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Piano Rarities, Vol.3: Transcriptions / Cyprien Katsaris: piano

1 CD / Piano 21 / 2013-02-12

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Masquerade, incidental music; Gayaneh, ballet; Circus; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor, opera; Sergey Rachmaninov: Suite for 2 Pianos no 2, Op. 17; Symphony no 2, Op. 27; Pyotr Il'y...
Performers: Katsaris, Cyprien

With this third volume in the "Piano Rarities" series, Cyprien Katsaris continues exploring the almost limitless world of transcriptions for solo piano. The album, largely...continue...
Recording information: Tonstudio Teije van Geest, Heidelberg/Sandhausen (03/2009)....continue...

The Sons of the Morning - Piano music of Vaughan Williams and Ivor Gurney / Iain Burnside, piano

1 CD / Albion / 2013-01-08

Works: Ivor Gurney: Five Preludes for piano; Chorale Prelude on Rockingham, for piano; Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lake in the Mountains, for piano (from the film score "The 49th Parallel"); Hymn tune Prelu...
Performers: Burnside, Iain [Piano]

Albion Records presents the world première recording of Job - A Masque for Dancing in an arrangement for solo piano by Vally Lasker, written to...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Suffolk (01/18/2012-01/20/2012)....continue...

Debussy: Complete Works for Piano, Collector's Edition / Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano [5 CDs]

5 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-10-30

Works: Claude Debussy: Préludes (24) for piano, Books I & II, L.117, 123; Les soirs illuminés par l'ardeur du charbon; Ballade (slave), for piano (or piano, 4 hands), L. 70; Valse romantique, fo...
Performers: Bavouzet, Jean-Efflam

Selling for the price of three CDs, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet's vivid interpretations of Debussy's complete works for piano are available for the first time in a...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk....continue...

Martha Argerich: Lugano Concertos / Gabriela Montero, Karin Merle, Susan Roberts and Helene Schneidermann [4 CDs]

4 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-30

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 15; Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 19; Francis Poulenc: Concerto for 2 Pianos in D minor; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Gulda, Paul; Gulda, Rico; Gurning, Alexander; Merle, Karin; Mogilevsky, Alexander; Montero, Gabriela; Norman, Daniel; Roberts, Susan; Sakai, Akane [Piano]; Schneiderman, Hel...
Conductors: Rabinovitch, Alexandre; Capilla, Erasmo; Vedernikov, Alexander; Dutoit, Charles; Chmura, Gabriel; Marin, Ion; Fasolis, Diego
Ensemble: ; Lugano Percussion Group

Since 2002 Martha Argerich's Progetto at the Lugano's Festival has brought together many notable artists for memorable concerts of chamber and orchestral music. This deluxe...continue...

Cor!: Works for cor Anglais & Piano by Messiaen, Ravel, Rubbra, Bozza, Hindemith et al. / Alison Teal, cor Anglais; Elizabeth Birley, piano

1 CD / The Classics Label / 2012-10-09

Works: Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo; Robert Valentine: Sonata for trumpet & organ, No 10 in C; Olivier Messiaen: Vocalise-Etude for Clarinet and Piano; Michael Berkeley: Snake for oboe solo; Maurice Ravel...
Performers: Burley, Elizabeth

This disc includes a beautiful recording of the cor anglais and piano performing Manuel de Falla's "Ritual Fire Dance." Alison Teale pushes both her instrument...continue...
Recording information: Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth, UK (07/2010)....continue...

Essential Encores - Over 2 hours of great classical showpieces

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Antonio Bazzini: La ronde des lutins, Op. 25; Niccolò Paganini: Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1; Fritz Kreisler: La Gitana; Jules Massenet: Meditation (from "Thaïs"); Aram Khachaturian...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alagna, Roberto; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Antonsen, Ole Edvard; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Balsom, Alison; Barrueco, Manuel; Bostridge, Ian; Brightman,...
Conductors: ; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Kempe, Rudolf; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Jansons, Mariss; Litton, Andrew; Karajan, Herbert von; Paavo, Järvi; Fisch, Asher; Barker, John
Ensemble: ; Nash Ensemble; Virtuosi

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Presenting the bestloved and most popular works...continue...

