sonata Archive
Grigory Sokolov, piano – SCHUBERT/ BEETHOVEN – DGG (2 discs) DGG
DGG combines two live Sokolov recitals to produce a towering program, intellectual and exciting at once. Sokolov – SCHUBERT/ BEETHOVEN – SCHUBERT: Four Impromptus, D. 899; Drei Klavierstuecke, D. 946; BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major, Op. 106 “Hammerklavier”; RAMEAU: Les Tendres Plaintes; Les Tourbillons; Les Cyclopes; La Follette; Les Sauvages; BRAHMS: Intermezzo […]
BRAHMS: Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2; WEIGL: Sonata; HINDEMITH: Sonata in F Major – Paul Doktor, viola/ Nadia Reisenberg, p. – Romeo
Nadia Reisenberg joins master Paul Doktor in excellent restorations of the viola repertory.
“An American Menagerie” = Works of AMLIN, MERFELD & HOUGHTON – viola & piano – MSR
Don’t dismiss this album too quickly—there is a lot of substance to be found!
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, […]
Mordecai Shehori – The Alice Tully Hall Recital of 7 June 2000 = Works of MOZART, BRAHMS, RAVEL, LISZT, CHOPIN & MOZSKOWSKI – Cembal d’amour
The Mordecai Shehori recital from Alice Tully Hall in 2007 reveals a master Romantic pianist.
![SCRIABIN: Nuances = Two dozen works [TrackList below] – Valentina Listisa, piano – Decca](https://www.audaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/LisitsaScriabin.jpg)
SCRIABIN: Nuances = Two dozen works [TrackList below] – Valentina Listisa, piano – Decca
With her emphasis on early and rare Scriabin, Valentina Lisitsa provides an alternative universe.
PROKOKIEV: Violin Concerto No. 2 in g minor; Sonata for 2 Violins in C Major; Solo Violin Sonata in D Major – Viktoria Mullova, v./ Tedi Papavrami, v. /Frankfurt Radio Sym. Orch./ Paavo Jarvi – Onyx
Live performances of Mullova’s Prokofiev violin repertory convince us of her pungent authority.
SAINT-SAENS: Chamber Music = Akane Makita, p./ Soloists of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia Rome – Brilliant Classics
Saint-Saens’ chamber works provide the Accademia soloists and Akane Makita with alluring, charming vehicles for their talents.
SCRIABIN: Piano Sonata No. 3 in f-sharp minor; Etude in c-sharp minor; Prelude for the Left Hand; MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition; A Night on Bare Mountain – Alessio Bax, p. – Signum Classics
Alessio Bax offer us Scriabin and Mussorgsky in lyrical, if not stentorian, colors.
“Amati orrori: Lamenti & Cantatas” = Works of PROVENZALE, VALENTE, STROZZI, FALCONIERI – CPO
An unusual and flowery introduction to an age often neglected on record.
![BACH Imagine: Transcribed Selections [TrackList follows] – Jean Rondeau, solo harpsichord – Erato/Warner Classics:
BACH By Syrinx + CPE BACH: Flute Concerto in A [TrackList follows] – Simion Stanciu, syrinx/ Ens. Orch. de Normandie/ Jean-Pierre Berlingen/Zurich Ch. Orch./Edmond de Stoutz – Cascavelle](https://www.audaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/RondeauSyrinx2.jpg)
BACH Imagine: Transcribed Selections [TrackList follows] – Jean Rondeau, solo harpsichord – Erato/Warner Classics: BACH By Syrinx + CPE BACH: Flute Concerto in A [TrackList follows] – Simion Stanciu, syrinx/ Ens. Orch. de Normandie/ Jean-Pierre Berlingen/Zurich Ch. Orch./Edmond de Stoutz – Cascavelle
Two fascinating treatments of Bach on instruments for which the music was not actually written (except for one sel.).
BACH Imagine: Transcribed Selections [TrackList follows] – Jean Rondeau, solo harpsichord – Erato/Warner Classics: BACH By Syrinx + CPE BACH: Flute Concerto in A [TrackList follows] – Simion Stanciu, syrinx/ Ens. Orch. de Normandie/ Jean-Pierre Berlingen/Zurich Ch. Orch./Edmond de Stoutz – Cascavelle
Two fascinating treatments of Bach on instruments for which the music was not actually written (except for one sel.).
