Klavierwerke [Box set] [Import]

Product Description:
10 CD Wallet Box with Alfred Corot, Arthur Rubinstein, Vladimir Horowitz, Claudio Arrau, Emil Gilels and more playing Chopin piano pieces. 2005.

Klavierwerke,Frederic Chopin,Wallet,Classical,Classical Composers

Average customer rating: These recordings have been spoiled... Golden Age of Chopin

Chopin: Klavierwerke [Germany] Cortot , Rubinstein , Lipatti , Benedetti Michelangeli , Horowitzarrau , Backhaus , and Gilels Manufacturer: Documents ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli plays Mozart, Chopin, Brahms, etc. (Box) [Germany] Alfred Cortot: The Master Classes Historic Russian Archives Emil Gilels Edition [Box Set] ASIN: B000AAP7EO Release Date: 2005-07-25

Tracks:

1. Piano Concerto No.1
2. Piano Concerto No.2
3. Waltzes
4. Ballads
5. Scherzos
6. Mazurkas
7. Etudes, Op.10
8. Etudes, Op.25

Album Description

10 CD Wallet Box with Alfred Corot, Arthur Rubinstein, Vladimir Horowitz, Claudio Arrau, Emil Gilels and more playing Chopin piano pieces. 2005.

Customer Reviews:

These recordings have been spoiled..........2007-07-22

By removing all the hiss, these people have managed to ruin the sound of the pianos on these recordings. They sound very much like bagpipes played through a telephone line (I have heard this done). Better stay with Naxos Historical, or EMI, or any label you can, at least for now, trust. This set isn't worth a dollar. I hope these people get to their senses and stop using these modern hiss removers.

Golden Age of Chopin.......2007-01-11

I thought I would review this since I bought it sight unseen with no info except the thimble I got from Ebay and nobody else has chimmed in.

Briefly, this 10 cd box set presents 1/2 cd to 2 cds (Rubinstein has 2 cds of the 10)sampling of the greatest piano artists from the late 20s to late 40s. Mostly from 1928 to the mid 30s. Because it presents a "best of" it probably does not cover the entire musical corpus of Chopin. Instead, there are several renditions of the piano concertos, ballads, etc. Probably each artist represented had at least a dozen to several dozen lp size recordings put out during this time frame (though they would have been on 78s or something even worse, whatever they had before 78s!).

To really enjoy these cds and put faces on the artists and their life and times, I recommend watching the DVD "The Golden Age of the Piano." I viewed this DVD today thanks to Netflix and many of the artists on the cds are on the DVD or refered to in the DVD. Each of these pianists had famous teachers, many of whom have a direct lineage back to Beethoven, Chopin, etc.

Obviously, the recording technology has progressed a long way since the late 1920s so do not expect Harnoncourt crystal clear DDD sound. I would compare the sound quality favorably to the top 10 pop/rock music I listened to back in the 60s on AM radio before FM album rock got cranked up. Some of the discs shine better than others sound wise. The one hurting the most (especially track one) is cd 7 Wilhelm Backhaus where he covers all 24 op 10 and op 25 etudes. It sounds like they recorded directly to a disc and the disc is somewhat crakly. I am half way tempted to run that track thru my audio cleaning software and remove the crackles but then I would be missing the listening experience of what they had way back when.

It is too bad we cannot hear Rubinstein or Horowitz from their hey days back in the 20s and thirties on Niklaus Harnoncourt DDD crstal clear audio! (I recently was wowed by the sound from his early Mozart symphonies and his 5 or 6 cds in the Mozart 250th symphony box set). Some of the experts like Rubinstein's Chopin from those days better than his RCA white dog label recordings from the 50s to mid 60s. But we should make do with what is available and be thankful to have it. These discs are still very enjoyable to listen to and the dudes on the discs do not screw up Chopin! If you are a fan of Tomas Vasary or Askenazy, etc. you will have some great historical pianist figures to compare them to.

Average customer rating:

Josef Hofmann: Klavierwerke Manufacturer: Edition Hera ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000F1IOB6 Release Date: 2006-04-25

Average customer rating:

Richard Strauss: Klavierwerke & Transkriptionen Manufacturer: Fermate Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Gieseking, Walter | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Reger, Max | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Strauss | Strauss, Richard | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Reger, Max | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004RJ4X Release Date: 2000-03-28

Average customer rating: Mozart Sonatas on Fortepiano

Klavierwerke I Manufacturer: Palatine Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Fantasies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatinas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005NZ4T Release Date: 2001-03-15

Tracks:

1. Son in C, KV 545: Allegro
2. Son in C, KV 545: Andante
3. Son in C, KV 545: Rondo
4. Son in G, KV 283: Allegro
5. Son in G, KV 283: Andante
6. Son in G, KV 283: Presto
7. Fant in d, KV 397
8. Son in E flat, KV 282: Adagio
9. Son in E flat, KV 282: Menuet 1 & 2
10. Son in E flat, KV 282: Allegro
11. Son in C, KV 330: Allegro Moderato
12. Son in C, KV 330: Andante Cantabile
13. Son in C, KV 330: Allegretto

Album Description

A native of Washington state, Richard Fuller has pursued his musical career in Vienna for the past eighteen years. He is one of the few who has sought to address himself exclusively to the interpretive potential of the fortepiano - the sensitivity and delicacy of an earlier keyboard culture - and who succeeds in convincingly projecting these qualities to the listener. For those listeners who think a fortepiano is "just an old piano," Mr. Fuller brings to life the keyboard works of Mozart with his elegant articultion and fluid touch. His Mozart is arguably without peer.

