Diabolique

Diabolique

Track Listings
1. Insane
2. MC Assault
3. Big Katz (featuring Sir Menelik)
4. Who Is Here???
5. Burn RMX
6. Diabolique
7. Kaos
8. Live & Let Die
9. Life Ain't the Same (featuring Sir Menelik and Mike L.)
10. Dip Dip Die!!!
11. Make Em Suffer
12. Connections
13. Pick Up the Mic
14. Voices
15. Y
16. No Competition (featuring Mike L and Scaramanga)
17. Properties of Steel
18. Y

Richter in Paris
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A Moron and a Genius
  • Priceless performances!
 Richter in Paris

Manufacturer: Vanguard Classics
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ASIN: B0002XL23O
Release Date: 2004-12-07

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A Moron and a Genius.......2007-07-01

There has to be one moron in the audience who never learned to stifle a cough, which is why I seldom buy oxymoronically live recordings. This is high enough recording quality and playing to be transporting, nonetheless. Thank you, Mr. Richter.
Jean-Yves Thibaudet ~ Debussy - complete piano works, vol. 1
The Magic of Satie

5 out of 5 stars Priceless performances!.......2007-04-12


This memorable recital testified once more the sublime interpretative grandness of this remarkable pianist. Gifted with an impressive musical versatility, Richter played without any sort of difficulty a repertoire so kaleidoscopic like this one.

I just heard about this extraordinary recital thanks to a pleasant musical meeting in the early seventies, being a teenager. But the febrile enthusiasm which our exception whiteness talked about that special recital was so ardent that aroused a natural curiosity.

Thanks to the digital technology, we have been able to enjoy those magic moments that cautiously was depicted by our unforgettable dilettante partner who, painfully left us ten years ago.

If he was with us he certainly would have evocated many others memories.
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1; Balakirev: Islamey
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    		Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1; Balakirev: Islamey

    Manufacturer: EMI Classics
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    ASIN: B000A2ESB0
    Release Date: 2005-11-22

    Tracks:

    1. I. Allegro Non Troppo E Molto Maestoso
    2. II. Andante Semplice
    3. III. Allegro Con Fuoco
    4. I. Allegro Brioso
    5. II. Andante Assai
    6. III. Allegro Scherzando
    7. Theme & Variations Op.19 No.6
    8. Islamey
    9. Suggestion Diabolique Op.4 No.4

    Album Description

    Russian piano music is presented and performed brilliantly here by Russian pianist ANDREI GAVRILOV on this compilation of EMI Classics recordings made in 1977 and 1979 at Abbey Road Studios in London. The Philharmonia Orchestra under the baton of Riccardo Muti and the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Simon Rattle play the first piano concertos of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Sergei Prokofiev with Gavrilov in the first part of the program with delightful intensity and fire. The main theme of the Tchaikovsky concerto is one of his most well known and has become quite famous even in pop culture. From the first notes played, most will recognize this very romantic and dramatic piece of music. Though lesser well know, Prokofiev's first piano concerto demonstrates Gavrilov's mastering of the instrument as the work immediately takes off into a flight of ecstasy from the very beginning that only the most accomplished pianists can realize. The program is! followed by 3 shorter in length solo piano pieces by Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Mily Balakirev. "Islamey" composed by Balakirev (referred to often as the founding father of the Russian composers) is often heard in its orchestral version but this solo piano recording offers the same fire and dancing spirit that many conductors conjure from the large orchestra.
    Black Sun Collection
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      Diabolique
      Manufacturer: Blackened Records
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      ASIN: B0007YH6OM
      Release Date: 2005-06-20

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      Album Description

      2 CD set featuring the albums Wedding The Grotesque and The Black Flower. Two top Goth/Metal albums re-mastered and re-repackaged on Blackend. 2005.

