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Richter in Warsaw (1972): The Scriabin Recital / Sviatoslav Richter, piano

1 CD / Parnassus / 2012-07-04

Works: Alexander Scriabin: Preludes, Op. 11; Preludes, Op. 13; Preludes (4) for piano, Op. 37; Preludes, Op. 39; Prelude for piano, Op. 59/2; Preludes, Op. 74; Sonata for Piano no 2 in G sharp minor, Op. 19...
Performers: Richter, Sviatoslav

In 1972, Sviatoslav Richter chose to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Scriabin by performing an all-Scriabin program in three locations. These...continue...
Recording information: Warsaw (10/27/1972)....continue...

Sviatoslav Richter Plays Beethoven and Chopin in Moscow [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Parnassus / 2012-03-07

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 1 in F minor; Sonata for Piano no 7 in D, Op. 10 no 3; Sonata for Piano no 9 in E major, Op. 14 no 1; Sonata for Piano no 12 in A flat major, Op. 26 "Funeral...
Performers: Richter, Sviatoslav

For its first DVD, Parnassus presents live performances of Sviatoslav Richter never before available in the West. These videos, filmed at the Great Hall of...continue...
Run Time: 125 min.
Picture Format: NTSC
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The Lost Art of Jacob Lateiner, piano

2 CD / Parnassus / 2011-11-03

Works: Franz Schubert: Impromptus, D. 899; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 18 in E flat, Op. 31; Sonata for Piano no 1 in F minor; Sonata for Piano no 32 in C minor, Op. 111; Alban Berg: Sonata fo...
Performers: Lateiner, Jacob

Recording information: Frick Collection, New York, NY (01/11/1977); The Juilliard School, New York, NY (01/11/1977); Frick Collection, New York, NY (03/01/1964); The Juilliard School, New York, NY (03...continue...

Katherine Hoover: Piano Works / Mirian Conti

1 CD / Parnassus / 2011-09-02

Works: Katherine Hoover: Dream Dances, for piano; Piano Preludes; Thin Ice, for piano; Line Drawings, for piano; Pieces for Piano, for piano
Performers: Conti, Mirian

Music of Katherine Hoover has been widely performed and recorded on more than two dozen CDs, including three previous CDs on the Parnassus label.Hoover is...continue...
Recording information: Patrych Sound Studios, NYC (05/2008)....continue...

Sviatoslav Richter in the 50's, Vol. 7: Beethoven

2 CD / Parnassus / 2011-04-03

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Rondo for Piano in G major, Op. 51 no 2; Variations (15) and Fugue for Piano in E flat major, Op. 35 "Eroica"; Sonata for Piano no 12 in A flat major, Op. 26 "Funeral March"; Ba...
Performers: Richter, Sviatoslav

Parnassus's ongoing documentation of the little-known early period of Sviatoslav Richter's career continues with a monumental, mostly unpublished Beethoven recital from 1951. While there are...continue...
Recording information: Moscow....continue...

Beethoven: 6 Quartets, Op. 18 / Colorado Quartet

2 CD / Parnassus / 2011-03-05

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 1 in F major, Op. 18/1; Quartet for Strings no 2 in G major, Op. 18 no 2; Quartet for Strings no 3 in D major, Op. 18 no 3; Quartet for Strings no 4 in C ...

Recording information: Sosnoff Theater of the Richard B. Fisher Center for the....continue...

Katherine Hoover: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2; Trio

1 CD / Parnassus / 2010-11-05

Works: Katherine Hoover: Quartet for Strings no 1; Quartet for Strings no 2; Trio, for piano, violin & cello
Conductors:
Ensemble: Rogeri Trio

Sviatoslav Richter In The 1950's, Vol. 6

1 CD / Parnassus / 2010-04-09

Works: Spoken Word: Spoken Introduction to the series by Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950's; Alexander Borodin: Petite Suite (excerpts); Anatol Lyadov: Canzonetta, for piano, Op. 48; Etude for piano in F majo...
Performers: Richter, Sviatoslav

Richter in Leipzig

1 CD / Parnassus / 2008-09-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 30 in E major, Op. 109; Sonata for Piano no 31 in A flat major, Op. 110; Sonata for Piano no 32 in C minor, Op. 111; Johannes Brahms: Pieces (6) for Piano, O...
Performers: Richter, Sviatoslav

As part of its ongoing effort to preserve the legacy of Sviatoslav Richter, Parnassus is pleased to announce the return of a truly legendary recording:...continue...

