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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Chopin - Cello sonata & Transcriptions for cello & piano
Truls Mørk (cello) & Kathy Stott (piano) “Chopin's compositional output did not include a great deal of chamber music, but what he did write included a number of pieces for cello. From this one could assume he had a special affinity for the instrument. In this recording, we have taken this a step further by choosing transcriptions of music originally written for solo piano - pieces with a strong melodic line which seem to transport themselves to the cello so beautifully.” Truls Mørk “What is most impressive about this performance is the exquisite pianissimo both achieve, while maintaining a perfect tonal balance. The old complaint that the dense piano part dominates simply does not apply here: Stott's touch is so gossamer-light, the engineers had no need to throw the cello forward unnaturally.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2007 **** | | | 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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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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| |  | Maurizio Pollini - Chopin Recital
Chopin holds a pre-eminent place in Pollini's career; in 1960 he was awarded the first prize at the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw and appeared in the same year at La Scala, Milan, playing Chopin's First Piano Concerto under Sergiu Celibidache. This was the start of his extraordinary musical career. Despite this huge success, Pollini ceased performing Chopin in order not to become stamped as a mere Chopin interpreter. But he returned to him many times later Maurizio Pollini says that Chopin composed almost exclusively masterpieces and that he didn't tolerate music that had no thinking behind it. After the successful release of the complete Chopin Nocturnes in 2005 (Echo Award, Grammy, Victoires de la Musique Classique Award), the Italian maestro again turns his attention to Chopin: he has re-recorded the famous Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 35 (recorded in 1984 and released in 1986) and the Ballade no. 2 in F (recorded and released in 1999) and added the Mazurkas op. 33, Waltzes op. 34 and Impromptu no. 2 in F sharp major, op. 36. All of these works were composed in a relatively late phase of Chopin’s career (1834–1839) and display the great variety of his art The message is simple: one of the greatest pianists of our times interprets Chopin, a composer that moves both classical music connoisseurs as well as a wider audience. As Pollini says: "I play Chopin more freely than I did in my youth, or at the time of the Chopin competition. I like my old recordings, but some of them strike me today as rather straight." Reason enough to make classical-music fans curious to hear how Pollini's Chopin sounds nowadays Pollini’s Nocturnes sold + 91.000 units worldwide and achieved Gold status in Italy | 
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| |  | Chopin: Complete Waltzes
Valentina Igoshina (piano) "melting and fluent...utterly natural" The Independent |
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| |  | Chopin & Mendelssohn - The Late Recordings Volume 3
Chopin: | Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 Nocturne No. 4 in F major, Op. 15 No. 1 Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1 Étude Op. 10 No. 3 in E major 'Tristesse' Étude Op. 10 No. 4 in C sharp minor Étude Op. 25 No. 2 in F minor Trois Nouvelles Études Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 Prelude No. 15 in D flat ‘Raindrop' Op. 28 No. 15 Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 45 Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57 Waltz No. 3 in A minor 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 2 Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz' Waltz No. 9 in A flat major, Op. 69 No. 1 'Farewell Waltz' Waltz No. 11 in G flat major, Op. 70 No. 1 Waltz No. 12 in F minor, Op. 70 No. 2 | Mendelssohn: | Variations sérieuses in D minor Op. 54 |
“This great artist was notoriously nervous, but these last recordings, of favourite works by Chopin and Mendelssohn, capture perfectly a Romantic atmosphere which was shortly to disappear, and are most valuable and loveable.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2007 ***** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Piano Moodsa collection of romantic melodies
Bach, J S: | Prelude in C (from the Well-Tempered Clavier BWV846) Andante (from Italian Concerto BWV971) | Beethoven: | Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathétique' - Adagio cantabile Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight' - Adagio sostenuto Für Elise (Bagatelle in A minor, WoO59) | Brahms: | Intermezzo in E flat major, Op. 117 No. 1 | Chopin: | Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 Étude Op. 10 No. 3 in E major 'Tristesse' Prelude No. 15 in D flat ‘Raindrop' Op. 28 No. 15 Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu' Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15 No. 2 Waltz No. 3 in A minor 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 2 Prelude in E Minor, Op. 28 No. 4 Prelude in A major, Op. 28 No. 7 | Debussy: | Clair de Lune La fille aux cheveux de lin | Grieg: | Notturno from Lyric Suite, Op. 54 To Spring, Op. 43 No. 6 Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, Op. 65 No. 6 | Liszt: | Consolation No. 3 in D flat major Liebestraum, S541 No. 3 in A flat major | Mendelssohn: | Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 19 No. 1 in E 'Sweet Remembrance' | Rachmaninov: | Prelude Op. 23 No. 4 in D major | Satie: | Gymnopédie No. 1 | Schumann: | Traümerei (from Kinderszenen, Op. 15) |
Daniel Barenboim, Lang Lang, Alexis Weissenberg, Hélène Grimaud, Emil Gilels, Wilhelm Kempff, Tamás Vásáry, Andrei Gavrilov, Angela Hewitt, Martha Argerich, Dino Ciani, Yundi Li, Jean-Marc Luisada, Mikhail Pletnev On this CD selection, the most melodious keyboard treasures from Bach to Rachmaninoff are performed by many of the outstanding artists of our time. Enrich your life with more than two hours of relaxing, atmospheric piano music. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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