Henselt, Adolf

Jouni Somero: Piano Recital / Sibelius, Schubert, Henselt

1 CD / FC Records / 2012-11-13

Works: Jean Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26; Franz Schubert: Fantasy for Piano in C major, D 760/Op. 15 "Wanderer"; Adolf Henselt: Études caractéristiques (12), for piano, Op 2
Performers: Somero, Jouni

Finnish pianist Jouni Somero studied at the Lausanne Conservatory and at the Music Institute of Cologne. Since his debut at the age of 16, Somero...continue...
Recording information: Vehkalahti Hall (05/24/2002-05/25/2002)....continue...

Music from the Golden Age of the Piano

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-10-31

Works: Isidor Phillip: Les cygnes noir, for piano; Herbert Farjeon: Ein Schwanengesang, for piano; David Saperton: Zephyr, for piano; Bess, You Is My Woman Now, concert transcription for piano (after Gershw...
Performers: Kraus, Andrew

Masters Of The Piano Roll: Greatest Pianists, Vol. 12 - Arthur Friedheim

1 CD / Dal Segno / 2010-11-05

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Prelude for piano no 8 in F sharp minor, Op. 28/8, CT. 173; Prelude for piano no 3 in G major, Op. 28/3, CT. 168; Adolf Henselt: Études caractéristiques (12) for...

Schumann: Collection of Music

3 CD / CPO / 2010-09-28

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Songs (2) for voice & piano (Eichendorff); Songs (2); Gondollied, for piano in A major ("Barcarole"); Adolf Henselt: Rhapsody for piano in F minor, Op. 4; Impromptu for piano, Op. ...
Performers: Benfer, Tillmann; Connaire, Michael; Garben, Cord; Grobe, Ralf; Kaufmann, Hans Wilhelm; Kobow, Jan; Pruys, Andreas; Sharoni, Miriam; Sticken, Klaus; Stojkovic, Johanna; Winter, Veronika
Conductors: Helbich, Wolfgang

Anniversary years often celebrate what we all already know, but sometimes they also serve a useful purpose, especially when they reveal previously unknown facets of...continue...
Recording information: Lutheran City Church, Bückeburg, Germany (05/11/2009); Sendesaal Bremen (05/11/2009); Lutheran City Church, Bückeburg, Germany (2009-09-??_2009-10-??&2010-); Sendesaal...continue...

Rarities of Piano Music 1987-1988

2 CD / Danacord / 2010-09-14

Works: Adolf Henselt: Etudes, Op. 2; Moritz Moszkowski: Characteristic Pieces (8), Op. 36; Frédéric Chopin: Bolero for Piano in C major/A major, B 81/Op. 19; Carl Tausig: Andante & Variations for ...
Performers: Berman, Daniel; Bloch, Boris; Fowke, Philip; Froundjian, Peter; Hamelin, Marc-André [Piano]; Maria Klaas, Rainer; Ponti, Michael; Sellheim, Eckart; Struck, Michael; Szidon, Roberto; Tichman, N...
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Ensemble: Duo Quatre Mains

Recording information: Festival at Schloss vor Husum....continue...

Mordecai Shehori Plays The Complete Méthode des Méthodes de Moschelès et Fétis

1 CD / Cembal d'amour / 2010-08-07

Works: Ignaz Moscheles: Études (2), for piano, Op. 98; Frédéric Chopin: Etude for piano no 14 in F minor, Op. 25/2, CT. 27; Etude for piano no 20 in D flat major, Op. 25/8, CT. 33; Etude for ...
Performers: Shehori, Mordecai

In 1838, the pianist, composer and theorist Francois-Joseph Fetis, together with celbrated pianist, composer, conductor and pedagogue Ignaz Moscheles collaborated on an ingenious project of...continue...
Recording information: Las Vegas (04/2010)....continue...

Master of the Piano Roll: The Great Pianists, Vol. 11

1 CD / Dal Segno / 2010-05-05

Works: Shura Cherkassky: Prelude Pathetique, for piano; Sergey Rachmaninov: Lachtäubchen (Behr) "Polka de W.R."; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Chant sans paroles (Song without words), for piano, Op. 2/3; ...

The eleventh volume in the Masters of the Piano Roll series features the towering pianistic figures of Cherkassky and Godowsky in rare recordings of repertoire...continue...

If I Were A Bird: A Piano Aviary

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 2010-03-30

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Le Rappel des oiseaux, for harpsichord in E minor (Pièces de clavecin avec une méthode); Josef Hofmann: Woodbird's Delight, for piano; Charles Tomlinson Griffes: Roman...
Performers: Lewin, Michael

Recording information: Skywalker Sound, Marin County, CA (09/15/2007/05/17/2008)....continue...

Michael Zadora: The Complete Recordings, 1922-1938

2 CD / Appian Publications & Recordings / 2009-12-08

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Waltz for piano no 9 in A flat major ("L'adieu") Op. 69/1, CT. 215; Waltz for piano no 10 in B minor, Op. 69/2, CT. 216; Waltz for piano no 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64/2...
Performers: Zadora, Michael Von

Michael Zadora is one of the most obscure pianists to have recorded prolifically in the 78rpm era. Only a handful of 78s have ever been...continue...

