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Liszt: Visions / Martin Berkofsky, piano

1 Super Audio CD / Arts / 2011-08-09

Works: Franz Liszt: Transcendental Etudes (12) for Piano, S 139; Légendes (2) for Piano, S 175; Légendes (2) for Piano, S 175; Ave Maria; Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244; Sancta Dorot...
Performers: Berkofsky, Martin

Pianist Martin Bernofsky, himself a cancer survivor, has recorded this disc in cooperation with Donatori Di Musica, an organization who brings music to oncology patients...continue...
Recording information: Chiesa di S. Apollinare, Monticello di Lonigo, Vicenza, (09/14/2010-09/16/2010)....continue...

Robert Schumann: Carnaval / Alessandra Ammara, piano

1 Super Audio CD / Arts / 2011-03-08

Works: Robert Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9; Davidsbündlertänze for Piano, Op. 6
Performers: Ammara, Alessandra

Alessandra Ammara has drawn the attention of the musical world after achieving brilliant results in some of the most important international piano competitions. She has...continue...
Recording information: Sala Maffeiana, Verona (03/08/2010-03/10/2010)....continue...

Robert Schumann: Album for the Young / Ammara

1 Super Audio CD / Arts / 2011-02-08

Works: Robert Schumann: Album für die Jugend (Album for the Young) for piano, Op. 68
Performers: Ammara, Alessandra

Alessandra Ammara has drawn the attention of the musical world after achieving brilliant results in important international piano competitions. She has appeared throughout Europe both...continue...
Recording information: Sala Maffeiana, Verona, Italy (03/08/2010-03/10/2010)....continue...

Artur Rubinstein plays Brahms and Schumann

1 CD / Arts / 2009-06-09

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 83; Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54
Performers: Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]
Conductors: Cluytens, André; Caracciolo, Franco
Ensemble: ; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Naples

Taken from original mono recordings released in 1962 and 1964, these performances have been remastered for reissue and reveal two masterpieces of romantic piano writing,...continue...

Scelsi: Preludes / Alessandra Ammara

1 Super Audio CD / Arts / 2009-04-14

Works: Giacinto Scelsi: Preludes (50) for piano
Performers: Ammara, Alessandra; Prosseda, Roberto

Reflections, aphorisms, exercises in style, work notes, harmonic experiments, tonal explorations - the Preludes of Giacinto Scelsi are all these and more - a virtual...continue...

Chopin: Ballades, Mazurkas, Fantasie, Barcarolle / Alessandra Ammara

1 CD / Arts / 2008-11-11

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Ballade for Piano no 1 in G minor, B 66/Op. 23; Ballade for Piano no 2 in F major/a minor, B 102/Op. 38; Ballade for Piano no 3 in A flat major, B 136/Op. 47; Ballade for P...
Performers: Ammara, Alessandra

Alessandra Ammara has drawn the attention of the musical world after achieving brilliant results in some of the more important international piano competitions. She has...continue...

Brahms, Schumann: Piano Sonatas / Duo Uriarte-Mrongovius

1 CD / Arts / 2008-01-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Sonata for 2 pianos in F minor, Op. 34b; Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44
Performers: Mrongovius, Karl-Hermann; Uriarte, Begona; Uriarte-Mrongrovius, Duo

For many music lovers the ten-year partnership of Begona Uriarte and Karl-Hermann Mrongovius has become the benchmark for piano duos. Composers have entrusted premieres of...continue...

Rota: Music for Viola and Piano / Fornaciari, Baldocci

1 Super Audio CD / Arts / 2008-01-01

Works: Nino Rota: Intermezzo for viola & piano; Sonata for viola & piano no 1 in C major; Sonata for viola & piano no 2 in G major; Sonata for violin & piano; Improvviso for violin & piano ("Un diavolo sent...
Performers: Baldocci, Gabriele; Fornaciari, Marco

The fact that Nino Rota wrote many remarkable works for chamber ensemble, orchestra and the ballet has always taken a back seat to his enormous...continue...

Rota: Sinfonia sopra una Canzone d'Amore, etc / Lupo, et al

1 CD / Arts / 2007-11-01

Works: Nino Rota: Sinfonia sopra una canzone d'amore, for orchestra; Concerto Soirée, for piano & orchestra
Performers: Lupo, Benedetto
Conductors: Bernart, Massimo de

Nino Rota will always be remembered for his atmospheric, romantic scores for some of the greatest Italian films of the past 50 years. But this...continue...

