Romanian Archive
MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition; CHERUBINI: Symphony in D; BACK: Intrada – Orch. del Teatro “La Fenice”/ Sergiu Celibidache – IDIS
A spectacular Celibidache concert from Venice demonstrates his capacity for drama and vivid colors – always. MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition; CHERUBINI: Symphony in D Major; BACK: Intrada – Orch. del Teatro “La Fenice” di Venezia/ Sergiu Celibidache – IDIS 6708, 68:34 [Distr. by Naxos] ****: The live concert offered here, 31 October 1965, under […]
Johanna Martzy, violin = Works of BACH, HANDEL, VIVALDI, KREISLER, FALLA, RAVEL, DVORAK, BRAHMS & others – Audite (2 CDs)
The art of Joanna Martzy receives a particular boon from this RIAS issue featuring her in brilliant solo and collaborative repertoire.
Johanna Martzy, Vol. 3 = Music of VIVALDI, RAVEL, SYMANOWSKI, BARTOK, BRAHMS, FALLA, MOZART, BACH, SUK & others – with var. orchestras – Doremi (2 CDs)
Violinist Johanna Martzy accumulates more recorded legacy to enhance her already cult-like status.
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor; Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor – Dinu Lipatti, p./ Tonhalle Orch. Zurich/ Otto Ackermann – Pristine Audio
Andrew Rose grants a new and powerfully refreshed sound to Dinu Lipatti’s Chopin, a colossal meeting of musical sympathies.
Carl Schuricht and Clara Haskil perform BEETHOVEN = Prometheus Overture; Piano Concerto No. 4; Coriolan Overture; Symphony No. 2 – Clara Haskil, p./ London Philharmonic/ Eduard van Beinum/ Carlo Zecchi (Con.)/ The National Sym. Orch./ Reginald Goodall (Coriolan)/ L’Orch. de la Suisse Romande/ Carl Schuricht – Dutton
Romanian pianist Clara Haskil honed a select number of works to personal perfection.
Alexandra Silocea, piano – “Sound Waves” = Works of ROMBERG, DEBUSSY, LISZT, RAVEL, SCHUBERT – Avie
For her second Avie disc, pianist Alexandra Silocea selects a world of water colors and poetry, most of which, but not all, offering spiritual solace.
SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A Minor; GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A Minor – Mindru Katz, p./ The Israel Broadcast Authority Orch./ Mendi Rohan/ Sergiu Comissiona (Grieg) – Cembal d’amour
Two significant Romantic piano concertos performed by Romanian-Israeli virtuoso Mindru Katz (1925-1978) in live concerts given in Jerusalem.
LIPATTI: Concertino en style classique; Sonatine; Piano Sonata in D Minor; Navarra; Nocturne in F-sharp Minor; Nocturne in A Minor; Fantasie; Pastorale in F; Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd! – Luiza Borac, piano/ Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/ Jaime Martin – Avie (2 discs)
Luiza Borac pays fine homage to Romanian virtuoso Dinu Lipatti, whose untimely passing in 1950 stole from us not only a fine pianist but a promising composer of note.
The Unknown ENESCU: Vol. 1 = soloists & Enescu Ens. of U. of Illinois – Toccata Classics
Many of the intimate chamber works of Enescu’s neglected violin catalogue receive their first inscriptions, a small treasure-chest of thoroughly charming pieces.
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor – Vienna Philharmonic/ Sergiu Celibidache – Wiener Symphoniker
A rare document from the Vienna Symphony archives, a reading by a still-developing Sergiu Celibidache in the Brahms C Minor Symphony, a reading of more persuasion than sheer epic power.
PROKOFIEV: Piano Sonatas 1-5 – Alexandra Silocea, piano – Avie
A young Romanian pianist provides flair and musical sense to the passionate and often elusive first five sonatas of Serge Prokofiev.
Inedits Youra Guller = BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4; CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 2 – Youra Guller, piano /Orch. National de France/D.E. Ingelbrecht – Tahra
In a recording of special merit, Youra Guller graces the concert platform in two artful, singing renditions of Beethoven and Chopin concertos.
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Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
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