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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Horowitz in Hamburg - The Last Concert
Vladimir Horowitz (piano) On 21 June 1987, before an ecstatic audience in Hamburg’s Musikhalle, 83-year-old Vladimir Horowitz gave the last concert of a career that stretched over nearly seven decades. The recital, taped by North German Radio (NDR), lay in their archives virtually untouched for more than 20 years (one encore was included in Deutsche Grammophon’s anthology The Magic of Horowitz in 2003). It is now being released in its entirety for the first time in any format. The repertoire is familiar, with Mozart and Schumann (Kinderszenen op. 15) to the fore. There is a last heroic assault on Chopin’s Polonaise in A flat op. 53 and the final scintillating encore is Moszkowski’s Etincelles, a Horowitz evergreen. The recording provides a unique souvenir of Horowitz’s final public appearance, where the sense of occasion and immediacy is palpable. “One comes away dazzled by the unique sonority imagination and élan of this extraordinary musician.” Gramophone Magazine, July 2008 “In a programme of Mozart, Liszt, Schumann, Chopin, Schubert and Moszkowski, Vladimir Horowitz demonstrates his guiding principle that the piano should be made to sing. There is a beautifully shaped, lyrical quality to his playing, allied to intuitive musical characterisation and a magical sense of intimacy” The Telegraph, 16th August 2008 | 
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Stanislav Ioudenitch (piano gold medalist) 11th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Trevor Barnard - A Piano Odyssey
Albéniz: | Tango (No. 2 from Espana, Op. 165) | Bach, J S: | Two-part Invention No. 1 in C major, BWV772 | Bartók: | In Dorian Mode - from Volume 1, Mikrokosmos Dance in Bulgarian Rhythm No. 6 from Vol. 6, Mikrokosmos | Beethoven: | Bagatelle in A flat major, Op. 33 No. 7 | Bertram: | Kinetic - No. 3 from Five Pieces | Butterley: | Arioso Comment on a Popular Song | Chopin: | Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu' Polonaise No. 3 in A major, Op. 40 No. 1 'Military' | Dargaville: | Night Song | Debussy: | The Snow is dancing (from Children's Corner) | Gershwin: | Prelude No. 2 | Grieg: | Little Bird, Op. 43 No. 3 | Mendelssohn: | Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 19 No. 1 in E 'Sweet Remembrance' | Rachmaninov: | Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C sharp minor | Schubert: | Moments Musicaux, D780: No. 3 in F minor | Schumann: | Arabesque in C major, Op. 18 | Sculthorpe: | Sonatina | Sutherland, M: | Jesu, meine Freude, from Two Chorale Preludes | Werder: | Spring - No. 2 from William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Experience |
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| |  | Franciscus Quartet - Special Arrangements
A fascinating collection of transcriptions for string quartet of works by Haydn, Beethoven and Shostakovich programmed alongside original pieces by Piazzolla, Dvorak and Gianneo and performed with great flair and imagination by one of Holland’s leading string ensembles, the Franciscus Quartet. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Steinway Legends - Vladimir Horowitz
Bach, J S: | Chorale Prelude BWV659 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland' | Chopin: | Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 'Héroïque' Mazurka No. 13 in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4 Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20 | Liszt: | Valse oubliée No. 1 in F sharp, S.215 Consolation in D flat from 6 Consolations, series 1, S171a No. 4 No. 4 from Schwanengesang, S.560 - piano transcriptions after Schubert Impromptu S191 1872 | Moszkowski: | Etude in F major, Op. 72 No. 6 Étincelles, Op. 36 No. 6 | Mozart: | Piano Sonata No. 13 in B flat major, K333 Rondo in D major, K485 | Rachmaninov: | Prelude Op. 32 No. 5 in G major Prelude Op. 32 No. 12 in G sharp minor Polka de V.R. | Scarlatti, D: | Keyboard Sonata K380 in E major | Schubert: | Moments Musicaux, D780: No. 3 in F minor Marche Militaire, D733 No. 1 Impromptu in B flat major, D935 No. 3 Impromptu in A flat major, D899 No. 4 | Schumann: | Kreisleriana, Op. 16 | Scriabin: | Étude Op. 2 No. 1 in C sharp minor Étude Op. 8 No. 12 in D sharp minor |
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| |  | Clifford Curzon - The BBC Recitals
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| |  | The Godowsky Edition, Volume VRomantic Transcriptions and Arrangements
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| |  | Lynn Harrell - Andante CantabileCello Encores
Lynn Harrell (cello) & Bruno Canino (piano) As he explains in his liner notes for this CD, Lynn Harrell uses the voice as his point of departure for this collection of encores. They are largely reflective pieces, with a bit of fun such as the unfairly forgotten Glazunov Spanish Serenade thrown in for good measure, and this once popular disc now makes a return to the catalogue, at budget price. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Off the beaten trackPiano Rarities
Bartók: | Pe loc (No 3 from Romanian Folk Dances) | Cui: | Causerie (Etude), Op. 40 No. 6 | Driver: | Doll's Lullaby (from Seven Blakemore Poems) First recording Sarabande First recording | Fauré: | Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 1 arr. Grainger | Glière: | Prelude in C minor, Op. 16, No. 1 Aux Champs, Op. 34, No. 7 Prelude in E flat (from 12 Children's Pieces, Op. 31) | Grieg: | Jeg Elsker Deg, Op. 41 No. 3 | Griffes: | The White Peacock | Ireland: | The Almond Trees | Lecuona: | Suite Andalucía: Córdoba | Liadov: | Berceuse, Op. 24, No. 2 Prelude in B flat minor, Op. 31, No. 2 Prelude in B minor, Op. 11, No. 1 | Rachmaninov: | Elegie, Op. 3 No. 1 | Schubert: | Moments Musicaux, D780: No. 3 in F minor arr. Godowsky | Scriabin: | Étude Op. 2 No. 1 in C sharp minor Mazurka in E minor, Op. 3 No. 7 Mazurka in C sharp minor, Op. 3, No. 6 Mazurka in E minor, Op. 25 No. 3 Etrangeté, Op. 63 No. 2 Masque, Op. 63, No. 1 | Shostakovich: | Prelude in A flat, Op. 34, No. 17 | Strauss, R: | Träumerei (No 4 from Stimmungsbilder, Op. 9) | Tchaikovsky: | Waltz in A flat, Op. 40 No. 8 | Vaughan Williams: | The Lake in the Mountains | Villa-Lobos: | O Polichinelo (from Prole do Bebê, Book 1) |
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| |  | The Very Best of Schubert
Schubert: | Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished' Ständchen 'Leise flehen meine Lieder', D957 No. 4 Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D774 Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat major, D929 - 2nd movement Winterreise: Gute Nacht Impromptu in E flat major, D899 No. 2 Klavierstück in E flat minor, D946 No. 1 Moments Musicaux, D780: No. 3 in F minor Fantasie in F minor for piano duet, D940: 1st movement Mass No. 6 in E Flat Major, D950 - II Gloria An die Musik D547 Die Forelle, D550 Piano Quintet in A major, D667 'The Trout' - Theme and Variations Ave Maria, D839 Impromptu in A flat major, D935 No. 2 Rosamunde, D797: Ballet Music No. 2 Gretchen am Spinnrade, D118 Andante con moto from String Quartet No. 14 in D minor D810 Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D965 (Von Chezy / Muller) Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, D714 |
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