Casero, Ricardo

Chopin: Piano Masterworks / Castro

5 CD / Arte Nova / 2008-10-14

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11; Andante spianato et Grand polonaise brillante in E flat major, Op. 22; Polonaise for piano no 1 in C sharp minor, Op. 26/1,...
Performers: Casero, Ricardo
Conductors: Schmidt-Gertenbach, Volke

Ricardo Castro was born in Brazil in 1964. He studied with Esther Cardoso in Salvador de Bahla and had his first official piano performance at...continue...

Chopin: Complete Nocturnes / Castro

2 CD / Arte Nova / 2008-09-09

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Nocturnes (3) for Piano, B 54/Op. 9; Nocturnes (3) for Piano, Op. 15; Nocturnes (2) for Piano, Op. 27; Nocturnes (2) for Piano, B 106/Op. 32; Nocturnes (2) for Piano, O...
Performers: Casero, Ricardo

Ricardo Castro studied with Esther Cardoso in Salvador de Bahla and had his first official piano performance at the age of eight. He moved to...continue...

Chopin: Piano Concertos nos 1 & 2, etc / Castro, Schmidt-Gertenbach, Sinfonia Varsovia

2 CD / Arte Nova / 2008-05-13

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11; Andante spianato et Grand polonaise brillante in E flat major, Op. 22; Polonaise for piano no 1 in C sharp minor, Op. 26/1,...
Performers: Casero, Ricardo
Conductors: Schmidt-Gertenbach, Volke

Ricardo Castro was the first South American pianist to win the prestigious Leeds International Piano Competition. He has performed with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, and...continue...

Chopin: Sonatas, Waltzes, Nocturne / Ricardo Castro

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2008-04-08

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for Piano no 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 "Funeral March"; Sonata for Piano no 3 in B minor, Op. 58; Waltzes (3) for Piano, Op. 64; Waltz for piano no 7 in C sharp ...
Performers: Casero, Ricardo

Ricardo Castro is the first South American pianist to win the prestigious Leeds International Piano Competition. His concerts lead him to Vienna, Hamburg, Toronto, Zurich,...continue...

Catalan Concertos - Montsalvatge, Benejam, Brotons / Foster

1 CD / Claves / 2002-02-01

Works: Xavier Montsalvatge: Concerto Capriccio for Harp; Serenata a Lydia de Cadaqués; Lluis Benejam: Concerto for Saxophone; Salvador Brotons: Concerto for Trombone, Op. 70
Performers: Barrera, Magdalena; Casero, Ricardo; Harle, John; Martinez, Magdalena
Conductors: Foster, Lawrence
Ensemble: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

Stravinsky: Pulcinella, Dumbarton Oaks, etc / Josep Pons

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 1997-01-01

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella, suite for orchestra; Suite no 1 for small Orchestra; Suite no 2, for chamber orchestra; Concerto for chamber orchestra in E flat major ("Dumbarton Oaks")
Performers: Bernal Bofarull; Carles Fibla; Casero, Ricardo; Daniel Posen; David Peralta; Fernandez, Pablo; Friedhoff, Mark; Giselle Lopez; Martijn Noomen; Matthew L. Simon; Patricia Maxo; Pere Bardagi; Pereira, ...

"The Harmonia Mundi disc features a marvelous chamber orchestra from Barcelona...The sound is clear and alive, but strings are just a touch shrill; a bright...continue...