12/21/2014

Historical Harpsichord Technique: Developing La douceur du toucher (Publications of the Early Music Institute) by Yonit Lea Kosovske

English | 2011 | ISBN: 0253356474 | 240 pages | PDF | 2,6 MB

Yonit Lea Kosovske surveys early music and writing about keyboard performance with the aim of facilitating the development of an expressive tone in the modern player. Reviewing the work of the pedagogues and performers of the late Renaissance through the late Baroque, she gives special emphasis to la douceur du toucher or a gentle touch. Other topics addressed include posture, early pedagogy, exercises, articulation, and fingering patterns. Illustrated with musical examples as well as photos of the author at the keyboard, Historical Harpsichord Technique can be used for individual or group lessons and for amateurs and professionals.

12/19/2014

The Performing Style of Alexander Scriabin by Anatole Leikin

2011 | ISBN: 0754660214 | English | 312 pages | PDF | 15 MB
When Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin's music was performed during his lifetime, it always elicited ecstatic responses from the listeners. Wilhelm Gericke, conductor of the Vienna opera, rushed backstage after one of Scriabin's concerts and fell on his knees crying, 'It's genius, it's genius...'. After the composer's death in 1915, however, his music steadily lost the captivating appeal it once held. The main reason for this drastic change in the listeners' attitude is an enormous gap existing between the printed scores of Scriabin's music and the way the composer himself played his works. Apparently, what Scriabin's audiences heard at the time was significantly different from, and vastly superior to, modern performances that are based primarily on published scores. Scriabin recorded nineteen of his compositions on the Hupfeld and Welte-Mignon reproducing pianos in 1908 and 1910, respectively. Full score transcriptions of the piano rolls, which are included in the book, provide many substantial features of Scriabin's performance: exact pitches and their timing against each other, rhythms, tempo fluctuations, articulation, dynamics and essential pedal application. Using these transcriptions and other historical documents as the groundwork for his research, Anatole Leikin explores Scriabin's performing style within the broader context of Romantic performance practice.

12/16/2014

Masterclasses (video)

B.Berman teaches Beethoven Eroica Variations - Manchester 2010 The Royal Northern College of Music

B.Berman teaches Beethoven Eroica Variations - Manchester 2010 The Royal Northern College of Music

B.Berman teaches Debussy Pour Le Piano - Manchester 2010 The Royal Northern College of Music

E.Ax teaches Beethoven Piano Sonatas and Variations - Verbier Festival Academy 2010

J.MacGregor teaches Messiaen Vingt Regards sur L'Enfant-Jésus - Royal Academy of Music 2009

S.Kovacevich teaches Beethoven Waldstein Sonata and Sonata No.31 - Verbier Festival Academy 2009

S.Kovacevich teaches Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 - Verbier Festival Academy 2011

S.Kovacevich teaches Chopin Fantasy in F minor - Verbier Festival Academy 2010

S.Kovacevich teaches Schubert Impromptus No. 1 and 3, Op. 90 - Verbier Festival Academy 2009

12/13/2014

Ryan McClelland, "Brahms and the Scherzo"


English | ISBN: 075466810X | 2010 | 344 pages | PDF | 12 MB
Despite the incredible diversity in Brahms' scherzo-type movements, there has been no comprehensive consideration of this aspect of his oeuvre. Professor Ryan McClelland provides an in-depth study of these movements that also contributes significantly to an understanding of Brahms' compositional language and his creative dialogue with musical traditions. McClelland especially highlights the role of rhythmic-metric design in Brahms' music and its relationship to expressive meaning. In Brahms' scherzo-type movements, McClelland traces transformations of primary thematic material, demonstrating how the relationship of the initial music to its subsequent versions creates a musical narrative that provides structural coherence and generates expressive meaning. McClelland's interpretations of the expressive implications of Brahms' fascinatingly intricate musical structures frequently engage issues directly relevant to performance. This illuminating book will appeal to music theorists, musicologists working on nineteenth-century instrumental music and performers.
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11/15/2014

Documentaries (video in engish)

Yundi Li, The Young Romantic - Rhombus Media - 2008

The Art of Chopin - Idéale Audience 2010

Surprise in Texas -  The 13th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition - 2010

