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These live broadcast concerto performances from Sviatoslav Richter’s 1961 London debut concerts have circulated on numerous independent labels. None of these, however, sounds as good
On the whole, this 1970 Ensayo recording of Liszt’s Transcendental Etudes finds Jorge Bolet in bolder, more scintillating fettle than his sober and reserved Decca
Dinu Lipatti’s slender “official” discography has grown to include many important broadcast performances of works he otherwise didn’t record, like this live 1948 Bartok Third
This splendid disc was taped in early 1999 utilizing a simple pair of microphones, a custom built reel-to-reel tape deck, and a tube console. While
You have to hand it to Leslie Howard for simply getting through 95 CDs, 1377 tracks, 117 hours, and 16,000 pages of music totalling between
There’s little doubt that William Kapell, who died in a plane crash in 1953, was a great pianist. BMG honored his achievements a few years
These Benno Moiseiwitsch rarities sound better in Bryan Crimp’s vivid transfers than previous CD incarnations. The legendary pianist enobles the Saint-Saëns Second Concerto with a
An hour with Cziffra is like a day at the circus. You behold his fanciful phrasing and roller-coaster technique, gape at those souped up rhythmic
It’s good to have Kempff’s early fifties Liszt recordings for Decca available again. The sound is murky, yet the pianist’s subtleties of touch and color
While lightweight, encore-type fare dominates this splendidly transferred anthology recorded between 1933 and 1939, the Tasmanian born Eileen Joyce is no trifling pianist. At 21
