James Rhodes

Saturday Classics

James Rhodes presents music has changed his life. Including recordings by Glenn Gould, Vladimir Horowitz, Marc-Andre Hamelin, Evgeny Kissin and Nikolai Demidenko.

In the second of two programmes this month pianist James Rhodes presents music that's changed his life: including recordings by iconic twentieth century pianists Glenn Gould and Vladimir Ashkenazy, and performances by some of today's leading virtuosi including Marc-Andre Hamelin, Joseph Moog, and Evgeny Kissin. Plus extracts from The Marriage of Figaro conducted by Teodor Currentzis.

Until the age of 14, James had no formal academic musical education or dedicated mentoring. Aged 18 he stopped playing the piano entirely for a decade. Since returning to the piano, he has released five albums, all of which have topped the iTunes classical charts. His bestselling memoir, Instrumental, is a moving and compelling story that was almost banned until the Supreme Court unanimously overthrew an injunction in May 2015. He has performed in venues around the world from the Barbican, Roundhouse, Royal Albert Hall, Latitude Festival, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Soho Theatre in the UK to halls in Paris, Australia, Hong Kong, Chicago, Vienna and more.

Plus news of how you can take part in a special edition of Saturday Classics with James later this summer if you're an amateur pianist as part of the BBC Get Playing campaign.

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Sat 18 Jun 2016 13:00

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Frédéric Chopin

"Minute Waltz", Arr. Godowsky
Performer: Joseph Moog.
- Claves 2905.
- Claves.
- 4.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano Concerto No. 19 In F Major, K.459
Performer: Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky. Orchestra: Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto. Conductor: Jörg Faerber.
- TELDEC : 4509-98407-2.
- TELDEC.
- 4.
Charles-Valentin Alkan

Symphonie for Piano, Op.39
Performer: Marc-André Hamelin.
- HYPERION : CDA-67218.
- HYPERION.
- 4.
Marc-André Hamelin

Etude No. 4 In C Minor (Perpetuellement Semblable)
- HYPERION : CDA-67789.
- HYPERION.
- 4.
Xavier Phillips & François-Frédéric Guy

Sonata For Cello And Piano No.3 In A Major (3rd Mvt)
- Evidence : EVCD015.
- Evidence.
- 3.
Nikolay Karlovich Metner

Dithyramb in E flat Major, Op.10 No. 2
Performer: Nikolai Demidenko.
- HYPERION : CDA-66636.
- HYPERION.
- 7.
Alexander Scriabin

Piano Concerto In F Sharp Minor Op.20 (3 mvt)
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
- DECCA : 417 252-2-.
- DECCA.
- 4.
James Rhodes

Prelude No. 1 In C Major, BWV. 846
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Le Nozze Di Figaro: Act 2, Scene 11
Performer: Maria Forsstrom. Performer: Nikolai Loskutkin. Singer: Simone Kermes. Singer: Fanie Antonelou. Singer: Andrei Bondarenko. Singer: Krystian Adam. Orchestra: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis. Singer: Christian Van Horn.
- Sony : 88883709262.
- Sony.
- 13.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Le Nozze Di Figaro: "Dove Sono"
Singer: Simone Kermes. Orchestra: MusicAeterna.
- Sony : 88883709262.
- Sony.
- 25.
Ivo Pogorelich

Piano Concerto No. 2 In F Minor Op. 21 (3rd Mvt)
- DG : 4105072.
- DG.
- 3.
Daniil Borisovich Shafran & Яков Владимирович Флиер

Sonata For Cello And Piano In G, (4th Mvt)
- Revelation : RV10017.
- Revelation.
- 4.
Evgeny Kissin

Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor (4th mvt)
- EMI : 2645362.
- EMI.
- 4.
Sergey Rachmaninov

Moments Musicaux Op.16, No.6 in C
Performer: Boris Giltburg.
- NAXOS.
Johann Sebastian Bach

Goldberg Variations BWV.988 "Aria"
Performer: Glenn Gould.
- SONY CLASSICAL : SMK-64126.
- SONY CLASSICAL.
- 32.