      Album Details

      Diabolique was Formed Out of the Ashes of Liers in Wait in Early ´95, When the Two Guitarists Kristian Wahlin and Johan Osterberg Got Together Writing Songs. The Band Name was Derived from the Classical French Horror Movie 'diabolique/Les Diaboliques' (1955). Needless to Say, in the Beginning Diabolique Primarily Drew their Influences from Horror Movie Soundtracks, but also from Bands Such as Black Sabbath, St Vitus, Neurosis, Swans, the Sisters of Mercy and Fields of the Nephilim.
      Prokofiev Plays Prokofiev
      Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
      • Historic Prokofiev!!!
      • Great, But Not "Definitive" Performances
      • Prokofiev is better a composer than a pianist
      • Definitive
      • The composer as performer
      		 Prokofiev Plays Prokofiev

      Manufacturer: Naxos
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      ASIN: B00005NUP1
      Release Date: 2001-10-16

      Tracks:

      1. Pno Con No.3 in C, Op.26: Andante - Allegro
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      Amazon.com

      With some trivial exceptions, mostly piano rolls, this disc compiles Prokofiev's complete recordings as a pianist. It's a pity there are so few of them, but we are fortunate to have any. The composer's brilliance in his own popular Third Piano Concerto has never been surpassed, not even by such contemporary virtuosi as Argerich and Toradze. The way he tosses off the showers of rushing chords just before the end of the last movement is a typical illustration of Prokofiev's amazing pianism. Even the sluggish playing of the LSO under the direction of Coppola, a company hack from French EMI, doesn't diminish the value or the thrills of this performance. The selection of piano music, brief as it is, reveals the contrasting facets of Prokofiev's style, and his playing reflects moods from the sarcastic brilliance of Suggestion diabolique to the touching poignance of the slow movement from the Fourth Piano Sonata. Superbly transferred by Mark Obert-Thorn, this listenable and compelling disc is a model of what historical reissues should be in both content and presentation. --Leslie Gerber

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Historic Prokofiev!!!.......2005-08-06

      "Prokofiev Plays Prokofiev" on the Naxos label collects all of the recordings made by the great Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev onto one disc. Unlike Rachmaninoff who made many recordings of his own works as well as works by other composers, Prokofiev made very few recordings. Because of this, the "Prokofiev Plays Prokofiev" disc offers a rare glimpse into the composer's talents as a pianist/performer.
      Included on this disc is a one-of-a-kind performance of Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto recorded in 1932 at the famed Abbey Road Studios (this is exactly 30 years before the Beatles made Abbey Road a household name). On this recording, Prokofiev shows off his effortless chops as a pianist while the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Piero Coppola provides a strong backdrop to the composer's up-front-and-center piano.
      Filling out the disc are solo piano recordings made by Prokofiev in Paris in 1935. Here, he gives authentic renditions of his "Suggestion Diabolique" as well as stellar excerpts from his 20-part "Visions Fugitives", the Gavotte movement from his famous "Classical Symphony" (Symphony No.1), the closing movement of his Fourth Piano Sonata and other shorter piano pieces.
      Getting to hear Prokofiev play his own music brings a definitve sense of authenticity to the music. You get to hear the composer perform the music as they originally intended it to be executed. While he is not as powerful of a pianist as Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev does display a dynamic and flawless technique on these historic recordings. The audio restoration and digital remastering is amazing bringing clarity and depth to the original recordings without much surface noise or imperfections that are common with old 78 RPM records. The enclosed liner notes while somewhat brief, offering an excellent insight not only to the music but to the actual recordings themselves.
      With this said, "Prokofiev Plays Prokofiev" is definitely a must-have for the die-hard Prokofiev fan. It's a genuine treat to hear the genius at work and with its price tag of under eight dollars, this disc is an absolute steal.

      4 out of 5 stars Great, But Not "Definitive" Performances.......2005-06-25

      There is certainly a range of opinions among the reviewers here as to the merits of these composer-played performances. So here are a few dissenting remarks of my own. I have to take issue with Amazon editorialist Leslie Gerber's characterization of Piero Coppola as a "hack" conductor. In addition to his work here in Prokofiev's 3rd Piano Concerto, Coppola left many very distinguished 78 rpm recordings: one of the earliest and best accounts of Bizet's "Carmen," a great reading of the Saint-Saens Organ Symphony, and many pathbreaking accounts of Debussy, Ravel, Roussel, etc.

