Montero, Gabriela

Solatino / Gabriela Montero, piano

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-01-11

Works: Ernesto Lecuona: La comparsa, song for voice & piano (or orchestra); Y la negra bailaba; A la Antigua, for piano; Impromptu, for piano; Por Qué Te Vas?, for piano; Suite española; Gabriela ...
Performers: Montero, Gabriela

Venezuelan-born pianist, Gabriela Montero, releases her first recording exclusively devoted to works by Latin American composers, Solatino. As with her previous, hugely successful EMI Classics...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (11/05/2010-11/07/2010)....continue...

Best Encores 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-02-24

Works: Antonio Bazzini: La ronde des lutins, Op. 25; Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1005; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Orchestral...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Alexeev, Dmitri; Alpher, David; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Antonsen, Ole Edvard; Argerich, Martha [P...
Conductors: ; Paavo, Järvi; Litton, Andrew; Warren-Green, Christopher; Kempe, Rudolf; Friisholm, Lavard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Jansons, Mariss; Karajan, Herbert von; Tennstedt, Klaus; ...
Ensemble: ; Nash Ensemble; Virtuosi

Classical 2009 [Barnes & Noble exclusive] / Brightman, Pavarotti, Callas, Villazón, Domingo, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-11-25

Works: Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò), song; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Nicholas Brodszky: Be my love; Ennio Morricone: Il ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Ball, Michael; Balsom, Alison; Barrueco, Manuel; Bo, Alfie; Brightman, Sarah; Bronder, Peter; Callas, Maria; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Chang, Sarah; Cle...
Conductors: Reed, Michael; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Jojic, Boris; Nemcová, Miriam; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Karajan, Herbert von; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Gardner, Edward; Prizeman, Robert; Handley, Vernon; D...
Ensemble: ; Academy of Ancient Music (UK); EMO Ensemble; G-String; German Chamber Philharmonic, Bremen; Le Concert d'Astrée ; London Musici; The English Concert

Classical 2009 gathers the biggest names in classical music on two specially priced CDs. Legends from Maria Callas and Luciano Pavarotti to Andrés Segovia and...continue...

Baroque / Gabriela Montero

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-10-02

Works: Gabriela Montero: Improvisation on Sanz's Canarios, for piano; Improvisation on Vivaldi's Autumn, for piano; Improvisation on Pachelbel's Canon, for piano; Improvisation on Handel's Sarabande, for pi...
Performers: Montero, Gabriela

"In 'Baroque', a collection of improvisations on Baroque themes, Gabriela Montero combines musicality and technical skill with soul... This album has that elusive X factor...continue...
This album was nominated for the 2008 Grammy Award for "Best Classical Crossover Album."

Personnel: Gabriela Montero (piano).

Recording information: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, Engla...continue...

Bach and Beyond / Gabriela Montero

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-09-12

Works: Gabriela Montero: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, for piano (after Bach's Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147); Presto, for piano (after Bach's Italian Concerto, BWV 971); Beyond Bach; Air in G, fo...
Performers: Montero, Gabriela

In this, her second recording, Gabriela Montero lends her unique improvisational skills to the work of Bach, taking well-known themes from this foremost of composers...continue...
Jazz musicians have been taking themes (and even large-scale compositions) of Johann Sebastian Bach and giving them jazz settings for years -- the Modern Jazz Quartet did so famously in the 1950s, and...continue...

Gabriela Montero - Piano Recital

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2005-09-13

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Moment musical in E flat minor, Op. 16/2; Prelude, Op. 32, no 5; Etudes-tableaux (9) for Piano, Op. 39; Alexander Scriabin: Preludes (7) for Piano, Op. 17; Preludes (5) for Piano,...
Performers: Montero, Gabriela

This disc surveys various facets of musical Romanticism, encompassing the central pillars of 19th-century piano writing, Spanish-speaking musical nationalists, and Russian composer/pianists who reinte...continue...