Tag: Franz Schubert
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Fritz Kreisler: Encores, Arrangements, Compositions 1926-1938
Fritz Kreisler became the early 20th Century’s first world-celebrity violinist. Today he is remembered not only for the remarkable tone he achieved but also as composer, arranger and promoter of so many beloved works for violin. In the early years, he recorded his own compositionas and arrangements for His Master’s Voice and Victor Records, with…
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Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata, Introduction & Variations & Beethoven: Spring Sonata
Internationally renowned flautist Jennifer Stinton has performed as soloist on many international stages and festivals, including a live broadcast concerto performance at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw. Here she is joined by one of the leading accompanists, Malcolm Martineau in a program of attractive arrangements for Flute and Piano of Sonatas and Variations from Schubert and Beethoven. Recorded…
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Leontyne Price: Personal Choice
Gramophone Hall of Fame: LEONTYNE PRICE, “possessor of one of the most glorious voices of our time, was one of the first black singers to scale the heights of international opera. The bulk of her great roles were captured on disc. … Without doubt Leontyne’s glorious voice should be included in Gramophone’s Hall of Fame…
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Felicity Lott sings Schubert Favourites
⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Highest rating) “Lott’s collection brings an ideal choice of songs for the general collector. With Graham Johnson, the most imaginative accompanist, even the best-known songs emerge fresh and new. … Raptly beautiful.” – Penguin Guide “Years ago I suggested to a major company that they should ask Felicity Lott to make some Lieder records,…
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Elly Ameling – Schubert at Tanglewood
Dutch soprano Elly Ameling was one of the most celebrated singers of the twentieth century. In her career spanning nearly five decades, she sang in the most important opera houses of the world and collaborated with the greatest conductors. Her recordings have received prestigious prizes inccluding the Grand Prix du Disque and the Deutsche Schallplattenpreis.…
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Inez Matthews Sings Schubert
Parnassus Records presents its latest release in the “Black Swans” series, returning to international availability a pioneering recording of Schubert’s best-known song cycles, Die schöne Mullein and Winterreise, sung by American soprano Inez Matthews accompanied by Lowell Farr. The recordings were briefly available as a two-LP-plus-EP set in the mid-1950s and are one of only…
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Toscha Seidel: Rare and Newly Remastered!
Parnassus Records is pleased to return to international availability some of Seidel’s rarest and most sought-after recordings from his years as a Columbia artist, performing a variety of repertoire including movements from the concerto repertoire, evocative works of the late romantic era, encores, popular music, and the premiere commercial release of a live performance of…
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Lili Kraus Plays Fantasias
In 1980, LILI KRAUS made her final commercial recording for Vanguard Classics: an eclectic selection of fantasias spanning the baroque through the early romantic era. While she is most well known for her many recordings of Mozart, her repertoire ranged from the high baroque to the twentieth century, and her last Vanguard session also includes…
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Lili Kraus Plays Schubert: Piano Sonata in B-Flat Major, D. 960
Hungarian pianist Lili Kraus was one of the 20th century’s most beloved exponents of classical and early romantic piano repertoire. She concertized worldwide and recorded over a span of more than four decades. She made her last recordings for Vanguard Classics, including three (and a half) discs focusing on Franz Schubert’s piano masterpieces, played with…
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Lili Kraus Plays Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 16 in A Minor, Op. 42, D845 & Piano Sonata No. 13 in A Major, Op. 120, D664
Hungarian pianist Lili Kraus was one of the 20th century’s most beloved exponents of classical and early romantic piano repertoire. She concertized worldwide and recorded over a span of more than four decades. She made her last recordings for Vanguard Classics, including three (and a half) discs focusing on Franz Schubert’s piano masterpieces, played with…
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Cello Masterworks: Shostakovich, Schubert, Haydn
Parnassus is pleased to return to international availability early stereo recordings of Daniil Shafran, including the Haydn Cello Concerto conducted by Neeme Järvi, one of the most recorded conductors of all time, in one of his earliest commercial recordings, transferred from a pristine analog source by Paul Arden-Taylor. Also included are Shafran’s American recordings of…
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Richter in Sofia
Parnassus Records has long championed rare recordings of Sviatoslav Richter, one of the greatest pianists in history. In its newest digital release, Richter’s most acclaimed live recording – including an epic performance of Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” – is now available to wider global audiences.
