Since you are interested in Brahms: Variations for solo piano (complete), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Complete Songs, Vol. 2 (Incls 'Die Mühle, die dreht ihre Flügel') Christine Schäfer (soprano) & Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Brahms Song Edition / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] "A thrilling, limpid sound; clarity of diction; emotional immediacy; a fabulous technique...Christine Schäfer really has it all, and she proves a delightful and imaginative interpreter of these songs." (Classic FM) |
CARL MARIA VON WEBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Weber: Complete Piano Sonatas [2 CD set] Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2011 ] 'These are distinguished performances, by a pianist of true romantic temper, of four works that have had more than their share of misunderstanding from performers and critics alike' (Gramophone) |
MENDELSSOHN / VERDI / CHOPIN / SATIE / SAINT-SAENS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Romantic Ballet Music - The Lady and the Fool / A Midsummer Night's Dream / etc [2 CD set] Garrick Ohlsson (piano) / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / London Philharmonic Orchestra [ EMI Ballet Edition / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] Sir Frederick Ashton appropriates Mendelssohn's exquisite incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream and Satie's haunting Gymnopédies; John Cranko, ably abetted by Sir Charles Mackerras, cherry-picks from the early operas of Verdi. |
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The Complete Etudes Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] "In Op. 10, he is just about unsurpassed in the gruelling A minor study, and he flutters beautifully in the seventh study, which he takes really fast. If anything, he is even better in Op. 25, controlled and disciplined, never indulging in the sort... |
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The Complete Mazurkas Volume 1 Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] Ohlsson is a powerful and committed player, and is afforded very good sound by the engineers … This is almost certainly how these pieces were played in Chopin's time' (Mail on Sunday) |
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The Complete Mazurkas Volume 2 Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] "Not only does he catch the rhythm, but his feel for nuance and colour misses no element of Chopin's infinite imagination, and the balance of earthiness and elegance is well-nigh ideal" BBC Music Magazine |
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The Complete Waltzes Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] The waltz reached Warsaw in the early years of the nineteenth century. As a teenager, Chopin would have known the piano waltzes of Polish composers like Maria Szymanowska, Kurpinski, Dobrzynski and Stefani. |
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Preludes & Impromptus Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] 'Ohlsson is a powerful and committed player, and is afforded very good sound by the engineers … This is almost certainly how these pieces were played in Chopin's time' (Mail on Sunday) |