FIXED AUDIO - Pompa-Baldi plays Prokofiev Etude Op.2 No.1 deviantrake 2017-03-21 | From the Cliburn 2001 competition. Antonio Pompa-Baldi playing Prokofiev's Etude Op.2 No.1. I've loved this performance for a long time even despite the quality of the original audio (which was distorted), so I took the actual cd recording and replaced the audio track with that. So enjoy! The original video is here: youtube.com/watch?v=Pu-1W1k1QTk
Charles Valentin Alkan - Finale Op.19 GOLDSTONE & CLEMMOW deviantrake 2013-07-12 | Played by Goldstone & Clemmow, 2011.
Charles Valentin Alkan - Saltarelle Op.47 GOLSTONE & CLEMMOW deviantrake 2013-07-12 | Played by Golstone & Clemmow, 2011.
Charles Valentin Alkan - Scherzo Focoso Op.34 LLOYD BUCK deviantrake 2013-07-12 | Played by Lloyd Buck, 2011, in one single, unedited take.From Lloyd's CD 'Adventures with Alkan' which you can buy from his website http://www.lloyd-buck.co.uk/page_13.html including: Quasi Caccia 'Caprice' Op.53PalpitamentoImpromptuFantasticheria (first recording)Bouree d'Auvergne Op.29'Esquisses' Op.63 nos 4, 5, 8, 21, 22Trois Andantes Romantiques, Op.13Scherzo Focoso Op.34All copyrights to Lloyd Buck.
Charles Valentin Alkan - Super Flumina Babylonis Op.52 LAURENT MARTIN deviantrake 2013-07-11 | Played by Laurent Martin, 1992.
Charles Valentin Alkan - Deuxième recueil dimpromptus Op.32 (2) LAURENT MARTIN deviantrake 2013-07-11 | Played by Laurent Martin, 1992.I. AndantinoII. AllegrettoIII. VivaceIV. Andante
Charles Valentin Alkan - Quatre Impromptus Op.32 (1) LAURENT MARTIN deviantrake 2013-07-11 | Played by Laurent Martin, 1992.I. VaghezzaII. L'amitiéIII. Fantasietta alla morescaIV. La foi
Charles Valentin Alkan - Trois Grandes Études Op.76 No.3 RONALD SMITH deviantrake 2013-07-11 | Played by Ronald Smith, 1988.III. Étude pour les mains reunies (Mouvement semblable et perpetuel)
Charles Valentin Alkan - Trois Grandes Études Op.76 No.2 (Part Two) RONALD SMITH deviantrake 2013-07-11 | Played by Ronald Smith, 1988.II. Étude pour le main droite seule (Introduction, variations et finale in D major)
Charles Valentin Alkan - Trois Grandes Études Op.76 No.2 (Part One) RONALD SMITH deviantrake 2013-07-10 | Played by Ronald Smith, 1988.II. Étude pour la main droite seule (Introduction, variations et finale in D major)
Charles Valentin Alkan - Trois Grandes Études Op.76 No.1 RONALD SMITH deviantrake 2013-07-10 | Played by Ronald Smith, 1988.I. Étude pour la main gauche seule (Fantaisie in A flat)
Charles Valentin Alkan - Esquisses Op.63 (Selection) HUSEYIN SERMET deviantrake 2013-07-10 | A selection of Esquisses, played by Huseyin Sermet, 1991.I. Le StaccatissimoII. IncrepatioIII. Les SoupirsIV. Morituri te salutantV. Le premier billet douxVI. Scherzetto
Charles Valentin Alkan - Sonatine Op.61 PART TWO - BERNARD RINGEISSEN deviantrake 2013-07-08 | PART TWOIII. Scherzo, MinuettoIV. Tempo giustoPlayed by Bernard Ringeissed, 1977.
Charles Valentin Alkan - Sonatine Op.61 PART ONE - BERNARD RINGEISSEN deviantrake 2013-07-08 | PART ONEI. Allegro vivaceII. AllegramentePlayed by Bernard Ringeissen, 1977.
