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For the most part, this Chopin compilation features unmemorable interpretations that showcase Decca’s engineering at its rock bottom. For starters, you have four selections from
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
Why is Chopin so difficult to perform? Jean-Yves Thibaudet’s new album gives some elements of an answer. Straight and almost mechanical in the most demanding
William Kapell was halfway through what might have emerged as a complete Chopin Mazurka cycle when he perished in a 1953 plane crash. The pianist’s
Beyond question, Evgeny Kissin is one of the most proficiently gifted pianists of our time. He doesn’t know the meaning of the word “difficult”, and
The Vermont-based pianist Diana Fanning teaches piano at Middlebury College while pursuing an active performing career with numerous appearances on Vermont public radio and television.
Best known for her RCA recordings “Schroeder’s Greatest Hits” and “World’s Favorite Piano”, Nelly Kokinos devotes the second volume of ADN’s Chopin Collection to a
A pupil of the late, vastly underrated Romanian pianist Mindru Katz, Israeli-born Mordecai Shehori, now in his early 50s, has been a fixture on the
Everything in this three-disc collection is culled from Idil Biret’s complete Chopin cycle on Naxos, with the exception of the “Largo” from the Cello Sonata
Laureate of several international competitions, the Russian pianist Katia Skanavi possesses all the requisites for a brilliant career: impeccable technique, tasteful musicality, and yes, a
