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Jed Distler

Andrei Gavrilov’s 1987 EMI cycle of the Bach Keyboard Concertos (played on the concert grand) generally finds this Russian firebrand on his best pianistic behavior.

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Sibelius Violin Works

Victor Carr Jr

This generous compilation presents Sibelius’ popular Violin Concerto along with some of his lesser-known works. Boris Belkin pulls out all the stops and then some

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Sitkovetsky’s Tchaikovsky

Victor Carr Jr

Dimitry Sitkovetsky plays Tchaikovsky’s violin concerto with such convincing musicianship, intelligence, and nobility that had he played the premiere in 1881 the work might have

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