Piazzolla / Zenziper - Schicksalsklange - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

From Javanese gamelan to Mozart, from nursery rhymes to passionate outbursts, from primitive percussion to the café chantant, Francis Poulenc gathered up almost all the formative influences on his style in his Concerto for Two Pianos of 1932. Aside from Mozart, there is also an evident allusion to Ravel, in particular to the two piano concertos, which were published and performed in the same year. Yet the originality of the concerto is never in doubt; the deep feeling and light touch of the central Larghetto bear Poulenc's fingerprints as clearly as the final gallop home. Much less familiar is the Scottish Ballad composed in 1941 by Benjamin Britten as a free fantasy for two pianos and orchestra based on a number of Scottish tunes, including 'Dundee', 'Turn Ye to Me' and 'Flowers of the Forest'. A lamenting funeral march is followed by a flamboyant Highland fling, in which Britten parodies 'Scottish' music in a display piece of great wit and vitality. This unique compilation concludes with a two-piano piece in which the orchestra is 'silent' the Premiere Suite written with orchestra in mind by Debussy in his early 20s. However, the orchestral score was lost for many years - even this two-piano version was only published in 2008 - and it's four movements show Debussy's language in the act of formation unmistakably French, and harmonically novel for it's time, but still working in self-contained forms - a toccata, a ballet, a shimmering nocturne and a tumultuous final bacchanale. Album Tracks 1. Francis Poulenc - Concerto in D minor Fp6I for Two Pianos and Orchestra 2. I. Allegro Ma Non Troppo - TRÈS Calme 3. II. Larghetto - Beaucoup Plus Allant - Tempo I 4. III. Allegro Molto - Agité - Plus Calme - Tempo I Subito 5. Benjamin Britten - Scottish Ballad Op. 26 for Two Pianos and Orchestra 6. Scottish Ballad Op. 26 for Two Pianos and Orchestra 7. Claude

Ecuatoriana - El Universo Paralelo de Polibio Mayorga 1969-1981Inch is highlighting one of the Andean Cumbia pioneers. Daring and visionary, with an intrepid vigorous style almost impossible to imitate, Polibio Mayorga established a unique place for himself at the vanguard of tropical music by flirting with avant-garde sounds, a hybrid of cumbia rhythms and traditional tunes, bringing music into the space age in an elaborated sonic flourish with electronic instruments.1. America Índia - Junior y Su Equipo2. Muevase Vecina - Eduardo Morales y Su Requinto3. Pañuelo de Seda - Polibio Mayorga4. Altas Horas - Polibio y Su Vibrafono5. Llorona - Los Locos Del Ritmo6. Haciendo Bomba - Alcibiades y Su Banda7. Mi Paisa - Olmedo Torres y Polibio Mayorga8. Culebrita Dormida - Polibio Mayorga y Su Conjunto9. Muñequita Blanca - Orti, Mayorga y Chiriboga10. Unita Mas - Olmedo Torres y Polibio Mayorga11. Bomba de Pobres - Alcibiades y Su Banda12. Don Alfoncito - Olmedo Torres y Los Gatos13. Ferrocarril - Polibio Mayorga14. Di Que Me Amas - Orti, Mayorga y Chiriboga15. La Perra Vida - Conjunto La Jorga16. Cumbia Totorana - Polibio Mayorga y Su Conjunto Album Tracks 1. America Índia 2. Muevase Vecina 3. Pañuelo de Seda 4. Altas Horas 5. Llorona 6. Haciendo Bomba 7. Mi Paisa 8. Culebrita Dormida 9. Muñequita Blanca 10. Unita Mas 11. Bomba de Pobres 12. Don Alfoncito 13. Ferrocarril 14. Di Que Me Amas 15. La Perra Vida 16. Cumbia Totorana

Australian pianist William Murdoch (1888-1942) is almost forgotten today but was a major UK Columbia recording artist in the 1920s. A consummate musician, he was known as a chamber player as much as a soloist, as evidenced by many recordings, but was also the first pianist to record Beethoven's 3rd piano concerto (acoustically in 1925). Amongst his solo recordings, pride of place must go to the two Beethoven sonatas which burst with energy and passion while never descending into superficiality. A little known and fascinating part of his legacy is his recording of the eight test pieces written for the National Piano Competition of 1928 organized by the Daily Express. This unique event was open to pianists of all abilities from beginner to advanced and the specially commissioned pieces, by contemporary British composers, reflected these different levels. Murdoch's recordings originally came with spoken commentaries on interpretation. Album Tracks 1. Mendelssohn Song Without Words in a ?At Major Op. 38 No. 6 'Duetto' 2. Mendelssohn Song Without Words, Op. 62 No. 6 in a Major 'Spring Song' 3. Chopin Étude Op. 25 No. 1 in a Flat Major 'Aeolian Harp' 4. Mendelssohn Waltz in F Major Op. 34 No. 3 5. Mendelssohn Berceuse in D ?At Major Op. 57 6. Mendelssohn Ballade No. 3 in a ?At Major Op. 47 7. Schumann Romanze in F Sharp Major Op. 28 No. 2 8. Liszt Liebesträume No. 3 S541 / 3 9. Excerpt, Liszt Grandes Études de Paganini (6), S. 141 10. Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 12 in C Sharp minor 11. Liszt 'Hark, Hark the Lark' Lieder Von FR. Schubert, S558 / 9 12. Schubert Marche Militaire, D733 No. 1 13. Brahms Waltz, Op. 39 No. 15 in a Flat Major 14. Paderewski Minuet in G Major, Op. 14 No. 1 15. Grieg Brudefølget Drar Forbi (No. 2 from Folkelivsbilder, Op. 19) 16. Sibelius Valse Triste, Op. 44 No. 1 17. Rachmaninoff Prelude