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English Renaissance Music
(more) »rank: 24813from: Sony
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Rejoice! A String Quartet Christmas, Vol. 2
(more) »rank: 22047from: John Marks Records
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Christmas Day in the Morning
(more) »rank: 22554from: Collegium
:Album Description:Twenty-three carols, remarkably sung, including I Saw Three Ships, Un Flambeau Jeanette Isabelle, We Wish You A Merry Christmas, plus Rutter’s own Star Carol and Shepherd’s Pipe Carol. 'First rate. The Cambridge Singers have done it again.' – Classics Today
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Grieg: Lyric Pieces (Performed on Grieg's Piano)
(more) »rank: 19810from: EMI Classics
: :Grieg's 66 Lyric Pieces range from simple pretty tunes like the early 'Arietta' that opens this disc to more extended pieces like the dashing 'Wedding Day at Troldhaugen' to impressionistic miniature tone poems like the late 'Summer Evening.' Here, Andsnes plays 24 of them, well-chosen to cover a representative selection from the complete sets. He plays them beautifully, with a lovely tone, virtuoso polish when such is called for, as in the express ride of 'March of the Trolls,' and poetic depth of feeling, as in 'The Brook,' where in his interpretation you can almost smell the grass and see the light ripples ...
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Story of Christmas
(more) »rank: 25805from: Polygram Records
: :Grieg's 66 Lyric Pieces range from simple pretty tunes like the early 'Arietta' that opens this disc to more extended pieces like the dashing 'Wedding Day at Troldhaugen' to impressionistic miniature tone poems like the late 'Summer Evening.' Here, Andsnes plays 24 of them, well-chosen to cover a representative selection from the complete sets. He plays them beautifully, with a lovely tone, virtuoso polish when such is called for, as in the express ride of 'March of the Trolls,' and poetic depth of feeling, as in 'The Brook,' where in his interpretation you can almost smell the grass and see the light ripples ...
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Chopin For Relaxation
(more) »rank: 17886from: RCA
: :Grieg's 66 Lyric Pieces range from simple pretty tunes like the early 'Arietta' that opens this disc to more extended pieces like the dashing 'Wedding Day at Troldhaugen' to impressionistic miniature tone poems like the late 'Summer Evening.' Here, Andsnes plays 24 of them, well-chosen to cover a representative selection from the complete sets. He plays them beautifully, with a lovely tone, virtuoso polish when such is called for, as in the express ride of 'March of the Trolls,' and poetic depth of feeling, as in 'The Brook,' where in his interpretation you can almost smell the grass and see the light ripples ...
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Jean-Yves Thibaudet - Debussy · images, études ~ complete works for piano, vol. 2
(more) »rank: 38021from: Decca
: :Jean-Yves Thibaudet is not a pianist to be pigeonholed. Alongside the recordings of his fellow countrymen Debussy and Ravel, he has recorded a tribute to a jazz giant, Conversations with Bill Evans, and he plays on the soundtrack of the film Portrait of a Lady. Perhaps this catholic approach accounts for the freshness of his Debussy playing. Not for him the 'stick the pedal down and make an impressionistic wash of sound' approach. His playing is clean and refreshing without losing any of the voluptuous sensuality of Debussy at his most beguiling. There are lollipops to be found among the extensive repertory on ...
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Icon: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
(more) »rank: 66670from: EMI Classics
: :Jean-Yves Thibaudet is not a pianist to be pigeonholed. Alongside the recordings of his fellow countrymen Debussy and Ravel, he has recorded a tribute to a jazz giant, Conversations with Bill Evans, and he plays on the soundtrack of the film Portrait of a Lady. Perhaps this catholic approach accounts for the freshness of his Debussy playing. Not for him the 'stick the pedal down and make an impressionistic wash of sound' approach. His playing is clean and refreshing without losing any of the voluptuous sensuality of Debussy at his most beguiling. There are lollipops to be found among the extensive repertory on ...
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Chopin: Sonata in B-flat minor, Berceuse, etc.
(more) »rank: 116449by: Frederic Chopin, Ivan Moravec
:Album Description:Ivan Moravec plays CHOPIN Sonata in Bb minor Op. 35 Berceuse Op. 57 Ballade No. 4 in F minor Op. 52 Three Mazurkas; Op. 6 No. 3, Op. 24 No. 4, Op. 30 No. 3 Fantaisie in F minor Op. 49
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Ballad For Edvard Grieg
(more) »rank: 54729from: EMI Classics
: :Released in honor of the centenary of Grieg's death, this is a loving tribute to Norway's greatest composer by a compatriot and renowned interpreter of his music. The album includes reissues of Andsnes' award-winning recording of the 'Concerto' with the Berlin Philharmonic, the Lyric Pieces, recorded in Grieg's home on his own piano, and a new recording of the 'Ballade Op. 24,' an unfamiliar piece Andsnes only recently added to his repertoire and is performing in public for the first time this season. Dark, brooding, and melancholy, it was written when Grieg, despite his growing international fame, was facing personal and creative crises. ...
