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The Beethoven Mysteries

BRadmin — Sun, 24 Jul 2016 17:58:55 +0000

This CD presents a collection of works by Beethoven including the rarely heard Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 transcribed for the piano by the composer, his Piano Concerto in D major and the mysterious Rondo in B flat.

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Friends and Rivals: Beethoven and Hoffmeister

BRadmin — Sun, 24 Jul 2016 17:36:33 +0000

This second Friends and Rivals disc includes Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Hoffmeister’s rare Piano Concerto in D major (BR0009) featuring pianist Felicja Blumental with the Prague Chamber Orchestra and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra.

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Beethoven / Rubinstein

BRadmin — Sun, 24 Jul 2016 15:49:30 +0000

This disc features the greatest of Beethoven’s piano concertos, the “Emperor,” as well as his barely known Romance Cantabile and Rubinstein’s one movement orchestral ‘Konzerstück’, worth listening to for it’s unusual combination of instruments!

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The Spinning Girl

BRadmin — Sun, 24 Jul 2016 15:05:47 +0000

Performed by Felicja Blumental, this solo piano collection includes piano rarities such as Moniuszko’s Spinning Girl, Szymanowski’s Etudes and Preludes, Kabalewski and Kuhlau’s Sonatines and Villa-Lobos’ The Three Maries among others.

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Brana Records Collection Vol. 1

BRadmin — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 16:34:33 +0000

The repertoire on this special limited edition 5 CD box set is a reminder of Felicja Blumental’s abilities as a pianist and as a champion of the lesser known piano works from the late 18th/early 19th century and features the best selling Brana titles.

This box set highlights rare works by Czerny, Ries and Beethoven. It also highlights Tavares’ Concerto in Brazilian Forms (the only available recording worldwide) performed by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Anatole Fistoulari, and a live recording of Villa-Lobos’ Concerto No. 5 with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer. This work was in fact dedicated to Ms Blumental who features as soloist on all five CDs presented here.

Other orchestras that feature within this collection are Filharmonica Triestina conducted by Luigi Toffolo, Torino Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alberto Zedda, Brno Philharmonic conducted by Jiri Waldhens, Prague Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alberto Zedda, Vienna Chamber Orchestra conducted by Helmut Froschauer, Salzburg Chamber Orchestra conducted by Theodore Guschlbauer and the Wüttemberg Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jörg Faerber.

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Brana Records Collection Vol. 4

BRadmin — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 16:54:09 +0000

This beautiful 3 CD collection presents the keyboard works of the great Ludwig van Beethoven recorded by pianist Felicja Blumental with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra conducted by Robert Wagner. Featuring Beethoven’s Piano Concertos Nos 1 to 5, this collection also includes the novel and partially complete Piano Concerto in E flat Wo0, composed by a teenage Beethoven.

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Vol. 4 appeared first on Brana Records.

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 & Concerto in E flat

BRadmin — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 16:53:32 +0000

This disc presents the greatest of Beethoven’s piano concertos – the Concerto No. 5 in E flat, Op. 73 “Emperor,” together with the early and partially complete early Piano Concerto in E flat Wo0, composed when Beethoven was a teenager, demonstrating the work of a talented youth learning his craft.

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Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

BRadmin — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 16:52:36 +0000

Greatly admired for her interpretations of Chopin and Mozart, Felicja Blumental also recorded many works for piano and orchestra including the piano version of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto. Here she performs two of his more popular Piano Concertos.

Compared to the premieres of his previous two keyboard concertos, the first performance of Beethoven’s 3rd Piano Concerto is relatively well covered in terms of documentary evidence from friends, colleagues and the press. The Weiner Zeitung gave over a week’s notice of the concert on 5th April 1803 at the Theatre-an-de Wien, where the C minor Concerto was given its first outing, with the composer conducting from the keyboard.

The first public performance of his Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 took place at the same theatre on 22nd December 1808. Not only was this the first public account of Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto, but also the premieres of his Fifth and Sixth (Pastoral) Symphonies, and the Choral Fantasy. The concert was also the first public account of the which also featured his Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral)

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Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

BRadmin — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 16:44:56 +0000

Pianist, Felicja Blumental is joined by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Robert Wagner to perform Beethoven’s popular Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 37 and No. 4 in G major, Op. 58.

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15, from its introduction, clearly demonstrates Beethoven as a more confident composer at work. As with the Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19, its primary use was as a vehicle for the young lion of the keyboard to demonstrate both virtuosity as a keyboard player and talent as a composer.

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