Blumental, Felicja > Post Romantic Period

Brana Records Collection, Vol. 2

5 CD / Brana Records / 2010-03-11

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Pirro e Dimitrio; Giovanni Pergolesi: La Serva Padrona; Leonardo Vinci: Catone in Utica; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Das Traumbild, K 530; Die kleine Spinnerin, K 531; Felix Mendel...
Performers: Blumental, Felicja; Celine, Annette
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Inoue, Michiyoshi; Faerber, Jörg

This second 5 CD box set includes the rare keyboard works of Spanish and Portuguese composers, Soler, Seixas, Angles, Freixanet among others and includes two...continue...

The Spirit of Poland - Szymanowski and Chopin

1 CD / Brana Records / 2008-05-07

Works: Karol Szymanowski: Symphony no 4, Op. 60 "Symphonie concertante"; Variations, for piano in B flat minor, Op. 3, M5; Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21
Performers: Blumental, Felicja
Conductors: Kord, Kazimierz; Wagner, Robert
Ensemble: Innsbruck Symphony Orchestra; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Katowice

Pianist Felicja Blumental explores the vibrant repertoire of Karol Szymanowski (who taught the young Blumental composition) and fellow Pole Fryderyk Chopin, whose music was a...continue...

Brana Records Collection Vol 1 / Blumental, et al

5 CD / Brana Records / 2007-10-01

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Piano no 5, A. 521; Guia prático, Album 3, W 279; Ciclo brasileiro, W 374; Bachianas Brasileiras no 3, for piano & orchestra, A. 388; Camargo Guarnieri: Dansas B...
Performers: Blumental, Felicja
Conductors: Villa-Lobos, Heitor; Tofolo, Luigi; Fistoulari, Anatole; Zedda, Alberto; Waldhans, Jiri; Froschauer, Helmuth; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Faerber, Jörg
Ensemble: ; Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Prague New Chamber Orchestra; Prague Symphony Orchestra; Salzburg Chamber Orchestra; Turin Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Chamber Orchestra...

The repertoire on this special limited edition 5 CD box set is a reminder of Felicja Blumental's abilities as a pianist and as a champion...continue...

Tavares: Concerto in Brazilian Forms; Albéniz / Blumental

1 CD / Brana Records / 2007-06-04

Works: Heckel Tavares: Concerto for Piano Op. 105 no 2; Isaac Albéniz: Rapsodia española, Op. 70; Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 78 "Concierto Fantastico"
Performers: Blumental, Felicja
Conductors: Fistoulari, Anatole; Toffolo, Luigi; Zedda, Alberto
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Trieste Philharmonic; Turin Symphony Orchestra

The Concerto in Brazilian Forms for Piano and Orchestra is a brilliant, evocative, richly colored and full-blooded work. The juxtaposition of elemental, sometimes barbaric, rhythms...continue...

Moniuszko: The Spinning Girl, etc / Blumental

1 CD / Brana Records / 2007-06-04

Works: Stanislaw Moniuszko: The Spinner; Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Flute and Harpsichord in E flat major, BWV 1031; Arcangelo Corelli: Work(s); Christoph Willibald Gluck: Christoph W. Gluck Dance of...
Performers: Blumental, Felicja

Performed by Felicja Blumental, this solo piano collection includes piano rarities such as Moniuszko's Spinning Girl, Szymanowski's Etudes and Preludes, Kabalewski and Kuhlau's Sonatines and...continue...

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no 2; Hummel / Blumental, et al

1 CD / Brana Records / 2007-01-01

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Rondo brillant for Piano and Orchestra in B flat major, Op. 98
Performers: Blumental, Felicja
Conductors: Gielen, Michael; Froschauer, Helmuth
Ensemble: Prague Chamber Orchestra; Vienna Musikgesellschaft Orchestra

Sergei Rachmaninoff was among the greatest pianists and composers of his generation and his Piano Concerto No. 2 has remained one of the most popular...continue...

Schumann, Kuhlau: Piano Concertos; Saint-Saëns / Blumental

1 CD / Brana Records / 2007-01-01

Works: Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; Camille Saint-Saëns: Wedding Cake for Piano and String Orchestra in A flat major, Op. 76; Friedrich Kuhlau: Concerto for Piano in C major,...
Performers: Blumental, Felicja
Conductors: Swarowsky, Hans; Tofolo, Luigi; Guschlbauer, Theodor
Ensemble: ; Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra; Vienna Pro Musica Orchestra

While compiling this CD series of piano concertos recorded by Felicja Blumental, we discovered some charming shorter pieces, which we wanted to make available. One...continue...

Rubinstein, Rimsky-Korsakov: Piano Quintets / Blumental

1 CD / Brana Records / 2006-11-05

Works: Anton Rubinstein: Quintet for flute, clarinet, horn, bassoon & piano in F major, Op. 55; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Quintet, for flute, clarinet, horn, basson & piano in B flat major
Performers: Blumental, Felicja
Conductors:
Ensemble: New Philharmonia Wind Ensemble, London

These quintets of Rubinstein and Rimsky-Korsakov are scored for the unusual combination of four woodwinds and a piano. Although Rubinstein was fourteen years older than...continue...

Polish Fantasy - Paderewski, Penderecki / Blumental, et al

1 CD / Brana Records / 2006-09-02

Works: Ignace Jan Paderewski: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 17; Polish Fantasia on original themes, for piano & orchestra, Op. 19; Krzysztof Penderecki: Partita, for harpsichord, electric guitar, bass ...
Performers: Blumental, Felicja
Conductors: Froschauer, Helmuth; Penderecki, Krzysztof; Wagner, Robert
Ensemble: ; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

The repertoire on this new release is a timely reminder of Felcija Blumental's protean abilities. Here, she resurrects a piano concerto and patriotic fantasy by...continue...

Tchaikovsky, Arensky: Piano Concertos / Blumental, et al

1 CD / Brana Records / 2006-05-05

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Anton Arensky: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, Op. 2
Performers: Blumental, Felicja
Conductors: Gielen, Michael; Waldhans, Jiri
Ensemble: Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Musikgesellschaft Orchestra

Brana Records' focus is the life and work of the Polish/Brazilian pianist Felicja Blumental who overcame prejudice to scale the heights of her chosen profession....continue...

Grieg, Fauré, Liszt-Busoni / Blumental, et al

1 CD / Brana Records / 2006-05-05

Works: Edvard Grieg: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16; Gabriel Fauré: Fantaisie for piano & orchestra in G major, Op.111; Franz Liszt: Rhapsodie espagnole for Piano, S 254
Performers: Blumental, Felicja
Conductors: Swarowsky, Hans; Schwarz, Rudolf; Froschauer, Helmuth
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra; Prague Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Pro Musica Orchestra

Brana Records' focus is the life and work of the Polish/Brazilian pianist Felicja Blumental who overcame prejudice to scale the heights of her chosen profession....continue...

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5

1 CD / Brana Records / 2006-01-03

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Pirro e Demetrio; Giovanni Pergolesi: La La Serva Padrona; Giovanni Battista Ferrandini: Catone in Utica; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Das Traumbild, K 530; Die kleine Spinnerin, K ...
Performers: Blumental, Felicja; Celine, Annette
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto

Rachmaninov, Schumann: Piano Concertos / Felicja Blumental

1 CD / Tuxedo Music / 1998-09-28

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54
Performers: Blumental, Felicja
Conductors: Gielen, Michael; Swarowsky, Hans
Ensemble: Vienna Pro Musica Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Orchestra