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Bach & Beethoven / Maxim Vengerov, violin; Itamar Golan, piano

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2013-01-29

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 9 in A major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer"; Henryk Wieniawski: Scherzo-Tarantelle i...
Performers: Golan, Itamar [Piano]; Vengerov, Maxim [Violin]

A virtuoso of legendary renown, Maxim Vengerov is acclaimed as a musician of the highest order.

Following a prodigious debut at the age of five,

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Haydn & Schumann: String Quartets / Elias Quartet

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2012-05-08

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet for Strings in E flat major, Op. 64 no 6/H 3 no 64; Robert Schumann: Quartet for Strings no 1 in A minor, Op. 41/1; Spoken Word: Spoken introduction to the performance of ...
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Ensemble: Elias String Quartet

The Elias String Quartet returns to Wigmore Hall Live with a much anticipated disc of Haydn and Schumann, recorded live in concert, September 2010.

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Songs by Schubert, Beethoven, Britten and Hahn / Matthew Polenzani, tenor

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2011-10-25

Works: Franz Schubert: Im Frühling, D 882/Op. 101 no 1; Fischerweise, D 881; Der Einsame, D 800; Nachtstück, D 672; An Sylvia; Ludwig van Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98; Benjamin Britten...
Performers: Drake, Julius [Piano]; Polenzani, Matthew

Wigmore Hall Live’s unrivalled reputation for capturing the world’s best song recitals is continued in its forthcoming October release from the distinguished lyric tenor, Matthew...continue...
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Beethoven: Violin Sonatas, Vol. 3 / Ibragimova

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2011-06-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for violin & piano no 6 in A major, Op. 30/1; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in E flat major, Op. 12 no 3; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 9 in A major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer"
Performers: Ibragimova, Alina; Tiberghien, Cedric

Marking the end of their unanimously-praised series, "star-kissed young performers," [The Times] Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien, release the third and final volume in their...continue...
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Beethoven: Violin Sonatas, Vol. 2 / Ibragimova

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2011-01-25

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 5 in F major, Op. 24 "Spring"; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2 in A major, Op. 12; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 10 in G major, Op. 96
Performers: Ibragimova, Alina; Tiberghien, Cedric

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Blessed Spirit: A Gluck Retrospective

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2010-08-10

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: La Semiramide riconosciuta; Ezio; La clemenza di Tito; Antigono; Telemaco; Il re pastore; L'ivrogne corrigé; Orfeo ed Euridice; Alceste; Paride ed Elena; Iphigéni...
Performers: Bevan, Sophie; Stephany, Anna; Tynan, Ailish
Conductors: Page, Ian

The Classical Opera Company was founded in 1997 by conductor Ian Page. They specialize in the music of Mozart and his contemporaries, performing with their...continue...
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Beethoven: Violin Sonatas, Vol. 1

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2010-06-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in D major, Op. 12 no 1; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 4 in A minor, Op. 23; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 8 in G major, Op. 30 no 3; Sonata f...
Performers: Ibragimova, Alina; Tiberghien, Cedric

This is the first of three individual releases which will incorporate the complete sonatas for violin and piano by Beethoven. Alina and Cedric played several...continue...
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Harpsichord: Haydn, Purcell

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2010-02-23

Works: Henry Purcell: Suite for Harpsichord no 4 in A minor, Z 663; Suite for Harpsichord no 2 in G minor, Z 661; A New Ground for Harpsichord in E minor, Z T682 "Welcome to all the pleasures"; Franz Joseph...
Performers: Pinnock, Trevor

To date, only one CD of historically informed performance has featured in the catalogue of Wigmore Hall Live. It is now joined by another disc:...continue...
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Haydn: String Quartets / Doric String Quartet

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2009-11-10

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet for Strings in D minor, Op. 9 no 4/H 3 no 22; Quartet for Strings in C major, Op. 50 no 2/H 3 no 45; Quartet for Strings in B flat major, Op. 76 no 4/H 3 no 78 "Sunrise"; ...

The Doric String Quartet is now firmly established as one of the outstanding quartets of their generation. In 2008 they won 1st prize in the...continue...

Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin / Mieczyslaw Horszowski

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2008-06-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 16 in B flat major, K. 570; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 17 in D minor, Op. 31/2 "The Tempest"; Robert Schumann: Arabeske for piano in C majo...
Performers: Horszowski, Mieczyslaw

"In Mieczyslaw Horszowski's playing, what initially strikes the listener is the loveliness of his sound - a sound that is no longer heard today... In...continue...

Mozart, Smetana, etc: String Quartets / Skampa Quartet

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2008-01-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet for Strings no 21 in D major, K 575; Bedrich Smetana: Quartet for Strings no 2 in D minor, T 131; Dmitry Shostakovich: Quartet for Strings no 8 in C minor, Op. 110; R...

After the Skampa Quartet's debut performance at Wigmore Hall in February 1993, William Lyne, the Hall's then Director, commented: "After their first concert in 1993...continue...

Beethoven, Mozart, Ravel / Imogen Cooper

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2007-11-06

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 28 in A major, Op. 101; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 8 in A minor, K 310 (300d); Maurice Ravel: Miroirs; Claude Debussy: Préludes, Boo...
Performers: Cooper, Imogen

Beethoven's piano sonata number 28 in A major, is arguably one of the most influential piano sonatas of the late 19th century, the magic of...continue...

Rameau, Haydn, Chopin, etc / Cherkassky

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2007-05-22

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Gavotte et Doubles; Franz Joseph Haydn: Sonata for Keyboard no 53 in E minor, H 16 no 34; Paul Hindemith: Sonatas (3) for Piano; Frédéric Chopin: Ballade for Piano no ...
Performers: Cherkassky, Shura

"I doubt whether the F sharp minor Nocturne has ever been played as beautifully as here, and not even Hofmann could match Cherkassky's wistful introspection....continue...