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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Chopin - Piano Works
“‘Fliter is very much her own person, with essential sparks of individual imagination that show a fertile mind as well as a phenomenal technique at work … In the second half came a Chopin group that was simply spellbinding. The music seemed to flow from her with an utterly natural lyrical impulse, graced with power, luminous delicacy and a spectrum of tonal colouring that combined to mark her out as one of the most instinctive and eloquent Chopin interpreters playing today’” Daily Telegraph “…her playing is now enriched immeasurably by a poetic depth and subtle expressive imagination.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2008 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Wilhelm Kempff
The Broadcasting House in Cologne was also the venue for a series of
recordings that the great Wilhelm Kempff made in 1956 and 1960.
Familiar works are supplemented by a piece that he never recorded in the studio and that is released here for
the first time: Schubert's Fantasia D934, captivatingly played by Kempff and Hedi Gigler.With this programme
Kempff meets the listener on familiar ground, bringing to his performances his typically high interpretative
standards. Pianofiles rejoice! | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Alexandre Tharaud (piano) “All these performances suggest a fastidious musical intelligence with an immaculate technique…Harmonia Mundi’s sound is as crystalline as the playing, and these scrupulously modern and sensitive performances are among the finest available.” Gramophone | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Stephen Kovacevich (piano)  CD Review
Critics Disc of the Year - December 2006 |
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| |  | Chopin: Mazurkas, waltzes and other dances
Chopin: | Polonaise No. 1 in C sharp minor, Op. 26 No. 1 3 Écossaises, Op. 72 No. 3 Waltz No. 14 in E minor, Op. post., KKIVa:15, B 56 Tarantella in A flat major, Op. 43 Ländler and Trio in A flat major, Op. posth. Waltz No. 4 in F major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 3 Polonaise No. 2 in E flat minor, Op. 26 No. 2 Contredanse in G Flat Major (Allegretto) Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz' Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2 Cantabile in B Flat Major (Andantino) Bolero, Op. 19 Waltz No. 3 in A minor 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 2 4 Mazurkas, Op. 6 |
Arthur Schoonderwoerd (pianoforte, Ignace Pleyel 1836) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Ingrid Fliter plays Beethoven & Chopin
Recorded live at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw on February 14, 2005 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Each waltz is treated with the same care that a piano sonata might deserve and the effect is magical: this is true poetry - James Jolly, Gramophone 1000th issue | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Chopin - Waltzes
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| |  | Josef Hofmann - Acoustic recordings (1916-1923)
Chopin: | Waltz No. 2 in A flat major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 1 Recorded 13th February, 1918 Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2 Recorded 18th April, 1923 Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15 No. 2 Recorded 19th April, 1923 Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu' Recorded 6th March, 1918 Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57 Recorded 26th March, 1918 Polonaise No. 3 in A major, Op. 40 No. 1 'Military' Recorded 10th April, 1923 | Liszt: | Meine Freuden (Nocturne) Chants polonais (after Chopin Op. 74). Recorded 27th April, 1923 Polish Songs S480 No. 1 "Maiden's Wish" (after Chopin) Recorded 6th March, 1918 Waldesrauschen, S145 No. 1 Recorded 13th March, 1923 Tarantella from Venezia e Napoli Recorded 2nd November, 1916 Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 2 in C sharp minor Recorded in December, 1922 | Mendelssohn: | Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 67 No. 4 in C 'The Bee's Wedding' ('Spinning Song') Recorded 13th October, 1916 Rondo capriccioso in E major, Op. 14 Recorded 13th February, 1918 Song Without Words, Op. 19, No. 3 (Hunting Song) Recorded 14th February, 1918 | Moszkowski: | La Jongleuse, Op. 52 No. 4 Recorded 14th February, 1918 Spanish Caprice Recorded 16th October, 1916 | Paderewski: | Minuet in G major, Op. 14 No. 1 Recorded 2nd November, 1916 | Rachmaninov: | Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 in G minor Recorded 20th April, 1923 Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C sharp minor Recorded 20th April, 1923 | Schubert: | Erlkönig, D328 arr. Liszt. Recorded 13th October, 1916 |
Josef Hofmann was one of the greatest pianists of any age. His unique abilities incorporated a technique second to none, and a clarity and pureness of tone that has probably never been heard since his death. Always in total command of everything he played, Hofmann presented each work with an impression of complete facility of execution. All works recorded in New York City “Josef Hofmann is among music’s most jealously guarded legends. For his admirers (and they included Anton Rubinstein and Rachmaninov) he could do no wrong, and those fortunate enough to have heard him live during his heyday in America can reminisce by the hour, recalling unforgettable performances of a vast repertoire ranging from Beethoven’s Op. 111 Sonata to the major works of the great romantics.” Gramophone Magazine “The recessed, wrong-end-of-a-telescope acoustic recordings are still truthful enough to display Hofmann's mesmerisingly fabulous virtuosity in Liszt's Waldesrauchen and Tarantella, and his full, rounded tone.” BBC Music Magazine, October 2008 ***** | 
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