Piano Works, Volume 3

1. Polish Dances (4), Op 58
Composed by Franz Xaver Scharwenka
with Seta Tanyel

2. Scherzo in G, Op 04
Composed by Franz Xaver Scharwenka
with Seta Tanyel

3. Barcarolle in E minor, Op 14
Composed by Franz Xaver Scharwenka
with Seta Tanyel

4. Pieces (2), Op 22
Composed by Franz Xaver Scharwenka
with Seta Tanyel

5. Theme and Variations, Op 48
Composed by Franz Xaver Scharwenka
with Seta Tanyel

Piano Works, Volume 3,Scharwenka,Seta Tanyel,Collins Classics,Classical,Classical Music

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Salon Orchestra Favourites Volume 1 Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Leoncavallo | Leoncavallo, Ruggiero | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rubinstein | Rubinstein, Anton | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Salon Orchestra Favourites, Vol. 2 Salon Orchestra Favourites, Vol. 3 Salon Orchestra Favourites IV: German Hit Songs of the 1930s Salon Music at Schumann's Bar ASIN: B00004T6KO Release Date: 2000-06-13

Tracks:

1. Drunt' In Der Lobau
2. Serenade No.1 'Kubelik-Serenade'
3. Tango
4. Brise De Mer
5. II Bacio
6. Sie Horen Paul Lincke - Potpourri: Berliner Luft/Es War Einmal/Im Walzerrausch...
7. Serenata
8. Poeme
9. Spiel Auf Deiner Geige Das Lied Von Leid Und Lust
10. Mattinata
11. Wien, Du Stadt Meiner Traume
12. El Relicario
13. Die Millionen Des Harlekin - Serenade
14. Die Schlittschuhlaufer
15. Melodie in F

Average customer rating: Fascinating music, well introduced

The Piano Works Of Nikolai Medtner, Volume 1 Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Medtner | Medtner, Nikolai | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Piano Works of Nikolai Medtner, Vol. 2 Medtner: Piano Works, Vol. 4 The Piano Works of Nikolai Medtner, Vol. 7 The Piano Works of Nikolai Medtner, Vol. 8 The Piano Works of Nikolai Medtner, Vol. 6 ASIN: B000000AP7 Release Date: 1992-10-28

Tracks:

1. Sonata Reminiscenza In A Minor Op. 38 No. 1: Allegretto tranquillo (Andantino con moto) - Svegliando (con moto) - Tempo 1
2. Russian Fairy Tale Op. 42 No. 1: Allegro sostenuto
3. Dancing Fairy Tale Op. 48 No. 1: Allegro risoluto
4. The Organ Grinder Op. 54 No. 3: Allegro assai - Poco piu tranquillo - Tempo 1
5. Fairy Tale In F Minor Op. 26 No. 3: Narrante a piacere
6. Fairy Tale In D Minor Op. 51 No. 1: Allegro molto vivace al rigore di tempo e sempre leggierissimo
7. Funeral March Op. 31 No. 2: Andante lugubre
8. Fairy Tale In G Sharp Minor Op. 31 No. 3: Allegretto capriccioso, con molto tenerezza
9. Fairy Tale: Allegretto abbandonamente
10. Fairy Tale In E Minor Op. 34 No. 2: Allegro cantabile e leggiero
11. Sonata In G Minor Op. 22: Tenebroso, sempre affrettando - Allegro assai - Interludium: Andante lugubre - Allegro assai

Customer Reviews:

Fascinating music, well introduced.......2001-08-28

I was first introduced to the music of Medtner in 1994 when I heard Boris Berezovsky perform three "Fairy Tales" at a recital. I was so taken that I had to begin collecting Medtner's music on CD. This album, Geoffrey Tozer's first volume of the piano works of Medtner, was my first Medtner CD. Mr. Tozer is a very fine pianist, and the Chandos stereo sound is first rate. The result is a captivating introduction to Medtner's music. The music is complex, harmonically daring, sometimes quirky, whimsical at times and always evocative. Mr. Tozer plays sensitively and is in complete technical command. He does us a wonderful service in bringing this music to a wider audience. Through this disc I have come to know and love many more pieces by Medtner, and I have been inspired to buy each new volume of Mr. Tozer's set as it has become available. This is the volume of the set that I play most often. It is a rich introduction to this fascinating music.

Average customer rating: The Schumann Kreisleriana is worth everything, and the Chopin is magical Chopin + Schumann + Horowitz = Unforgettable Playing Classic Chopin

Vladimir Horowitz, The Complete Masterworks Recordings 1962-1973, Volume VII: Early Romantics Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Mazurkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Polonaises | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Chopin | Chopin, Frédéric | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Robert Schumann | Schumann, Robert | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Fantasies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatinas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | 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 General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Vladimir Horowitz, Complete Masterworks Recordings 1962-1973, Vol. I: The Studio Recordings 1962-63 Late Russian Romantics Vladimir Horowitz, Complete Masterworks Recordings 1962-1973, Vol. VI: Horowitz Performs Beethoven The Complete Masterworks Recordings, Vol. 4: The Legendary 1968 TV Concert Horowitz: The Historic Return Carnegie Hall 1965; The 1966 Concerts ASIN: B00000290G Release Date: 1994-07-19

