Tag: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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David Oistrakh: Encores
(contains EMI’s Great Recordings collection plus 6 more !) “the playing itself is certainly as beautiful as one could imagine, with good balance on the stereo between violin and piano.” (Gramophone) “the kind of favourites that flecked his concerts with such consistent beauty. The subtlety of his vibrato usage and the sophistication he employs bring…
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Russia – Romance and Drama
“Ahronovitch is direct and exciting and the title is well borne out by the performances. The recording is brilliant without being aggressively so, and has plenty of weight (with splendid brass sonorities in Night on the Bare Mountain) plus an effective ambience. The Sabre Dance has great energy and the Prokofiev March from Love for…
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Tchaikovsky Piano Music
“Richter given first-class modern digital sound, and on top technical form…playing of consistent poetry…charming nostalgia…first recommendation for Tchaikovsky’s piano music”( © Penguin Guide 3*) “breathtaking, inspiring artistry” (Gramophone)
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Classic Valentine – Music for Love
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Tchaikovsky & Sibelius Violin Concertos
(Tchaikovsky) “warm, relaxed and romantic, has the right degree of restraint in the obvious lyrical moments … it is completely convincing” (Sibelius) “Oistrakh in the Sibelius concerto is of course to be recommended – this is a fine bargain, especially as Ormandy, too, is in excellent form … the Philadelphia strings are both very strong…
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Tchaikovsky: Grand Sonata in G Major, Op. 37 & Children’s Album, Op. 39
“Tchaikovsky wrote the Children’s Album and the Op. 37 Sonata at the same time,b and they’re so different. It amazes me that these are so little known in UK. The Children’s Album is fantastic – a masterpiece. He wrote three volumes of piano music, and what of it is known here? … The trouble is,…
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Opera for Everyone
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Sviatoslav Richter – The Early Years: Rise of a Virtuoso Legend
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Our Christmas Sequence
“Few ‘standard carols’ but a disc to widen your choice of beautiful Christmas music including the magical ‘Christmas Sequence’, ‘Fantasy on Carols’ ‘Sussex Mummers’ Carol’, ‘Sleepers Awake’ ‘Sleighride’ ‘A Maid peerless’ ‘New Year Carol’ ‘Bethlehem Down’ ‘Christmas Day’ etc (18 tracks)
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25 Tchaikovsky Favorites
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25 Thunderous Classics
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25 Classical Favorites
