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Philip Glass: Solo Piano Music / Jeroen van Veen

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Philip Glass: Glassworks; Metamorphosis, for piano; Mad Rush; Wichita Vortex Sutra, for piano; The Hours, music from the film score for piano; Truman Sleeps (for the film "The Truman Show"); The Olym...
Performers: van Veen, Jeroen [Piano]

This selection of pieces showcases Glass's music for solo piano, with each of the works baring the hallmarks of minimalism. Among the pieces featured in...continue...
Recording information: Barbara Church, Culemborg, The Netherlands (10/23/2006-10/28/2006)....continue...

Jonathan Goldstein: Cyclorama / Balanescu Quartet and Ensemble

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Jonathan Goldstein: Reverie for ensemble; Notturno for ensemble; Everywhere, for piano & ensemble; Cras amet, for voice & ensemble; Crystals, for ensemble; Elegy for ensemble; Etude for cello no 1; E...
Performers: Davidson, Grace; Holland, Nicholas; Pearson, James
Conductors: Goldstein, Jonathan
Ensemble: Balanescu Ensemble

Jonathan Goldstein is an award-winning composer of music for film, TV, and advertising. This, his first album, is a ranging view of his instrumental works...continue...
Recording information: St. Jude's-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London....continue...

Agustín Barrios International Guitar Competition, Vol. 1 / works by Barrios, Ponce, Asencio et al. / Elise Neumann, guitar

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-08-28

Works: Agustín Barrios-Mangoré: Pais de Abanicos, for guitar; Medallon antiguo, for guitar; Habanera, for guitar; Waltz for guitar in D major, Op. 8/4; Gavota al estilo antiguo; Vals Tropical, for...
Performers: Neumann, Elise

This disc is the first in an exciting new collaborative series between Brilliant Classics and the International Barrios Guitar Competition. 2011 First Prize Winner Elise...continue...
Recording information: ME.TO. Recording Studio, Asti, Italy (12/2011)....continue...

Nocturnes for Guitar / Giorgio Mirto, guitar

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Giorgio Mirto: Nocturnes (3) for guitar; Livio Torresan: Notturno, for guitar; Roberto Manca: Notturno no 3, for guitar; Ulisse, for guitar; Rosolino di Salvo: La notte di Penelope, for guitar; Giorg...
Performers: Mirto, Giorgio [Guitar]

With its romantic and mystical connotations, night has long been the inspiration behind many works of art. Guitarist Giorgio Mirto takes on the theme in...continue...
Recording information: Casa Sonora studios, Italy (01/2012); Casa Sonora studios, Italy (11/2011)....continue...

Debussy: Complete Piano Music / Gordon Fergus Thompson, piano

5 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Claude Debussy: Poèmes (7) de Banville; Suite bergamasque; Images oubliées; Images for Piano, Set 1; Images for Piano, Set 2; Ballade (slave), for piano (or piano, 4 hands), L. 70; Tarent...
Performers: Fergus-Thompson, Gordon

Himself an accomplished pianist, Debussy created a unique pianistic tradition in which the harmonic and timbral possibilities of the instrument were developed explosively, resulting in...continue...
Recording information: 1989....continue...

Evgeny Kissin Plays Chopin and Liszt

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-06-26

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11; Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21; Waltz for Piano in E minor, B 56; Mazurka for piano no 40 in F minor, Op. ...
Performers: Kissin, Evgeni
Conductors: Kitaenko, Dimitri

A former child prodigy who had already made his concerto debut by the age of 10, Russian pianist Evgeny Kissin is one of today's most...continue...

Svetlanov Conducts Russian Composers - Glazunov, Medtner, Prokofiev et al.

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-06-26

Works: Alexander Borodin: Symphony no 1 in E flat major; Symphony no 3 in A minor; Alexander Glazunov: Concert Waltz no 1 in D major, Op. 47; Concert Waltz no 2 in F major, Op. 51; Ouverture solennelle for ...
Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny

One of the 20th century's great interpreters, Evgeny Svetlanov initially trained as a pianist- composer before being appointed principal conductor of the Bolshoi Theatre Symphony...continue...

Spanish Piano Music: works by Albeniz, Granados, De Falla / Meshulam, Ortiz [6 CDs]

6 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Isaac Albéniz: Iberia Suite, Book 1; Iberia Suite, Book 2; Sonata for Piano no 5 in G flat major, Op. 82, B. 27; Pavana capricho, for piano in E minor (also arranged for 2 pianos), Op. 12, B. 1;...
Performers: Meshulam, Benita; Ortiz, Cristina; Sanchez, Esteban

This superb 6 CD set is an exciting overview of some of the greatest piano music to have been composed in Spain during the late...continue...