Gustave Samazeuilh - Le chant de la mer (part 2 of 2) - STEPHANE LEMELIN deviantrake 2013-01-15 | ...
Gustave Samazeuilh - Le chant de la mer (part 1 of 2) - STEPHANE LEMELIN deviantrake 2013-01-15 | ...
Gustave Samazeuilh - Piano Suite in G minor (Part 2 of 2) - STEPHANE LEMELIN deviantrake 2013-01-14 | ...
Gustave Samazeuilh - Piano Suite in G minor (Part 1 of 2) - STEPHANE LEMELIN deviantrake 2013-01-14 | ...
Charles Valentin Alkan - Fantaisie à quatre mains sur Don Juan Op.26 or 25 - GOLDSTONE & CLEMMOW deviantrake 2013-01-14 | ...
Franz Reizenstein - Concerto Popolare Live at The Hoffnung Festival 1956 - YVONNE ARNAUD deviantrake 2013-01-10 | Reizenstein contributed the Concerto Popolare ("A Piano Concerto to end all Piano Concertos") to Gerard Hoffnung's first music festival in 1956. Hoffnung's festivals were comedy events, trading on the musical knowledge of the audience. The premise of the Concerto Popolare is that the orchestra believes it is playing Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto, but the pianist believes he or she is playing the Grieg Piano Concerto. A pitched musical battle ensues, dragging in other themes (notably from Rhapsody in Blue, the Warsaw Concerto and the music-hall song "Roll Out the Barrel"). The soloist at the premiere was Yvonne Arnaud (otherwise a renowned actress), who had been chosen after Hoffnung's first choice, Eileen Joyce, declined.
Frederic Chopins Talking Head deviantrake 2012-12-10 | Imagine my surprise when, during a Chopin documentary, he started talking! In a very deep voice, and in Italian too, impressive :D
George Sands Talking Head deviantrake 2012-12-10 | Another part of the Chopin documentary, this time, with Georges Sand talking, astonishing! :D
Charles Valentin Alkan, happy 197th birthday!!!!! Part 2 deviantrake 2010-11-30 | Another little video for Alkan's birthday. I couldn't help myself, hope you enjoy it! Pictures of Alkan are few and far between, so I thought I'd improvise one of my own.
Charles Valentin Alkan, happy 197th birthday!!!!! Part 1 deviantrake 2010-11-30 | Just a humorous little video for Alkan's 197th birthday today. Alkan fans should get it (I hope!). I know the video will say it was posted on the 29th but I live in England, and it is the 30th here, so it counts!
Déodat de Séverac - Cerdaña: 5 Études Pittoresques PART 2 of 3 - JORDI MASÓ deviantrake 2010-11-22 | Played by Jordi Masó. III.Ménétriers et glaneuses (Souvenir d'un pélérinage à Font-Romeu). IV.Les muletiers devant le Christ de Llivia (Complainte). The picture is of de Séverac (seated) and the great Spanish pianist Ricardo Viñes, who was responsible for many premier performances of works by Ravel, Debussy, Satie, de Falla, de Séverac and Isaac Albéniz
Déodat de Séverac - Cerdaña: 5 Études Pittoresques PART 3 of 3 - JORDI MASÓ deviantrake 2010-11-22 | Played by Jordi Masó. V.Le retour des muletiers. The picture is of de Séverac (seated) and the great Spanish pianist Ricardo Viñes, who was responsible for many premier performances of works by Ravel, Debussy, Satie, de Falla, de Séverac and Isaac Albéniz
Déodat de Séverac - Cerdaña: 5 Études Pittoresques PART 1 of 3 - JORDI MASÓ deviantrake 2010-11-22 | Played by Jordi Masó. I.En Tartane (L'arrivée en Cerdagne). II.Les fêtes (Souvenirs de Puigcerdà). The picture is of de Séverac (seated) and the great Spanish pianist Ricardo Viñes, who was responsible for many premier performances of works by Ravel, Debussy, Satie, de Falla, de Séverac and Isaac Albéniz.
