Dafydd y garrey wen (David of the White
Rock): Bring me my harp, was David’s sad sigh, I would play one
more tune before I die. Op. 70, No. 21
25. Joseph Haydn:
Die Jahreszeiten, Hob. XXI:3, Der Winter:
Ein Mädchen,das auf Ehre hielt, liebt’ einst ein Edelman. Op.
70, No. 23
26. Traditional:
Fenesta vascia, Canzone Napoletana : Fenesta
vascia e padrona crudele. Op. 70, No. 24
First Publication: 1853 – Paris: Heugel
Total playing time: CD 1, 67:07 CD 2, 53:01
Price: $13.50
Cembal
d'amour, CD 175 Mindru Katz, Piano
Mindru Katz Plays Beethoven and Brahms, Vol. 1
Scintillating and towering performances of two great master
works of the piano repertoire.
BEETHOVEN:Sonata in C Major, Op. 2, No. 3 (1795) (Recorded live: 20 April, 1971)
BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15 (1858)
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Josef Krips, Conductor (Recorded live: 8 July, 1964)
Total playing time: 76:55
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 150 Bidú Sayão, Lyric Soprano
Hommage
à BIDÚ SAYÃO Vol. 3
MOZART:
The duet “Lá ci darem la mano” (Give Me Thy Hand)
From the opera Don Giovanni. With Giuseppe Valdengo,
Baritone (2/26/1951) VERDI: The duet “Tutte le feste al tempio”
(On the blessed days)
from the opera Rigoletto. With Giuseppe Valdengo,
Baritone (2/26/1951) VERDI: “Addio del passato” (Farewell past)
from La Traviata (10/31/1949)
PUCCINI: “Un bel di, vedremo” (One good day, we will see) from
the opera Madama Butterfly (11/17/1952) THOMAS: “Connais-tu le pays” (Do You Know the
Land) from the opera Mignon (6/1/1953) CHOPIN: “Tristesse” (Sadness) Arrangement by
Marx of the Etude in E Major, Op. 10, No. 3
((6/7/1954) CHOPIN: “Volla Farfalletta” (Little
Butterfly) Arrangement by Sandoval of the Etude in G-flat
Major, Op. 25, No. 9 (4/20/1946) HAHN: “Si mes vers avaient des ailes” (If My
Songs Had Wings) (5/23/1949) FRENCH TRADITIONAL: “Maman, dites moi”
(Mother, Please Explain) (Arrangement by Weckerlin) (6/1/1953) FONTENAILLES: “Obstination” (Steadfast)
(3/24/1952) MARX: “Senhorinha Brasiliera” (A Brazilian
Lady) (3/24/1952) VILLA-LOBOS: Selections from the “Forest of
the Amazon” (1957)
“Cair da Tarde” (Twilight Song)
“Veleiros” (Sails)
“Tarde Azul” (Blue Dusk)
“Os Indios á Procura del Moç” (Indians in Search of a Girl)
“Canção de Amor” (Love Song) LONGAS: “El Piropo” (The Amorous Compliment)
(1/3/1948) SANDOVAL: “Mi Ranchito” (My Little Ranch)
(6/1/1953) SANDOVAL: “Eres tú” (You are) (9/17/1951) OBRADORS: “Del Cabello Más Sutil” (Of the
Softest Hair) (4/20/1946) BRAGA: Engenho Novo (The New Engine)
(6/7/1954) SALTA: “Till the Sandman Comes” (6/1/1953) YOUNG: “Mountain Girl’s Lament” (1/2/1948) BLAND: “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny”
(5/23/1949) LEHÁR: “I Love You So” from the operetta “The
Merry Widow” (6/7/1954)
Total Playing Time: 64:46
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 149 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Mordecai Shehori Plays
Bach-Busoni
Only the second recording ever on one CD of
the complete Ten Chorale Preludes by J.S. Bach as arranged by
Busoni for piano together with the celebrated Chaconne in D
Minor and the mighty Toccata in C Major.
Johann Sebastian Bach- Ferruccio
Busoni Ten Chorale-Preludes
After the original organ works by J. S. Bach “transcribed for
piano in chamber style” 1907-09. Dedicated to Mr. Jose Vianna da
Motta
1. “Komm, Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist”
(Come, God Creator)(BWV 667,
ca. 1708-17) 2. “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme” (Awake, the Voice commands)
(BWV 645, from the cantata BWV 140,
ca. 1731) 3. “Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland”
(Now comes the gentiles’ Savior)(BWV 659,
ca. 1708-17) 4. “Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein” (Rejoice,
beloved Christians)
(BWV 734a, ca.
1708-17) 5. “Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ” (I call on Thee,
Lord Jesus Christ)
(BWV 639, from Das Orgelbüchlein,
Part III, 1713-17) 6. “Herr Gott, nun schleuß den Himmel auf”
(Lord God, now open heaven’s gate)(BWV 617, from Das
Orgelbüchlein, Part III, 1713-17) 7. “Durch Adam Fall ist ganz verderbt”
(All is lost through Adam’s fall) (First version) (BWV 637,
from Das Orgelbüchlein, Part III, 1713-17) 8. “Durch Adam Fall ist ganz verderbt”
(All is lost through Adam’s fall)
(Second version)(BWV 705) 9. “In dir ist Freude” (In You is joy)
(BWV 615, from Das Orgelbüchlein, Part III,
1713-17) 10. “Jesus Christus, unser Heiland” (Jesus Christ, Our
Savior) (BWV 665,
ca. 1798-9)
11. Chaconne in D Minor (From the
second violin partita, BWV 1004) Organ Toccata in C Major (BWV 564) 12. Preludio, quasi
improvvisando 13. Intermezzo, adagio- il soprano con intimo e sempre
cantando 14. Fuga, Moderatamente scherzando, un poco
umoristico
Total Playing Time: 64:46
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 151 David Nadien, Violin
With: RUGGIERO RICCI, VIOLIN (tracks 10-13)
DAVID HANCOCK, PIANO (tracks 1-8)
ABBA BOGIN, PIANO (track 9)
Destined to become a collectors’ sought after
recording, the legendary violinist David Nadien in the long
out-of print and never available before on CD studio recordings
as well as a live recording of the Rachmaninoff-Heifetz
“Daises” together with an historically significant
collaboration with the great violinist Ruggiero Ricci in the
Porkofieff Sonata for two violins.
CÉSAR FRANCK: Sonata for Piano and Violin in A
Major
Dedicated to Eugène Ysaye
(Recorded 1968, New York)
CLAUDE DEBUSSY: Sonata for Violin and Piano
(Recorded 1968, New York)
GABRIEL FAURÉ: Berceuse
(Recorded 1968, New York)
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF: Daisies
(Transcription by Jascha Heifetz)
(Recorded live 1970, Mohawk Trails, MA)
SERGEI PROKOFIEFF: Sonata for Two Violins, Op.
