Moritz Moszkowski

Ian Hobson - Moritz Moszkowski: Complete Music for Solo Piano, Volume Two (2022)

Ian Hobson - Moritz Moszkowski: Complete Music for Solo Piano, Volume Two (2022)
XLD | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 258 Mb | Total time: 78:43 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Toccata Classics | # TOCC 0660 | Recorded: 2020

Although Moritz Moszkowski (1854–1925) wrote a considerable quantity of piano music, only a single piece, ‘Étincelles’, made it into the repertoire, not least because Horowitz enjoyed playing it. The early works on this second instalment in Ian Hobson’s survey of Moszkowski’s complete music for solo piano reveal a debt to Mendelssohn and Schumann, but the effortless craftsmanship heard here already justifies a later remark of Paderewski’s: ‘After Chopin, Moszkowski best understands how to write for the piano, and his writing embraces the whole gamut of piano technique’. Most of the pieces in Opp. 15 and 18 are attractive salon miniatures, but the Three Piano Pieces in Dance Form, Op. 17, are extended Lisztian essays that showcase Moszkowski’s mastery of the keyboard and his command of form.
Ian Hobson - Moritz Moszkowski: Complete Music for Solo Piano, Volume One (2021)

Ian Hobson - Moritz Moszkowski: Complete Music for Solo Piano, Volume One (2021)
XLD | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 232 Mb | Total time: 76:32 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Toccata Classics | # TOCC 0572 | Recorded: 2020

Moritz Moszkowski (1854–1925) wrote a considerable quantity of piano music, but it is generally remembered today only for a single piece, ‘Étincelles’, which Horowitz enjoyed playing. The early works on this first instalment in Ian Hobson’s survey of Moszkowski’s complete music for solo piano reveal a debt to Mendelssohn and Schumann, but the craftsmanship already justifies a later remark of Paderewski’s: ‘After Chopin, Moszkowski best understands how to write for the piano, and his writing embraces the whole gamut of piano technique’.
Piers Lane, Jerzy Maksymiuk - The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol.1: Moritz Moszkowski & Ignacy Paderewski: Piano Concertos (1991)

Piers Lane, Jerzy Maksymiuk, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 1: Moritz Moszkowski & Ignacy Jan Paderewski: Piano Concertos (1991)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & no Log) ~ 269 Mb | Total time: 72:25 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA66452 | Recorded: 1991

Of the myriad piano concertos composed in the second half of the nineteenth century all but a handful are forgotten. The survivors are played with a regularity that borders on the monotonous—the ubiquitous Tchaikovsky No 1, the Grieg, Saint-Saëns’s Second (in G minor), the two by Brahms and, really, that is just about all there is on offer. Pianists, promoters and record companies play it safe and opt for the familiar. Even a masterpiece can become an unwelcome guest, especially when subjected to an unremarkable outing by yet another indifferent player, as happens so frequently today.
Tasmin Little, Martyn Brabbins - The Romantic Violin Concerto 4: Moszkowski & Karłowicz: Violin Concertos (2004)

Tasmin Little, Martyn Brabbins, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - The Romantic Violin Concerto 4: Moszkowski & Karłowicz: Violin Concertos (2004)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 359 Mb | Total time: 72:38 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67389 | Recorded: 2003

Hyperion’s Record of the Month for April is the fourth volume in the burgeoning ‘Romantic Violin Concerto’ series. The central work on the disc is Moritz Moszkowski’s C major Violin Concerto, a full-blooded Romantic work which demands exceptional virtuosity. An increasing number of recordings, many on the Hyperion label, of this composer’s music have done much to lift his reputation beyond that of the ‘trifling miniaturist’, and the Ballade in G minor amply demonstrates how even a small canvas can aspire to advanced heights of pyrotechnic wizardry.
Ian Hobson - Moritz Moszkowski: Complete Music for Solo Piano, Vol. II (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/48]

Ian Hobson - Moritz Moszkowski: Complete Music for Solo Piano, Vol. II (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 78:41 minutes | 701 MB
Classical | Label: Toccata Classics, Official Digital Download

Although Moritz Moszkowski (1854–1925) wrote a considerable quantity of piano music, only a single piece, ‘Étincelles’, made it into the repertoire, not least because Horowitz enjoyed playing it. The early works on this second instalment in Ian Hobson’s survey of Moszkowski’s complete music for solo piano reveal a debt to Mendelssohn and Schumann, but the effortless craftsmanship heard here already justifies a later remark of Paderewski’s: ‘After Chopin, Moszkowski best understands how to write for the piano, and his writing embraces the whole gamut of piano technique’. Most of the pieces in Opp. 15 and 18 are attractive salon miniatures, but the Three Piano Pieces in Dance Form, Op. 17, are extended Lisztian essays that showcase Moszkowski’s mastery of the keyboard and his command of form.
Ian Hobson - Moritz Moszkowski: Complete Music for Solo Piano, Vol. II (2022)

