classical music: Julius Katchen ...     classical music:       Gershwin Weekend1 review George Gershwin, Istvan Kertesz, ... Decca, 1994 Gershwin Favorites at a Great Price! This CD might be called a tad anachronistic: Julius Katchen, Istvan Kertesz, Zubin Mehta, Lorin Maazel? The performances are very idiomatic, and these performances hold up well and they sound good. Katchen's Concerto in F is in mono, and his partner is Mantovani! The only quibble I have is that the orchestra in the Concerto sounds rather weak at times, but this does not hamper enjoyment. One ...             Brahms: The Violin Sonatas5 reviews Johannes Brahms, Julius Katchen Decca Import, 2001 True and Golden Sound and Heartfelt Emotions This is a very memorable album of Brahms Violin Sonatas. As a direct descent of Dvorak, Suk sure knows how to play Brahms, who was Dvorak's mentor. You can feel the polished glory of his sound in every note, and every phrase is played with just the right amount of burning passion and romantic nuance - the d minor sonata especially is a gem you wouldn't want to miss. The crisp Decca acoustics and ...             Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Selections from the definitive collection [Sampler]7 reviews Fryderyk Chopin, Johannes Brahms, ... Polygram Records Philips, 1998 Unparalled Excellence (Mark G. Davis) If you only purchase one classical piano cd in your entire life, this one should be it. All the masters, at their very best on it. If you have piano cd's, this should be part of that collection. I purchased one, almost not believing what I read on the jacket. I'm telling my friends about this one, as I'm aware of no other CD having all those piano masters - - at any price?)...             #1 Piano Album5 reviews No. 1 Piano Album Decca, 2002 Pure This album has it all, believe it or not. There are loads of cheesy #1 blah blah albums that are horridly popular. Sure, there are many well-known pieces on this, such as Alla Turca, the Adagio Sostenuto of the Moonlight, Fur Elise and the Minute Waltz. But almost everything else is relatively unheard of outside of the closely knit piano community. That said, these CD's opened my eyes to some of ...             Essential Piano: The Ultimate Piano Collection Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach, ... Decca, 2005             Britten Conducts Britten [Box Set]4 reviews Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, John Shirley-Quirk, ... Decca, 2007 Many great works in definitive performances This 7-CD set, part of Decca's multi-box packaging of Britten's complete output, capturres him in tow roles, eminent composer and superlative conductor. The rpice is incredibly low, the sonics are the best that the industry had to offer in the Sixties and Seventies, and every musician involved was the best that Britain had to offer. The compilers have mixed some very obscure and little played ...             Julius Katchen - Great Pianists of 20th Century2 reviews Julius Katchen, Balakirev, ... Polygram Records, 1998 Colossal musician. Julius Katchen, who died of cancer at the age of 42 in 1969, was one of the unique pianistic talents of the century. Katchen left America shortly after World War II and landed in Paris, where he soon established himself as one of the most dazzling and sought-after instrumentalists on the continent. In America, however, he remained much less well-known. These magnificent recordings show a superb ...             Panorama: Passion for Piano1 review Isaac Albeniz, Johann Sebastian Bach, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 2001 Great Classical Piano I picked up this CD because it had some of my favorite piano pieces of Bach, Brahms and Bartok on it. The renditions on these discs are terrific. And every single selection is really worth listening to- this is some of the best classical piano out there. If you're like me and aren't really concerned about owning the complete Bach, Brahms, Chopin, etc, this is the disc to pick up for a good ...             Brahms: Works for Solo Piano17 reviews Johannes Brahms, Julius Katchen Decca, 1997 A wonderful offering. There may be the individual recording made by others - Gilels, Rubinstein, Arrau - of a particular piece which might be preferred but as a collection of the Brahms piano works, this set has to take the prize. The quality of original recording is high and the digital transfer seemingly well done. One has to listen very attentively to detect which of the four Ballades were recorded monaurally; a ...             Bach Greatest Hits1 review J.S. Bach Decca, 2003 A New Fan This was a nice intro to Bach. I enjoy it very much. Good price for such enjoyment.             Julius Katchen II (Great Pianists of the 20th Century series)1 review Jules Katchen, Gershwin, ... Polygram Records, 1999 Legendary Pianist in Mixed Bag of Piano Concertos Well, I bought the sampler of this series, and this was the most interesting of the bunch. Most people will have lots of the other released in CD format or LP format. However, many of these performances are not readily availible. Katchen was a fireband, but sometimes he got carried away and could be somewhat cold. These are all masterpieces in one way or another. The Ravel Left Hand, one of my ...             Music for Relaxation Various Artists Mca Import, 2002             Beethoven: Diabelli Variations2 reviews Ludwig van Beethoven Decca, 2009 Wonderful recording I ran across Julius Katchen's recording of the Diabelli Variations in a record store in Santa Cruz in 1970 and bought it on a whim . . . soon I fell in love with these pieces and played them nearly every day for months. Eventually I lost the record, and in recent years I've often wondered if it really was as beautiful as I remembered it. I have Rudolf Serkin's CD of the Diabelli Variations, and ...             Chopin: Piano Works Frederic Chopin, Nikita Magaloff, ... London/Decca, 2002             Piano Concertos 3-53 reviews Beethoven, Katchen, ... Polygram Records, 1996 This is so good that it will surprise you! Julius Katchen wasn't a household name around my house until I bought this recording at a friend's recommendation. Wow! These are not cookie cutter interpretations of these well known concertos. Katchen has all the technique he needs plus an interpretive ability that lets him make them his own while still remaining true to the music. Given how many times these things have been recorded that ...             Beethoven: The Piano Concertos; Choral Fantasy; Diabelli Variations Ludwig van Beethoven, Piero Gamba, ... Decca, 2007             Art of Julius Katchen 35 reviews Katchen, Brahms, ... Decca Import, 2004 Brilliant Brahms Julius Katchen was one of the world's best Brahms interpreters. His 6-CD boxed set of the Complete Works for Solo Piano on London/Decca is without peer. And when it came to the Concertos, the results were equally magical. This 2-CD Double Decca Import title is Volume 3 of the Art of Julius Katchen series. The Brahms First on CD 1, with Pierre Monteux and the London Symphony Orchestra, and the ...              search for classical music beethoven, brahms, britten, century, chopin, choral, collection, concertos, conducts, definitive, diabelli, essential, fantasy, gershwin, greatest, julius, katchen, music, panorama, passion, pianists, relaxation, sampler, selections, series, sonatas, ultimate, variations, violin, weekend classical music:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen VHS: Fairy Tales I (stories told in American Sign Language or ASL, with ... home  impressum - about us