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Legendary Recordings from Great Pianists | ICA Classics ICAB5114

Legendary Recordings from Great Pianists

Label: ICA Classics

Cat No: ICAB5114

Barcode: 5060244551145

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 5

Release Date: 30th September 2013

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Contents

Artists

Claudio Arrau (piano)
Shura Cherkassky (piano)
Georges Cziffra (piano)
Emil Gilels (piano)
Julius Katchen (piano)
Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
New Philharmonia Orchestra
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Orchestre National de l’ORTF
BBC Symphony Orchestra

Conductors

Otto Klemperer
Christoph von Dohnanyi
Adrian Boult
Christopher Adey
Richard Hickox
Georges Tzipine
Andre Cluytens
Rudolf Kempe

Works

Albeniz, Isaac

Iberia, Book 2
» no.3 Triana

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Piano Concerto no.1 in C major, op.15
Piano Concerto no.3 in C minor, op.37
Piano Concerto no.4 in G major, op.58

Brahms, Johannes

Piano Concerto no.1 in D minor, op.15

Chopin, Frederic

Ballades (4)
» no.3 in A flat major, op.47
Piano Concerto no.1 in E minor, op.11
Piano Concerto no.2 in F minor, op.21

Grieg, Edvard

Piano Concerto in A minor, op.16

Liszt, Franz

Hungarian Fantasy for piano and orchestra, S123
Mephisto Waltz
Piano Concerto no.1 in E flat major, S124

Lully, Jean-Baptiste

Gavotte

Scarlatti, Domenico

Keyboard Sonata in D major, K96

Schumann, Robert

Waldszenen, op.82
» no.7 Vogel als Prophet

Artists

Claudio Arrau (piano)
Shura Cherkassky (piano)
Georges Cziffra (piano)
Emil Gilels (piano)
Julius Katchen (piano)
Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
New Philharmonia Orchestra
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Orchestre National de l’ORTF
BBC Symphony Orchestra

Conductors

Otto Klemperer
Christoph von Dohnanyi
Adrian Boult
Christopher Adey
Richard Hickox
Georges Tzipine
Andre Cluytens
Rudolf Kempe

About

ICA Classics are offering a fantastic bargain: five of the greatest pianists in legendary performances of Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Grieg, Liszt and Tchaikovsky concertos.

Claudio Arrau, Shura Cherkassky, Georges Cziffra, Emil Gilels and Julius Katchen were all considered iconic pianists of the 20th century. Here we have the intellectual Claudio Arrau, the poetry of Shura Cherkassky, the coruscating brilliance of Georges Cziffra, and the classical mastery of Emil Gilels and Julius Katchen combined in one box at a bargain price.

Contents:
ICAC 5045
Claudio Arrau
• CHOPIN: Concerto No.1 - Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester/Otto Klemperer
1954
• BEETHOVEN: Concerto No.4 - Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester/Christoph von Dohnanyi
1959
Mono ADD
Here is an absolute blinder from ICA Classics, featuring the great pianist Claudio Arrau... I have never heard the wondrous pianist so magisterial, so strong, firm and indisputably authoritative. He brings an entirely new perspective to the Chopin – sheer weight – and it really works. Arrau’s philosophical Beethoven Four is spellbinding...’ - Herald Scotland, December 2011

ICAC 5000
Emil Gilels
• BEETHOVEN Concertos Nos 1 & 3 - New Philharmonia/Adrian Boult
1967
Stereo
Elegance and enviable virtuosity in two concerto performances from 1967... For unalloyed dignity and composure, these performances are hard to equal.’ - Gramophone, May 2011

ICAC 5085
Shura Cherkassky
• CHOPIN Concerto No.1 - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Christopher Adey
• CHOPIN Concerto No.2 - BBC Symphony Orchestra/Richard Hickox
(1981 & 1983) (Stereo ADD)
This is vintage Cherkassky; playing to charm the birds out of the trees.’ Gramophone, March 2013

ICAC5079
Georges Cziffra
• GRIEG: Concerto
• LISZT Concerto No.1 / Hungarian Fantasy - Orchestre National de l’ORTF/Georges Tzipine/Andre Cluytens
• LULLY Gavotte
• SCARLATTI Sonata K.96
1959
Mono ADD
Both Cziffra and conductor Tzipine are here operating at white heat... the delicacy of his lyricism in the second movement is extraordinarily restrained, but then to hear the way he explodes in the last movement has the effect of a firecracker.’ - Fanfare, February 2013

ICAC5048
Julius Katchen
• BRAHMS Concerto No.1 - BBC Symphony Orchestra/Rudolf Kempe
1967
• CHOPIN Ballade No.3
• LISZT Mephisto Waltz
• SCHUMANN Prophet Bird
• ALBÉNIZ Triana
1958-65
Mono ADD
To hear Katchen live in this work with Rudolf Kempe and the BBCSO is a gripping experience. The combination of tempestuousness and repose in the first movement is superbly caught, and Katchen’s warm-hearted musicianship combined with his depth of tone and technical mastery make for an absorbing performance, superbly accompanied and preserved in good broadcast sound.’ - International Record Review – February 2012

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