The Virtuoso - Mozart, Strauss, Chopin, Brahms & Liszt / Wilhelm Backhaus, piano

2 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2012-09-25

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 26 in D major, K 537 "Coronation"; Don Giovanni KV 527; Richard Strauss: Ständchen ("Mach' auf, mach' auf, doch leise, mein Kind"), song for voice ...
Performers: Backhaus, Wilhelm

Wilhelm Backhaus realized the significance of the gramophone record early on, making his first solo recording in 1908 and going on to record many more,...continue...
Recording information: 1908-??-??_1928-??-??&1940-....continue...

Widmung, Tribute - Transcriptions for trumpet; flugelhorn of works by Paganini, Debussy, Kreisler, Arban, Bartok et al. / Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet, flugelhorn

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Caprice no 24; Claude Debussy: La plus que lente; Fritz Kreisler: Schön Rosmarin; Liebesleid; Liebesfreud; Jean-Baptiste "Joseph" Arban: Fantasie Brillante, for cornet & e...
Performers: Meerovitch, Maria; Nakariakov, Sergei [Trumpet]

This new album by Sergei Nakariakov was recorded in the Jesus-Christus-Kirche in Dahlem, Berlin in tribute and homage to his late mentor, the great Russian...continue...
Recording information: Jesus-Christus Kirche, Berlin-Dahem (08/2010)....continue...

Stephen Hough's French Album - works by Alkan, Chabrier, Debussy, Delibes, Faure et al. / Stephen Hough, piano

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-09-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Keyboard Concerto no 5 in F minor, BWV 1056; Gabriel Fauré: Nocturne for piano no 6 in D flat major, Op. 63; Improvisation...
Performers: Hough, Stephen

Stephen Hough presents an enchanting program of French music, played with the filigree perfection and total command of the music's expressive world that make him...continue...

Albert Roussel: Promenade Sentimentale, Complete Piano Music / Emanuele Torquati, piano

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-08-28

Works: Albert Roussel: Des heures passent, suite for piano, Op. 1; Résurrection, symphonic prelude for orchestra, Op. 4 ("Symphonic Poem after Tolstoy"); Rustiques, suite for piano, Op. 5; Petit canon ...
Performers: Torquati, Emanuele

Poised at the aft edge of the Romantic era and inculcated to a varied set of influences, French composer Albert Roussel was ideally placed to...continue...
Recording information: Teatro Comunale F. Marchetti, Camerino, Italy (01/23/2012-01/25/2012)....continue...

Aram Khachaturian: Violin Concerto; Cello Concerto, Piano Concerto / Leonid Kogan, violin; Antonin Jemelik, piano

2 CD / Supraphon / 2012-07-31

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Concerto for Cello in E minor; Ode in Memory of Vladimir Ilich Lenin, for orchestra; Gayane, ballet suite; Garun Yerevan, song for voice & piano; Za...
Performers: Jemelik, Antonin; Khachaturian, Aram; Knushevitsky, Svyatoslav; Kogan, Leonid
Conductors: Khachaturian, Aram; Gauk, Aleksandr

Soviet composer, conductor and spontaneous musician - the three faces of Aram Khachaturian

"I am firmly convinced that truly great music must in all its

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Historic Russian Archives: David Oistrakh - Chamber Music Edition

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano in D major, K 306 (300l); Variations (12) on "La bergère Célimene," for violin & piano in G major, K. 359 (K. 374a); Sergey Rachmani...
Performers: Badura-Skoda, Paul; Bauer, Frida; Goldenweiser, Alexander [Composer]; Knushevitsky, Svyatoslav; Kollegorskaya, Inna; Makarov, Abram; Oborin, Lev; Oistrakh, David; Oistrakh, Igor [Violin]; Richter, Sv...

