

So far as I can tell, this release marks the first time that both Liszt and Lyapunov sets of Twelve Transcendental Etudes have been paired

Changyong Shin’s 2018 solo debut CD on the Steinway & Sons label featured a performance of Beethoven’s Op. 101 sonata that revealed this young pianist’s

This 22-CD boxed set more-or-less encompasses the history of the

Liszt’s later piano music is often stark, lean, angular, and lacking in artifice, seemingly pointing the way toward Busoni and Bartók. For this reason, the

BIS takes over from Avie presenting Andreas Haefliger’s ongoing (albeit slowly unfolding) Perspectives releases, a series that encompasses intelligent and often unexpected juxtapositions of mixed

Andrey Gugnin has been on critics’ “young pianists to watch” radar since winning first prize in the 2014 Gina Bachauer and 2016 Sydney International Competitions.

Naturally I looked askance at this CD’s title, “Summit”, along with the booklet photos featuring pianist Nuron Mukumi pondering his scores in the vicinity of

I first encountered Jennifer Lim through her breathtakingly fast and repeat-less Goldberg Variations recording. A few years later she made a relatively “normal” yet rather

Although Yvonne Loriod (1924-2010) was best known for giving standard-setting

Boris Giltburg’s Liszt Transcendental Études abound with fussy rhythmic adjustments and quirky voicings that usually stop the music in its tracks and prevent a sense
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