Liszt - Sonata in B minor; Scriabin - Piano Sonata nr. 2 - Ivo Pogorelich
Posted in Deutsche Grammophon, Ivo Pogorelich, Liszt, Piano, Scriabin, Sonata
What we can never deny is that Liszt and Chopin were the two that totally changed the piano technique, and we would not be wrong to say that not such an important advancement in piano technique has been made since what they did. Starting from the technique of using a coin on the wrist and then developing their études (either by Chopin or Liszt), it seems one of the big gaps ever jumped in the history of art.
The sonata in B minor is possibly the best exponent of Liszt´s mastery in piano and in composition. Indeed a pinnacle, a monument, in the history of piano and of music in general, not only for his improvements in the technique but also for the revolutionary conception of the piece itself. The big scales, chords and succession of octaves must not be seen as a mere adornment since they not only give stress but give together a sensation of orchestral sound in the piano. Apart form the mere piano technique, the composer followed the path of changing the sonata form, a path formerly opened by Beethoven, to turn it into one big movement, as in his symphonic poems.
The sonata is divided in three sections but at the same time is a unique form. It has a splendorous exposition where the main theme is presented, followed by a development where the Scherzo appears, and finally a huge recapitulation and a coda, where an impressive fugue takes the relay. We neglect the subjective interpretations that has been formulated about the possible lyrics of the theme.
Notwithstanding, when trying to make a deeper analysis of the piece, even nowadays nobody agrees on a unique analysis. This gives us the best clue to conclude that this is an eclectic piece subject to many interpretations. This is the reason why we believe that the piece will endure alive, not only in the hoary shelves of musicologists but mainly in concert halls and recordings.
Horowitz - The Last Recording
Posted in Chopin, Haydn, Liszt, Piano, Sonata, Sony, Vladimir Horowitz, Wagner
REFLECTIONS & COMMENTS
by MURRAY PERAHIA
Though not spoken by him, one can't help feeling that these sentiments would have been exactly Vladimir Horowitz's, for he was a man who gave himself completely through is music and who confided his deepest emotions through his playing. His tone, especially if heard live, had such a dramatic presence - a speaking quality - that you felt you were listening directly to his most private thoughts. At their most inspired, these thoughts just seemed to come forth spontaneously and naturally - unpracticed and unself-conscious. In fact, he practiced very little; most of his prodigious work must have been done in his mind. But he achieved a rare mastery at the piano, a mastery which he said "implies control, in music as well as in life." By this he didn't mean a constricting restraint - quite the contrary - rather "a setting of standards... in regard to taste, style and what is appropriate..." How closely were his life and art intertwined and how closely did his playing reflect the interests and concerns of his life.
Thus it was natural that his playing was always changing, always evolving: the high-powered, demonic virtuoso who walked the tightrope of the possible in his youth became the searching, reflective, mature musician of late years. His was a long and fascinating artistic journey through many different bypaths and side roads, which constantly found an enthusiastic response and, indeed, adoration from his public. In the 30s Horowitz almost singlehandedly generated interest in Scarlatti - the sonatas were hardly known at that time. Later on, Clementi, recognized only for his pedagogical value, was rediscovered as a substantial composer. Horowitz intoxicated us with the startling and daring colors of Scriabin, the visceral excitement of Prokofiev, the daredevil virtuosity of Liszt, the refined elegance of Chopin. Rachmaninoff himself was so impressed by Horowitz's performance of his Third Concerto that he never played it again. Horowitz's passions became the passions of many generations, and we discovered with him new and unimagined possibilities.
This final recording, which documents his last steps on this journey, becomes, in hindsight, a kind of summation. In his last few years the had developed a strong attachment to the simplicity and directness of the classical composers, most notably Mozart and Haydn. When he immersed himself in a composer, he went through the entire output - he would read through all the sonatas, concertos, chamber music, operas etc. He felt that what made these composers classical, in the truest sense, was not a prudish detachment or "objectivity" but rather an intensity and purity of expression where every note matters, every not has meaning.
