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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Rachmaninov - Solo Piano Works
 BBC Music Magazine
Disc of the month - April 2005 |
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National Philharmonic Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Introducing Shannon Lee
Shannon Lee is a young violinist who is tipped for great things. In the summer of 2005, she made her stunning orchestral debut at the age of 12 with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, performing the Chausson “Poeme” and Franz Wexman’s extremely challenging Carmen Fantasy. Later that same year, she was the featured soloist for the Dallas Symphony’s Texas Tour, and in 2006 she made her European debut with the Nuremberg Philharmonic Orchestra. Introducing Shannon Lee is a wonderful collection of pieces that include the well known and the rare. Each of the works spotlights the versatility and musicianship of this young violinist and her ability to work well with accompanist Pamela Mia Paul. Highlights include Wieniawski’s notoriously difficult “Scherzo-Tarantelle”, Elgar’s much-loved “Salut d’amour” and the most weighty work on the disc, Brahms’ “Sonatensatz”. This disc is the first opportunity to hear a young violinist poised to become one of the great artists of tomorrow. As Telarc President Robert Woods puts it “There is a dearth of fantastic talent in young artists today, so why does any one person stand out from another? To a great extent, it’s the preference of the listener – the person who discovers someone’s playing for the first time. When that happened for me with Shannon, I had the sense I was listening to a very old soul in a young person’s body. Shannon’s maturity was well beyond what I had heard from other young performers.” Accompanist Pamela Mia Paul has performed with the world’s great orchestras. She has given concerts throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia, both as soloist and as chamber musician. In the studio, or in the setting of a master class, she is an internationally sought-after pedagogue whose students have participated in and won competitions including the Naumburg International Piano Competition. | 
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| |  | Salomix-Max - In Memoriam Cathy Berberian
Salomé Kammer (voice), Rudi Spring (piano/harpsichord), Michael Riessler (clarinet/saxophone), Maria Reiter (accordian) & Bettina Fuchs (flute) "When I began to take an interest in the vocal music of the 20th century, I of course encountered the unforgettable singer Cathy Berberian (1928-1983), who was the muse of so many composers in the 1950s and '60s. She had no qualms about using all possible musical styles and her courage and her readiness to cross borders changed the direction of musical history. It is to her that we owe a masterpiece like Luciano Berio's Sequenza III, which I sing here as a homage to Berberian." Salomé Kammer This CD could be called 'the many voices of Salomé Kammer': another artist who is able in her interpretations to exploit the entire spectrum of the human voice. Cathy Berberian would have turned 80 on 4th July. |
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| |  | A Night at the Opera
Anthony Goldstone (piano) Anthony Goldstone here presents a collection of paraphrases, transcriptions and variations from opera for solo
piano.
The medium of opera has been the vehicle for some of the most passionate music, and the most beautiful melodies,
ever written. Pianists are no more immune from passion than anyone else, and – despite the piano’s percussive
method of sound production, or it may be because of it – they have been eager to accept, from whatever source,
every opportunity to render a wonderful tune. It is no surprise that pianist-composers have plundered the treasures of
opera for the benefit of their fellows. All melodies ultimately spring from the voice, and, no matter how ornate the
costumes in which ever more adventurous composer-virtuosos have cloaked them, the challenge for the executant
is to phrase them in such a way as not to invite detrimental comparison with the “real thing”.
Sometimes composers have distilled an opera into a manageable length for a piano piece; sometimes they have
shamelessly cherry-picked. The comment attributed to Rossini regarding Wagner’s operas – that they contain fine
moments but awful quarter-hours – is perhaps extreme, but it is self-evident that in any extended theatre piece there
will be comparative highlights and longueurs. Moreover, at the piano the often wearisome plots can be ignored.
Anthony Goldstone is recognised as one of Britain’s most respected pianists. Goldstone’s completions and
realisations of several works by Schubert and Mozart have been greeted with enthusiasm by musicologists and
listeners alike. “…Goldstone's accounts generally stand up well to the competition - a buoyant Rigoletto paraphrase, for example, and a keenly detailed and dramatic Carmen Chamber Fantasy.” Gramophone Magazine, 2008 Awards Issue |
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| |  | Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin & Khachaturian
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham Philharmonia Orchestra, Beecham Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Aram Khachaturian, Efrem Kurtz, Sir Neville Marriner & Takuo Yuasa |
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| |  | David Garrett - Virtuoso
Part maverick, part genius, total virtuoso, David Garrett, 25, has
been surprising people since before he was four years old. It
was then that his father gave him a violin (he was having a
tantrum because his older brother had a violin teacher) and,
without any lessons, the toddler picked it up and began playing.
Fast forward just four years and David was already one of the
foremost violinists in the world working with the most celebrated
teachers and performing solos with legendary orchestras and
conductors.
With his natural talent, the input of the finest music teachers in
the world and a spirit unusual in the sometimes fusty world of
classical music, David has emerged as fully-formed, fullyrounded
– not to mention highly attractive - artist. He has
already played for Popes and princes and presidents (the
German President saw David when he was just 11 and was so
impressed he actually set about securing him a priceless 1718
Stradivarius: “I used to leave violins on buses and in hotel
rooms when I was younger, but not this one”) but a whole new
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| |  | Prokofiev - Pierre et le Loup
Valérie Lemercier (narrator, in French) Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Tugan Sokhiev CD + Book | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | The Russian Oboe
Asafyev: | Sonatina for Oboe and Piano | Dranishnikova: | Poeme | Glière: | Pieces, Op. 35, No. 3 Pieces, Op. 35, No. 4 | Gorlov: | Suite | Luft: | Fantasy on Russian Folk Themes, Op. 12 | Rimsky Korsakov: | Variations in G minor for Oboe Flight of the Bumble Bee | Tcherepnin, N: | Sketches for Wind Instruments, Op. 45, No. 3 Sketches for Wind Instruments, Op. 45, No. 4 |
Ivan Paisov (oboe) & Natalia Shcherbakova (piano) This recording offers a fascinating survey of Russian oboe music spanning over 150 years. Though now widely neglected, Johann-Heinrich Luft held an important position as an oboist in 19th century Russia and was the acknowledged founder of the Russian school of oboe-playing. From music by Rimsky-Korsakov, including a dazzling transcription of Flight of the Bumble-Bee, to the more nearly contemporary, all these compositions bring to the fore the lyrical qualities of the instrument and the virtuosity of the performer. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Playful Clarinet
Ludmila Peterková (clarinet) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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