Tracks:

1. Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4: Lento, ma non troppo
2. Etude in G-flat major, Op. 10 No. 5: Vivace
3. Introduction & Rondo in E-flat major, Op. 16
4. Waltz in A minor, Op. 34 No. 2: Lento
5. Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53: Maestoso
6. Mazurka in F-sharp minor, Op. 59 No. 3: Vivace
7. Mazurka in C-sharp minor, Op. 50 No. 3: Moderato
8. Mazurka in D-flat major, Op. 30 No. 3: Allegro non troppo
9. Mazurka in E minor, Op. 41 No. 2: Andantino
10. Mazurka in D major, Op. 33 No. 2: Vivace
11. Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 10 No. 4: Presto
12. Etude in E major, Op. 10 No. 3: Lento, ma non troppo
13. Etude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12: Allegro con fuoco
14. Prelude in B minor, Op. 28 No. 6: Lento assai

Tracks:

1. Posonaise in A major, Op. 40 No. 1: Allegro con brio
2. Prelude in D-flat major, Op. 28 No. 15: Sostenuto
3. Etude in E-flat minor, Op. 10 No. 6: Andante
4. Etude No. 2 in A-flat major from 'Trois Nouvelles Etudes': Allegretto
5. Mazurka in F minor, Op. 7 No. 3
6. Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2: Tempo giusto
7. Variations on a Theme by Clara Wieck from Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 14: Andantino
8. Kreisleriana, Op. 16: I. Auberst bewegt
9. Kreisleriana, Op. 16: II. Sehr innig
10. Kreisleriana, Op. 16: III. Sehr aufgeregt
11. Kreisleriana, Op. 16: IV. Sehr langsam
12. Kreisleriana, Op. 16: V. Sehr lebhaft
13. Kreisleriana, Op. 16: VI. Sehr langsam
14. Kreisleriana, Op. 16: VII. Sehr rasch
15. Kreisleriana, Op. 16: VIII. Schnell und spielend

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Schumann and Chopin were staples of Horowitz's repertory, and this late 1960s-early 1970s collection finds him at his mature peak, playing with elan and imaginative fantasy. The Kreisleriana is one of his greatest recordings, trumping rivals with its spectacular pianism and complete identification with the composer. The Chopin set typifies Horowitz's approach--big and bold, with personalized editorial emendations and an energy that shatters the conventional salon approach. But he also sings Chopin's touching melodies as few others can, making the lovely Op. 10 No. 3 Etude an achingly touching poem. --Dan Davis

Customer Reviews:

The Schumann Kreisleriana is worth everything, and the Chopin is magical.......2005-12-20

This is a must have dual CD set of one of the great pianists of all time playing some of his favorite music. Later in life Horowitz made a TV show that became a best selling VHS tape entitled "Horowitz: The Last Romantic". If you ever heard him play, you know that title is appropriate and what the grand piano style was all about.

I have often referred to recordings of music as photographs of music. And just as photographs of people a wonderfully valuable, they are not the real person and do not capture the real person. Even a movie or documentary distorts the reality of the person. Still, we treasure our home movies, photos, and recordings. And we should. We just need to remember what they really are and that they are representations of reality (or of fictions if that is what they are) rather than real life.

It was my good fortune to hear Horowitz in recital three times; twice here in Ann Arbor and once in East Lansing. While I have heard dozens of great pianists, and hundreds of very fine quality, Horowitz (and Rubenstein) had a special charisma that was totally involving. His playing had special qualities that were unique to him. He played more quietly and yet was able to send that whisper of sound to the farthest rows in Hill Auditorium. I believe the secret of his power was that he had so many shades of pianissimo. While we clearly here a great dynamic range in these recordings, the compressed nature of recordings cannot capture the full range of what we heard in live performance.

The other thing he had was the ability to not only keep the voices clear in the music he was playing, but to give each voice its own character and sound. The recording of Schumann's fabulous Opus 16, Kreisleriana included here captures this ability to a stunning degree. This recording should be in your collection and studied carefully. While these phantasies are full of contrasts that make listening to them seemingly easy, there is so much quality and interesting music that they will reward as much close listening and study as you can lavish on them.

The other Schumann work included is the "Variations on a theme by Clara Wieck" (who became Schumann's wife and was a superb and important pianist).

The Chopin pieces included here are a wonderful collection of etudes, mazurkas, the two famous polonaises, preludes, waltzes, and the wonderful but not often heard "Introduction and Rondo in E-flat major Op 16". These are all full of magic and will hold your imagination closely. I find myself saying, "Oh, I LOVE this piece" and then the next one comes on, and I say the same thing again and then again for the next one. They are all pieces I have learned to play or want to learn (like the Intro & Rondo).

Get a hold of these disks if you can. Just a number of wonderful listening experiences.

Chopin + Schumann + Horowitz = Unforgettable Playing.......2003-04-12

Volume Seven of Sony's Horowitz reissue contains very convincing performances of Chopin and Schumann, Romantic composers whose music was sympathetic to the pianist's interpretive style.

