Harden, Wolf [Piano]

Busoni: Piano Music, Vol. 8 - 24 Preludes, Op. 37; Macchiette medioevali, Op. 33 / Wolf Harden, piano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-02-26

Works: Ferruccio Busoni: Preludes (24), for piano, Op. 37, KiV 181; Macchiette medioevali, suite for piano, Op. 33, KiV 194 & 195
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]

Volume 8 features two compositions from Busoni's teenage years (1881-83). Charming and engaging works which already reveal an inventive and personal accommodation with mid-19th century...continue...
Recording information: Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth, UK (01/21/2012-01/22/2012)....continue...

Best of Symphonic Lehár

4 CD / CPO / 2011-01-25

Works: Franz Lehár: Tatjana, opera; Fieber, symphonic poem for voice & orchestra (from song collection "Aus eiserner Zeit"), V. 16; Il guado, symphonic poem for orchestra, NV 97; Concertino for violin ...
Performers: Banfield, Volker; Gambill, Robert; Harden, Wolf [Piano]; Honda-Rosenberg, Latica; Worlitzsch, Volker
Conductors: Seibel, Klauspeter; Jurowski, Michail

Busoni: Piano Music, Vol. 7

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-12-14

Works: Ferruccio Busoni: Konzert-Fantasie über Motive aus der Oper "Merlin," paraphrase for piano (after Goldmark), KiV B55; Fantasy on Motives from "Der Barbier von Bagdad," paraphrase for piano (afte...
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]

The essence of Ferruccio Busoni’s music lies in its synthesis of his Italian and German ancestry, emotion and intellect, imagination and rigour. This seventh volume...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Westleton, Suffolk, England (06/15/2009-06/16/2009)....continue...

Easy Listening Piano Classics: J.S. Bach

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-09-28

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1); Partita no 1 in B flat major, BWV 825; Two-Part Invention no 14 in B major, BWV 785; 3-Part Invention...
Performers: Andjaparidze, Eteri; Harden, Wolf [Piano]; Jando, Jeno; Rubsam, Wolfgang; Sebestyen, Janos

Ferruccio Busoni - Piano Music Vol 6

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-11-17

Works: Ferruccio Busoni: Fantasy & Fugue on the Chorale "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", for piano (after Meyerbeer/Lizst S. 259; Sonata, for piano in F minor, Op. 20a, KiV 204; Prélude et Étude en A...
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]

The sixth volume of Busoni's piano music features two major projects from the earlier part of his career. The Liszt transcription powerfully recreates the composer's...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Westleton, Suffolk, England (04/23/2008-04/24/2008)....continue...

Busoni: Piano Music Vol 5 / Wolf Harden

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-04-28

Works: Ferruccio Busoni: Praeludium & Fuge, transcription for piano in E flat major "St. Anne" (after J. S. Bach, BWV 552), K; Sechs Etüden, for piano, Op. 16, KiV 203; Sechs Stücke, for piano, Op...
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]

Wolf Harden's Busoni Piano Edition has been warmly applauded for its "spacious aural frame" (NXS 8555034), "stunningly authoritative" playing (NXS 8555699), "lightness of touch and...continue...

Busoni: Piano Music Vol 4 / Wolf Harden

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-08-26

Works: Ferruccio Busoni: Praeludium & Fuge, transcription for piano in D major (after J. S. Bach, BWV 532), KiV B20; Elegien, suite of elegies (6) for piano, KiV 249; Berceuse, for piano (Elegies no 7), KiV...
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]

Performance occupied much of Busoni's attention until the turn of the twentieth century, when composition began to assume a new importance in his career. Busoni...continue...

Schumann: Humoreske; Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Bach

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-09-01

Works: Robert Schumann: Humoreske for piano in B flat major, Op. 20; Max Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of J.S. Bach for piano, Op. 81
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]

Busoni: Piano Music Vol 3 / Wolf Harden

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-01-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564; Ferruccio Busoni: Trois Morceaux, for piano, Op. 4-6, KiV 197; Work(s); Ballet Scene no 2, K 209; Zwei Tanzstücke, dance pie...
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]

The essence of Busoni's music lies in a synthesis of his Italian and German ancestry: emotion and intellect, imagination and discipline, often allied with a...continue...

Busoni: Piano Music Vol 2 / Wolf Harden

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-11-01

Works: Ferruccio Busoni: Chaconne, transcription for piano in D minor (after J. S. Bach, BWV 1004), KiV B24; Etude in form of Variations for Piano in C sharp minor, Op. 17/K 206; Variations on Siegfried Och...
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]

"...Busoni eventually came to consider this half-hour work [the Prelude and Fugue on Chopin's C minor Prelude] as a 'youthful excess' and in 1922 produced...continue...