56
(Recorded 1970, New York)
Total playing time: 54:51
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 155 Shura Cherkassky, Piano
Never-before-available live
recordings of Rachmaninoff Concertos No. 2 & 3.
Arguably the finest renditions of these works and certainly the
most technically brilliant, transparent and imaginative
interpretations even when compared to famed Horowitz and
Rachmaninoff discs.
Until is passing in 1995, Shura Cherkassky was Considered as the
last representative of the Golden Age of the Piano. Still today,
he commands a cult following all over the world who admire his
superb pianism, imagination and the ability to make well known
works sound fresh and delightful.
Cherkassky had a distinguish lineage leading all the way to
Liszt via his disciple Anton Rubinstein, who was Josef Hofmann’s
teacher.
Never standard or dull (as concerts so often are these days)
Shura Cherkassky’s performances were musical happenings of
superb workmanship, inspiration, quirky sense of humor and
pyrotechnics.
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Comissiona, Conductor
(Recorded live 9 February, 1970, Gothenburg, Sweden
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30
The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Sten Frykberg, Conductor
(Recorded live 3 March, 1968, Gothenburg, Sweden)
Total playing time: 76:44
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 153 Bidú Sayão, Lyric Soprano
Hommage à BIDÚ SAYÃO Vol. 4
The Unrivaled Lyric Soprano in
Never-Before-Published and Rare Live Radio Performances, and
Long Out-of-Print Studio Recordings.
Considered by many music and opera lovers as
one of the greatest lyric sopranos of all times, Bidú Sayão had
a legendary career which was launched by Arturo Toscanini after
hearing her in Milan in Traviata, Maestro engaged her for her
U.S. concert debut with him and the New York Philharmonic at
Carnegie Hall in 1936. From 1937-1952 she was the star of the
Metropolitan Opera and the San Francisco Opera, loved and
acclaimed by audiences and critics alike.
Donald Voorhees conducts the Bell
Telephone Hour Orchestra Tracks:1, 3-6, 11, 15, 17-20 Orchestra conducted by Wilfred Pelletier Tracks: 2, 12-14, 16 With Milne Chernley, Piano Tracks: 7-10
1. PUCCINI:
Musetta’s Waltz from the opera LaBohème (9/8/1947) 2. VERDI: Caro Nome (Dearest
Name) from the opera Rigoletto (1938) LP 3. LEONCAVALLO: Ballatella from
the opera I Pagliacci (9/6/1948) 4. GOUNOD: Le roi de
Thule & Air des Bijous (The King of Thul & Jewel Song)
from the Opera Faust (6/9/1947) 5. MASSENET: Adieu
notre petit Table (Goodbye our little Table) from
the opera Manon (6/7/1954) 6. MASSENET: Gavotte
from the opera Manon (10/31/1949) 7. AUBER: L’éclat de
rire (Laughing Aria) from the opera Manon
Lescaut (1938) 8. BARROSO: Para
Ninar (Lullaby) (1939) 9. CAMPRA: Chanson de
Papillon (Song of the Butterfly)(1939) 10. BUZZI-PECCIA: La
Bella Colombetta- Serenata Veneziana (1939) 11. TURINA: CANTARES
(Songs) (9/11/1950) 12. COSTA: Canto da
Saudade (Song of Longing) (1940) 13. COSTA-SALUSSE: Cysnes (Swans) (1938) 14. LONGAS: Lavandera (The
Laundress) (1938) 15. DUKE: The Bird (9/8/1947) 16. CAREY: A Spring Morning (1938) 17. DOUGHERTY:
Sonatina (A comical work portraying an reluctant and not quite
advance young piano student) (9/6/1948) 18. DOUGHERTY: The Children’s
Letter (10/31/1949) 19. SEAVER: Just for Today (9/17/1951) 20. ROMBERG: New
Moon, Lover, Come Back to Me
(6/1/1953)
Total playing time: 72:11
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 159 Emanuel Vardi, Viola,
Violin
Emanuel Vardi, Viola/Violin In Memoriam
When Emanuel Vardi passed away in January 2011, the music world
lost a remarkable musician and a unique human being. Very few,
if any, can compare with his remarkable achievements as one of
the greatest violists within memory, as well as his excellence
as a violinist, conductor, and composer. The program includes
rare long-out-of-print performances and a never-available-before
live recording of the Walton Viola Concerto.
ODEON PARTOS: Yizkor
(In Memoriam)
Emanuel Vardi, Viola
MGM String Orchestra conducted by Isler Solomon
(Recorded 1957)
PAUL HINDEMITH: Trauermusik
(Music of Mourning)
Emanuel Vardi, Viola
MGM String Orchestra conducted by Isler Solomon
(Recorded 1957)
MICHAEL COLGRASS: Variations for Four Drums and Viola
Emanuel Vardi, Viola
Michael Colgrass, Percussion
(Recorded 1959)
TIBOR SERLY: Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra with
Percussion
Emanuel Vardi, Violin
The Vienna Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Tibor Serly
(Recorded 1976)
WILLIAM WALTON: Concerto for Viola and
Orchestra
Emanuel Vardi, Viola
American Broadcasting Symphony conducted by Joseph Stopak
(Recorded 1943)
Total playing time: 75:02
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 161 David Nadien, Violin
The Legendary Violinist David Nadien in Live and
Never-Before-Available Exceptional Performances!
With:
Barry Finclair, Violin/Viola (tracks 1-6 and 8)
Jonathan Feldman, Piano (tracks 7 and 8)
American Ballet Theater Orchestra
conducted by Akiro Endo (track 9)
Tracks 1-8 Recorded April 17, 1977, L’Ensemble, New York. Track 9 Recorded July 10, 1974, for the Ballet “Le Jardin aux Lilacs,” New York.
1. Handel-Halvorsen: Passacaglia for Violin and Viola in
G Minor 2-6. Mozart: Duo for Violin and Viola in B-flat Major,
K. 424
7. Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
in A Minor, Op. 28
8. Sarasate: Navarra for Two Violins, Op.
33
9. Chausson: Poem for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 25
Total playing time: 53:58
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 163 Mindru Katz, Piano
The Most Musically
Satisfying and Pianistically Astonishing Performances of
These Concertos within Memory.
MINDRU KATZ, PIANO
(1925-1978)
With the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Gary Bertini (1927-2005) (Tracks 1-3, recorded: Jerusalem, 1/7/1977) With the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Mendi Rodan (1929-2009) (Tracks 4-6, recorded: Jerusalem, 1/13/1970)
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466
(Cadenzas by Beethoven)
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37
(Cadenzas by Beethoven)
Total Playing Time: 69:24
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 166 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
The Celebrated New York Concerts, Vol. 6
The Cd contains extremely rare live performances of Vladimir
Horowitz’s original compositions including a first ever live
performance (1993) of his Etude-Caprice “Les Vagues” (The
Waves), As well as seldom played works by Czerny and Debussy.
