classical music: scriabin

classical music: scriabin

classical music:

Scriabin

Frederic Chopin, Franz Liszt, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1990

Oh, God...5 stars would be simply unfair...
Upon hearing this record for the first time, I had to pinch myself to make sure I was actually listening to such an amazing, if not perfect display of talent and beauty. After having listened to it over and over again along the years, maybe more than 1000 times, I ...

Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Scriabin, Rachmaninov, Chopin, Bach, Brahms: Alexis Weissenberg - Classic Archive

Brahms, Stravinsky

Medici Masters, 2008

One of the Most Extraordinary Piano Films Ever Made
My title applies primarily to the 1965 black & white film of Alexis Weissenberg playing Stravinsky's Three Movements from Petrushka, amazingly creatively filmed in Stockholm by Åke Falck. I remember seeing this film on TV almost forty years ago and the memory of it has ...

25 Piano Favorites

Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, ...

Vox (Classical), 1996

25 Piano Favorites
This is my favorite classical CD since it is geared to a wide audience. Many of my friends and acquaintances enjoy it, too.

Gabriela Montero plays Chopin, Falla, Ginestera, etc. [Includes Bonus CD]

Frederic Chopin, Manuel de Falla, ...

EMI Classics, 2005

Non-professional Review
Okay, I listen almost exclusively to classical music, but I do so simply for the pleasure and nothing more. I cannot tell you about Gabriela Montero's technique, and, when she improvises, I have no ability to judge the music's intrinsic value, authenticity, or ...

Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon

Ferruccio Busoni, Frederic Chopin, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2003

Horowitz: A Digital Legacy
This set includes all of the recordings Vladimir Horowitz did for Deutsche Grammophon in the 1980s, including his historical concert in Moscow. While the context of his return in Moscow is moving, the studio recordings are simply wonderful. The sound quality is ...

Art of Segovia

Andres Segovia

Deutsche Grammophon, 2002

Great Sound Quality; Great Value
The 24-bit remastering of these analog recordings from the 1950s and 60s is outstanding. Both disks are chock-full at almost 80 minutes each, and there are a good many songs you don't hear every day. Forty of the 41 tracks are solos, while a short Rodrigo orchestral ...

Piano Classics: Popular Works for Solo Piano

Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, ...

Telarc, 1992

Beautiful Piano Music
This was my first encounter with the Irish pianist John O'Conor. As a pianist, these pieces were well-known to me, having taught many of them as well as played them. Mr. O'Conor is a pianist of the highest order. He has such a beautiful tone, such sensitivity in ...

Horowitz Plays Scriabin

Alexander Scriabin, Vladimir Horowitz

RCA, 1989

From Byronic to Orgiastic
Vladimir Horowitz was a champion of Scriabin's music long before it became fashionable, or even semi-fashionable. Scriabin's music appeared on Horowitz's programs as early as the 1920s. Horowitz's first issued Scriabin recordings were made at his 25th Anniversary ...

Horowitz Live and Unedited [includes Bonus DVD]

Johann Sebastian Bach, Ferruccio Busoni, ...

Sony, 2003

Masterpieces played by the great Horowitz
This Carnegie Hall return recital is one of the greatest recordings by Horowitz. With a huge audience, Horowitz did not disappoint. He plays the Bach/Busoni as only he can play; it is eternally beautiful. Schumann has some mistakes, but those mistakes make the playing ...

Bill Evans Trio with Symphony Orchestra

Johann Sebastian Bach, Frederic Chopin, ...

Polygram Records, 1990

One for the Ages
"The Bill Evans Trio with Symphony Orchestra" was one of the first recordings I ever heard...EVER. My Mon used to play the LP while she was carrying me so I really do mean first. With that in mind it has never been far from my CD player for as long as I can remember. ...

Yevgeny Sudbin Plays Scriabin [Hybrid SACD]

Alexander Scriabin, Yevgeny Sudbin

Bis, 2007

Scriabin in all his facets
This album is an excellent cross-section of Scriabin's output, showing many facets of the composer's personality, all of it played fantastically by Sudbin. He brings out every electric detail of the music but somehow still keeps things moving, with a perfect sense for ...

Kissin in Tokyo - Yevgeny Kissin

Kultur Video, 2007

Unbelievable performance
This is a beautifully filmed with terrific audio of young Yevgeny Kissin displaying his pianistic talent in Tokyo. The camera work is wonderful and you can watch his fingers fly across the keyboard with every composition. The Japanese audience was clearly in awe and ...

Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird (Complete Ballet, 1910) / Alexander Scriabin: Prometheus - The Poem of Fire - ...

Alexander Scriabin, Igor Stravinsky, ...

Philips, 1998

Incandescent!
As we are treated to more of Valery Gergiev's interpretations in recordings his gifts as a conductor and energizer of orchestras become more and more obvious. This FIREBIRD soars like a mltiheaded hydra out of the always electrical fire Gerviev smolders in his ...

Horizons - Leif Ove Andsnes

Isaac Albeniz, George Antheil, ...

EMI Classics, 2006

SHORT, SWEET AND LOVELY
According to the notes in this release the selections contained therein are a personal collection of piano encores selected and wonderfully played by pianist Leif Ove Andsnes. Indeed it is a rich and full recording (close to 70 minutes in length) of short (each ...

Midori ~ Encore!

Fritz Kreisler, Niccolo Paganini, ...

Sony, 1992

Even for a trained jazz musician who thinks classical artists are overhyped, this stands out as one of the best albums.
Let's be honest--any kid with a violin who ever set foot in a conservatory thinks (s)he's a prodigy, the next Mehta or Yo Yo Ma, while they play the same old tired music everyone else plays, exactly as the greats play it, with hardly a shred of originality that doesn't ...