Classical Music

Classical Music

Harris Goldsmith writes in his note: "This 1948 version is almost completely without mishap. Indeed, there is ample reason to consider it the finest of the Maestro's achievements with this monumental Masterpiece [the Requiem]. The pacing resembles that of the November 23rd, 1940 performance in it's nobility and unhurried breadth.

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WAGNER, R.: Walkure (Die) / Gotterdammerung (excerpts) (Furt

Walter Gieseking (1933-1947)

Stokowski Conducts Music of France

Classical Music

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Undaunted by their difficult fates and journeys, five Jewish refugee composers in Los Angeles - Castelnuovo-Tedesco from Italy, and Korngold, Schoenberg, Toch and Zeisl from Austria - produced a wealth of piano repertoire. In this survey of these long neglected works, Eric Le Van introduces listeners to unusual music that has rarely if ever seen the light of day and deserves far greater attention. All but the Schoenberg piece are world premiere recordings.

An audiophile recording of some of Debussy's favorite piano pieces plus rare and unusual works by admirers of his musical idiom. Grante is one of todays most active and popular recording pianists and his concert repertoire is one of the largest among contemporary pianists.

Transcription is the genre most generously represented in Godowsky's compositional output, and the one for which he is best known; he made piano transcriptions (and �tudes), of various kinds, from works by Bach, Schubert, Chopin, and others. But he also left another body of works whose originality and coherence continue to surprise: his piano paraphrases. This album features virtuosic re-compositions by several 19th and 20th century composers, some quite faithful to the originals, others deviating drastically from their sources. Carlo Grante's first six volumes of the Godowsky Edition have received world-wide acclaim.

2011 three CD release containing new Blues compositions and arrangements by Allen Lowe and featuring Jazz greats Roswell Rudd, Marc Ribot, Matthew Shipp, and Lewis Porter.

Serge Rachmaninoff's piano music can serve as a powerful introduction to the instrument for those not yet familiar with classical repertoire: it's immediacy, sheer charm, and expressive power cannot fail to move even non-musical listeners. These same qualities, however, yield the most common prejudices against Rachmaninoff, especially among those who view him as a reactionary bent on easy appreciation, as if this were inherently synonymous with mediocrity. In these virtuosic performances of three Rachmaninoff solo works of which Isle of the Dead is a recording premiere Italian pianist Carlo Grante demonstrates the music's depth of thought, originality, and inventiveness, making a convincing case for it's viability today.

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