Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Radoslaw Szulc & Bizjak Piano Duo – Bizjak Piano Duo (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Radoslaw Szulc & Bizjak Piano Duo – Bizjak Piano Duo (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:03:43 minutes | 509 MB | Genre: Classical, Piano
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Onyx Classics

Since winning two prizes at the ARD International Music Competition in 2005, Serbian sisters Sanja and Lidija Bizjak have achieved worldwide praise for their solo piano and piano duo performances alike: “brilliant sound, precise fingerwork, and excellent listening skills” – The Independent. For their debut recording on Onyx, they have created a superb programme consisting of two concertos for two pianos and orchestra by Poulenc and Martinu to frame compositions for two pianos alone: Stravinsky’s ‘Sonata’ and Shostakovich’s rarely heard ‘Concertino’. The sisters have appeared at the BBC Proms to great acclaim in Saint-Saens’ ‘Carnival of the Animals‘.

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Frank Peter Zimmermann, Kammerorchester des Symphonieorchesters des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Radoslaw Szulc – Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1, 3 & 4 (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Frank Peter Zimmermann, Kammerorchester des Symphonieorchesters des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Radoslaw Szulc – Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1, 3 & 4 (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:17:31 minutes | 804 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Hänssler Classic

Today when Frank Peter Zimmermann says that Mozart has always been easy for him, he needs only call to mind his debut concert at the age of ten – when he played Mozart’s G major Concerto K. 216; or when, some 30 years ago, as a fresh 20-year-old, the same FPZ made his first recording of the five concertos for EMI; and then if one factors in that over the years that each of these Mozart works has passed through his hands nearly 300 times in concert, then one can begin to appreciate the intense physical and spiritual experience that Frank Peter Zimmermann brings to these new recordings.

One will immediately hear on this CD the experience that a master can bring to these works, because no one else plays these works with the same incredible, almost balletic, weightless elegance and rich tone, reaching a degree of intimacy, without any obstacle between the performer and the listener, as does Frank Peter Zimmermann. Mozart’s every wish is perfectly fulfilled! The Chamber Orchestra of the Symphony Orchestra of the Bavarian broadcasting company serves both masters admirably.

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