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The Decca Sound / Highlights from the 50 CD Special Editon [5 CDs]

5 CD / Decca / 2011-11-15

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pianos); Giacomo Puccini: La fanciulla del West; Turandot; Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; O...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Augér, Arleen; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bell, Joshua; Bonney, Barbara; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Caballé, Montserrat; Carlin, Mari...
Conductors: Argenta, Ataúlfo; Capuana, Franco; Maag, Peter; Martinon, Jean; Kertész, István; Willcocks, David; Ansermet, Ernest; Karajan, Herbert von; Monteux, Pierre; Britten, Benjamin; Fistoular...
Ensemble: ; Les Talens Lyriques; Matrix Ensemble; Melos Ensemble of London; New London Consort; Vienna Octet

Includes tracks from all 50 CDs in The Decca Sound box. 55 years of recording celebrating the glorious Decca Sound from the early days of...continue...

Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas Vol 8 / András Schiff

1 CD / ECM / 2008-10-07

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 30 in E major, Op. 109; Sonata for Piano no 31 in A flat major, Op. 110; Sonata for Piano no 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Performers: Schiff, Andras

As Schiff completed his Beethoven performances at the Tonhalle in Zurich where all 8 volumes have been recorded live, a journalist wrote "This was a...continue...

Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas Vol 7 / András Schiff

1 CD / ECM / 2008-09-30

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 27 in E minor, Op. 90; Sonata for Piano no 28 in A major, Op. 101; Sonata for Piano no 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"
Performers: Schiff, Andras

Schiff's much-admired art of musical characterization is particularly evident in these last six sonatas that combine dramatic and symphonic grandeur with intimate beauty. Vol VII...continue...

40 Most Beautiful Love Themes - Vivaldi, Mozart, Debussy, etc / Mehta, Ristenpart, Haitink, Scimone, Masur, et al

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture; Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a; Concerto ...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Bax, Alessio [Piano]; Chambon, Jacques; Field, Joan; Golan, Itamar [Piano]; Grutzmann, Susanne; Guschlbauer, Theodor [Conductor]; Hanslip, Chloe [Violin]; Isbin, Sharon; Katsaris, Cypr...
Conductors: Guschlbauer, Theodor; Masur, Kurt; Janowski, Marek; Shostakovich, Maxim; Foster, Lawrence; Wolff, Hugh; Saraste, Jukka-Pekka; Rizzi, Carlo; Davis, Andrew; Lombard, Alain; ; Albert, Rudolf; Lazarev, A...
Ensemble: 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic; Bamberg Symphony Orchestra; Basel Symphony Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra; Borodin Quartet; Cleveland...

Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas Vol 6 / András Schiff

1 CD / ECM / 2008-05-20

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: Schiff, Andras

Andras Schiff's Beethoven cycle, recorded live in chronological order at Tonahlle Zurich, continues to collect critical praise as it moves forward to the later "middle"...continue...

Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas Vol 5 / András Schiff

2 CD / ECM / 2007-09-25

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 16 in G major, Op. 31 no 1; Sonata for Piano no 17 in D minor, Op. 31/2 "The Tempest"; Sonata for Piano no 18 in E flat, Op. 31; Sonata for Piano no 21 in C ...
Performers: Schiff, Andras

The release of the fifth volume of Andras Schiff's complete recordings of the Beethoven piano sonatas marks the start of an incredible musical journey for...continue...

Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas Vol 4 / András Schiff

1 CD / ECM / 2007-05-22

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 12 in A flat major, Op. 26 "Funeral March"; Sonata for Piano no 13 in E flat major, Op. 27 no 1 "Quasi una fantasia"; Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor...
Performers: Schiff, Andras

Schiff's complete recordings of the great 32 continue with the fourth installment. "Do we really need yet another survey of the Beethoven piano sonatas? Well,...continue...

Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas Vol 3 / András Schiff

1 CD / ECM / 2006-10-10

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 19 in G minor, Op. 49 no 1; Sonata for Piano no 20 in G major, Op. 49 no 2; Sonata for Piano no 9 in E major, Op. 14 no 1; Sonata for Piano no 10 in G major,...
Performers: Schiff, Andras

This is the third installment of Andras Schiff's complete Beethoven sonatas cycle. The first two volumes have received consistent critical praise"... this will be one...continue...

Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas Vol 2 / András Schiff

1 CD / ECM / 2006-03-28

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 5 in C minor, Op. 10 no 1; Sonata for Piano no 6 in F major, Op. 10 no 2; Sonata for Piano no 7 in D, Op. 10 no 3; Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "...
Performers: Schiff, Andras

"If the first volume (superbly recorded and annotated by ECM) is anything to go by, this Beethoven cycle will not only provoke and illuminate but...continue...

Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas Vol 1 / András Schiff

2 CD / ECM / 2005-09-27

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 1 in F minor; Sonata for Piano no 2 in A major, Op. 2 no 2; Sonata for Piano no 3 in C major, Op. 2 no 3; Sonata for Piano no 4 in E flat major, Op. 7
Performers: Schiff, Andras

"This is a musician who feels himself to be rooted in a tradition that imposes great obligations of discipline and respect... The contemplation of a...continue...

Beethoven: Complete Music for Piano & Cello/Schiff, Perényi

2 CD / ECM / 2004-09-28

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano no 1 in F major, Op. 5 no 1; Variations (12) for Cello and Piano in G major on a Theme by Handel, WoO 45; Sonata for Cello and Piano no 2 in G minor, ...
Performers: Perényi, Miklós [Cello]; Schiff, Andras

Andras Schiff turns his attention to Ludwig van Beethoven's complete works for piano and cello in striking and highly distinguished recording with Miklos Perenyi....continue...

Artist Portrait - András Schiff

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2004-08-10

Works: Robert Schumann: Arabeske for piano in C major, Op. 18; Nachtstück no 3 (Mit grosser Lebhaftigkeit), for piaon in B flat major, Op. 23/3; Béla Bartók: Concerto for Piano no 3, Sz 1...
Performers: Höbarth, Erich; Kulhan, Jaroslav; Panocha, Jiri; Perényi, Miklós [Cello]; Schiff, Andras; Schmid, Elmar; Sehmoutka, Miroslav; Shiokawa, Yuuko; Várjon, Dénes
Conductors: Fischer, Iván; Holliger, Heinz; Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Budapest Festival Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle

"Schiff's playing can be either delicate as porcelain or bold as brass; he can tease, storm, sing or hold his listeners captive with a rapt...continue...

The Impatient Lover / Cecilia Bartoli, András Schiff

1 CD / London Import / 1993-10-12

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: La Partenza, WoO 124; Ariettas (4) and a Duet, Op. 82; In questa tomba oscura, WoO 133; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ridente la calma, K 152 (210a); Franz Schubert: Vedi quanto ador...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Schiff, Andras