Ian Hobson - Moritz Moszkowski: Complete Music for Solo Piano, Vol. II (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 265 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 182 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:18:41
Classical | Label: Toccata Classics

Although Moritz Moszkowski (1854–1925) wrote a considerable quantity of piano music, only a single piece, ‘Étincelles’, made it into the repertoire, not least because Horowitz enjoyed playing it. The early works on this second instalment in Ian Hobson’s survey of Moszkowski’s complete music for solo piano reveal a debt to Mendelssohn and Schumann, but the effortless craftsmanship heard here already justifies a later remark of Paderewski’s: ‘After Chopin, Moszkowski best understands how to write for the piano, and his writing embraces the whole gamut of piano technique’. Most of the pieces in Opp. 15 and 18 are attractive salon miniatures, but the Three Piano Pieces in Dance Form, Op. 17, are extended Lisztian essays that showcase Moszkowski’s mastery of the keyboard and his command of form.
Sinfonia Varsovia & Ian Hobson - Moritz Moszkowski: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Sinfonia Varsovia & Ian Hobson - Moritz Moszkowski: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 60:24 minutes | 1,01 GB
Classical | Label: Toccata Classics, Official Digital Download

The Polish composer Moritz Moszkowski (1854–1925) is best remembered for a handful of virtuoso piano pieces, but he also produced a substantial body of orchestral music, most of it unperformed for a century or more. This third volume presents his very first orchestral work, a strikingly assured Overture in D major, written when he was seventeen, and his last, a sombre, dignified and deeply felt Prelude and Fugue for strings, composed on the death of his mother in 1910.
Sinfonia Varsovia & Ian Hobson - Moritz Moszkowski: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 (2022)

Sinfonia Varsovia & Ian Hobson - Moritz Moszkowski: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 285 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 139 Mb | 01:00:24
Classical | Label: Toccata Classics

The Polish composer Moritz Moszkowski (1854–1925) is best remembered for a handful of virtuoso piano pieces, but he also produced a substantial body of orchestral music, most of it unperformed for a century or more. This third volume presents his very first orchestral work, a strikingly assured Overture in D major, written when he was seventeen, and his last, a sombre, dignified and deeply felt Prelude and Fugue for strings, composed on the death of his mother in 1910. Between them comes Moszkowski’s First Orchestral Suite, from 1885, a joy from start to finish, with one delightful inspiration following another in a daisy-chain of dance-rhythms, memorable tunes and instrumental colour.

Ksenija Sidorova - FairyTales (2013)  Music

Posted by Designol at May 1, 2023
Ksenija Sidorova - FairyTales (2013)

Ksenija Sidorova - FairyTales (2013)
with BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Clark Rundell

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 266 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 157 Mb | Scans ~ 145 Mb
Classical | Label: Champs Hill Records | # CHRCD055 | Time: 01:08:36

Accordion sensation Ksenija Sidorova in a showcase demonstrating the full range and emotional power of her instrument. 'As an accordionist you sort of have to carve your own path, so I consider it my mission in this way to introduce the instrument to a wider audience', she says. The CD contains old and new repertoire, transcriptions and original works. Fairy Tales concerto by Vaclav Trojan, recorded with BBC National Orchestra of Wales, is written in an enchanting and approachable style with beautiful, heartfelt melodies. Arrangements and transcriptions of virtuosic showpieces include Moszowski’s Caprice Espagnol, the scherzo from Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (a transcription that has its roots in Rachmaninov’s arrangement) and Grieg’s Holberg Suite. Contemporary composition Who’s the Puppet? was written for Ksenija by Russian composer Artem Vassiliev. Petr Londonov’s Scherzo-­Toccata is a popular piece with accordionists but little-­known to wider concert audiences.
Horowitz: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon [7CDs] (2010)

Horowitz: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon [7CDs] (2010)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 1.45 Gb | Total time: 07 h 09 min | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 477 8827 | Recorded: 1985-1989

The complete set of Vladimir Horowitz’s DG recordings in a single box, including Horowitz in Hamburg from 2008 and three bonus tracks only previously available on the compilation The Magic of Horowitz.