Customer Reviews:

Mozart Sonatas on Fortepiano.......2006-08-14

I was not particularly prepared to like this release, largely because I seem to have a blind (deaf?) spot regarding the sound of the instrument involved, the fortepiano. Too often, for me, the sound of the fortepiano sounds perilously close to that of a toy piano tinkling away when what I'd prefer is the strong sound of the modern pianoforte. Still, listening to this CD I was charmed by the sound which is actually quite appealing without being quaint. That is to say, there is strength to the tone even though one would never mistake it for that of a modern Steinway.

But more important is the playing of Richard Fuller. Fuller is an American fortepianist and clavichordist who specializes in the music of the Viennese Classical and early Romantic periods. He ably demonstrates the wide range of expression and dynamic of the fortepiano, adding discreet ornaments and lightly elaborated cadences as presumably Mozart himself or other late 18th-century instrumentalists would have done. The result of both his approach and the sound of the instrument is that these sonatas which, in the words of Anthony Newman, are 'miniaturized' when played on a modern grand piano, emerge as subtle but strong works. Even the first sonata -- the ever-familiar Sonata in C, K.545 -- is heard as the potent work it truly is, not the miniature as performed by beginning piano students. The performances of the four sonatas, plus the fine Fantasy in D Minor -- one of Mozart's towering keyboard works -- are both light and intense. Don't ask me how Fuller manages that seeming contradiction.

This recording was originally made in 1988 and released on an obscure German label. It and two subsequent Fuller Mozart Klavierwerk CDs were remastered and re-released by Palatine Records in 2001. It's worth hearing.

Scott Morrison

Average customer rating:

Erik Satie: Klavierwerke Manufacturer: Berlin Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Sarabande | Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Satie | Satie, Erik | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Nocturnes | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000035PY Release Date: 1998-02-17

Tracks:

1. Sonatine Bureaucratique: 1. Allegro
2. Sonatine Bureaucratique: 2. Andante
3. Sonatine Bureaucratique: 3. Vivace
4. Cinq Nocturnes: Nr.1. Doux Et Calme
5. Cinq Nocturnes: Nr.2. Simplement
6. Cinq Nocturnes: Nr.3. Un Peu Movt
7. Cinq Nocturnes: Nr.4
8. Cinq Nocturnes: Nr.5
9. Vieux Sequins Et Vielles Cuirasses: 1. Chez Le Marchand D'or
10. Vieux Sequins Et Vielles Cuirasses: 2. Danse Cuirassee
11. Vieux Sequins Et Vielles Cuirasses: 3. La Defaite Des Cimbres
12. Les Pantins Dansent
13. Croquis Et Agaceries D'un Gros Bonhomme En Bois: 1. Tyrolienne Turque
14. Croquis Et Agaceries D'un Gros Bonhomme En Bois: 2. Danse Maigre
15. Croquis Et Agaceries D'un Gros Bonhomme En Bois: 3. Espanana
16. Embryons Desseches: 1. D'Holothurie
17. Embryons Desseches: 2. D'Edriophtalma
18. Embryons Desseches: 3. De Podophtalma
19. Sarabande Nr.1
20. Avant-Dernieres Pensees: 1. Idylle (A Debussy)
21. Avant-Dernieres Pensees: 2. Aubade (A Paul Dukas)
22. Avant-Dernieres Pensees: 3. Meditation (A Albert Roussel)
23. Reverie De L'enfance De Pantragruel
24. Descriptions Automatiques: 1. Sur Un Vaisseau - Gerhard Erber/Frederic Fulgance
25. Descriptions Automatiques: 2. Sur Un Lanterne - Gerhard Erber/Frederic Fulgance
26. Descriptions Automatiques: 3. Sur En Casque - Gerhard Erber/Frederic Fulgance
27. Gymnopedie Nr.3
28. Gnossienne Nr.2
29. Trois Airs A Faire Fuir De 'Pieces Froides': 1. D'Une Maniere Tres Particuliere
30. Trois Airs A Faire Fuir De 'Pieces Froides': 2. Modestement
31. Trois Airs A Faire Fuir De 'Pieces Froides': 3. S'inviter

Average customer rating:

Paul Dessau: Klavierwerke Manufacturer: Berlin Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000035U5 Release Date: 2005-10-01

Average customer rating:

Johannes Brahms: Klavierwerke, Volume 3 (Opp. 5, 9, 119) Manufacturer: Berlin Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatinas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000035RN Release Date: 1995-09-19

Average customer rating:

Johannes Brahms: Klavierwerke, Volume II Manufacturer: Berlin Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatinas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Variations | Variations | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000035RM Release Date: 1995-08-22

Average customer rating:

Fruhe Klavierwerke und Lieder Alexander Zemlinsky , Kurt Widmer (baritone) , and Jean-Jacques Dunki (piano) Manufacturer: Jecklin ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000009I2S Release Date: 1995-11-01

Average customer rating:

Meisterhafte Klavierwerke Manufacturer: Forum ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000CRO4QC

Product Description

2 full length audio cd's.

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6. Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Pachelbel: Canon
7. Mozart: Four-Hand Piano Works
8. Mozart: Serenade No10; Serenade No12
9. Mozart: Serenades Nos. 4-7 & 9
10. Mozart: Serenata Notturna/Divertimento No.15

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