Since you are interested in Piano Encores (incls Albeniz: Tango & Mendelssohn: Rondo capriccioso), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: ChopinL 19 Polish Songs, Op. 74 Elisabeth Söderström (soprano) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ ABC Eloquence / CD - released 6/Jul/2006 ] "It is good to welcome these lovely works back into circulation" (MusicWeb Jan 2006) |
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MENDELSSOHN
String Symphonies Nos 9, 10 & 12 / Concerto in A minor for Piano & Strings John Ogdon (piano) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 12/Jun/2006 ] "If you are looking to experience more of the young Mendelssohn, then this is the disc for you" (MusicWeb Feb 2007) |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5 Emperor / Concerto in D major for Piano & Orchestra (Arranged by the composer from the Violin Concerto) Alicia de Larrocha, Olli Mustonen (pianos) / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 27/Jan/2006 ] Spanish pianist Alicia de Larrocha's first recording of Beethoven's Emperor is a grand and thrilling affair and this recording here receives its first release on CD. |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Concerto for 2 & 3 Pianos / Piano Concerto in D minor, KV 466 Daniel Barenboim, Andras Schiff, Sir Georg Solti (pianos) / English Chamber Orchestra [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Feb/2006 ] 'The finale, a kind of rondo-minuet, is delightful, with energetic keyboard work that nevertheless dances' [Concerto for 3 Pianos] Gramophone |
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RACHMANINOV / ADDINSELL / LITOLFF / WILLIAMS / BATH / etc
Dangerous Moonlight - piano classics from the silver screen (Incls 'Warsaw Concerto' & 'Dream of Olwen') Isador Goodman (piano) / Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Patrick Thomas [ Philips ABC Eloquence / CD - released 1/May/2005 ] "A good selection of 'silver screen' romantic favourites for piano and orchestra." (MusicWeb July 2005) |
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DEBUSSY
16 Preludes Jorge Bolet (piano) [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] The Cuban-American pianist Jorge Bolet isn't readily associated with the music of Debussy, but his selection of sixteen of the composer's Préludes yield performances of refinement and fluidity. |