Advantages: The most beautiful performance of a superb collection Disadvantages: The CD has an end!
From the second that the left hand begins the oscillating theme in the first track of Fantaisie Impromptu it is clear that Naxos have made a fantastic decision in the use of Idil Biret as the pianist for this collection.
The pianist plays with more human regard for the pieces than I have ever heard from another- she is never rushed, even through the mad vivace tempo marking the Minute Waltz- even in that she plays with a beauty and subtle tone that leaves the listener glad to have partaken in the experience.
The collection is superbly recorded and sourced- there is a wide variation of the Chopin favourites here, and they can all be excused their vast notereity solely as Biret's interpretations are so secure and novel.
For any Chopin fan this CD takes you through all forms of his works- from the surprising anger ...
Advantages: Excellent physcological study of character. Disadvantages: Grim, brutal, shocking scenes of a sexual nature.
the piano with excellence is evident, and although she trains them to this stage of perfection, she becomes jealous of their hard earned achievement when they have reached their pinnacle. Erica is highly strung and sexually charged, and she is also a bitter and vindictive individual. One day she meets a promising young male pianist at a recital, by the name of Walter (Magimel Kramer). Walter is a handsome,arrogant, and self confident young man, and there is an instantaneous strong mutual bond, a meeting of minds, and a deep physical attraction, and she sees something in him that she seems to have been searching for. They talk and discover they both share the love of the works of Schumann and Schubert. This is a further attraction for Erica, and an unhealthy obsession towards him begins to take shape in her mind. ~
Erica teaches ...
Morning_Becomes_Electra 20.01.2008 (25.01.2008)
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Advantages: Really nice music Disadvantages: A few tracks arent as good as the others
I was watching Classic FM TV one day and saw Simon Mulligan playing Band of Brothers and it really was absolutely amazing. However, at the end of the video it didnt say the name of the track or who performed it. It was so good though that I quickly went on the internet and found the name of the person playing it and realised that he had made a CD. I can't remember how much the CD cost but it wasnt any more than £10 and so I decided to buy it, after hearing only one of the tracks from it. The 'risk' I took when buying it though was one that was worth taking.
This CD is a really good. It has a wide variety of music, with music from composers like J.S. Bach and Beethoven through ones like Shostakovich, Chopin and Walton to modern composers like Michael Kamen, Eric Clapton and Simon Mulligan himself. Although there are a few weaker ...
Product Information for "Bach. Beethoven. Brahms. Chopin: Piano Works" »
Product details
Title
Bach. Beethoven. Brahms. Chopin: Piano Works
Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750); Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827); Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (1810 - 1849); Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Main Performer
Grigory Sokolov (Piano)
Date of Release
31/10/2005
Label / Distributor
Astrée Naïve / New Note
Pieces in Set
5
Running Time
5 hours 9 minutes
Genre(s)
Chamber, Instrumental
Stereo
Stereo
EAN
709861304219
Work 1
Work Title
(Die) Kunst der Fuge, '(The) Art of Fugue', BWV1080
Excerpt(s)
1. Contrapunctus 1 2. Contrapunctus 2 3. Contrapunctus 3 4. Contrapumctus 4 5. Contrapunctus 5 6. Contrapunctus 6 (a 4, im Stile francese) 7. Contrapunctus 7 (a 4, per Augmentationem et Diminutionem) 8. Contrapunctus 8 (a 3) 9. Contrapunctus 9 (a 4, alla Duodecima) 10. Contrapunctus 10 (a 4, alla Decima) 11. Contrapunctus 11 (a 4) 12. Contrapunctus 12 (a 4: rectus); Contrapunctus 12 (inversus) 13. Contrapunctus 13 (a 3: rectus); Contrapunctus 13 (inversus) 14. Canon (per Augmentationem in contrario motu) 15. Canon alla ottava 16. Canon alla decima contrapuncto alla terza 17. Canon alla duodecima in contrapuncto alla quinta 18. Fuga (a 2 clavier); Alio modo fuga (a 2 clavier) 19. Fuga (a 3 soggetti: incomplete)
Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Genre
Chamber
Date Written
c1745-50
Main Performer
Grigory Sokolov (Piano)
Opera Part(s)
Grigory Sokolov
Work 2
Work Title
(6) Partitas, BWV825-30
Excerpt(s)
1. No. 2 in C minor, BWV826
Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Genre
Instrumental
Main Performer
Grigory Sokolov (Piano)
Opera Part(s)
Grigory Sokolov
Work 3
Work Title
(2) Rondos, Op. 51
Excerpt(s)
1. No. 1 in C 2. No. 2 in G
Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Genre
Instrumental
Date Written
c1797/98
Main Performer
Grigory Sokolov (Piano)
Opera Part(s)
Grigory Sokolov
Work 4
Work Title
Rondo a capriccio, 'Rage over a lost penny' in G, Op. 129
Excerpt(s)
1. Rondo a capriccio, 'Rage over a lost penny' in G, Op. 129
Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Genre
Instrumental
Date Written
1795
Main Performer
Grigory Sokolov (Piano)
Opera Part(s)
Grigory Sokolov
Work 5
Work Title
Sonata for Piano No. 4 in E flat, Op. 7
Excerpt(s)
1. Allegro molto e con brio 2. Largo con gran espressione 3. Allegro - minore - allegro 4. Rondo: Poco allegretto e grazioso
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