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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | York Bowen - The complete 78rpm Recordings
Bach, J S: | Capriccio from Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV826 recorded 1923? | Beethoven: | Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 recorded 1925 Aeolian Orchestra, Stanley Chapple Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major, Op. 27 No. 1 'Quasi una fantasia' (Andante) recorded 1923? Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major, Op. 78 recorded 1927 | Bowen: | Suite No. 2, Op. 30: Finale ‘A Romp’ recorded 1925 The Way to Polden (an ambling tune) Op. 76 recorded 1925 Arabesque, Op. 20, No. 1 recorded 1925 Fragments from Hans Andersen, Op. 58 recorded 1926 (with spoken introductions) | Brahms: | Capriccio in B minor, Op. 76 No. 2 recorded 1925 | Chopin: | Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47 recorded 1925 Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31 recorded 1926 Waltz No. 2 in A flat major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 1 recorded 1926 Polonaise No. 1 in C sharp minor, Op. 26 No. 1 recorded 1926 Étude Op. 25 No. 5 in E minor recorded 1927 Prelude No. 23 recorded 1927 Prelude No. 20 in C minor, Op. 28 No. 20 recorded 1927 Prelude in G major, Op. 28 No. 3 recorded 1927 | Cochrane: | Le Ruisseau recorded 1925 | Debussy: | Estampe No. 3 - Jardins sous la pluie recorded 1925 Arabesque No. 2 recorded 1926 | Gardiner: | London Bridge from Five Pieces recorded 1926 Gavotte from Five Pieces recorded 1926 | Liszt: | Eglogue from Années de pèlerinage - année 1: Suisse, S160 recorded 1925 | Mendelssohn: | Scherzo in E minor, Op. 16 No. 2 released January 1915 | Moscheles: | Etude, Op. 70 No. 5 recorded 1925 | Rachmaninov: | Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 in G minor recorded 1926 Polichinelle, Op. 3, No. 4 recorded 1925 | Schumann: | Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26 (Allegro) recorded 1926 | Schütt: | Etude Mignonne in D major, Op. 16, No. 1 released January 1915 |
In recent years York Bowen, the composer, has enjoyed a spectacular revival, but until now his talents as pianist (barring a late recording of his own music for Lyrita) have not been heard since the days of 78s. At the height of his success, in the first decades of the 20th century, Bowen was as much known as pianist as composer and frequently performed at the Proms amongst other things. His first recording, a very rare disc on the Marathon label, was released in 1915, but the bulk of his work was done for Vocalion; after they went bankrupt in 1927 he appears to have made no further 78s. Pride of place must go to Bowen’s Beethoven 4th Piano Concerto. This was the very first recording of the work and its neglect has been due to the fact that it was one of the last recordings to be made under the old acoustic process which was superseded the year the work was issued. Bowen’s pianism is extremely fluent and he plays his own cadenzas! Through all the featured works we hear a pianist who plays in the ‘grand manner’ and that, and his preference for romantic repertoire, reveal him as somewhat atypical of the English pianist of his time. Perhaps his nickname ‘the English Rachmaninov’ did indeed hit the nail on the head. | 
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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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| |  | Emil Gilels Vol.3: Beethoven, Rachmaninov etcLive Performance, 1978 - Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory
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| |  | The Great Pianists Volume 7 - Vladimir Horowitz
Vladimir Horowitz (piano) These recordings
contain some of the finest playing from the Great Pianists of the Early 20th Century.
