Emiko Classical - Part 1

Emiko-2

Daniil  Trifonov - The Complete Works

Relaxing Piano ♫

Best Classical for Work

Mikhail Glinka - The Lark - Evgeny Kissin

[p*dis] distribution sampler for November 2013


Otto A Totland - Pino - oana (sonic pieces)

Live from the 2013 Dublin International Piano Festival & Summer Academy.

National Concert Hall, Kevin Barry Room
August 9th 2013

Piano: Hamburg Steinway Model D
Piano Technician: Paul Wade
Recording Technician: Joey McDonald


Originally from Romania, Kristina attended her first piano at the young age of six with Professor Walter Metzger. Even after her family emigrated to Switzerland in 1980, Kristina still remained very passionate about the piano and continued to hone her craft. After years of studying, she achieved her Solo Diploma at the Conservatory in Bern, after which she continued her studies at the Juilliard School in New York with Joseph Kalichstein. Additionally, she attending Indiana University in Bloomington, where she was a student of the late, distinguished professor, György Sebök. It was at Indiana University that she received her Artist Diploma. Kristina has a large body of work under her belt, including first prize at the Mozart Competition in New York in 1990. Among others, she performed at the Alice Tully Hall, the Wiener Konzerthaus, the Bruckerhaus in Linz. Music has led Kristina all over the world. Solo and chamber music performances brought her to Germany, Austria, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Mozambique, Chile, Switzerland, Hungary, Romania, and to the United States.

Krisztina Wajsza - Liszt From Etudes D'execution Transcendante, S. 139, No. 8 Wilde Jagd DIPF

Described as a “poet amongst pianists”, Portuguese artist Artur Pizarro presents a new recording of the complete solo piano works of Sergei Rachmaninoff. A former winner of the Leeds Piano Competition, Pizarro offers his listeners a lifetime of love for, and experience with, this music which speaks, as he says, “of the endless variety of the human condition”. Tracing Rachmaninoff’s development as a composer from the early Nocturnes and his encounters with Tchaikovsky as a teenage student of Nikolai Zverev in the 1880s, to the so-called ‘Corelli Variations’ of the 1930s, this landmark release shines a new light on every aspect of this remarkable oeuvre. From the famed thunder claps of the C# minor Prelude, via the monumental passion of the two sonatas to the tender lyricism of many of the lesser-known miniatures, Pizarro imbues every page of this music with the fire and feeling for melodic contour for which his playing has become so admired.

30 - Variations On A Theme Of Chopin Op.22 - Variation XVI - Lento

This track is from the album Liszt: Études d'exécution transcendante, S. 139 and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/simonejennarelli6

Liszt: Études d'exécution transcendante, No. 10 in F Minor, S. 139: Allegro agitato molto

"5. Feux follets" from "Douze études d'exécution transcendante" by Franz Liszt

F.Liszt: Études d'exécution transcendante No.4 ‘Mazeppa’ d-moll S.139-4 in Grosser Saal WuerzburgHfm

Liszt-12 Etudes d'exécution transcendante, S.139 - No.3 Paysage (Poco adagio)

Auf dem Wasser zu singen of Franz Schubert performed on April 3, 2018 at NEC's Jordan Hall, Boston, MA. MaryAnn McCormick, mezzo-soprano and Kayo Iwama, pianist.

Singing upon the Water:
In the middle of the shimmering waves
Glides like swans, the swaying boat;
Oh, on the joy of gently shimmering waves
Floats the soul like the boat;
For from Heaven down onto the waves
Dances the sunset all around the boat.

Over the treetops of the western grove
The reddish gleam beckons, in a friendly way;
Under the branches of the eastern grove
Murmurs the reeds in the reddish light;
Joy of Heaven and the peace of the grove
Is breathed by the soul in the reddening light.

Alas, time vanishes for me on dewy wings,
In the cradle of the waves;
Tomorrow, time will vanish with shimmering wings
Again, as yesterday and today,
Until I, on loftier more glorious wing,
Myself vanish in the inconstancy of time.

Schubertiade - Lieder of Franz Schubert

Schubert, Auf dem Wasser zu singen D.774

re:member

saman

J.S. Bach: Partita for Violin Solo No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006, I. Preludio (Arr. for Piano by Rachmaninoff)

I. Preludio (Arr. for Piano by Rachmaninoff)

For Jóhann

Destination Rachmaninoff: Departure

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: III. Allegro scherzando

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: I. Moderato

Open

Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 (Arr. Trifonov for Piano)

Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 (Arr. for Piano by Trifonov )

Ascent

Ascent (Day 7)

Melodyphony

One Summer's Day

Stay

A breathtaking Liszt transcription of a famous song by Schubert. Enjoy!
P.S.: YouTube Upload: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biUv4VLW0fc (11M views)

Franz Schubert: Schwanengesang, D. 957: IV. Ständchen (Serenade) [Arr. for Piano Solo by Franz Liszt]

Franz Schubert (arr. F. Liszt): Ständchen (Serenade)

The Perfect Place to Be

Les trois valses distinguées du précieux dégoûté: II. Son binocle

Mosaic

From the Cold

Nuit Blanche

Truman Sleeps

Truman Sleeps (Solo Piano Version)

Guadalupe / Danse des lumières

Guadalupe

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