Fantasia [Import]

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1. Japanese
2. Fantasia
3. Magical Fin
4. Japanese
5. Dream Express
6. Japanese
7. Steppin On The Road
8. Fantasia Ii
9. Moments In Heaven
10. Japanese
11. Skadon
12. Black Swan Kae
13. Japanese
14. Hi Speed Bus
15. Fantasia Iii
16. Moments In Heaven

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Mendelssohn Discoveries: Rare Piano Works
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  • Much Too Long Awaited but All the More Welcome Recorded Piano Solo Works of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
  • Crystal clear recording and utterly sensitive and steady playing
Mendelssohn Discoveries: Rare Piano Works

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ASIN: B000CC3RYC
Release Date: 2006-05-01

Tracks:

  1. Fantasia In C Minor/D Major (1823) Adagio-Allegro
  2. Fantasia In C Minor/D Major (1823) Adagio
  3. Fantasia In C Minor/D Major (1823) Allegro-Presto
  4. Capriccio In E Flat Major (Ca. 1823-24)
  5. Ein Lied Ohne Worte In F Major (Ca.1841)
  6. Adagio And Presto Agitato In B Flat Major (1833)
  7. Lied In E Flat Major (1828)
  8. Albumblatt "21.Mai" In A Major (1830)
  9. Lied In A Major (1830)
  10. Kleines Lied In A Major (1837)
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  13. Incidental Music To "Midsummer Nights Dream" Scherzo
  14. Incidental Music To "Midsummer Nights Dream" Notturno
  15. Incidental Music To "Midsummer Nights Dream" Wedding March

Album Description

The new Decca CD, Mendelssohn Discoveries, contains piano works by Felix Mendelssohn previously unrecorded. Most of these piano works were composed by Mendelssohn during blissful moments in his life - his honeymoon, during times of great financial security; for his sister Fanny's pregnancy and impending birth. No wonder that most newlyweds march down the aisle to Mendelssohn's 'Wedding March' from A Midsummer's Night Dream. One only has to take a deeper look at the composer to understand there was tension and suffering in his work as well. Roberto Prosseda, the Italian pianist featured on Mendelssohn Discoveries, sensed Mendelssohn's darker side. ''I think he suffered a lot behind this apparently quiet life,'' says Prosseda in a recent Wall Street Journal article. ''But he never wanted to show off suffering the way Chopin and Beethoven did, he always tried to keep a certain composure. So when the suffering comes out, it comes out even more dramatically.'' An example of this is the newly-discovered Fantasia in C Minor. Composed at the mere age of 13, Mendelssohn seems to express the intensity and complexity of a much older composer. Decca. 2005.

Album Details

Prosseda is a Musicologist as Well as a Renowned Pianist. For his Decca Records Debut, He Presents a Program of Previously Unrecorded Piano Pieces by Felix Mendelsohn Bartholdy. He Premiered These Pieces at a Concert in Milan in December 2004. Many of These Pieces Are Quiet Compositions, but Prosseda Contends that the Music Reveals a More Tortured Soul Lurking Between the Measures. Prosseda's Playing Concentrates on the True Nature and Intricasies of the Music that Reveals Further Depths of Mendelssohn's Personality that is Not Immediately Evident in his Other Better Known Works. Collectively, These Pieces Offer a Fascinating Perspective of the Man that While Shunned in Generations Following his Death Has Been Rediscovered and Studied Intently after the Fall of the Berlin Wall as a Bridge the Classic-romantic Divide, Evoking Visual Stimuli with his Music Previously Unnoticed.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Much Too Long Awaited but All the More Welcome Recorded Piano Solo Works of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy.......2007-07-15

Being surprised that nobody to date yet has contributed comments on Amazon's Canadian and British WWW sites about this disc of previously unrecorded piano works by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, this listener makes a few comments to supplement those of one (so far) other contributor to Amazon's U.S. site, without being elaborate about doing so, also to encourage those who love Mendelssohn's always lovely music to obtain this disc. For those who wish to have sympathetic commentary on this important CD release, apart from the notes in the booklet that comes with the CD, there is a review-essay of it and another disc of Mendelssohn's piano music as Prosseda recorded that one, too, titled "Roberto Prosseda: Rediscovering Mendelssohn", by Colin Clarke, often quoting Prosseda, who obviously is a most determined champion of Mendelssohn's music, in "Fanfare", vol. 30, no. 3 (Jan./Feb. 2007), p. 56-58. These works all too often have been omitted in putatively "complete" editions of the composer's piano music, which is why it has taken so long for them to appear on a recording, even LP or CD sets setting out to embrace all of Mendelssohn's solo piano music.

