Since you are interested in Etudes d'exacution transcendante, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Totentanz / Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat major / Piano Concerto No.2 in A major Arnaldo Cohen (piano) / Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra / John Neschling [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] A mercurial performer, conductor and composer, Franz Liszt epitomizes the Romantic genius, and his chosen instrument, the piano, was the emblematic instrument of the Romantic era. This disc brings together the composer's three mature works for piano... |
RACHMANINOV
Piano Sonata No 2 / Etudes-tableaux Freddy Kempf (piano) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Mar/2000 ] "All in all, this disc is a winner all the way." * * * * * 5 Stars - BBC Music Magazine (June 2000) |
PROKOFIEV
Piano Sonatas Nos 1, 6 & 7 / Toccata in C major / etc Freddy Kempf (piano) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jun/2003 ] "A youthful virtuoso tackles Prokofiev head on and the results are thrilling." (Gramophone Awards Issue 2003) |
MUSSORGSKY
Pictures from an Exhibition (with works by Balakirev & Ravel) Freddy Kempf (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2008 ] Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice - September 2008 - "Kempf storms back with a daunting programme powerfully played." |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 / Piano Sonata No. 2 Freddy Kempf (piano) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2010 ] "[In the G minor concerto] Kempf is less flamboyant than some, perhaps seeking to make musical sense of the argument. The second movement is as lithe and scintillating as one might wish." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine May 2010 |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2 (with Schnittke - Piano Trio) Kempf Trio (Freddy Kempf, piano; Pierre Bensaid, violin; Alexander Chaushian, cello) [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] "Anyone who doubts the spiritual desolation wrought by Soviet communism need only listen to this disc...The Shostakovich is impressively intense" The Telegraph, 12th February 2010 *** |