Julius Asal - Siena Tapes - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Arr. S. Chatman) O Come, O Come, Emmanuel 2. O Magnum Mysterium O Magnum Mysterium 3. Huron Carol 4. I Wonder As I Wander 5. Noel Anciens (Arr. D. Patriquin) I. Venez Mes Enfants 6. Noel Anciens (Arr. D. Patriquin) II. Quelle Est Cette Odeur Ageable? 7. Noel Anciens (Arr. D. Patriquin) III. Tous Les Bourgeois de Chatres 8. Noel Nouvelet (Arr. Marquis & Ndash;Hultberg) Noël Nouvelet 9. Choralmotette, Op. 10, InchEs Ist Ein Ros EntsprungenInch Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen 10. Coventry Carol 11. Lully, Lulla 12. Lully, Lulla, Thou Little Tiny Child, Op. 25, No. 2 13. Ave Maria 14. Hodie Christus Natus Est 15. 5 Carols I. There Is No Rose 16. 5 Carols II. Out of Your Sleep 17. 5 Carols III. That Younge Child 18. 5 Carols IV. Sweet Was That Song 19. 5 Carols V. Susanni 20. Il Est Ne Le Divin Enfant (Arr. Keyte / Parrott)

Chopin Preludes; Impromptus by Composer Frdric Chopin (1810 1849) Artist Arrau, Claudio [Piano] When this reissue of Claudio Arrau's 1973 recording of Chopin's preludes was released by Philips, it was the third reissue of that particular recording released that year. PentaTone, the astoundingly clean Dutch tag, had released a disc coupling Arrau's 1973 recording of Chopin's preludes with his 1974 recording of Schumann's Papillons, and Philips, the great Dutch tag itself, had released an eight-disc set of all Arrau's postwar Chopin recording for them. Of course, Arrau's preludes are uniformly ineffably beautiful, perhaps a little slow sometimes, but with such effortless technique, such tonal opulence, and such poetic soulfulness that it only serves to grant the listener more time to contemplate the heights and depths. The sound from all three issues presents different aspects of recorded perfection the PentaTone may be somewhat clearer, but all three incarnate in their zillions of zeros and ones in breathtakingly real representations of a real piano in a real room in real time. Album Tracks 1. No. 1 in C 2. No. 2 in a Minor 3. No. 3 in G 4. No. 4 in E minor 5. No. 5 in D 6. No. 6 in B minor 7. No. 7 in a 8. No. 8 in F Sharp minor 9. No. 9 in E 10. No. 10 in C Sharp minor 11. No. 11 in B 12. No. 12 in G Sharp minor 13. No. 13 in F Sharp 14. No. 14 in E Flat minor 15. No. 15 in D Flat 16. No. 16 in B Flat minor 17. No. 17 in a Flat 18. No. 18 in F minor 19. No. 19 in E Flat 20. No. 20 in C minor 21. No. 21 in B Flat 22. No. 22 in G minor 23. No. 23 in F 24. No. 24 in D minor

Julius Asal - InchScriabin - ScarlattiInch / Scriabin - Scarlatti creates a dreamlike meditation in which the boundaries between pieces, eras and states of mind fade away. Julius Asal's full performance of the Sonata is framed by a selection of Scriabin's etudes and preludes, six sonatas by Scarlatti and two improvisatory Transitions by the pianist himself. Album Tracks 1. IV. Funebre 2. Keyboard Sonata in F minor KK. 466 3. No. 20 Appassionato in C minor 4. Keyboard Sonata in C minor KK. 56 5. Keyboard Sonata in C minor KK. 58 6. I. Allegro Con Fuoco 7. II. (Adagio) 8. III. Presto 9. IV. Funebre 10. Keyboard Sonata in F minor KK. 238 11. Transition I 12. No. 11 in B-Flat minor 13. No. 21, Andante in B-Flat Major 14. Keyboard Sonata in B-Flat Major KK. 544 15. No. 4 in E-Flat minor 16. Transition II 17. No. 14 Presto in E-Flat minor 18. No. 1 in B Major 19. No. 6 Allegro in B minor 20. Keyboard Sonata in B minor KK. 87 21. IV. Funebre