THCD-76 ONE PIANO, FOUR HANDS, THE 1950’s RECORDINGS Vol. 1
Karl Ulrich Schnabel
Helen Schnabel, piano
H. and K.U. Schnabel enjoyed an enviable reputation across Europe and the United States as the 4-hand duo playing as one. Their repertoire spanned a wide range of original music written for piano duet. The first of two 2-CD sets features: Bizet, five pieces from Jeux d’Enfants; Debussy, three pieces from Six Epigraphes Antiques; Schubert, a selection from Herold’s "Marie" Variations, and the Fantasy, Op. 103; Mozart: Sonata K. 381, the Concerto K. 365, and the Sonata for two pianos K. 448.
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THCD-77 ONE PIANO, FOUR HANDS, THE 1950’s RECORDINGS Vol. 2
Karl Ulrich Schnabel
Helen Schnabel, piano
H. and K.U. Schnabel enjoyed an enviable reputation across Europe and the United States as the 4-hand duo playing as one. Their repertoire spanned a wide range of original music written for piano duet. The second of two 2-CD sets features: Mozart, Concerto in F Major for Three Pianos, K. 242; Brahms, 8 Hungarian Dances; Schubert, 4 Polonaises, Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. 30; Mendelssohn, Allegro Brillant, Op. 92, and Andante tranquillo con variazioni, Op. 83a; Weber, Five Pieces from Op. 10 and Op. 60.
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The music of American composer George Gershwin, the composers who influenced him, and his piano-playing and songwriting colleagues in New York's "Tin Pan Alley"
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A concert tour of the central California coast with Pianist Lincoln Mayorga.
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THCD-29 Sofia Cosma
Sofia Cosma, piano
Prize winner in the Viennese International Piano Competition, Sofia Cosma's promising career was tragically interrupted by arbitrary imprisonment of seven years in a Stalinist labor camp. She resumed her career in mid-life to become the most celebrated pianist in Romania. This CD, her first American recording, is presented in celebration of her eightieth birthday.
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Solo piano music from the motion picture "The Competition," starring Richard Dreyfus and Amy Irving, performed by sound track artist Lincoln Mayorga. This collection includes original piano music written for the film by composer Lalo Schifrin.
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The vitality and playfulness of the jazz era is captured in this collection of novelty piano solos composed by colleagues of George Gershwin. Pianist Lincoln Mayorga's light-spirited and virtuosic playing brings life to this rarely recognized American genre of music. Included on the Compact Disc is a nineteenth century precursor of the novelty piano solo, Louis Moreau Gottschalk's "The Banjo".
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Twenty-one of the most beloved short pieces written for piano are brought together in this collection by pianist Lincoln Mayorga. This is an essential collection for all lovers of the grand instrument and its literature.
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THCD-43 Schumann
Schumann
Joan Rowland
Winner of international prizes in Darmstadt and Salzburg, Joan Rowland gave her first performance with the Toronto Symphony at the age of eleven. Since then, she has given countless solo and orchestral concerts in the United States, Canada, and Europe. A specialist in romantic repertoire, she presents on this recording the most important of Schumann's piano music.
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Live performances of Mayorga's unique piano recitals in which he demonstrates connections between European music and American jazz and popular music. The music is interspersed with informative commentary and amusing anecdotes.
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THCD-47 In Memoriam
Aube Tzerko
"...that sound of Aube's, that amazing sound that sang, and roared, and danced, and leaped, and spoke, and was so radiant with power and passion and the life force itself."
- Gabriel Chodos Vintage performances by the great musician who taught many important pianists of our time. |
THCD-48 Sorrel Doris Hays plays the Piano Music of Henry Cowell
Cowell
Sorrel Doris Hays, piano
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THCD-58 Karl Ulrich Schnabel
Karl Ulrich Schnabel
A celebration for K.U. Schnabel’s 90th birthday. Karl Ulrich Schnabel had an illustrious career as pianist and master teacher. A 70-year retrospective of solo recordings of pianist Karl Ulrich Schnabel, and duo-piano recordings with Helen Schnabel, Joan Rowland, and Leonard Shure. The 2-CD set comprises compositions by Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Schubert, Frederic Chopin, Carl Maria von Weber, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Liszt, Antonin Dvorak, and Clara Schumann.
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THCD-64 The French Collection
Daniele Arpajou
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THCD-65 Helen Schnabel Plays Artur Schnabel
Schnabel
Helen Schnabel, piano
Charles F. Adler, conductor
Vienna Orchestra
Erika Francoulon, soprano
The first in a distinguished series of recordings from the Schnabel Music Foundation, this disc features compositions by Artur Schnabel from several periods of his life played by Artur Schnabel's student and daughterin-law Helen Schnabel. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1901) with C.F. Adler and Vienna Orchestra, Seven Piano Pieces (1948), Reverie (1898), 10 Songs (1899-1903) with Erika Francoulon, soprano.
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