It was not uncommon for Horowitz to bring to light a rarely played work by a well known composer, which is the case with Chopin's Introduction & Rondo in E-flat. This early composition (probably written for Chopin's most advanced pupils) abounds with glittery passagework and technical configurations similar to his Concertos (which Horowitz never recorded). Under Horowitz's hands, the work exceeds the boundaries of mere salon piece and emerges as a virtuoso tour de force.

Horowitz (who had a Polish grandmother and was fond of pointing out that he was "half as much a Pole as Chopin") considered the Mazurkas to be Chopin's greatest works, and often stated that there was more music in the shortest Chopin Mazurka than in the longest Mahler Symphony. The pianist treated the Mazurkas less as dance pieces than as "dance-fantasies" and his playing of the works was freer than the more straightforward Rubinstein. Highlights of this set include a seductive F-sharp Minor, Op. 59 No. 3.

Horowitz made several recordings of the ever popular A-flat Polonaise, and this one adheres most closely to Chopin's text. The introduction is very sparsely pedalled (as if Horowitz were saying "Look! I can play the tricky introduction without using the pedal to cover up insufficient fingerwork. Take THAT, Rubinstein!"). The remainder of the piece goes with gusto and flair (too fast to be a Maestoso), but he somehow misses the grandeur which Rubinstein brought to the piece--and which Horowitz himself would attain in his last years. The A-major Polonaise is also taken at a fast clip, but this somehow seems more appropriate to this work, and one is reminded of Chopin's remark that if he were able to play the piece the way he meant it to be played, the piano would lay in ruins afterward.

If anyone thought Horowitz, then approaching 70, had lost any of his fire, their worries were quickly dispelled with the Etudes included here. The C-sharp Minor goes at a rapid clip, but unlike many pianists, there is no loss of clarity. The famous Revolutionary Etude is given a more outwardly virtuosic performance then the pianist's 1963 recording, yet somehow the piece has less impact here.

The ubiquitous C-sharp Minor Waltz is from the Boston concert of April 7, 1968. Three days previously, the Reverend Martin Luther King had been murdered in Memphis. At the beginning of this concert, Horowitz came onstage with an African-American minister, and played Chopin's Funeral March in memory of Dr. King.

Horowitz learned Shumann's Kreisleriana in the 1930s, but did not play it in public until 1968. Several attempts to record the work in concert were not successful, and Horowitz came to the conclusion that he needed the peace and quiet of a recording studio to achieve the concentration for a performance suitable for posterity. Horowitz recorded the work at one inspired session on December 1, 1969, and this may well be the most successful Kreisleriana ever recorded. Ironically, Horowitz, who often had trouble holding together a Beethoven Sonata, makes this structurally splintered work emerge as one piece. This is one Kriesleriana which is never rambling or boring. There is virtuosity here, but never for its own sake, and there is poetry in plenty. This stands alongside the 1932 Liszt Sonata and 1951 Rachmaninoff Third Concerto as one of Horowitz's greatest recordings. However, it should be pointed out that this reissue of Kriesleriana uses a few alternate takes, which are markedly different from the original LP and an earlier CD issue (MK42409). Although the performance is basically similar, there are several differences in detail.

Schumann's Variations on a Theme by Clara Wieck, originally included as a filler for the Kriesleriana record, is given a straightforward reading here. It a lovely little work, but it is even more beautiful in its original context: as the third movement from the composer's Sonata in F Minor, another rarely played work Horowitz would bring to light in 1975.

The sound is more than acceptable here, and especially fine in the Schumann works.

Classic Chopin.......2000-11-23

Volume Seven of Vladimir Horowitz's "Complete Masterworks Recordings" ("Early Romantics") compiles almost two discs worth of classic Chopin performances. There's a little bit of everything here -- Polonaises, Etudes, Mazurkas and Preludes, but sadly no Nocturnes. The Chopin renditions here are as good as, if not better than, anything available -- Rubinstein, Kissin, Pollini and Cliburn included. And just when you thought the highlight of this collection was the Chopin material, on come two amazing pieces by Schumann, "Variations on a Theme by Clara Wreck" and "Kreislerania." The latter piece is a particular favorite of mine -- a wild and turbulent, and at times poetic and lovely, masterpiece which Horowitz captures in all its brilliance. In all, "Early Romantics" is a thoroughly enjoyable couple of discs that anyone should love.