The reissue of this unique collection of chamber music masterpieces, ranging from Baroque to 20-century, played by the legendary David Oistrakh, with his luminous, sonorous

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Harriet Cohen - The Complete Solo Stufio Recordings

3 CD / Appian Publications & Recordings / 2012-07-10

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord in D minor, BWV 1052; Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1); Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869; Prelude an...
Performers: Cohen, Harriet
Conductors: Wood, Henry J.; Susskind, Walter; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Mathieson, Muir; Bath, Hubert

Certainly the most glamorous of the Matthay students, Harriet Cohen was also the most extrovert and to the general public was known as a socialite...continue...

Bach To Jazz / Caroline Adomeit, violin

1 CD / Oehms / 2012-05-29

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B minor, BWV 1002; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in E minor, WoO 1/9; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Eugène Y...
Performers: Adomeit, Caroline; Hastreiter, Thomas; Riem, Julian

Oehms Classics presents the debut recording of young, virtuoso violinist Caroline Adomeit. This bold program of music ranging from Bach's Partitas to Ysaÿe's Mazurka showcases...continue...
Recording information: Groáer Konzertsaal der Hochschule für Musik und Theater (10/02/2011-10/03/2011)....continue...

Debussy: Piano Music, Vol. 1 / Michael Korstick, piano

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2012-05-29

Works: Claude Debussy: Préludes, Book 1; Les soirs illuminés par l'ardeur du charbon; Khamma, ballet, L. 125; Intermède, for piano; Toomai des éléphants, prelude for piano (comple...
Performers: Korstick, Michael

This is the first volume of Michael Korstick's recording of the complete piano works of Claude Debussy. The featured work is the well known first...continue...
Recording information: Kammermusikstudio SWR, Stuttgart (02/21/2011-02/24/2011)....continue...

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; Petrouchka - for piano 4-hands / Lidija and Sanja Bizjak

1 CD / Mirare / 2012-05-08

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; Pétrouchka; Easy Pieces (5) for piano, 4 hands; Easy Pieces (3) for Piano 4 hands
Performers: Bizjak, Lidija; Bizjak, Sanja [Piano]

Over the course of a few short years, with his ballets Petrushka and The Rite of Spring - premiered by the Ballets Russes in 1911...continue...
Recording information: Varese hall, CNSMD, Lyons, France (11/2007)....continue...

Wandering Winds - works by Bonet, d'Harcourt, Harty, Ibert et al. / Wissam Boustany, flute

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2012-04-10

Works: Tarek Younis: Rising from the ashes, for flute, harp & piano; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Peruvian Traditional: Harawi; Baile; Pastorale; Khachampa; Ripusakme; Zas!; Marinera y Wayno; Baile de los dan...
Performers: Boustany, Wissam; Clayton, Nigel; Dall'Olio, Gabriella

Recording information: St Georges' Brandon Hill, Bristol (09/09/1997-09/11/1997)....continue...

Argerich, Kremer, Maisky: The Complete Duo Recordings

13 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-03-20

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in D major, Op. 12 no 1; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2 in A major, Op. 12; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in E flat major, Op. 12 no 3; Son...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Kremer, Gidon; Maisky, Mischa

Martha Argerich's associations with violinist Gidon Kremer and cellist Mischa Maisky are surely among the pianist’s most substantial and musically rewarding collaborations. The present collectio...continue...

John McCabe: Upon Entering A Painting, Piano Music / Joseph Tong & Waka Hasegawa

1 CD / Quartz Records / 2012-03-13

Works: John McCabe: Upon Entering a Painting, for 2 pianos; Edward II; Basse Danse, for 2 pianos; Study no 3 (Gaudí), for piano; Study no 12 (Sonata), for piano
Performers: Hasegawa, Waka; Tong, Joseph

A brand-new selection of piano works from respected British composer John McCabe - written in 1970, 1995, 2008, and 2009 - played by four hands....continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (12/21/2010/12/22/2010)....continue...

