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Karol Szymanowski: Piano Works

Krystian Zimerman

Classical - Released September 30, 2022 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

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Recordings by Polish pianist Krystian Zimerman are a rare event, and eagerly awaited by his many fans. They surely won’t be disappointed with this new opus that brings together Szymanowski, Zimerman and legendary pianist Arthur Rubinstein.Returning to his roots, Krystian Zimerman pays tribute to his compatriot Karol Szymanowski on the 140th anniversary of the composer’s birth. This selection of little-known works testifies to the importance of Szymanowski within the piano repertoire. A long twenty-eight years separate Zimerman's recording of Masques, Op. 34 (made in 1994 in Copenhagen) from the rest of the programme, which was recorded in 2022 in the exceptional acoustics of the Fukuyama Concert Hall near Hiroshima.Nevertheless, the considerable lapse of time between these recordings doesn’t detract from the album's coherence. This is thanks to Zimerman's fluid, clear and readable sound, which—as we know—leaves nothing to chance. This fascinating recording reveals various facets of Szymanowski's compositional genius and features both his mature and early works, all of which were influenced by the great Chopin.Composed during the First World War whilst staying at the family estate in Ukraine, the three parts of Masques evoke Debussy, Scriabin and Stravinsky. However, each movement is overlaid with the orientalist perspective so typical of the Polish composer. A few carefully chosen Préludes and Mazurkas stand alongside the splendid Variations on a Polish Folk Theme for piano, Op. 10, composed by a young Szymanowski still in the process of mastering his mother tongue. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Rachmaninov: Symphonies Nos. 1-3 - Symphonic Dances

London Symphony Orchestra

Symphonic Music - Released April 20, 2018 | LSO Live

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Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 - The Mercury Masters, Vol. 6

Byron Janis

Classical - Released January 1, 1963 | Decca Music Group Ltd.

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Schumann: The 4 Symphonies by Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein

Classical - Released January 17, 2023 | Alexandre Bak - Classical Music Reference Recording

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Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 - Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn

Maxim Emelyanychev

Symphonic Music - Released October 19, 2018 | Aparté

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Mendelssohn : Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4

Herbert von Karajan

Classical - Released August 19, 2016 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

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Mendelssohn: Symphonie No. 2 "Lobgesang"

Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Classical - Released March 10, 2014 | harmonia mundi

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Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Antar

Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Classical - Released January 1, 2002 | Decca Music Group Ltd.

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Rachmaninov: The Symphonies etc.

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Classical - Released January 1, 1997 | Decca Music Group Ltd.

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Brahms: The String Quartets & String Quintet No. 2

Dudok Quartet Amsterdam

Quartets - Released October 22, 2021 | RUBICON

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The Dudok Quartet Amsterdam is forging a reputation as one of the most creative and versatile quartets of its generation. The Guardian commented on their "lithe, lively sound and alert sense of structure and detail". This recording, their first for Rubicon, of the Brahms Quartets and the second of the String Quintets for which they are joined by Finnish violist Lilli Maijala, will be eagerly awaited by their growing band of followers and chamber music fans generally. The quartet play with unwound gut strings and a set of bespoke classical bows. © Rubicon
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Early Recordings

Martha Argerich

Classical - Released May 13, 2016 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

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Most of these recordings were made in 1960, when the pianist Martha Argerich was just 18; there is a fearsomely proficient Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major, Op. 83, from seven years later, after Argerich had won the Chopin Piano Competition and was on her way to stardom. The recordings are taken from radio broadcasts that are quite good sonically by 1960 standards, and they give abundant evidence of why those in the know spotted the young Argentine and began to give her bigger opportunities. Sample the opening movement of the Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 7 in D minor, Op. 10, No. 3 (CD 1, track 4). Argerich imparts a kind of restless push to this slow introduction that fits it very well. In general she takes fast tempos, but exerts iron control over the music, and in the outer movements of the late Piano Sonata in D major, K. 576, of Mozart, this is very effective indeed. The second disc of the CD set is devoted to show pieces by Prokofiev and Ravel, and the duality of intellectual music done with flair and bravura and virtuoso works done with a probing attention to structure has sustained Argerich throughout her career. Highly recommended for Argerich fans, and really for anybody.© TiVo
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Lugano Concertos (Œuvres de Beethoven, Mozart, Poulenc, Prokofiev, Schumann, etc.)

Martha Argerich

Classical - Released January 1, 2012 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

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Mendelssohn: The Complete Symphonies

Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra

Classical - Released January 1, 2010 | Decca Music Group Ltd.

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Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2/Danse Macabre

Alfred Brendel

Classical - Released January 1, 1972 | Decca (UMO)

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Alkan Grande Sonate, "Les Quatre Ages", Symphonie Pour Piano Solo

Vincenzo Maltempo

Classical - Released May 2, 2012 | Piano Classics

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Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

Christoph von Dohnányi

Classical - Released October 1, 1988 | Decca Music Group Ltd.

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Antonín Dvořák: Symphonie du nouveau monde

Philippe Fournier

Classical - Released October 7, 2000 | iMD-ORCHESTRE-CONFLUENCES

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Karol Szymanowski: Piano Works

Krystian Zimerman

Classical - Released September 30, 2022 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

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Recordings by Polish pianist Krystian Zimerman are a rare event, and eagerly awaited by his many fans. They surely won’t be disappointed with this new opus that brings together Szymanowski, Zimerman and legendary pianist Arthur Rubinstein.Returning to his roots, Krystian Zimerman pays tribute to his compatriot Karol Szymanowski on the 140th anniversary of the composer’s birth. This selection of little-known works testifies to the importance of Szymanowski within the piano repertoire. A long twenty-eight years separate Zimerman's recording of Masques, Op. 34 (made in 1994 in Copenhagen) from the rest of the programme, which was recorded in 2022 in the exceptional acoustics of the Fukuyama Concert Hall near Hiroshima.Nevertheless, the considerable lapse of time between these recordings doesn’t detract from the album's coherence. This is thanks to Zimerman's fluid, clear and readable sound, which—as we know—leaves nothing to chance. This fascinating recording reveals various facets of Szymanowski's compositional genius and features both his mature and early works, all of which were influenced by the great Chopin.Composed during the First World War whilst staying at the family estate in Ukraine, the three parts of Masques evoke Debussy, Scriabin and Stravinsky. However, each movement is overlaid with the orientalist perspective so typical of the Polish composer. A few carefully chosen Préludes and Mazurkas stand alongside the splendid Variations on a Polish Folk Theme for piano, Op. 10, composed by a young Szymanowski still in the process of mastering his mother tongue. © François Hudry/Qobuz