The same holds true for Chopin, a composer whose works Horowitz played throughout his life. Here his love of singing and opera enabled him to reveal the true shape and character of these beautiful melodies. Perhaps through listening to great singers, perhaps just instinctively, he was able to master the very elusive art of bel canto - the laws of which, according to the great Viennese theorist Heinrich Schenker, "can neither be taught nor transcribed." They come from an inner understanding of the embellishments and diminutions that give the music lfe.
With Liszt, we really reach the heart of the recording. Like Chopin, Liszt was also a lifelong passion of Horowitz's, but here, we don't hear the fire-breathing virtuoso, the dazzling pyrotechnics of earlier years. Instead we get something very personal, as if he were distilling the essence of Liszt. In Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (wich was the last piece Horowitz ever played), the harmonic audacity, the imagination and sheer beauty of the variations is very movingly rendered. The Liebestod, where constant striving for beauty and fulfillment ever higher and higher culminates in a transfiguration, can't help but have extra-musical implications given the circumstances of the recording.
This is indeed an eloquent summation of a life devoted to the beauty of music - a life which we as listeners will always be grateful for and those of us who where lucky enough to know him will always cherish.
Horowitz - The Last Recording
Haydn
Piano Sonata in E flat major, Hob. XVI:49
Chopin
Mazurka Op. 56 nr. 3
Nocturnes Op. 55 nr. 2 & Op. 62 nr. 1
Fantaisie-Impromptu Op. 66
Etudes Op. 25 nrs. 1 & 5
Lizst
Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen
Wagner-Liszt
Isolde's Liebestod
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
Beethoven - Violin Sonatas nrs. 2, 5 & 9 - Ingrid Haebler, Henryk Szeryng
Posted in Beethoven, Chamber Music, Henryk Szeryng, Ingrid Haebler, Philips, Sonata
Beethoven's sonatas for violin and piano have a central role in the history of keyboard chamber music. The first performances of these works aroused strong reactions from both audiences and critics, and their influence on later generations of performers and composers remains profound. Revered by nineteenth-century violinists and pianists, they remain classic works in the recital programs of modern performers. The recorded legacy includes many complet sets of the ten sonatas, as well as legendary recordings such as that of Op. 30, No. 3, by Fritz Kreisler and Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Opus 47 by Joseph Szigeti and Béla Bartók. As it developed after Beethoven, the genre included two important violin sonatas by Schumann, three by Brahms, and an important series of violin sonatas by French composers - Franck, Saint-Saëns, Fauré and Debussy. ...
In writing his violin sonatas Beethoven faced the challenge of blending his expanded styles of keyboard writing with a wider expressive range newly possible for stringed instruments. This genre enabled him to match his legendary ability to play legato with that of violin. Accordingly, the violin sonatas are turning points in the history of the genre and of chamber music itself. They also offer an interesting perspective on Beethoven's composicional development. ...
Less studied and discussed than the string quartets, Beethoven's works for piano and stringed instruments - principally his violin sonatas, cello sonatas and piano trios - form a vital group of works that deserve closer critical attention than they have yet received. ...