Dino Ciani performs Mozart / Barbirolli, RAI Turin

1 CD / Arts / 2007-06-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 25 in C major, K 503; Concerto for Piano no 20 in D minor, K 466
Performers: Ciani, Dino
Conductors: Barbirolli, John; Bellugi, Piero

The career of the exceptional Dino Ciani (1941-1974) lasted a mere decade until his fatal car accident. His winning of the Second Prize at the...continue...

Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto no 1, etc / Bacchetti, Prague CO

1 CD / Arts / 2007-03-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Capriccio brillant for piano and orchestra in B minor, Op. 22; Rondo brillant, for piano & orchestra in E flat major, Op. 29; Serenade & Allegro giocoso, for piano & orchestra in B...
Performers: Bacchetti, Andrea
Conductors: Bacchetti, Andrea
Ensemble: Prague Chamber Orchestra

In his own day Mendelssohn was a highly regarded composer, conductor and pianist. As an active performer of his own music, he was inspired to...continue...

Clementi: Sonate, Duetti & Capricci Vol 14 / Pietro Spada

1 CD / Arts / 2006-10-24

Works: Muzio Clementi: Sonata for Piano in B flat major, Op. 46; Capriccio for piano in E minor, Op. 47/1; Capriccio for piano in C major, Op. 47/2
Performers: Spada, Pietro

Melodies and Songs - Leoncavallo / Tenzi, Negri, et al

1 CD / Arts / 2006-06-01

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Aprile, song for voice & piano; Addio, song for voice & piano (10 songs); Se!, song for voice & piano; C'è nel tuo sguardo, song for voice & piano; Déclaration, song fo...
Performers: Negri, Roberto; Tenzi, Fausto

Only twenty years after his death, Leoncavallo's lifework was in danger of fading if not for Pagliacci, the blessing and bane of his existence. This...continue...

Debussy: Piano Works Vol 4 / Jean-Pierre Armengaud

1 CD / Arts / 2006-04-01

Works: Claude Debussy: Études (12) for piano in 2 books, L. 136; Étude retrouvée, for piano; Pour le piano, suite for piano, L. 95; L'isle joyeuse; Hommage à Joseph Haydn, for piano, L. ...
Performers: Armengaud, Jean-Pierre

The pieces on this the fourth volume in Arts' series devoted to the complete piano music of Debussy, are among the composer's most mature and...continue...

Giovanni Sgambati: Complete Piano Music / Pietro Spada

4 CD / Arts / 2006-01-01

Works: Giovanni Sgambati: Prelude & Fugue for piano, Op. 6; Concert Etudes (2) for piano, Op. 10; Fogli Volanti, for piano, Op. 12 (SG 8); Pieces (4) "di Seguito", for piano, Op. 18; Sinfonia, for piano in ...
Performers: Spada, Pietro

His career coming at the end of the Grand Romantic era, the works of Sgambati are relatively unknown unless youre an avid collector of this...continue...

Debussy: Complete Piano Works / Jean-Pierre Armengaud

4 CD / Arts / 2005-12-01

Works: Claude Debussy: Préludes, Book 1; Préludes, Book 2; Images for Piano, Set 1; Images for Piano, Set 2; Images oubliées; Masques; Estampes (3) for Piano; La damoiselle élue; D'u...
Performers: Armengaud, Jean-Pierre

Over the past few years the individual CD's of Jean-Pierre Armengaud's exceptional performances of Debussy's wonderfully colorist, atmosphere sound world of the piano have been...continue...

Giovanni Sgambati: Complete Piano Works Vol 4 / Pietro Spada

1 CD / Arts / 2005-07-01

Works: Giovanni Sgambati: Mélodies Poétiques for piano, Op. 36; Improvvisi (Ms. Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome); Improvvisi (Ms. Santa Cecilia Conservatory, Rome); Introduction et Etude brillan...
Performers: Spada, Pietro

Donizetti: Complete Piano Music / Pietro Spada

3 CD / Arts / 2005-04-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Allegro for piano in F minor; La ricordanza; Allegro vivace in G major; Allegro for piano in C major no 1; Larghetto for Piano in A minor "Una furtiva lagrima"; Presto for piano in...
Performers: Spada, Pietro

Haydn: Complete Piano Concertos Vol 4 / Palumbo, Theis

1 CD / Arts / 2004-08-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Keyboard Concerto in C major, H. 14/4; Keyboard Concerto in C major, H. 14/3; Keyboard Concerto in C major, H. 14/7; Keyboard Concerto in F major, H. 14/9; Keyboard Concerto in C ...
Performers: Cavuoto, Andrea; Mullaj, Suela; Palumbo, Massimo
Conductors: Palumbo, Massimo
Ensemble: European Union Chamber Orchestra