      As the typically well-written and informative review here by Hank Drake indicates, Piero Coppola was also grandfather of the famed film director Francis Ford Coppola. It's interesting to note that the latter's "Godfather" films are essentially grand operas of pride and revenge (especially III, where the climactic final scenes are actually set in an opera house during a performance of Mascagni's similarly-themed "Cavalleria Rusticana"). Piero's son Carmine Coppola was a film composer (e.g., a small part of the otherwise Rota-composed Godfather films, and a very Satie-esque, Gymnopedie-like film score for "The Black Stallion"). It's also worth noting that the Prokofiev 3rd can be heard as a prize-winning peformance in the delightful film "The Competition," starring Richard Dreyfuss and Amy Irving (the Prokofiev excerpts heard in the film were played by pianist Daniel Pollack).

      I'm afraid I can't agree with Mr. Drake's characterization of this 3rd Concerto's performance as "definitive." There are just too many equally valid ways to perform a great work, none of which should be called the "one and only." Even when I feel that a reading is as close to definitive as possible (say, Richter's recording of the Prokofiev 5th Concerto), I am more inclined to say "best I've heard" or "finest known to me" or something along those lines, simply because I haven't heard them ALL.

      The 3rd Piano Concerto has had no shortage of fine recordings. In fact, I was amazed to discover that the Philips CD series "Great Pianists of the 20th Century" contains no fewer than FIVE of them: Argerich, Gavrilov, Janis, Kapell and Katchen. Of those, I prefer the Kapell (with Dorati; Kapell also left a great "live" recording with Stokowski on M&A, but the sound is poor). Yes, I think this Prokofiev/Coppola account is a GREAT one, and I am happy to own it along with those two by William Kapell, the quirky version by Samson Francois (with Andre Cluytens on EMI), the fine collaboration of Alexander Uninsky with Willem von Otterloo (Epic LP), and a brilliant "live" account from Nikita Magaloff with conductor Lovro von Matacic (Disques Montaigne).

      Prokofiev is especially remarkable here in the short solo pieces like "Visions fugitives," and his accounts are among my very favorites, along with those by Richter, Neuhaus and Katz.

      Incidentally, Prokofiev also made a 1938 recording, this time as a CONDUCTOR, of badly-played selections from his own "Romeo & Juliet" with the Moscow Philharmonic (available on a Parnassus CD). Judging from that evidence, I won't hesitate to say that Prokofiev was DEFINITELY better as a composer/pianist than he was as a composer/conductor!

      Is this Prokofiev 3rd Concerto a "definitive" recording? No, I don't believe there is such a thing. Is it a VERY GREAT recording that's a "must-hear?" Absolutely!

      Highly recommended.

      Jeff Lipscomb

      4 out of 5 stars Prokofiev is better a composer than a pianist.......2004-11-03

      I have to disagree with the editorial comment regarding to Prokofiev's playing of the 3rd Concerto is unsurpassed by Argerich. I don't know if Prokofiev was not playing at his best in this recording, but it sounds like he didn't have much control over his 3rd Concerto. In some virtuostic parts of the concerto, he slowed down tremendously, and that actually killed the continuity of the piece. Other times, he speeded up like crazy. I can sense that the orchestra had a hard time keeping up with him. I don't know if it's the recording, but the orchestra sounded very passive. In some critical parts where the woodwind is suppose to stand, you can't hear much.
      If you want to listen to excellent performances of this concerto, listen to Argerich (Abbado conducting Berlin Philharmonic)or Ashkenazy. The best performance I found is played by John Browning (Erich Leinsdorf conducting Boston Symphony), which I definately recommend (that is, if you can find one! The one I found is in LP!)The way Browning played is absolutely amazing. His control of the piece and the rhythm is unbelievable.
      Nevertheless, it is still nice to listen to composers performing their own works. I mean in many cases, they are not good at their own music because some music they wrote are beyond their ability. If you are a Prokofiev fan, I would recommend this CD to you. After you listen to it, you'll understand why Rachmaninoff is better known as a pianist than Prokofiev!

