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Alexander Gadjiev Live

$30 including GST and shipping

An album of ‘live’ recordings from the 2021 Sydney International Online Piano Competition will be released on the Decca Eloquence label on 17 September.

Look forward to a range of repertoire from Haydn to Vine, performed as part of First Prize winner Alexander Gadjiev’s Preliminary, Semi Final and Final recitals. A new partnership between The Sydney and Universal Music Australia.

Featured on the CD
Joseph Haydn: Sonata in C major Hob.XVI:48
Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No.4 in F minor Op.52
Oliver Messiaen: from Vingt Regards sur l’enfant-Jésus XV. Le Baiser de l’enfant-Jésus
Alexander Scriabin: from 3 Morceaux Op.45 No.1 Feuillet d’Album
Dimitry Shostakovich: Prelude and Fugue No.4 in E minor Op.87
Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata No.7 in B♭ major Op.83
Carl Vine: from Five Bagatelles V. Threnody
Franz Liszt: from Harmoniques poétiques et religieuses S.173 VII. Funérailles

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VIRTUOSO Boxset of 11 CDs

$85.00 including GST and shipping

“an unexpected treasure trove for pianophiles, and one that will provide hours of pleasurable and illuminating listening.” – Jed Distler, read full review

A specially curated VIRTUOSO Boxset of 11 CDs, showcasing the best pianists of the Sydney International Piano Competition from 1992 to 2016. This unique retrospective chronicles more than 100 fascinating performances, recorded by 77 pianists during seven events over two decades.

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The limited edition boxset encompasses music by 55 composers from Agnew to Zaderetsky, of more than 100 fascinating works. The anthology is organised in seven categories: Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Twentieth Century, Transcriptions & Encores, Australian Piano Music and Piano Concertos.

VIRTUOSO features the most outstanding playing across several Sydney winters and is a collection guaranteed to entertain those unfamiliar with the competition performers and to bring back fond memories for those who were there.

The booklet includes full recording details, and introduction by The Sydney’s chairman Virginia Braden OAM, and notes by Artistic Director Piers Lane AO, and Cyrus Meher-Homji OAM

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