Average customer rating: Very impressive recordings of Medtners piano works by Tozer

The Piano Works of Nikolai Medtner, Vol. 6 Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Medtner | Medtner, Nikolai | ( M ) | 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 Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Piano Works of Nikolai Medtner, Vol. 8 The Piano Works of Nikolai Medtner, Vol. 7 Medtner: Piano Works, Vol. 4 Medtner: Piano Works Vol. 5 The Piano Works of Nikolai Medtner, Vol. 2 ASIN: B00000G4ND Release Date: 1999-01-19

Tracks:

1. Piano Sonata, Op.30 In A Minor: Allegro risoluto - Poco a poco piu mosso - Coda: Allegro molto
2. Forgotten Melodies, Op. 39: 1 Meditazione
3. Forgotten Melodies, Op. 39: 2 Romanza
4. Forgotten Melodies, Op. 39: 3 Primavera 'Fruehlingsmaerchen' Vivace
5. Forgotten Melodies, Op. 39: 4 Canzona matinata - Allegretto cantando
6. Forgotten Melodies, Op. 39: 5 Sonata tragica, Allegro risoluto
7. Forgotten Melodies, Op. 40: 1 Danza col canto, Allegretto
8. Forgotten Melodies, Op. 40: 2 Danza sinfonica, Introduzione: Allegro meditamente - Allegro scherzando
9. Forgotten Melodies, Op. 40: 3 Danza fiorata, Tempo capriccioso
10. Forgotten Melodies, Op. 40: 4 Danza jubilosa, Allegro alla breve e molto sfrenatamente
11. Forgotten Melodies, Op. 40: 5 Danza ondulata, Con moto tranquillo e ondulotorio
12. Forgotten Melodies, Op. 40: 6 Danza ditirambica

Customer Reviews:

Very impressive recordings of Medtners piano works by Tozer.......2000-02-27

Keeping the review short, it must be stated that Geoffrey Tozer's interpretation of Medtners works is sensitive and always brings out the melody and structure of the works in a clear way. Although it must have been quite a Job till now, new volumes in the series are very welcome!

Average customer rating: a MOST NECESSARY recording! Organ Music from France Fox once again Plays with Beautiful Tonal Colors

Organ Music From France-The Art Of Virgil Fox, Volume III Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dupré, Marcel | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Duruflé, Maurice | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Franck, César | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Godard, Benjamin | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Fugues | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Fox, Virgil | ( F ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000002S9N Release Date: 1997-03-18

Tracks:

1. Prelude And Fugue In G Minor, Op. 7, No. 3
2. Symphony No. 2 In E Minor, Op. 20: Allegro
3. Symphony No. 2 In E Minor, Op. 20: Scherzo
4. Chorale No. 1 In E Major - C sar Franck
5. Elegie
6. Jocelyn, Op. 109: Berceuse - Benjamin Godard
7. Toccata: Suite Gothique, Op. 25
8. Cantabile In B Major, M. 36 - C sar Franck
9. Suite For Organ, Op. 5: Prelude
10. Suite For Organ, Op. 5: Sicilienne
11. Suite For Organ, Op. 5: Toccata

Customer Reviews:

a MOST NECESSARY recording! .......2006-07-10

First, I don't know how, but amazon lost my original review of this disc. My list of tags was still there, but not the review itself, so I will do a replacement one.

This is actually "The BEST of Virgil Fox, Volume 3"! Therefore, it belongs in your collection, along with Volumes 1 & 2!

The entire album is simply awesome (as all Virgil's releases were), and it is without doubt the hardest of all to find. Buy a used copy on here, it is the ONLY way to get one!

Highlights are:
The Durafle Suite Number 5.......very rare! I know of no other recording of it! It is simply beautiful, and sadly neglected. Certainly reason enough to purchase this recording!

The Boellmann Suite Gothique is just wonderful, and, another very good reason for purchasing this set.

And, the Vierne and Dupre pieces are played with such magnificent "Virgilian" splendor...all the fond memories of the Riverside concerts come flooding back from so many years ago. Simply put, (as Fox's fans know) there was never anyone to match him...even Liberace couldn't touch him for outrageousness, and of course the Organ is a much more "splendorous" instrument!

As I said above, do yourself (and your collection) a favor and add a copy of this album to it (even a used one from a secondary dealer on amazon here). You will not be sorry! I wish you many happy hours of listening! ~operabruin

Organ Music from France.......2000-12-21

This may be the only recording of the Durufle Suite No 5 for organ available. I've had the original vinyl since I started organ and I've still never tired of listening to it. It's very dazzling stuff, yet incredibly beastly to play. This is GREAT organ music. The Durufle performance alone is worth the price of the CD.

Fox once again Plays with Beautiful Tonal Colors.......1999-09-21

When hearing the Names Franck, and Dupre one automatically thinks France, but when Fox is at the Organ Playing those pieces full of that rich tonal color of the Chorist Reeds one thinks Heavy Organ with Fox in the days of Riverside.

Average customer rating: Shattering pianism from a young genius Surreal renditions of truly great works. JUST EXCELLENT!! IF I COULD HAVE GIVE 10 STARS I 'D DO IT ! Must Own Chopin Recital great performance from a great pianist

Chopin, Volume 1 Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Polonaises | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Chopin | Chopin, Frédéric | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Fantasies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Nocturnes | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Scherzo | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Kissin, Evgeni | ( K ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Chopin: Volume 2 (Sonata No. 3/Mazurkas) Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28; Sonata for Piano No. 2, Op. 35; Polonaise, Op. 53 Chopin: The Four Ballades, Berceuse, Barcarolle, Scherzo No. 4 Evgeny Kissin Plays Brahms Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 2; Etudes-Tableaux ASIN: B000003F0R Release Date: 1994-02-15

Tracks:

