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World music CD DVD shop and Classic distribution
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ID: DSPRCD016
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Piano |
| 13.00 eur Buy |
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ID: DSPRCD022
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection:
Masters of the Piano Roll
Subcollection: The Great PianistsNew digital recording
These unique fascinating disis bring you originál performance from originál piano rolls in full digital sound. These are not acoustic or electric recordings re-mastered, but actual performance recorded for mechanical reproducing pianos (Ampico, Duo-Art and Welte Mignon) by the great composers and interpreters between 1904 and 1935. The recordings were made recently on a new concert-grand piano.
This CD is part of a new pianist-led series of the piano roll albums. These contain some of the finest playing from the great pianists of the Early 20th Century. Some of these rolls are nearly 100 years old and come from a collection owned by Denis Condon, one of the worlds most respected authorities on the piano roll, with18,000 in his collection. He also can construct the machines that read the rolls. This album features rare recordings of high caliber pianists. These recordings were made in 1992 and recorded on a brand new Yamaha Concert Grand under Denis’s supervision. They are not historical recordings. These recordings have by far a better overall sound performance than any other recorded using older equipment - a must for enthusiasts of piano music and great performances (even historical ones). |
| 13.00 eur Buy |
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ID: DSPRCD023
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection:
Masters of the Piano Roll
Subcollection: The Great PianistsNew digital recording
These unique fascinating disis bring you originál performance from originál piano rolls in full digital sound. These are not acoustic or electric recordings re-mastered, but actual performance recorded for mechanical reproducing pianos (Ampico, Duo-Art and Welte Mignon) by the great composers and interpreters between 1904 and 1935. The recordings were made recently on a new concert-grand piano. |
| 13.00 eur Temporarily out of stock |
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ID: DSPRCD026
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection:
Masters of the Piano Roll
Subcollection: The Great PianistsNew digital recording
These unique fascinating disis bring you originál performance from originál piano rolls in full digital sound. These are not acoustic or electric recordings re-mastered, but actual performance recorded for mechanical reproducing pianos (Ampico, Duo-Art and Welte Mignon) by the great composers and interpreters between 1904 and 1935. The recordings were made recently on a new concert-grand piano.
The Franco-Swiss pianist and conductor Alfred Cortot is regarded as one of the greatest 20th century musicians, especially renowned for his poetic insight into the Romantic period piano works and is particularly associated with those of Chopin. A must for enthusiasts of piano music and great performances. |
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ID: DSPRCD040
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection:
Musique Romantique
Subcollection: PianoA fine collection of some of the most wonderful short romantic pieces composed for piano performed by well known pianists, including Paderewski, Faure and Grainger among others.. This CD is a feel good album that is perfectly suited for dinner parties! |
| 13.00 eur Buy |
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ID: ERP3810
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Boy-SopranoBell ringers from Terra Mariana... An exciting performing of classical hits by Arsis Handbell Ensemble. The festive bronze sound of the bells gives a new dimension to the well-known pieces. |
| 14.00 eur Buy |
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ID: ERP7013-1
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Choral Handbell Ensemble Arsis
20 years of Handbell Ensemble Arsis. The CD will be released on Dec 21st, 2013.
Performed by Handbell Ensemble Arsis, Heldur-Harry Põlda (boy-soprano, 2), Toomas Vavilov (clarinet, 9), Irén Lovász (vocal, 12), Estonian National Male Choir RAM (12), Estonian National Symphony Orchestra (13), Aivar Mäe (conductor, 9-11, 13), Kristjan Järvi (conductor, 12) |
| 15.00 eur Buy |
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ID: FCRCD-9708
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection:
Instrumental
Subcollection: Piano |
| 15.00 eur Temporarily out of stock |
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ID: FHR04
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection:
Chamber Music
Subcollection: PianoLike 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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