      5 out of 5 stars Definitive.......2002-12-09

      The line of great composer-pianists began with Mozart, included Beethoven and Chopin, and ended with Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev. We are fortunate indeed that these last two left behind recordings of their own works. This CD brings together Prokofiev's complete recordings.

      The composer recorded his most popular Piano Concerto, the Third in 1932. The performance, despite dated sound, remains extraordinary. Despite his reputation as a percussive pianist, Prokofiev brings more color and attention to phrasing here than most pianists would today. He was obviously an extraordinary technician, despite a few very minor finger slips. Contrary to the comments of the Amazon reviewer, Piero Coppola was no company hack. He was a respected conductor who specialized in opera and concertos, rather like Alfred Wallenstein and Josef Krips, who were Arthur Rubinstein's chosen accompanists two decades later. (He was also the grandfather of renowned filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola.) Considering that tape editing was not yet possible, and that Prokofiev's Third Concerto was not exactly the repertoire staple it is today, the London Symphony Orchestra provides a satisfactory accompaniment. Purists might quibble with the liberal use of string portamento, but the composer--who was not known for his tact--evidently had no objection.

      The solo works (particularly Suggestion diabolique) demonstrate Prokofiev's exuberance, command of tone color, and ability to shift gears, pianistically.

      Mark Obert-Thorn has done an excellent job restoring the original 78-RPM recordings. The sound is full and not overly filtered. This CD is not to be missed.

      5 out of 5 stars The composer as performer.......2002-10-11

      This is an excellent issue, enabling us to hear Prokoviev's own take on his music. He combines both dynamic excitement with lyricism, and the effect is at once powerful and relaxed. Excellent transfers. Once again a real winner for Naxos ...
      Diabolique Royale
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        Manufacturer: Redeye Distribution
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        Release Date: 2006-07-25

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        Steinway to Heaven
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • Proghead's Dream CD
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        • If You Are Into Piano ....
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        		 Steinway to Heaven

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        ASIN: B000003ZBC
        Release Date: 1996-10-08

        Tracks:

        1. Dance Creole - Kieth Emerson
        2. Pathetique - Rick Wakeman
        3. Revolutionary Etude - Jordan Rudess
        4. Prelude in E Minor - Chuck Leavell
        5. Variations On Paganini - Chris Ingles
        6. Moonlight Sonata - David Bryan
        7. Military Polonaise - Patrick Moraz
        8. Pavane Op. 50 - Brian Auger
        9. Sonnetto 104 Del Petrarca - Mark Robertson
        10. Suggestion Diabolique - Tony Hymas
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        12. Pavane For A Dead Princess - Steve Porcaro

        Album Description

        Well known and well respected rock keyboardists performing classical pieces is a multi-level challenge. It is of course a challenge to the players themselves to step beyond the commercially-imposed boundaries of their careers to produce a piece which will live forever in some recorded medium. It is a challenge to a record company which is counting on the talent of the artists to appeal to buyers as well as the loyalty and enthusiasm of the music lover to buy the recording once it goes into the marketplace.

        But the challenge goes further. It goes out to the music consumer to stretch his/her own expectations of the artists as well as to step outside the comfort zone of the stylistic setting to which they have become accustomed. If you are a fan of a particular artist or artists on this CD, you will probably be hearing them in a musically unfamiliar context. If you are first and foremost a fan of classical music, you will be listening to artists who may not be familiar to you. New interpretations on familiar themes, new techniques applied to classic compositions. Everyone involved had to stretch. Stretching is good.

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Proghead's Dream CD.......2002-03-14

        What could a Proghead want more than this? Emerson, Wakeman, Moraz together again for the first time.

        The idea for this album is a good one. All those classical chops put to waste on rock albums can now show the deftness, taste, and ability to recreate Western Art classics. Some play it straight; Wakeman practically phones in his piece, others lay their hearts on the line: Patrick Moraz's reading of Chopin is world-class. The highlight of the album might be Brian Auger's jazzy rendition of Faure's Pavanne Op. 50.