1. Fantaisie, Op. 49 In F Minor
2. Grande valse, Op. 42 In A-Flat
3. Grande valse brillante, Op. 34, No. 2 In A Minor
4. Grande valse brillante, Op. 34, No. 1 In A-Flat
5. Polonaise, Op. 44 In F-Sharp
6. Nocturne, Op. 32, No. 2 In A-Flat
7. Nocturne, Op. 27, No. 1 In C-Sharp
8. Nocturne, Op. 27, No. 2 In D-Flat
9. Scherzo No. 2, Op. 31 In B-Flat

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Yevgeny Kissin is one of the most successful pianists of his generation. This disc, recorded live at a Carnegie Hall concert, demonstrates why. Kissin is one of the best Chopin players alive. His playing of the big Fantasy is among the best performances I've heard, catching each mood of the music and playing with flexible rhythms that never deteriorate into anarchy. The Nocturnes sound like very private meditations, while the Scherzo is a big public statement. All of these fine interpretations are delivered with gorgeous piano tone, very well conveyed by the recording. You cannot hear better Chopin playing today. --Leslie Gerber

Customer Reviews:

Shattering pianism from a young genius.......2006-03-18

This CD is so commanding in its musicality that one can hardly imagine being able to sit still for the live recital itself, given in Carnegie Hall in Feb. 1993. Kissin had already made the debut of a lifetime, also recorded by RCA, but this Chopin recital and its compansion from the same event exhibit a towering mastery. The famous showpieces--the F minor Fantasy, Grande Valse Brillante, F-sharp minor Polonaise, Scherzo #2--eclipse all rivals unless you go back to Rachmaninov, and the audience knew it. Their applause is a roar of ecstatic approval.

Yet behind the shattering virtuosity works a sensitive musical mind, and so it's sad to think that 13 years later, Kissin seems to have coarsened that imaginaiton by relying too much on his bravura technique.

Surreal renditions of truly great works........2003-04-17

I thought Rubenstein was the gold standard for Chopin. However, after listening to this CD I must confess that I have *never* heard better versions of the Nocturnes (A & C) or the Fantasy. Evgeny Kissin is definitely at his best here.
I am at a loss for words to express how beautifully the music has been rendered. The sound quality is very good. Superb. Absolutely a must have CD.

JUST EXCELLENT!! IF I COULD HAVE GIVE 10 STARS I 'D DO IT !.......2003-01-02

This is for sure the most impressing CD I have so far listened about Chopin at all! Actually it's simply the best piece of music I have listened ever.
The initial Fantasia Op.49 it's simply great and Kissin shows all his wonderful talent(I saw him in life concert in London at Royal Hall and I was deeply admired of his genius).The Nocturnes are really touchy and incredibly smoothly played. The Great Walzer are also played with extreme sensibility that I was almost moved by them. But in my opinion the best piece of music I have ever listened about composition and performance is The Polonaise Op.44. In fact it had so deeply touched me when I listend at it the first time, that I will always remember the atmosphere created from this music in a small room of a Residence in London with 2 Japanise friends of mine drinking wine and eating chease....while this music was plaing at candel-light...was impressing the feeling created by this music! You will listen at the end of this performance a large clapping hands from the audience (the CD is life recorded at Carnegie Hall in New York). You want a suggestion from me? Buy this CD and you will have forever a piano masterpiece with you for all the best moment of your life. I really mean it.
Bye from Italy.
Your faithfull Luca (greetings to all my friends around the world)

Must Own Chopin Recital.......2001-07-02

Evgeny Kissin first made his mark on the world by performing both Chopin piano concertos in one sitting...at the tender age of 12. Though he says that Bach is his favourite composer, I would say from listening to his performances that he has the best understanding of Chopin. To me, all of Kissin's Chopin performances are definitive. As a pianist, his recording are the ones I find most useful in shaping my own interpretation of pieces - because they are so beautiful. Chopin's performance on this CD, recorded live at Carnegie Hall, is astounding.

He commences with a tremendous work, the Fantasy in F minor (a piece I have performed publicly as well). His performance is amazing. The subtle dynamics and virtuosic technique create a lovely interpretation.

Next is a set of 3 Waltzes. Though I feel Kissin's interpretation of the A flat major Grand Waltz Brilliante (op. 34) could be slowed down a hair, it is unquestionably rousing, and his performances of the other two waltzes are fabulous, particularly Grand Waltz (not brilliante) in A flat major.

The Polonaise in F sharp is a fantastically difficult piece. When I first bought this recording and heard this performance, all I could say was wow. I brought it to my piano instructor, because at the time I was studying the piece, and all he could say was, "That's beautiful." It is by far the best performance of this piece that I have ever heard. It is the only performance of this piece in which I have ever felt a more beautiful voice emerge.

Following the polonaise, Kissin chose to perform 3 nocturnes. Chopin's nocturnes are known for their soaring voices, and Kissin chose 3 of the best known, particularly the 2 from Op. 27, which are considered the best. His performances here are equally exemplarly, and it is to his credit that despite the fact that he concludes with a nocturne marked Largo (forgive me if it is addagio... I haven't looked at the D flat nocturne in some time) he still gets thunderous applause.

