Romances for Violin and Piano

Never having heard any of these before, I thoroughly enjoyed the relaxed, liquid playing of the first, second, third, and fourth selections. The Britten piece took some careful listening, being of a more intellectual nature so to speak, and was even more rewarding. My tastes being what they are, I did not like the last piece very much, finding it noisy and grating; and I was glad it came at the end of the CD and could easily be avoided on future playings. Naturally many of you might find this 1961 selection the best of the lot. The liner notes are terse and helpful.

Oboe repertoire brilliantly played.......2000-06-14

Average customer rating: A standard for any oboe player

John Mack, Oboe Manufacturer: Crystal Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pavanes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Hindemith | Hindemith, Paul | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Poulenc | Poulenc, Francis | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Saint-Saëns, Camille | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Robert Schumann | Schumann, Robert | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Oboe | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: John Mack, Oboe Mozart: Quartet, K.370/Loeffler: Deux Rhapsodies/Paladilhe: Solo De Concert/Britten: Six Metamorphoses Orchestral Excerpts for Oboe Oboe Obsession The Art of the Oboe Masters of the Oboe ASIN: B000003J3J Release Date: 1993-12-29

Tracks:

1. Three Romances, Op. 94: Nicht Schnell
2. Three Romances, Op. 94: Einfach, Innig
3. Three Romances, Op. 94: 3. Nicht Schnell
4. Oboe Sonata, Op. 166: Andantino
5. Oboe Sonata, Op. 166: Pastorale
6. Oboe Sonata, Op. 166: Molto Allegro
7. Sonata For Oboe: Munter
8. Sonata For Oboe: Sehr Langsam-Lebhaft-Sehr Langsam-Wieder Lebhaft
9. Sonata For Oboe: Elegie
10. Sonata For Oboe: Scherzo
11. Sonata For Oboe: Deploration
12. Capriccio
13. Pavane
14. Serenade
15. Romance

Customer Reviews:

A standard for any oboe player.......2001-10-14

My one gripe is with the engineering which makes things sound a bit unbalanced and hollow at times. Nevertheless, the CD is very well done.

Average customer rating: Songs for Winter Solstice Sensitive Playing

Romances & Elegies for Viola & Piano Manufacturer: Ecm Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Britten | Britten, Sir Benjamin | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Carter | Carter, Elliott | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Kodály, Zoltán | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Liszt | Liszt, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Vieuxtemps | Vieuxtemps, Henri | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Viola | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ECM Classical | ECM Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music ECM Jazz & World | ECM Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Brahms: Sonatas for Viola and Piano / Kashkashian, Levin A Portrait of the Viola Hindemith: Sonatas for viola/piano & viola alone Béla Bartók: Concerto for Viola & Orchestra / Peter Eötvös: Replica / György Kurtág: Movement for Viola & Orchestra - Kim Kashkashian Six Cello Suites performed on viola ASIN: B0000261H6 Release Date: 2000-04-18

Tracks:

1. Lacrymae op.48
2. Romance
3. Elegy
4. Elegie op. 44
5. Romance oubliee
6. Adagio
7. Elegie op.30

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Customer Reviews:

Songs for Winter Solstice.......2005-12-21

Sensitive Playing.......2000-09-01

Average customer rating: Easy listening Gil Shaham Shines Beautiful music; gorgeous playing. Gil Shaham is my favourite violinist and I love his playing. Very beautiful, relaxing music.

Violin Romances Edward Elgar , Fritz Kreisler , Johan Svendsen , Ludwig van Beethoven , Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky , Antonin Dvorak , Jem Cohen , Gil Shaham , Orpheus Chamber Orchestra , and Pablo de Sarasate Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Dvorák, Antonín | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Elgar | Elgar, Sir Edward | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Kreisler | Kreisler, Fritz | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Shaham, Gil | ( S ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Deutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Dvorák For Two: Works For Violin & Piano Vivaldi: The Four Seasons/Fritz Kreisler: Concerto for Violin Mendelssohn, Bruch: Violin Concertos Devil's Dance Sibelius/Tchaikovsky: Violinkonzerte ASIN: B000001GS8 Release Date: 1996-08-13

Tracks:

1. Salut D'amour - Edward Elgar
2. Schon Rosmarin
3. Romance In G Major, Op.26
4. Liebesfreud
5. Romance No. 1 In G Major, Op.40
6. Romance No. 2 In F Major, Op.50
7. Liebesleid
8. Serenade Melancolique In B Minor,Op.26 - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
9. Romanza Andaluza Op.22 No.1
10. Romance In F Minor,Op.11 - Antonin Dvorak