        4 out of 5 stars Each piece is a labor of devotion.......2001-08-25

        I purchased this cd to hear Chuck Leavell's contribution and while his is quite good, you have got to hear Brian Augur's interpretation of a Faure composition. It's absolutely heart rendering! Patrick Moraz sounds great and Rick Wakeman delivers a stunning, surprisingly quiet and sensitive Beethoven contribution. I agree with a previous reviewer below that Keith Emerson sounds "exactly as you'd expect him to." The short biographies of the 12 contributors are excellent and impressive and the short contributor-penned project notes about why each selected the pieces is fascinating -- especially Moraz'. the biggest surprise to me is how can David Bryan play so wonderfully here and remain fulfilled professionally in Bon Jovi. The money, women or both must be fabulous.

        5 out of 5 stars If You Are Into Piano ...........2000-08-19

        If you are into piano (and why else would you be here?), you should own this CD. The performances range from the expected (Emerson plays the way you would expect Emerson to play) to the unexpected. Wakeman and Jordan Rudess take a serious (and well done) approach whereas Chuck Leavell (Rolling Stones,Eric Clapton ..) takes more "liberties". Chis Ingles' and David Bryan's classical training make them well suited for this collection. Heck, they are all great! Every time I listen to the CD I find something else to like about it (ok, so I'm a little late discovering this one)....

        5 out of 5 stars A MUST HAVE.......1999-08-28

        THE QUALITY OF THE SOUND OF THE PIANOS REFLECTS THE QUALITY OF THE MUSICIANS. IT'S ALWAYS AN EFFORT TO LISTEN TO PIANO MUSIC BECAUSE THE RECORDINGS ARE SO POOR. THIS STANDS OUT. THE SOUND IS BRIGHT AND TRUTHFUL. BEAUTIFUL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE MASTERS BY MASTERS( OF COURSE........WE ALL KNEW THEY WERE!). A MUST FOR PIANO LOVERS.
        The Historic Recordings
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • SHURA CHERKASSKY - more 1940s delights resurrected!
        		 The Historic Recordings

        Manufacturer: Ivory Classics
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B00005B196
        Release Date: 2001-04-17

        Amazon.com

        Few, if any, historic releases are as charming as Ivory Classics' Shura Cherkassky--The Historic 1940s Recordings. For Cherkassky--as for his teacher, Josef Hofmann--music was a vehicle for self-expression. Stories about Cherkassky's personal eccentricities are the stuff of legend, but he was not so much an eccentric pianist as an individualistic one. Unlike individualists of our own day, who seem to play "differently" simply to provoke and who merely sound quirky, the miracle about Cherkassky is that he usually sounded natural. You'll surely never hear a Brahms F Minor Sonata more original than the one reissued here. In the finale, the pianist discovers inner voices whose existence would have astonished Brahms himself. But despite the pianist's interest in luscious tone, polyphonic texture, and details within individual phrases, he never loses grasp of the overall shape of the work. Much of the rest of what's contained in these two discs is simply magical. In short, familiar pieces by Chopin and Liszt and, particularly, in lesser-known works by Medtner, Rebikov, Chaminade, and Scriabin, Cherkassky's pianism evokes the elegance and melancholy of a vanished era. --Stephen Wigler

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars SHURA CHERKASSKY - more 1940s delights resurrected!.......2001-05-19

