First Hand Records
108 products
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![Noctuelles - Ravel & Medtner / Michael Brown]()
Noctuelles - Ravel & Medtner / Michael Brown$17.99
US pianist Michael Brown has been hailed by The New York Times as ‘one of the leading figures in the current renaissance of performer-composers’. His artistry is shaped by his creative voice as a pianist...
Format: CD
Release Date: January 22, 2021
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![Mirrors - 21st Century American Piano Trios / Lysander Piano Trio]()
Mirrors - 21st Century American Piano Trios / Lysander Piano Trio$17.99
Celebrating Lysander Piano Trio’s 10th anniversary in 2020, they present their FHR début with a new album featuring première recordings of new American piano trios commissioned or premièred by the ensemble. The works included on...
Format: CD
Release Date: January 08, 2021
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![Prokofiev: Cello Works / Saram, Fistoulari, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra]()
Prokofiev: Cello Works / Saram, Fistoulari, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra$17.99
All recordings featured on this album are live studio recordings made in 1971 and 1972 for radio broadcast in Holland. Written for the great cellist Rostropovich and considered one of the most difficult cello concertos,...
Format: CD
Release Date: June 04, 2021
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![Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2 / Rabinovich]()
Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2 / Rabinovich$19.99
The present release is the second volume of Roman Rabinovich’s complete cycle of Haydn Piano Sonatas. Rabinovich has performed throughout Europe and the United States in venues such as London’s Wigmore Hall, Leipzig’s Gewandhaus, the...
Format: CD
Release Date: July 16, 2021
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![Handel: Works for Viola da Gamba & Harpsichord / Aziz, Yamamoto]()
Handel: Works for Viola da Gamba & Harpsichord / Aziz, Yamamoto$21.99
This is the first time a whole album of Handel featuring viola da gamba has been published. Includes the premiere recording of Kassel Sonata No. 5 George Frideric Handel is generally regarded as one of...
Format: CD
Release Date: April 17, 2020
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![Gundula Janowitz: The Last Recital]()
Gundula Janowitz: The Last Recital$18.99
Brigitte Fassbaender said: ‘Gundula Janowitz possesses one of those voices where you have only to hear a couple of notes and you immediately know who it is. Her elegant timbre and unmistakably instrumental way of...
Format: CD
Release Date: September 01, 2017
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![Hindemith: Ludus Tonalis - Hartmann: Piano Sonata "27 April 1945" / Walker]()
Hindemith: Ludus Tonalis - Hartmann: Piano Sonata "27 April 1945" / Walker$21.99
Paul Hindemith and Karl Amadeus Hartmann were born a decade apart and died in the same month. Hindemith was the more inclusive artist while Hartmann more fully reflected the cultural concerns of his time; as...
Format: CD
Release Date: June 01, 2018
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![Croft: Seirenes / Various]()
Croft: Seirenes / Various$21.99
The sirens are ‘entwiners’ (from the Greek seiraô, to bind or entwine). In John Croft’s Seirenes, whose five movements form the centerpiece of this album, the title refers to the way in which lines twist...
Format: CD
Release Date: October 04, 2019
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![Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1 / Adam Golka]()
On SaleBeethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1 / Adam Golka$11.99 Regular price
$17.99Adam Golka’s third album for FHR begins a wonderful journey in which he records all of Beethoven’s 32 Piano Sonatas. This first volume, released in Beethoven’s 250th anniversary year, includes one of the composer’s most...
Format: CD
Release Date: November 06, 2020
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![Beethevon: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 3 / George Malcolm Piano Trio]()
On SaleBeethevon: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 3 / George Malcolm Piano Trio$13.99 Regular price
$21.99Beethoven’s Op. 1 Piano Trios are startling in their freshness and forcefulness, but there is a lot more to them than that. For one thing, they teem with witty touches, something that is brought out...
Format: CD
Release Date: January 03, 2020
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![Bach: 6 Partitas / Asako Ogawa]()
On SaleBach: 6 Partitas / Asako Ogawa$12.99 Regular price
$19.99The Six Partitas, BWV 825–830 were the first of a series of works for keyboard instruments that Bach published under the general title of Clavierübung (Keyboard Practice). They consist of a set of six harpsichord...
Format: CD
Release Date: January 01, 2021
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![Bach: Goldberg Variations / Papastefanou]()
On SaleBach: Goldberg Variations / Papastefanou$11.99 Regular price
$17.99Following on from her two previous successful FHR albums of J.S. Bach, Papastefanou has now recorded one of the most iconic works in the history of music, the Goldberg Variations. This challenging, inventive masterpiece feels...
Format: CD
Release Date: July 23, 2021
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![The Future is Female, Vol. 1 - In Nature / Cahill]()
The Future is Female, Vol. 1 - In Nature / Cahill$17.99
The Future is Female is a three volume series, which celebrates and highlights women composers from the 17th century to the present day. These recordings feature more than 70 compositions by women around the globe...
Format: CD
Release Date: March 18, 2022
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![Wilson: The Thief of Bagdad / Fitz-Gerald, Frankfurt Radio Symphony]()
Wilson: The Thief of Bagdad / Fitz-Gerald, Frankfurt Radio Symphony$17.99
Written almost 100 years ago, The Thief of Bagdad is one of the greatest ever film scores and incredibly, has never been recorded untill l now - FHR are honored to be able to release...
Format: CD
Release Date: March 18, 2022
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![Bach: Two-Part Inventions, Sinfonias, Trio Sonata No. 3 / Incantati]()
On SaleBach: Two-Part Inventions, Sinfonias, Trio Sonata No. 3 / Incantati$11.99 Regular price
$17.99Incantati brings together three instrumental timbres which were used in the baroque period to represent enchantment or otherworldliness, whether it be the touch of the supernatural, the moment of falling in love or the departure...
Format: CD
Release Date: March 11, 2022
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