Portrait of the Pianoscope Festival - Karl More Productions 2008

Piotr Anderszewski plays Diabelli Variations - Lugano 2000

Multiples identities, Interviews with Daniel Barenboim - EuroArts 2001

Leonard Bernstein- Teachers and Teaching - Unitel 1988

In the Heart of Music - 12th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition - 2005

Antonín Dvořák, Bohemia - Ciné Qua Non Films 1998

Argerich and Kremer, Memory of a concert, Fingernagel & Lück 2008

A Bach Companion - The Life and Work of J.S.Bach, EuroArts 2000

A Crazy day in Nantes (24 hours at La Folle Journée), Morgane 2011

Behind the Scenes with Rodion Shchedrin, Martha Argerich and Mischa Maisky - Accentus Music 2011

Claude Debussy, Impressions - Ciné Qua Non Films 1997

Competitors, Russia's Child Prodigies - Lichtfilm 2010

Discovering Haydn - J.Haydn in Eisenstadt, ORF 2009

Daniel Barenboim, Face to face - EuroArts Music International 1999

David Fray records Mozart - Idéale Audience 2010

Erik Satie, A Son of Star - Portrait of a Musician, High Speed Films 1999

Forte Piano - Instruments and Players, NOS 1989

Franz Schubert, The Shadow of Death, Ciné Qua Non Media 2003

Frederic Chopin and George Sand, Ciné Qua Non Films 2001

Georg Friedrich Haendel, The Wandering Maestro, Ciné Qua Non Films 2003

History of Organ 4 films, Tara Productions 1997

In Search Of Schubert, Cadoreaux 2000

Ludwig van Beethoven, Immortal Soul, Ciné Qua Non Films 1999

Mozart on Tour, 18 films, DEWE 1991

Stage Light, Stage Fright, Pars media 2008

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, The Man of Glass, Ciné Qua Non Films 2000

Rubinstein Remembered, Peter Rosen Productions 1987

Steve Reich, Phase to Face - ARTE France 2009

Sir Peter Ustinov's Mendelssohn - VIDEAL 1997

Tribute to Brigitte Engerer - Karl More Productions 2012

The real Rameau - LGM 2004

Three hundred years of people and pianos, Smithsonian Productions 2001

The Hungarian Touch, Idéale Audience 2002

Testing Mozart, BBC 2005

Vladimir Horowitz, A Reminiscence - Sony 1993

Vladimir Horowitz plays Mozart - CAMI Video Inc. 1988

Vladimir Ashkenazy, The Vital Juices Are Russian - Allegro Films 1970

Van Cliburn, Concert pianist - Peter Rosen Productions Inc.

24 hours in Nohant - Following Frederic Chopin`s steps, Morgane 2010


11/13/2014

Chamber Music (video)

Voice & piano

Joyce DiDonato and David Zobel- A Journey Through Venice, New York 2014

Anna Netrebko & Daniel Barenboim- Russian Songs,  Berlin 2010

Schubert Winterreise (Winter Journey) Goerne-Hinterhäuser - Aix-en-Provence 2014

Schubert Winterreise, D.911 Pregardien-Pressler, Verbier 201

Violin & piano

Chad Hoopes and David Fung perform Brahms, Franck and Ravel - Paris 2015

Leonidas Kavakos and Yuja Wang play Brahms - Verbie 2013

Leonidas Kavakos and Yuja Wang perform Brahms, Schumann, Ravel & Respighi - Carnegie Hall 2014

Beethoven The Complete Violin Sonates  - Mutter & Orkis 1999

Mozart Violin Sonatas - Anne-Sophie Mutter & Lambert Orkis

Xavier Phillips & Igor Tchetuev plays Beethoven, Britten & Rachmaninoff - Mariinsky 2014

Cello & piano

Edgar Moreau and Pierre-Yves Hodique play Monti, Gluck, Tanguy, Poulenc, Paganini, Glazounov, Bloch and Chopin - Paris 2015

Clarinet & piano

Raphaël Sévère and Adam Laloum perform Brahms, Boulez and Poulenc - Paris 2015

Other

Martha Argerich, Stephen Kovacevich, Mischa Maisky- Bach, Mozart and Grieg, Verbier 2008