Finally Kissin chose to conclude with Chopin's Scherzo #2 in B flat. Scherzo #2 is not all that musically significant, but, it does have a really catchy melody. In the hands of a virtuoso, it's triplets will always delight the crowd. I've heard this piece performed both live and in recordings by several greats, among them Argerich, Rubenestein, and Ashkenazy. None of them create such a, dare I say, catchy piece out of one of Chopin's works. I walk away from listening to this performance invariably humming the main theme...and judging from the crowds response, who could not wait till the last note rang out to stand on their feet and shout "Bravo!" this performance will do the same to almost anyone.

I fervently recommend this recital recording to anyone who loves Chopin, even if they have every piece on this CD already well recorded. Each piece played is played fantastically well. I can not express more how wonderful this CD is. It is a must buy.

great performance from a great pianist.......2001-05-24

im a pianist myself and Evgeny Kissin is my favorite pianist of all time. hes the one i feel closest to. in my opinion hes the greatest pianist ever. my favorites from this cd are the Fantaisie, Waltzes, Polonaise, and the Scherzo. the Nocturnes are great too. thru out the entire cd Evgeny Kissin's technique is very impressive. buy this cd now.

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The Complete Solo Piano Recordings of Nicolas Medtner, Vol 3 Manufacturer: Apr UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Medtner | Medtner, Nikolai | ( M ) | 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 Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Medtner: The Complete Solo Piano Recordings Vol. 2 Medtner: The Complete Solo Piano Recordings Vol. 1 The Piano Works of Nikolai Medtner, Vol. 6 Medtner: Piano Works Vol. 5 The Piano Works of Nikolai Medtner, Vol. 8 ASIN: B00030ER60 Release Date: 2004-11-09

Tracks:

1. Canzona Matinata, Op.39/4
2. Allegro Risoluto
3. (Poco Quazi Recitativo)
4. Tempo
5. Arabesque In A Major, Op. 7/2 (Tragedy Fragment)
6. Allegretto
7. Introduzione Mesto
8. Finale Allegro
9. Hymn In Praise Of Toil, Op.49/1 (Before Work)
10. Novelle In C Major, Op.17/2
11. Marchen (Skazka/Fairy Tale) In D Major, Op.51/1
12. Marchen (Skazka/Fairy Tale) In F Major, Op.26/3
13. Primavera, Op.39/3

Average customer rating: Tozer is brilliant! Uknown Greatness!!!! He's not Marc-André Hamelin

The Piano Works of Nikolai Medtner, Vol. 2 Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Medtner | Medtner, Nikolai | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Piano Works Of Nikolai Medtner, Volume 1 Medtner: Piano Works, Vol. 4 The Piano Works of Nikolai Medtner, Vol. 8 The Piano Works of Nikolai Medtner, Vol. 6 The Piano Works of Nikolai Medtner, Vol. 7 ASIN: B000000ARI Release Date: 1994-07-26

Tracks:

1. Forgotten Melodies Op.38: I Danza Graziosa
2. Forgotten Melodies Op.38: II Danza Festiva
3. Forgotten Melodies Op.38: IV Canzona Fluviala
4. Forgotten Melodies Op.38: V Danza Rustica
5. Forgotten Melodies Op.38: VI Canzona Serenata
6. Forgotten Melodies Op.38: VII Danza Silvestra
7. Forgotten Melodies Op.38: VIII Alla Reminiscenza
8. Fairy Tales Op.51: No.2 In A Minor
9. Fairy Tales Op.51: No.3 In A Minor
10. Fairy Tales Op.51: No.4 In F Sharp Minor
11. Fairy Tales Op.51: No.5 In F Sharp Minor
12. Fairy Tales Op.51: No.6 In G Major
13. Sonata Triad Op.11: No.1 In A Flat Major
14. Sonata Triad Op.11: No.2 In D Minor
15. Sonata Triad Op.11: No.3 In C Major

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Tozer is brilliant!.......2005-01-19

I am a big fan of Andre-Hamelin and agree that Tozer is lesser-known than Hamelin as a previous reviewer said. But it does not damage the brilliancy of Tozer at all. He has a great sense of structure and his phrasing is luminous. His talent as a virtuosi makes it possible to challenge this extremly difficult works and the result is great. Bravo for Tozer!!

Uknown Greatness!!!!.......2002-05-12

He might not be a very well known composer but I can truly say that these pieces are something beautiful!! I also have the music book of Medtner and its a good workout on the keyboard, he is worth giving a listen, NO DOUBT!!

He's not Marc-André Hamelin.......2000-03-06

Geoffrey Tozer deserves our applause for bringing the solo music of Medtner to our attention in modern times. But the performances on this disc have been superseded by the incredible traversal, in a boxed set, of the sonatas plus other pieces, by Marc-André Hamelin, who is the most amazing pianist in this sort of repertoire before the public today.

