Ballade Archive
Klavier 1853 = LISZT: Ballade No. 2; C. SCHUMANN: Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann; R. SCHUMANN: Gesaenge der Fruehe; BRAHMS: Piano Sonata No. 3 – Hyeyeon Park, piano – Blue Griffin
Klavier 1853 = LISZT: Ballade No. 2 in b minor; C. SCHUMANN: Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann, Op. 20; R. SCHUMANN: Gesaenge der Fruehe, Op. 133; BRAHMS: Piano Sonata No. 3 in f minor, Op 5 – Hyeyeon Park, piano – Blue Griffin BG351, 77:00 (9/5/17) [Distr. by Albany] ****: Korean virtuoso Hyeyeon […]
Dimitar NENOV: Piano Concerto; Ballade No 2 – Ivo Varbanov (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Emil Tabakov – Hyperion
Dimitar NENOV: Piano Concerto; Ballade No 2 – Ivo Varbanov (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Emil Tabakov – Hyperion CDA68205, reviewed as hires 24-96 flac download; TT 63:42 [Distr. by Harmonia mundi/PIAS] *****: The Bulgarian composer, Dimitar Nenov (1901-1953), wrote the substantial piano concerto included in this new Hyperion release between 1932 and […]
BACH: Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in f; HAYDN: Piano Con. in D; MENDELSSOHN: Piano Con. in a – Joshua Pierce, p./ Slovak Nat. Sym. Orch./ Kirk Trevor – MSR Classics
Fine, persuasive pianism from a well-known source. BACH: Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in f, BWV 1056; HAYDN: Piano Concerto in D, Hob. XVIII; MENDELSSOHN: Piano Concerto in a – Joshua Pierce, p./ Slovak National Sym. Orch./ Kirk Trevor – MSR Classics 1496, 62:44 [Distr. by Albany] ****: It comes as no surprise to me that […]
CHOPIN: Sel. of Nocturnes, Mazurkas & Ballades – David Korevaar, p. – MSR
Beautiful playing, but lacking a sense of abandon. CHOPIN: Nocturne in c, Op. 48, No. 1; Ballade No. 1 in g, Op. 23; Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 55, No. 2; Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47; Nocturne in D-flat major, Op. 27, No.2; Mazurka in G major, Op. 50, No. 1; Mazurka […]
RAVEL: Piano Con. in G Major; Piano Con. for the Left Hand; FAURE: Ballade in F-sharp Major – Yuja Wang, p./ Tonhalle Orch. Zurich/ Lionel Bringuier – DGG
Yuja Wang’s first “incursion” into French music proves explosive, lyrical and virtuosic, at once. RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G Major; Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D Major; FAURE: Ballade in F-sharp Major for Piano Solo, Op. 19 – Yuja Wang, p./ Tonhalle Orch. Zurich/ Lionel Bringuier – DGG B00023931-02, 50:15 (10/9/15) [Distr. by […]
RÓŻYCKI: Ballade; Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 – Jonathan Plowright (piano)/ BBC Scottish Sym. Orch./ Łukasz Borowicz – Hyperion
A thoroughly recommendable release of late Romantic piano concertos. LUDOMIR RÓŻYCKI: Ballade; Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 43; Piano Concerto No. 2 – Jonathan Plowright (piano)/ BBC Scottish Sym. Orch./ Łukasz Borowicz – Hyperion CDA 68066, 63:09 or 96K/24-bit download [Distr. by Harmonia mundi] (2/5/16) ****: Ludomir Różycki (1883-1953) is the subject […]
Shura Cherkassky, piano = Works of HAYDN, CHOPIN, CHASINS, POULENC & RACHMANINOFF – MeloClassic
Cherkassky’s appearances in Germany in the 1950s confirm his status as a master colorist. Shura Cherkassky, piano = HAYDN: Piano Sonata No. 34 in e minor; CHOPIN: Ballade No. 1 in g minor, Op. 23; Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat Major, Op. 51; Fantasie-Impromptu in c-sharp minor, Op. 66; Scherzo No. 1 in b minor, […]
Jascha Spivakovsky, piano – BACH to BLOCH, Vol. I = Works of BACH, BEETHOVEN, BRAHMS, CHOPIN, DEBUSSY, KABALEVSKY – Pristine Audio
Let your “discovery” disc for 2015 be this selected group of Australian recordings from Jascha Spivakovsky.