Musikken til Bournonvilles Balletter, Vol. 5: Fjernt fra Danmark, Livjaegerne på Amager

2 CD / Danacord / 2012-02-14

Works: Joseph Glæser: Fjernt fra Danmark (Far From Denmark), vaudeville ballet; Vilhelm Christian Holm: Livjægerne på Amager (The King's Volunteers on Amager), vaudeville ballet; Carl Christi...
Performers: Strong, David
Conductors: Lassen, Peter Ernst

Danacord continues its series documenting music from the ballets choreographed by August Bournonville, the famous Danish dancer....continue...
Recording information: Symfonien AalBorg, Denmark....continue...

Essential Bernstein / Over 2 hours of dramatic American classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Candide; Fancy Free; On the Town; West Side Story; Facsimile; Prelude, Fugue and Riffs; Wonderful Town; Chichester Psalms; Divertimento for Orchestra; Mass; Symphony no 2 'The Age ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Barley, Peter; Blair, Lionel; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Dessay, Natalie; Gaines, Davis; Gheorghiu, Angela; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Hubbard, Bruce; Kahane, Jeffrey; Lie...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Litton, Andrew; Love, Geoff; Slatkin, Leonard; McGlinn, John; Armstrong, Richard; Paavo, Järvi; Davis, Andrew; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; Davies, Dennis R.; Ericson, E...

The American composer, conductor, pianist and educator Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990) was one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history....continue...

Essential Satie / Over 2 hours of colourful classical music

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Erik Satie: Gymnopédies (3), for piano (also orchestrated by Debussy); Gnossiennes (6), for piano; Poudre d'or (Gold Dust), for piano; Relâche (No Performance Today), ballet for orchestra (...
Performers: Armengaud, Jean-Pierre; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Collard, Catherine; Litaize, Gaston; Queffelec, Anne; Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Conductors: Plasson, Michel; Lanchbery, John; Dervaux, Pierre; Desgraupes, Bernard; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Erwartung

The French composer Erik Satie (1866 - 1925) was an eccentric character, whose large output of small pieces with ironic titles, mostly for solo piano,...continue...

Seeds: Violin, Piano, Cello / Surrounding Yourself with Classical Music

3 CD / Analekta / 2012-01-31

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto in E minor, for violin and orchestra; Song without words for Cello and Piano in D major, Op. 109; Assai Tranquillo for cello & piano in B minor; Niccolò Paganini: Cap...
Performers: Baril, Louise-Andree; Beilman, Benjamin [Violin]; Blaha, Bernadene; Brott, Denis; Cho, Jinjoo; Dolin, Elizabeth; Dubeau, Angele; Dyachkov, Yegor; Ehnes, James [Violin]; Kay, Francine; Kodama, Mari [P...
Conductors: Rescigno, Joseph; ; Talmi, Yoav; Marinov, Ivan; Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: ; I Musici de Montréal; La Pietà (Orchestra)

Erik Satie: Gymnopédies; Gnossiennes; Nocturnes; La Belle excentrique; Trois Morceaux en forme de poire / Aldo Ciccolini, piano

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-01-24

Works: Erik Satie: Gymnopédies (3), for piano (also orchestrated by Debussy); Gnossiennes (6), for piano; Croquis et agaceries d'un gros bonhomme en bois (3 sketches and exasperations of a big wooden f...
Performers: Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Tacchino, Gabriel

Recording information: Salle Wagram, Paris....continue...

Stravinsky: The Firebird; Petrouchka; Rite of Spring; Pulcinella / Kreizberg

3 CD / OPMC Classics / 2012-01-10

Works: Igor Stravinsky: L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet suite for orchestra; Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version); Le sacre du printemps; Pulcinella
Performers: Masycheva, Maria
Conductors: Kreizberg, Yakov
Ensemble: Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

Founded in 1856, the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra swelled in size to 100 members under conductor Marek Janowski. At the beginning of the 2009 season, the...continue...
Recording information: l'Auditorium Rainier 3, Monaco (05/31/2010-06/07/2010)....continue...