Minimal Piano Collection - Glass, etc / Jeroen van Veen

9 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Philip Glass: Opening; Metamorphoses (5); Mad Rush; Wichita Vortex Sutra; The Hours; The Truman Show; The Olympian; Modern Love Waltz; How Now; Trilogy Sonata for Piano; John Adams: China Gates; Arvo...
Performers: Van Veen, Jeroen

"This unusual collection is dedicated to a very popular style: minimal music. Over the years this has evolved from austere, almost strict repetition with tiny...continue...

Russian Archives: Scriabin, Borodin, Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff / Vladimir Sofronitsky, piano

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-10-25

Works: Alexander Scriabin: Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 11; Sonata for Piano no 3 in F sharp minor ("Etats d'âme"), Op. 23; Sonata for Piano no 2 in G sharp minor, Op. 19 "Sonata fantasy"; Poème f...
Performers: Sofronitsky, Vladimir

'He played like a god - he looked like a god' - Heinrich Neuhaus Vladimir Sofronitsky was born in St Petersburg in 1901, the youngest...continue...

Historical Russian Archives: Rudolf Barshai Edition / Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Bartok et al. [10 CDs] (live, 1956 - 1974)

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-10-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Don Giovanni; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Concerto no 6 in G minor (from 6ème Pièces de clavecin en concerts); Gavott...
Performers: Barshai, Rudolf; Dobrokhotov, Boris; Dokshitzer, Timofei; Korneyev, Alexander; Lill, John; Moreira-Lima, Arthur; Morozova, Irina; Reshetin, Mark; Smirnov, Yevgeny; Vishnevskaya, Galina
Conductors: Barshai, Rudolf
Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra

The Russian conductor Rudolf Barshai was born in 1924 and studied at the Moscow and Leningrad Conservatories. He quickly became part of a group of...continue...

L'heure Espagnole: Music for 2 Harps & Voice by De Falla, Ravel and Granados

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Maurice Ravel: Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet; Pièce en forme de Habañera; Sites auriculaires; Manuel de Falla: Canciones populares españolas...
Performers: Tebbe, Eva
Conductors:
Ensemble: Duo Bilitis

Winner of the 2008 International Chamber Music Competition in Holland, Duo Biltis comprises two amazing young harpists, Eva Tebbe and Ekaterina Levental.In this recording the...continue...
Recording information: Doopsgezinde Kerk Deventer, The Netherlands (09/2010)....continue...

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Complete Guitar Works / Frederic Zigante, guitar

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Prelúdios (5), for guitar, A. 419; Suite populaire brésilienne, W 20; Valsa brilhante (Valsa concerto no 2), for guitar, A. 009; Simples, marzurka for guitar, A. 040; ...
Performers: Zigante, Frederic

Musicologist Béhague describes Villa-Lobos as "the single most significant figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Fusing Latin-American folk-inspired elements with more "learned" European...continue...
Recording information: Romano Canavese (Turin), Chiesa di Santa Marta (10/2009-10/2010)....continue...

Legendary Russian Pianists

25 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka for piano no 33 in B major, Op. 56/1, CT. 83; Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11; Etude for piano no 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 10/4, CT. 17; Etude for pi...
Performers: Akopian-Tamarina, Nelly [Piano]; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bashkirov, Dmitri; Berman, Lazar; Davidovich, Bella; Demidenko, Nikolai; Flier, Yakov; Gavrilov, Andrei; Gilels, Emil; Ginzburg, Grigori; Grinber...
Conductors: Gauk, Alexander; Oistrakh, David; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Tretiakov, Viktor; Temirkanov, Yuri

Russia is home to some of the antiquities most iconic piano players: Konstantin Igumnov, Grigory Ginzburg, Lev Oborin, Vladimir Sofronitzky, Sviatoslav Richter, and Evgeny Kissin...continue...

Lyadov: Complete Piano Music / Marco Rapetti, piano

6 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Anatol Lyadov: Biryulki, 14 pieces for piano, Op. 2; Pieces (6) for piano, Op. 3; Arabesque, 4 pieces for piano, Op. 4; Paraphrases (24 Variations and 15 Petite Pieces for piano composed with Cui, Bo...
Performers: Makita, Akane; Nuti, Giampaolo; Rapetti, Marco; Santis, Daniela De

In this 5-CD collection comes the world premiere of the complete piano music of Anatol Lyadov. A prominent figure in St. Petersburg music circles, Lyadov...continue...
Recording information: Villa Vespucci, San Felice a Ema, Florence (01/04/2010-01/07/2010); Villa Vespucci, San Felice a Ema, Florence (12/12/2010-12/15/2010)....continue...

