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Vol 1 - Well Tempered Clavier Book 2 'Sharp Keys'
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composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750; performed by Katherine Roberts Perl (Katherine Roberts Perl, 2008), 40 mins
Bach's pure polyphony gets along grandly with Katherine Roberts Perl's improvisatory spark for a recording that is fresh and fluid, yet also skillfully precise. Many musicians are intimidated by the complex, cerebral nature of the fugues, but Perl's expressive gifts and masterful sense of timing mean that she took...
composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750; performed by Katherine Roberts Perl (Katherine Roberts Perl, 2008), 40 mins
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Vol 2 - Well Tempered Clavier Book 2 'Sharp Keys'
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composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750; performed by Katherine Roberts Perl (Katherine Roberts Perl, 2008), 50 mins
Bach's pure polyphony gets along grandly with Katherine Roberts Perl's improvisatory spark for a recording that is fresh and fluid, yet also skillfully precise. Many musicians are intimidated by the complex, cerebral nature of the fugues, but Perl's expressive gifts and masterful sense of timing mean that she took...
composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750; performed by Katherine Roberts Perl (Katherine Roberts Perl, 2008), 50 mins
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William Croft - Keyboard Music
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composed by William Croft, 1678-1727; performed by Colin Booth, fl. 1980 (Colin Booth, 2010), 1 hour 4 mins
Henry Purcell is perhaps England's greatest early music composer. A generation after Purcell came William Croft, whose early style shows the strong influence of his predecessors genius. Croft was wonderfully innovative in his own right, and achieved the same status in English musical life as Purcell had done. Crof...
composed by William Croft, 1678-1727; performed by Colin Booth, fl. 1980 (Colin Booth, 2010), 1 hour 4 mins
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Wolff,C., Vol.2: Chamber Works
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composed by Christian Wolff, 1934-; conducted by James Fulkerson; produced by James Fulkerson; performed by Frank Denyer, 1943-, The Barton Workshop (Mode Records), 1 hour 12 mins
This collection presents a wonderful overview of the variety and range in Christian Wolff's work from 1950 through 1987, from the most delicate of soundpieces, to gently humorous works, to powerfully moving political and humanist statements. There are excellent performances by The Barton Workshop with composer/tro...
composed by Christian Wolff, 1934-; conducted by James Fulkerson; produced by James Fulkerson; performed by Frank Denyer, 1943-, The Barton Workshop (Mode Records), 1 hour 12 mins
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Works for Cello & Orchestra
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composed by Antonín Dvořák, 1841-1904; conducted by Michael Helmrath; produced by Uwe Walter, fl. 1989; performed by Peter Bruns, 1963- and Kai Vogler, Staatskapelle Dresden (Hänssler Classic), 58 mins
composed by Antonín Dvořák, 1841-1904; conducted by Michael Helmrath; produced by Uwe Walter, fl. 1989; performed by Peter Bruns, 1963- and Kai Vogler, Staatskapelle Dresden (Hänssler Classic), 58 mins
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Xenakis: Music for Strings
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composed by Iannis Xenakis, 1922-2001; conducted by Johannes Kalitzke, 1959-; produced by Harry Vogt; performed by John Eckhardt, Ensemble Resonanz (Mode Records, 2005), 58 mins
In its outstanding Edition Iannis Xenakis, Mode presents coherent programs that put the composer's hard-to-categorize works in context and help make his fierce but fascinating music more intelligible to a growing legion of admirers. This is the sixth volume in the series, covering six compositions for various conf...
composed by Iannis Xenakis, 1922-2001; conducted by Johannes Kalitzke, 1959-; produced by Harry Vogt; performed by John Eckhardt, Ensemble Resonanz (Mode Records, 2005), 58 mins
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Xenakis: Works for Piano, Vol. 4
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composed by Iannis Xenakis, 1922-2001; conducted by Charles Peltz; performed by Aki Takahashi and Jane Peters, Society for New Music (Mode Records, 1999), 1 hour 1 mins
Known for drawing unusual sonorities from conventional instruments, Xenakis strangely left the piano's potential for novel sounds unexplored. In these works, Xenakis stays on the keyboard without so much as a plucked string or any use of gadgetry to alter the instrument's sound. Although that might make these piec...
composed by Iannis Xenakis, 1922-2001; conducted by Charles Peltz; performed by Aki Takahashi and Jane Peters, Society for New Music (Mode Records, 1999), 1 hour 1 mins
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Zirkus - Step Inside - Piano Music of Robert Schumann
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composed by Robert Schumann, 1810-1856; performed by Cary Chow (Cary Chow, 2008), 1 hour 10 mins
composed by Robert Schumann, 1810-1856; performed by Cary Chow (Cary Chow, 2008), 1 hour 10 mins
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