Average customer rating: DIGRESSIONS (ON): IRELAND PIANO MUSIC (COMPLETE) (PART 1)

John Ireland: Piano Works, Volume 1 Eric Parkin Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: John Ireland: Piano Works, Vol. 2 Ireland: Piano Works, Vol 2 ASIN: B000000APD Release Date: 1992-10-28

Tracks:

1. Decorations: I. The Island Spell: Allegretto
2. Decorations: II. Moonglade: Poco lento
3. Decorations: III. The Scarlet Ceremonies: Con moto
4. The Almond Tree: Allegretto
5. Preludes: I. The Undertone: Poco sostenuto
6. Preludes: II. Obsession: Allegretto con moto
7. Preludes: III. The Holy Boy: Andante tranquillo
8. Preludes: IV. Fire Of Spring: Animato
9. RHAPSODY: Allegro risoluto
10. The Towing-Path: Allegretto sostenuto
11. Merry Andrew: Con moto ma non troppo allegro
12. Summer Evening: Andantino
13. Piano Sonata In E Minor: I. Allegro moderato
14. Piano Sonata In E Minor: II. Non troppo lento
15. Piano Sonata In E Minor: III. Con moto moderato

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DIGRESSIONS (ON): IRELAND PIANO MUSIC (COMPLETE) (PART 1).......2001-08-02

Piano works of enduring quality and quantity have never been English music's strong suit. Not, for example, like that of France, with her Debussy, Ravel, Faure, Satie, Poulenc and Milhaud, to venture a few; nor Germany, the virtual mother lode, whose piano composers rank, undeniably, amongst the greatest ever born. When considering British piano music, three composers come to mind: Ireland, Bridge and Bax, all of whom wrote more than merely a smattering of works for the instrument. (Of course, the efforts of Elgar, Moeran, Berkeley, Howells, et al., are not to be slighted--- but these are exceptions to fact, more incidental output than sustained.)

John Ireland (1879-1962), however, is arguably the cornerstone of British composers for the piano (with Frank Bridge a close second), and Eric Parkin, a former Ireland student, his most sympathetic advocate and champion. [Parkin was the first pianist to record Ireland's complete piano oeuvre in stereo on English Lyrita LPs--- late 70s into early 80s. Other pianists, like Daniel Adni (1982) and Desmond Wright (@1995) have released an LP and CD, respectively, of Ireland collections; and, now, for Naxos, John Lenehan has completed a recent second CD (2000) in his ongoing series.] So, it seems more than obvious that the greatest composer of English piano music has been sadly neglected--- especially under the circumstances. This is why Parkin's second stereo/digital traversal of Ireland's piano output on three Chandos CDs is so critical an issue.

Volume 1 (released in 1992) opens beautifully with Ireland's three DECORATIONS (1912), his admitted homage to Debussy's premiere book of piano PRELUDES (1910). Here is our first glimpse of Ireland's magic, the thread of his thematic penchants and the general ambient mood, nostalgia, sensitivity and tenderness so imbued in the majority of his piano works. In "The Island Spell" and "Moonglade," for example, one need go no further than to conjure in his mind's eye the sheer mystery that these titles imply and, then, to allow the music to spin out its wonderful dream-like reveries. Ireland is indeed a painter of musical mood poems, fully realized in THE ALMOND TREE (1913) and, from the four PRELUDES (1913-15), "The Undertone" and the reverentially beautiful "The Holy Boy," whose melody is so enchanting.

The RHAPSODY (1915), a more full-bodied, substantial work, gives us glimpses of Brahms and Reger, whose own "rhapsodies" are like dark, penetrating ruminations. Here's a piece that proves Ireland no mere miniaturist only. From its brooding beginning, the RHAPSODY develops an ebb and flow, its central section rippling surprisingly along, ghost-like, before returning to its initial development and climax.

The following three works, THE TOWING PATH, MERRY ANDREW and SUMMER EVENING (1919), return us to the wistful English nostalgia so pervasive and beautiful in Ireland's piano music, and his fabulous hallmark. SUMMER EVENING is particularly lyrical and endearing, gentle and heartfelt, especially in its yearning.

The concluding PIANO SONATA IN E MINOR seems a distillation: In its first movement Allegro, we hear echoes of "The Island Spell," the very opening track of the CD, transformed and energized, and some of the more dramatic evocations of "Fire of Spring" (the fourth of the PRELUDES). The second movement Lento, lasting nearly ten minutes, is a gorgeous, hymn-like chordal sequence very reminiscent of Satie (e.g. GYMNOPEDIES). It's awash with a kind of "spirituality" unusual in Ireland's work. The Con moto finale is a perpetual motion of contrasts and thematic recapitulations that builds to a glorious, triumphant conclusion. Brilliantly-conceived, this altogether satisfying twenty-five minute work brings us full circle.

Parkin, without a glimmer of a doubt, is the soul and substance of Ireland, his mentor, and undeniably an excellent advocate of his music. The totality of his immersion, and the sensitivity to every nuance these works offer is inspired. His recordings of Ireland's piano works will remain the milestones against which all performances must be compared.

