Intimate Chopin - Best of - Intimate Chopin - Best of - VINYL LP

Deeply felt new recordings of these landmarks in Romantic piano literature on a modern Steinway grand, by an Italian artist with an active interest in the lineage of piano history. On recordings for Piano Classics ranging from Beethoven to Alkan and beyond, the Italian pianist Vincenzo Maltempo has demonstrated a deeply informed understanding of Romantic piano literature, both in the nuts and bolts of it's composition and in the field of it's reception. According to a Fanfare review for album of Schumann, 'This impressive young Italian pianist displays a great love and dedication towards this music. Maltempo, who was born in 1985, begins with smouldering technique, no surprise for someone who has made a name for himself as a fearless interpreter of the briar-patch scores of Alkan. 'In his own booklet introduction to his latest recording, Maltempo explores the nature of a Chopin tradition, as handed down to us from accounts of the composer's own playing, his instructions to his students, and then the early recordings made by renowned interpreters such as Cortot and Pugno. 'What their recordings share is a relatively free or liberal interpretation of elements in the score that are now treated more rigidly. Their application of rubato is more subtle, their pedal technique does not cloud the sound but clarifies melodies and harmonies. They communicate a wide and infinitely varied dynamic range, and a diaphanous warmth of phrasing, without falling into mannerism or InchsentimentalityInch. 'These qualities, therefore, are the guiding lights to his own playing of the Nocturnes. Maltempo has chosen to record them on an 1888 Steinway piano, distinguished by the clarity of articulation which has always been a Steinway hallmark, but bestowing on these quintessential pieces of nocturnal poetry a softer and more rounded palette than we are accustomed to find on modern pianos. Thes

Triple 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Recorded live in Mexico City on the massive worldwide Legacy Of The Beast Tour. Features 17 classics performed live including InchAces High,Inch Inch2 Minutes To Midnight,Inch InchThe Trooper,Inch InchThe Number Of The Beast,Inch InchRun To The HillsInch and more. Album Tracks 1. Churchill's Speech 2. Aces High 3. Where Eagles Dare 4. 2 Minutes to Midnight 1. Clansman 2. The Trooper 3. Revelations 1. For the Greater Good of Good 2. The Wickerman 1. Sign of the Cross 2. Flight of Icarus 1. Fear of the Dark 2. The Number of the Beast 3. Iron Maiden 1. The Evil That Men Do 2. Hallowed Be Thy Name 3. Run to the Hills

International edition includes two bonus tracks. Frontiers. 2012. Album Tracks 1. Wide Awake 2. Our Ship's Sinking 3. I Hate Myself 4. You and Me 5. Gabriel 6. A Sign of Life 7. My Last Heartbeat 8. Joshua 9. Love Screws Me Up 10. I Found You; Depravity 11. One Way Street 12. Let Me in 13. My Dui