Haydn: Complete Piano Concertos / Palumbo, Theis, et al

4 CD / Arts / 2004-08-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Keyboard in D major, H 18 no 2; Concerto for Keyboard in G major, H 18 no 4; Concerto for Harpsichord in G major, H 18 no 9; Keyboard Concerto in C major, H. 14/12; C...
Performers: Cavuoto, Andrea; Mullaj, Suela; Palumbo, Massimo
Conductors: Theis, Ernst; Palumbo, Massimo
Ensemble: Austrian Chamber Symphony; European Union Chamber Orchestra

Weber: Sonatas for Flute and Piano / Fabbriciani, et al

1 CD / Arts / 2004-07-01

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Sonatas (6) for piano & flute obbligato ("Progressive Sonatas"), J. 99-104 (Op. 10b) (arranged from
Performers: Damerini, Massimiliano; Fabbriciani, Roberto

Arts Archives - Brahms: Piano Concerto no 2, etc / Maag

1 CD / Arts / 2004-05-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Academic Festival Overture in C minor, Op. 80; Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 83
Performers: Weissenberg, Alexis [Piano]
Conductors: Maag, Peter
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

Schubert: Piano Sonatas Vol 5 / Massimiliano Damerini

1 CD / Arts / 2004-05-01

Works: Franz Schubert: Adagio for piano in G major (first version), D. 178; Adagio for piano in G major (revised version), D. 178; Sonata for Piano in A minor, D 784/Op. 143; Sonata for Piano in A minor, D ...
Performers: Damerini, Massimiliano

Sgambati: Complete Piano Works Vol 2 / Pietro Spada

1 CD / Arts / 2004-03-01

Works: Giovanni Sgambati: Nocturnes (3), for piano, Op. 20; Nocturne for piano in B major; Nocturne for piano no 5 in D flat major, Op. 31; Nocturne for piano no 6 in E major, Op. 33; Lyric Pieces (6) for p...
Performers: Spada, Pietro

Debussy: Piano Works Vol 3 / Jean-Pierre Armengaud

1 CD / Arts / 2004-01-01

Works: Claude Debussy: Suite bergamasque; Danse bohémienne, for piano, L. 9; Arabesques (2) for Piano; Mazurka, for piano, L. 67; Poèmes (7) de Banville; Tarentelle styrienne; Ballade (slave), f...
Performers: Armengaud, Jean-Pierre

Clarinet XX Vol 2 - Berg, Messiaen, et al / Startchenko, etc

1 CD / Arts / 2003-11-01

Works: Edison Denisov: Sonata for clarinet; Alban Berg: Pieces (4) for clarinet & piano, Op. 5; Bohuslav Martinu: Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano; Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; Sonata for ...
Performers: Arnold, Sandra; Bardong, Jochen; Fahrner, Thilo; Hayakawa, Kiyo; Hinz, Heiko; Hutfless, Julia; Kaufmann, Gabriele; Kishihara, Chika; Kovacs, Zoltan; Nagy, Andrea; Pieper, Johannes; Startchenko, Andre...

"Following hot on the heels of Volume 1 of this series comes this second installment, this time absent any contribution by the series protagonist, the...continue...

Musique & Art Nouveau - Ravel, Debussy, et al / Ariagno

1 CD / Arts / 2003-11-01

Works: Claude Debussy: La plus que lente; Poèmes (7) de Banville; Clair de lune; Erik Satie: Gymnopedie for piano no 1; Le Piccadilly, march for piano; Gnossienne for piano no 3; Lili Boulanger: D'un...
Performers: Ariagno, Cristina

Clarinet XX - Debussy, Berio, et al / Klöcker, Arnold

1 CD / Arts / 2003-08-01

Works: Max Reger: Sonata for clarinet & piano no 3 in B flat major, Op. 107; Claude Debussy: Première Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Orchestra; Witold Lutoslawski: Dance Preludes (5) for clarinet & piano; ...
Performers: Arnold, Sandra; Duis, Thomas; Klöcker, Dieter; Takae, Kayoko

Haydn: Complete Piano Concertos Vol 3 / Palumbo, Theis

1 CD / Arts / 2003-08-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Organ no 1 in C major, H 18 no 1; Concerto for Keyboard in F major, H 18 no 3; Concerto for Organ in C major, H 18 no 8; Concerto for Organ in C major, H 18 no 10
Performers: Palumbo, Massimo
Conductors: Theis, Ernst
Ensemble: Austrian Chamber Symphony

