Nobuyuki's CDs - 2

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♪  "Piano concerto no. 2 & Piano Pieces"

Released in 2010 Europe by CHALLENGE CLASSICS CC72371, this is not a new release but appears to be a re-packaging of pieces that appear in CDs previously released in Japan -

http://www.challenge.nl/product/1279028171

The album contains the 2008 recording of the Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 with Yutaka Sado and the Berlin Philharmonic and three Listz pieces (also onNobu's debut album): Liebestram, Mephisto Waltz, and Hungarian Rhapsody.

See Rachmaninov Concerto No. 2 album - A Dutch Review for reviews of this album.

♪ それでも、生きてゆく Soundtrack

Soundtrack for "Still, we live on" (Summer 2011 Japan TV mini-series )

contains two original compositions (one for the show, the other "in dogwood blossom season") -- each in three renditions (piano, guitar, strings), and classical music that includes Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 movement 2, Chopin's "Raindrop" prelude, and Chopin's nocturnes Op. 27 No.2 -- 16 tracks total; released on August 10

http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0053UKEG2/onecolwebfc2c-22/ (in Japanese)

English translation

Avex description

One person's opinion: https://sites.google.com/site/nobufans/nobuyuki-audios/-still-we-live-sound-track

**Track Samples => HMV

**Track Samples => RippleTunes

♪ Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto 2   - Nobuyuki Tsujii made this recording in 2008 with conductor Yutaka Sado, who has been a close friend and perhaps mentor since Nobuyuki's junior high days.  This performance was recorded with the Deutsches Symphonie, which is still listed as the principal on iTunes, perhaps because Nobuyuki  and Sado were considered unknowns.Get it at a decent price (<$20) on ebay, through a Korean distributor. Watch a video of the making of this album

**Track samples => HMV Japan

♪ Nobuyuki Tsujii, Gold Medalist,2009 - Winners CD

Chopin: Etudes, op.10, Nos. 1-6, Beethoven: Sonata in B-flat major, op.106 Hammerklavier. Liszt: Paganini Etude No.3 La Campanella; John Musto: Improvisation and Fugue.

The "La Campanella" alone is worth the money - the brilliance of this performance will brighten your darkest days. And the more I listen to the Hammerklavier, the more I like it. What a feat for Nobuyuki to perform this hour-long piece flawlessly and so beautifully at the Cliburn.

This CD, issued by Hamonia Mundi, reportedly has sold more than 100,000 copies as of 2010 -- a phenomenon in classical music sales

♪ 2009 Cliburn Competition discs

These were/are available through the Cliburn Foundation gift shop:

• Nobuyuki Tsujii Cliburn Competition Final Round Recital - Beethoven: Sonata in F minor, Op.57, “Appassionata” , Chopin: Berceuse, Op.57, Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 - recitals performed on the final day of the competition.

• Tsujii, Nobuyuki - 2009 Semifinal Round Recital - Chopin: Twelve Etudes, Op.10, Debussy: Images, Book I, Liszt: Paganini Etude No.3: La Campanella; Musto: Improvisation & Fugue; Beethoven: Sonata in B-flat major, Op.106, “Hammerklavier”

• Nobuyuki Tsujii Cliburn 2009 Preliminary Round Recital: Twelve Etudes, Op.10 Debussy: Images, Book I Liszt: Paganini Etude No.3: La Campanella

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