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The Piano Player: Classical Tear-Jerkers presents 20 emotive pieces
of classical music, designed to tug at the heart-strings, specially
arranged for intermediate solo piano. Contents include Un bel di
vedremo" from Madama Butterfly by Puccini and Dido's Lament by
Purcell. The striking cover features Edward Bawden's colour linocut
Aesop's Fables: The Ant and the Grasshopper, 1970, and a 4-page
pullout provides the full artwork as a beautiful collectible. The
Piano Player series includes six wonderful collections of some of
the greatest classical music ever written, specially arranged for
the intermediate pianist, each with its own collectible pull-out
poster of the stunning Edward Bawden cover artwork. "
The A Z of String Players surveys the lives, careers and recordings
of over 300 string players from the past and present. Many great
string players who have made recordings are included, from Accardo
to Zukerman. The text covers artists from the earliest recording
processes to contemporary, cutting-edge technology. In this clear
and straight-forward publication, the artists are listed
alphabetically, with a summary of their career, notable recordings,
biography and critical appraisal of their recorded legacy. In
addition, four compact discs present a selection of recordings from
69 artists. This package will appeal to enthusiast and scholar
alike as a readable, informed and fascinating work of reference.
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau sings Franz Schubert's song cycle in this
recording made for the German radio station SFB in 1979. Musical
accompaniment is provided by the renowned Austrian pianist, Alfred
Brendel.
A boxed collection featuring historical performances by three of
the Boston Symphony Orchestra's eminent music directors, Charles
Munch, Erich Leinsdorf and William Steinberg. Stretching from 1958
to 1970, the recordings feature works by amongst others Debussy,
Ravel, Mozart, Schubert, Tchaikovsky and Haydn.
Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts the Vienna Philharmonic for the
opening concert of the 2009 Salzburg Festival. Honouring the
conductor on his 80th birthday, the concert pays homage to the
Viennese dance and includes pieces by Josef Strauss, Anton Webern
and Franz Schubert.
Recording of pianist Lazar Berman's renowned concert in Tokyo in
1988. The works performed are 'Apres une Lecture de Dante',
'Sposalizio' and 'Annees de Pelerinage II - Italie, Venezia and
Napoli', by Franz Liszt; 'Moment Musical No. 4 in E minor, Op. 16
No. 4', by Sergei Rachmanainov; 'Ave Maria' arr. Liszt, by Franz
Peter Schubert; 'Piano Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 11', by
Robert Schumann and 'Isoldes Liebestod' arr. Liszt, by Richard
Wagner.
Rich selection of lieder from standard Breitkopf & Härtel complete-score edition: "Der Wanderer," "Ave Maria," "Hark, Hark, the Lark," and 56 others by a supreme master of the genre. Settings of verse of 30 poets.
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