Jules Massenet - 10 Pièces de genre Op.10 PART 2 of 2 - ALDO CICCOLINI deviantrake 2010-11-20 | Played by Aldo Ciccolini, 1975/77. VI.Saltarello.VII.Vieille chanson.VIII.Légende.IX.Fughetto.X.Carillon.
Jules Massenet - 10 Pièces de genre Op.10 PART 1 of 2 - ALDO CICCOLINI deviantrake 2010-11-20 | Played by Aldo Ciccolini, 1975/77. I.Nocturne.II.Marche.III.Barcarolle.IV.Rigodon.V.Elegie des Erinnyes.
Carl Tausig - Concert Études Op.1 - MICHAEL PONTI deviantrake 2010-11-19 | Played by Michael Ponti. No.1 in F sharp major. No.2 in A flat major.
Prokofiev - Ten Episodes Op.12 PART 2 of 2 - GYÖRGY SÁNDOR deviantrake 2010-11-19 | Played by György Sándor, 1967. VI.Legend. VII.Prelude (Harp). VIII.Allemande. IX.Humorous Scherzo (for 4 bassoons). X.Scherzo.
Prokofiev - Ten Episodes Op.12 PART 1 of 2 - GYÖRGY SÁNDOR deviantrake 2010-11-19 | Played by György Sándor, 1967. I.March. II.Gavotte. III.Rigaudon. IV.Mazurka. V.Capriccio.
Déodat de Séverac - Suite pour piano En Languedoc PART 3 of 3 - ALDO CICCOLINI deviantrake 2010-11-17 | Played by Aldo Ciccolini, 1968/69. V.Le jour de la foire au mas.
Déodat de Séverac - Suite pour piano En Languedoc PART 2 of 3 - ALDO CICCOLINI deviantrake 2010-11-17 | Played by Aldo Ciccolini, 1968/69. III.A cheval dans la prairie. IV.Coin de cimetière au printemps.
Déodat de Séverac - Suite pour piano En Languedoc PART 1 of 3 - ALDO CICCOLINI deviantrake 2010-11-17 | Played by Aldo Ciccolini, 1968/69. I.Vers le mas en fête. II.Sur l'étang, le soir.
Sigismond Thalberg - Variations on The Last Rose of Summer Op.73 - MICHAEL PONTI deviantrake 2010-11-17 | Played by Michael Ponti, 1974. The Last Rose of Summer is a poem by Irish poet Thomas Moore, who was a friend of Byron and Shelley. Moore wrote it in 1805 while at Jenkinstown Park in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Sir John Stevenson set the poem to its widely-known melody, and this was published in a collection of Moore's work called Irish Melodies (1807--34). In Ireland, it is claimed that the melody was composed by George Alexander Osborne, a composer from Limerick City. Ludwig Van Beethoven composed Theme and Three variations for flute and piano, Op 105, based on the song late in his life.Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy composed a Fantasia in E major, Op. 15, based on the song (1827?, publ. London, 1830). Friedrich von Flotow uses the song in his opera "Martha," premiered in 1847 in Vienna. It is a favorite air ("Letzte Rose") of the character Lady Harriet. The interpolation works, and indeed the song helped popularize the opera. (According to the 1954 Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, the opera grew from an 1844 ballet-pantomime, "Lady Henriette," for which Flotow wrote the music to Act One. Burgmuller and Deldevez wrote the rest of the music; "Lady Henriette" was produced in Paris.)
