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ID: RCD30012
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Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano
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Promo Trailer SCRIABIN, A:
F-Sharp Tonalities: A Bridge Between Worlds
Nestled within the circle of fifths, F-Sharp Major and F-Sharp Minor occupy a unique geographical and symbolic position. Starting from the diatonic clarity of C Major, F-Sharp emerges as a point of chromatic richness-a tonal world that bridges the simplicity of familiar harmonies and the intricate complexity of less conventional ones. This placement symbolizes a journey: a departure from the center of tonal gravity into realms that challenge and expand our perceptions. In this sense, F-Sharp Major and minor embody transitions, thresholds where opposites converge-human and divine, earthly struggle and celestial resolution. These tonalities are not mere abstractions but reflections of life's dualities-pain and joy, despair and redemption.In this album, these tonalities guide listeners through an interwoven journey of human emotion and spiritual exploration. Beethoven and Schumann anchor the narrative with their explorations of passion, vulnerability, and triumph, embodying the deeply personal struggles of existence. Bach and Scriabin, in turn, transcend the earthly, inviting us to experience the sublime-whether through the meditative intensity of Bach’s Toccata or the rapturous ascension of Scriabin’s Sonata No. 4. Together, they illustrate the profound symbolism of F-Sharp tonalities: a bridge between diatonic clarity and chromatic wonder, simplicity and complexity, humanity and the infinite.
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ID: RCD13111
CDs: 1
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano
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ID: RCD13113
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Collection: Instrumental
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ID: RCD30015
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano
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This album presents works by two great Romantic composers - Schumann and Scriabin - from different centuries but united by the depth and intensity of their musical expression. Schumann represents the mature stage of Romanticism, while Scriabin takes it to its ecstatic, visionary limits on the threshold of the twentieth century.
Their music is not merely aesthetic; it is a form of spiritual service. To bring their works together in a single program allows us to hear anew the vast emotional and philosophical range of Romanticism - from Schumann’s lyrical idealism to Scriabin’s mystical exaltation.
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ID: RCD13114
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano
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ID: RCD16078
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano
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ID: RCD30011
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Scriabin and Rachmaninov - Two Poles of the Russian Silver Age
They were contemporaries and friends, yet their musical languages are two entirely different universes. Rachmaninov remained faithful to classical forms, a rich pianistic texture, and sweeping lyricism, while Scriabin from the very beginning sought a path inward - through the subtlest inflection, the finest gradations of half-tones, and the very breath of silence. The miniatures of early Scriabin, especially the preludes inspired by Chopin and Schumann, are filled with intimate, fragile poetry.
And yet, despite their differences, the music of Rachmaninov and Scriabin is united by the spirit of late Romanticism, by the longing for a departing era, and by the sense of ultimate expressiveness.
For pianist and composer Alexey Chernov, this program is not merely a meeting with two great names, but a personal dialogue with archetypes. He appears not so much as a performer but as an interpreter, building his own path between these worlds - from the preludes to the great sonata, and finally to a “meta-transcription,” in which the Romantic past becomes a memory.
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ID: TPDVD161
CDs: 1
Type: DVD
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Collection: Documentary
Subcollection: Piano
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Language: English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
Screen (Picture) Format: 16:9
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: United States Dist
DVD Release Date: May 4, 2010
Run Time: 58 minutes
This DVD of a specially recorded recital features the beautiful young Russian pianist, Valentina Igoshina performing much of the music contained in Tony Palmer’s classic film: The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka - The Mystery of Chopin.
Igoshina is an internationally acclaimed pianist who is best known for her interpretations of Chopin and Rachmaninoff. She has appeared as a soloist with many famous orchestras including the Royal Concertegebouw Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra and The Hallé.
In an article in Gramophone (September, 2008) "Chopin Reprogrammed and a Vital Young Russian Relishes the Task," Bryce Morrison said “she relishes every aspect of Chopin's enchanting urbanity, his alternating exuberance and introspection, his light and shade." Her recording “Chopin: Complete Waltzes” was chosen by Classic FM magazine as its November 2008 ‘Disc of the Month’. |
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ID: TPDVD160
CDs: 1
Type: DVD
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Subcollection: Biography Movie
Format: DVD, NTSC
Color mode: Colour and Black and White
Language: English, German Voice Over
Subtitles: German, Spanish, English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
Screen (Picture) Format: 16:9
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Video: Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Number of discs: 1
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: United States Dist
DVD Release Date: May 4, 2010
Run Time: 109 minutes
Performance Credits
Paul Rhys (Films)(Biography) -Chopin
Penelope Wilton (Films)(Biography) - Delfina/Paulina
John Shrapnel (Films) - Iwaszkiewic
Corin Redgrave (Films)(Biography) - Actor
Terence Rigby - Sydow
Patricia Quinn - George Sand
John Fortune -Actor
John Bird - Actor
Peter Woodthorpe - Actor
Michael Gough -Actor
Vernon Dobtcheff - Actor
Technical Credits
Tony Palmer - Director, Editor
Michela Antonello - Producer Writers
Rob Ayling - Executive Producer
Clive Barda -Cinematographer
David Forrest - Executive Producer
Reissue of director Tony Palmer’s 1999 feature film.
In 1945, the new Polish Government asked for the heart of Chopin previously buried in Paris. A woman called Paulina Czernika approached the Polish Government claiming to have some love letters from the composer to her greatgrandmother, the Countess Delfina Potocka. Eventually alarmed, the Ministry began a witch-hunt against Madame Czernika - Delfina Potocka was the only woman to whom Chopin had dedicated any music - these letters were said to be pornographic, anti-Semitic and thoroughly damaging to the image of the composer as a Polish hero. Czernika ‘committed suicide’ on 17th October 1949, 100 years to the day after the death of Chopin - or was she murdered, and if so, why? Were the letters in fact forgeries? And what was the truth about Delfina Potocka?
Tony Palmer’s dramatised film tells the story of Czernika Potocka, probing a veritable mystery in a series of parallel scenes from 1945 and 1845. New light is shed on Chopin himself, not least in the interpretation of the music brought to life miraculously by the beautiful young Russian pianist, Valentina Igoshina. |
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ID: SIGDVD012
CDs: 1
Type: DVD
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano
The second release from his new own-label Instrumental Records, the inimitable James Rhodes performs live in an intimate concert recorded live at the Arts Theatre, London.
Caution: Explicit Language
Bach, J S:
Keyboard Concerto in D minor (after Marcello), BWV974: Adagio
Chopin:
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 (Finale)
Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31
Grieg:
In the Hall of the Mountain King (from Peer Gynt)
Grieg/Ginsburg
Liszt:
Widmung S566 after Schumann (Liebeslied)
Moore, Dudley:
Beethoven Parody 'And the same to you'
Prokofiev:
Montagues And Capulets (from Romeo and Juliet)
Rachmaninov:
Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C sharp minor
Étude-Tableau, Op. 39 No. 5 in E flat minor
Sgambati:
Melodie from Gluck's 'Orfeo ed Euridice'
James Rhodes (piano)
This is a DVD video. It can be played only on a DVD video player.
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It is for region 0, meaning that it should be playable anywhere in the world.
Format:
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Language: English
Presentation: Color
Screen Format: 16:9
DVD Format: DVD9
Time: 87m 31sec |
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