Votapek, Ralph

20th Century Masterpieces, Vol. 2. Albéniz: Iberia; Ravel: La Valse; Griffes: Piano Sonata; Kapustin / Ralph Votapek, piano

1 CD / Blue Griffin / 2012-11-13

Works: Isaac Albéniz: Iberia Suite, Book 1; Maurice Ravel: La valse; Charles Tomlinson Griffes: Piano Sonata, A. 85; Nikolai Kapustin: Jazz Concerto Etude no 6, Pastorale for piano, Op. 40/6; Impromptu...
Performers: Votapek, Ralph

A Gershwin Collection from Decca

7 CD / Decca / 2011-04-19

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Lullaby, for string quartet; An American in Paris; Cuban Overture; Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra no 2 "Rhapsody in Rivets"; Girl Crazy; Oh, Kay!; Funny Face; Let...
Performers: Austin, Patti; Austin, Patty; Boatwright, McHenry; Brown, William; Buck, John; Clemmons, Frarncois; Conrad, Barbara [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Deane, Christopher; Floyd, Alpha; Hagan, Samuel; Hendricks, ...
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo; Fiedler, Arthur; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Herrmann, Bernard; Dorati, Antal; Mauceri, John; Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: ; London Festival Ensemble

An unparalleled collection of many of Gershwin's most popular pieces from Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris to a collection of songs and...continue...

Schubert: Last Sonatas / Votapek

1 CD / Blue Griffin / 2010-12-14

Works: Franz Schubert: Sonata for Piano in A major, D 959; Sonata for Piano in B flat major, D 960
Performers: Votapek, Ralph

Ralph Votapek, an acclaimed pianist, winner of the prestigious Naumburg Award and the Gold Medalist of the first Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, performs Schubert’s...continue...
Recording information: Blue Griffin's Studio The Ballroom (03/10/2010-03/11/2010)....continue...

Ultimate Classical Masterpieces Collection: Piano Masterpieces

3 CD / Time Life Music / 2010-09-28

Works: Franz Schubert: Moments Musicaux, Op. 94/5 in F Minor; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C Major; Sonata in A Major, K. 331; Minuet for Piano in D major, K 355 (576b); Johann Sebas...
Performers: Ardasev, Igor [Piano]; Bachauer, Gina; Blumenthal, Daniel; Browning, John [Piano]; Dalton, Larry; De Salvo, Jodie; Engel, Karl; Firkusny, Rudolf; Lympany, Moura; Rösel, Peter; Santos, Joao Paulo...
Conductors: Hammerstein, Eric; Kempe, Rudolf; Fistoulari, Anatole; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Horenstein, Jascha; Stanger, Russell; Gerhardt, Charles; Freccia, Massimo; Dorati, Antal

Ultimate Classical Masterpieces Collection: Classical Masterpieces

3 CD / Time Life Music / 2010-09-28

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 2; Cantata BWV 147; Italian Concerto, BWV 971; Work(s); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Andante for Flute and Orchestra in C major, K 315 (285e); Gigue for Keyboar...
Performers: Ardasev, Igor [Piano]; Avaliani, Irakly; Beckett, Edward; Blumenthal, Daniel; Farley, Bob; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Haselböck, Martin; Protopopescu, Dana; Reeves, Michael; Steiner, Christian [Photogra...
Conductors: Hammerstein, Eric; Gerhardt, Charles; ; McCarthy, John; Krips, Josef; Gamley, Douglas; Vlcek, Oldrich; Horenstein, Jascha; Boult, Adrian; Ingman, Nick; Slatkin, Leonard; Leibowitz, René; Reine...
Ensemble: ; Vienna Flautists

Van Cliburn Competition Retrospective Series Vol 4

1 CD / Video Artists International / 2008-08-26

Works: Edward MacDowell: Sonata for Piano no 2 in G minor ("Eroica"), Op. 50; Sonata for Piano no 3 in D minor ("Norse"), Op. 57; Johannes Brahms: Pieces (6) for Piano, Op. 118; Aaron Copland: Sonata for Pi...
Performers: Lupu, Radu; Petrov, Nikolai [Piano]; Votapek, Ralph
Conductors: Rachlin, Ezra

Beethoven: Complete Sonatas and Variations for Cello and Piano / Bagratuni, Votapek

2 CD / Blue Griffin / 2008-08-12

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations (12) for Cello and Piano in G major on a Theme by Handel, WoO 45; Variations (7) for Cello and Piano on Mozart's "Bei Männern", WoO 46; Sonata for Cello and Pian...
Performers: Bagratuni, Suren; Votapek, Ralph

Suren Bagratuni was the winner of the silver medal at the 1986 International Tchaikovsky Competition while still a student at the Moscow Conservatory. He has...continue...