        This excellent duo of CDs contains the same collection of early Vox and Swedish Cupol label recordings as on Pearl's `Piano Masters' series that Cherkassky made in 1946 and 1949. {see my review}. In addition to these rare and wonderful bonbons by Khachaturian, Shostakovitch, Liadov, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Rebikov, Glinka,Scriabin and Medtner etc., Ivory Classics also gives us the HMV historic 1940s recordings. Disc 1 begins with Saints-Saëns `Prelude and Fugue in F minor' in which the repeated chords of the Prelude shimmer delightfully at all dynamic levels from pianissimo through to fortissimo and the following Fugue sweeps along energetically with some brilliant octave playing. Cherkassky's Brahm's Sonata in F minor {a Vox recording} is also full of youthful passion, exuberance and grandeur. The Liszt `Liebesträume'{Electrola } is played with Cherkassky's full-throated cantabile and the HMV Chopin selection consists of: two Mazurkas, performed with a delightful feeling for their rhythmical dance origins - the second Impromptu in F sharp major played with Cherkassky's ravishing singing tone; the right hand scale passages fairly sparkle, as do those in the famous `Fantasie - Impromptu; Chopin's great Fantasie in F minor and two Etudes Op.10 {No: 12 & 4} which end disc 2 are brilliantly executed. Some critics have found Cherkassky's playing to be either `wilful' or `mannered'. On the contrary, these 1940s recordings are full of character and imagination - a quality that is in short supply these days! So do you purchase this Ivory Classics two CD set or the Pearl single CD? If you can afford it - buy both. The Pearl has a `live' recording of the second and third movts of Tchaikovsky's second piano concerto with Stokowski and the Hollywood Bowl SO . The Ivory Classics transfers are very good and their booklet is exemplary. Not only does it give detailed biographical notes of Cherkassky and all the composers featured but it also includes a fascinating selection of very rare photos of the great pianist as a boy and also at the time these recordings were made. I particularly like the photos taken of Cherkassky seated at the keyboard in his Hollywood home and one taken of him as a 13 year old wearing knee length boots and a large flat cap! An absolutely delightful tribute to a unique artist.
        Moiseiwitsch Plays Rachmaninov, Medtner, Kabalevsky, Khachaturian
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • The Elegant Moiseiwitsch in an All-Russian Program
        		 Moiseiwitsch Plays Rachmaninov, Medtner, Kabalevsky, Khachaturian

        Manufacturer: Naxos
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B0000AE7AL
        Release Date: 2003-10-21

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars The Elegant Moiseiwitsch in an All-Russian Program.......2003-11-13

        Benno Moiseiwitsch (1890-1963) was a Russian pianist of the old school, but with a difference. Where others of that group played with brilliance and éclat, his calling cards were a plush tone and an elegantly poetic approach. He never made an ugly sound. Although his playing sometimes lacked the last ounce of forward impetus, it never lacked for sheer tonal beauty. Even warhorses like Rachmaninov's ever-popular 'Prélude in C Sharp Minor,' presented here, is different from others in that it is musing, lyrical rather than heaven-storming. And perhaps the better for it. Six of Rachmaninov's Préludes are included as well as the fourth Moment Musical and Rachmaninov's own transcription of his song, 'Lilacs,' the latter particularly beautifully played here.

        Moiseiwitsch championed the compositions of his friend, Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951), even though his works were not particularly popular. Of Medtner, Rachmaninov said, in 1921, 'I repeat what I said to you back in Russia: you are, in my opinion, the greatest composer of our time.' Included here are the Sonata in G Minor, Op. 22, the third of his hyper-romantic sonatas, and two of the so-called 'Fairy Tales.' They are played with dramatic sweep that also highlights their formal coherence. Medtner was often called 'the Russian Brahms,' and although his music sounds nothing like the classicist Brahms, it does have more clear formal design than that of some of his compatriots. Modern recordings of the pieces of Medtner by pianists like Hamelin, Demidenko and Tozer have little more to offer besides their more modern sound.

        One nice touch: there is a lively piano duet of Medtner's 'Round Dance, Op. 58, No. 1' recorded in 1946 with Medtner himself as the second pianist.

        Rounding out the disc are Kabalevsky's Sonata No. 3, reminiscent of Prokofiev in his mildly sardonic mood, as well as Prokofiev's own 'Suggestion diabolique, Op. 4, No. 4.' Then a bang-up version of Khachaturian's 'Toccata in B Minor.' The final piece, ending the disc in a blaze of glory, is Oscar Levant's piano version of Khachaturian's once-omnipresent 'Sabre Dance.' Yes!

        As we've come to expect, the transfer from mostly 1940s recordings, done by one of the Naxos Transfer Twins--Ward Marston and Mark Obert-Thorn; in this case, Marston--is simply first-rate.

        Recommended.

