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ID: MELCD1002274
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Pianist and Composer
Subcollection: Piano
“There’s hardly another composer who would take a more solitary place in the family of Russian musicians” wrote Medtner’s contemporary and music critic Vyacheslav Karatygin.
Medtner was born to a family of intellectuals of German descent who had long before settled in Russia. Even after three decades of emigration, he remained an essentially Russian musician till the end of his days. If Medtner’s music could not boast a great number of followers, it irrepressibly attracted such deep and subtle, though very different, artists as Rachmaninov and Myaskovsky.
Medtner’s music organically combined traditions of German and Russian music. Along with Rachmaninov and Scriabin, Medtner was an outstanding interpreter of his own works and one of those who started a new era of Russian piano music.
According to the prominent musician, pianist and thinker Heinrich Neuhaus, Medtner as a pianist “won himself an unfading glory… I couldn’t help feeling that it wasn’t just a marvelous pianist playing but a great musician, excellent composer, that his thought and ear had a total control of his fingers and his phenomenal virtuosity, and that it was an inspired pianism”.
This second volume of the anthology includes three Medtner’s piano concertos recorded in the 1940s in London (the second and third ones were conducted by Issay Dobrowen, one of the renowned representatives of Russian musical emigration). The set also features one of the most original of the composer’s works - Sonata-Ballade, Op.27.
Medtner:
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 33
Philharmonia Orchestra, George Weldon
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 50
Philharmonia Orchestra, Issay Dobrowen
Piano Concerto No. 3 in E minor, Op. 60 'Ballade'
Philharmonia Orchestra, Issay Dobrowen
Sonata-Ballada in F sharp major, Op. 27
Nikolai Medtner (piano) |
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ID: MELCD1002381
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano
CD1: Record: 1974
CD2: Record 1979 |
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ID: UP0071
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Chamber Music
Subcollection: Piano
CD1 and CD2: Jan Jirasky, piano
CD1:
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Sevcik, Jiri, flute
Houdek, Jiri, trumpet
Vajo, Marek, trumpet
Penk, Stanislav, trombone
Frid, Petr, trombone
Cermak, Pavel, trombone
Naus, Jiri, tuba
Lubomir Matl, conductor
(5-8)
Spilka, Vit, clarinet
Novozamsky, Roman, bassoon
Petras, Jindrich, horn
Wallinger, Pavel, violin
Vasta, Jan, violin
Kovar, Miroslav, viola |
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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.
Region:
It is for region 0, meaning that it should be playable anywhere in the world.
Format:
Please ensure that both your DVD player and your TV are compatible. (Recent equipment is likely to support multiple standards but, if in doubt, consult the manual or your dealer.)
Language: English
Presentation: Color
Screen Format: 16:9
DVD Format: DVD9
Time: 87m 31sec |
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ID: SIGDVD010
CDs: 1
Type: DVD
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Collection: Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano
Prelude in E Minor
Bach, J S:
French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV816
Beethoven:
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 'Waldstein'
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
Blumenfeld:
Etude for the left hand, Op. 36
Busoni:
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major (Bach BWV 564)
Chopin:
Étude Op. 25 No. 12 in C minor
Prelude Op. 28 No. 4 in E minor
Fantasia in F minor, Op. 49
Debussy:
Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque)
Grieg:
In the Hall of the Mountain King (from Peer Gynt)
Grieg/Ginsberg
Moszkowski:
Etincelles
Rachmaninov:
Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C sharp minor
Ravel:
Le Tombeau de Couperin: Toccata
James Rhodes (piano)
With childhood abuse, drug addiction and suicide attempts behind him, James is not your typical concert pianist but with his passion and rock-star aura, he is bringing new audiences to classical piano. In 'Piano Man', James plays the music of his favourite composers, including Bach, Beethoven and Chopin, many of whom had, like James, troubled lives. In this highly personal collection, James explains how they’ve given him solace in his darkest moments and why we should all be listening. With stunning solo piano performances and witty insight into these lives 'Piano Man' is an exciting and radical new approach.
This is a DVD video. It can be played only on a DVD video player.
Region:
It is for region 0, meaning that it should be playable anywhere in the world.
Format:
The disc is recorded in NTSC format, used in the USA, Canada, Japan, Central America, parts of the Caribbean and parts of South America.
Menu screens: English
Colour mode: Colour
Screen Format: 16:9
DVD Format: DVD9
Duration: 200 minutes
Please ensure that both your DVD player and your TV are compatible. (Recent equipment is likely to support multiple standards but, if in doubt, consult the manual or your dealer.) |
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ID: ERP3610
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Baroque
Subcollection: Piano
2010 marks the 325th anniversary of the birth of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) and nearly 290 years since Bach completed his collection of preludes and fugues written in all 24 keys, with the title page bearing a calligraphic inscription in his own hand: “The Well-Tempered Clavier or Preludes and Fugues through all the tones and semitones including those with a major third or Ut Re Mi as well as those with a minor third or Re Mi Fa. For the needs and use of musical youth, as well as those already experienced in this study for the passing of time, composed and prepared by Johann Sebastian Bach at present Kapellmeister to His Serene Highness the Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, and director of His Chamber Music. Anno 1722.” |
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ID: MKM120
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Great Performers
Subcollection: Piano
* Andrei Gavrilov, piano
Recorded live in 1982 |
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