“Shehori gave a large audience the opportunity to hear some
unusually thoughtful and thought-provoking playing.” The New York Times
Program
1. CZERNY: Variations on a Theme by Rode,
Op. 33, in E-flat Major, “La Ricordanza”
MENDELSSOHN: 3 Songs without Words
2. Op. 38, No. 2 in C Minor
3. Op. 53, No. 3 in G Minor
4. Op. 67, No. 2 in F-sharp Minor
BRAHMS: 4 Piano Works Op. 119
5. Intermezzo in B Minor
6. Intermezzo in E Minor
7. Intermezzo in C Major
8. Rhapsodie in E-flat Major
9. DEBUSSY: Valse Romantique in F Minor
VLADIMIR HOROWITZ: 3 Works
10. Etude-Caprice “Les Vagues” (The Waves)
11. Waltz in F Minor
12. Dance Excentrique in C Major
1.3 RAVEL: La Valse (Poéme chorégraphique)
Encores:
14. J. S. BACH-SHEHORI: Sicilienne in
G Minor (from the Flute Sonata No. 2)
KABALEVSKY: 3 Preludes from Op. 38
Prelude No. 8 in F-sharp Minor
Prelude No. 6 in B Minor
Prelude No. 14 in E-flat Minor (Recorded 4 November 1974, Tel-Aviv, Israel)
“Mindru Katz, a pianist of unbounded strength, vitality, and
assurance. It was supremely musical and poetic playing as well
as a great technical tour de force.” The Times, London
“Mindru Katz Reveals his Genius”
“A musician literally to his finger tips, Mr. Katz is an
exception even in a world teeming with pianists of high repute.” Yorkshire Post
Total playing time: 51:34
Price: $13.50
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A New Release! Cembal d'amour, CD 213 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Mordecai Shehori Plays
Ludwig van
Beethoven, Vol. 9
Sonata Wo51 in C Major (1790-91)
Sonata Op. 2, No. 1 in F Minor (1795)
Grand Sonata Op. 7 in E-Flat Major (1796-97)
Sonata Op. 14, No. 2 in G Major (1798-99)
Total playing time: 71:47
Price: $16.00
Cembal d'amour, CD 192 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Shehori Plays Liszt, Vol.
4
Six
études d’après Paganini (1851) 1. Preludio-Andante
2. Andante-Andantino capriccioso
3. Allegretto, La campanella 4. Vivo
5. Allegretto, La Chasse 6. Quasi presto
Trois études de concert (1849) 7. Il lamento 8. La leggierezza 9. Un sospiro (With the 1885 cadenza
Liszt composed for his loving
student Lina Schmalhausen)
Deux études de concert (1863) 10. Waldesrauschen 11. Gnomenreigen
12. Ab irato (1852)
Total playing time: 65:03
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 176 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Mordecai Shehori Plays Bach, Vol. 1
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book
1. Preludes & Fugues 1-12
Frédéric Chopin's Hand Written Annotations to Bach's
Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
These performances of J. S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier were
inspired and guided by Frédéric Chopin’s hand written annotations
in a teaching score which belonged to his student Pauline
Chazaren, as well as by a study of numerous editions and the
autograph’s facsimile. My main concept of Bach’s music considers
his work within the larger view of the arts, architecture,
literature, and religious philosophies of his time. Preparations
involve a thorough study of not only the many types of musical
instruments that were available to him, but more importantly, his
documented relentless pursuit to improve those instruments in
areas of tone color, volume, sustain, the ability to overlap
tones, and added richness in overtones. It seems that Bach’s
pursuits were aimed at realizing an ability to produce a singing
line on a keyboard instrument.
Total playing time: 54:01
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 154 Mindru Katz, Piano
The legendary pianist Mindru Katz in
never-before-available and stunning live performances of Liszt’s
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major and Tchaikovsky’s Piano
Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor.
“Mindru
Katz’s Superb Pianism” (headlines) “It was an afternoon of superb
pianism. Everything he did was admirably controlled, however
breath-taking as a feat of virtuosity, with tone that never
lost its mellowness and beauty even when most strained in
moments of grandeur and might with outstanding range and quality
of keyboard sonority.” THE TIMES
“One of the most brilliant expositions of the
Tchaikovsky B-flat Minor Concerto that I have ever heard, an
electrifying performance.” THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
FRANZ LISZT
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major
Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra
Harold Byrns, Conductor (Recorded 1961, Jerusalem, Israel)
PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Comissiona, Conductor (Recorded 10 January, 1969, Gothenburg, Sweden)
Total playing time: 54:53
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 148 Mindru Katz, Piano
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major,
Op. 73, "Emperor"
The Halle Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli, Conductor (Recorded April 1959, Manchester, England)
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVITCH
Prelude in E-flat Minor, Op. 34 (Recorded 1958, England)
GEORGES ENESCO
Suite for Piano, Op. 10 (Recorded 1958, England)
Hommage à BIDÚ SAYÃO Vol. 2
The Supreme Lyric Soprano in Extremely Rare Live Radio
Performances
1. PERGOLESI: Tré giorni son che Nina (18
February, 1946)
2. TRAETTA: Tantin, tantino-Ma che vi costa, signor tutore
(8 May, 1950)
3. ARDITI: Il bacio (1948)
4. ROSSINI: Una voce poco fa from the opera Il Barbiere di
Siviglia
(10 April, 1943)
5. ROSSINI: Bel Raggio Lusinghier from the opera Semiramide
(10 April, 1944)
6. VERDI: Ah, fors' é lui...Sempre libera from the opera
La Traviata
(30 September, 1946)
7. BIZET: Micaëla’s aria: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante
from the opera Carmen (6 December, 1948)
8. MASSENET: Voyons, Manon, plus de chimères from the
opera Manon (19 June, 1944)
9. PONCE: Estrellita (8 May, 1950)
10. CRIST: C'est mon ami (8 September, 1947)
11. MARTINI: Plaisir d’amour (11 September, 1950)
12. FAURÉ: Clair de lune (1 October, 1945)
13. GRIEG: The Last Springtide (1946)
14. DVOŘÁK: Songs My Mother Taught Me (20 July, 1942)
15. TRADITIONAL: Roving in the Dew (14 September, 1953)
16. SCOTT: Think on Me (30 September, 1946)
17. YOUNG: The Teakettle Song (1946)
18. NILES: Go Away from My Window (11 September, 1950)
19. WATTS: The Poet Sings (1946)
20. COWARD: I’ll Follow My Secret Heart (1947)
Total playing time: 71:27
Price: $13.50
UNRIVALED!
