MusicWeb wrote of this new release: “This is a valuable addition to the discography. The Los Angeles concerts of 1963-1964 were given at the Hollywood Bowl, in which Heifetz and Piatigorsky played the Brahms Double with Leonard Bernstein, and at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion where the violinist essayed the Beethoven with Zubin Mehta. Neither concert has apparently been issued before. There are two bonus tracks, previously released, that come from the Bell Telephone Hour with Donald Voorhees conducting in Radio City, New York in February 1950. The Evorak is tightly coiled, cloaked and hooded, full of inimitable tonal splendor and not remotely relaxed while the Sarasate Habanera is suave and bewitching. Cembal d’amour once issued this but their transfer is cloudy and palpably inferior to this one.”

The Turkish pianist Idil Biret was one of the greatest child prodigies of the 20th century. Her recital at the Boston Conservatory demonstrated that she is no less prodigious today. She played a long and demanding program with the power, concentration. 747313127276 NXS8571272.2 14654756 .00 14.99 .20 NAXOS COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL ORCHESTRAL & SYMPHONIC 09/29/2009 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/a/500/1/8/9/6/1556981.jpg 1 1 N SCHUMANN / STRAUSS / FRAGER / SKD / KEMPE STAATSKAPELLE DRESDEN EDITION 28 881488805352 PROL8053.2 14655517 .00 24.99 .48 PROFIL - G HAENSSLER COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL ORCHESTRAL & SYMPHONIC 09/29/2009 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/b/500/6/4/0/7/1557046.jpg 3 2 N KONTOMANOU,ELISABETH / ALLEN,GERI SECRET OF THE WIND Despite an obvious rapport, singer Elisabeth Kontomanou and pianist Geri Allen were not old friends when they met in France to lay down these tracks Kontomanou is based in Stockholm, while Allen is still in the states, a centerpiece of the University of Michigan's jazz faculty. The two met for the first time for a duet tribute to Billie Holiday in March 2011, at Montreal's annual Jazz en Rafale Festival. Geri Allen has long been considered the greatest jazz pianist since the 1980s, her work focused on furthering the legacy of Herbie Hancock and Thelonious Monk while retaining the gospel fervor of the blues. This program mixes traditional with new undertaking full-scale reimagining of iconic R&B themes like the opener, Marvin Gaye's God Is Love, and Curtis Mayfield's time-honored classic People Get Ready. 3760195730157 ONOT15.2 16491045 .00 20.99 .12 OUTNOTE RECORDS COMPACT DISCS POP JAZZ 05/08/2012 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/b/500/6/3/8/1/1971836.jpg 147 1 N RUDNER / WURTTEMBERGISCHE PHILHARMONIE REUTLINGEN FESTLICHES WEIHNACHTSKONZERT 4010276024705 PROL98635.2 16093973 .00 20.99 .22 PROFIL - G HAENSSLER COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHRISTMAS / CHANUKKAH 10/25/2011 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/a/500/3/0/8/0/1900803.jpg 10 1 N BEETHOVEN / BIRET / BILSO COMPLETE PNO CTOS Love of Beethoven' works threads through Biret' life like a red ribbon. Her studio recordings and live concerts show this in an unequivocal language... Next to the Piano Concertos, the Triple Concerto and the Choral Fantasy she has also recorded and perfo.

“A supreme mastery of tempi, sonorities, polyphony and of course technique permits Biret to embrace all the moods of the great Beethoven and gives her playing a symphonic depth rarely heard until now.”
— Le Nouvel Observateur (France) / H-L de la Grange

“The performances here truly represent a lifetime of musical thinking and are essential for serious Beethovenians.”
— All Music Guide (USA) / James Mannheim

“Love of Beethoven’s works threads through Biret’s life like a red ribbon. Her studio recordings and live concerts show this in an unequivocal language…Next to the Piano Concertos, the Triple Concerto and the Choral Fantasy she has also recorded and performed on stage all the Piano Sonatas and Symphony Transcriptions becoming perhaps the only artist to reach this level of completeness…This knowledge of Beethoven one hears in every nuance in Idil Biret’s playing.”
— Piano News (Germany) / Carsten Dürer

“From the outset of the 1st Symphony one feels that Idil Biret grasps the size of Beethoven’s style. The polyphony is laid out in a relaxed way with little indulgence in point-making. She keeps her big line, and yet is thankfully sparing in her use of fortissimos…The piano tone is sumptuous. Biret’s gentle and almost sensuous sonorities are really captivating…This is a remarkable achievement.”
— Gramophone (UK) / J. Methuen-Campbell

