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BARTOK
Complete Music for Two Pianos Matteo Fossi (piano 1), Marco Gaggini (piano 2) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2014 ] This 2CD set presents a complete survey of Bartók's music for two pianos. The works and arrangements here all stem from Bartók's special artistic collaboration with his wife, the pianist Dittá Pásztory. |
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DOMENICO LABOCCETTA
Laboccetta: A Tenor Cellist Matteo Malagoli (cello) Lisa De Polo (piano) Cristina Centa (harp) Yukiko Shimizu (soprano) Raffaele Giordani (tenor), etc [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2023 ] Romantic miniatures by a forgotten Italian cellist and composer: the first album ever dedicated to the music of Domenico Laboccetta. Born to a poor family in the Sicilian town of Messina, Domenico Laboccetta (1823-1896) was entrusted to the care... |
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POULENC / BRITTEN / DEBUSSY
Poulenc, Britten, Debussy: Concerto for 2 Pianos Mattia Ometto (piano) & Leonora Armellini (piano) / Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Luigi Piovano (cond) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Nov/2020 ] Three 20th-century masters, painting glittering rainbows of colours with two pianos. From Javanese gamelan to Mozart, from nursery rhymes to passionate outbursts, from primitive percussion to the café chantant, Francis Poulenc gathered up almost... |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Violin Sonatas Mauro Tortorelli (violin) & Angela Meluso (piano) [ Brilliant Classics SACD / CD - released 30/Nov/2014 ] Although sometimes disregarded as a conservative composer, looking back at a time when other composers were looking to the future, Saint‐Saëns's output towards the end of his life actually remained highly original. |
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MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Music For Violin And Piano Gran Duo Italiano: Mauro Tortorelli (violin, viola) & Angela Meluso (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2018 ] An unrivalled collection of chamber music charting the course of the 20th century through the eclectic voices and eventful musical journey of an Italian-American composer. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Romantic Piano Concertos Michael Ponti, Hans Kann, Martin Galling, Jerome Rose, Roland Keller and many more. [ Brilliant Classics / 40 CD Box Set - released 6/May/2016 ] This CD set contains a wealth of 19th century piano concertos written by composers who for some reason or other have been neglected by history, so called "minor masters" who may have lost the battle against the giants but wrote very attractive works. |
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SCHUBERT
Complete Piano Works (Rec 1989-1995) Michel Dalberto (piano) [ Brilliant Classics Piano Library / 14 CD Box Set - released 10/Mar/2011 ] "Michel Dalberto has looked deeper than many into the soul of Schubert, and at his best his playing the equal of all comers. This and the myriad other little discoveries to be made throughout this box make it well worth the asking price." (MusicWeb... |
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MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Complete Piano Works Michelangelo Carbonara (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 17/Nov/2010 ] These 2CD contain his entire output for solo piano, from the early Serenade grotesque of 1892, through the masterpieces Gaspard de la Nuit, Valse nobles et sentimentales, and La Valse to his last piano work, Le tombeau de Couperin from 1917. |
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ALFREDO CASELLA
Complete Piano Music Michele d'Ambrosio (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 21/Apr/2015 ] This 3CD set brings together Casella's complete works for solo piano. Spanning a period of over 40 years, the collection charts the development of Casella's musical language, aesthetic views and pianism |
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OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: Complete Solo Piano Music Michelle d'Ambrosio (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 16/Sep/2016 ] Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) is widely considered as one of the most important and successful Italian composers of the first half of the 20th century. His sumptuous, large scale orchestral works, like Pini di Roma and Fontane di Roma gained him... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Liebestraum: Romantic Piano Music Misha Goldstein (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2014 ] This special release brings together some of the most moving and romantic classics in the piano repertoire. With over two hours of this enchanting music to enjoy, sit back, relax and lose yourself in the timeless melodies |
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ALEXANDER BORODIN
Borodin: Complete Chamber Music Mndoiantz (piano), Gotthelf (cello) / Moscow String Quartet [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] Alexander Borodin was a highly respected research chemist who published over 40 scientific works and composed in his spare time...The undoubted masterpiece is his Second String Quartet, one of the most famous and best loved works in the genre. |
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EDWARD GRIEG
Grieg: Chamber Music [3 CD set] The Moscow Trio, with Alexander Vinnitsky (violin) Vladimir Ovchinnikov (piano) Alexander Rudin (cello) Vladimir Skanavi (piano) etc [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2013 ] "A dryish acoustic suits the two quartets, played with warmth and some urgency," (BBC Music) |
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W.A. MOZART
The Collection: Six CD set (Incls Flute Concertos, Symphonies & Piano Sonatas) Mozaart Akademiw Amsterdam, Jaap ter Linden / Derek Han (piano) / Klara Wurtz (piano) / Giuliano Carmignola (violin) / Chamber Choir of Europe [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 30/Apr/2008 ] Mozart's unique talent may be sampled from the last two symphonies, two piano concertos, violin concertos 1, 2 and 3, flute concertos, the famous Requiem and four piano sonatas. |
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SHOSTAKOVICH
24 Preludes & Fugues Muza Rubackyta (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2007 ] An exciting and brand new recording by Lithuanian pianist Mûza Rubackyté. To top up an almost overflowing vessel she performs the complete 24 preludes and fugues by Shostakovich on this CD. |
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LUIS VIERNE
12 Preludes, Solitude & Nocturne Muza Rubackyte (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 15/Aug/2015 ] It is no wonder that Louis Vierne (1870-1937), having been taught by César Franck and Widor, became a famous organist. As a composer...highly complicated counterpoint, chromatic harmonies and an exalted, spiritual atmosphere characterise his work |
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FRANCK
Piano Works Muza Rubackyte (piano) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] "An artist of phenomenal powers who must counted among the most gifted pianists of our time" (Fanfare Magazine) |
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FRANCO MARGOLA / GIORGIO FEDERICO GHEDINI / VITTORIO RIETI
Margola/Ghedini/Rieti: Piano Trios Mythos Trio [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 14/Jan/2022 ] This recording features rarely performed musical works by three renowned 20th-century Italian composers: Franco Margola, Giorgio Federico Ghedini and Vittorio Rieti. |
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VIERNE
Spleens et Détresses Op.38, Piano Quintet Op.42 Mūza Rubackytė (piano), Anaïk Morel (mezzo‐soprano), Terpsycordes Quartet [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 6/May/2016 ] Louis Vierne (1870‐1937), having been taught by César Franck and Widor, became a famous organist. His most important post was that of the Notre Dame in Paris, where he was celebrated for his improvisations. As a composer indulged in the... |
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HUMMEL / DUSSEK / ONSLOW
Piano Quintets Nepomuk Fortepiano Quintet [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] Hummel, Onslow and Dussek: maybe you have not heard of any of them. But looking at their dates of these 'small masters' one may notice their common denominator - all comtemporaries of Beethoven. |