Sonatas for violin & piano
nr. 5, in F major, Op. 24 "Spring"
nr. 2, in A major, Op. 12 nr. 2
nr. 9, in A major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer"
Ingrid Haebler, piano
Henryk Szeryng, violin
Beethoven - Piano Sonata Op. 111; Schumann - Symphonische Etüden Op. 13, Toccata Op. 7 - Ivo Pogorelich
Posted in Beethoven, Deutsche Grammophon, Ivo Pogorelich, Piano, Schumann, Sonata
Superb interpretations of Beethoven's Sonata Op. 111 and Schumann's Symphonische Etüden. Young Pogorelich in one of his greatest moments! (Erlen)
Beethoven
Sonata in C minor, Op. 111
Schumann
Symphonische Etüden, Op. 13
Toccata, Op. 7
Ivo Pogorelich, piano
Beethoven - Piano Sonata Op. 111; Chopin - Scherzo 1, Andante Spianato - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Posted in Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Beethoven, Chopin, Ermitage, Piano, Sonata
Piano Sonata nr. 32, in C minor, Op. 111
Chopin
Mazurka nr. 25, Op. 33 nr. 4
Scherzo nr. 1, Op. 20
Andante Spianato et Grand Polonaise, Op. 22
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, piano
Scriabin, Beethoven - Sonata nr. 3, 5 Preludes Op. 74, Sonata Op. 106 "Hammerklavier" - Emil Gilels
Posted in Beethoven, BMG, Emil Gilels, Melodiya, Piano, Scriabin, Sonata
Emil Gilels did not only have the rare gift of artistic wisdom but was also one of the few extraordinary musicians whose talents harmonised. He had a magnificent mastery of the piano, a deep understanding of the interpreted music, spontaneity as well as naturalness of self expression. Amongst the famous pianists it was probably only Emil Gilels, who had the unparalleled ability to unite classic "objectivity" in his expression with romantic freedom of interpretation. During his artistic career Gilels attained to complete artistic harmony through self-denial and love - a tremendous achievement as a person as well as an artist. Especially love, self-sacrificing and wise (in the primary, venerable and strict sense of the term) became the basis, the foundation of his artistic life. . Gilels put it like this:
"The most important thing for me is to fall in love with a piece of music. But... when love is passionate it can end tragic. It happened to me before... It's completely different when you only get to know a piece of music and realise by and by that you are imprisoned by it... Every day you are drawn to the instrument, wanting to try this, that or the other, trying to work at technically difficult aspects, looking for (or finding) some specific tonal effect or emotional accents... This long, but regular process shows positive results. But the love for one piece or another and the obligation to work at it keeps me from my regular work as concert pianist, who always has to be in good form and always has to have a ready repertoire. That's difficult to manage" (from an interview with his biographer Lev Barenboim). ...
(translation: Andrea Hofmann)
Scriabin
Piano Sonata nr. 3, Op. 23
5 Preludes, Op. 74
Beethoven
Piano Sonata nr. 29, Op. 106
"Grosse Sonate für das Hammerklavier"
Emil Gilels, piano
Quality: mp3, varied kbps
Size: 130 MB
Beethoven - Piano Sonatas Opp. 53, 81a, 110 & 27 nr. 2 - Nelson Freire
Posted in Beethoven, Decca, Nelson Freire, Piano, Sonata
Piano Sonatas
Sonata Op. 53, "Waldstein"
Sonata Op. 81a, "Les Adieux"
Sonata Op. 110
Sonata Op. 27 nr.2, "Moonlight"
Nelson Freire, piano
DL Beethoven Sonatas
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Size: 95 MB
Beethoven - Cello Sonatas nr. 3, Op. 69, & nr. 5, Op. 102 nr. 2 - Emanuel Ax & Yo-Yo Ma
Posted in Beethoven, CBS, Chamber Music, Emanuel Ax, Sonata, Yo-Yo Ma
Sonatas for violoncelo & piano