Cembal d'amour DVD 123
Extremely rare film and video footage with sound
Featuring some of the greatest musicians in history.
Featured in order of appearance:
Emanuel Feuermann, Cellist
Popper: Spinning Song Dvorák: Rondo Op. 94, in G minor,with
Theodore Saidenberg, Piano, 1941
Josef Hofmann, Pianist
Beethoven: Concerto in E-flat Major, “Emperor” Third Movement,
Rondo-Allegro ma non troppo, (abbreviated) Donald Voorhees
Conductor The Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
Rachmaninoff: Prelude Op. 3, No. 2, in C-sharp minor, 1945
Mindru Katz, Pianist
Beethoven: Sonata Op. 27, No. 2, in C-sharp minor, “Moonlight” 1.
Adagio sostenuto 2. Allegretto 3. Presto Chopin: Etude Op. 10, No.
3, in E Major, 1978
Felix Weingartner, Conductor
Weber: Der Freichütz Overture Paris Symphony Orchestra, 1932
Bruno Walter, Conductor
Weber: Oberon Overture Berlin Philharmonic, 1931
Marian Anderson, Contralto Sings the spiritual: “I Hope
I’ll Join the Band” (segment) with Franz Rupp, Piano, 1943
Art Tatum, Pianist
Grimes & Hayes “Tiny’s Exercise” (segment), 1943
George Gershwin, Composer/Pianist
“I Got Rhythm” (segment), 1931 Total playing Time: 58:25, Format:
4:3, NTSC Regions: All Regions,
Rating: Exempt from rating DVD Video.
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 152 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
An Historically Significant Release!
It took 169 years since its initial
publication but it is finally here: the first recording ever of
the complete “Methode des Methodes” by Moschelès and Fétis.
Pianist Mordecai Shehori performs
the Complete Moschelès and Fétis “Methode des Methodes” 20
Études de Perfectionnement (Etudes for attaining
perfection/refinement/sophistication)
In 1838, the pianist, composer and theorist
François-Joseph Fétis (25 March 1784 – 26 March 1871), together
with the celebrated pianist, composer, conductor and pedagogue Ignaz
Moschelès collaborated on an ingenious project of
commissioning twelve renowned pianists/composers of their time: Chopin,
Thalberg, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Rosenhain, Döhler, Heller, Wolff,
Henselt, Méreaux, Benedict, and Taubert, to create one
or two etudes each (Chopin composed three) concentrating on what
each one considered the most vital element(s) of refined piano
playing.
Fétis wrote an extensive analysis (now lost) of the history and
direction of piano technique and esthetics up to their time, and
Moschelès arranged the etudes with great mastery according to
their moods, texture, and most importantly, tonalities, so that
they formed into a single large musical structure.
It resulted in a unique and significant collection named “Method
of Methods.” The title certainly lives up to its claim by opening
a rare window into the 19th Century Golden Age of the piano
concepts, style and philosophy. By intense study of these works
or even by listening alone, one can get a clear picture of how
music was conceived and performed in that era.
This work also allows us to understand with greater depth the
three celebrated composers that made it to our times, namely
Chopin, Liszt and Mendelssohn. We must remember that such
greatness could not develop in an artistic vacuum but was in fact
a result of fertile exchanges of ideas with the now mostly
forgotten other ten composers.
Total playing time: 62:54
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 158 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
The Celebrated New York Concerts, Vol. 5
CARL MARIA von WEBER: Aufforderung zum Tanze,
in D-flat Major, Op. 65 (Invitation to the Dance) LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: 32 Variations on an
Original Theme in C Minor FRANZ SCHUBERT: Impromptu in E-flat Major, Op.
90, No. 2, Impromptu in G-flat Major, Op. 90, No.
3 FRÉDÉRICK CHOPIN: Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor,
Op. 35 (Funeral March) ROBERT SCHUMANN-FRANZ LISZT: Frühlingsnacht
(Spring Night) FRANZ LISZT: Spanish Rhapsody (Folies d’Espagne
et Jota aragonesa)
Total playing time: 70:57
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 160 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Shehori Plays Chopin, Vol. 2
1. Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23, BI 66 (1835)
2. Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38, BI 102 (1836-39)
3. Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major, Op. 47, BI 136 (1841)
4. Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52, BI 146 (1842)
5. Scherzo No. 4 in E Major, Op. 54, BI 148 (1842)
6. Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise
Brillante, Op. 22, BI 58/88 (1830-39)
Total Playing time: 62:49
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 157 Mindru Katz, Piano
The legendary pianist Mindru Katz in
never-before-available and stunning live performances of Robert
Schumann’s two master works: Kinderszenen, Op.
15, (Scenes from Childhood) and the mighty C Major
FantasieOp. 17.
“Mindru Katz’s Superb Pianism” (headlines)
“It was an afternoon of superb pianism. Everything he did was
admirably controlled, however breath-taking as a feat of
virtuosity, with tone that never lost its mellowness and beauty
even when most strained in moments of grandeur and might with
outstanding range and quality of keyboard sonority.” The Times
Total playing time: 56:42
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 156 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Mordecai Shehori Plays Chopin, Vol. 1 The 19 Waltzes Presented for the first time in Chopin’s
original progression and not by the usual and less meaningful
opus numbers.
