Live Recital No.2

On this CD:

1. Romance for violin & orchestra No. 2 in F major, Op. 50
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Donald Peck

2. Sonata for flute & piano in A major (arr. from "Sonata for violin & piano")
Composed by Cesar Franck
Performed by Donald Peck

3. Chansons de Bilitis, incidental music for narrator, 2 flutes, 2 harps & celesta, L. 96
Composed by Claude Debussy
Performed by Donald Peck

4. Syrinx, for solo flute, L. 129
Composed by Claude Debussy
Performed by Donald Peck

5. Sonata for Flute and piano
Composed by William Ferris
Performed by Donald Peck

Tracks:

Griselda: Per La Gloria D'adorarvi
In Questa Tomba Oscura, WoO 133
L'onesta Negli Amori: Gia Il Sole Dal Gange
Dolente Immagine Di Fille Mia
Malinconia, Ninfa Gentile
Vanne, O Rosa Fortunata
Bella Nice, Che D'amore
Ma Rendi Pur Contento
Tosca: Recondita Armonia
Tosca: E Lucevan Le Stelle
La Serenata
Non T'amo Piu!
Luna D'Estate
Malia
L'elisir D'amore: Una Furtiva Lagrima
Chanson De L'adieu
L'Ultima Canzone -

Customer Reviews:

Remarkable........2002-02-01

A great example of Luciano's control over his art. Tranquil, beautiful and wonderful. "Donlente immagine di Fille mia" is worth the price of the cd itself. Pavarotti at his best!

Although a few signs of wear, a very good buy. Get it!!.......2001-09-16

Luciano Pavarotti sings his occassional program of arias and songs. His singing is very good. He is 65 and - despite his hair dye - he looks it. So his days as a performer are clearly numbered now.

However the title is very misleading. It is not a live recital; it's MANY live recitals, as this album is a collection of about four or five different recitals. The voice is recorded very close to the speakers, as if he were trying to cover the movement from one place to another. it also is obvious that Leone Magiera (the acompanist) plays four or five different pianos, none of them really the highest quality.

Overall, a wonderful gift for a Pavarotti nut (if you can get through the piano playing). Go ahead and buy it now. You will make Amazon smile and - trust me - you will be smiling to. Is there no better recomandation then this?

The Golden Years Of Pavarotti.......2001-03-29

First I would like to say that I am very happy to see a solo release of NEW recordings from the great Pavarotti. I liked the program very much and I was glad to see him include songs that he had not previously commercially recorded. What gets me is that this Live Recital is not just one recital he recorded. This is a compilation of recorded songs and arias from four different recitals in four different years and four different opera houses ranging from 1997 to 2000. To me a true recital recording is one performance and speaks volumes on how an artist connects with his/her audience. But on the other hand the singing here is fantastic and those who want more new projects of Pavarotti (including me)won't be disappointed. This is a must for Pavarotti fans and tenor fans alike and please Maestroo Pavarotti, more new projects!!

Constantin Lifschitz: London Debut Recital Live

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Constantin Lifschitz: London Debut Recital Live

Manufacturer: Denon Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0000034VX
Release Date: 1996-10-01

Tracks:

Huitieme Ordre (From Second Livre de pieces de clavecin): La Raphaele
Huitieme Ordre (From Second Livre de pieces de clavecin): Allemande, L'Ausoniene
Huitieme Ordre (From Second Livre de pieces de clavecin): Courante
Huitieme Ordre (From Second Livre de pieces de clavecin): Deuxieme Courante
Huitieme Ordre (From Second Livre de pieces de clavecin): Sarabande I'Unique
Huitieme Ordre (From Second Livre de pieces de clavecin): Gavotte
Huitieme Ordre (From Second Livre de pieces de clavecin): Rondeau
Huitieme Ordre (From Second Livre de pieces de clavecin): Gigue
Huitieme Ordre (From Second Livre de pieces de clavecin): Passacaille
Huitieme Ordre (From Second Livre de pieces de clavecin): La Morinete
Variations On An Original Theme, Op.21 No.1
Variations On a Hungarian Song, Op.21 No.2
6 Preludes From Op.32: No.1 In C Major
6 Preludes From Op.32: No.2 In B-Flat Minor
6 Preludes From Op.32: No.5 In G Major
6 Preludes From Op.32: No.6 In F Minor
6 Preludes From Op.32: No.7 In F Major
6 Preludes From Op.32: No.13 In D-Flat Major

Shura Cherkassky Live: 80th Birthday Recital from Carnegie Hall, Vol. 2

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Shura Cherkassky Live: 80th Birthday Recital from Carnegie Hall, Vol. 2

Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000E4XS
Release Date: 1992-10-13

Customer Reviews:

OUT OF STEP.......2005-01-17

Two things I particularly like about Cherkassky. One is his very attractive touch, the other is that he does his own thing in terms of what he chooses to play, whatever the trends in critical fashion. This disc preserves for us the little man's 80th birthday recital at the Carnegie Hall in 1991, and is now available as one of Decca's Gramophone Awards Collection, having won the instrumental award in 1993.

With the passing of Horowitz and Cziffra a particular kind of virtuoso tradition had almost died out. Cherkassky represented an even older element in that tradition than Horowitz did. He was a pupil of Josef Hofmann and his playing recalls Hofmann's in some ways, although he has no lack of individuality of his own. The first piece in this recital that brings out his virtuosity to the full is actually by Hofmann, and being unaware of anything else of Hofmann's creative work I can't be sure how to understand its title `Kaleidoscope' nor how to place it in any kind of context. Cherkassky treats us to some delightful scintillating fingerwork in it, showing the characteristic cool clarity of touch that is his special hallmark. In fact that is apparent in every single work on this long programme, from which a few pieces have had to be dropped as exceeding the disc-capacity, although they are to be issued on a separate record. There is a certain amount of standard fare here - a nocturne by Chopin and his tarantella, Schumann's etudes symphoniques, and I suppose we can include the Bach/Busoni chaconne under the `standard' heading. I have that in another performance by Michelangeli, not widely known for outlandish choices in his recitals, and the contrast is delightful. There is a devil-may-care bit about Cherkassky, and it is pleasant to find it surviving through the new era of perfectionist super-virtuosi that Michelangeli, Lipatti and (on some days) Richter represented. There is also a short sonata by Ives, and in a more populist vein there is a paraphrase by Paul Pabst of themes from Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. Just in case anyone was finding the programme too uniform in style, Cherkassky ends with a boogie-woogie etude by Morton Gould.

There is a great sense of enjoyment about it all, although a fifth star in the rating would have needed a bit more evenness in the playing generally from my point of view. By that I don't mean more accuracy - wrong notes are very rare indeed, and I understand from the liner note that the allocation of time for retakes was not used and the recital as we have it here is exactly as Cherkassky gave it. The liner note itself is talkative and charming, and the recorded quality is perfectly good without being outstanding. There was room for a player like this in a generation that had decided to take a different direction.