“Biret’s concertos are quite classical in approach. Her articulation is crisp and wonderfully clear, rhythm is firmly controlled, and extremes are avoided. As a result the playing is never pushed, either by excessive speed or wide dynamics. The moderate tempos allow lots of detail to come through, and we find once again the elegance and beauty of Beethoven.The Bilkent Symphony, in Antoni Wit’s hands, plays musically, with a fine sense of style.”
— American Record Guide / Paul L Althouse

“Idil Biret not only recorded all nine of the Beethoven symphonies in less than a year but, in a superhuman feat which astounded all those who know about music, she also publicly performed all of them in four recitals at the Montpellier festival in France. To learn and also memorise scores of such length and difficulty in such a short time is a mind-bogglingachievement.”
— Fonoforum (Germany) / Peter Cossé

Biret grasps the size of Beethoven' style. The polyphony is laid out in a relaxed way with little indulgence in point making. She keeps the big line and yet is thankfully sparing in her use of fortissimos. The piano tone is sumptuous. Biret' gentle. 747313126675 NXS8571266.2 14938696 .00 14.99 .21 NAXOS COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 03/30/2010 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/b/500/6/5/5/6/1626556.jpg 1 1 N SOKOLOVIC / DEROME / PRYNN / D'ERRICO TRIO FIBONACCI: 5X3 773811157101 CCD15710.2 14925801 .00 18.99 .21 CENTREDISCS COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 03/30/2010 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/b/500/6/9/5/6/1626596.jpg 3 1 N HALVORSEN / THORSEN / BERGEN PHIL ORCH / JARVI ORCHESTRAL WORKS 1 095115158425 CHN10584.2 14925689 .00 21.99 .25 CHANDOS COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL ORCHESTRAL & SYMPHONIC 03/30/2010 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/b/500/6/2/6/6/1626626.jpg 0 1 N HANDEL / SIXTEEN / CHRISTOPHERS CORONATION ANTHEMS 828021606625 CORO16066.2 14258510 .00 20.99 .22 CORO COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 02/10/2009 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/a/500/0/5/7/1/1471750.jpg 13 1 N LEHAR / KENNY / SKOVHUS / TURAY / KIRCHSCHLAGER MERRY WIDOW Yvonne Kenny, Bo Skovhus, Angelika Kirchschlager, and Gregory Turay star in this San Francisco Opera production of the Lehar operetta conducted by Erich Kunzel. 809478070559 BOPU7055BR 14939044 .00 39.99 .25 BBC / OPUS ARTE BLU-RAY CLASSICAL OPERA / OPERETTA / ORATORIO 03/30/2010 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/b/500/4/6/6/6/1626664.jpg 4 1 N HAYDN / VIENNA PHILHARMONIC / BOULEZ / MEHTA HAYDN SYMPHONIES 812864010930 VNPR2009.2 14936722 .00 44.99 .20 VIENNA PHILHARMONIC COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL ORCHESTRAL & SYMPHONIC 03/30/2010 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/b/500/5/6/6/6/1626665.jpg 0 3 N WALTERS / FOULKES / PRYCE / SUMMERHAYES / EIMER SONG OF THE HEART 5060113440907 TCCT90.2 14173172 .00 20.99 .23 TOCCATA COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 01/13/2009 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/a/500/1/3/1/3/1463131.jpg 22 1 N BERNIER / GETCHELL / MECHALY / COHEN-AKENINE NUITS DE SCEAUX 3760014190582 ALPP58.2 10537152 .00 20.99 .23 ALPHA PRODUCTIONS COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 02/08/2005 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/a/500/2/4/1/3/1463142.jpg 271 1 N DEBUSSY / SWR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA / CAMBRELING BALLETS RUSSES 3 4010276020608 HAC93223.2 14173080 .00 20.99 .23 SWRMUSIC COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL ORCHESTRAL & SYMPHONIC 01/13/2009 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/a/500/2/5/1/3/1463152.jpg 56 1 N ENSEMBLE ALLEGOIRE L'ARBRE DE MAI: SONGS & DANCES OF THE 15TH CENTURY 3760014190544 ALPP54.2 10143025 .00 20.99 .22 ALPHA PRODUCTIONS COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL EARLY MUSIC / CHANT 07/20/2004 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/83/1394283.jpg 35 1 N DEVIENNE / PARE / LUSSIER / LOISELLE SONATES OP. 24 POUR BASSON 722056258425 ATAS2584.2 14256172 .00 15.99 .22 ATMA CLASSIQUE COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 01/27/2009 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/a/500/0/5/3/3/1463350.jpg 0 1 N FORTSCH / CAPELLA DUCALE / MUSICA FIATA / WILSON SACRED CONCERTOS 761203736928 CPO777369-2.2 14256714 .00 18.99 .22 CPO RECORDS COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 02/10/2009 10/29/2019 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/b/500/6/5/3/3/1463356.jpg 1 1 N AVISON / AVISON ENSEMBLE CONCERTI GROSSI Following the enormous success of the Avison Ensemble's John Garth CD (dda25059) and the Avison/Geminiani Concerti (dda21210) we are delighted to present another premiere recording of the finest baroque music. Even before official release, chosen by Classic FM as it's disc of the week, this 2 CD set (at the price of 1 CD) is the first complete recording of these concerti. The Avison Ensemble is led by Pavlo Beznosiuk. This set is another step towards the complete Avison Edition due to be completed by the end of 2009. 809730121128 DVRT21211.2 14155918 .00 27.99 .24 DIVINE ART COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 12/09/2008 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/a/500/2/9/7/8/1448792.jpg 0 2 N BERG / ROGALAND CHAMBER CHOIR / OSKAMP FANTASIA BREVE / CANTUS / CLARINET CONCERTO 7025560492228 AUO4922.2 15524171 .00 20.99 .26 AURORA COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 01/10/1992 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/c/500/7/1/6/9/1849617.jpg 0 1 N MOZART / PECKOVA / BELOHLAVEK ARIAS 099925221720 SPP112217.2 04990758 .00 21.99 .24 SUPRAPHON COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL OPERA / OPERETTA / ORATORIO 04/18/1995 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/c/500/7/3/0/4/1784037.jpg 5 N WUORINEN / FINES ARTS QUARTET MUSIC OF 2 DECADES VOLUME 3 017685993220 MUA932.2 03512234 .00 19.99 .24 MUSIC & ARTS PROGRAM COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC & RECITALS 08/20/1996 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/a/500/2/6/8/2/3892862.jpg 1 1 N RAUTAVAARA / STOLTZMAN / HPHO / ASHKENAZY APOTHEOSIS: BEST OF EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA 761195108123 OND1081.2 16094079 .00 13.99 .21 ONDINE COMPACT DISCS CLASSICAL ORCHESTRAL & SYMPHONIC 10/25/2011 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/44/1663844.jpg 0 1 N COOTS / GANNON / US COAST GUARD BAND JAZZ TRIO BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE 754422634229 ALTS63422.2 16075122 .00 18.99 .20 ALTISSIMO RECORDS COMPACT DISCS POP CHRISTMAS / CHANUKKAH 10/25/2011 https://media.aent-m.com/graphics/items/sdimages/a/500/3/4/5/0/1900543.jpg 51 1 N BEETHOVEN / BIRET COMPLETE PNO Love of Beethoven' works threads through Biret' life like a red ribbon. Her studio recordings and live concerts show this in an unequivocal language... Next to the Piano Concertos, the Triple Concerto and the Choral Fantasy she has also recorded and perfo.