“Mordecai Shehori is a marvelous pianist in
almost every conceivable category. Indeed if elegance had a middle
name, it would be Shehori. At last there is a pianist who not only
understands the power of gentleness but puts it to work at every
opportunity. Though it goes without saying that his technique is
impeccable, sometimes more is afoot when he plays, as if he had
found a way to harness the storm before the calm.” American Record Guide
Total playing time: 63:58
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 162 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Shehori Plays Liszt, Vol. 2 On Nature’s Beauty and
Man’s Torment
1. Impromptu in F-sharp Major
2. Au Bord d’une Source in A-flat Major
(Mr. Shehori plays the extended ending composed
by Liszt in 1863 for his student Giovanni Sgambati)
3. Vallée d’Obermann
(From Années de pèlerinage, première annèe: Suisse)
4. Les jeux d’eau á la Villa
d’Este
(From Années de pèlerinage, troisième annèe: Italie)
5. Canzone “Nessùn maggior
dolore”
(after Rossini’s opera ‘Otello’ from Venezia e Napoli)
6. Funérailles
(From Harmonies poétiques et religieuses)
Three Petrarca Sonnets from Années de pèlerinage,
deuxième annèe: Italie 7. Sonetto 47
8. Sonetto 104
9. Sonetto 123
10. “Faust Waltz” after Gounod
(Recorded February 2009, Las Vegas)
Total Playing Time: 76:37
“Mr. Shehori, who was born in Israel and studied at the Juilliard
School, has developed a cult following in New York piano circles,
for good reason. He certainly possesses a suitably big technique —
one does not offer the public Brahms's Variations and Fugue on a
Theme of Handel and Liszt's arrangement of the Polonaise from
Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" without reliable fingers. Still,
mindless and heartless keyboard fluency is not uncommon nowadays
and perhaps never was. What sets Mr. Shehori apart from most
virtuosos with their off-the-shelf performances is the poetic
inwardness and rapturous intensity of his playing.” The New York Times
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 164 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Shehori Plays Beethoven, Vol. 1
1. Rondo in G Major, Op. 51, No. 2 (1800) (Recorded 28 June, 1996, New York)
2-4. Sonata in C Minor, Op. 13, “Grande Sonata Pathétique”
(1798/99) (Recorded 5 August, 2002, New York)
5-7. Sonata in C Major, Op. 53, “Waldstein” (1803/04) (Recorded 13 February, 2009, Las Vegas)
8-10. Sonata in F Minor, Op. 57, “Appassionata” (1804/05) (Recorded 10 September, 2001, New York)
Total Playing time: 74:32
“Making a Lost Style Speak to Today’s Ears” (Headlines) The New York Times
“Shehori, Poetry in Music” (Headlines) The Washington Post
“When Shehori at last executes the main theme legato,
the gods themselves must give pause and weep.” Audiophile Edition
Trio No. 1 in G Major
Trio No. 2 in D Major
Trio No. 3 in C Minor
Three legendary string players collaborated
in a 1977 performance which can be considered the
ultimate in playing of great beauty and refinement.
Violinist Erick Friedman was the celebrated Jascha Heifetz
student and recorded with his teacher for RCA. Emanuel Vardi was
widely regarded as one of the greatest viola players in history
and cellist Jascha Silberstein was the first cellist of the
Metropolitan Opera for 30 years and had a distinguished solo
career as well.
Total playing time: 71:06
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 169 Mindru Katz, Piano
Never-before-available live recordings by the legendary
pianist Mindru Katz in unrivaled performances of Beethoven’s
celebrated sonatas:
The "Tempest" and the formidable "Hammerklavier"
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2, “The Tempest” (1802) Recorded: 20 April, 1971, Jerusalem, Israel
Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major, Op. 106, “For the Hammerklavier” (1816-18) Recorded: 9 December, 1972, Jerusalem,
Israel
Total playing time: 69:50
“I know of no one outside Horowitz who can produce such a
thrilling brio, and Katz is a far better Beethoven player than
Horowitz.” Gramophone Record Review
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 170 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
A new recording of the complete Chopin Etudes based on a
thorough study of the Stichvorlage (fair copy
autographs, located at the FryderykChopin
museum in Warsaw)
Studying Chopin’s Autographs
Although not all the Etudes are actually in Chopin’s hand writing,
his ink corrections, and pedal markings are evident in all of
them. There are hundreds of disagreements between the facsimiles
and even the Urtext edition of Henle and others. The most
frequent errors are found in Henle’s stubbornness in striving for
symmetry while Chopin invariably employed asymmetrical patterns by
making tiny changes in articulation markings, in varying locations
of ritardandos and accelerandos or even the absence of them in
repeating passages. Moreover, all editions including Henle are
quite careless about the direction of stems that are vital for
correct voice leading.
Program
12 Etudes Opus 10 (1829-1832)
12 Etudes Opus 25 (1832-1836)
3 Nouvelles Etudes for the “Méthode des Méthodes” by Moschelès and
Fétis (1839)
Total playing time: 67:52
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 171 Mindru Katz, Piano
Never-before-available live recordings by the legendary
pianist Mindru Katz in unsurpassed performances of the Schumann
and Grieg Piano Concertos.
“Mindru Katz, a pianist of unbounded strength, vitality, and
assurance. It was supremely musical and poetic playing as well as
a great technical tour de force.” The Times, London
ROBERT SCHUMANN Concerto for Piano & Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 54 The Israel Broadcast Authority Orchestra conducted by Mendi Rodan Recorded: 1963, Jerusalem, Israel
EDVARD GRIEG Concerto for Piano & Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 16 The Israel Broadcast Authority Orchestra conducted by Sergiu Comissiona
Recorded: 1962, Jerusalem, Israel
Total playing time: 61:19
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 172 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
The CD highlights including the first recording ever of
Khachaturian’s last piano composition: “Vocalise,” created in
1978, the year of his passing, as well as the seldom played and
recorded Tchaikovsky’s magnificent sonata in G Major, Op. 37. The Clementi sonata as well as the Liszt Polonaise from
Tchaikovsky’s opera “Eugene Onegin” are also rarities in the
recorded repertoire.
“Shehori is rock solid and deeply musical.
This is a big-hearted interpretation, with a beautiful variety
of tone colour and a sense of empathy with the composer.” BBC Music Magazine
Program: 1-3. CLEMENTI: Sonata in F-sharp Minor, OP. 26, No. 2 4-7. TCHAIKOVSKY: “Grande Sonate” in G Major, Op. 37 8. KHATCHATURIAN: Vocalise 9. LISZT: Paraphrase after Tchaikovsky’s
Opera “Eugene Onegin”
ENCORES: 10. BACH-MARCELLO: Adagio
(From the Keyboard Concerto in D Minor) 11. MOSZKOWSKI: Etude in F Major, Op. 72 12. CHOPIN: Mazurka in G Minor, Op. 24, No. 1 13. CHOPIN: Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53,
“Heroic”
Total playing time: 69:02
Price: $13.50
A New Release! Cembal d'amour, CD 212 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Mordecai Shehori Plays
Ludwig van
Beethoven, Vol. 8
Sonata Op. 10, No. 1 in C Minor (1796-98)
Sonata Op. 10, No. 2 in F Major (1796-98)
Sonata Op. 10, No. 3 in D Major (1796-99)
Sonata Op. 14, No. 1 in E Major (1798-99)
Total playing time: 73:41
Price: $16.00
A New Release! Cembal d'amour, CD 211 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Mordecai Shehori Plays
Ludwig van
Beethoven, Vol. 7
Grand Sonata Op. 22 in B-Flat Major
Grand Sonata Op. 26 in A-Flat Major,
“Funeral March”
Sonata Op. 31 No. 1 in G Major
Total playing time: 77:33
Price: $16.00
A New Release! Cembal d'amour, CD 210 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
The Celebrated New York Concerts, Vol. 15
Recorded live, 2 May, 2002, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center.