Customer Reviews:

Easy listening.......2007-05-15

Gil Shaham Shines.......2003-11-01

I am a big fan of Fritz Kreisler and have long enjoyed the short pieces that he wrote and performed, both in live performances and for Victor recordings. The first recording I ever heard of Kreisler was a 78-rpm album called "My Favorites," which featured a remarkable full color photograph of the musician (something rare in the 1940's). He included arrangements for solo violin and full orchestra of his most popular works, some of which are included in this recording. Kreisler's music is nostalgic and touching; he made no effort to go along with twentieth century musical trends and was still very successful as a composer and performer. It's great to hear his music again in these modern performances, expertly played by Gil Shaham and the Orpheus Orchestra.

I acquired this recording via a record club and have really enjoyed it. These are some of the lighter, shorter works by a variety of composers and they are all extremely enjoyable. The playing is exquisite throughout and conductor-less Orpheus Orchestra provides very fine accompaniment. (It always amazes me how well these musicians play without a conductor; they obviously are very gifted, skilled musicians and this is apparent in this recording.)

Shaham has also spoken enthusiastiacally about his recordings, which he immensely enjoys making since he can reach a wider audience than could ever hear him in concert or recital. This is definitely one of his best recordings.

Beautiful music; gorgeous playing........2000-09-20

Gil Shaham is my favourite violinist and I love his playing........1998-12-10

Very beautiful, relaxing music........1998-09-18

Average customer rating: La Darre, la magnifique

Jeanne-Marie Darré: Early Recordings Manufacturer: Video Artists Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Ecossaises | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Polonaises | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Chopin | Chopin, Frédéric | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Liszt | Liszt, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Saint-Saëns, Camille | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Robert Schumann | Schumann, Robert | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Strauss Jr., Johann | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Weber | Weber, Carl Maria von | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Nocturnes | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatinas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Caprices | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000003LJY Release Date: 1994-10-24

Tracks:

1. Etude, Op. 10: No. 1 In C
2. Etude, Op. 10: No. 2 In A Minor
3. Etude, Op. 10: No. 4 In C Sharp Minor
4. Etude, Op. 10: No. 5 In G Flat, 'Black Key'
5. Etude, Op. 25: No. 1 In A Flat, 'The Aeolian Harp'
6. Etude, Op. 25: No. 6 In G Sharp Minor
7. Etude, Op. 25: No. 8 In D Flat
8. Etude, Op. 25: No. 9 In G Flat, 'Butterfly'
9. Three Ecossaises, Op. 72 Nos. 3 - 5
10. Tarantelle In A Flat, Op. 43
11. Andante Spianato e Grand Polonaise Brilliante In E Flat, Op. 22
12. Etude, Op. 111 No. 6 In F, 'Toccata d'apres le cinquieme concerto'
13. Concerto No.2 In G Minor, Op. 22: 1st Movement - Andante sostenuto - Molto animato
14. Concerto No.2 In G Minor, Op. 22: 2nd Movement - Allegro scherzando
15. Concerto No.2 In G Minor, Op. 22: 3rd Movement - Presto
16. The Gypsy Baron: Schatz Waltz

Tracks:

1. Prelude From Partita For Violin Unaccompanied, No. 3 In E
2. Sonata No. 1 In C, Op. 24, 4th Movement - Presto - Perpetuum mobile
3. Romance In F Sharp, Op. 28 No. 2
4. Prelude, Op. 104a No. 3 In D
5. Song Without Words: Op. 19 No.1 In E, 'Sweet Rememberance'
6. Song Without Words: Op. 53 No. 4 In F, 'Berceuse'
7. Song Without Words: Op. 62 No. 6 In A, 'Spring Song'
8. Song Without Words: Op. 67 No. 4 In C, 'the Spinning Song'
9. Paganini Etude No. 5 In E, 'La Chasse'
10. Paganini Etude No. 3 In A Flat Minor, 'La Campanella'
11. Paganini Etude No. 3 In A Flat Minor, 'La Campanella'
12. Transcendental Etude No. 5, 'Feux Follets'
13. Transcendental Etude No. 11, 'Harmonies du soir'
14. Polonaise No.2 In E
15. Liebestraum No. 3 in A Flat
16. Caprice In Double Notes In F Sharp
17. Op. 3 No. 2 In C Sharp Minor: Prelude
18. Op. 23 No. 5 In G Minor: Prelude
19. Toccata