Arthur Rubinstein: The Complete Album Collection

144 CD / RCA Records / 2012-01-10

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Barcarolle for Piano in F sharp major, B 158/Op. 60; Waltz for piano no 2 in A flat major, Op. 34/1, CT. 208; Mazurka for piano no 35 in C minor, Op. 56/3, CT. 85; Concerto...
Performers: Courte, Robert; Dalley, John; Feuermann, Emanuel; Fournier, Pierre; Frezin, Adolphe; Heifetz, Jascha; Kochanski, Pawel; Mayes, Samuel; Piatigorsky, Gregor; Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]; Sandor, Arpad; S...
Conductors: Coates, Albert; Barbirolli, John; ; Ormandy, Eugene; Golschmann, Vladimir; Dorati, Antal; Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Steinberg, William; Toscanini, Arturo; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Munch, Charles; Susskind, ...
Ensemble: ; Pro Arte Piano Quartet

From December on, "Arthur Rubinstein The Complete Album Collection" will be the world's biggest CD edition for a solo artist according to Guinness World Records

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Paul Hindemith: Avant-Gardist And Freethinker [4 CDs]

4 CD / Red/membran / 2011-11-21

Works: Paul Hindemith: Nobilissima visione, ballet suite for orchestra; Symphony "Mathis der Maler"; Concerto for Clarinet; Konzertmusik for piano, 10 brass instruments & 2 harps, Op. 49; Konzertmusik for B...
Performers: Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Cahuzac, Louis; Giseler, Hans; Haas, Monique; Otto, Hans; Tortelier, Paul
Conductors: Hindemith, Paul; Anerl, Karel

España! Songs and Dances from Spain

1 CD / Decca Import / 2011-11-15

Works: Manuel de Falla: Suite Populaire Espagnole; La vida breve; El amor brujo; Enriqué Granados: Goyescas; 12 Danzas españolas, Op. 37; Pablo de Sarasate: Danzas españolas, Op. 23; Isaac Al...
Performers: Maisky, Lily; Maisky, Mischa

Gramophone Magazine
This is an attractive recital of transcriptions of favourite Spanish pieces - I hesitate to describe them as 'lollipops' as they are more than...continue...
Recording information: Schloss Elmau, Groáer Saal (03/2011)....continue...

The Spanish Masters: Albeniz, Granados, Falla / Zuill Bailey, cello; Isabel Bayrakdarian, piano

1 CD / / 2011-11-08

Works: Manuel de Falla: Suite Populaire Espagnole; Canciones populares españolas (7); El Amor Brujo; Soneto a Córdoba; Isaac Albéniz: La Vega, Fantaisie espagnole for piano, B. 46 (for the in...
Performers: Albeniz, Isaac; Bailey, Zuill; Bayrakdarian, Isabel; Falla, Manuel de; Granados, Enrique; Laufer, Milton Ruben

Recording information: Manifold Studios, Pittsboro, North Carolina (2011-06-26_2011-06-27&2011-)....continue...

And the Waltz Goes On

1 CD / Universal Import / 2011-11-08

Works: Frank Steijns: Grande valse viennoise (Wiener Festwalzer); Dreaming of New Zealand; Robert Stolz: Frühjahrsparade; Anthony Hopkins: And the Waltz Goes On, for violin & string orchestra; Joseph M...
Performers: Bolle, Nathalie; Brepols, Mireille; Close, Dennis; Colen, Pierre; Cordewener, Arthur; Cremers, Freya; De Keersmaecker, Jennifer; Derwahl, Tanja; Detry, Stephanie; Diakoff, Nadejda; Diederen, Roger; F...

Recording information: André Rieu Studios BV, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Featuring an array of traditional waltzes from Finland ("Valse Triste"), France ("La Petite Valse"), and Austria ...continue...

Stravinsky: The Complete Ballets & Symphonies / Ashkenazy, Chailly, Dutoit et al.