Sonata nr. 3, in A major, Op. 69
Sonata nr. 5, in D major, Op. 102 nr. 2
Emanuel Ax, piano
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
DL Beethoven Sonatas
Quality: mp3, 192 kbps
Size: 72 MB
Mozart - Piano Sonatas KV 533, 570 & 576 - Rondo KV 511 - Alicia de Larrocha (Disc 5 of 5)
Posted in Alicia De Larrocha, Complete Series, Mozart, Piano, RCA Victor, Sonata
Size: 92 MB
Mozart - Piano Sonatas KV 279, 280 & 457 - Fantasias KV 475 & 397 - Rondo KV 485 - Alicia de Larrocha (Disc 4 of 5)
Posted in Alicia De Larrocha, Complete Series, Mozart, Piano, RCA Victor, Sonata
Size: 100 MB
Mozart - Piano Sonatas KV 309, 310, 311 & 330 - Alicia de Larrocha (Disc 3 of 5)
Posted in Alicia De Larrocha, Complete Series, Mozart, Piano, RCA Victor, Sonata
Size: 94 MB
Chopin - 4 Ballades, Piano Sonata nr. 2 ("Funeral March") - Emanuel Ax
Posted in Chopin, Emanuel Ax, Piano, RCA Victor, Sonata
4 Ballades
Piano Sonata nr. 2 -
"Funeral March"
Emanuel Ax
(RCA Victor Silver Seal)
DL Chopin Ballades & Sonata 2
Quality: mp3, 128 kbps
Size: 59 kbps
Beethoven - Piano Sonatas Opp. 101 & 106 ("Hammerklavier") - Emil Gilels (Disc 9 of 9)
Posted in Beethoven, Complete Series, Deutsche Grammophon, Emil Gilels, Piano, Sonata
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Emil Gilels
Disc 9 of 9
Sonata Op. 101
Sonata Op. 106 ("Hammerklavier")
DL Beethoven Sonatas
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Size: 79 MB
Beethoven - Piano Sonatas Opp. 81a ("Les Adieux"), 90, 109 & 110 - Emil Gilels (Disc 8 of 9)
Posted in Beethoven, Complete Series, Deutsche Grammophon, Emil Gilels, Piano, Sonata
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Emil Gilels
Disc 8 of 9
Sonata Op. 81a ("Les Adieux")
Sonata Op. 90
Sonata Op. 109
Sonata Op. 110
DL Beethoven Sonatas
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Beethoven - 2 Piano Sonatas Op. 49 & Piano Sonatas Opp. 53, 57, 79 - Emil Gilels (Disc 7 of 9)
Posted in Beethoven, Complete Series, Deutsche Grammophon, Emil Gilels, Sonata
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Emil Gilels
Disc 7 of 9
2 Sonatas Op. 49
Sonata Op. 53 ("Waldstein")
Sonata Op. 57 ("Appassionata")
Sonata Op. 79 ("Coucou")
DL Beethoven Sonatas
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Schubert - 3 Last Piano Sonatas, D. 958, 959, 960 - Murray Perahia (2 CD)
Posted in Murray Perahia, Piano, Schubert, Sonata, Sony
Beethoven - 3 Piano Sonatas Op. 31 - Emil Gilels (Disc 6 of 9)
Posted in Beethoven, Complete Series, Deutsche Grammophon, Emil Gilels, Piano, Sonata
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Emil Gilels
Disc 6 of 9
3 Sonatas Op. 31
DL Beethoven Sonatas
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Size: 82 MB
Beethoven - 2 Piano Sonatas Op. 27 & Piano Sonata Op. 28 - Emil Gilels (Disc 5 of 9)
Posted in Beethoven, Complete Series, Deutsche Grammophon, Emil Gilels, Piano, Sonata
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Emil Gilels
Disc 5 of 9
2 Sonatas Op. 27 & Sonata Op. 28
DL Beethoven Sonatas
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Size: 70 MB
Beethoven - Piano Sonatas Op. 22 & 26, Eroica Variations - Emil Gilels (Disc 4 of 9)
Posted in Beethoven, Deutsche Grammophon, Emil Gilels, Piano, Sonata
9 CD BOX
Emil Gilels
Disc 4 of 9
Sonatas Op. 22 & 26, Eroica Variations
DL Beethoven Sonatas
Quality: mp3, 160 kbps
Size: 84 MB
Beethoven - 3 Piano Sonatas Op. 10 - Emil Gilels (Disc 3 of 9)
Posted in Beethoven, Deutsche Grammophon, Emil Gilels, Piano, Sonata
9 CD BOX
Emil Gilels
Disc 3 of 9
3 Piano Sonatas Op. 10
DL Beethoven Piano Sonatas
Quality: mp3, 160 kbps
Size: 75 MB
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