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Average customer rating: More delightful gems from Mendelssohn's piano oeuvre

Mendelssohn: Piano Works Volume 3 Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Fantasies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Rondos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatinas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs Under $7 | Fantasies | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Fantasies | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs Under $7 | Sonatas | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Sonatas | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Mendelssohn: Piano Works, Vol.5 Mendelssohn: Piano Works Vol. 1 Mendelssohn: Piano Works, Vol. 2 Mendelssohn: Piano Works, Vol. 4 Mendelssohn: Piano Sextet, Op. 110; Piano Quartet No. 1 ASIN: B0000014D6 Release Date: 1998-06-09

Tracks:

1. Sonata In B Flat Major, Op. 106: Allegro vivace
2. Sonata In B Flat Major, Op. 106: Scherzo: Allegro non troppo
3. Sonata In B Flat Major, Op. 106: Andante quasi Allegretto - Allegro molto
4. Sonata In B Flat Major, Op. 106: Allegro moderato
5. Three Fantasies Or Caprices, Op. 16: I. Andante con moto - Allegro vivace
6. Three Fantasies Or Caprices, Op. 16: II. Scherzo: Presto
7. Three Fantasies Or Caprices, Op. 16: III. Andante
8. Album-Leaf In E Minor, Op. 117
9. Andante cantabile e Presto agitato In B Major
10. Variations In E Flat Major, Op.82
11. Rondo cappriccioso In E Major, Op. 14

Customer Reviews:

More delightful gems from Mendelssohn's piano oeuvre.......2007-02-09

So far Naxos's previous two volumes have been consistent in quality and I'm happy to announce that the third volume brings some hidden treasures to the spotlight. Mendelssohn's solo piano works tend to be unknown. With the exception of the famous Variations serieuses and the Rondo capriccioso, it's difficult to find anything else of his recorded nowadays; you certainly won't find any of these on a recital disc. Admittedly, these works are light, restrained, and mostly in the Classical mold. But there are some fantastic obscurities here that showcase Mendelssohn's marvelous talents for piano composition.

When someone mentions a piano sonata in B flat major Op. 106, I can only think of one: Beethoven's Hammerklavier. It's unfathomable to think of another sonata with this title. What are the odds of another sonata in B flat major that just happens to be an Op. 106? Since the work was posthumously published, it certainly wasn't deliberate on Mendelssohn's side. Even more peculiar is the first Allegro movement which actually does resemble the first movement of the Hammerklavier; it's almost a petite version of it. This movement is purely inspired by Beethoven and still fresh with delightful Classical ideas. The Andante movement is stunningly beautiful. These four minutes contain one of Mendelssohn's loveliest streams of melodies and modulations. The last movement is just as engaging, with gorgeous arpeggios and frolicking rhythms. In my estimation, this work is a magnificent example of Mendelssohn's competence with the piano forms.

The three Caprices from the Op. 16 are interesting diversions. The first and third have their moments but are predominately restrained, with occasional build ups of passion. The most outstanding of them all is the second, a 3 minute scherzo with a virtuosic and powerful middle section. More remarkable is the Album-Leaf in E minor. This contains a unique and inspired theme. His Romanticism shows a little more here than in the Sonata. I think this Album-Leaf is one of the best gems on this recording, in fact. It possesses abundantly beautiful ideas, all concisely stated, reaching graceful tension and then resolving itself mysteriously. Perhaps an even more original piece is the ravishing Andante cantabile e Presto agitato in B major. Mendelssohn has an affinity for combining these tempo markings together: andante and presto. He is always introducing a radiant stream of alluring melodies and then transforming them into a splash of impassioned ideas. With typical Classicism, Mendelssohn explores an array of emotions, delicate and reserved, but always angelic. It only took me a few listenings to believe that this 8 minute work is worthy of more attention.

The Variations in E flat major is an unusual composition because it consists of only five variations on a single extended theme. It does not measure up to the divine Variations serieuses, but it is still a glorious set of variations resplendent in typical Mendelssohnian fancy and artistry. I find the theme itself rather banal, but Mendelssohn's gifts for improvisation certainly aid him here. He efficiently turns this simple music into an opulent, stylish and tasteful presentation. Perhaps saving the best for last, Naxos and Frith have recorded a decent Rondo capriccioso. I confess that I much prefer Perahia when it comes to Mendelssohn's piano works. While Frith plays this with finesse and excellent technique, the exhilarating drive and Romantic feeling found in Perahia's delivery are unfortunately absent. The Rondo is assuredly the best composition on this disc, but I didn't pay it more than one hearing because of the attention I think these other rarities deserve.

Bottom line: I think the Sonata Op. 106 will delight any who buy this; the Op. 16 Caprices and the Album-Leaf are superlative gems and prove that Mendelssohn's piano works deserve more championship. Beginners to Mendelssohn shouldn't start here, but for those who love to explore obscure piano compositions from major composers, I whole-heartedly recommend this disc.

Track Listings:

1. Pieces Rompues
2. Rítmicas
3. Romantic Works for Flute & Harp
4. Sacred Music from Venice & Rome
5. Salon Music of the 19th Century
6. Scharwenka: Piano Works Vol. 1 - Piano Sonata Op. 6 / Polish National Dances Op. 3
7. Schubert: Rosamunde / Symphony No. 5
8. Sitivit Anima Mea / Audivi Vocem De Caelo
9. Sonata 2 / Scherzo 4
10. String Quartet 13

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