7 CD / Decca / 2011-10-18

Works: Igor Stravinsky: L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra; Les Noces III (The Wedding), ballet in 4 tableaux for vocal soloists, chorus, 4 pianos & percussion; Movements (5), ...
Performers: Banens, J.; Blakeslee, D. [tuba]; Blokker, C.; Boiko, Galina; Brink, Ruud Van Den; Decroos, Jean; Hakii, Ken; Leer-Studebaker, Julia van; Ludha, Ludovit; Maruna, Margarita; Masseurs, Peter; Mustonen,...
Conductors: ; Dutoit, Charles; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Chailly, Riccardo; Bychkov, Semyon; Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: ; Piano Circus

A unique collection of all Stravinsky's ballets and symphonies in superb digital recordings under the direction of five of today's most celebrated conductors; two other...continue...

Three Pianists / Cheng-Chow Trio

1 CD / Arioso Classics / 2011-10-11

Works: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/1; Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in D minor, WoO 1/2; Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in F major, WoO 1/3; Hungarian D...
Performers: Cheng, Angela [Piano]; Chow, Alan; Chow, Alvin
Conductors:
Ensemble: Cheng-Chow Trio

Recording information: Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto, Canada....continue...

Erik Satie: Uspud / Reinbert de Leeuw, piano

2 CD / EtCetera Records / 2011-10-11

Works: Erik Satie: Prélude de La Porte héroïque du ciel (Prelude to "The Heroic Gate of Heaven"), incidental music for; Sonneries de la Rose + Croix, for piano; Le fils des étoiles, Chal...
Performers: Leeuw, Reinbert de

The works recorded on this CD belong to a highly specific yet enigmatic period of Satie's life and work; they were composed between 1891 and...continue...
Recording information: Doopsgezinde Kerk Deventer, The Netherlands (11/22/2010/11/23/2010)....continue...

Shostakovich: Complete Music for Piano Duo and Duet, Vol. 1 / Vicky Yannoula, Jakob Fichert

1 CD / Toccata / 2011-10-11

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 9 in E flat major, Op. 70; Song of the great rivers, Op. 95 "Unity"; Ballet Suite no 2, Op. 89b; Korzinkina's Adventures, Op. 59; Suite for 2 pianos in F sharp minor,...
Performers: Fichert, Jakob; Yannoula, Vicky [Piano]

Much of Shostakovich's orchestral music was first heard in versions he prepared for piano four hands or two pianos - but most of these transcriptions...continue...
Recording information: Hurstwood Farm Piano Studios (07/17/2007/07/20/2007)....continue...

Around the World: Music for Ballet Class

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2011-10-04

Works: Tatyana Shargorodsky: The Song of the Shieling, for piano (after a traditional Scottish melody); Scottish Reels, medley for piano; Mazurka, for piano (after a traditional Polish melody); Men's Friend...
Performers: Shargorodsky, Tatyana

Elin Kolev

1 CD / RCA Records Import / 2011-10-04

Works: Martin Stock: Wunderkinder, for violin & ensemble; Poesia, for violin & ensemble; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Op. 42; Astor Piazzolla: Enrico IV; John Williams: Schindlers Liste; Pablo de Sarasate: Zi...
Performers: Chernyavska, Milana; Kolev, Elin
Conductors: Branny, Helmut
Ensemble: Dresdner Kappelsolisten

Recording information: Coswig (08/08/2011-08/10/2011); Osnabrück (08/08/2011-08/10/2011); Coswig (08/15/2011-08/17/2011); Osnabrück (08/15/2011-08/17/2011)....continue...

Nettle & Markham In France / 28 Contrasting Pieces for 2 Pianos

1 CD / Netmark / 2011-09-13

Works: Darius Milhaud: Scaramouche, Op. 165b; Gabriel Fauré: Dolly; Erik Satie: Gymnopedie for piano no 1; La Belle Excentrique; Cécile Chaminade: Le Matin; Jacques Ibert: Histoires; Georges Bizet...
Performers: Markham, Richard; Nettle, David

A unique collection of 28 tracks of light French two-piano classics, including the ever-popular "Scaramouche." This disc features a comprehensive selection of the best of...continue...
Recording information: St. George's, Brandon Hill (06/07/1993-06/09/1993)....continue...

