On the Acte Préalable CD label - 24 bit/96kHz D.D.D.

1. Impressions – 4 Pieces caractéristiques Op.29 [12:40]
En Automne; Espiègle; Dumka;
Cracovienne gracieuse
2. 3 Pieces Op. 35  [14:03]
Conte d’hiver; Duma. Une vielle romance;
Valse dolente
3. Moments Mélodiques Op. 36  [16:13]
Les larmes; Godoliera
Chanson mélancolique; Sérénade du printemps;
4. Contes Op. 37  [20:31]
Menuet Lyrique; Chant de berceau
Mazourka ardente; Chansonnette d’hiver;
Caprice
5. Feuille de trefle Op. 44  [13:03]
Prélude mélancolique; Scherzo;
Pensée fugitive

Studio recorded at Polish National Television & Radio Studios, Warsaw May, 2008
Booklet - Polish & English
Available from my web site or from Acte Préalable as AP0188

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The first ever all Joachim Raff (1822-1882) piano music CD, and of previously unrecorded works.

On the Cahoots Classical Label - D.D.D.

Total Time 61’ 50’’

Fantasie Sonata Op. 168 in D minor (1871)
1. Allegro patetico [7:05] (extract)
2. Largo - Allegro Molto [10:00]

Trois Morceaux Op. 2 (1877)
3. Elégie in F minor [5:42]
4. Romance in D major [3:34]
5. Valse in D flat major [3:16]

Grande Sonate Op. 14 in E flat minor (2nd version – 1881)
6. Allegro [10:45]
7. Allegro molto [3:45]
8. Larghetto [9:01]
9. Allegro [7:51]

Recorded at Winterbrook Studios, London on 15th, 16th, and 24th July 2002.

Booklet in English, Deutscher, Francais.

Available only from my web site.

Please note: The performances shown on were recorded at a concert after the CD had been studio recorded; thus they are different in quality; the CD is, of course, normal studio quality.

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Cameo Classics label acquired the rights to the original Raff CD from Cahoots Classical – and digitally re-mastered it; changing the running order at the same time.  The content remains essentially the same.

On Cameo Classics label.  D.D.D.
Total time 61’ 50”

Trois Morceaux Op. 2 (1877)
3. Elégie in F minor [5:42]
4. Romance in D major [3:34]
5. Valse in D flat major [3:16]

Fantasie Sonata Op. 168 in D minor (1871)
1. Allegro patetico [7:05]
2. Largo - Allegro Molto [10:00]

Grande Sonate Op. 14 in E flat minor (2nd version – 1881)
6. Allegro [10:45]
7. Allegro molto [3:45]
8. Larghetto [9:01]
9. Allegro [7:51]

Recorded at Winterbrook Studios, London on 15th, 16th, and 24th July 2002.
Booklet in English, Deutscher, Francais.

Available only from Cameo Classics as CC9024CD

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On the   label    D.D.D.
Total running time 59’ 27”
CD Text Enabled

i. Sergei Rachmaninov – Suite for two pianos Opus 17
1. Introduction
2. Valse
3. Romance
4. Tarantelle

ii. Benjamin Britten - Opus 23 Nos. 1 & 2
5. Introduction and Rondo alla Burlesesca
6. Mazurka Elegiaca

iii. Ferencz Liszt (arr. Dinolov)
7. Variations on a Theme of Paganini

iv. Pantcho Vladigueroff
8. Mar Dimitri Iyo Opus 23 No. 2
9. Pessen (Song/Chant) Opus 21 No. 2
10. Horo Staccato (Whoops! -

- don't worry the CD recording is fine!)

Tracks 1 to 7, and 10: Recorded at Bulgarian National Radio Studios, Sofia, Bulgaria 29th December 2001 – 2 x Steinway Model ‘D’ grand pianos.  Tracks 8 and 9 live concert recordings – recorded at International Rachmaninoff Society A.G.M. 26th September 2009, Manchester, U.K. – 2 x Steinway grand pianos.

Booklet in English.