Martha Argerich, Nelson Freire, Renaud Capuçon play Bartók, Verbier 2007

Couperin Les Nations - Christophe Rousset, Saintes 2010

Berezovsky, Makhtin, Kniazev play Tchaikovsky, La Roque d'Anthéron 2004

Anne-Sophie Mutter - Mozart Trios for Piano, Violin and Cello




Piano Concertos (video)

Bach Concertos BWV1061, 1063, 1065 Antonini-Labèque sisters - Vienna 2000
Bach Concerto pour deux claviers en ut mineur BWV 1060 András KellerDezsö Ranki & Edit Klukon - 2015

Beethoven Piano Concertos, D.Barenboim - Essen 2007
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4, Abbado-Pollini  - Lucerne 2004
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.2 in B, Op.19 Abbado-Pletnev - Berlin 2000
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3 in c, Op.37 Jarvi-Buchbinder - Paris, 2012
Brahms Piano Concerto No.1 in d, Op.15, Rattle-Berenboim - Athens 2004
Beethoven Fantasy for Piano, Choir and Orchestra, Op. 80 Abbado-Pollini - Berlin 2001

Chopin Piano Concerto No.2 in f, Op.21 Haitink-Ax - Crakow 1999
Chopin Piano Concerto No.2 in f, Op.21 Christian Zacharias, La Roque d'Anthéron - 2004
Chopin Piano Concertos, Wit-Kissin-Demidenko - Warsaw 2010
Chopin's Piano Concerto #1 in e, Brydon & Barto, Lugano 1988
Chopin's Piano Concert #2 - Horvat & S. de Groote, Lugano 1983
Chopin Piano Concertos, Wit-Ohlsson - Warsaw 2009

Dvorak Piano Concerto in g, Op.33 Altrichter-Ardasev - Frankfurt 1993

Franck Variations symphoniques, Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No.2 Shallon & Freire, Lugano 1983

Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue, Karoui-Matsuev - Annecy 2014
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue, Dudamel-NancockLos - Los Angeles 2011

Haydn Piano Concerto D-Dur op 21. (Hob XVIII) - Florian Donderer - Igor Levit 2014

Liszt Piano Concerto No.2 in A, S.125 Kocsis-Matsuev - Annecy 2014

Martinů Concerto per due pianoforti e orchestra, Pappano/Labèque (2012)

Mozart - The Last Eight Piano Concertos, D.Barenboim - Berlin 1986-1989 Siemens-Villa
Mozart Piano Concerto No.20 in D Minor, K.466 Arming-Argerich - Tokyo 2005
Mozart Concerto for three Pianos in F Major K.242 Argerich-Gulda brothes - Tokyo 2005
Mozart Piano Concerto No.16 in D, K.451 Takacs-Nagy & Vogt - Verbier 2011
Mozart Piano Concerto No.17 in G, K.453 Spivakov-Matsuev - Annecy 2014
Mozart Piano Concerto No.17 in G, K.453 Welser-Most & Andsnes - New York 2006
Mozart Piano Concerto No.20 in d, K.466 András Schiff - Vicenza, 2008
Mozart Piano Concerto No.20 in d, K.466 Boulez-Pires - Lisbon 2003
Mozart Concerto №20 in d K.466, Maag & Tipo, Lugano 1992
Mozart Piano Concerto #21 & Rondo from Piano Concerto #16, Escher & Rudy, Lugano 1986

Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.1 in D-flat, Op.10 Gergiev-Trifonov - Moscow 2012
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.2 in с, Op.18 Temirkanov-Wang - Verbier 2011
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.2 in g, Op.16 Gergiev-Toradze - Moscow 2012
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.3 in C Major, Op.26 Previn-Argerich - London 1977
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.3 in C, Op.26 Abbado-Wang - Lucerne 2009
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.4 in B for the left hand, Op.53 Gergiev-Volodin - Moscow 2012
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.5 in G, Op.55, Gergiev-Babayan - Moscow 2012

Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43 Rattle-Hough - Berlin 2007
Rachmaninoff Pianoconcerto №2 in C Op.18 Panteleev-Fedorova - Amsterdam 2013

