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ID: CDMAN333-07
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Jazz
Subcollection: Trio
Vyacheslav Gaivoronsky - trumpet, vocal
Andrei Kondakov - grand piano, percussion
Vladimir Volkov - double bass |
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ID: CHRCD008
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Vocal Collection
Subcollection: Vocal and Piano
She went on to say:
The upper reaches of Lott's still gleaming soprano inhabit Barber's ?Shining Night' and Fauré's ?Clair de lune'. And her robust English version of Schubert's ?Who is Sylvia?' finds an irresistible companion in Arne's ?Where the Bee Sucks', with its veritable midsummer night's dream of an accompaniment from Johnson. The artists' palpable sense of joy and well-being gathers momentum as they visit Berlioz's ?L'île inconnue' and as they sing on the water with Schubert. . . . And Lott and Johnson know well that the only way to face sentiment is to acknowledge its own integrity, as they do when they listen to Haydn Wood's ?Little Brown Bird' and eavesdrop with Fraser-Simson on Christopher Robin saying his prayers.
This CD features songs from a great variety of composers - Gershwin, Barber, Cole Porter, Bernstein, Brahms, Schubert, Arne, Schumann, Berlioz, and many more. A full 29 tracks of summer-themed songs! |
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ID: CHRCD075
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Dance Music
Subcollection: Piano
1. Gluck, Christophe Willibald [03'48]
Dance of the Blessed Spirits (from Orfeo ed Euridice) (trans. Giovanni Sgambati)
2. Grieg, Edvard [03'06]
from Slatter - Norwegian Peasant Dances Op.72 - i - Bridal March from Telemark
3. Grieg, Edvard [02'41]
from Slatter - Norwegian Peasant Dances Op.72 - ii - The Goblins' Bridal Procession at Vossevangen
4. Grieg, Edvard [01'10]
from Slatter - Norwegian Peasant Dances Op.72 - iii - Prillar from the Parish of Os
5. Bartók, Bela [01'29]
Three folksongs from the Csik district BB 45b - i - Rubato
6. Bartók, Bela [01'21]
Three folksongs from the Csik district BB 45b - ii - L'istesso tempo
7. Bartók, Bela [00'46]
Three folksongs from the Csik district BB 45b - iii - Poco vivo
8. Schubert, Franz [06'47]
Impromptu in G flat major D.899 No.3
9. Chopin, Fryderyk [13'33]
Polonaise-Fantasie in A flat major Op.61
10. Kurtag, Gyorgy [02'15]
from Jatekok - Games - i - Hommage a Farkas Ferenc (2): Scraps of a colinda melody - faintly recollected
11. Kurtag, Gyorgy [00'45]
from Jatekok - Games - ii - Hommage a Farkas Ferenc (3): Evocation of Petrushka
12. Kurtag, Gyorgy [00'34]
from Jatekok - Games - iii - Hommage a Nancy Sinatra
13. Ravel, Maurice [05'57]
Pavane pour une infante defunte
14. Ravel, Maurice [07'06]
Ondine (from Gaspard de la nuit)
15. Schumann, Robert [03'40]
Two Songs - i - Widmung (trans. Franz Liszt)
16. Schumann, Robert [02'44]
Two Songs - ii - Fruhlingsnacht (trans. Franz Liszt)
17. Stravinsky, Igor [08'47]
La Semaine Grasse (from Petrushka)
18. Gershwin, George [03'26]
Someone to Watch over me (from Oh Kay!) (trans. Tom Poster) |
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ID: CP024
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Jazz
Subcollection: Orchestra
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ID: DSPRCD003
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Piano
All works performed by the composers on piano |
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ID: FHR04
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection: Chamber Music
Subcollection: Piano
Like many other artists, the great Russian pianist Shura Cherkassky fled from what became Soviet Russia and settled in the USA. A student of Josef Hoffman, Cherkassky is considered by many critics to be the last great Romantic pianist. This release from the brand-new First Hand Records label is published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Cherkassky's birth. Most of the tracks here are issued in stereo for the first time and many have never before appeared on CD. This set, which features over two hours of music, is a significant historical classical piano release and provides a major boost to the limited Cherkassky discography currently available.
A 2CD set of Shura Cherkassky's complete and unpublished stereo recordings made for the HMV record label over 50 years ago. Remastered from the original stereo tapes, First Hand Records released the recordings in May 2009, the majority of which have appear for the first time in any format.