Romantic Etudes for Piano: Hummel, Moscheles, Tausig / Michael Ponti, Mary Louise Boehm

2 CD / Vox Classical / 2009-06-16

Works: Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Etudes (24) for piano, Op. 125; Ignaz Moscheles: Studies (24) for piano, Op 70; Characteristic Studies (12), for piano, Op 95; Carl Tausig: Concert Etudes (2) for piano, Op 1b;...
Performers: Boehm, Mary Louise; Ponti, Michael

The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 1 / Michael Ponti

2 CD / Vox Classical / 2007-10-09

Works: Adolf Henselt: Concerto for piano & orchestra in F, Op 16; Ferdinand Hiller: Konzertstück for piano & orchestra, Op. 113; Frédéric Chopin: Allegro de concert in A major, B 72/Op. 46; F...
Performers: Kann, Hans; Ponti, Michael; Rose, Jerome
Conductors: Mága, Othmar M. F.; Cao, Pierre; Schmidt-Gertenbach, Volke; Beissel, Heribert
Ensemble: ; Hamburg Symphony Orchestra; Luxembourg Radio/Television Symphony Orchestra

Godowsky Edition Vol 5 - Transcriptions, etc / Carlo Grante

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2006-10-01

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Sonata for Piano no 1 in C major ("Perpetuum Mobile"), J. 138 (Op. 24); Leopold Godowsky: Aufforderung zum Tanz (Invitation to the Dance), contrapuntal arrangement for piano (af...
Performers: Grante, Carlo

"This is Grante's fifth volume of the complete piano music of Godowsky. Previous volumes on M&A include Schubert Transcriptions (984-Mar/Apr 1998), Bach Violin Sonatas (1039),...continue...

Complete Collections - Rachmaninoff - Complete Recordings

10 CD / RCA Records / 2006-01-10

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G minor, Op. 40...
Performers: Kreisler, Fritz; Plevitskaya, Nadejda; Rachmaninoff, Natalie; Rachmaninov, Sergei
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold; Ormandy, Eugene; Rachmaninov, Sergei
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra

Here are the complete SonyBMG Sergei Rachmaninov piano recordings including his four 'Piano Concertos', 'Variations on a Theme of Paganini', plus piano works by Bach,...continue...

Henselt: Études Op 2 & 5, Poème d'amour / Piers Lane

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-02-08

Works: Adolf Henselt: Études caractéristiques (12), for piano, Op 2; Poème d'amour in B major, Op. 3; Études de salon (12), for piano, Op. 5
Performers: Lane, Piers

Notorious for his ability to play unfeasibly wide-spreading chords while maintaining a miraculous legato line, Henselt's fanatical devotion to technical pianistic exercises should come as...continue...

Benno Moiseiwitsch - The Complete Acoustic Recordings

2 CD / Pearl / 2001-06-26

Works: Louis-Claude Daquin: Premier livre de pièces; Claude Debussy: Estampes (3) for Piano; Clair de lune; Préludes, Book 1; Frédéric Chopin: Berceuse for Piano in D flat major, B 1...
Performers: Moiseiwitsch, Benno
Conductors: Ronald, Landon

Henselt: Piano Music, etc / Tanski, Schmid, Hagen, Levesque

1 CD / MD&G / 2001-02-27

Works: Adolf Henselt: Trio for Piano and Strings in A minor, Op. 24; Berceuse for piano, Op. 13/1; Nocturnes (2) for piano, Op. 6; Duo for horn & piano in B minor, Op. 14; Variations de Concert on Donizetti...
Performers: Hagen, Clemens; Levesque, Vincent; Schmid, Benjamin; Tanski, Claudius

By 1838 24-year-old German virtuoso pianist Adolph Henselt had played his way into the musical elite of Europe. He was as popular as Chopin or...continue...

A Window in Time - Rachmaninoff performs Bach, Chopin, et al

1 CD / Telarc / 1999-03-23

Works: Adolf Henselt: Études caractéristiques (12) for piano, no 6, Were I a Bird, Op. 2/6; Anton Rubinstein: Barcarolle for piano no 5 in A minor (Miscellaneous Pieces, Book 4), Op. 93/5; Turkish...
Performers: Rachmaninov, Sergei

"Mr. Vroon and I both raved about Wayne Stahnke's transfers from piano rolls to CD of Rachmaninoff playing Rachmaninoff. This is a second installment, and...continue...

The Parlour Grand - Piano Favorties from a Bygone Era

2 CD / Marquis Classic / 1997-07-22

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59; Felix Mendelssohn: Song without words, Op. 67/4 (Presto); Song Without Words; Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; C...
Performers: Silverman, Robert

This two-CD set includes all the great music from The Parlour Grand Volume 1 and The Parlour Grand Volume 2. The music features piano favorites...continue...

Henselt, Alkan: Piano Concertos / Hamelin, Brabbins

1 CD / Hyperion / 1994-05-01

Works: Adolf Henselt: Concerto for piano & orchestra in F, Op 16; Variations de Concert, for piano & orchestra on "Quand je quittai la Normandie" from Meyerbeer's Rob; Charles-Valentin Alkan: Concerto da ca...
Performers: Hamelin, Marc-André [Piano]
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

'The phenomenal playing and superb musicianship of Marc-André Hamelin whose account of the staggeringly difficult Henselt Concerto is quite breathtaking. A thoroughly enjoyable disc well...continue...