Ravel Piano Concerto in G & Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No.2 in g, Op.22, Järvi-Say - Paris 2014
Ravel Piano Concerto in G Argerich-Temirkanov perform Ravel - Stockholm 2009
Ravel Piano Concerto in G Jurowski-Grimaud - Paris 2009
Ravel Piano Concerto in G Järvi-Grimaud - Paris 2015
Ravel Piano Concerto in G Salonen-Fray - Paris 2012

Schostakovich Concerto No. 1 Op.35 Takács-Nagy & Argerich - Verbier 2010
Schostakovich Concerto No. 1  Op.35 Florian Donderer - Igor Levit 2014

Schumann Klavierkonzert a-minor - Annie Fischer -  Budapest

Shchedrin Romantic Offering for Piano, Cello and Orchestra,  Järvi-Argerich-Maisky - Lucerne 2011

Stravinsky Concerto for Piano and Wind intruments, Gergiev-Toradze - Rotterdam 1997

Strauss Burleske for piano & orchestra in d, Carthy & Glemser, Lugano 1995

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 in B, Op.23, Cluytens - Gilels, Paris 1959
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 in B, Op.23, Sokhiev-Abduraimov 2014
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 in B, Op.23 Groves-Argerich - Preston 1977
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 in B, Op.23 Järvi-Lang Lang  - Paris 2015
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.2 in G Major, Op.44 Gergiev-Matsuev, New York 2015

Samson François plays Ravel's Concerto for the left hand and Grieg's Piano Concerto - Paris 1964,1967







11/12/2014

Recitals (video)

Chopin 24 Preludes op.28 Mikhail Pletnev - Moscow 2005

Emil Gilels & Stanislav Neuhaus interpret Tchaikovsky, Scriabin, Debussy

Conrad Tao plays Bach, Carter and Stravinsky - Paris 2015

Boris Berezovsky recital - The International Piano Festival - Mariinsky 26.12.14

Wilhelm Kempff plays Schubert and Schumann – Maurizio Pollini plays Chopin - Paris 1961,1963,1968,1970

Vladimir Horowitz in Moscow - Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory 1986

Vladimir Ashkenazy plays Schubert and Schumann - BBC Glasgow studios 1987
Vladimir Ashkenazy plays Chopin - Essex 1972

Van Cliburn performs Chopin – Claudio Arrau performs Beethoven - London 1959-1960

Stephen Kovacevich plays Bach, Schumann and Beethoven - Verbier 2009
Stephen Kovacevich interprets Beethoven and Schubert - La Roque d'Anthéron 2004

Pianos of the Future - Salle/Chamayou/Bar-Shaï/Eckardstein/Neuburger - La Roque d'Anthéron 2004

Nikolai Lugansky plays Janáček, Prokofiev, Liszt - Verbier 2008

Lars Vogt plays Schubert and Brahms - Verbier 2007
Lars Vogt- Piano recital - Verbier 2011

Nicholas Angelich performs Bach, Chopin and Schumann - Verbier 2010

Nelson Goerner performs Beethoven and Chopin - Verbier 2009

Nelson Freire plays Bach, Beethoven, Debussy - Verbier 2007

Murray Perahia plays Bach, Beethoven and Chopin - Warsaw 2011

Menahem Pressler performs Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy and Schubert - Paris 2011

Martin Helmchen plays Bach, Liszt and Beethoven - Verbier 2011

Khatia Buniatishvili plays Liszt, Chopin, Prokofiev and Stravinsky - Verbier 2011
Khatia Buniatishvili plays Rachmaninov, Liszt and Chopin - Verbier 2011

Jean-Philippe Collard - Around Liszt's B Minor Sonata - Paris 2011

Jan Lisiecki plays Mozart, Bach and Chopin – With Christian Zacharias - Verbier 2013

Francesco Libetta performs works by Strauss, Liszt and Saint-Saëns - La Roque d'Anthéron 2002

Evgeny Kissin plays Chopin - Verbier 2009
Evgeny Kissin in a Prokofiev recital - Verbier 2009
Evgeny Kissin in a Liszt recital - Verbier 2011
Evgeny Kissin at the Royal Albert Hall - The Encores - London 1997
Evgeny Kissin - Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Liszt - Verbier 2013

David Kadouch plays Liszt, Medtner, Taneyev and Chopin - Verbier 2012

David Fray - A Night With Bach - Théâtre du Beauvaisis 2008
David Fray plays Schubert and Bach - Verbier 2009

