Cheramy Carter Volk Diamond - Moods & Miniatures - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Regarded as one of the finest interpreters of classical and romantic repertoire, Imogen Cooper is internationally renowned for her virtuosity and lyricism. This recording is her sixth on Chandos Records, following earlier discs of works by Liszt, Wagner, Brahms, Chopin, and Robert and Clara Schumann. Imogen Cooper writes 'Beethoven's Diabelli Variations are rightly considered to be among the greatest works for solo piano ever composed, by Beethoven or anyone else. It is incontrovertible that there is not one superfluous note in this huge masterpiece - each variation is flawless in construction and imagination, and in depth of characterisation. The breadth of ideas is limitless. Each variation tells a whole story, and for all that some are connected in mood, it is no mean feat as a performer to respect the huge scope of Beethoven's vision.' Imogen Cooper plays a Steinway Model D, and was recorded in the concert Hall at Snape Maltings, Suffolk. Album Tracks 1. Eleven Bagatelles, Op. 119, for Piano 2. Thirty-Three Variations on a Waltz By Anton Diabelli, Op. 120 in C Major for Piano 3. Bagatelle, Woo 59 'FÜR Elise' in a Minor

Good original music for two cellos is quite rare to find and over the years arrangements have greatly enriched the classical repertoire. In this recording internationally celebrated cellist Julian Lloyd Webber has taken music from Monteverdi to Arvo Part - much of it originally written for two voices - and adapted it to the medium of two cellos and accompanying piano, sometimes including other instrumentation. These unique arrangements, which he performs with his wife Jiaxin Lloyd Webber, allow their cello voices to blend together as they explore music of lyricism, quiet melancholy and tuneful energy. Album Tracks 1. Camille Saint-Saëns Ave Maria 2. Astor Piazzolla the Little Beggar Boy (Chiquilin de Bachin) 3. Claudio Monteverdi Interrotte Speranze 4. Dmitri Shostakovich Prelude from the Gadfly 5. Gustav Holst Hymn to the Dawn Op 26 No 1 (Arr. for Four Cellos and Harp) 6. Roger Quilter My Lady (Greensleeves) 7. Anton Rubinstein the Angel, Op 48, No 1 8. Antonín Dvorák the Harvesters, Op 38, No 3 9. William Lloyd Webber Moon Silver 10. Robert Schumann Summer Calm (Sommerruh) 11. Giovanni Pergolesi Dolorosa (Stabat Mater) 12. Antonín Dvorák Autumn Lament, Op 38, No 4 13. Reynaldo Hahn If My Songs Were Only Wingèd 14. Sergey Rachmaninov the Waves Are Dreaming, Op 15, No 2 15. Henry Purcell Lost Is My Quiet for Ever 16. Antonín Dvorák the Modest Lass, Op 32, No 8 17. Robert Schumann Evening Star (An Den Abendstern) Op 103, No 4 18. Ethelbert Nevin O That We Two Were Maying 19. Joseph Barnby Sweet and Low 20. Roger Quilter Summer Sunset 21. Arvo PÄRT Estonian Lullaby

Album Tracks 1. Passacaille en Sol Mineur 2. Chaconne en Fa Mineur 3. Partite Sopra Il Cinque Passi 4. Partite Sopra L'aria Della Monica 5. Canzone Quinta InchLa BellerofonteInch 6. Bergamasca 7. Capriccio Cromatico 8. La Volta 9. Galliarda 10. Alman 11. Pavana 12. Callino Casturame 13. Tiento Sobra la Letania de la Virgen 14. Ballo Del Granduca