The works, for the most part, are not quite top-drawer Mendelssohn, but this composer's standard was high, indeed, so musch so that all of his music is worth hearing, these pieces or any others. The only work that was disappointing in its inconsistency is the lengthy Fantasia in the keys of C minor and D major of 1823, but, after all, Mendelssohn was only fourteen years old when he composed this tripartite piece! The piano writing in the lyric portions sounds more like weak Chopin (whose music of this sort, very little of which was at all tepid, dates, of course, from somewhat later years) than it sounds like Mendelssohn at his more typical and best; there is what sounds like an heavy influence, in these plaintively melodious sections, from "bel canto" Italian opera, but, unlike Chopin a bit later integrating Vincenzo Bellini's kind of elegiac lyricism in his own Polish-French style, the texture and pianistic elaboration of Mendelssohn's handling of such Italianate thematic material is too plain to convey the effect that equally fine melodic writing would have had at Chopin's hand later, but when the young Mendelssohn romps and gambols in parts of the Fantasy at faster tempi, the results are utterlyly delightful. The other works included on this disc of rarities are briefer and more surely "Mendelssohnian" in style and treatment, therefore endearingly beautiful. The shorter the pieces, it seems, the more times it pays re-hearing such perfect gems.

Roberto Prosseda obviously put a lot of work into this disc and his playing does justice to the music, with all the technic and limpidly appealing tone for which one could wish. However, at times Prosseda does seem to hold back, to rein in the music at times when a more freewheelingly and grandly vivid range of expression better would realise the sheer potential to excite the listener. One yearns to hear the equally sensitive but, at "big" moments, more "no holds barred" approach of a young lion of the keyboard like Yevgeny Sudbin launching into this music's more grandiose moments without such unwanted restraint as Prosseda's. However, this is a minor quibble and only applies to this music intermittently. Prosseda is a fine artist, and one is grateful that a pianist of his calibre and devotion to the cause of Mendelssohn's music turned to this unjustly neglected music to undertake his project of recording it.

5 out of 5 stars Crystal clear recording and utterly sensitive and steady playing.......2007-02-20

This is one of the finest piano recordings to come out in recent years. The recording and piano quality, alone, is worth the price of the recording. It is one of those piano recordings in which the piano sound just floats beautifully upon a deep background of crystal clear silence.

Then there is the playing. Roberto Prosseda offers us an unassuming and deceptively simple virtuosity in his rendering of these rarely played (and never before recorded) works of Mendelssohn, shaping them all into the gems that they really are. His rhythm and tempo changes are solid and spot on, never rushing, never losing momentum, and his touch is always full of perfectly balanced voicings and subtle colorations that simply cannot be described. Perhaps it is fortunate that he plays three selections from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," as one can appreciate how his piano coloration perfectly reminds one of the original orchestration.

I don't know if this recording was ever nominated for a Grammy, but in today's world of neglected quality, I would not be surprised if it were not. And if not, it should have been, as the playing of Mr. Prosseda is as much of a discovery as the Mendelssohn gems themselves.
Mozart: The Complete Piano Sonatas
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    ASIN: B00008PW47
    Release Date: 2003-05-12

    Tracks:

    1. Sonata No. 1 In C Major
    2. Sonata No 2 In F Major
    3. Sonata No 3 In B Flat Major
    4. Sonata No 4 In E Flat Major
    5. Sonata No 5 In G Major
    6. Rondo In D Major
    7. Sonata No 6 In D Major
    8. Sonata No 7 In C Major
    9. Sonata No 8 In A Minor
    10. Sonata No 9 In D Major
    11. Sonata No 10 In C Major
    12. Sonata No 11 In A Major
    13. Sonata No 12 In F Major
    14. Fantasia In D Minor
    15. Sonata No 18 In D Major
    16. Sonata No 13 In B Flat Major
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    18. Sonata No 14 In C Minor
    19. Sonata No 16 In C Major
    20. Sonata No 17 In B Flat Major

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    Bach: Chromatic Fantasy; Italian Concerto; Goldberg Variations (Aria)
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    Tracks:

    1. Goldberg Variations, Bwv 988 (Aria)
    2. 2-4 Italian Concerto In F Major, Bwv 971
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    Album Details

    First Time on CD. Digitally Remastered.

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    5 out of 5 stars Flawless expression !.......2006-05-01

    All of us know how the interpretative grandness of Serkin enhanced with vertiginous speed since his constant and frequent collaborations with Pablo Casals in Prades Festival. In this sense, apart his natural talent, his vision around Bach acquired a major deepness and notable maturity. We have a striking evidence: his memorable 1957 Lugano Recital (fortunately available in CD).

    We definitively have not had the chance to listen Rudolf Serkin playing Bach with major frequency we desired, and this is a very good option. These Goldberg are musically expressive. They possess the verticality and minutely precision in which the phrasing concerns; lyricism and expression. And, in spite of the fact there are true milestone performances in the whole musical firmament, we are talking about of one of the supreme pianists of the last Century.

    Go for this album. The sound quality is fabulous.

    5 out of 5 stars BACK TO BACH.......2004-03-14

    Not much of Serkin's Bach-playing has come down to us, sadly. During his lifetime it became unfashionable to play Bach in public on the piano. Tureck and others kept the tradition going, and of course it was revived in spectacular fashion by Gould. By now we seem to have got over the worst excesses of this particular cultural revolution, and my own attitude to the matter is and always has been that instruments are there for music and not the other way about. It all makes this disc a specially welcome reissue, and I would note in passing that the liner note is not strictly right in saying that none of the English or French suites from Serkin survive on record. In fact the 5th French suite is included in the disc that accompanies the fine 2003 biography of him.

    In the Italian Concerto and Chromatic Fantasia I already owned performances by Gould and by Malcolm, the latter also giving us the fugue that normally accompanies the Fantasia. Making allowance for the obvious difference in the genius of a harpsichord from that of a concert grand, there is not a world of variety in the three artists' approaches. Malcolm takes the opening flourishes in the Fantasia faster than even two such piano-players would dare do on a resonant 8-foot grand, and he is rather more grandiose in the fugue than Serkin is. Serkin is a bit faster than the others in the first movement of the Italian Concerto, and in the last movement his speed is somewhere between Malcolm's fairly steady tempo and Gould's headlong and very exciting onrush. The slow movement, marked `andante', is my idea of adagio from all three of them. I am not scholar enough to offer an opinion on this - there is no mistaking what `andante' means in Handel, viz a definitely fastish tempo, but in Bach I'm not so sure and can only suppose that three such interpreters know what they're doing. The performance of the Capriccio on the Departure is from Puerto Rico in 1957, and intriguingly you can hear another performance by Serkin in Lugano in the same year, which comes as part of a hair-raisingly wonderful recital. That recital is incandescent, but it is not Serkin at his smoothest. This Puerto Rico performance has a crystalline aristocratic perfection, the touch in the Lugano reading is less even and there is a fluffed note somewhere, but the opening section of the Capriccio could bring tears to your eyes in a way he doesn't do this time. In the 5th Brandenburg the `marker' performance for me down the years has been from Menuhin and a Bath Festival group, with Malcolm taking the harpsichord solo. Serkin scales down his mighty touch to perfection, and if anyone equals or even surpasses Malcolm in the first movement cadenza it is Serkin. It appears to be taken in a single breath, but listen carefully - the rhythm seems so wonderfully straight precisely because it is not mechanically straight.