Ferruccio Busoni: Chaconne in D Minor (After
Johann Sebastian Bach's Violin Partita No. 2, BWV 1004
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata Op. 13 in C Minor,
“Sonata Pathétique”
Frédéric Chopin: Andante Spianato & Grande
Polonaise Brillante, Op. 22 in E-Flat Major
Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata No. 7, Op. 83 in B-Flat
Major
Total playing time: 67:09
Price: $16.00
A New Release! Cembal d'amour, CD 209 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Mordecai Shehori Plays Beethoven, Vol. 6
Sonata quasi una Fantasia, Op. 27, No. 1
in E-Flat Major DATES????
Sonata quasi una Fantasia, Op. 27, No. 2
in C-Sharp Minor, “Moonlight”
Grand Sonata Op. 28 in D Major, “Pastoral”
Total playing time: 57:36
Price: $16.00
A New Release! Cembal d'amour, CD 208 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Mordecai Shehori Plays Encores, Vol. 1
Anonymous 1. Romance in E Major
(Piano transcription by Mordecai Shehori)
Grigoras Dinicu 2. Hora Staccato
(Piano transcription by Jascha Heifetz)
Gabriel Fauré 3. Après un rêve
(Piano transcription by Mordecai Shehori)
Charles Gounod 4. Meditation (after Johann Sebastian Bach's Prelude No.
1 in C Major)
Moritz Rosenthal 5. Etude after Frédéric Chopin's Waltz in D-Flat Major,
Op. 64, No.1 “Minute Waltz”
Alexander Scriabin 6. Etude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 2, No. 1
Paul de Schlözer 7. Etude in A-Flat Major, Op. 1, No. 2
Mischa Levitzki 8. Arabesque valsante in A Minor, Op. 6
Leopold Godowsky 9. Alt Wien in G-Flat Major
Carl Tausig 10. Spanish Romance - Der Contrabandista, (The Smuggler)
After Robert Schumann
Leopold Godowsky 11. The Swan (After Camille Saint-Saëns)
Christian Sinding 12. Rustle of Spring in D-Flat Major,
Op. 32, No. 3
Enrique Granados 13. The Maiden and the Nightingale
(From Goyescas, No. 4)
Anton Rubinstein 14. Melody in F, Op. 3, No.1
Johannes Brahms 15. Hungarian Dance No. 2 in D Minor, Op. Wo01
Moritz Moszkowski 16 Étincelles in B-Flat Major, Op. 36, No. 6
17 Etude in A-Flat Major, Op. 72, No.11
(From 15 Études de virtuosité)
Aram Khachaturian 18. Dance No. 1 in A Minor from “Masquerade”
Total playing time: 69:34
Price: $16.00
A New Release! Cembal d'amour, CD 207 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
The Celebrated New York Concerts, Vol. 14
(Recorded live at Alice Tully Hall, New York. Tracks 1-5 & 7,
2 June, 2001, Track 6, 2 May, 2002)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo in A Minor, KV 511
Rondo in D Major, KV 485
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata in F Minor, Op. 57, “Appassionata”
Franz Liszt The “Gretchen” movement from Faust Symphony (Piano
transcription by Franz Liszt)
Franz Liszt Réminiscences de Don Juan (After Mozart's Opera Don
Giovanni)
Total playing time: 72:53
Price: $16.00
A New Release! Cembal d'amour, CD 206 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Mordecai Shehori Plays Ludwig Van Beethoven, Vol. 5
Six Piano Sonatas Presented in
Chronological Order of Composition Dates.
24 Preludes Op. 28
Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45
Prelude in A-Flat Major, B.86
Fugue in A Minor, B.144
World Premiere Recording: Luigi Cherubini: Three Choral Fugues Transcribed for Piano
by Frédéric Chopin(Cherubini's
Fugues are from the Cours de Contrepoint et de Fugue composed
and Published:1832-35. Chopin's transcriptions Composed 1841-
Published 2017)
Total playing time: 76:19
A New Release! Cembal d'amour, CD 204 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Mordecai Shehori Plays Domenico
Scarlatti, Vol. 4,
20 Keyboard Sonatas
(For details of all performed works and for
audio samples, please log on the Mordecai
Shehori page)
Total playing time: 77:38
Price: $13.50
A New Release! Cembal d'amour, CD 203 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Mordecai Shehori Plays Rare
Music Scores, Vol. 2 Works by:
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov; Henryk Wieniawski; Mischa Levitzki;
Josef Hofmann;
Shura Cherkassky; Anton Rubinstein
(For details of all performed works and for
audio samples, please log on the Mordecai
Shehori page)
Total playing time: 71:53
Price: $13.50
A New Release! Cembal d'amour, CD 202 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Mordecai Shehori Plays Domenico
Scarlatti, Vol. 3
17 Keyboard Sonatas
(For details of all performed works and for
audio samples, please log on the Mordecai
Shehori page)
Total playing time: 71:16
Price: $13.50
A New Release! Cembal d'amour, CD 201 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Mordecai Shehori Plays Rare
Music Scores,
Vol. 1, Works by:
Édouard Wolff, František Drdla,
Anton Rubinstein, Mikhail Glinka,
Alexander Glazunov
(For details of all performed works and for audio samples,
please log on the Mordecai Shehori page)
Total playing time: 66:41
Price: $13.50
A New Release! Cembal d'amour, CD 200 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Mordecai Shehori Plays Domenico
Scarlatti, Vol. 2, 16 Keyboard Sonatas
(For details of all performed works and for
audio samples, please log on the Mordecai
Shehori page)
Total playing time: 71:19
Price: $13.50
A New Release! Cembal d'amour, CD 199 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Learning by Example, Vol. 5
35 works by 20 composers for the
Aspiring Pianist
(For
details of all performed works and for audio samples, please
log on the Mordecai Shehori page)
Total playing time: 67:44
Price: $13.50
A
New Release! Cembal d'amour, CD 198 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Playing time: 71:19
Price: $13.50
A New Release! Cembal d'amour, CD 197 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Frédéric Chopin: 17 Mazurkas Composed from
1840 to 1849, Presented in Chronological Order.
Total playing time: 60:35
Price: $13.50
A New Release! Cembal d'amour, CD 196 Mordecai Shehori,
Piano
Frédéric Chopin: 19 Mazurkas Composed from 1834 to 1839,
Presented in Chronological Order.
Total playing time: 51:09
Price: $13.50
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gCembal d'amour, CD 191 Mordecai Shehori,
Piano
Shehori
Plays Liszt, Vol. 3
(2 Cds set)
This recording of the early (1827) and final
(1852) versions of the Transcendental Etudes presents a rare
side-by-side opportunity to witness Liszt’s genius, first as a
young teenager with his Opus 1, and his development to artistic
maturity, innovation, and power with the final version of the
Transcendental Etudes. The Impromptu Brillant on Themes by
Rossini and Spontini, Opus 3 (1825) is included since it pairs
with Transcendental Etude No. 7 “Eroica”, and demonstrates the
enormous influence that Italian opera composers had on Liszt and
Chopin, among other music greats.