        TT=79:21

        Scott Morrison
        Prokofiev plays Prokofiev
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • Wonderful
        • A Fascinating Historical Document!
        • How could this not be excellent?
        		 Prokofiev plays Prokofiev

        Manufacturer: Pearl
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
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        ASIN: B000000WVV
        Release Date: 1993-01-04

        Tracks:

        1. Piano Concerto No. 3 In C Major, Op. 26: I Andante - Allegro
        2. Piano Concerto No. 3 In C Major, Op. 26: II Theme (Andantino) And Variations 1-5
        3. Piano Concerto No. 3 In C Major, Op. 26: III Allegro ma non troppo
        4. Solo Piano Works - Visions Fugitives, Op. 22: No. 9
        5. Solo Piano Works - Visions Fugitives, Op. 22: No. 3
        6. Solo Piano Works - Visions Fugitives, Op. 22: No. 17
        7. Solo Piano Works - Visions Fugitives, Op. 22: No. 18
        8. Solo Piano Works - Visions Fugitives, Op. 22: No. 11
        9. Solo Piano Works - Visions Fugitives, Op. 22: No. 10
        10. Solo Piano Works - Visions Fugitives, Op. 22: No. 16
        11. Solo Piano Works - Visions Fugitives, Op. 22: No. 6
        12. Solo Piano Works - Visions Fugitives, Op. 22: No. 5
        13. Suggestion Diabolique, Op. 4 No. 4
        14. Conte de la Vieille Grand'mere, Op. 31, No. 2
        15. Sonatine Pastorale, Op. 59, No. 3
        16. Conte de la Vieille Grad'mere, Op. 31, No. 3
        17. Gavotte (From The Classical Symphony) Op. 25, No. 2
        18. Etude, Op. 52, No. 3
        19. Paysage, Op. 59, No.2
        20. Andante (From Sonata No. 4 In C Minor, Op. 29)
        21. Gavotte, Op. 32, No. 3

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Wonderful.......2001-07-11

        It sounds like an old vynil but what matters? I'm not competent about classical music but I like Prokofiev most of all. Before I knew the Ashkenazy/Previn and Argerich/Abbado recordings of the 3rd Piano Concert and I loved both. Now I can't listen to them!,especially to the Ashkenazy. This Prokofiev/Coppola recording brought me back to a sort of virginity! It speaks simply and directly, more than ever. Usually my listening of 20th century classical music isn't effortless but in this case it is. I'm a child enchanted by the mystery of a fairy tale. And what a wonderful narrator! It is played faster than other recordings,essentially, without ornaments ,calmly but with strenght. It seems so easily played and it captures you so easily!
        Mark Arnest makes available competent and detailed explanations about Prokofiev piano technique on this CD: < >. His art remains a mistery to me but this recording (including the Piano solo works) tells more about Prokofiev than everything you can read. Egocentric in life? I don't know and I don't care ,but so humble before Great Music. At each listening my admiration for the man raises and my gratefullness too. This CD is the favourite of my collection. There is another CD that contains the same recording of the 3rd coupled with the Prokofiev 5 symphony directed by koussevitzky. It' a Dutton release but it has been remastered and for me it wasn't a good idea. The noise has been massively reduced but the sound is not so voluptuous. So this Pearl realease is best choice.

        5 out of 5 stars A Fascinating Historical Document!.......2000-04-25

        This recording can proudly take its place beside the work of perhaps the most recorded of the composer-pianists, Sergei Rachmaninov. Prokofiev on this single, not-too-well-known disc comes to life as a formidable virtuoso pianist with a bold, satirical (and at times dangerous) sense of humor, and with simply red-hot musical ideas. This has me wondering why performances of such sweep and scope are so seldom heard. The big work on the disc, the 3rd Piano Concerto, was recorded in 1929 when the composer's pianistic command was in top form. The recorded sound, while old, is surprisingly clear considering, for example, some acoustic examples of Horowitz from about the same time. The sound of the orchestra and piano is superbly balanced and the microphones do not seem to get "overwhelmed" by sound. In addition, the warm acoustic ambience of the hall manages to shine through as well. The performances on this disc struck me as surprisingly clear in structure, with fresh tempos and startling accents. Such excitement cannot be missed. Prokofiev keeps an interesting pulse which dictates that the orchestra members keep strict meter, while he takes slight rubato where needed. The effect is marvelous. The recording, which should not be confused with a misleading portrait disc of piano roll recordings on Laserlight, includes great liner notes, and a photo of the composer on the cover. Numerous solo works recorded 1931 fill out the disc, showing a surprinsingly finished pianist with plenty of idiomatic command and panache. Try his witty character pieces "Visions Fugitives" Op.22 or his broodingly lyrical "Stories of the Old Grandmother." While at full-price, these recordings provide an essential insight into a most original personality and artist of the 20th century. Enjoy!

