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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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
To mark the 200th year anniversary of Chopin's Birthday, this delightful 3 CD collection celebrates the music of this much loved composer and features the Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 21 and the popular Scherzos, Waltzes, Mazurkas, Nocturnes and Polonaises. -
Brazilian Soprano Annette Celine and pianist Felicja Blumental perform the beautiful songs of Fryderyck Chopin. -
This second 5 CD box set includes the rare keyboard works of Spanish and Portuguese composers, Soler, Seixas, Angles, Freixanet among others and includes two volumes of Italian piano concertos by composers Viotti, Platti, Manfredini and Paisiello performed by Felicja Blumental. -
A recital of songs by soprano, Annette Celine featuring Francis Poulenc's 'Huites chansons polonaises', Maurice Ravel's 'Quatre chants populaires', a marvelous selection of Brazilian folk songs by Ernani Braga and other vocal works Zemlinsky, Szymanowski, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Hahn and Villa-Lobos. -
Pianist Felicja Blumental explores the vibrant repertoire of Karol Szymanowski (who taught the young Blumental composition) and fellow Pole Fryderyk Chopin, whose music was a fundamental part of Felicja Blumental's recording career which brought her great acclaim. -
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. -
The repertoire here is a reminder of Felicja Blumental’s protean abilities. Here, she resurrects a piano concerto/patriotic fantasy by Paderewski before assuming the central role on harpsichord for Penderecki's Partita, dedicated to her by the composer. -
This CD features the piano concertos of Mozart and his contemporary Leopold Kozeluch, whose concerto Felicja Blumental performed with her own cadenza. Since composing this concerto, many of Kozeluch’s achievements have been overshadowed by Beethoven. -
If you have never heard Moniuszko’s songs, rare Pergolesi arias or Villa-Lobos’ beautiful Bachianas No. 5, then this album is a must have. This beautiful collection of songs also features works by Niewiadomski, Scarlatti, Chopin, Strauss and Weill. -
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. -
This CD presents the piano concertos of Manfredini and Paisiello who both spent some years at the Russian Court of the mighty Catherine the Great, where they composed music to reflect Catherine’s wealth and power including marches, dance music and didactic works for the court’s pleasure. -
This CD brings back into the light concertos by talented composers Viotti and Platti. Viotti’s masterpiece is said to be a reworked violin concerto by Daniel Steibelt and the two Platti concertos curiously lay gathering dust for around 200 years. -
Variations presents Carl Czerny’s experiments on a theme by Haydn (recognised as the German national anthem), the one and only existing piano concerto by Karl Stamitz and Vogler’s Variations based on an C18th nursery song, ‘For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow’. -
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! -
This CD displays both Ms Blumental’s phrasing and technique as well as her affinity for the music of her homeland. Her stirring and illuminating interpretation of the 2nd movement in Chopin’s Concerto is beautifully balanced by the four lively Scherzi. -
Composers such as Sibelius and Tchaikovsky are more often than not, recognised as masters of larger scale works. This collection of songs expose their smaller masterpieces and demonstrates the art of the French masters; Fauré and Duparc. -
Felicja Blumental demonstrates her skill and dexterity performing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2, one of the most challenging works for pianists worldwide. This CD also includes the rarely heard Rondo Brilliant on a Russian Folk Theme by Hummel. -
This recording of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 testifies to Ms Blumental’s skill and musicianship, whose hands were considerably smaller than those of the composer. This disc includes the rare Piano Concerto in F minor by Anton Arensky. -
This CD partners the wonderfully Romantic Piano Concerto in A minor, by Grieg with the Rhapsodie éspagnole by Liszt, arranged by Busoni. Also on this disc is the charming and rarely recorded Fantasie for Piano and Orchestra by Gabriel Faure. -
This disc presents the beautifully restored recordings by pianist Felicja Blumental of Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor, the rarely recorded Piano Concerto in C by Kuhlau as well as Saint-Saëns’ quirky 'Wedding Cake' for piano and orchestra. -
These recordings of Chopin’s Waltzes show Ms. Blumental exploring her Polish background. She has an understanding of the dance forms that inspired Chopin, and the technical agility and artistic intuition which are key to a true performance. -
These recordings of Chopin’s Mazurkas, Noctures and Polonaises show Ms. Blumental further exploring the music of her homeland while demonstrating her love and affinity for the music and dance forms that inspired Chopin. -
These two wonderful Piano Quintets are written for the unusual combination of four woodwind and piano. Here, Felicja Blumental is joined by select members of London’s New Philharmonia Wind Ensemble, now available on CD for the first time. -
Featuring Felicja Blumental on piano, this is the first of two volumes released to celebrate 300 years of Carlos Seixas. This collection presents the keyboard works of by Iberian composers, Soler, Angles, Albéniz, Cantallos, Seixas, Jacinto and Carvalho. -
This is the second of two volumes of Spanish and Portuguese Keyboard Music recorded by pianist Felicja Blumental. This collection presents the keyboard works of by Iberian composers, Angles, Soler, Ferrer, Freixanet and Seixas. -
It is said that there was a rivalry between Mozart and Clementi that lasted for many years. Here, it continues via two works performed by Felicja Blumental of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9 “jeune homme” and Clementi’s rare Concerto for Piano in C. -
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. -
Soprano Annette Celine and pianist Christopher Gould perform a selection songs transcribed for voice and piano. Includes Percy Grainger’s solo piano arrangement of Fauré’s ‘Après un rêve’. Other composers on this disc include Cui, Granados and Obradors. -
This disc presents a rare recording of Hekel Tavares’ Concerto in Brazilian Forms, Isaac Albeniz’s vibrantly percussive Spanish Rhapsody, Op. 70 and ambitious Piano Concerto No. 1 (Concierto fantastico), Op. 78. -
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. -
Brazilian soprano, Annette Celine performs a delightful collection of unusual and rarely recorded songs by two of the best known Brazilian composers - Waldemar Henrique de Costa Pereira and his mentor and advisor, Heitor Villa-Lobos. -
This CD partners the Piano Concertos of Carl Czerny and Ferdinand Ries, both of whom were pupils of the great master, Beethoven. "Both concertos do everything with good humour, and the dashings of glittering figuration has its own flavour.” Music&Vision.