Balakirev: Complete Piano Works / Alexander Paley, piano

6 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Mily Balakirev: Oriental Fantasy for Piano, Op. 18 "Islamey"; Reminiscences on "A Life for the Czar", for piano (2nd version of Fantasy on Glinka's themes); Phantasiestück, for piano in D flat m...
Performers: Paley, Alexander

Founder of the group of Russian composers called 'The Mighty Handful', Mily Balakirev is known for having helped create a distinctive Russian school of music...continue...

Liszt On His Favorite Piano: Late Masterpieces / Michele Campanella, piano

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Franz Liszt: Hungarian Historical Portraits (7), for piano (first version), S. 205; Sancta Dorothea, for piano, S. 187 (LW A278); Carousel de Mme. Pelet-Narbonne, for piano, S. 214a (LW A271); Resign...
Performers: Campanella, Michele

Recording information: Palazzo Chigi Saracini, Siena (02/08/2011-02/10/2011)....continue...

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...

Beethoven Edition: Complete Works / Grumiaux, Haitink, Vienna PO, Schiff et al.

86 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-05-31

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Symphony no 5 in C min...
Performers: Altvater, Tobias; Amadeus Webersinke; Ander, Eva; Bartel, Reinhold; Berkes, Kalman; Bischoff, Joachim; Bittner, Manfred; Boensch, Cornelius; Bourve, Antonia; Brendel, Alfred; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Bryn...
Conductors: Blomstedt, Herbert; Stein, Horst; Oskamp, Gerard; Haitink, Bernard; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Bünte, Carl-August; Semkov, Jerzy; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; Marriner, Sir Neville; Koch, Helmut; Batz...
Ensemble: ; Berliner Solisten; Borodin Trio; Brahms-Trio; Erben-Quartett; European Chamber Soloists; Members of the MDR Leipzig Radio Chorus; Members of the Orchestra da Camera di Genova (Memb; Ottetto Italiano

Liszt: Transcendental Etudes / Campanella

6 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-05-31

Works: Franz Liszt: 12 Etudes d'exécution transcendante, S139/R2b; Phantasiestück über Motive aus Rienzi, transcription for piano (after Wagner), S. 439 (LW A200); O du mein holder Abendste...
Performers: Campanella, Michele

Liszt, Busoni: Transcriptions / Bartoli

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-05-31

Works: Franz Liszt: Paganini Etudes (6), for piano (Grandes Études de Paganini), S. 141 (LW A173); Hungarian Rhapsody, for piano, 4 hands, no 19, S. 623a (LW W13); Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke, S 514 ...
Performers: Bartoli, Sandro Ivo

Recording information: Auditorium of the Gran Teatro Giacomo Puccini, Torre de (01/14/2011-01/15/2011)....continue...

Brilliant Classics Piano Library: Ravel

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Maurice Ravel: Sérénade grotesque; Menuet antique; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Jeux d'eau; Sonatine for Piano; Menuet, for piano in C sharp minor; Miroirs; Alborada del Grac...
Performers: Carbonara, Michelangelo

This 2 CD set contains Ravel’s entire output for solo piano in recordings from 2009....continue...
Recording information: Ceri, Rome (04/2008)....continue...

Brilliant Classics Piano Library: Dvorák

5 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Theme & Variations for piano in A flat major, B. 65 (Op.36); Polka for piano in E major, B. 3 (doubtful); Silhouettes (12) for piano, B. 98 (Op. 8); Minuets (2) for piano, B. 58 ...
Performers: Poroshina, Inna

This 5 CD set contains all of Dvorak’s music for solo piano. While not widely known it is every bit the match of his piano...continue...

The Art of Géza Anda - Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann and Liszt

4 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-07-13

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations (33) for Piano on a Waltz by Diabelli in C major, Op. 120; Franz Schubert: Sonata for Piano in B flat major, D 960; Frédéric Chopin: Preludes (24) for Piano...
Performers: Anda, Geza

Furtwangler called Anda "the troubadour of the piano", and he was indeed a philosopher-virtuoso. His career was devoted to finding the perfect balance between head...continue...

