Schumann-Brahms Piano Quintets

Title: Schumann-Brahms Piano Quintets Composers: Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms Artist: Artemis Quartet with Leif Ove Andsnes, Piano Date: 2007 Style: Romantic Mood: Intense, pensive, joyous, happy-sad Good for: Getting in the mood to work/write I just love the coloring of these quintets. 2 violins, viola, cello, piano. Schumann and Brahms paint their music with rich chords [...]

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Tchaikovsky-Rachmaninov Piano Trios

Title: Tchaikovsky-Rachmaninov Piano Trios Composers: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergei Rachmaninov Performers: Lang Lang, piano; Vadim Repin, violin; Mischa Maisky, cello Three great performers, two great Russian composers, and two elegies. In this album, Lang Lang approaches chamber music for the first time with violinist Vadim Repin and cellist Mischa Maisky. I very much enjoyed this [...]

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Iberia, T.105, Book 1 and Book 2

Title: Iberia, T.105, Books 1 & 2 Composer: Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909) Artist: Yoram Ish-Hurwitz, piano Date: 2009 If you like Chopin and Debussy, you’ll probably like the Iberia suite by Isaac Albeniz. It’s sort of an impressionistic pianoscape of Spain at the turn of the 20th century, set in the land of flamencos and bullfighting, [...]

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The Collection 1, The Solo Recordings

Image by exquisitur via FlickrTitle: The Collection 1, The Solo Recordings Artist: Martha Argerich Date: 2009 So, how do you sum up the career of an artist? This collection of 8 CDs begins with Argerich’s career as a teen and concludes with recordings in her 40s. To truly get a feel for this set, I [...]

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