Etude en douze exercices, Op. 1
(complete)
(The forerunners to 11 Transcendental Etudes, 1827)
Etudes d’exécution Transcendante (1852,
Complete)
Impromptu Brillant sur des Thèmes de
Rossini et Spontini, Op. 3 (1825, The forerunner to
Transcendental Etude No. 7, “Eroica”)
Total playing time: Disc 1: 63:45, Disc 2: 58:30
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 190 Mordecai Shehori,
Piano
The Celebrated New York
Concerts, Vol. 13
Recorded live 12 June 1991, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie
Hall
Johann Sebastian Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 3
in D Minor, BWV 974
(After Alessandro Marcello's Oboe Concerto)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Andante for the Mechanical Organ in F major, KV 616
Adagio in B minor, KV 540
Rondo in D major, KV 485
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata Op. 2, No. 2, in
A Major
Frédéric Chopin-Franz Liszt: Six Chants
Polonais (Six Polish Songs)
The Maiden's Wish
Spring
The Silver Ring
Drinking Song
My Joy
The Dead Knight of the Forrest
Total playing time: 65:03
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 189 Mordecai Shehori,
Piano
The Celebrated New York
Concerts, Vol. 12
George Frederic Handel:
Chaconne in G Major (G 229)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata
Op. 31, No. 2 in D Minor, “The Tempest”
Frédéric Chopin:
Barcarolle in F-Sharp Major, Op. 60
Polonaise in F-Sharp minor, Op. 44
Franz Schubert- Franz Liszt:
Ständchen (Serenade)
Franz Liszt:
Legend No. 2: Saint Francis of Paola Walking on the Waves
Recorded live in concert, 2 June 1993, Weill Recital Hall
at Carnegie Hall
Total playing time: 66:51
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 188 Mordecai Shehori,
Piano
Shehori Plays Beethoven,
Vol. 3
The Early Years
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in A-Flat
Major, Op. 110 (1821)
Recorded live 19 May 1970, Jerusalem,
Israel.
The first prize winning performance at the Beethoven
Competition.
Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto No. 4
in G Major, Op. 58 (1808)
Clayton Westermann, Conductor
The Hunter Symphony
Recorded live 5 December 1977, New York
City.
Total playing time: 53:08
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 187 Mordecai Shehori,
Piano
The Celebrated New York
Concerts, Vol. 11
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto in the Italian
Style, in F Major, BWV 971
Johannes Brahms:
Three Intermezzi Op. 117
Modest Mussorgsky:
Pictures at an Exhibition
Fritz Kreisler:
Schön Rosmarin (From Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen)
Aram Khachaturian:
Toccata
Ernesto Nazareth:
Odeon-Tango Brasileiro
Recordings dates and venues
Tracks 1-3: 22 May 1986, Merkin Concert Hall
Tracks 4-6: 12 June 1991, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Tracks 7-21: 27 January 1982, 92nd Street Y
Track 22: 2 May 2002, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
Track 23: 6 June 1989, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Track 24: 14 June 2003, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
Total playing time: 65:51
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 186 Mordecai Shehori,
Piano
The Celebrated New York
Concerts, Vol. 10
FRANZ SCHUBERT: Impromptu No. 1 in F Minor, Opus posth. 142, DV
935
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN: Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58
SERGEI PROKOFIEV: Two Works from Romeo & Juliet, Op. 75
Dance of the Girls With Lilies
The Montagues and the Capulets
SERGEI PROKOFIEV: Suggestion Diabolique, Op. 4, No. 4
MORDECAI SHEHORI: Lament-In Memory of the 9/11 2001 Victims
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK: Melody from “Orpheus” (Transcription
by Sgambatti / Shehori)
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN: Mazurka in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 30, No. 4
Recordings dates and venues
Tracks 1-8: 20 May 1985, Merkin Concert Hall
Tracks 9 & 10: 2 May 2002, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln
Center
Track 11: 2 June 2001, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
Total playing time: 58:00
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 185 Mindru Katz, Piano
The Legendary Pianist
Mindru Katz Plays Beethoven, Vol. 2
Sonata in
B-Flat Major, Op. 22 (1799/80)
Sonata in E Major, Op. 109 (1820)
Sonata in C Minor, Op. 111 (1822)
(Recorded live in recital, 7 July, 1971, Tel Aviv,
Israel)
“Mindru Katz, a pianist of unbounded
strength, vitality, and assurance. It was supremely musical
and poetic playing as well as a great technical tour de
force.”
The Times (London)
Total playing time: 76:21
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 184 Mordecai Shehori,
Piano
Learning by
Example Series, Vol. 4
(Recorded: June 2016, Las Vegas)
22 Works by 17 Composers that Pianists Young and
Older Will Love to Study and Play
Johann Ladislas Dussek: Allegro
in G Major
Anton Diabelli: Bagatelle in C Major
Joseph Haydn: “Gypsy Rondo” from Piano Trio Op. 39
(Transcription by Mordecai Shehori)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Gertrude’s Dream Waltz,(Attributed)
Ludwig van Beethoven: “Rage over a Lost Penny” Op. 129
Robert Schumann: Träumerei (Dreaming)
(From Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15)
Robert Schumann: The Prophet Bird
(From Forest Scenes, Op. 82)
Edvard Grieg: Papillon
(Butterfly, from Lyric Pieces, Op. 12)
Emil Waldteufel: The Skaters
(Transcription and variants by Mordecai Shehori)
John Field: Nocturne No. 5, in B-Flat Major
Gabriel Fauré: Romance sans
Paroles
(Romance Without Words) Op. 17, No. 2
Jules Massenet: Melodie, Op. 10, No. 5
Claude Debussy: Clair de Lune (Moonlight)
(From Suite Bergamasque)
Claude Debussy: Arabesque No.
1,
in E Major
Claude Debussy: Arabesque No. 2,
in G Major
Claude Debussy: Rêverie
(Pleasant Dreamlike Thoughts)
Anton Rubinstein: Romance
in E-Flat Major, Op. 44
Isaac Albéniz: Malagueňa
Enrique Granados: Spanish Dance,
Op. 5, No. 5
Alexander Scriabin: Album Leaf,
Op. 45, No. 1
Dmitri Kabalevsky: Having Fun
(From Op. 27)
Scott Joplin: The Cascades
Total playing time: 70:33
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 183 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
The Celebrated New York
Concerts, Vol. 9
(Recorded live 19 May, 1992, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie
Hall)
"That Shehori makes one unbroken singing line of this etude
(Au Bord d’une Source) affirms his status – along with the
likes of Horowitz, Cziffra, and Wild – as one of the great
Liszt acolytes."