F. Schmitt: Music for Two Pianos / Leslie De'Ath, Anya Alexeyev

2 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2011-09-13

Works: Florent Schmitt: Le petit elfe "Ferme-l'oeil" - Une semaine dansée, for voice & piano, 4 hands, Op. 73; Le Tragédie de Salomé, ballet, Op. 50; Reflets d'Allemagne, waltzes (8) for pian...
Performers: Alexeyev, Anya; De'Ath, Leslie

Florent Schmitt's output includes some of the most impressive and influential orchestral music of the first two decades of the twentieth century. Not surprisingly, these...continue...
Recording information: Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Faculty of Music, Wilfr (2010-12-17&2011-02-22&2011-)....continue...

Famous Violin Encores: Khachaturian, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, et al. / Alexander Markov, violin

1 CD / Apex / 2011-08-30

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Gayane; Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Sergey Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Erlkönig ("Wer reitet so spät"), song for voice &...
Performers: Cogan, Dmitri; Markov, Alexander

Alexander Markov (violin) and Dmitriy Cogan (piano) come together to perform modernity's favorite violin encores. In this hour of music, enjoy your favorite violin pieces...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium des Halles, Paris, France (12/20/1993-12/23/1993)....continue...

Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, excerpts Arr. for Viola And Piano / Jones, Golani, violas; Hampton, piano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-08-30

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet
Performers: Golani, Rivka; Hampton, Michael; Jones, Matthew

One of Prokofiev's best loved works today, Romeo and Juliet was initially declared 'impossible to dance to'. The composer resorted to making Symphonic Suites of...continue...
Recording information: Wyastone Hall, Monmouth, Wales (02/27/2009-02/28/2009); Wyastone Hall, Monmouth, Wales (04/30/2009)....continue...

The Very Best of Mstislav Rostropovich

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Cello no 1 in C; Concerto for Cello no 2 in D; Ludwig van Beethoven: 12 Variations in F on 'Ein...
Performers: Carrington, Simon; Dedyukhin, Alexander; Devetzi, Vasso; Koch, Ulrich; Oistrakh, David; Percy, Neil; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Shostakovich, Dmitry; Zybtsev, Alexey
Conductors: Rostropovich, Mstislav; Szell, George; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bernstein, Leonard; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Karajan, Herbert von; Britten, Benjamin; Numajiri, Ryusuke; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir
Ensemble: ; Cleveland Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Satie: Complete Piano Works / Cristina Ariagno, piano

6 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Erik Satie: Sarabandes (3) for piano; Gymnopédies (3), for piano (also orchestrated by Debussy); Gnossienne for piano no 1; Gnossienne for piano no 2; Gnossienne for piano no 3; Gnossienne for p...
Performers: Ariagno, Cristina

Erik Satie was without doubt one of great 'one offs'in musical history. Impossible to categorize, he composed around 100 works, which include film scores, ballets,...continue...
Recording information: Sacile, Italy Auditorium Fazioli (06/2006/12/2006)....continue...

Phénoménal Vengerov! Concertos & virtuoso pieces for violin / Maxim Vengerov (3 CD)

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-06-21

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 1 in G major, Op. 40; Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 2 in F major, Op. 50; Fritz Kreisler: Liebe...
Performers: Brown, Ian [Piano]; Papian, Vag; Vengerov, Maxim [Violin]
Conductors: Rostropovich, Mstislav; Pappano, Antonio;
Ensemble: ; Virtuosi

This 3-CD set celebrates Vengerov's thrilling career. On CD 1, we have the Beethoven Concerto and two Romances, as well as Kreisler's favorite encore 'Liebesleid'...continue...

The Art of Martha Argerich

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-06-07

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Scherzo for Piano no 3 in C sharp minor, B 125/Op. 39; Mazurka for piano no 36 in A minor, Op. 59/1, CT. 86; Scherzo for Piano no 2 in B flat minor/D flat major, B 111/Op. ...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Brunner, Eduard; Economou, Nicolas; Freire, Nelson [Piano]; Grafenauer, Irena [Flute]; Hortnagel, Georg Maximilian; Kovacevich, Stephen; Kre...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Dutoit, Charles; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Chailly, Riccardo; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Faerber, Jörg

It's hard to believe that Martha Argerich is now approaching her 70th birthday - on 5 June this year. She has been recording for Deutsche...continue...

