A collection of 13CDs to celebrate Erik Satie's 150th birthday A box set of captivatingly idiosyncratic piano pieces, songs and ballets by Satie and his friends such as Debussy, Ravel and Poulenc Features famous and popular pieces such as Vexation, a forerunner of Minimalism or the simple, haunting Gymnopédies (1888) and Gnossiennes (1890) who have become universally familiar from their use in TV adverts and movies Five of the discs for the first time on CD Plus a 1950 historic recording (CD1) of Francis Poulenc playing not only his own piano pieces but also those of his friend Erik Satie
EMI Classics relaunches the popular EMI Masters Series: The definitive series of great classical music from a trove of the most notable and revered classical recordings ever made. Available on CD and for digital download, this newly repackaged installment of 30 masters celebrates EMI Classics' greatest artists,including Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim and Riccardo Muti. All performances in this series were recorded, mastered, or re-mastered at the internationally renowned Abbey Road Studios in London.
"Lang Lang is the world's most successful pianist, the hottest artist on the classical music planet" comments The New York Times. 28-year-old Lang Lang has played sold out recitals and concerts in every major city in the world. The "Best of Lang Lang" brings together the most popular pieces Lang Lang has recorded on Deutsche Grammophon, all on one disc at a great price. From Mozart to Rachmaninov and in both solo and concerto recordings, Lang Lang displays his virtuosic versatility and thrilling technique on this recording.
These two fascinating works are combined into one volume that includes an interesting biography, background information on the writing of the music, indispensable performance suggestions and a listing of recommended readings and recordings.
Coming off the immense success of the Billboard-charting Let me tell you which received rave reviews from the New York Times, NPR, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Wall St. Journal, and many more Barbara Hannigan turns her attention to the work of Erik Satie as the musical world celebrates his 150th birthday. The disc focuses on one of the minimalist composer s few elaborate masterpieces: the almost-forgotten vocal piece Socrate, on three Plato dialogues in French translation.
The tracks are: 1. Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Taillis (Solo quartet: John Korman, violin, Beverly Schiebler, violin, Thomas Dumm, viola, John Sant' Ambrogio, cello, 2. Erik Satie's "Gymnopedie No. 1", 3. Satie's "Gymnopedie No. 3", 4. Samuel Barber's Adagio For Strings, 5. Gabriel Faure's Pavane, Op. 50, 6. Percy Grainger's "Irish Tune from County Derry".
Screamworks Records' first release is a very strong soundtrack: the postapocalyptic-vampire-roadmovie (!) Stake Land, composed by the brilliant Jeff Grace (The House of the Devil, I Sell the Dead, The Last Winter). This is an intriguing work that combines elements of folk Americana, intimate piano music and aggressive orchestral action music. The album is available on CD and online following the US release of the film in April 2011 and coming out just before the UK theatrical release on June 17.
Designed for easy reading, with fingerings clearly marked, and helpfully grouped by level of difficulty, each book contains pieces to delight lovers of the classical masterpieces, and in this case includes various sarabands and
The most haunting melodies and influential pieces from this quintessentially French composer. Includes 3 Gymnopedies ; two of his Gnossiennes; Sports et Divertissements; 3 Sarabandes; Avant-dernieres Pensees; Morceaux en Forme de Poire; Le Piccadilly; Valses
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