Various Artists - Great Pianists - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

When the ORFEO tag was established in Munich forty years ago, surely no one with the music scene back then would have predicted that the record company would develop into a firmly established player on the classical music market. One of the tag's main priorities in the early years was vocal music, with opera rarities top of the list and since the mid 1980s the re-use of historic tape recordings. Big names featured on the tag's own productions, while ORFEO also developed into a talent factory by discovering and nurturing young artist. This InchLegendary PianistsInch 10 album set for the anniversary of 40 years of ORFEO tag history features nine pianists with historical and modern recordings dating from the 1950s up until the 2000s.

The pianist Maria Kihlgren studied at Göteborgs Musikhögskola and at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Vienna gaining her diploma in 1979. She has performed in Sweden and several European countries, the USA and South America. In recent years she has also devoted herself to recordings. Her albums, with solo music for piano on the Sterling tag, have been internationally acclaimed. All of them have a specific theme, with cover pictures by her father, the painter Carl Speglitz. The present includes works by Scarlatti, Chopin, Liszt, Schumann, Reger, Debussy, de Falla, and more.

For this box, ALTO has compiled ten albums by as many outstanding pianists of the 20th century. These include both exemplary recordings and new compilations by ALTO as well as live recordings from the catalogs of the great labels. The entire 20th century is covered from Artur Schnabel and Artur Rubinstein to Marta Argerich with works by composers they were highly celbrated for. The interested enthusiast doesn't get a random grab bag here, but rather a well-thought-out program that also impresses connoisseurs.10 Giants of the Keyboard Marta Argerich; Chopin, Brahms, Liszt, Ravel, ProkofievVladimir Ashkenazy; ChopinAlfred Brendel; Schubert including complete ImpromptusEmil Gilels; Schumann, Chopin, TchaikovskyGLenn Gould; Bach 1955 Goldbergs, Partitas, FuguesVladimir Horowitz; Mozart, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Liszt, Scriabin, othrsWilhelm Kempff; Mozart concertiSviatoslav Richter; Iconic SchubertArtur Rubinstein; Chopin FavouritesArtur Schnabel; Beethoven collection Album Tracks 1. Chopin Grand Valse Brillante, Op. 34/1 - Marta Argerich 2. Chopin Nocturne No. 16, Op. 55/2 - Marta Argerich 3. Chopin Etude, Op. 10/1 - Marta Argerich 4. Chopin Etude, Op. 10/10 - Marta Argerich 5. Chopin Mazurka No. 38, Op. 59/3 - Marta Argerich 6. Chopin Scherzo, Op. 39 - Marta Argerich 7. Chopin Barcarolle, Op. 60 - Marta Argerich 8. Brahms Rhapsody No 1 - Marta Argerich 9. Brahms Rhapsody No 2 10. Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 - Marta Argerich 11. Ravel Jeux D'eau - Marta Argerich 12. Prokofiev Toccata - Marta Argerich 1. Chopin Piano Sonata No. 3 Op. 58 I. Allegro Maestoso - Ashkenazy, Vladimir 2. II. Scherzo (Molto Vivace) 3. III. Largo 4. IV. Finale (Presto Non Tanto) 5. Barcarolle Op. 60 - Ashkenazy, Vladimir 6. Valse No. 2 in Ab Op. 34 No. 1 - Ashkenazy, Vladimir 7. Valse No. 6 in DB Op. 64 No. 1 (InchMinute WaltzInch) - Ashkenazy