Ruggiero Ricci & Martha Argerich = BEETHOVEN: Sonata in E-flat Major for Violin and Piano; PROKOFIEV: Solo Sonata for Violin in D Major; BARTOK: Sonatina for Violin and Piano (arr. Gertler); Sonata for Violin Solo; SARASATE: Introduction and Tarantella; RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G – Martha Argerich, p./ Ruggiero Ricci, v./ Southwest German Radio Orch./ Ernest Bour – Doremi
A pair of talents combine for a dazzling, intellectually exciting recital from Soviet Russia, complemented by the young Argerich in blistering Ravel.
“Janus” = BACH: 3 Movements from Partita in E Major; RACHMANINOV (arr. Wild): O Cease Thy Singing, Maiden Fair; BARTOK: Sonata for Piano; SCHUMANN: Arabeske in C; CHOPIN: Ballade No. 1; PROKOFIEV: Piano Sonata No. 7 – Rajung Yang, p. – Blue Griffin
Rajung Yang delivers a recital that looks to both past and present for musical and dramatic points.
Geza Anda – The Telefunken Recordings = SCHUMANN: Carnaval; Symphonic Etudes; BACH: Partita No. 2 in c minor; HAYDN: Piano Sonata No. 23; MOZART: Piano Sonata in D – Geza Anda, p. – Audite
Geza Anda has a gap in his discography filled in this generous selection of Telefunken inscriptions, 1950-1951.
Organ Works of LISZT, REUBKE & MENDELSSOHN – Stephen Cleobury, organist – Kings College
A chance to hear a grand organ in high resolution surround.
Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim, pianists, in MOZART, SCHUBERT & STRAVINSKY, Blu-ray (2015)
A magnificent, though expensive, two-piano recital to experience.
![SCHUBERT: Complete Works for Violin and Piano; Fantasia in f minor for Piano Duet [TrackList follows] – Julia Fischer, violin and piano/ Martin Helmchen, p. – Pentatone](https://www.audaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/SchubertV-P-RE.jpg)
SCHUBERT: Complete Works for Violin and Piano; Fantasia in f minor for Piano Duet [TrackList follows] – Julia Fischer, violin and piano/ Martin Helmchen, p. – Pentatone
Not to be missed: richly memorable accounts in one two-disc set of Franz Schubert’s Complete Works for Violin and Piano.
RAVEL: Piano Trio (1914); DEBUSSY: Cello Sonata (1915) and Violin Sonata (1917); FAURÉ: Piano Trio (1924) – Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch – NimbusARENSKY: Piano Trio No. 1 in d minor; TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Trio in a minor – Trio Wanderer – Harmonia mundi
Two discs of chamber music: French and Russian as performed with style by master musicians.
RAVEL: Piano Trio (1914); DEBUSSY: Cello Sonata (1915) and Violin Sonata (1917); FAURÉ: Piano Trio (1924) – Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch – NimbusARENSKY: Piano Trio No. 1 in d minor; TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Trio in a minor – Trio Wanderer – Harmonia mundi
Two discs of chamber music: French and Russian as performed with style by master musicians.
‘Together’ = MAXIMO DIEGO PUJAL: Suite Magica; XAVIER MONTSALVAGE: Fantasia; GARY SCHOCKER: Hypnotized; ALAN HOVHANESS: Sonata for Harp and Guitar, “Spirit of Trees”; KEITH FITCH: Knock on Wood – Yolanda Kondonassis, harp/ Jason Vieaux, guitar – Azica
A lovely collection of modern works for this appealing combination.
*KALEVI AHO: Nineteen Preludes; Three Small Pieces; Two Easy Pieces for Children; Sonatina; Solo II; Sonata – Sonja Fraki, piano – BIS
************* MULTICHANNEL DISC OF THE MONTH ************
An outstanding recital of Aho’s most important piano music, enthusiastically urged upon all.
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Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
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