After Nadia Reisenberg's concert recording of Chopin's Sonata No. 3 was released by Bridge in 2008, critics hailed her Chopin performances as some of the finest ever committed to disc: Gramophone: "These performances are treasure indeed, an Aladdin's cave of performances of such breathtaking pianistic finesse that they are able to achieve an expressive and imaginative freedom known to to very few pianists." A feature on that release in the New York Times helped rocket Reisenberg's Chopin set (BRIDGE 9276A/D) to the top 20 on Billboard's Classical Charts. Now, Reisenberg's complete 1947 Carnegie Hall concert has been re-mastered for this specially-priced release (2 discs for the price of 1). Hear one of the 20th Century's great keyboard artists at her peak in these never-before issued performances (the Chopin Sonata No. 3 from BRIDGE 9276A/D has been included again in order to present the complete recital in the order in which Ms. Reisenberg performed it.)
Reviews:
“The playing is impressive and immaculate, with white heat of inspiration, musical subtlety, and technical legerdemain.” - American Record Guide
“An altogether exceptional release—dare we hope for any more where this came from?” - Fanfare
“If in Blake’s immortal aphorism ‘exuberance is beauty’, then you need look no further than Bridge’s two-CD issue of Nadia Reisenberg’s 1947 Carnegie Hall recital. And throughout her richly comprehensive programme you are left wondering when you last had a more life-affirming or enriching musical and, above all, human experience.” - Gramophone
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Disc A
George Frideric Handel: Suite No. 9 in G Minor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata No. 8 in A Minor, K. 310
Carl Maria von Weber: Rondo Brilliante in E-flat, Op. 62
Fryderyk Chopin: Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58
Disc B
Samuel Barber: Four Excursions, Op. 20
Alexander Scriabin: Six Études
Igor Stravinsky: Étude in F-sharp Major, Op. 7, No. 4
Sergei Prokofiev: Étude in D Minor, Op. 2, No. 1
Fryderyk Chopin: Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor, Op. Post.
Aram Khachaturian: Toccata; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: In the Village
BRIDGE 9304A/B (two discs for the price of one)
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