Night Music 10 - Classical Favourites for Relaxing

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-09-01

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 17 in D minor, Op. 31/2 "The Tempest"; Antonio Vivaldi: Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in...
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]; Jando, Jeno; Nishizaki, Takako; Sarkoezi, G.; Zaritzkaya, Irina
Conductors: Lenárd, Ondrej; Parkanyi, Tibor; Wordsworth, Barry; Pesek, Libor; Clark, Keith; Dvorak, Jaroslav; ; Ligeti, András; Kopelman, Jozef
Ensemble: ; Capella Istropolitana; Kodály Quartet

Night Music 6 - Classical Favourites for Relaxing

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-09-01

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: None but the Lonely Heart, Op. 6, no 6; George Frederick Handel: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfi...
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]; Jando, Jeno; Luptacik, Josef; Nagy, Peter [Piano]; Nishizaki, Takako; Szekely, Istvan; Szkolay, Balazs [Piano]
Conductors: Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Kopelman, Jozef; Halász, Michael; Nemeth, Gyula; Sobotka, Wolfgang; Edlinger, Richard; Dvorak, Jaroslav
Ensemble: ; Capella Istropolitana; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice

Night Music 8 - Classical Favourites for Relaxing

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-09-01

Works: Georges Bizet: L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra no 2; Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto for 4 Violins without Baso Continuo in F major; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 5 in B flat major, D 485; Wol...
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]; Holbling, Anna; Holbling, Guido; Jablokov, Alexander; Nishizaki, Takako; Szkolay, Balazs [Piano]; Vladar, Stefan; Weissberg, Herbert; Wordsworth, Barry [Conductor]
Conductors: Bramall, Anthony; Edlinger, Richard; Halász, Michael; Sieghart, Martin; Bogár, István; ; Gunzenhauser, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Capella Istropolitana; Kodály Quartet ; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice

Busoni: Piano Music Vol 1 / Wolf Harden

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-05-01

Works: Ferruccio Busoni: Toccatas, transcriptions (2) for piano in D minor & C major (BWV 564/565; BBGA 7/3), KiV B29; Prelude & Fugue, for piano in C minor, Op. 21, KiV 85; An die Jugend, pieces (4) for pi...
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]

Busoni's music for solo piano embraces the virtuosity of Liszt and the technical discipline of Bach. Nowhere are these characteristics more apparent than in his...continue...

Ballade

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-07-01

Works: Jean Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Op. 11; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Chant sans paroles (Song without words), for piano, Op. 2/3; Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 4 in G major, BWV 1049; An...
Performers: Banowetz, Joseph; CSR Symphony Orchestra; CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra/Peter Breiner; Harden, Wolf [Piano]; Istropolitana, Capella; Kanta, Ludovít; Nagy, Péter [Piano]; Nishizaki, ...
Conductors: Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Warchal, Bohdan; Lenárd, Ondrej; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Edlinger, Richard; Breiner, Peter
Ensemble: ; Capella Istropolitana

Personnel: Takako Nishizaki (violin); Ludovit Kanta (cello); Péter Nagy , Joseph Banowetz, Balázs Szokolay (piano)....continue...

Music for The Mozart Effect Vol 1 - Strengthen the Mind

1 CD / Spring Hill Music / 2000-04-05

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K. 216; Concerto for Piano in D major, K 107 no 1; Sonata for Violin and Piano in F major, K 376 (374d); Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Divertim...
Performers: Bilson, Malcolm; Harden, Wolf [Piano]; Nishizaki, Takako; Sebestyen, Janos
Conductors:
Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana

Music compiled and sequenzed to accompany Don Campbell's book "The Mozart Effect." This volume of music for intelligence and learning is designed to achieve the...continue...
The recordings on this disc were compiled and sequenced by Don Campbell.

Personnel: Takako Nishizaki (violin).

The theory behind THE MOZART EFFECT is that pleasant-but-not-emotional, tun...continue...

Bach: Partitas no 3, 4 & 5 / Wolf Harden

1 CD / Amadis / 1997-06-20

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for keyboard no 3 in A minor, BWV 827 (BC L3); Partita for Keyboard no 4 in D major, BWV 828; Partita for keyboard no 5 in G major, BWV 829 (BC L5)
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]

The Best of Rimsky-Korsakov

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-06-16

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34; Scheherazade; Flight of the Bumblebee; Symphony, "Antar" (ii), for orchestra no 2, Op. 9; The Snow Maiden; Sadko; Russian Easter Festival Overture...
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]; Nishizaki, Takako; Nolan, David
Conductors: Clark, Keith; Bátiz, Enrique; Bramall, Anthony; Anichanov, André; Johanos, Donald
Ensemble: ; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava

Romantic Violin Favourites / Takako Nishizaki, Wolf Harden

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1988-06-30

Works: Franz Schubert: Rosamunde Incidental Music, Op. 26; Georges Bizet: L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra no 1; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Golden Cockerel; Sadko; Scheherazade; George Frederick Handel...
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]; Nishizaki, Takako