexander Goehr: Marching to Carcassonne; When Adam Fell; Pastorals / Peter Serkin, piano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-02-26

Works: Alexander Goehr: When Adam Fell, for orchestra, Op. 89; Pastorals, for orchestra, Op. 19; Marching to Carcassonne, for piano & orchestra, Op. 74
Performers: Serkin, Peter [Piano]
Conductors: Knussen, Oliver
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Sinfonietta

A unique programme of music by Alexander Goehr unavailable elsewhere on record. The composer's close association with conductor Oliver Knussen and pianist Peter Serkin give...continue...

Robert Een - Mystery Dances / Gadbois, Burwell, Hill, Mankin

1 CD / Starkland / 2013-02-26

Works: Robert Een: Breakdown Eleven; Riding Herd; Premonition; Death of a Dog; Dirge for Julius; Breaching the Wall; Mystery Two-Step; Gagaku Splash; Roman Bath; Breakdown Eleven (return); The Long Journey
Performers: Burwell, Carter; Een, Robert; Gadbois, Hearn; Hill, Timothy; Mankin, Nina

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibitioin; Schubert / Alice Sara Ott, piano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-02-26

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Franz Schubert: Sonata for Piano in A major, D 664/Op. 120
Performers: Ott, Alice Sara

Rising star Alice Sara Ott's new recording documents her summer 2012 rite of passage debut at the prestigious White Nights Festival.

Alice Sara Ott's challenging

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Recording information: Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia (07/2012)....continue...

Marie-Nicole Lemieux: Meilleurs Moments - arias by vivaldi, Scarlatti, Handel and Brahms. Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contralto

1 CD / Analekta / 2013-02-26

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Stabat Mater; Domenico Scarlatti: Salve Regina; George Frederick Handel: Mi palpita il Cor, HWV 132; Irene, idolo mio; Lungi da me, pensier tiranno!; Johannes Brahms: Neun Gesän...
Performers: Beausejour, Luc; Eugelmi, Nicolo; Keesmaat, Amanda; Labbe, Marie-Celine; McMahon, Michael
Conductors: Lamon, Jeanne

Just a few notes of Marie-Nicole Lemieux's velvety contralto is all it takes to fall under her spell. With her unique timbre, innate sense of...continue...

Poulenc: Chamber Music / Pentaedre; David Jalbert, piano

1 CD / ATMA / 2013-02-26

Works: Francis Poulenc: Sextet for wind quintet & piano in C major, FP 100; Sonata for Flute and Piano; Élégie, for horn & piano, FP 168; Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; Trio for oboe, bassoon & pi...
Performers: Bourget, Danielle; Carpentier, Martin; Forget, Normand; Jalbert, David; Lussier, Mathieu; Marsolais, Louis-Philippe
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Ensemble: Pentaèdre (Woodwind Quintet)

Francis Poulenc's catalogue contains some 200 works, consisting of mostly of vocal music. It also includes many pieces for piano, four concertos, music for the...continue...
Recording information: Salle Pierre-Mercure, Centre Pierre-Péladeau, Montréal, (10/2010)....continue...

Hahn: Chansons grises - songs by Zemlinsky, Boulanger, Milhaud, etc / Janina Baechle; Charles Spencer, piano

1 Super Audio CD / Marsyas / 2013-02-26

Works: Reynaldo Hahn: Chansons grises (7); Alexander von Zemlinsky: Songs (6), for mezzo-soprano or baritone & piano (or orchestra), Op. 13; Lili Boulanger: Dans l'immense tristesse, for voice & piano; Atte...
Performers: Baechle, Janina; Spencer, Charles [Piano]

After only a few years, Janina Baechle has become one of the great mezzo-sopranos of our time. Her debut album as a recitalist documents a...continue...

Vincent Persichetti: Piano Sonatas 10 & 11; Serenade no 7 / Ellen Burmeister, piano

1 CD / Starkland / 2013-02-26

Works: Vincent Persichetti: Sonata for Piano no 10, Op. 67; Serenade no 7, for piano, Op. 55; Sonata for Piano no 11, Op. 101
Performers: Burmeister, Ellen

Reissued from the original 1985 LP, this new CD of Vincent Persichetti’s piano works offers the only currently available recordings of the Tenth and Eleventh...continue...

Charles-Valentin Alkan: Complete Recueils de Chants, Vol. 1 / Stephanie McCallum, piano

1 CD / Toccata / 2013-02-26

Works: Charles-Valentin Alkan: Recueil de Chants Book 1 (6), for piano, Op. 38; Recueil de Chants Book 2 (6), for piano, Op. 38b; Recueil de Chants Book 3 (6), for piano, Op. 65; Une fusée, introductio...
Performers: McCallum, Stephanie

The wild originality of Alkan was little appreciated during his lifetime (1813 - 88), nor during the century which followed, when he was largely lost...continue...
Recording information: Recital Hall West, Sydney Conservatorium of Music (2012-02-26&2012-05-27&2012-)....continue...

Liszt: Complete Songs 1 / Adrian Erod; Charles Spencer, piano

1 Super Audio CD / Marsyas / 2013-02-26

Works: Franz Liszt: Kling leise, mein Lied (I & II), song for voice & piano, S. 301 (LW N42); S'il est un charmant gazon, song for voice & piano (3 versions), S. 284 (LW N25); Buch der Lieder, Volume 2; Com...
Performers: Erod, Adrian; Spencer, Charles [Piano]

The first complete recording of the Lieder composed by Franz Liszt! Through 2011, Liszt's 200th anniversary, Marsyas will record all of his Lieder for release...continue...
Recording information: RadioKulturhaus, Vienna, Austria (01/05/2009-01/11/2009)....continue...

Erling Wold: A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil / Ken Berry Rachel Wylie, Tod Brody, Melissa Vainio, Fred Morgan and Marja Mutru

1 CD / Minmax / 2013-02-26

Works: Erling Wold: A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil, chamber opera
Performers: Amat, Laurie; Berry, Ken; Brody, Tod; Cave, Jim; Gwinn, Deborah; Hugh Livingston [Composer/Cello]; Josheff, Peter; Morgan, Fred; Mutru, Marja; Rose, Ellen; Vainio, Melissa; Wylie, Rachael
Conductors: McClure, Deirdre

C.P.E., J.C. & J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concertos / Anastasia Injushina, piano

1 CD / Ondine / 2013-02-26

Works: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Concerto for harpsichord, 2 flutes, 2 horns, strings & continuo in D minor (Sei Concerti no 2), H.; Johann Christian Bach: Concerto for keyboard & string orchestra in D maj...
Performers: Injushina, Anastasia
Conductors: Gothóni, Ralf
Ensemble: ; Hamburger Camerata

This new release of keyboard concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach, C.P.E. Bach, and Johann Christian Bach features the most beautiful keyboard concertos of their output....continue...
Recording information: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg-Harburg (2012-11-01&2012-11-03_2012-)....continue...