Daniel Barenboim plays Chopin - Warsaw 2010
Daniel Barenboim performs Beethoven Piano Sonatas - Palais Rasumowsky, Vienna 1983-84

Artur Papazian Live at Carnegie Hall – Chopin Etudes - New York 1995
Artur Papazian - Live at Carnegie Hall - Chopin Preludes - New York 1995

Arthur Rubinstein plays Beethoven and Chopin - London 1967

András Schiff plays Johann Sebastian Bach - EuroArts  2010

Weissenberg plays Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Scriabin, Rachmaninov and Chopin - 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969

Adam Laloum plays Schumann, Debussy, Schubert and Brahms - Verbier 2010

Vladimir Ashkenazy: six Chopin and Beethoven recitals - Allegro Films London 1980

Claudio Arrau - The Maestro And The Masters - Santiago 1988

Trifonov plays Bach, Beethoven & Liszt - New York 2014

Daniil Trifonov - Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Schumann 2014
Daniil Trifonov- Verbier 2014
Daniil Trifonov plays Scriabin, Liszt, Chopin and Trifonov - Verbier 2013
Daniil Trifonov plays Chopin – With Masaaki Suzuki - Verbier 2012

Y.Avdeeva - Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre (2014 April, 17)

Grigory Sokolov at Berliner Philharmonie, 2013

A.Fedorova, D.Fray, L.Siqian and B.Grosvenor - La Nuit du piano 2014

Jean-Paul Gasparian plays Debussy and Liszt - Reims, 2014

Roger Muraro plays Wagner Liszt - Verbie 2014

Polina Osetinskaya recital - Mariinsky 2013

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet plays Decaux, Debussy, Debussy-Bavouzet, Pierné, Ravel and Mantovani - Paris 2014

Marc-André Hamelin - Verbier, 2014
Marc-Andre Hamelin Recital - Gstaad 2009

Horowitz Live in Vienna (1987)

A Piano Evening with Martha Argerich

Alexei Volodin - Russia Stars of The White Nights Festival - Mariinsky 2014

Vadym Kholodenko recital - Mariinsky 2014

Barenboim Plays Mozart Piano Sonatas






9/06/2014

Violinist Ray Chen and pianist Julien Quentin give a concert at the Verbier Church

AVI video 800 MB
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Violinist Ray Chen has been awarded the first prize at the International Yehudi Menuhin Competition in 2008, and the first prize at the 2009 Queen Elisabeth Music Competition. For Goetz Richter, he is "One of the most talented violinist in Australia."

Pianist Julien Quentin is a very sought-after soloist and chamber musician. His international tours led him to play in the most prestigious concert halls in Europe, in the USA, in Australia, in Japan, and in Eastern Europe. As a chamber musician, he has worked with such talented artists as Emanuel Ax, Lisa Batiashvili, Measha Brueggergosman, Corey Cerovsek, Michael Collins, Sol Gabetta, David Garrett, Nelson Goerner, Ilya Gringolts, Gary Hoffman, Angelika Kirchschlager, Lawrence Power, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Sayaka Shoji, Kirill Troussov & Tatjana Vassiljeva.

Together, they will perform Mozart's Sonata for violin and piano in A major de Mozart, and Sarasate's Spanish dances. They will also play his most famous work, Zigeunerweisen, composed for violin and orchestra in 1878. As far as Beethoven is concerned, they will play his Sonata for violin and piano No. 9 in A major, the "Kreutzer Sonata", the composer's best-known – and longest – sonata for violin and piano.

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8/28/2014

Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim in Berlin (2014)

Martha Argerich, Klavier
Daniel Barenboim, Klavier
Philharmonie Berlin, Großer saal, 19.04.2014
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Sonate für zwei Klaviere D-Dur KV 448
Franz Schubert : Acht Variationen über ein eigenes Thema As-Dur für Klavier zu vier Händen D 813
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8/09/2014

Arthur Rubinstein - The Complete Rubinstein Collection (Limited Edition) (94 CDs)

1999 RCA MP3 tracks VBR 128-320 kbps, Lame 3.96r, Encoder Settings: Variable Bit Rate -V 0 (Extreme)
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