Launching his Mozart debut recorded with the Czech Philharmonic and Jirí Belohlávek, Jan Bartoš drew to himself a lot of critical attention on an international scale. Those who reviewed the album especially appreciated his rare ability to combine thorough understanding both of the musical architecture and the deep emotionality of the works (a quality possessed also by the pianist's tutors Ivan Moravec and Alfred Brendel). From the early "Haydn-like" Sonata No. 3 in C major to the highly dramatic "Appassionata" to the transcendent last Sonata No. 32 in C minor, which gives an impression of the composer parting with this world, the pianist facilitates to us the amazing integrity and colorfulness of Beethoven's piano work. During the thirty years separating his first and last piano opus, the composer tried out numberless experiments, and yet some crucial themes come up again and again; the imprint of his unique musical DNA is discernible from his very first opuses. In the hands of Jan Bartoš, Beethoven whispers, sings and thunders. We encounter a world full of contrasts, an image whose colors remain impressed in our memory for a long time.

"...frenetic, unending applause for his dramatically accented performance, his daredevil cadenza in the first movement, the eloquent large and the urgency of the concluding rondo. He had to take one bow after another.“ -Piano News Alexej Gorlatch was the winner in the piano category at the 60th annual ARD Music Competition in 2011. His interpretation of Beethoven's 3rd Piano Concerto not only convinced the high-ranking jury, but also the audience, bringing him both a first prize and the audience prize. At the age of twelve, Alexej Gorlatch became a junior student at the University of the Arts in Berlin where he studied with Martin Hughes; from 2002 to 2007 he studied with Karl-Heinz Kämmerling in Hanover. After graduating from secondary school, he now continues his music studies there

Includes Sonatas no. 8, op. 13, "Pathétique;" no. 17, op. 31/2, "Tempest;" no. 21, op. 53, "Waldstein;" no. 23, op. 57 "Appassionata;" no. 9, op. 14/1; no. 16, op. 31/1; no. 24, op. 78; no. 25, op. 79; no. 26, op. 18a, "Les Adieux;" no. 17, op. 90.