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Yundi Li turns in a scorching performance of Prokofiev’s most exciting piano concerto. In the first movement not even monster banger Alexander Toradze throws off
Performance and audio quality vary in this DG Concerts download, recorded at separate concerts in September, 2006 and April, 2007. The two Ravel items and
It’s good that Decca reissues this splendid 1965 Vladimir Ashkenazy recital in full (the Chopin and Ravel selections previously appeared in Philips’ deleted Great Pianists
Charles Munch’s 1955 recording of Daphnis et Chlöe set new standards of virtuosity and sonic splendor (to say nothing of interpretive insight) in this music,
It’s somehow fitting that this new coupling of Berlioz and Ravel song cycles should be released at the same time that we learn of the
If you love the Ravel Quartet more than the Debussy, and you want to enjoy an excellent performance of the former but still add a
Within seconds after Jeux d’eau begins this Ravel recital, we’re on sonic red alert. Is the Teatro São Luis’ overly resonant, muddy acoustic to blame,
Hélène Grimaud made her first five CDs for the Denon label, when the pianist was in her mid-teens through early 20s. Brilliant Classics has reissued
This collection, enriched here by excellent recordings of La Mer and España taken from other releases, shows Ernest Ansermet at his best. The performances always
Canteloube’s irresistible Songs of the Auvergne never fail to give at least some satisfaction, even in the most sanitized, glossiest versions. Natalia Davrath’s idiomatic recording