Gray Lemco,
www.audaud.com
Disc 1
FRANZ LISZT
1. Impromptu in F-Sharp Major
2. Au Bord d’une Source in A-Flat Major (In säuselnder Kühle, Beginnen die Spiele, Der jungen
Natur-Schiller) 3. Canzone “Nessùn maggior dolore” (After Rossini’s
opera ‘Otello’) 4. Funérailles (From Harmonies poétiques et
religieuses)
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 5-8. Fifteen Variations and a Fugue in E-Flat Major, Op. 35,
“Eroica”
Disc 2
FRANZ SCHUBERT 1-4. Sonata in A Major, D 959 (Opus posth.)
Encores
PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY 5. Melodie for Violin and Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 42,
No. 3 (Transcription for solo piano by Mordecai Shehori)
MAURICE MOSZKOWSKI 6. Etincelles (Sparks) Op. 36, No. 6
FREDERIC CHOPIN 7. Mazurka in G Minor, Op. 24, No. 1
Total
playing time: Disc 1: 46:05,
Disc 2: 48:27
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 182 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Shehori Plays Fantasies
BEETHOVEN: Fantasy Op. 77 (1809)
SCHUMANN: Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17 (1835-36) “Through all the tones of Earth’s many-hued dream, one
soft-drawn note may be heard by him who listens in ‘secret’.” Friedrich Schlegel
CHOPIN: Fantasy in F Minor, Op. 49 (1841)
CHOPIN: Polonaise-Fantasy in A-Flat Major, Op. 61 (1845-46)
Total playing time: 62:41
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 181 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
The Celebrated New York
Concerts, Vol. 8
(16 June, 2000, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center) Disc 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata in A Minor, KV
310
Johannes Brahms: 25 Variations and a Fugue on a Theme by
Händel, Op. 24 Disc 2
Maurice Ravel: Sonatine
Franz Liszt: 3 Petrarch Sonnets Sonetto 47, “…Blessèd be the first sweet agony I
felt when I found myself bound to love...” Sonetto 104, “…I see with no eyes, shout without a
tongue; I yearn to perish, and I beg for help…” Sonetto 123, “I saw on earth angelic qualities and
heavenly beauties unique in the world, so the memory pleases
and pains me…”
Franz Liszt:Mephisto Waltz No. 1 (After
the poem “Dance in the Country Tavern” by Nikolaus Lenau)
Encores: Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka in A Minor, Op. 17, No. 4 Moritz Moszkowski: Guitar, Op. 45, No. 2
Total playing time: Disc 1: 48:52, Disc 2: 48:44
Price: $13.50
“Making a Lost Style Speak to Today’s Ears” (Headlines) The New York Times
Cembal d'amour, CD 180 Mindru Katz, Piano
Passion & Power: Mindru
Katz Plays Beethoven & Brahms, Vol. 2
An
Artistically and historically significant live recordings.
BEETHOVEN: Sonata
quasi una Fantasia, in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2,
"Moonlight"
(Recorded live: 16 June, 1971, Tel-Aviv, Israel)
BRAHMS:
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 83
The Jerusalem Symphony
Mandi Rodan, Conductor
(Recorded live: 3 October 1967, Jerusalem, Israel)
Total playing time: 64:09
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 179 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Mordecai Shehori Plays Bach,
Vol. 4
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2. Preludes & Fugues 13-24
"I spent much of the last few days listening to Mordecai
Shehori's miraculous recording of Bach's 48 Preludes and Fugues.
To say he has has reconciled the functions of the harpsichord in
the context of its era with the abilities of the modern piano,
while conveying every systole of musical meaning in a manner
commensurate with the demands of period style, expressive
nuance, and meaning - right down to the antiphonal role played
by acoustics in the presentation of Bach's choral music where
registration and position of the choruses at various places
throughout the church were just as important to musical meaning
as the notes and rhythms (so ingeniously codified in the
keyboard music) - is an understatement. Shehori music making
defines the meaning and importance of micro dynamics to this
music as well, to speak nothing of that of the contrapuntal
melody. If I were Stalin, I would order a decree compelling
everyone on the planet to buy this set - AT ONCE!"
By John Bell Young (June 1, 2015)
Total playing time: 75:41
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 178 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Mordecai Shehori Plays Bach, Vol. 3
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book
2. Preludes & Fugues 1-12
"Few pianists have devoted themselves to the mastery of touches
in the quest for clean, unmannered articulation as Shehori, and
I recommend a close study of his Fugue in A Major, BWV 864
as an example. The supple elements of the line resolve en route
with natural landings, as gratifying as the stretti
that precede the final cadence. If another analogy will suffice
besides an organ composition, consider the writing in the
expansive A Minor Fugue, BWV 865 as an animated vocal
motet, with leading baritone lines. The sudden transition to the
B-flat Major Prelude, BWV 866 could not be more
dramatic, with its toccata elements and singing and declamatory
flourishes, almost a study for the BWV 903 Chromatic
Fantasy. Once more, as a modern example of
scholarship-become-high art, this fusion of Gnostic musical
spirits demands our appreciation and aesthetic acknowledgement."
Gary Lemco
www. audaud.com
Total playing time: 67:41
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 177 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Mordecai Shehori Plays Bach, Vol. 2
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book
1. Preludes & Fugues 13-24
Sonata in E Major, Op. 109 (1820) (Recorded: 10 January 2014, Las Vegas, USA) Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a, “Les Adieux” (1809/10) (Recorded: 28 June, 1996, New York, USA) Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 (“Emperor”)
(1809)
James Bolle, Conducting the New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra. (Recorded live: 16 October, 1992, Manchester, New Hampshire,
USA
Total playing time: 76:27
Price: $13.50
Cembal d'amour, CD 173 Mordecai Shehori, Piano
Dances and Visions
A colorful collection of works that concludes with the rarely
played and fantastic 1942 paraphrase of Saint-Saëns/Liszt Danse
Macabre by Vladimir Horowitz
1-5. Jean-Baptiste Lully: suite de
pièces
6. Claude Debussy:Reflets dans l’eau
(Reflections in the Water, from Images, Book. 1)
7. Frédéric Chopin:Bolero in A Minor, Op.
19
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Six Works:
8. Etude-Tableau in A Minor, Op. 39, No. 6
9. Etude-Tableau in D Minor, Op. 39, No. 8
10. Prelude in G Major, Op. 32, No. 5
11. Prelude in C Minor, Op. 23, No. 7
12. “Daisies” in F Major, Op. 38, No. 3
13. Etude-Tableau in D Major, Op. 39, No. 9
14. Camille Saint-Saëns/Franz Liszt/Vladimir Horowitz: Danse
Macabre
