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BRAHMS / LISZT / BARTOK / KODALY / etc
Hungarian Classics (incls Hungarian Rhapsody No 2, Hary Janos Suite & Hungarian Dances) Sylvia Geszty (Soprano) David Oistrakh (Violin) Naum Walter (Piano) / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / etc [ Berlin Classics Basics / CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] Although part of the Basics series, there are a number of unusual items here - the voice and piano version of Bartok's 'Village Scenes' and the spirited, rarely-heard 'Overture' by Bela Keler. |
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HARUKI MURAKAMI
The Elephant Vanishes (Unabridged) John Chancer, Rupert Degas, Tim Flavin, Teresa Gallagher, Mark Heenehan, Walter Lewis, Jeff Peterson [ Naxos Audiobooks / 8 CD Box Set - released 29/May/2006 ] A collection of off-the-wall short stories by Japan's leading contemporary novelist. An elephant vanishes; hunger drives a couple to rob McDonalds; an insomniac wife wakes in a different world. Murakami is a cult figure throughout the world with an... |
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Vienna Po/Walter
Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde [ Profil / CD ] |
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Mendelssoh
Liederabend Walter Berry, Rudolf Buchbinder [ ORFEO / CD - released 2/Jul/1999 ] |
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CARL MARIA von WEBER
Clarinet Concertos Walter Boeykens, Paul Meyer, François-René Duchable / Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, James Conlon [ Warner Classics Erato Apex / CD - released 20/Dec/2014 ] Apex - the budget label from Warners |
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Walter Brown & Jay McShann
Forget Your Troubles And Jump Your Blues Away! [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Oct/2000 ] |
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Walter Fähndrich
Viola (LP) [ ECM New Series / LP - released 15/Dec/2008 ] |
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Rodrigo; A
Virtuose Gitarrenmusik aus Spanien u. Lateinamerika Walter Feybli, Daniel Erni [ ORFEO / CD - released 5/Jan/1990 ] |
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Walter Gieseking
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 20-21 [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 29/Aug/2011 ] |
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EDVARD GRIEG / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Grieg / Schumann: Piano Concertos Walter Gieseking (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 30/Jan/2006 ] Gieseking's father was a distinguished German doctor with a keen interest in entomology who travelled in France and Italy. As a result, his son Walter was born in Lyons, France, and spent the first sixteen years of his life in southern France and... |
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BACH / BEETHOVEN
Partitas Nos. 1, 5, 6 / Italian Concerto / Piano Sonata No. 17, "Tempest" (recorded 1934-1940) Walter Gieseking (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] Walter Gieseking's interpretations of Bach in the early years of his career gained him laurels for 'his control over shades of tone, especially over infinite gradations in the range between piano and pianissimo, the clear definition of his agile... |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Walter Gieseking - Debussy: The first Columbia recordings Walter Gieseking (piano) [ APR / 2 CD - released 2/Sep/2022 ] "This twofer is a wonderful and comprehensive collection of Gieseking's early Debussy recordings... The sound is clear and lively and I would have no hesitation in snapping up these recordings of such vivid and colourful interpretations." MusicWeb |
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CHOPIN / BRAHMS / SCHUMANN / SCHUBERT / SCRIABIN
Walter Gieseking - The 1950s Solo Studio Recordings Walter Gieseking (piano) [ APR / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2017 ] "Gieseking's artistry, whether at its finest or least convincing repays constant consideration. He remains an artist with a permanent rather than temporary place in the pantheon of great pianists." International Piano, September 2017 **** |
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BACH / SCHUBERT / DEBUSSY / GRIEG / etc
Walter Gieseking - The complete Homocord recordings and other rarities Walter Gieseking (piano) [ APR / 2 CD - released 10/Sep/2013 ] Describing his youth in his posthumously published memoirs, the legendary French-born, German pianist Walter Gieseking (1895-1956) remembered how, besides all of Wagner's operas, he already 'knew and played most of Bach's [keyboard] works, probably... |
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MOZART / BEETHOVEN / LISZT
Piano Concertos Walter Gieseking (Piano) Berlin State Opera Orchestra / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Henry Wood (Conductor) Hans Rosbaud (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical Recordings / CD - released 11/May/2006 ] 'Mr Gieseking's skill is great enough in some ways… and his pianissimo now and then becomes as nearly nothing as is possible to imagine…' |
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BEETHOVEN
Piano Concertos Nos. 4 and 5 (Concerto Recordings Vol. 3) Walter Gieseking (Piano) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Karl Bohm (Conductor) / Bruno Walter (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] Recorded in a single day in January 1939, with the eight sides all issued from first or second takes, Gieseking’s account of the Piano Concerto No. 4 is one of moulded delicacy, the light-weight approach particularly apt for the outer movements. |
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BEETHOVEN / MOZART / SCHUMANN / GRIEG / DEBUSSY
Walter Gieseking (4 CD set, 20 page booklet) Walter Gieseking (piano) with various orchestras & conductors [ ArtOne / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2008 ] Gieseking will always remain as one of the best interpreters of French Impressionistic piano music, but as a pianist and musician his range and scope was far wider, and his repertoire more comprehensive. |
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W.A. MOZART
Piano Sonatas K309-311, K330 Walter Klien (piano) [ Regis Records / CD - released 17/May/2005 ] "..Klein is an outstanding Mozartian.. consistent freshness..exemplary taste.. phrasing is unfailingly musical and every detail beautifully placed.." - Penguin Guide Rosette |
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 17 & 27 Walter Klien (Piano), Stanisław Skrowaczewski, Minnesota Orchestra [ Vox Classics / CD - released 17/Feb/2023 ] Mozart was at his consistent best in the piano concertos, in which he successfully combined elements of virtuosity and depth, chamber music and symphonic style, and regard for both his public audience and his personal expression. Pianist Walter Klien... |
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HAYDN
Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-62 (complete) Walter Olbertz (piano) [ Berlin Classics Basic / 9 CD - released 18/Aug/2010 ] Olbertz's recordings of all Haydn's Piano Sonatas enable the development of one of the most important "avant-garde composers" of Viennese Classicism to be followed in an exemplary way. The almost fifty works abound in surprises, and Olbertz... |