Stravinsky: The Works for Piano & Violin / Isabelle van Keulen / soprano Brouwenstijn

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-05-31

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite; Le Baiser de la fée; Danse russe; Mavra; Pastorale for Violin and Piano; Divertimento, transcription for violin & piano by Stravinsky & Samuel Dushkin (after T...
Performers: Mustonen, Olli [Conductor/Piano]; van Keulen, Isabelle [Violin]

The title is something of a charming misnomer: only a few minutes of Stravinsky's all-encompassing output were originally scored for violin and piano. However, once...continue...
Recording information: La-Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland....continue...

Wayne McGregor: Three Ballets - Chroma, Infra, Limen [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-04-26

Works: Joby Talbot: Chroma, ballet; Max Richter: Infra, ballet; Kaija Saariaho: Notes on Light, for cello & orchestra
Performers: Benjamin, Leanne; Bonelli, Federico; Cervera, Ricardo; Choe, Yuhui; Clark, Robert; Karttunen, Anssi
Conductors: Capps, Daniel; ; Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: Max Richter Quintet; Royal Ballet; Royal Opera House Orchestra

The diversity of Wayne McGregor's astonishing talent is demonstrated through Chroma, Infra and Limen, each created for the Royal Ballet, for whom he is resident...continue...
Run Time: 98 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: French, German, Spanish
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Wayne McGregor: Three Ballets - Chroma, Infra, Limen [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-04-26

Works: Joby Talbot: Chroma, ballet; Max Richter: Infra, ballet; Kaija Saariaho: Notes on Light, for cello & orchestra
Performers: Benjamin, Leanne; Bonelli, Federico; Cervera, Ricardo; Choe, Yuhui; Clark, Robert; Karttunen, Anssi
Conductors: Capps, Daniel; ; Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: Max Richter Quintet; Royal Ballet; Royal Opera House Orchestra

The diversity of Wayne McGregor's astonishing talent is demonstrated through Chroma, Infra and Limen, each created for the Royal Ballet, for whom he is resident...continue...
Run Time: 98 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: French, German, Spanish
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50 Best Violin

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons), Concerto no 1 in E "La primavera" (Spring); Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in A major, Op. 2 no 2/RV 31; Giuseppe Tartini: Sonata for Vi...
Performers: Barbizet, Pierre; Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Chang, Sarah; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Dumay, Augustin [Violin]; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; Gavrilov, Andrei; Gililo...
Conductors: Lysy, Alberto; ; Halstead, Anthony; Accardo, Salvatore; Tetzlaff, Christian; Pritchard, John; Boult, Adrian; Karajan, Herbert von; Kurtz, Efrem; Dervaux, Pierre; Domingo, Placido; Ozawa, Seiji; Bergl...
Ensemble: ; Europa Galante

American Artistry: Debut / Sarah Chang

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-05

Works: Pablo de Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 25; Edward Elgar: Salut d'amour; La capricieuse, Op. 17; Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh; Fritz Kreisler: Tempo di Menuetto in the style of ...
Performers: Chang, Sarah; Rivers, Sandra

At just 11 years of age, Sarah Chang was, quite simply, an undisputed violinistic phenomenon. She appeared with Zubin Mehta and the New York Philharmonic...continue...
Recording information: American Academy And Institute Of Arts And Letters, New (03/16/1991-04/16/1991)....continue...

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; Petrushka (1911) / Andrew Litton

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2011-03-10

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version); Le sacre du printemps
Performers: Rotevatn, Jarle
Conductors: Litton, Andrew

During the 1910’s, at a time when late-romanticism had been taken about as far as possible, the collaboration between Igor Stravinsky and the ballet impressario...continue...
Recording information: Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway....continue...