    In the third millennium a record where the sound-quality is not top-class has to struggle for a fifth star, but I can't withold it from this record. It is not bad by any means, just not what we have come to expect nowadays. I recalled the account of how Serkin got his first opportunity, playing Bach to the Busch family. Adolf Busch exclaimed excitedly to the others `The way the boy plays you can see the whole score in front of you'. Just so. There is one slightly sad little extra here, the aria from the Goldberg variations, all that survives of a work Serkin was associated with all his life and that he was still practising on the counterpane of his deathbed. It is played at a dead-slow tempo as it ought to be, and I experienced a great wish to hear it again at the end of the record, rounding it off as Bach used it to round off his variations. I am in no doubt at all that Serkin would have disapproved of any such sentimental proceeding, but the advantage of cd technology is that I can do this if I want and nobody has to know.
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    UK twofer combines the legendary vocalists 1956 & 1957 albums. BMG.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Lanza in (mostly) top form.......2004-11-28

    This is a "twofer" CD, consisting of the 1955 soundtrack to the movie Serenade and the 1956 Cavalcade of Show Tunes album. Before I go any further, however, I should acknowledge that I was one of the liner note writers for this release. But I have no financial interest in the CD, and am simply reviewing it here because to date no one else has commented on it!

    Serenade marked Lanza's return to films after an absence of three years, and revealed a voice that had darkened considerably, while still retaining its brilliant upper register. Stylistically, this is also a much-improved artist in many respects from the sometimes-wayward tenor of the early 1950s. Anyone who compares Lanza's superbly operatic renditions here of Amor Ti Vieta, Lamento di Federico, and O Paradiso with his earlier versions (all featured on the CD Mario Lanza Sings Opera Arias and Duets) will immediately detect the new-found control in his singing.

    That's not to say that all of the Serenade material is outstanding. Lanza's renditions of Nessun Dorma, O Soave Fanciulla, Di Quella Pira, and the title song are below par, with the tenor uncharacteristically strained in the upper register and rough in his approach. But redeeming everything are the oustanding renditions of the arias mentioned in the previous paragraph, together with Lanza's sensitive singing of Di Rigori Armato from Der Rosenkavalier, a superb Torna a Surriento, and an unsurpassed Dio! Mi Potevi Scagliar from Otello. Lanza also recorded the Act III duet from Otello with Licia Albanese for this film, but time constraints have reduced it to a brief extract here. (The entire duet, however, can be heard on the aforementioned Arias & Duets CD.)

    The other album featured here showcases the romantic side of Lanza. Beautifully recorded, Cavalcade includes passionate renditions of Yours is My Heart Alone, Only a Rose, Will You Remember, and other selections from operetta and musical comedy. Although Lanza may indeed be *too* zestful here for some tastes, vocally at least, he is at the height of his powers. The voice is rich and round - gloriously consistent throughout its registers - and the abundance of effortless B flats, Bs, and even a high C reveal a tenor in formidable form.

    Highly recommended.
    Claudio Arrau Performs Schubert
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      Release Date: 2006-06-27

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      1. Sonate E La Majeur
      2. Sonate En Sol Majeur
      3. Sonate En Ut Mineur
      4. Sonate En La Majeur
      5. Sonate En Si Bemol Majeur
      6. Imopromptus
      7. Impromptus
      8. Klavierstucke
      9. Moments Musicaux
      10. Allegretto En Ut Mineur
      11. Klavierstucke
      12. Fantaisie En Ut Majeur
      13. Moments Musicaux

      Album Details

      Part of Claudio Arrau Heritage Series, Released by Universal France. 6cd Box Set.
      The Chopin Experience
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        The Chopin Experience

        Manufacturer: Mca Import
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        DancesDances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music
        EcossaisesEcossaises | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music
        MazurkasMazurkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music
        PolonaisesPolonaises | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music
        WaltzesWaltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music
        All Works by ChopinAll Works by Chopin | Chopin, Frédéric | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
        BalladsBallads | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
        EtudesEtudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
        FantasiesFantasies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
        PreludesPreludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
        Character PiecesCharacter Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
        NocturnesNocturnes | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
        SonatinasSonatinas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
        ScherzoScherzo | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
        Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
        Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
        PianoPiano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
        Ashkenazy, VladimirAshkenazy, Vladimir | ( A ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
        Lullabies & BerceuseLullabies & Berceuse | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
        BarcarollesBarcarolles | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
        ClassicalClassical | Imports | Stores | Music
        ASIN: B00006IM76
        Release Date: 2002-10-29

