More By Artist: Alexander O'Neal
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SCHUMANN / HOLLIGER
Kreisleriana / Partita Alexander Lonquich (piano) [ ECM Records / CD - released 14/Apr/2011 ] "His performances of both works are muscular, vividly coloured and searching." Sunday Times, 27th February 2011 **** |
MESSIAEN / RAVEL / FAURE
Plainte Calme Alexander Lonquich (piano) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 12/Apr/2008 ] "It doesn't take long to become enchanted with the music-making of pianist Alexander Lonquich" (American Record guide) |
GIDEON LEWENSOHN
Odradek Quartet / Piano Quintet / Postludes for Piano Alexander Lonquich (piano) / Auryn Quartett [ ECM New Series / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] "The music's manner is often haunting, eloquent, the dedicated performers recorded with appropriate warmth. The booklet notes by Raymond Monelle will make you think, too, acknowledging Lewensohn's elusiveness, and helping to explain the ways in which... |
HENRY VIEUXTEMPS
Vieuxtemps: Fantasie in E major, Op. 9b 'La Sentimentale / Variations on a Theme from Bellini's Norma in G major, Op. 2 / etc Alexander Markov (violin) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Aug/2022 ] Vieuxtemps transformed the technique and aesthetic of violin playing in the 19th century, and as a virtuoso exponent and composer he was considered a worthy successor to Paganini. |
PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Favourite pieces for violin and piano Alexander Markov (violin), Alexander Markovich (piano) [ Warner Classics Apex / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "Markov's technical acrobatics are dashed off with arrogant aplomb in virtuosic showpieces such as the Valse-Scherzo" (BBC Music) |
PAGANINI
Violin Concertos Alexander Markov (violin) / Rudfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrucken, Marcello Viotti [ Warner Classics Apex / 2 CD - released 19/Mar/2007 ] World-renowned artists, superb quality, reassuringly inexpensive. |
FRANZ XAVER SCHARWENKA
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 - 4 Alexander Markovich (piano) / Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 31/Mar/2014 ] "Jarvi's watchful support and...control of orchestral dynamics gives Markovich more room to shape phrases effortlessly: his playing is especially fine [in the Scherzo of No. 1], cool-headed, but always meticulous...[in No. 2] Markovich blends fiery v |
Alexander Mason (The organ of Gloucester Cathedral)
Beyond The Score - Organ improvisations for Whit Sunday [ Signum / CD - released 8/Apr/2002 ] |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Piano Concerto Op 54 / Piano Trio No. 2 Op. 80 Alexander Melnikov (fortepiano) / Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado, with Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) & Isabelle Faust (violin) [ Harmonia Mundi CD + DVD / 2 CD/DVD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] '[T]he use of an early 19th-century fortepiano, here a Streicher of 1847, brings textural clairty, enhanced by the exceptionally subtle and sensitive dialogue between the two superb string players.' (BBC Music) |
SCRIABIN
Piano Sonatas 2, 3 & 9 Alexander Melnikov (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/May/2014 ] "There is no better guide to Russia's most mysterious composer than this pianist...These Sonatas and exquisite trifles are played with poise and grace." (BBC Music Five Stars) |
ALEXANDRA SCRIABIN
Scriabin: Piano Works (Incls Sonata for Piano No 2 & 5 Preludes Op. 74) Alexander Melnikov (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 16/Jun/2006 ] "Scriabin's strange genius played as if in the first white heat of inspiration" (Gramophone Editor's Choice July 2006) |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Piano sonatas Nos 2, 6 & 8 Alexander Melnikov (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 16/Jan/2017 ] "Melnikov eschews barnstorming and mere effect, yet his refined, thoughtful approach never lacks power or impact; cataclysmic passages are revealed afresh, tender moments meltingly exquisite" Classical Music |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Préludes (Book 2) / La Mer (version Debussy for 4-hand piano) Alexander Melnikov (piano Erard) with Olga Pashchenko [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Jul/2018 ] "It's special because the playing is so good. Plus his instrument is exceptional. Brilliance can shine through the Érard mist, but the sound is always warm and humane, never mechanical." The Times |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Piano Concertos nos.1 & 2 / Sonata for violin and piano op.134 Alexander Melnikov (piano) / Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Teodor Currentzis, with Isabelle Faust (violin) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Feb/2012 ] "He makes his case well. The First Concerto is all rampaging dissonances and erotic regret; the Second (1957) masks nerve-racking syncopations beneath its surface brilliance...[the sonata] a compelling performance in which logic and rhetoric combine... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Etudes-Tableaux / etc Alexander Melnikov (piano), Elena Brilova (soprano) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 17/Jun/2016 ] "This stunning disc is finely recorded and makes you look forward to a further balance of songs and piano music from both these remarkable artists." Gramophone Magazine, April 2008 |
Monty Alexander
Concrete Jungle - The Music Of Bob Marley [ Telarc / CD ] |
Alexander Monty
Stir It Up [ CD ] |
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Alexander O'Neal
5 Questions: the New Journey [ CD ] |
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Alexander O'Neal
All Mixed Up [ CD ] |
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Alexander O'Neal
All True Man [ CD ] |
