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FRANCK / LISZT / DEBUSSY / SASTRE
Piano Laureate Recital Alexander Koryakin (piano) / Bretón String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 28/May/2021 ] Alexander Koryakin, winner of the 2019 Jaén Prize International Piano Competition, has selected two perfectly paired masterpieces for his first Naxos recording. |
BEETHOVEN / SCHUMANN / KREISLER / LISZT
An die ferne Geliebte Alexander Krichel (piano) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Mar/2019 ] Alexander Krichel is a young Hamburg-based pianist who has recently gone through the round of international piano competitions. He' won first prize at the Steinway international piano competition. |
ORLANDO GIBBONS
Hymns and Songs of the Church Alexander L'Estrange / Tonus Peregrinus / Antony Pitts (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Sep/2006 ] This present disc is believed to be the first complete recording of all of the hymn melodies ascribed to Orlando Gibbons and included in [The] Hymnes and Songs of the Church published by George Wither in 1623. |
SCHUMANN / HOLLIGER
Kreisleriana / Partita Alexander Lonquich (piano) [ ECM Records / CD - released 14/Apr/2011 ] "His performances of both works are muscular, vividly coloured and searching." Sunday Times, 27th February 2011 **** |
MESSIAEN / RAVEL / FAURE
Plainte Calme Alexander Lonquich (piano) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 12/Apr/2008 ] "It doesn't take long to become enchanted with the music-making of pianist Alexander Lonquich" (American Record guide) |
GIDEON LEWENSOHN
Odradek Quartet / Piano Quintet / Postludes for Piano Alexander Lonquich (piano) / Auryn Quartett [ ECM New Series / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] "The music's manner is often haunting, eloquent, the dedicated performers recorded with appropriate warmth. The booklet notes by Raymond Monelle will make you think, too, acknowledging Lewensohn's elusiveness, and helping to explain the ways in which... |
HENRY VIEUXTEMPS
Vieuxtemps: Fantasie in E major, Op. 9b 'La Sentimentale / Variations on a Theme from Bellini's Norma in G major, Op. 2 / etc Alexander Markov (violin) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Aug/2022 ] Vieuxtemps transformed the technique and aesthetic of violin playing in the 19th century, and as a virtuoso exponent and composer he was considered a worthy successor to Paganini. |
FRANZ XAVER SCHARWENKA
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 - 4 Alexander Markovich (piano) / Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 31/Mar/2014 ] "Jarvi's watchful support and...control of orchestral dynamics gives Markovich more room to shape phrases effortlessly: his playing is especially fine [in the Scherzo of No. 1], cool-headed, but always meticulous...[in No. 2] Markovich blends fiery v |
Alexander Mason (The organ of Gloucester Cathedral)
Beyond The Score - Organ improvisations for Whit Sunday [ Signum / CD - released 8/Apr/2002 ] |
SCRIABIN
Piano Sonatas 2, 3 & 9 Alexander Melnikov (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/May/2014 ] "There is no better guide to Russia's most mysterious composer than this pianist...These Sonatas and exquisite trifles are played with poise and grace." (BBC Music Five Stars) |
ALEXANDRA SCRIABIN
Scriabin: Piano Works (Incls Sonata for Piano No 2 & 5 Preludes Op. 74) Alexander Melnikov (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 16/Jun/2006 ] "Scriabin's strange genius played as if in the first white heat of inspiration" (Gramophone Editor's Choice July 2006) |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Piano sonatas Nos 2, 6 & 8 Alexander Melnikov (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 16/Jan/2017 ] "Melnikov eschews barnstorming and mere effect, yet his refined, thoughtful approach never lacks power or impact; cataclysmic passages are revealed afresh, tender moments meltingly exquisite" Classical Music |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Préludes (Book 2) / La Mer (version Debussy for 4-hand piano) Alexander Melnikov (piano Erard) with Olga Pashchenko [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Jul/2018 ] "It's special because the playing is so good. Plus his instrument is exceptional. Brilliance can shine through the Érard mist, but the sound is always warm and humane, never mechanical." The Times |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Piano Concertos nos.1 & 2 / Sonata for violin and piano op.134 Alexander Melnikov (piano) / Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Teodor Currentzis, with Isabelle Faust (violin) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Feb/2012 ] "He makes his case well. The First Concerto is all rampaging dissonances and erotic regret; the Second (1957) masks nerve-racking syncopations beneath its surface brilliance...[the sonata] a compelling performance in which logic and rhetoric combine... |
Monty Alexander
Concrete Jungle - The Music Of Bob Marley [ Telarc / CD ] |
Alexander Monty
Stir It Up [ CD ] |
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Alexander O'neal
Favourite Arias [ Vocalion / CD ] |
WOLFGANG RIHM
Musik fur Oboe und Orchester / Styx und Lethe / etc Alexander Ott (oboe) Lucas Fels (cello) Gottfried Schneider (violin) / SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg / Hans Zender (cond) [ Hanssler / CD - released 12/Sep/2007 ] "I recommend this disc without reservation to anyone who is curious about the prolific contemporary German composer - it instantly becomes the best introduction to Rihm." (Amazon.com) |
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