Some of the rolls from which these recordings originate, are nearly 100 years old and come from a
collection owned by Denis Condon who is one of the worlds most respected authorities on the
piano roll and has some 18,000 in his collection. | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Steffen Horn - Konsert
Live recording at Gamle Logen, Oslo, 5 December 2005 | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 6 working days. |
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| |  | Denis Matsuev- Unknown Rachmaninoff
For his fourth album for Sony BMG Russian pianist Denis Matsuev has chosen to record an album of Rachmaninoff’s most virtuosic and dynamic works for piano. The album also contains the world premiere recording of two hitherto unknown pieces by Rachmaninoff, recently rediscovered by the Rachmaninoff Foundation: the Fugue in D minor and the Suite for Orchestra in D minor in a version Rachmaninoff created for piano. The recording itself was made in Rachmaninoff’s summer residence in Switzerland, where he composed many of his major works, using the composer’s own piano. The project was initiated and supported by the Rachmaninoff Foundation and Alexander Rachmaninoff in particular. “At least two outstanding recordings of Rachmaninov's Second Piano Sonata have come my way in recent years (from Yevgeny Sudbin on BIS, and Simon Trpceski on EMI)… Yet Denis Matsuev's performance… is a formidable achievement, demonstrating breathtaking control of the complex polyphonic writing, while negotiating the ebb and flow of the musical argument with great purpose and direction.” BBC Music Magazine, February 2008 ***** “Ever since his triumph in the 1998 Tchaikovsky Competition, Denis Matsuev's name has inspired awe and amazement in musical circles. Here is a virtuosos in the grandest of grand Russian traditions who returns us to the great days of Emil Gilels… this excellently recorded disc presents the most trenchant and commanding Rachmaninov recital I have heard in years.” Gramophone Magazine, March 2008 | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Yakov Flier - The Igumnov School
We continue our comprehensive survey of the many great pianists who worked in Russia in the Soviet era with the first two discs in
the Igumnov School. The bulk of the issues will be divided into 'schools' which represent the three main teachers of this period -
Neuhaus, Goldenweiser and Igumnov, - and their pupils. Igumnov was the oldest of the thre great teachers we are considering. Revered as an influential teacher at the Moscow Conservatoire, Yakov Flier is also much revered by his fans as one of the greats of the old-school Russian pianists. Flier never achieved the fame of Richter, but is very much in that line. Here the Kabalevsky and Rachmaninov Preludes are especially good examples of Flier’s idiosyncractic power. - Gramophone Magazine “Flier's generosity and poetic leeway in Chopin's Second Sonata has little to do with present-day severity. His rubato is personal but never excessive… and the entire performance is exceptionally powerful and eloquent.” Gramophone Magazine, Janurary 2008 “Yakov Flier was a distinguished pupil of Igumnov, and on this disc plays consistently better than his teacher. The Kabalevsky 24 Preludes have phenomenal élan, and everything is fresh, even if sometimes weird.” BBC Music Magazine, January 2008 **** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Demidenko plays Rachmaninov
Nikolai Demidenko (piano) ‘A marvellous disc’ (BBC Music Magazine) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | David Tong - Piano Works by Rakhmaninov, Chopin & Liszt
"The clarity and acuity of his musical perception, buttressed by buckets of technique, bespeak a musical maturity in volcanically hot property that has confounded the experts." The Australian , August 20, 2005, Vincent Plush | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Vladimir HorowitzThe Complete European Solo Recordings 1930-36
Bach, J S: | Chorale Prelude BWV734 'Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein' (arranged Busoni) | Beethoven: | 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO 80 | Chopin: | Étude Op. 10 No. 4 in C sharp minor Étude Op. 10 No. 5 in G flat major 'Black Key' Étude Op. 10 No. 8 in F major Étude Op. 25 No. 3 in F major Mazurka No. 7 in F minor, Op. 7 No. 3 Mazurka No. 27 in E minor, Op. 41 No. 2 Mazurka No. 32 in C sharp minor, Op. 50 No. 3 Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54 Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre' First movement | Haydn: | Piano Sonata No. 62 in E flat major, Hob. XVI/52 | Liszt: | Funérailles Harmonies poétiques et réligieuses, S173, No. 7 Piano Sonata in B minor, S178 | Prokofiev: | Toccata in C major, Op. 11 | Rachmaninov: | Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 in G minor | Rimsky Korsakov: | Flight of the Bumble Bee (arranged Rachmaninov) | Scarlatti, D: | Keyboard Sonata K87 in B minor Keyboard Sonata K125 in G major | Schumann: | Presto passionato in G minor op.22 Arabesque in C major, Op. 18 Traumes Wirren (Fantasiestucke, Op. 12 No. 7) Toccata in C major, Op. 7 | Stravinsky: | Danse Russe (from Pétrouchka) |
Vladimir Horowitz (piano) (2 CDs for the price of 1) "Self-respecting pianophiles will already have most of these seminal recordings. But, compared with earlier issues, APR reveal a fuller, richer piano sound where every nuance is crystal clear and in a judiciously-enhanced ambience…APR's presentation,as usual, leaves its peers standing, fully worthy of the great artist enshrined in these magical recordings." Classic CD | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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