Recorded in 1956 & 1958 at Abbey Road Studios, London and remastered there in 2009. The set spans over 400 years of keyboard repertoire, from Bach to Poulenc.
Recorded in Abbey Road Studio No. 3, London, 1956 & 1958, and Kingsway Hall, London, 1958 (Litolff Scherzo)
INTERNATIONAL PIANO MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER FOR BEST REISSUE/VINTAGE RELEASE OF 2009
Issue note:
Throughout his recording career, Cherkassky flirted with different record labels, never really settling with one company. His first recording for an EMI company was in 1929 (HMV) and the last, a recording of the Litolff Scherzo, in 1967 (New World Records). He was wary of the recording studio, feeling happier performing to an audience, which resulted in a comparatively limited discography. Cherkassky was probably at his peak in the mid to late 1950s, just as his career began to accelerate in the UK. These HMV recordings, made in 1956 and 1958, contain some of the earliest EMI stereo recordings, when the technology was still at an experimental stage (EMI introduced twin-track 7.5 ips stereosonic tapes in 1955, followed in 1958 by stereophonic LPs). Quite often, these stereo recordings suffered from technical problems, including equipment failure, which resulted in many recordings not even making it to tape. Some EMI recording sessions from this period were taped in both mono and stereo concurrently, including these Cherkassky recordings. Only the mono versions were intended for immediate release as the equipment for playing stereo LPs was not yet widely available. Indeed, the majority of the tracks on this CD release have only ever been published in their mono versions. The Chopin works, apart from Ballade No. 3, was released on stereosonic tape in 1957 and the Litolff Scherzo appeared in 1963 on a stereo LP entitled “An Evening at the Proms”.
The recordings on this CD issue were made at Abbey Road Studios, London (Litolff Scherzo was recorded in Kingsway Hall, London) and remastered there in 2009 using the original EMI stereo source tapes. These tapes had been left dormant in the EMI archive for over 50 years, alongside masses of other unpublished stereo recordings from this era, which still remain untouched.
The preservation of the piano’s natural acoustic sound was a vital part of the remastering process. With this in mind, we chose not to make an issue of removing the audible hiss that is present on the tapes, to avoid diminishing the acoustic depth and dynamic range of the piano.
Although remembered mainly for his performances of romantic repertoire, Cherkassky had wide-ranging and sometimes idiosyncratic tastes in programming. Alongside standard repertoire, he was also known to perform music by Boulez, Stockhausen, Ligeti and even performed boogie-woogie! This CD release illustrates this diversity of style in a mixture of musical bonbons, warhorses and encore works spanning three centuries. Cherkassky’s trademark lyricism, his exciting unpredictability and his dazzling virtuosity are in abundance throughout this significant historical issue. This is a significant addition to the Cherkassky discography. |
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ID: FHR12
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Voices and Orchestra
From 1955 through 1964, Judy Garland was one of the most celebrated, acclaimed, and best-selling album artists on the EMI/Capitol roster. On several occasions during those years, she had the opportunity of recording at Abbey Road Studios. This 2CD set assembles her work done there between October 1957 and August 1964. Not only are 12 previously unreleased alternate takes included but, more significantly, a completely unknown/undocumented recording of a song called Please Say 'Ah'! The Mort Lindsey orchestration of this song is complicated and marvellous, the band on top form; Garland and her vocal partner, Saul Chaplin, are having a wonderful time and this great piece of fun, liberally sprinkled with Garland's infectious laugh, demands to be heard! This historic issue is the very first composite compact disc celebration of its kind and a guaranteed collector's item for anyone who appreciates the Great Popular Songbook - and "the World's greatest entertainer."
CD 1
Track 1: Orchestra conducted by Geoff Love Abbey Road Studios, 2-9 August 1960
Tracks 2-21: Orchestra and chorus conducted by Norrie Paramor
CD2
Track 1-4: Orchestra conducted by Mort Lindsey Abbey Road Studios, 6 & 12 August 1964
Tracks 5-8: Orchestra conducted by Harry Robinson
Tracks 9-14: Orchestra conducted by Norrie Paramor
Tracks 15-18: Orchestra conducted by Harry Robinson
Track 22, vocals: Judy Garland and Saul Chaplin
Tracks 19-22: Orchestra conducted by Mort Lindsey
Track 22, vocals: Judy Garland and Saul Chaplin
Tracks 19-22: Orchestra conducted by Mort Lindsey |
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ID: GCDJ1936
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Film Music
Bruno Lauzi - voice
Sante Palumbo - piano
Marco Ricci - double bass |
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