Sgambati: Complete Piano Works Vol 3 / Pietro Spada

1 CD / Arts / 2003-07-01

Works: Giovanni Sgambati: Suite for piano in B, Op. 21; Boîte á Musique Badinage for piano; Romance, for piano; Gavotte for piano, Op. 14; Morceaux (3) for Piano, Op. 42; Serenata napoletana, Op. ...
Performers: Spada, Pietro

Mozart, Beethoven: Quintets / Dalberto, Ottetto Italiano

1 CD / Arts / 2003-07-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat major, K 452; Ludwig van Beethoven: Quintet for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Horn in E flat major, Op. 16
Performers: Dalberto, Michel
Conductors:
Ensemble: Members of the Ottetto Italiano (Members)

Mendelssohn: Complete Works for Piano 4 Hands / Uriarte, etc

1 CD / Arts / 2003-07-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Octet for strings in E flat major, Op. 20; Allegro Brillant, for piano, 4 hands in A major, Op. 92; Andante & Variations for piano, 4 hands in B flat major, Op. 83a
Performers: Mrongovius, Karl-Hermann; Uriarte, Begona

Mendelssohn: Concertos for 2 Pianos / Wit, Mrongovius, et al

1 CD / Arts / 2003-05-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for 2 Pianos in E major; Concerto for 2 Pianos in A flat major
Performers: Mrongovius, Karl-Hermann; Uriarte, Begona
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

Haydn: Complete Piano Concertos Vol 2 /Palumbo, Theis, et al

1 CD / Arts / 2003-05-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Keyboard in D major, H 18 no 11; Concerto for Violin & keyboard in F major, H. 18/6; Keyboard Concerto in C major, H. 14/11; Keyboard Concerto in G major, H. 14/13; K...
Performers: Mullaj, Suela; Palumbo, Massimo
Conductors: Theis, Ernst
Ensemble: Austrian Chamber Symphony

Debussy: Piano Works Vol 2 / Jean-Pierre Armengaud

1 CD / Arts / 2003-05-01

Works: Claude Debussy: Images for Piano, Set 1; Images for Piano, Set 2; Images oubliées; Masques; Estampes (3) for Piano; La damoiselle élue; D'un cahier d'esquisses
Performers: Armengaud, Jean-Pierre

Debussy: Piano Works Vol 1 / Jean-Pierre Armengaud

1 CD / Arts / 2003-03-01

Works: Claude Debussy: Préludes, Book 1; Préludes, Book 2
Performers: Armengaud, Jean-Pierre

Haydn: Complete Piano Concertos Vol 1 /Palumbo, Theis, et al

1 CD / Arts / 2003-02-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Keyboard in D major, H 18 no 2; Concerto for Keyboard in G major, H 18 no 4; Concerto for Harpsichord in G major, H 18 no 9; Keyboard Concerto in C major, H. 14/12
Performers: Palumbo, Massimo
Conductors: Theis, Ernst
Ensemble: Austrian Chamber Symphony

Clementi: Piano Music Box 2 / Pietro Spada

9 CD / Arts / 2003-01-01

Works: Muzio Clementi: Piano (Harpsichord) Sonata in F major, Op. 26; Sonatas (3) for Piano, Op. 33; Sonata for Piano in F major, Op. 33/2; Sonata for Piano in C major (arranged from Piano Concerto), Op. 33...
Performers: Darden, George; Spada, Pietro

Sgambati: Piano Works vol 1 / Pietro Spada

1 CD / Arts / 2000-07-11

Works: Giovanni Sgambati: Prelude & Fugue for piano, Op. 6; Concert Etudes (2) for piano, Op. 10; Fogli Volanti, for piano, Op. 12 (SG 8); Pieces (4) "di Seguito", for piano, Op. 18; Sinfonia, for piano in ...
Performers: Spada, Pietro

Brüggemann: Liederzyklen / Bluth, Melián, Hewig-Tröscher

1 CD / Arts / 2000-07-11

Works: Kurt Brüggemann: Die Ferne Flöte, for voice & ensemble, no 1, Der Tanz auf der Wolke (Dance on the clouds); Die Ferne Flöte, for voice & ensemble, no 2, Die ferne Flöte (The dista...
Performers: Blum, Stefan; Bluth, Sebastian; Cantoreggi, Muriel; Hewig-Troscher, Sylvia; Melian, Cornelia

Bach/Busoni: Piano Works Vol 1 / Pietro Spada

1 CD / Arts / 2000-02-15

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004; Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 533 "Little Prelude and Fugue"; Prelude and Fugue for Organ in E flat major, BWV 552 "St. A...
Performers: Spada, Pietro

In the entire history of music, few piano transcriptions are so interesting and exciting an Busoni's arrangements of Bach. First issued on LP some 20...continue...