Beethoven: Late String Quartets / Colorado Quartet

3 CD / Parnassus / 2008-06-05

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 11 in F minor, Op. 95 "Serioso"; Quartet for Strings no 13 in B flat major, Op. 130; Grosse Fuge for String Quartet in B flat major Op. 133; Quartet for S...
Performers: Chaplin, Diane; Gustavsson, Marka; Redding, Deborah; Rosenfeld, Julie
Conductors:
Ensemble: Colorado String Quartet

The Colorado Quartet is recognized on four continents as one of the finest string quartets on the international scene. Winners of both the Banff International...continue...

Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950s Vol 5 - Szymanowski, etc

2 CD / Parnassus / 2006-11-10

Works: Franz Schubert: Sonata for Piano in B flat major, D 960; Claude Debussy: Préludes, Book 1; Karol Szymanowski: Sonata for Piano no 2 in A major, Op. 21, M25; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for P...
Performers: Richter, Sviatoslav

A Century of French Songs - Debussy, etc / Bogard, Moriarty

2 CD / Parnassus / 2004-10-13

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: Mélodies (6) for voice and piano; Songs (9); Charles Gounod: Mélodies (6); Viens, les gazons sont verts; Chanson d'avril; Georges Bizet: Berceuse; Vingt mélodies...
Performers: Bogard, Carole; Moriarty, John

Beethoven: String Quartets Op 59 & 74 / Colorado Quartet

2 CD / Parnassus / 2003-02-07

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 7 in F major, Op. 59 no 1 "Razumovsky"; Quartet for Strings no 8 in E minor, Op. 59 no 2 "Razumovsky"; Quartet for Strings no 9 in C major, Op. 59 no 3 "R...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Colorado String Quartet

Handel: Tamerlano / Moriarty, Killebrew, Young, Simon, et al

3 CD / Parnassus / 2002-08-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Tamerlano, HWV 18
Performers: Bogard, Carole; Killebrew, Gwendolyn; Rintzler, Marius; Simon, Joanna; Steffan, Sophia; Young, Alexander
Conductors: Moriarty, John
Ensemble: Copenhagen Chamber Orchestra

"Despite a certain stateliness that too often burdens the tempos, an eschewing of any improvisation in decorations and an emotional reserve in some flashes of...continue...

Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950s Vol 4 - Prokofiev, et al

2 CD / Parnassus / 2002-01-01

Works: Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata for Piano no 9 in C major, Op. 103; Pieces (3) from Cinderella for Piano, Op. 95; Sonata for Piano no 6 in A major, Op. 82; Dmitri Shostakovich: Preludes and Fugues (24) for ...
Performers: Richter, Sviatoslav
Conductors: Abendroth, Hermann
Ensemble: USSR State Radio Symphony Orchestra

Kokopelli - Katherine Hoover plays Mozart, J. C. Bach, et al

1 CD / Parnassus / 2001-10-10

Works: Ignaz Pleyel: Sonata no 2 in G major; Johann Christian Bach: Sonatas (6) for Flute/Violin and Keyboard, Op. 16; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major, K 27; Karl Friedrich A...
Performers: Bailey, Don; Drake, Victoria; Dunn, Scott; Hoover, Katherine; Lincoln, Stoddard

A Collection of American Songs / Carole Bogard, et al

2 CD / Parnassus / 2001-06-03

Works: John Alden Carpenter: Night Songs (2) for voice & piano; Gitanjali, song cycle for voice & piano; John Woods Duke: Songs to Portions of From the Sea, for voice & piano; Poems (6), for voice & piano; ...
Performers: Bogard, Carole; Cumming, Richard; Del Tredici, David; Moriarty, John

Bach: Solo Violin Sonatas & Partitas / Eugene Drucker

2 CD / Parnassus / 2001-02-05

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin solo no 1 in G minor, BWV 1001; Sonata for Violin solo no 2 in A minor, BWV 1003; Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004; Partita for Violin solo n...
Performers: Drucker, Eugene

Hindemith, Porter, et al: String Quartets / Stuyvesant

1 CD / Parnassus / 2001-01-23

Works: Paul Hindemith: Quartet for Strings [no 2] in F minor, Op. 10; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Quartet for Strings no 6, W 399; Quincy Porter: Quartet for Strings no 7
Conductors:
Ensemble: Stuyvesant String Quartet

Stravinsky & Prokofiev Conduct Their Works

1 CD / Parnassus / 2000-10-01

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Le baiser de la fée; Concerto in E flat major "Dumbarton Oaks"; Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suite no 2, Op. 64b
Conductors: Stravinsky, Igor; Prokofiev, Sergei

One Piano, Four Hands / Igor Kipnis, Karen Kushner

1 CD / Parnassus / 2000-04-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes (18) for piano, 4 hands, Op. 52a; Franz Schubert: Divertimento for Piano 4 hands in G minor, D 818/Op. 54 "à l'hongroise"; Maurice Ravel: Ma mère l...
Performers: Kipnis, Igor; Kushner, Karen

"...The selections were complied from several sources...Edited or not, the playing could hardly be better. Kipnis and Kushner are not only thoroughly immersed in the...continue...