        Tracks:

        1. Polonaise No.6 In A Flat Major, Opus 53
        2. Grande Valse No.5 In A Flat Major, Opus 42
        3. Fantasie-Impromptu No.4 In C-Sharp Minor, Opus 66
        4. Introduction & Rondo In E Flat Major, Opus 16
        5. Valse No.14 In E Minor, Opus Post
        6. Fantasie En F Minor, Opus 49
        7. Etude No.1 In C Major, Opus 10 No.1
        8. Etude No.2 In A Minor, Opus 10 No.2
        9. Etude No.3 In E Major, Opus 10 No.3 'Tristesse'
        10. Etude No.4 In C Sharp Minor, Opus 10 No.4
        11. Etude No.5 In G Flat Major, Opus 10 No.5 'Black Key'
        12. Etude No.6 In E Flat Minor, Opus 10 No.6
        13. Etude No.7 In C Major, Opus 10 No.7
        14. Etude No.8 In F Major, Opus 10 No.8
        15. Etude No.9 In F Minor, Opus 10 No.8
        16. Etude No.10 In A Flat Major, Opus 10 No.10
        17. Etude No.11 In E Flat Major, Opus 10 No.11
        18. Etude No.12 In C Minor, Opus 10 No.12 'Revolutionary'

        Tracks:

        1. Ballade No.1 In G Minor, Opus 23
        2. Ballade No.2 In F Major, Opus 38
        3. Ballade No.3 In A Flat Major, Opus 47
        4. Ballade No.4 In F Minor, Opus 52
        5. Scherzo No.1 In B Minor, Opus 20
        6. Scherzo No.2 In B Flat Minor, Opus 31
        7. Scherzo No.3 In C-Sharp Minor, Opus 39
        8. Scherzo No.4 In E Major, Opus 54

        Tracks:

        1. Nocturne No.1 In B Flat Minor, Opus No.1
        2. Nocturne No.2 In E Flat Major, Opus 9 No.2
        3. Nocturne No.3 In B Major, Opus 9 No.3
        4. Berceuse In D Flat Major, Opus 57
        5. Nocturne No.7 In C Sharp Minor, Opus 27 No.1
        6. Nocturne No.8 In D Flat Major, Opus 27 No.2
        7. Trois Nouvelles Etudes: No.1 In F Minor
        8. Trois Nouvelles Etudes: No.2 In A Flat Major
        9. Trois Nouvelles Etudes: No.3 In D Flat Major
        10. Souvenir De Paganini In A Major
        11. Nocturne No.13 In C Minor, Opus 48 No.1
        12. Nocturne No.14 In F Sharp Minor, Opus 48 No.2
        13. Prelude No.25 In C Sharp Minor, Opus 45
        14. Nocturne No.19 In E Minor, Opus Post
        15. Barcolle In F Sharp Major, Opus 60

        Tracks:

        1. Grande Valse Brillante No.2 In A Flat Major, Opus 34 No.1
        2. Grande Valse Brillante No.3 In A Minor, Opus 34 No.2
        3. Grande Valse Brillante No.4 In F Major, Opus 34 No.3
        4. Mazurka No.5 In B Flat Major, Opus No.1
        5. Mazurka No.6 In A Minor, Opus 7 No.2
        6. Mazurka No.7 In F Minor, Opus 7 No.3
        7. Mazuraka No.8 In A Flat Major, Opus 7 No.4
        8. Mazurka No.9 In C Major, Opus 7 No.5
        9. Bolero In C Major, Opus 19
        10. Valse No.9 In A Flat Major, Opus 69 No.1
        11. Valse No.10 In B Minor, Opus 69 No.2
        12. 3 Ecossaises, Opus 72: No.3 In D Major - No.4 In G Major - No.5 In D Flat Major
        13. Contredanse In G Flat Major, Opus Post
        14. Mazurka No.39 In B Major, Opus 63 No.1
        15. Mazurka No.40 In F Minor, Opus 63 No.2
        16. Mazurka No.41 In C Sharp Minor, Opus 63 No.3
        17. Valse No.6 In D Flat Major, Opus 64 No.1 'Minute'
        18. Valse No.7 In C Sharp Minor, Opus 64 No.2
        19. Valse No.8 In A Flat Major, Opus 64 No.3
        20. Polonaise No.13 In A Flat Major, Opus Post
        21. Polonaise No.3 In A Major, Opus 40 No.1 'Military'
        22. Polonaise No.4 In C Minor, Opus 40 No.2
        23. Tarantelle In A Flat Major, Opus 43

        Tracks:

        1. Prelude No.1 In C Major, Opus 28 No.1
        2. Prelude No.2 In A Minor, Opus 28 No.2
        3. Prelude No.3 In G Major, Opus 28 no.3
        4. Prelude No.4 In E Minor, Opus 28 No.4
        5. Prelude No.5 In D Major, Opus 28 No.5
        6. Prelude No.6 In B Minor, Opus 28 No.6
        7. Prelude No.7 In A Major, Opus 28 No.7
        8. Prelude No.8 In F Sharp Minor, Opus 28 No.8
        9. Prelude No.9 In E Major, Opus 28 No.9
        10. Prelude No.10 In C Sharp Minor Opus 28 No.10
        11. Prelude No.11 In B Major, Opus 28 No.11
        12. Prelude No.12 In G Sharp Minor, Opus 28 No.12
        13. Prelude No.13 In F Sharp Major, Opus 28 No.13
        14. Prelude No.14 In E Flat Minor, Opus 28 No.14
        15. Prelude No.15 In D Flat Major, Opus 28 No.15
        16. Prelude No.15 In B Flat Minor, Opus 28 No.16
        17. Prelude No.17 In A Flat Major, Opus 28 No.17
        18. Prelude No.18 In F Minor, Opus 28 No.18
        19. Prelude No.19 In E Flat Major, Opus 28 No.19
        20. Prelude No.20 In C Minor, Opus 28 No.20
        21. Prelude No.21 In B Flat Major, Opus 28 No.21
        22. Prelude No.22 In G Minor, Opus 28 No.22
        23. Prelude No.23 In F Major, Opus 28 No.23
        24. Prelude No.24 In D Minor, Opus 28 No.24
        25. Sonate No.2 In B Flat Minor, Opus 35 - I Grave - Doppio Movimento
        26. Sonate No.2 In B Flat Minor, Opus 35 - II Scherzo - Piu Lento - Tempo I
        27. Sonate No.2 In B Flat Minor, Opus 35 - III Marche Funebre: Lento
        28. Sonate No.2 In B Flat Minor, Opus 35 - IV Finale: Presto
        29. Nocturne No.5 In F Sharp Major, Opus 15 No.2
        30. Mazurka No.37 In A Flat Major, Opus 59 No.2
        31. Grande Valse Brillante No.1 In E Flat Major, Opus 18
        Rodrigo: Concierto De Aranjuez /Fantasia Para Un Gentilhombre Import
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          Rodrigo: Concierto De Aranjuez /Fantasia Para Un Gentilhombre Import

          Manufacturer: London
          ProductGroup: Classical
          Binding: Audio CD
          ASIN: B000K36KL0

          Product Description

          1-3.concierto de aranjuez 4.fantasia para un gentilhombre Villano y recercare Espanoleta e fanfare de la caballeria de napoles Danza de las hachas Canario
          Claudio Arrau Performs Chopin
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            Claudio Arrau Performs Chopin

