Lawrence Dillon, Violin Music
Artist: David Fung, piano; Danielle Belén, violin Lawrence Dillon, Violin Music DILLON, L.: Violin Sonata, “Motion” / 15 Minutes / Facade / Spring Passing / Bacchus Chaconne (Belen, David Fung, Hernandez, Muncy) Label Catalogue Number: 8.559644 Running Time: 61:15 Digital UPC: 0636943964422 Release Date: April 2011 Composer: Lawrence Dillon Solo piano: David Fung Solo viola: […]
Von Bulow 1/ Mark Anderson
Artists: Mark Anderson Recording details: Baron Hans Guido von Bülow (1839-1894) was a German conductor, virtuoso pianist, and composer of the Romantic era. One of the most famous conductors of the 19th century, his activity was critical for establishing the successes of several major composers of the time, especially Richard Wagner and Johannes Brahms. Alongside Carl Tausig, Bülow was perhaps the most prominent […]
Mussorgsky & Stravinsky: Music for Two Pianos
Artists: Mark Anderson and Tamariko Siprashvili Recording details: “These are very fine performances with plenty of virtuosity and a lovely burnished tone”— JAMES LEONARD, ALLMUSIC (ALLMUSIC.COM) Nimbus Records, 2004
Copland & Gershwin: An American Recital
Artists: Mark Anderson Recording details: “Mark Anderson brings a compelling grandeur and eloquent fervour to Copland’s imposing Sonata of 1939-41 (apparently Leonard Bernstein’s favourite work), achieving a splendid concentration and unforced gravitas in the riveting concluding Andante sostenuto in particular. …the sound is eminently truthful and the audience impeccably behaved (and, I should add, rightly […]
Brahms: Klavierstücke Op 118 & 119
Artists: Mark Anderson Recording details: “[Mark Anderson] creates a magical oasis of calm in the Op.118 No.2 and finds so much more than mere energy in the robust opening measures of the ‘Ballade ‘. His temperament is ideally suited to the elusive mix of romanticism and pre-impressionism in Op.119 No.1. Quite without cunning or artifice, his […]
Liszt: Rhapsodie Espagnole
Artists: Mark Anderson Recording details: “As his two previous Nimbus discs (3/95 and 7/95 – the latter including a fine performance of Liszt’s Dante Sonata) show, Mark Anderson is a most musicianly pianist. His communicative ardour understandably made him an audience favourite at the 1993 Leeds Piano Competition and here, in this richly diverse programme, he […]
Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3
Artists: Mark Anderson Recording details: “Mark Anderson here proves himself a musician-pianist to the manner born. From the powerful opening surge of the Brahms Sonata to the closing chord of the Schumann Toccata, his authority and pianistic command are never in doubt. A debut recital disc of impressive quality. Performance, Five Stars!” – Classic CD Nimbus […]
Brahms, Piano Concerto No.1, Dohnányi, Nursery Variations
Artists: Mark Anderson Recording details: “The American pianist Mark Anderson – winner of the third prize in the 1993 Leeds International Piano Competition – is the soloist. He gives a glittering performance of the Dohnányi, and a spontaneous one; he is superbly accompanied by Adám Fischer and the Hungarian State SO.” -Gramophone Nimbus Records, 2008