Bach/Busoni: Piano Works Vol 2 / Pietro Spada

1 CD / Arts / 2000-02-15

Works: Ferruccio Busoni: Toccatas, transcriptions (2) for piano in D minor & C major (BWV 564/565; BBGA 7/3), KiV B29; Praeludium & Fuge, transcription for piano in D major (after J. S. Bach, BWV 532), KiV ...
Performers: Spada, Pietro

This second volume completes Pietro Spada's classic survey of all of Ferruccio Busoni's great Bach transcriptions. Spada is the greatest specialist of Italian piano music,...continue...

Schubert: Sonaten Vol 4 / Massimiliano Damerini

1 CD / Arts / 2000-01-11

Works: Franz Schubert: Sonata for Piano in G major, D 894/Op. 78; Hungarian melody for Piano in B minor, D 817; Sonata for Piano in A major, D 664/Op. 120
Performers: Damerini, Massimiliano

"I don't know who Massimiliano Damerini is, but I really like this G-major Sonata. He Manages to bring out the warmth without becoming sentimental, and...continue...

Piccolo XX - Janácek, Castiglioni, et al / Fabbriciani

1 CD / Arts / 1999-10-12

Works: Leos Janácek: Pochod Modrácku (March of the Bluebirds), for piccolo & piano (or carillon or tambourine), JW 7/9; Niccolò Castiglioni: Musica Vneukokvahja for piccolo; Franco Donatoni: ...
Performers: Damerini, Massimiliano; Fabbriciani, Roberto
Conductors: Paszkowski, Nicola
Ensemble: I Solisti di Fiesole

Strauss: Complete Music for Winds and Brass

11 CD / Arts / 1999-10-12

Works: Richard Strauss: Ständchen, for piano quartet in G major (TrV 114, AV 168); Festmarsch (no 2) in D major for piano quartet (TrV 136, AV 178); Pieces (2) for piano quartet (TrV 169, AV 182); Quar...
Performers: Hess, Sebastian; Holm, Mathias; Kandinskaia, Anna; Metzger, Roland; Mrongovius, Karl-Hermann; Pirner, Gitti; Reuter, Stefan; Ritzkowsky, Johannes; Sadlo, Peter; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]...
Conductors: Scholl, Klaus Reiner;
Ensemble: Amade Wind Ensemble

Clementi: Piano Works Vol 18 / Pietro Spada

1 CD / Arts / 1999-09-14

Works: Muzio Clementi: Fantasie with Variations "Au clair de la lune" for piano in C minor/C major, Op. 48; Monferrinas (12) for piano, Op. 49; Gradus ad Parnassum, studies for piano, Op. 44
Performers: Spada, Pietro

This is the final volume in a monumental and successful project by Italian pianist Pietro Spada, featuring the world premiere of several unpublished works by...continue...

Soler: Fandango, Concertos, Sonatas / Uriarte, Mrongovius

1 CD / Arts / 1999-07-13

Works: Antonio Soler: Concerto no 6 for 2 organs in D major; Sonata for Keyboard no 100 in C minor; Sonata for Keyboard no 84 in D major; Keyboard Sonata no 24 in D minor (Andantino cantabile); Sonata for K...
Performers: Mrongovius, Karl-Hermann; Uriarte, Begona

"Pianist Begona Uriarte plays Soler's keyboard sonatas to the manner born. Just listen to her impetuous repeated notes in the Sonata No. 100 in D...continue...

Clementi: Piano Works Vol 17 / Pietro Spada, George Darden

1 CD / Arts / 1999-07-13

Works: Muzio Clementi: Finale for piano in B flat major, WoO 23; Duettino for 2 pianos no 1 in C major, WoO 24; Duettino for 2 pianos no 2 in G major, WoO 25; Allegro (Duettino) for 2 pianos in C major, WoO...
Performers: Darden, George; Spada, Pietro

Clementi: Piano Works Vol 16 / Pietro Spada

1 CD / Arts / 1999-05-18

Works: Muzio Clementi: The Black Joke with 21 variations, for piano or harpsichord in G major, WoO 2; Variations (5) on a Minuet by Mr. Collick, for piano in F major, WoO 5; Rondo for harpsichord (or piano)...
Performers: Spada, Pietro

Clementi: Sonate, Duetti & Capricci Vol 15 / Pietro Spada

1 CD / Arts / 1999-04-20

Works: Muzio Clementi: Sonata for Piano in A major, Op. 50/1; Sonata for Piano in D minor, Op. 50/2; Sonata for Piano in G minor ("Didone abbandonata"), Op. 50/3
Performers: Spada, Pietro