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BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonatas Nos. 14 'Moonlight' No. 21 'Waldstein' & No. 23 'Appassionata' Vladimir Horowitz (piano) [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 1/May/2011 ] Russian-born Vladimir Horowitz was one of the most acclaimed pianists of the modern age, a formidable virtuoso whose inimitable artistry and technique were rooted in the grand Romantic tradition. |
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BEETHOVEN
Symphony No 5 (with Schubert - Symphony No. 8 'Unfinished') Wiener Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 1/May/2011 ] Recorded digitally by the Vienna Philharmonic during a Japanese concert tour. |
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W. A. MOZART
Bruno Walter conducts Mozart [6 CD set] Zino Francescatti (violin) Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Jennie Tourel (alto), Léopold Simoneau (tenor) & William Warfield (bass) / Columbia Symphony [ Sony Classical Masters / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2011 ] Born in Berlin in 1876, Bruno Walter entered the Stern Conservatory at the age of eight, intending to become a concert pianist, and made his conducting debut in Cologne at 17. Following appointments in Pressburg (now Bratislava), Riga and Berlin, he... |