Customer Reviews:

La Darre, la magnifique.......2001-12-21

After one luxuriates in these old Pathe things together, Darre comes into focus on the world stage. The Saint Saens eclipses her later one with Fourestier; here she has Paray. It's a significant difference, because with her sense of line, inner-voicings, and fanatic attention to timbral qualities and overtones, one can hear that she is the pianistic equivalent OF Paray. Here we come face-to-face with what Paris musical life was like when Darre and Paray were both in town. The results are engrossing and original without going outside the mark set by Saint Saens himself (who had been dead aorund 20 years when Pathe did this). There is a dynamism here that is unique and right, and immortal.

We also have forgotten this pianist as a supreme interpreter of Chopin who shows up here with a snazzy bravado that is akin to Novaes, but with more refinement. The carillon highs come through strongly on the old recordings, the bass drops off...but since you know it's there, your mind can fill in the aural info. Like her much later Vanguard recordings, the incredibly agile midrange voicings are front and center without punching you. These are amazing performances, characteristic, admirable.

All of her other repertoire more or less affect the listener the same way--like her counterpart Paray, Darre never, ever tries to archly make a piece more than it is, but brings out the maximum the work has to offer. And that can be considerably more than what we might divine from the program on paper.

Really, folks, there'll never be another one like Darre. There will never be an elegant, athletic, stunning lady in silk pants who walks purposefully on stage, chucks her bejeweled bolero on a stagehand, and sits down for a couple of hours of enchantment, letting us in on her magic, including us listeners as if we're in her salon where she is hostess to the composers themselves nursing their drinks.

Those were incredibly memorable evenings.

Average customer rating:

The Parlour Grand: Piano Favorites from a Bygone Era Manufacturer: Marquis Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Chopin | Chopin, Frédéric | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Dvorák, Antonín | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Elgar | Elgar, Sir Edward | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Fauré, Gabriel | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gluck | Gluck, Christoph W. | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Godard, Benjamin | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Godowsky | Godowsky, Leopold | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gottschalk | Gottschalk, Louis Moreau | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Grainger | Grainger, Percy Aldridge | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Liszt | Liszt, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by MacDowell | MacDowell, Edward | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rubinstein | Rubinstein, Anton | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Robert Schumann | Schumann, Robert | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Weber | Weber, Carl Maria von | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Rondos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Bagatelles | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Nocturnes | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000CG8BE Release Date: 2003-09-30

Tracks:

1. Fur Elise
2. Spinning Song
3. Traumerei
4. Rustle Of Spring
5. Reverie
6. Si Oiseau J' 'Etais
7. Romance In E-Flat
8. Liebestraum
9. Salut D'Amour
10. Arabesque
11. Menuet A L'Antique
12. Melodie
13. To A Wild Rose
14. Romance Sans Paroles
15. Prelude
16. Humoresque
17. The Dying Poet
18. Le Secret

Tracks:

1. Serenade
2. Spring Song
3. Tango
4. Rosemary
5. Le Coucou
6. The Musical Snuffbox
7. Dance Of The Blessed Spirits
8. The March Of The Little Lead Soldiers
9. Au Matin
10. Scarf Dance
11. Invitation To The Dance
12. Alt-Wien
13. Simple Aveu
14. Country Gardens
15. The Prayer Granted
16. Narcissus
17. Le Papillon
18. Valse In C Sharp Minor

Album Description

The music features piano favorites from the salon repertoire, including Beethoven's Für Elise and Frédéric Chopin's Valse in C Sharp Minor. These wonderful CDs evoke fond memories of simpler times, and evenings around the piano with family and friends.

Track Listings:

1. Satie: Parade/Mercure/La Belle Excentrique/Cinq Grimaces/Relâche/Gymnopédias 1 & 3/3 Morceaux En Forme De Poire/Jack
2. Schütz: The Christmas Story; Gabrieli: Christmas Motets
3. Schubert: Late Sonatas & Impromptus [Import]
4. Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 8 'Unfinished' & 9 'Great'
5. Secret Gallery [Import] [Soundtrack]
6. Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No.5 and No.1
7. Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7
8. Sibelius: The Complete Symphonies, Kullervo [Box set]
9. Sing, Choirs of Angels!
10. Spirit of America

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