Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue, BWV 894; Robert Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26; Johannes Brahms: Six Klavier-stucke, Op. 118, Intermezzo in A Major, No. 2; Three Intermezzi, Op. 117, Intermezzo in Bb minor, No. 2; Carl Maria von Weber: Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Major; Enrique Granados, 2 selections from Goyescas.

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From the United States to Europe to the Middle East and Asia, Israeli cellist Amit Peled - a musician of profound artistry and charismatic stage presence - is acclaimed as one of the most exciting instrumentalists on the concert stage today. For his fourth Centaur Records release, Collage, Mr. Peled, in tandem with pianist Noreen Cassidy-Polera, play Rachmaninov's Cello Sonata in g, op. 19, David Popper's Tarantella, op. 33 and a mid-20th c. cello sonata by the Georgian composer Sulkhan Tsintsadze (1925-91). Glowing tone, a seductive timbre and an emotionally pointed approach... (New York Times)

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American pianist Johnandrew Slominski enjoys a distinguished reputation as a performer and pedagogue. His playing style is elegant and sophisticated, and has earned him praise from composers and critics alike. Chautauquan Daily hailed him as “a remarkable, brilliant, and gifted pianist.” A child prodigy, he gave his first public performance at the age of 5, won his first piano competition at age 6, and began college at age 15. For this release, he has chosen a variety of pieces that showcase his musicality: works by Robert Schumann, Frederic Chopin, and Cesar Frank. The album was masterfully engineered by Richard Wattie, and recorded in the stunning acoustics of Hatch Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York.

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This new release is the eighth and final volume in this superlative cycle of the complete Haydn Piano Trios, performed by The Mendelssohn Piano Trio. Four works are featured, including Piano Trio in F Major, Hob. XV: 37, Piano Trio in E-flat Major Hob. XV: 29, Piano Trio in C Minor, Hob XV: 13, and Piano Trio in G Major, Hob XV: 32. The Mendelssohn Piano Trio was founded in 1997, and since their inception have performed more than 500 concerts in the United States, Europe, and Asia. They have also recorded an impressive fifteen albums, including the present cycle. The trio is pianist Ya-Ting Chang from Taiwan, violinist Peter Sirotin from Ukraine, and cellist Fiona Thompson from England. “…the fine young Mendelssohn Piano Trio presented a program so lush, substantial and richly flavored you wanted to eat it with a knife and fork.” (The Washington Post)

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This album is the first volume in the Centaur Steven Staryk Retrospective. Staryk is former concermaster of the London Philharmonic, Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, Chicago Symphony, and Toronto Symphony.

The series, the first of it's kind to occur on American soil since 1971, may be approaching it's conclusion, but the plaudits keep coming in for the Mendelssohn Piano Trio's multi-volume Joseph Haydn complete Piano Trio series, now at it's sixth volume with this release. Founded 1997, the Trio has performed over 500 concerts across the globe and more seen the release of more than a dozen albums, much of it, as here, released on the Centaur label. "... beautifully measured - warm, sonorous and lively - and the recording is very natural and spacious." (Audiophilia; Haydn: Vol. 4 (CRC 3392))