Since you are interested in Transformation, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
J. S. BACH
Bach: Partitas BWV825-BWV830 Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] MARBECKS STAFF PICK: CD OF THE YEAR 2009 MUSICWEB UK RECORDING OF THE MONTH "Schiff's…unashamedly and masterfully pianistic, contrasting sustained tone and light staccato teasing out fragmentary motifs." BBC Music |
HAYDN / BEETHOVEN / MOZART
Sonatas Rafal Blechacz (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "Rafal Blechacz is a true talent...this is an important and thoroughly enjoyable disc. Tracking Blechacz's career successes is turning out to be an unalloyed joy." (MusicWeb March 2009) |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: The Piano Concertos Rafal Blechacz (piano) / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Jerzy Semkow [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] "…I would trade these richly satisfying accounts any day for others that lack the musical integrity and clarity of conception that Blechacz and Semkow bring to these works." Gramophone Magazine, December 2009 |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: 24 Preludes op. 28 / etc Rafal Blechacz (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 30/Mar/2008 ] "Pure magic, filigree detailing and gorgeous trills and turns. He has an almost feminine elegance and a command of technique that allows him to print a personal inflection even on a cascade of notes . . . How reassuring it is to see one so young... |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Orchestral Songs and Waltzes Sergei Leiferkus / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Thomas Sanderling [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Jul/2006 ] "Shostakovich having fun, and so are the musicians who relish the satire....Sergei Leiferkus is entering the final stage of his magnificent career. The voice is showing signs of wear but on this evidence – as he gleefully caricatures Lebyadkin and... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1 / Rococo Variations (Rec 1962 & 1968) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) / Wiener Symphoniker / Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Karajan Master Recordings / CD - released 26/Jan/2008 ] Karajan's rare collaborations with Soviet musicians in the 1960s resulted in exceptional recordings that have become classics - including the ones presented here: "a performance of astonishing intimacy and refinement" from Richter in Tchaikovsky's... |
SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto / Introduction and Allegro / Toccata / Waldszenen Sviatoslav Richter (piano) / Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra / Witold Rowicki [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 11/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1801-1850) - "Sviatoslav Richter captures the essential intimacy of Schumann's concerto without neglecting its grander gestures. His reading of the first movemnet is among the most volatile on... |
RACHMANINOV
Piano Concertos nos. 2 (with Tchaikovsky-Piano Concerto No 1) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) / Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra / Stanislaw Wislocki / Wiener Symphoniker / Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "Svyatoslav Richter, one of the greatest pianist of the 20th century who was largely self-taught, had survived traumatic events and restrictions on his concert tours during the... |
SCHUMANN
Schumann Gold [2 CDs special price] Various Artists including John Elliot gardiner, Hagen Quartet, Fritz Wunderlich, Lynn Harrell, Vladimir Horowitz & Anne Sofie von Otter [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 7/Apr/2010 ] Schumann's music embodies the Romantic spirit in all its passion, fantasy and sense of longing. This specially priced 2 CD set, celebrating his 200th birthday, is an essential collection of favourites. |