Sigismond Thalberg - Variations on Home, Sweet Home! Op.72 - MICHAEL PONTI deviantrake 2010-11-17 | Played by Michael Ponti, 1974. A very popular tune, if you don't recognise it, where have you been living!). "Home! Sweet Home!" (also known as "Home, Sweet Home") is a song that has remained well-known for over 150 years. Adapted from American actor and dramatist John Howard Payne's 1823 opera Clari, Maid of Milan, the song's melody was composed by Englishman Sir Henry Bishop with lyrics by Payne. The opening lines Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home; have become famous. It is also used with Sir Henry Wood's Fantasia on British Sea Songs and in Alexandre Guilmant's Fantasy for organ Op. 43, the Fantaisie sur deux mélodies anglaises, both of which also use "Rule, Britannia". In 1909, it was featured in the silent film The House of Cards, an Edison Studios film. In the particular scene, a frontier bar was hurriedly closed due to a fracas. A card reading "Play Home Sweet Home" was displayed, upon which an on-screen fiddler promptly supplied a pantomime of the song. This may imply a popular association of this song with the closing hour of drinking establishments. The song is famous in Japan as "Hanyū no Yado" ("埴生の宿"?) ("My Humble Cottage"). It has been used in such movies as The Burmese Harp and Grave of the Fireflies. It is also used at Senri-Chūō Station on the Kita-Osaka Kyūkō Railway.
Carl Tausig - Ballade The Ghost Ship Op.1c - MICHAEL PONTI deviantrake 2010-11-17 | Played by Michael Ponti. Yes another version ! I've always liked to compare and contrast recordings of works I like, enjoy!
Déodat de Séverac - Baigneuses au soleil (Souvenir de Banyuls-sur-Mer) - BILLY EIDI deviantrake 2010-11-11 | Played by Billy Eidi, 2000. With Debussy and Ravel taking all the 'impressionist' plaudits (and I have no objection to that as I like them too!) de Séverac seems to have been overlooked, even more staggering when you hear something as exquisitely beautiful as 'Baigneuses au soleil'.
Carl Tausig - Ballade The Ghost Ship Op.1c - GIULIO DRAGHI deviantrake 2010-11-11 | Played by Giulio Draghi. I have two versions of this piece (3 now!) and I couldn't decide which one to upload so I decided to upload all three!
Carl Tausig - Ballade The Ghost Ship Op.1c - RIAN DE WAAL deviantrake 2010-11-11 | Played by Rian De Waal, 1984. I have two versions of this piece (3 now!) and I couldn't decide which one to upload so I decided to upload all three!
Déodat de Séverac - Valse Brillante de Concert Pippermint-Get - GRANT JOHANNESEN deviantrake 2010-11-10 | Played by Grant Johannesen, 1972.
Francis Poulenc - Concert Champêtre for Harpsichord and Orchestra 3/3 - AIMÉE VAN DER WIELE deviantrake 2010-11-10 | III.Finale: Presto très gai. Played by Aimée Van De Wiele (harpsichord) and the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire conducted by Georges Prêtre, 1961.
Francis Poulenc - Concert Champêtre for Harpsichord and Orchestra 2/3 - AIMÉE VAN DER WIELE deviantrake 2010-11-10 | II.Andante: Mouvement de Sicilienne. Played by Aimée Van De Wiele (harpsichord) and the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire conducted by Georges Prêtre, 1961
Francis Poulenc - Concert Champêtre for Harpsichord and Orchestra 1/3 - AIMÉE VAN DER WIELE deviantrake 2010-11-10 | I.Allegro molto. Played by Aimée Van De Wiele (harpsichord) and the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire conducted by Georges Prêtre, 1961.
Déodat de Séverac - Sous les Lauriers Roses (Under the Oleanders) - GRANT JOHANNESEN deviantrake 2010-11-09 | Played by Grant Johannesen, 1972.
Manuel de Falla - Nights in the Gardens of Spain PART 2 of 2 - GONZALO SORIANO deviantrake 2010-11-09 | II.Danza lejana. III.En los Jardines de la Sierra de Córdoba. Played by Gonzalo Soriano (piano) and the National Orchestra of Spain conducted by Ataulfo Argenta, 1957'ish.
Manuel de Falla - Nights in the Gardens of Spain PART 1 of 2 - GONZALO SORIANO deviantrake 2010-11-09 | I.En el Generalife. Played by Gonzalo Soriano (piano) and the National Orchestra of Spain conducted by Ataulfo Argenta, 1957'ish.
