Various Composers – Marc-André Hamelin Live at Wigmore Hall

Beethoven / Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888):
First movement from Piano Concerto No.3
Chopin /  Mili Balakirev (1837-1910):
Romanza from Piano Concerto No.1
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888):
Trois Grandes Études, op.76
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924):
Sonatina No.6: Kammer-Fantasie über Carmen
Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951):
Danza festiva, op.38/3

Marc-André Hamelin - piano

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Martha Argerich and Friends 2012

Martha Argerich and Friends - live from Lugano Festival 2012

CD 1:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Sonata in D K.381 for four hands
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Fünf Stücke im Volkston op.102
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911):
Piano Quartet in A minor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Piano Concerto No.25 in C K.503 *

CD 2:
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Variations on a Theme by Haydn op.56b for two pianos
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
Piano Quintet in E flat op.87
Giuseppe Martucci (1856-1909):
Tema con variazioni in E flat op.58 for two pianos
Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884):
Sonata in E minor for two pianos, eight hands
Rondo in C for two pianos, eight hands

CD 3:
Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Violin Sonata No.2 in D op.94 bis
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
La Mer transcribed for 3 pianos (transcr. Carlo Maria Griguoli)
Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951):
Piano Quintet in C op.posth
Mariano Mores (b.1922):
Taquito militar trans. for 2 pianos (transcr. Ale Petrasso)

Martha Argerich - piano
Maria João Pires - piano
Nicholas Angelich - piano
Lily Maisky - piano
Polina Leschenko - piano
Nelson Goerner - piano
Rusudan Alavidze - piano
Lilya Zilberstein - piano
Anton Gerzenberg - piano
Daniel Gerzenberg - piano
Giorgia Tomassi - piano
Carlo Maria Griguoli - piano
Alessandro Stella - piano
Ate Petrasso - piano
Sascha Maisky - violin
Ilya Gringolts - violin
Renaud Capuçon - violin
Dora Schwarzberg - violin
Lucia Hall - violin
Lyda Chen - viola
Nathan Braude - viola
Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg - viola
Mischa Maisky - cello
Gautier Capuçon - cello
Torleif Thedéen - cello
Jing Zhao - cello
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana *
Jacek Kaspszyk - conductor *

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Mussorgsky, Rachmaninov, Liadov, Medtner, Balakirev – Piano music – Berezovsky

tribute to Boris Berezovsky on his birthday

(born January 5, 1969)

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881):
Night on the Bare Mountain
Sergei Rachmaninov (1863-1943):
Etudes-Tableaux, op.39
Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914):
3 Preludes
Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951):
Fairy Tales
Romantic Sketches for the Young
Mily Balakirev (1837-1910):
Islamey

Boris Berezovsky - piano

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Medtner - Piano Concertos No. 2 & 3 - Tozer

Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951):
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.2 in C minor, op.50
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.3 in E minor, op.60 (Ballade)

Geoffrey Tozer - piano
The London Philharmonic
Neeme Järvi - conductor

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Medtner - Piano Concerto Nos. 2 & 3 - Demidenko (Romantic Piano Concerto - 2)

other CDs of this collection

Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951):
Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, op.50
Piano Concerto No.3 in E minor, op.60

Nikolai Demidenko - piano
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Jerzy Maksymiuk - conductor

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Medtner - Piano Concerto No.1, Quintet - Alexeev (Romantic Piano Concerto - 8)

other CDs of this collection

Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951):
Piano Concerto No.1 in C minor, op.33
Piano Quintet in C major, op.posth. *

Dmitri Alexeev - piano
The New Budapest Quartet *
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Lazarev - conductor

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