CHOPIN Complete Etudes Frédéric Chopin: Etudes Alessandro Deljavan, piano Brilliant Classics (Nov 2015); Available at amazon.com From Amazon.com: Chopin threw down the gauntlet for all who would come after him. These 24 studies, and the three works published as ‘Nouvelles Etudes’ within the Méthode des Méthodes de Moscheles et Fétis—a publication including studies by Henselt,…Continue Reading Deljavan Releases Chopin Etudes
Nonesuch Górecki Retrospective Henryk Górecki: A Nonesuch Retrospective Lerchenmusik: Recitatives and Ariosos, Op. 53: I – III.; Symphony No. 3: I – III.; Already It Is Dusk: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 62; Quasi una Fantasia: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 64: I – IV.; Miserere, Op. 44; Amen, Op. 35; Euntes Ibant et Flebant,…Continue Reading Discography January 2016
The first concert played by the Warsaw National Philharmonic in its hall, newly-reconstructed after war-time destruction, was given on Feb 21, 1955. The recording of this historic concert—now digitally re-mastered by Grammy Award winning sound engineers Aleksander Nagórko and Andrzej Sasin—was released on Warner Classics under the title Warsaw Philharmonic Archives: The 1st Concert 1955 on Feb…Continue Reading 2015 in Review – Discography
I.J.Paderewski – Pieśni [Songs] Ignacy Jan Paderewski: Cztery pieśni na głos i fortepian op.7 (sł. Adam Asnyk); Konwalijka na głos i fortepian op.7[a] (sł. Adam Asnyk); Sześć pieśni na głos i fortepian op.18 (sł. Adam Mickiewicz); Dans la forêt na głos i fortepian (sł. Théophil Gautier); Dwanaście pieśni na głos i fortepian op. 22 (sł. Catulle Mendès) A. Radziejewska…Continue Reading Paderewski’s Songs on DUX
Szymanowski & Debussy: Meccore String Quartet Karol Szymanowski: String Quartet No. 1; String Quartet No. 2. Claude Debussy: String Quartet No. 1. Polskie Nagrania/ Warner Music October 23 marked the debut of Meccore String Quartet’s latest CD featuring Szymanowski’s Quartets no. 1 and 2 and Debussy’s G-minor Quartet. Founded in 2007, the Meccore Quartet belongs to…Continue Reading Szymanowski & Debussy by Meccore
Cinematic Piano Opening; A Letter to Mr. Desplat; The Temple; Fun in The Park; Prometheus; A Letter to Mr. Newman; Noir; The Wannabe Spy; The Island; The Thief in Persia; Song of Destiny; Find Your Neverland Aleksander Dębicz, piano Amazon (May 1, 2015) The 27-year old virtuoso pianist, Aleksander Dębicz, demonstrates his prodigious musical gifts on his…Continue Reading Cinematic Piano on Sale!
New Augustyn CD The Romantic Violin Recital Chopin: Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor; Mazurka in A Minor, Op. 68 No. 4; Kresiler: Variations on a Theme, Liebesleid (Love’s Sorrow); Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 1; Bartok: Roumanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56, Bb 68; Wieniawski: Fantaisie Brillante (Faust Fantasy), Op. 20; Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28;…Continue Reading Augustyn and Penderecki Recordings
Fryderyk Chopin: Complete Études Fryderyk Chopin: Etudes, opus 10, opus 25 and “Trois nouvelles etudes” (without opus numbers) Mehmet Okonsar, piano okonsar.com David Ezra Okonsar, pianist, composer, conductor and musicologist is the First Prize Winner at the International Young Virtuosos Competition, Antwerp, Belgium, 1982 and laureate of other prestigious international piano competitions. Okonsar has made…Continue Reading Complete Chopin Études
Magdalena Filipczak: Essence of Violin Saint-Saën (arr: Eugene Ysaÿe): Caprice d’après l’Etude en forme de valse, Op 52/6; Elgar: Chanson de Matin, Op 15/2; Salut d’Amour, Op 12; Piazzolla: Bordel 1900 from History of the Tango; Café 1930 from History of the Tango; Wieniawski: Fantaisie Brillante sur ‘Faust’ de Charles Gounod, Op 20; Britten: Reveille: Concert Study for Violin and Piano; Lullaby from…Continue Reading Magdalena Filipczak Debut CD
DREAM LAKE Witold Lutosławski: Chantefleurs et Chantefables (arr. E. Knapik for soprano and piano); Andrzej Czajkowski: 7 Shakespeare Sonnets (Dream Lake) Agata Zubel, soprano ; Joonas Ahonen, piano CDAccord ACD216 ‘Dream Lake’ (CDAccord ACD216) is a recording project by Polish soprano Agata Zubel and Finnish pianist Joonas Ahonen. The disc includes Andrzej Czajkowski’s Seven Shakespeare Sonnets…Continue Reading Zubel Performs Lutosławski & Czajkowski