From Mozart to Piazzolla / The Votapeks

1 CD / Blue Griffin / 2008-03-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for 2 Pianos in D major, K 448 (375a); Franz Schubert: Fantasy for Piano 4 hands in F minor, D 940/Op. 103; Claude Debussy: Danses sacrée et profane, for chroma...
Performers: Votapek, Albertine; Votapek, Ralph
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Ensemble: Votapek Piano Duo

This is the first commercial CD of the virtuoso husband-and-wife piano duo, Ralph and Albertine Votapek. The two pianists met at the Juilliard School of...continue...

Votapek plays Gershwin - Original Works and Transcrptions

1 CD / Blue Griffin / 2008-01-01

Works: George Gershwin: Walking the Dog, promenade for piano or orchestra (arrangement from film "Shall We Dance"); Funny Face; Preludes (3) for piano; Earl Wild: Grand Fantasy on Porgy and Bess, for piano ...
Performers: Votapek, Ralph

Born in Milwaukee, Ralph Votapek began his musical education at nine when he enrolled in the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. He also attended the Manhattan...continue...

Gold Fingers / Feghali, Viardo, Votapek, De Grote

1 CD / Video Artists International / 2004-07-06

Works: Moritz Moszkowski: Valse brillante, for piano in A flat major, MoszWV 65; Franz Schubert: Marches Militaires (3) for piano, 4 hands, D. 733 (Op. 51); Witold Lutoslawski: Variations on a theme of Paga...
Performers: Feghali, Jose; Groot, Steven de; Viardo, Vladimir; Votapek, Ralph

Debussy: Preludes Books 1 & 2 / Ralph Votapek

1 CD / Ivory Classics / 2004-04-06

Works: Claude Debussy: Préludes, Book 1; Préludes, Book 2
Performers: Votapek, Ralph

Ivory Classics 5th Anniversary - Turina, Chopin, et al

1 CD / Ivory Classics / 2002-11-19

Works: Joaquín Turina: Rapsodia sinfónica, for piano & orchestra, Op. 66; Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka for piano no 13 in A minor, Op. 17/4, CT. 63; Waltz for piano no 8 in A flat major, Op....
Performers: Cherkassky, Shura; Korevaar, David; Lympany, Moura; Paderewski, Ignace Jan; Reisenberg, Nadia; Schein, Ann; Slenczynska, Ruth; Votapek, Ralph; Wild, Earl [Piano]; Wong, Albert
Conductors: Freccia, Massimo; Fiedler, Arthur
Ensemble: ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Granados: Goyescas; Falla: Pieces Espagnoles / Votapek

1 CD / Ivory Classics / 2001-11-20

Works: Enriqué Granados: Goyescas for Piano, Op. 11; Manuel de Falla: Piezas Españolas (4) for Piano
Performers: Votapek, Ralph

Ralph Votapek came to world prominence when he won the Gold Medal at the first Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 1962. Mr. Votapek has...continue...

American Landscape / Richard Sherman, Ralph Votapek

1 CD / Summit Records / 2000-06-13

Works: William Wallace: Toccata in Ten (homage to Prokofiev), for flute & piano; Aaron Copland: Sonata for flute & piano (arr. of Sonata for Violin & Piano); James Willey: Duo for flute & piano; Kent Kennan...
Performers: Sherman, Richard; Votapek, Ralph

Diamond: Piano Trio, Piano Quartet, etc / Notre Dame Trio

1 CD / Centaur / 2000-03-15

Works: David Diamond: Trio for violin, cello & piano; Quartet for Piano and String Trio; Trio for violin, viola & cello in G major
Performers: Notre Dame String Trio; Votapek, Ralph

"...passionate, expansive, vital music from the vintage years of the American Century, played with confidence and flair by pianist Ralph Votapek and the Notre Dame...continue...

Flute Sonatas / Richard Sherman, Ralph Votapek

1 CD / Summit Records / 1999-04-20

Works: Germaine Tailleferre: Sonata for violin & piano no 2 (arrangement of Violin Concerto); Forlane, for flute & piano; Francis Poulenc: Work(s); Alexandre Tansman: Sonatine, for flute & piano; Jindrich F...
Performers: Sherman, Richard; Sherman, Richard M.; Votapek, Ralph

The Making of a Medium Vol 6 - Diamond, et al / Verdehr Trio

1 CD / Crystal Records / 1997-12-18

Works: Peter Sculthorpe: Night-Song, for string orchestra; From Nourlangie; David Diamond: Sonata for violin & piano no 2; Trio for violin, clarinet & piano; John Corigliano: Sonata for violin & piano
Performers: Kirkpatrick, Gary; Ludewig-Verdehr, Elsa; Verdehr, Walter; Votapek, Ralph
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Ensemble: Verdehr Trio

"The Verdehr Trio of clarinet, violin, and piano has been releasing a series of discs over the past few years that feature the admirably wide...continue...