Schubert, Mendelssohn: String Quartets / Colorado Quartet

1 CD / Parnassus / 2000-03-15

Works: Franz Schubert: Quartet for Strings no 14 in D minor, D 810 "Death and the Maiden"; Felix Mendelssohn: Quartet for Strings no 6 in F minor, Op. 80
Conductors:
Ensemble: Colorado String Quartet

"...Everytime I hear them [Colorado Quartet] I am surprised by their playing--at just how fine a quartet they are...In the Schubert they reveal their phrases...continue...

She Walks in Beauty / Danielle Woerner

1 CD / Parnassus / 1999-01-11

Works: Otto Luening: She walks in Beauty, for voice and piano; Venilia, for voice & piano; At Christmas time, for voice & piano; Songs of Emily Dickinson, for voice & piano, "Our share of night to bear"; So...
Performers: Buccelli, Sylvia; Gates, Marcia; Kopperud, Jean; Seligman, Susan; Spencer, Patricia; Starer, Robert; Woerner, Danielle

"Luening's idiom is basically tonal and highly melodic. He was also, however, one of the major poineers of electronic music, a side not revealed on...continue...

Gregorian Chant - The Early Interpreters 1928-1936

2 CD / Parnassus / 1999-01-11

Works: Anonymous: Gregorian Chant(s)

Hoover: Night Skies, etc / Suben, Slovak RSO, et al

1 CD / Parnassus / 1999-01-11

Works: Katherine Hoover: Sketches (2); Eleni "A Greek Tragedy"; Double Concerto for 2 Violins; Night Skies
Performers: Beia, Suzanne; Perry, David
Conductors: Manoogian; Suben, Joel Eric
Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Wisconsin Philomusica

"[Katherine Hoover's] language is post-Wagner, post-Webern, post-whatever...Her music is at once forbiddingly stringent and uncompromising, demanding our utmost attention and concentration in order to...continue...

Baroque Cantatas & Arias / Bogard, Moriarty, Copenhagen CO

1 CD / Parnassus / 1998-08-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51; Cantata no 202, "Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten" ("Wedding Cantata") BWV 202; Alessandro Scarlatti: Su le sponde del Tebro; George F...
Performers: Bogard, Carole; Duste, Raymond; Ghitalla, Armando; Jacobsen, Erwin
Conductors: Moriarty, John
Ensemble: Copenhagen Chamber Orchestra

Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950s Vol 3

2 CD / Parnassus / 1998-04-11

Works: Franz Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, première année, S 160 "Suisse"; Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année, S 161 "Italie"; Années de p&egr...
Performers: Richter, Sviatoslav

Janos Starker - The Road to Cello Playing

1 CD / Parnassus / 1997-08-12

Works: Sebastian Lee: Etudes for Cello, Op. 70; Karl Schröder: Etudes for Cello, Op. 31; Friedrich Dotzauer: Etudes (18) for Cello, Op. 120; Exercises (113) for Cello; Jean Louis Duport: Etudes (21) fo...
Performers: Starker, János

Brahms: Two String Quartets Op 51 / Colorado String Quartet

1 CD / Parnassus / 1997-06-15

Works: Johannes Brahms: Quartet for Strings no 1 in C minor, Op. 51/1; Quartet for Strings no 2 in A minor, Op. 51/2
Performers: Chaplin, Diane; Martin-Silos, Francesca; Redding, Deborah; Rosenfeld, Julie
Conductors:
Ensemble: Colorado String Quartet

Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950s Vol 2

2 CD / Parnassus / 1997-06-15

Works: Robert Schumann: Theme and Variations for Piano on the name ABEGG, Op. 1; Phantasiestücke (8) for Piano, Op. 12; Humoreske for Piano in B flat major, Op. 20; Alexander Scriabin: Sonata for Piano...
Performers: Richter, Sviatoslav
Conductors: Rachlin, Nathan
Ensemble: USSR State Symphony Orchestra

Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950s Vol 1

2 CD / Parnassus / 1997-06-15

Works: Sergei Prokofiev: Pieces (6) from Cinderella, Op. 102; Pieces (3) from Cinderella for Piano, Op. 95; Pieces (10) from Cinderella for Piano, Op. 97; Visions fugitives (20) for Piano, Op. 22; Sonata fo...
Performers: Richter, Sviatoslav