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The Piano at the Opera - music of Czerny, Glinka, Thalberg & List adapted for 2 pianos / Portenaw Piano Duo

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2013-01-29

Works: Carl Czerny: Variations on "So anch'io la virtú magica" from Donizetti's Don Pasquale, for piano, 4 hands, Op. 39; La cornetta del postiglione, variations on a theme of Rossini, for piano, 4 han...
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Ensemble: Portenaw Piano Duo

This collection brings together selected opera themes adapted for two pianos. Fantasias and variations by Carl Czerny, who was a worldwide name at the time,...continue...
Recording information: Fazioli Studio, Sacile, Pordenone, Italy (12/01/1998-12/06/1998)....continue...

Frederica von Stade in Duets, Arias, Scenes & Songs

4 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-05-29

Works: Robert Schumann: Botschaft ("Nelken wind ich und Jasmin"), for soprano voice, alto voice & piano (Spanisches Liedersp; Das Glück (" Vöglein vom Zweig"), song for voice & piano (Lieder-Album...
Performers: Blegen, Judith [Soprano Vocals]; Brehm, Alvin; de Peyer, Gervase; Glickman, Loren; Katz, Martin; Kavafian, Ani; Kavafian, Ida [Violin]; Lesser, Laurence; Maria, Joel Del; Phillips, Daniel; Schwarz, G...
Conductors: Bernardi, Mario; Davis, Andrew

Born in 1945, Frederica von Stade - who auditioned for the Met on a $50 bet - is considered one of the world's most accomplished...continue...
Recording information: Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, NY (08/1977/07/1978); National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Canada (08/1977/07/1978); Studio No. 1, Abbey Road, London (08/1977/07/1978); Columbia...continue...

Virtuoso Showpieces by Schumann, Falla, Liszt & Guion / Byron Janis

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-04-26

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125; Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244; Valse oubliée, for piano no 1, S. 215/1 (LW ...
Performers: Janis, Byron
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra; Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra

A former child prodigy and student of Horowitz, Byron Janis was chosen in 1960 to spearhead a cross-cultural exchange between the US and USSR, making...continue...

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies / Misha Dichter

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-03-29

Works: Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244
Performers: Dichter, Misha

"It has been my goal to transcend the technical aspects of these fiendishly difficult works to give the listener the joy of hearing an effortlessly-played...continue...