Marian Filar, piano = CHOPIN & BRAHMS works (1949-52) – MeloClassic
A Holocaust survivor with a grand musical gift, Marian Filar gives us Chopin and Brahms with bountiful panache and style, 1949-1952.
BRAHMS: Seven Fantasias; Three Intermezzi; Six Pieces; Four Pieces – Ariel Halevy, piano – Romeo
Potent, if unsubtle, performances of late Brahms, but resonant and filled with a conviction that wins us over.
Martha Argerich Vol. 4 (1955-65) = All CHOPIN works – Doremi
Doremi extends the legacy of the youthful Martha Argerich with excerpts of her Chopin Competition efforts, and a firestorm of talent they witness.
(Piano for Four Hands) = REGER: Sechs Walzer; SCHULHOFF: Ironien; SHERWOOD: Sonata in Blue; DEBUSSY: Ballade; MENDELSSOHN: Andante und Allegro vivace assai – Mathias Veit & Henning Lucius, piano – Telos Music
The brilliant variety of Romantic and post-Romantic four-hand music has a colorful exposition here from Veit and Lucius.
CHOPIN: Polonaise-Fantasie in A-flat Major; Nocturne in E-flat Major; Nocturne in E Major Bolero; Nouvelle Etude No. 1 in F Minor; Ballade No. 1 in G Minor; Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major; Ballade No. 4 in F Minor; Prelude in C-sharp Minor – Andrew Rangell, p. – Steinway & Sons
Andrew Rangell’s incursion into the Chopin late style bears all the hallmarks of intelligent, sensitive piano artistry.
“les sons et les parfums” = Works of CHOPIN & DEBUSSY – Javier Perianes, piano – Harmonia mundi
The combination CD+DVD from Javier Perianes illustrates sonorous parallels between Debussy and Chopin.
LISZT: Ellens Gesang III; Ballade No. 2; VERDI (arr. Liszt): Aida: Danza sacra e duetto finale; Rondeau fantastique sur un theme espagnol; Gute Nacht; Des Maedchens Klage; Erlkoenig; Der Mueller und der Bach; Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 – Valentina Lisitsa, p. – Decca
Valentina Lisitsa assures her repute in the Liszt-performers annals with some spectacular entries, including the “impossible” rondo de bravura after a Spanish zarzuela.
“Machaut Songs from Le Voir Dit” – The Orlando Consort – Hyperion
Machaut sung with authority and incredible beauty.
FAURE: Theme et Variations in C-sharp Minor; Valse-Caprice No. 1 in A; Valse-Caprice No. 2 in D-flat Major; Nocturne No. 5 in B-flat Major; Nocturne No. 6 in D-flat Major; Nocturne No. 13 in B Minor; Ballade – Angela Hewitt, piano – Hyperion
Angel Hewitt celebrates her life-long devotion to Faure’s solo piano music, offering a selection from the composer’s various period of development.
Arthur Rubinstein = BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata in C Major; RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales; CHOPIN: Nocturne in D-flat Major; Ballade No. 1; Bonus: Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise brillante – Arthur Rubenstein, p. – ICA Classics
Arthur Rubinstein offers a vividly colorful program from London, his patented heroic sonority in full regalia.
2010 Chopin-Schumann Anniversary Edition = CHOPIN: Ballade No. 3; Prélude in C-sharp minor; Fantaisie in F minor; Berceuse; Barcarolle; Polonaise-Fantaisie; Waltz; Ballade No. 4; SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana; BACH: Partita No. 2 – Burkard Schliessmann – MSR
MSR achieves enlightenment with their first SACD multichannel release.
VIEUXTEMPS: Fantasia appassionata, Op. 35; Ballade et Polonaise, Op. 38; Fantasie Caprice, Op. 11; Greeting to America, Op. 56 – Misha Keylin, violin/Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Mogrelia – Naxos
Virtuoso Misha Keylin has made the music of Henri Vieuxtemps his special project, and these spectacular showpieces warrant our admiration.
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