The pianist performs works by Rachmaninoff and Schumann/Liszt in these 1958 and 1972 live performances at the Big Hall of the Moscow Conservatory with the Moscow Philharmonic conducted by Kyrill Kondrashin. B&W.
This album is a true highlight of Khatia's recording career thus far, she reunites with Paavo Järvi for her first orchestral recording in four years. Rachmaninoff 2 and 3 - rarely combined - in one album, showcase two blockbuster concertos of the late-romantic repertoire. The 2nd has been featured in many famous movies such as Billy Wilder's The Seven Year Itch (1955) and Clint Eastwood's film Hereafter (2010). The 3rd was prominently featured in Shine (1996) with David Helfgott. Khatia and Järvi recorded the album with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra at Rudolfinum, Dvorak Hall, Prague.
Leif Ove Andsnes has long been renowned for his powerfully emotive and disciplined performances of Rachmaninov - attributes prized by the supreme composer-pianist himself. This 2-CD set brings together the award-winning 2004 recording of Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 and Grammy Award nominated (Best Classical Instrumental Solo) 2010 recording of Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4. Internationally acclaimed conductor Antonio Pappano and the London Symphony Orchestra support Leif Ove Andsnes in this complete cycle of acclaimed concerto recordings. Praised by The New York Times as A pianist of magisterial e... [Read More]
Recorded during live concert performances, Lang Lang's second Telarc release justifies all the positive buzz surrounding this young pianist's rapidly ascending international career. He brings plenty of finger power and long-lined drama to Rachmaninov's ubiquitous Third Concerto, yet takes plenty of time to let the lyrical, soaring tunes spin without an inkling of self-indulgence. He admirably adjusts the piano part to accompany when he doesn't bear the melodic burden, and he gets more expressive mileage from transitions than many pianists do. For once, the thicker, more difficult first movemen... [Read More]
Featuring the superb piano stylings of renowned French Pianist Jean-Phillippe Collard, Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos (2 Disc Set) collects all five of Saint-Saëns five Piano Concerts, as well as his Wedding Cake Caprice and the Africa Fantasie. Saint Saëns, acclaimed for his sense of drama and ability to evoke mystery in his compositions, crafted five piano concertos over the course of his life, though only No. 2 garnered commercial success. Collected here, in one set, for the first time, and brilliantly expressed by Collard's virtuosic interpretation, Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos is an exce... [Read More]
The collection gathers the best relaxing tunes from the piano repertoire performed by most eminent musicians: Piotr Anderszewski, Leif Ove Andsnes, Daniel Barenboim, Bertrand Chamayou, Aldo Ciccolini, Samson François, Hélène Grimaud, Stephen Kovacevich, Nicolai Lugansky,
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