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This release replaces APR’s deleted edition of the tragically short-lived Mischa Levitzki’s complete HMV recordings. All of the material is now remastered and correctly pitched.
Ukraine’s rich musical heritage is the focus of this stylistically wide ranging yet smartly curated anthology, released by Parnassus as a fund raiser and co-produced
As much as I appreciated the performances by Sara Bartolucci
Decca’s latest big box compilation focuses on the British label’s
In the days before piano recitals became Serious Business, Romantic virtuosos delighted audiences by serving up lighthearted encores where technical fireworks and effortless charm went
Among the great Russian piano concertos, Anton Rubinstein’s Fourth in D minor strongly dominated the late 19th/early 20th century playlists until Rachmaninov’s Second and Third
Once again these characterful but still woefully under-represented works impress in a program that, back in the mid-1980s (when both performances first appeared) seemed to
Anton Rubinstein’s large-scale works often suggest Mendelssohn’s harmonic idiom channeled through Russian late Romanticism. In other words, Tchaikovsky’s exuberance and energy minus the memorable tunes.
Of the two Anton Rubinstein chamber works featured on this disc, I find the Op. 9 Octet from his student years more interesting and original
Had Rachmaninov not come along and written his Second and Third Concertos, there’s a good chance that the Scharwenka First and Rubinstein Fourth would have