            Manufacturer: Umvd Import
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            PolonaisesPolonaises | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music
            WaltzesWaltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music
            All Works by ChopinAll Works by Chopin | Chopin, Frédéric | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
            BalladsBallads | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
            FantasiesFantasies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
            PreludesPreludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
            ImpromptusImpromptus | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
            NocturnesNocturnes | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
            ScherzoScherzo | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
            Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
            PianoPiano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
            Arrau, ClaudioArrau, Claudio | ( A ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
            BarcarollesBarcarolles | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
            ClassicalClassical | Imports | Stores | Music
            ASIN: B00008VR70
            Release Date: 2003-08-25

            Tracks:

            1. Preludes Op.28
            2. Impromptu Op.29
            3. Impromptu Op.36
            4. Impromptu Op.51
            5. Impromptu Op.66
            6. Krakowiak, Grand Rondo De Concert Op.14
            7. Waltz No.1 Op.18
            8. Waltzes Op.34
            9. Waltz Op.42
            10. Waltzes Op.64
            11. Waltzes Op.69
            12. Waltzes Op.70
            13. Waltzes Op. Posthume
            14. Prelude Op.45
            15. Prelude Op. Posthume
            16. Scherzo No.1 Op. 20
            17. Scherzo No.2 Op. 31
            18. Scherzo No.3 Op.39
            19. Scherzo No.4 Op.54
            20. Ballade No.1 Op.23
            21. Ballade No.2 Op.38
            22. Ballade No.3 Op.47
            23. Ballade No.4 Op.52
            24. Barcarolle Op.60
            25. Fantaisie Sur Des Airs Polonais Op.13
            26. Nocturne No.1 Op.9
            27. Nocturne No.2 Op.9
            28. Nocturne No.3 Op.9
            29. Nocturne No.1 Op.15
            30. Nocturne No.2 Op.15
            31. Nocturne Op.3 Op.15
            32. Nocturne No.1 Op.27
            33. Nocturne No.2 Op.27
            34. Nocturne No.1 Op.32
            35. Nocturne No.2 Op.32
            36. Nocturne No.1 Op.37
            37. Nocturne No.2 Op.37
            38. Nocturne No.1 Op.48
            39. Nocturne No.2 Op.48
            40. Nocturne No.1 Op.62
            41. Nocturne No.2 Op.62
            42. Nocturne No.1 Op.72
            43. Nocturnes Op. Posthume
            44. Polonaise No.7 Op.61
            45. Piano Concerto No.1 Op.11
            46. Andante Spianato Et Grande Polonaise Brillante Op.22
            47. Variations Sur "La Ci Darem La Mano"
            48. Piano Concerto No.2 Op.21
            49. Fantaisie Op.49
            50. Impromptu No.1 Op.29
            51. Impromptu No.2 Op.36
            52. Impromptu No.3 Op.51
            53. Impromptu No.4 Op.66
            54. Barcarolle Op.60
            55. Scherzo No.1 Op.20
            56. Scherzo No.2 Op.31
            57. Scherzo No.3 Op.39
            58. Scherzo No.4 Op.54
            59. Ballade No.1 Op.23
            60. Ballade No.2 Op.38
            61. Ballade No.3 Op.47
            62. Ballade No.4 Op.52

            Album Details

            Part of Claudio Arrau Heritage Series, Released by Universal France. 8cd Box Set.
            Sevilla /Cinq Danses Gitanes l /ll /Sonata Fantasia Begona Uriarte,piano Import
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              Sevilla /Cinq Danses Gitanes l /ll /Sonata Fantasia Begona Uriarte,piano Import

              ProductGroup: Classical
              Binding: Audio CD
              ASIN: B000FRY176

              Product Description

              1-3.sevilla suite pittoresque op.2 4-8.cinq dances gitanes l op.55 9-13.cinq danses gitanes ll op.84 14-15.sonata fantasia op.59
              Tchaikovsky: Suite No.2/ Hamlet Import
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                Tchaikovsky: Suite No.2/ Hamlet Import

                Manufacturer: melodya
                ProductGroup: Classical
                Binding: Audio CD
                ASIN: B000K11J86

                Product Description

                1-5.suite no.2 in c major op.53 6.hamlet,overture-fantasia after shakespeare op.67 7.overture in f major

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