        5 out of 5 stars How could this not be excellent?.......1999-12-27

        After hearing this, all other interpretations of these pieces (with the possible exception of Richter's) become nothing but mockeries. Of course, the age of these recordings (they were made in the early 1930's) is a negative factor, but one that is far outweighed by the fact that these are authentic, electric (in contrast to the horrible piano roll recordings now available on Laserlight) recordings. Note: The exact same recordings, with weird orthography and uneducational liner notes, can be purchased for less than $ on the Italian label Magic Talent. At any price, however, this should be a compulsory addition to a Prokofiev collection.
        Benno Moiseiwitsch
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • One of the Greatest Romantic Pianists
        		 Benno Moiseiwitsch

        Manufacturer: Philips
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B00000IIYH
        Release Date: 1999-04-13

        Tracks:

        1. Barcarolle In F Sharp, Op. 60
        2. Nocturne In E, Op. 62 No. 2
        3. Ballade No. 4 In F Minor, Op. 52
        4. Ballade No. 3 In A Flat, Op. 47
        5. Fantaisie-Impromptu In C Sharp Minor, Op. 66
        6. Scherzo No. 4 In E, Op. 54
        7. Nocturne In G, Op. 37 No. 2
        8. Scherzo No. 2 In B Flat Minor, Op. 31
        9. Scherzo (from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream')
        10. Etude de Concert No. 2 In F Minor 'La leggierezza'

        Tracks:

        1. Piano Sonata No. 3 in F, Op. 46: 1.Allegro con moto
        2. Piano Sonata No. 3 in F, Op. 46: 2.Andante cantabile
        3. Piano Sonata No. 3 in F, Op. 46: 3.Allegro giocoso
        4. Suggestion diabolique, Op. 4 No. 4
        5. Piano Sonata in G min, Op. 22: 1.Tenebroso, sempre affrettando
        6. Piano Sonata in G min, Op. 22: 2.Andante lugubre
        7. Piano Sonata in G min, Op. 22: 3.Allegro assai
        8. Moment Musical In E Min, Op. 16 No. 4
        9. Prelude In G, Op. 32 No. 5
        10. Piano Concerto No. 2 In C Minor, Op. 18: 1.Moderato
        11. Piano Concerto No. 2 In C Minor, Op. 18: 2.Adagio sostenuto
        12. Piano Concerto No. 2 In C Minor, Op. 18: 3.Allegro scherzando

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars One of the Greatest Romantic Pianists.......2000-08-06

        The decision by Phillips to give only one volume of the Great Pianists of the 20th Century series to Benno Moiseiwitsch, while giving three volumes to the likes of Alfred Brendel is one of the great blunders of our time. Nearly forgotten in today's digital age, Benno Moiseiwitsch was a close friend of Rachmaninoff and other composers of the era.

        This 2-CD set reveals some of the characteristics that made him one of the most beloved pianists in Europe during the first six decades of the 20th Century: lovely, unpercussive tone; technique which is solid without being showy; the ability to mould a phrase (almost a lost art these days); and an innate musicality.

        Every piece on this set demonstrated the above attributes. Of particular interest are the fiendishly difficult Mendelssohn/Rachmaninoff Scherzo from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (recorded in one take!); the Liszt "La leggierezza" which features Moiseiwitsch's own ending; and the most elegant account of Rachmaninoff's Second Concerto this listener has ever heard.

        This is a must for all who love great piano playing.

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