Williams conducts the Boston Pops as they perform his best-loved pieces, many of which are among the most famous screen themes ever composed. Includes his themes from Jaws, Superman, Star Wars, the Empire Strikes Back, E.T., Raiders of the Lost Ark, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1941, Midway, the Cowboys and more! Philips.

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2016 release. Winner of the 17th International Chopin Piano Competition 2015, one of the most prestigious titles in all of classical music, Seong-Jin Cho presents his first ever studio recording on DG. Combining Chopin's immensely popular 1st Piano Concerto with the almost equally popular 4 Ballades, this coupling displays his brilliant finger work and mastery of characterization. Cho recorded the work at London's famous Abbey Road Studios with the London Symphony Orchestra and it's new Principal Guest Conductor, Gianandrea Noseda. His interpretations of the composers ballades were set down at the Friedrich-Ebert-Halle in Harburg, Germany.

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The ECM New Series debut of Myung Whun Chung features the widely-celebrated conductor as pianist. Recorded at Venice's Teatro La Fenice, in July 2013, the album marks the first occasion that Chung has recorded solo. In a performer's note, he describes the album as a gift for younger listeners, as well as a personal thanks to those who share his love of this music. Chung's touch and sensitivity for dynamics cast a new light on familiar pieces - by Debussy, Chopin, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Schubert, Schumann and Mozart - as they are experienced in a gently flowing sequence which also serves to highlight affinities between the compositions. Although conducting now fully occupies his professional life, Chung (born 1953 in Seoul) made his debut as pianist with the Seoul Philharmonic at the age of seven. He later studied the piano with Maria Curcio, the last and favorite pupil of Arthur Schnabel. In 1974 he was a prize winner in the Tchaikovsky Competition. He then began his career playing piano trios with his sisters, Kyung Wha Chung and Myung Wha Chung.

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LIFE STORY

Evgeny Kissin - "Beethoven (Piano Sonatas No. 3; 14; 23; 26; 32)" After a break of 25 years, Evgeny Kissin signed a new exclusive contract with the Yellow Label. The partnership resumes with the release of Beethoven, Kissin's first solo recital recording in over a decade. With a program handpicked by Kissin from recitals given over the past decade, the 2-CD album features Piano Sonatas No.14 Op.27 No.2, "Moonlight" and No.23 Op.57, "Appassionata," as well as 32 Variations in C minor WoO 80 and Piano Sonata No.32 Op.111, the composer's final work in the genre.

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This is Hilary Hahn's first-ever Mozart recording that features a selection of her favorite voilin sonatas made with her preferred partner, pianist Natalie Zhu.

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Avi Avital re-imagines the sounds of Venice in this vivid homage to the most beloved composer of the Italian Baroque, Antonio Vivaldi. After his introduction with BACH and the colorful exploration of world music on BETWEEN WORLDS, Avi presents four popular Vivaldi concerti on this album with the great Venice Baroque Orchestra as well as two 18th Century Venetian Gondolier songs, performed with tenor Juan Diego Fl�rez. He is touring the repertoire through US in Feb/March 2015.

This third volume of Rachmaninov’s Victor recordings contains discs he made ofhis own solo compositions and arrangements from the introduction of electricalrecording in 1925 to a year before his death. The works recorded were those mostin demand by the public, each piece subject to Rachmaninov’s perfectionism andthe version released always the best of a number of takes (for example, therecording of his famous Prelude in C sharp minor is Take 23). Whether it be in the1925 recording of his transcription of Kreisler’s Liebesfreud or the February 1942recording of the same work (in which he displays a cast iron technique only a yearbefore his death), the sheer virtuosity, utter clarity and supreme musicianshipof Rachmaninov’s playing style are undiminished. The first two releases in thisseries have been acclaimed for their superb remastering.

Strauss, R.: Heldenleben (Ein) / Tod Und Verklarung (Mengelb