Classical Top 100

5 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-05-04

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Concerto for Flute "Il Gardellino"; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Carnival of the Animals; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata, K. 331; Eine ...
Performers: Austbo, Hakon; Boer, Harmen de; Crombach, Sara; Geiger, Gyorgy; Goldstein, Misha; Grafova, Maria; Grauwels, Marc; Groop, Monica; Han, Derek; Hoek, Martijn van den; Holbling, Anna; Jerie, Marek; Jones...
Conductors: Warchal, Bohdan; Clark, Robert Haydon; Bátiz, Enrique; Ermler, Mark; ; Robev, Georgi; Sándor, János; Kosler, Zdenek; Heyerick, Florian; Davis, Carl; Lenárd, Ondrej; Vandernoot, An...
Ensemble: ; Early Music Consort of London; London Baroque; Musica ad Rhenum; New York Harp Ensemble

This set is newly compiled, choosing the 100 very best tracks in the best available performances, including London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Carl...continue...

Brilliant Classics Piano Library: Faure

4 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Nocturne for Piano no 1 in E flat minor, Op. 33 no 1; Nocturne for piano no 2 in B major, Op. 33/2; Nocturne for piano no 3 in A flat major, Op.33/3; Nocturne for piano no 4 in E ...
Performers: Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Rigutto, Bruno

Gabriel Faure had a long creative life: he was born just as Berlioz was finishing 'La damnation de Faust', and died three years after Berg...continue...
Recording information: Salle Wagram, Paris....continue...

Piano Music of Liszt / Tamas Varsary

4 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-11-10

Works: Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244; Valse impromptu for Piano, S 213; Consolations (6) for Piano, S 172; Paraphrase on Quartet from Verdi's "Rigoletto", S 434; Grand Bravura Fant...
Performers: Vasary, Tamas

In 1962 Stephen Plaistow wrote of the Liszt E flat Polonaise on this set that 'the playing of the E major Polonaise is outstanding: it...continue...

Chopin: Favorite Piano Works

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-05-05

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Berceuse for Piano in D flat major, B 154/Op. 57; Polonaise for piano no 6 in A flat major ("Héroique"), Op. 53, CT. 155; Ballade for Piano no 3 in A flat major,...
Performers: Bär, Alwin; Giacometti, Paolo; Nauta, Folke; Van de Laar, Frank; Van den Hoek, Martijn; van Winkel, Pieter

Dvorák: Complete String Quartets / Stamitz String Quartet

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2006-06-06

Works: Antonín Dvorák: Quartet for Strings no 3 in D major, B 18; Quartet for Strings no 2 in B flat major, B 17; Andante appasionato for String Quartet in A minor; Quartet for Strings no 8 in...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Stamitz String Quartet; Stamitz String Quartet members

Czech composer Antonin Dvorak was his whole life occupied with the genre String Quartet. His quartets show the development of the composer, his sense of...continue...

Historic Russian Archives - Kissin in Concert

4 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2006-06-06

Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Dmitri Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C minor, Op. 35; Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E...
Performers: Kissin, Evgeni; Soustrot, Bernard
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery; Spivakov, Vladimir; Kitayenko, Dmitri
Ensemble: Academic Symphony Orchestra St. Petersburg; Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra; St. Petersburg Chamber Orchestra

Klára Würtz plays Romantic Piano Music

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2006-06-06

Works: Sergei Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; Arabeske for Piano in C major, Op. 18; Franz Liszt: Concert Etudes (2) for Pian...
Performers: Würtz, Klára
Conductors: Sirenko, Vladimir; van Beek, Arie
Ensemble: Northwest German Philharmonic Orchestra; Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra

Brahms: Piano Works / Lechner, Grimaud, Austbö, et al

6 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2006-06-06

Works: Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 1; Scherzo for Piano in E flat minor, Op. 4; Waltzes (16) for Piano 4 hands, Op. 39; Sonata for Piano no 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 2; Sonata for P...
Performers: Austbö, Haakon; Grimaud, Hélène; Lechner, Karin; Schmitt-Leonardy, Wolfram; Turan, Kamerhan

Several new recordings are presented in this 6-CD set with the complete piano works of the great romantic Johannes Brahms: the variations are superbly played...continue...

Children's Corner - Piano Music for Children

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2006-06-06

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59; Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Les saisons, Op. 37b; Album pour enfants, Op. 39; Cla...
Performers: Austbö, Haakon; Bär, Alwin; Fergus-Thompson, Gordon; Lechner, Karin; Van de Laar, Frank; Van den Hoek, Martijn; Würtz, Klára; Warenberg, Alexander

Mozart, Schumann, Liszt, Schubert, Rachmaninoff, etc / Würtz

5 Super Audio CD / Brilliant Classics / 2006-06-06

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i); Sonata for Piano no 12 in F major, K 332 (300k); Sonata for Piano no 13 in B flat major, K 333 (315c); Sonata for Piano no 14...
Performers: Würtz, Klára
Conductors: Sirenko, Vladimir; van Beek, Arie
Ensemble: Northwest German Philharmonic Orchestra; Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra