Chopin: Piano Sonata No.2/Ravel: Gaspard De La Nuit [Import]

Track Listings

1. Grave - Doppio Movimento / Fredric Chopin ( 1810-1849 )

2. Scherzo / Fredric Chopin ( 1810-1849 )

3. Marche Funebre: Lento - :Attacca / Fredric Chopin ( 1810-1849 )

4. Finale: Presto / Fredric Chopin ( 1810-1849 )

5. Ondine: Lent / Maurice Ravel ( 1875 - 1937 )

6. Le Gilbert: Tres Lent / Maurice Ravel ( 1875 - 1937 )

7. Scarbo: Modere / Maurice Ravel ( 1875 - 1937 )

8. Allegro Moderato / Serge Prokofiev ( 1891 - 1935 )

9. Allegretto / Serge Prokofiev ( 1891 - 1935 )

10. Tempo Di Valzer Lentissimo / Serge Prokofiev ( 1891 - 1935 )

11. Vivace / Serge Prokofiev ( 1891 - 1935 )

Chopin: Piano Sonata No.2/Ravel: Gaspard De La Nuit, Music, Ivo Pogorelich, Fryderyk Chopin, Classical

Chopin: Piano Sonata No.2; Ravel: Gaspard De La Nuit; Prokoviev: Piano Sonata no. 6 [Germany]
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i did not buy this for the chopin... but

Extraordinary Pianism.

Meeting of Two Geniuses

The finest Prokofiev 6th

Freaky brilliance

Chopin: Piano Sonata No.2; Ravel: Gaspard De La Nuit; Prokoviev: Piano Sonata no. 6 [Germany]
Ivo Pogorelich
Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
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ASIN: B00006L76R
Release Date: 2002-10-23

Tracks:

Grave - Doppio Movimento / Fredric Chopin ( 1810-1849 )
Scherzo / Fredric Chopin ( 1810-1849 )
Marche Funebre: Lento - :Attacca / Fredric Chopin ( 1810-1849 )
Finale: Presto / Fredric Chopin ( 1810-1849 )
Ondine: Lent / Maurice Ravel ( 1875 - 1937 )
Le Gilbert: Tres Lent / Maurice Ravel ( 1875 - 1937 )
Scarbo: Modere / Maurice Ravel ( 1875 - 1937 )
Allegro Moderato / Serge Prokofiev ( 1891 - 1935 )
Allegretto / Serge Prokofiev ( 1891 - 1935 )
Tempo Di Valzer Lentissimo / Serge Prokofiev ( 1891 - 1935 )
Vivace / Serge Prokofiev ( 1891 - 1935 )

Customer Reviews:

i did not buy this for the chopin... but.......2006-10-30

the chopin on this disc is the most exciting piano playing i've heard in years.
i bought this cd for the ravel and prokofiev, since i heard many people say derogatory things about pogorelich's recording of chopin's second sonata.
jesus. that was the most imaginative, electrifying second sonata i've heard to date. better than pollini's, and even rubinstein's and vasary's.
believe me, this cd will make you a hard core fan of pogorelich. sheesh. along with perahia, this pianist is on the top of my favorite-living-pianists list!

Extraordinary Pianism........2006-09-20

This recording, already superb when originally issued with the Ravel and Prokfiev, has been made near perfect by the addition of the Chopin sonata, and DG remastering.As for the programming, listen to the Prokofiev and then the Chopin, and decide who sounds more radical. The B-flat minor sonata is a Chopin warhorse given an exciting, wild treatment by the pianist. Very refreshing, and the fireworks continue with the Ravel. These may be the finest recorded versions of the 3 pieces that constitute 'Gaspard de la Nuit'. The Prokofiev sonata is exhilarating music, both brutal and poetic. Pogorelich is an extraordinary musician,and this is a landmark recording. You pay more because the disc is an import, but don't hesitate!

Meeting of Two Geniuses.......2005-11-05

If you've ever seen the sappy biopic w/Alan Alda's father playing George Gershwin, one of the funny scenes in it is the meeting of Gershwin and Ravel. The two take turns running themselves down. They really had a lot in common, underachievers (for different reasons) who still produced pieces of insane genius. Ravel, apparently, in an existential act of self-erasure, said at the end of his life that he produced only one masterpiece and that was an act of mere orchestration (Bolero). Well, in my humble opinion, Gaspard is one of the truly great masterpieces for the solo piano from any period. This performance is, I agree with the other reviewer, freaky in its brilliance. I can't remember the name of the pianist that Ravel composed this for, but he was insistent that the second movement, with it's bell tolling, honor the hypnotic repetition, but apparently, the pianist thought that would put the audience to sleep so he varied it and they never spoke again.) This makes this piece perfect for Pogorelich who has an incredible ability to mix the hypnotic with the dazzling technical brilliance; this piece makes an amazing showcase.

The finest Prokofiev 6th.......2004-11-15

I'm surprised at the relatively low ratings given by other reviewers. This recording edges out several by Sviatoslav Richter as the finest performance on record of Prokofiev's epic 6th Sonata. Pogorelich brings amazing excitement to the unique simultaneously-A-major-and-minor first movement, and great delicacy to the quiet passages throughout. The rush to the conclusion of the 4th movement rondo is like rushing water. This, along with the 5th Symphony, War and Peace, and the 8th sonata, may be Prokofiev's finest work, and deserves to be much better known. Pogorelich's Ravel is nearly as well done. I agree with Argerich's famous evaluation of this pianist: "a genius!"

Freaky brilliance.......2004-04-11

I'll grant that the interpretations on this album aren't standard fare. It is even deeply eccentric. But this is fantastic stuff.

The Gaspard is in a league of its own. It is not that the interpretation is much better than others available - such as Argerich, François or Michelangeli - but the interpretations are otherworldly. I think this is the Scarbo which is most likely to give you nightmares (appropriate, given the nature of the piece).

Tracks:

Erik Satie: Gymnopidie No.1 - Lent et douloureux
Franz Liszt: Rjve D'Amour No. 3 in A-flat major
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Ludwig van Beethoven: : Sonata No.14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 Moonlight - I. Adagio sestenuto
Robert Schumann: : Fantaisie in C major, Op. 17 III. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten
Sergei Rachmaninov: Eligie in E-flat minor, Op. 3 No.1
Paderewski: Nocturne in B flat, Op. 16 No. 4
Erik Satie: Gnossienne No.1
Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante difunte
George Gershwin: Prelude No. 2
George Gershwin: Love Walked In

Tracks:

Claude Debussy: Clair de lune (from Suite Bergamasque)
Edvard Grieg: Notturno in C major (Pihces lyriques, Op. 54 No. 4)
Alexander Scriabin: Prilude in F-sharp minor, Op. 11 No. 8
Frederic Chopin: Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48 No.1
Frederic Chopin: Nocturne in C-sharp minor
Franz Liszt: Au lac de Wallenstadt (Annis de phlerinage, I. La Suisse)
Claude Debussy: La soiree dans Grenade
Artur Rubinstein: Melody In F
Maurice Ravel: Ondine (from Gaspardde la nuit)
Francis Poulenc: Improvisations in C minor, FP 176 No.15- Hommage A Edith Piaf
Sergei Rachmaninov: Prelude in F- sharp minor, Op. 23
Gabrilovich: Melodie in F
Leos Janacek: On the Overgrown Path
Samuel Barber: Sonate Op. 26 - III. Adagio mesto
Roger Quilter: The Crimson Petal
Henri Dutilleux: D'ombre et de silence (from 3 Preludes)

Customer Reviews:

Piano/Dreams.......2003-02-24

I love this cd so much I been play in my store all time and so many customers come up to ask what's cd are we playing and where to get it, i give them all information I know. we love it.

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The sublime poet!
Scary good
A great pianist
Samson Francois deserves to be known better

Samson François

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Impromptus: No.1 In A Flat, Op.29
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Piano Sonata No.2 In B Flat Minor, Op.35: Marche funubre. Lento
Piano Sonata No.2 In B Flat Minor, Op.35: Finale. Presto
Waltzes: In G Flat, Op.70 No.1
Waltzes: In E Flat, Op.18 'Grande Valse brillante'
Waltzes: in D Flat, Op.70 No.3
Waltzes: In C Sharp Minor, Op.64 No.2
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Suite bargamasque: Clair de lune
L'isle joyeuse
Pour le piano. Suite: Prelude
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Toccata, Op.11
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Customer Reviews:

The sublime poet!.......2005-05-13

Samson Francois, the eminent disciple of Alfred Cortot, always got around the extensive repertoire of concert and concentrated all his imaginative playing, idiosyncratic rapture and sublime expressiveness in the romantic genre, but avoiding in every moment to express romantically. It may be sound ironic but that was his approach along his brief existence. Born in 1924 and pitifully died in 1970, Francois gave us aristocratic readings of Chopin, Ravel, Debussy and Prokoviev.
But besides Francois was a consummate jazz player and good pool player.
This album is a remarkable selection of his relatively brief discography. The time has proved slowly the terrible fact caused by his premature departure.
Don't doubt just any second. Go for this piano colossus.

Scary good.......2004-12-16

Everything is simply amazing on this CD. Even the Chopin played at the seemingly ill-advised speed of light sounds marvelous. I can't say enough good things about the playing of Samson Francois; as soon as his complete recordings of Ravel are available in the US, I'll be buying it. You should, too.

A great pianist.......2001-02-04

There are many great musicians and it is difficult to say why one prefers one to another. The reason may be that certain performers embue their work with a unique personality that carries an immediate appeal. Samson Francois was such a performer. His was an original mind interpreting, exploring, playing with the music. He was often accused of waywardness and eccentricity. But in the studio he was intelligent and poetic in the best French sense. Indeed, he was at his best playing French music, Debussy and Ravel especially. His Chopin is also excellent. He deserves to be much better known.

Samson Francois deserves to be known better.......2000-01-13

While recordings of Francois are very popular in some countries (France, Taiwan, Japan...), most of them are not available in the United States and only appeare occasionally in megastores as "imports." This is very sad because he's one of the absolutely greatest pianists in the 20th century. His Chopin recordings are classics, needless to say, but so are his Ravel, Debussy, Prokofiev, Schumann, Faure, Mozart, Scriabin, Liszt, Bach... Indeed, his playing is always special. Few pianists have more originality, imagination, or personality.

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Capriccio
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Fifty Years of Hungaroton: Pianists

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An Evening In Transylvania - Peter Frankl
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Bagatelle In E Flat Major, Op.126 No.6 - Mihaly Bacher
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La Plus Que Lente - Erzsebet Tusa
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Superb Schumann, etc.
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Fant De Conc Sur Des Motifs Del L'Opera `Carmen' Op.25: Intro: Allegro Moderato - Anne-Sophie Mutter
Fant De Conc Sur Des Motifs Del L'Opera `Carmen' Op.25: I. Moderato - Anne-Sophie Mutter
Fant De Conc Sur Des Motifs Del L'Opera `Carmen' Op.25: II. Lento Assai - Anne-Sophie Mutter
Fant De Conc Sur Des Motifs Del L'Opera `Carmen' Op.25: III. Allegro Moderato - Anne-Sophie Mutter
Fant De Conc Sur Des Motifs Del L'Opera `Carmen' Op.25: IV. Moderato - Anne-Sophie Mutter

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Vn Con in D Op.35: 1. Allegro Moderato - Gidon Kremer
Vn Con in D Op.35: 2. Canzonetta: Andante - Attaca: - Gidon Kremer
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Ser Melancolique in b flat Op. 26 - Gidon Kremer
Con in d: 1. Allegro - Gidon Kremer/Martha Argerich
Con in d: 2. Adagio - Gidon Kremer/Martha Argerich
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Sym Espagnole Op.21: 1. Allegro Non Troppo - Daniel Barenboim/Itzhak Perlman
Sym Espagnole Op.21: 2. Scherzando: Allegro Molto - Daniel Barenboim/Itzhak Perlman
Sym Espagnole Op.21: 3. Intermezzo: Allegretto Non Troppo - Daniel Barenboim/Itzhak Perlman
Sym Espagnole Op.21: 4. Andante - Daniel Barenboim/Itzhak Perlman
Sym Espagnole Op.21: 5. Rondo: Allegro Non Troppo - Daniel Barenboim/Itzhak Perlman
Sym No.3 in c Op.78 'Organ Sym': 1. Adagio - Allegro Moderato - Poco Adagio - Daniel Barenboim/Gaston Litaize
Sym No.3 in c Op.78 'Organ Sym': 2. Allegro Moderato - Presto - - Daniel Barenboim/Gaston Litaize
Sym No.3 in c Op.78 'Organ Sym': 2. Maestoso - Allegro - Daniel Barenboim/Gaston Litaize
Conc Paraphrase On The Qrt From Giuseppe Verdi's Opr `Rigoletto': Preludio: Allegro - Andante... - Daniel Barenboim

Tracks:

Pno Son No.2 in b flat, Op.35: 1. Grave - Doppio Movimento - Ivo Pogorelich
Pno Son No.2 in b flat, Op.35: 2. Scherzo - Ivo Pogorelich
Pno Son No.2 in b flat, Op.35: 3. Marche Funebre: Lento - Attaca: - Ivo Pogorelich
Pno Son No.2 in b flat, Op.35: 4. Finale: Presto - Ivo Pogorelich
Gaspard De La Nuit: 1. Ondine: Lent - Ivo Pogorelich
Gaspard De La Nuit: 2. Le Gibet: Tres Lent - Ivo Pogorelich
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Falstaff: Act I, Part Two: 'Alice'/'Meg'/'Nannetta' - Brenda Boozer/Katia Ricciarelli/Lucia Valentini Terrani/Barbara Hendricks
Falstaff: Act I, Part Two: 'Fulgida Alice!' - 'Quell'otre! Quel Tino!' - Brenda Boozer/Katia Ricciarelli/Lucia Valentini Terrani/Barbara Hendricks/Michael Sells...
Falstaff: Act I, Part Two: 'In Due Parole: L'enorme Falstaff Vuole' - William Wildermann/Michael Sells/Leo Nucci/Francis Egerton/Dalmacio Gonzalez/Barbara Hendricks...
Falstaff: Act I, Part Two: 'Pst, Pst, Nannetta'/'Labbra Di Foco!' - Dalmacio Gonzalez/Barbara Hendricks/Katia Ricciarelli/Brenda Boozer/Lucia Valentini Terrani
Falstaff: Act I, Part Two: 'Udrai Quanta Egli Sfoggia' - Francis Egerton/Leo Nucci/William Wildermann/Michael Sells/Dalmacio Gonzalez...
Falstaff: Act II, Part One: 'Siam Pentiti E Contriti' - 'Reverenza!' - Francis Egerton/William Wildermann/Renato Bruson/Lucia Valentini Terrani
Falstaff: Act II, Part One: 'Alice E Mia!...Va', Vecchio John' - Renato Bruson/Francis Egerton
Falstaff: Act II, Part One: 'Signore, V'Assista Il Cielo!' - Leo Nucci/Renato Bruson/Francis Egerton/William Wildermann
Falstaff: Act II, Part One: 'C'e A Windor Una Dama' - Leo Nucci/Renato Bruson
Falstaff: Act II, Part One: 'E Segno? O Realta' - Leo Nucci/Renato Bruson

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Falstaff: Act II, Part Two: 'Gaie Comari Di Windsor!' - Katia Ricciarelli/Brenda Boozer/Lucia Valentini Terrani/Barbara Hendricks
Falstaff: Act II, Part Two: 'Alfin T'ho Colto, Raggiante Fior' - Renato Bruson/Katia Ricciarelli
Falstaff: Act II, Part Two: 'Quand'ero Paggio' - Renato Bruson/Katia Ricciarelli/Lucia Valentini Terrani
Falstaff: Act II, Part Two: 'Mia Signora!' - Lucia Valentini Terrani/Renato Bruson/Katia Ricciarelli/Brenda Boozer/Leo Nucci...
Falstaff: Act II, Part Two: 'Vien Qua, Che Chiasso!' - Barbara Hendricks/Dalmacio Gonzalez/Michael Sells/Leo Nucci/William Wilderman/Francis Egerton
Falstaff: Act II, Part Two: 'C'e, C'e, Se T'Agguanto! Se Ti Piglio!' - Leo Nucci/Michael Sells/Lucia Valentini Terrani/Brenda Boozer/Francis Egerton/William Wildermann...
Falstaff: Act III, Part 1: 'Ehi! Taverniere!' - 'Mondo Ladro' - Renato Bruson
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Falstaff: Act III, Part 1: 'Brava. Quelle Corna Saranno La Mia Gioia!' - Leo Nucci/Katia Ricciarelli/Brenda Boozer/Dalmacio Gonzalez/Barbara Hendricks/Michael Sells...
Falstaff: Act III, Part 2: 'Dal Labbro Il Canto Estasiato Vola' - Dalmacio Gonzalez/Barbara Hendricks/Katia Ricciarelli/Lucia Valentini Terrani/Brenda Boozer
Falstaff: Act III, Part 2: 'Una, Due, Tre, Quatro' - Renato Bruson/Katia Ricciarelli/Brenda Boozer
Falstaff: Act III, Part 2: 'Ninfe! Elfi! Silfi!' - 'Sul Fil D'un Soffio Etesio' - Barbara Hendricks/Los Angeles Master Chorale/Roger Wagner/Renato Bruson/Katia Ricciarelli
Falstaff: Act III, Part 2: 'Alto La!' - 'Pizzica, Pizzica' - Francis Egerton/William Wildermann/Renato Bruson/Lucia Valentini Terrani/Katia Ricciarelli...
Falstaff: Act III, Part 2: 'Ogni Sorta Di Gente Dozzinale' - Renato Bruson/Katia Ricciarelli/Brenda Boozer/Lucia Valentini Terrani/Leo Nucci/Michael Sells...
Falstaff: Act III, Part 2: 'Facciamo Il Parentado' - 'Tutto Nel Mondo E Burla' - Leo Nucci/Katia Ricciarelli/Barbara Hendricks/Brenda Boozer/Lucia Valentini Terrani...

Tracks:

Sym No.4 in A Op.90 'Italian': 1. Allegro Vivace - Philharmonia Orch/Giuseppe Sinopoli
Sym No.4 in A Op.90 'Italian': 2. Andate Con Moto - Philharmonia Orch/Giuseppe Sinopoli
Sym No.4 in A Op.90 'Italian': 3. Con Moto Moderato - Philharmonia Orch/Giuseppe Sinopoli
Sym No.4 in A Op.90 'Italian': 4. Saltarello: Presto - Philharmonia Orch/Giuseppe Sinopoli
Sym No.2 in C Op.61: 1. Sostenuto Assai - Allegro, Ma Non Troppo - Vienna PO/GIuseppe Sinopoli
Sym No.2 in C Op.61: 2. Scherzo: Allegro Vivace - Vienna PO/GIuseppe Sinopoli
Sym No.2 in C Op.61: 3. Adagio Espressivo - Vienna PO/GIuseppe Sinopoli
Sym No.2 in C Op.61: 4. Allegro Molto Vivace - Vienna PO/GIuseppe Sinopoli

Tracks:

Candide: Ov - LSO/Leonard Bernstein
Candide: The Best Of All Possible Worlds - Adolph Green/Jerry Hadley/June Anderson/Kurt Ollmann/Della Jones
Candide: Glitter And Be Gay - June Anderson
Candide: Nothing More Than This - Jerry Hadley
Trouble In Tahiti: 'Doo - Da - Day - Day -' - Louise Edeiken/Mark Tomsen/Kurt Ollmann
Trouble In Tahiti: 'How Could You Say' - Edward Crafts/Wendy White
Trouble In Tahiti: 'Yes? Oh, Mr. Partridge!' - Edward Crafts/Louise Edeiken/Mark Tomsen/Kurt Ollmann
Trouble In Tahiti: 'I Was Standing In A Garden' - Wendy White/Edward Crafts
Trouble In Tahiti: 'Well, Of All People' - Edward Crafts/Wendy White
West Side Story: Prologue - Leonard Bernstein/Orch
West Side Story: Jet Song - Kurt Ollmann/Chor
West Side Story: Maria - Jose Carreras
West Side Story: Balcony Scene (Tonight) - Jose Carreras/Kiri Te Kanawa
West Side Story: America - Tatiana Troyanos/Louise Edeiken/Chor
West Side Story: I Feel Pretty - Kiri Te Kanawa/Tatiana Troyanos/Louise Edeiken
West Side Story: Ballet Sequence (With 'Somewhere') - Marilyn Horne

Tracks:

Vc Son No.1 in G, BWV 1027: 1. Adagio - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
Vc Son No.1 in G, BWV 1027: 2. Allegro Ma Non Tanto - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
Vc Son No.1 in G, BWV 1027: 3. Andante - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
Vc Son No.1 in G, BWV 1027: 4. Allegro Moderato - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
Vc Con in a, RV 418: 1. Allegro - Mischa Maisky
Vc Con in a, RV 418: 2. [Without Tempo Indication] - Mischa Maisky
Vc Con in a, RV 418: 3. Allegro - Mischa Maisky
Vc Son No.2 in D, BWV 1028: 1. Adagio - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
Vc Son No.2 in D, BWV 1028: 2. Allegro - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
Vc Son No.2 in D, BWV 1028: 3. Andante - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
Vc Son No.2 in D, BWV 1028: 4. Allegro - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
Vc Con in b, RV 424: 1. Allegro Non Molto - Mischa Maisky
Vc Con in b, RV 424: 2. Largo - Mischa Maisky
Vc Con in b, RV 424: 3. Allegro - Mischa Maisky
Vc Son No.3 in g, BWV 1029: 1. Vivace - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
Vc Son No.3 in g, BWV 1029: 2. Adagio - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
Vc Son No.3 in g, BWV 1029: 3. Allegro - Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich

Tracks:

Son in E K.380 (L.23): Andante Comodo - Vladimir Horowitz
Pno Son in C K.330 (300h): 1. Allegro Moderato - Vladimir Horowitz
Pno Son in C K.330 (300h): 2. Andante Cantabile - Vladimir Horowitz
Pno Son in C K.330 (300h): 3. Allegretto - Vladimir Horowitz
Prld in G, Op.32 No.5: Moderato - Vladimir Horowitz
Prld in g#, Op.32 No.12: Allegro - Vladimir Horowitz
Etude in c#, Op.2 No.1: Andante - Vladimir Horowitz
Etude in d#, Op.8 No.12: Patetico - Vladimir Horowitz
Soirees De Vienne: Valse-Caprice No. 6: Allegro Con Spirito - Vladimir Horowitz
Sonetto 104 Del Petraca: Agitato Assai - Adagio - Vladimir Horowitz
Mazurka in c#, Op.30 No.4: Allegretto - Vladimir Horowitz
Mazurka in f, Op.7 No.3 - Vladimir Horowitz
Kinderszenen: Traumerei - Vladimir Horowitz
Etincelles Op.36 No.6, Morceau Caracteristique: Allegro Scherzando - Vladimir Horowitz
Polka De W. R.: Allegretto - Vladimir Horowitz

Tracks:

Ballade No.1 in g, Op.23 - Krystian Zimerman
Ballade No.2 in F, Op.38 - Krystian Zimerman
Ballade No.3 in A flat, Op.47 - Krystian Zimerman
Ballade No.4 in f, Op.52 - Krystian Zimerman
Pno Con No.1 in E flat: 1. Allegro Maestoso - Krystian Zimerman
Pno Con No.1 in E flat: 2. Quasi Adagio - Allegretto Vivace - Allegro Animato - Krystian Zimerman
Pno Con No.1 in E flat: 3. Allegro Marziale Animato - Presto - Krystian Zimerman
Dance Macabre (Totentanz): Andante - Allegro - Allegro Moderato (Var. I & II) - Molto Vivace... - Krystian Zimerman

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This is the decade when Deutsche Grammophon discovered America. Though the label's motherland is still well represented by Herbert von Karajan's unveiling young Anne-Sophie Mutter in Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5 and Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 (both played with the freshness of youth), Carlo Maria Giulini brought the yellow label to Los Angeles in a much-heralded return to opera with Verdi's Falstaff. The mellifluous though not always dramatically attuned dream cast features Barbara Hendricks (Nannetta), Katia Ricciarelli (Alice Ford), and Renato Bruson as the most poetic Falstaff on record. Leonard Bernstein's all-star but problematic Candide and West Side Story recordings are heard in well-chosen excerpts, and the one-act opera Trouble in Tahiti is reconstituted from his opera A Quiet Place (in which it was dispersed and imbedded). Elsewhere, Ivo Pogorelich's early Chopin Sonata No. 2, Ravel's "Gaspard de la nuit," and Prokofiev's Sonata No. 6 show a musician of staggering imagination limited by unrefined technique. Horowitz in Moscow, Krystian Zimerman's Chopin Ballades and Daniel Barenboim's Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 have all aged well, though Gidon Kremer's Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto and Giuseppe Sinopoli's Mendelssohn "Italian" Symphony paired with Schumann's Symphony No. 2 have surprisingly little to say. Mischa Maisky's Bach and Vivaldi recordings (many with Martha Argerich on modern piano) have lots to say, but not to the historically informed performance crowd. --David Patrick Stearns

Customer Reviews:

Superb Schumann, etc........2000-11-08

Seven years ago I was in a Vienna music shop and passed on the opportunity to buy the original Sinopoli recording of the Schumann Second - my favorite musical work - with the Vienna Philharmonic. Until this collection was released, I had never heard this particular 2nd Symphony recording which is now truly my favorite (and I have them all). It even led me to find the original release (which includes the Manfred Overture) by searching the Internet for used CDs. Sinopoli and Vienna beautifully convey the struggle and ultimate triumph of this great symphony.

The other recordings are also among DG's best and helped to fill in several repertoire gaps in my collection. I highly recommend the entire set. Thanks to DGG for reissuing these great recordings, especially Sinopoli's Schumann.

Who says there was nothing good in the 1980s?.......2000-04-09

Not enough can be said for this marvellous compilation of some of the finest recordings from 1978-87! Nevertheless, I will try to do some justice and start at the beginning. Anne-Sophie Mutter's Mozart concerto and stellar Bruch set the tone for this set. Very few recordings have the depth of insight into the Mozart that she does, and for such a young woman! The next disc is dedicated to another violinist par excellence: Gidon Kremer, whose Tchaikowsky concerto will blow you out of your chair, even compared with the Perlman recording of the same work. Disc three focuses on Daniel Barenboim the conductor, although the last track features one of his finest recorded piano works, the paraphrase of Rigoletto by Liszt. The two recordings featured are (brace yourself), the Perlman/Paris recording of the Lalo Symphonie Espagnole, the likes of which have not been known before or since, and the Saint-Saens Organ Symphony with Chicago and the organ of Chartres. The little catch in the Saint-Saens is that the organ part and orchestral work were recorded a month seperate from each other and across the Atlantic, but if you didn't read the liner notes, it would be impossible to tell; the editing is so well done! Ivo Pogorelich's Gaspard de la Nuit gives the work new meaning, not to say any less of his Chopin Second sonata. Giulini's conducting of Verdi's Falstaff is a force not to be reckoned with, with flawless casting to boot. I would expect more from Sinopoli than the Schumann delivers, however this is partly DG's fault for picking one of his least successful recordings. The Bernstein disc is all of his own music, including highlights from the splendid Candide and Trouble in Tahiti. Have a laugh over Carreras' pronunciation in West Side Story (why cast him as the American! ) and the other thoroughly inappropriate voices for this work, but remember that Bernstein was given the cold shoulder on this work and was trying to make it appeal to the classical crowd that had unfortunately shunned it on Broadway.

Maisky's cello playing is next, with the three sonatas originally for harpsichord and viola da gamba being played on modern cello with Martha Argerich at the piano. These are excellent recordings if inauthentic, but are certainly the best modernizations available, as are the two Vivaldi concerti with Orpheus. Saving the best for last, Vladimir Horowitz's landmark 1986 return to Moscow is no less breathtaking on the 1000th listening than on the first. There may be no better single CD of piano music in existance; the simplest track "Träumerei" from Schumann's Kinderszenen is utter perfection and emotion molded into one. Zimerman holds his own beautifully, though, with some of the best Chopin Ballades to be had. True, they lack some of the momentum and drive of the Rubinstein recordings, but the sheer technical ability displayed along with absolute control (and they're not at all skimpy on the emotion either!), they are in the top five recordings of these works ever. Add to this his recording of the Liszt E-flat concerto with Seiji Ozawa/Boston Symphony, which is flawless. The cherry on top (!) is the Liszt Totentanz, which is so often played as an overly flashy, bangy, loud and raucous showpiece. Not so here, even in such a murderously difficult and crashing work, Zimerman displays control, even if it means wrestling the work to the floor. This set is pricey, no doubt, but well worth it (and the sore arms you'll get carrying it home, another good reason to mail-order it) for the unmatched brilliance.

Michelangeli In London
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MICHELANGELI AT HIS BEST

Michelangeli In London

Manufacturer: Music & Arts
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

All Works by Chopin | Chopin, Frédéric | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
All Works by Clementi | Clementi, Muzio | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
Sonatinas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
Michelangeli, Arturo Benedetti | ( M ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
General | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000001OI5
Release Date: 1997-01-12

Tracks:

Son in B flat, Op.12 No.1: I. Presto
Son in B flat, Op.12 No.1: II. Larghetto Con Espressione
Son in B flat, Op.12 No.1: III. Allegretto (With 11 Vars) Var 1/2/4/5/6/10/8/9/Coda
Gaspard De La Nuit: I. Ondine. Lent
Gaspard De La Nuit: II. Le Gibet. Tres Lent
Gaspard De La Nuit: III. Scarbo. Modere
Son No.2 in B flat, Op.35: I. Grave/Doppio Movimento Agitato
Son No.2 in B flat, Op.35: II. Scherzo/Pia Lento
Son No.2 in B flat, Op.35: III. Marche Funebre. Lento
Son No.2 in B flat, Op.35: IV. Finale. Presto

Customer Reviews:

MICHELANGELI AT HIS BEST.......2002-03-03

Michelangeli treated London very well -- he actually used to turn up for the concerts he promised. He would wander on to the platform looking as if he was wondering whether he could still cancel, but he not only stayed but usually played his unique best. It's only fair to say that this is rather a short recital in case that influences anyone's choice. It contains a pleasant Clementi sonata that I had not heard previously, a performance of Gaspard that beggars belief, and one of M's better accounts of the Chopin Bflat minor. The finale of the Clementi is a set of variations and I'm not enough of a Clementi scholar to know whether M plays them all or not. To be philistine about it, he plays quite enough of them to satisfy me. It is a an agreeable sonata, but the real interest for me here is to listen to it as a vehicle for that strange unique and wonderful tone-production. Next comes Gaspard, and that is another story. You might just find it slightly restrained compared with, say, Gavrilov, or you might, as I do, find it a musical experience without parallel. The diabolic elements are not 'in your face' in this interpretation -- the spray of sound at the end of Ondine is more a great wave and the grotesqueries in Scarbo are fuller-toned than usual. That suits me fine: I have no particular taste for the diabolic but I have an insatiable appetite for the musical and what haunts me in this Scarbo is the pulsing vibrato near the start and a truly wondrous remote pealing effect near the end. The rest of the disc consists of one of his better performances of the Chopin Bflat minor sonata. I'm not actually sure that M is my favourite player in this piece. If you can ignore Horowitz's ridiculously slow first movement he is at his prodigious best afterwards, and on a smoothed-out average basis the urbane Rubinstein is maybe still the best after all these years. However if you have bought this disc for Gaspard or if you are a Michelangeli-collector you will have acquired a version like no other of Chopin's weird finale -- deep-toned gliding and hammerless, the very antithesis of Horowitz's approach and every bit as wonderful, indeed for me the greatest of all. Not a lot of music for your money then, but who cares? In Michelangeli we have a phenomenon we are never likely to encounter again.

An addendum on the Chopin Bflat minor sonata -- I have now got to know Cziffra's record, and that is my new top choice (and in the B minor too). His funeral march is categorically the best I have ever heard and if anyone rivals M in the last movement it is Cziffra. His interpretation is totally different, bleak and chilling with a weird eruption near the end. He also goes very light on repeats, and in as far as this piece is concerned I would echo the line in Hamlet 'For this relief much thanks'.

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1. Grave - Doppio Movimento / Fredric Chopin ( 1810-1849 )
2. Scherzo / Fredric Chopin ( 1810-1849 )
3. Marche Funebre: Lento - :Attacca / Fredric Chopin ( 1810-1849 )
4. Finale: Presto / Fredric Chopin ( 1810-1849 )
5. Ondine: Lent / Maurice Ravel ( 1875 - 1937 )
6. Le Gilbert: Tres Lent / Maurice Ravel ( 1875 - 1937 )
7. Scarbo: Modere / Maurice Ravel ( 1875 - 1937 )
8. Allegro Moderato / Serge Prokofiev ( 1891 - 1935 )
9. Allegretto / Serge Prokofiev ( 1891 - 1935 )
10. Tempo Di Valzer Lentissimo / Serge Prokofiev ( 1891 - 1935 )
11. Vivace / Serge Prokofiev ( 1891 - 1935 )