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The complete works of Claude Debussy for 4 hands – ‘Integrale’ - as performed at The Debussy House & Museum, St. Germain-en-Laye, Paris.
Emilia Mihaylova and Valentina Seferinova

On the   label    D.D.D.
Total running time 68’ 37”
CD Text Enabled

Triumphe de Bacchus (composer's original 1881-82 version) 
Prélude - Extrait de Cantata "Enfant Prodigue" (original 1884 version)  
Cortège et Airs de Dans - Extrait de Cantata "Enfant Prodigue" (original 1884 version) 
Symphonie Si (B) mineur pour piano à quatre mains (1880) 
Printemps (composer’s original 1887 transcription) 
Petite Suite (1886-1889) 
En Bateau 
Cortège 
Menuet 
Ballet 
Six Épigraphes Antiques (1914) 
Pour invoquer Pan, Dieu du vent d'été 
Pour un tombeau sans nom 
Pour que la nui suit propice  
Pour la danseuse aux crotales 
Pour l'Égyptiene 
Pour remerciér la pluie au matin
Marché Écossaise, sur un theme populaire - The Earl of Ross March (1891) 

Live Concert Recording – Hall ‘Bulgaria’, Sofia, Bulgaria; 10th September 1998
Steinway Model 'D' Grand piano.

Booklet: English

Please note: The performances with the  Logo were recorded at The Debussy House & Museum, but are NOT those recorded for CD; the CD recordings are normal CD quality, as you would expect.

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Overture Macbeth – Ignaz Brüll and Concerto for Piano & Orchestra No. 1, Op. 89 in C minor (Soloist: Valentina Seferinova) – Salomon Jadassohn

On the   label    D.D.D.
Total running time 28’ 50”
CD Text Enabled

Overture Macbeth – Ignaz Brüll
1. Introduction
2. Overture Macbeth Opus 46

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 Opus 89 in C minor – Salomon Jadassohn
3. Introduction.
4. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 Op. 89 in C minor (Soloist: Valentina Seferinova)

Karelia State Philharmonic Orchestra
Musical Director: Marius Stravinsky.
Conductor: Denis Vlasenko.

Recorded live at:
Philharmonia Hall
Petrozavodsk.
Karelia State
Russia.
20th December 2008

Booklet: English.

Only available through my web site.

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Available Now - World Premier Release
Music of 19th Century Jewish German Composers - Volume 1
from recordings made for the television documentary "OUT OF DARKNESS"

On the Cameo Classics label

Salomon Jadassohn: Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 24
1. 1st Movement   [06:33]
2. 2nd Movement   [05:08]
3. 3rd Movement   [07:03]
4. 4th Movement   [05:34]
Ignaz Brüll: Violin Concerto in A minor {Ilya Hoffman - violin}
5. 2nd Movement   [08:56]
Ignaz Brüll: Serenade No. 1 Op. 29 *
6. 4th Movement   [06:16]
7. 5th Movement   [04:23]
Tracks 1 - 7 Belarusian State Symphony Orchestra; Conductor Marius Stravinsky; July 2007
8. Ignaz Brüll: Overture Macbeth Op. 46 *   [08:45]
9. Salomon Jadassohn: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in C minor, Op. 89 *
{Valentina Seferinova - Piano}   [16:15]
Tracks 8 & 9 - Karelia State Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Hall, Petrozavodsk, Russia; Conductor Denis Vlasenko: Recorded live 20th December 2008. Recording Producer: Mike Bradley.
* = Live recordings.

Only available from Cameo Classics as CC9026CD

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On the Acte Préalable CD label - Studio Recorded - 24 bit/96kHz D.D.D.

Featuring:

1. Gra fal op. 4
2. 4 Impromptus op. 6
3. 3 Morceaux op. 15
4. Balladyna op. 25 (Live performance 'taster' - click )
5. 4 Intermezzi op. 42
6. 5 Fantasiestücke op. 46
7. Rossignol op. 55

Acte Prealable catalogue reference AP 0263

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