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Much as I’d like to recommend this intelligently conceived and well-contrasted program of mixed unaccompanied violin works, Linda Wang’s uneven performances prevent serious consideration. In
Naxos’ ongoing complete Liszt piano music cycle reaches Volume 37 with the rarely heard first versions of three Petrarca Sonnets and Venezia e Napoli. The
Usually the most interesting International Van Cliburn Competition finalists are not first place winners but the runners-up. That certainly is the case with the 2013
Because Jorge Bolet (1914-1990) recorded relatively little during his prime,
These Mikhail Pletnev recordings stem from Deutsche Grammophon session breaks and warm-ups, where the pianist spontaneously tossed off whole pieces for his own pleasure, from
In a booklet interview included with Ilya Gringolts’ recording of Paganini’s 24 Caprices, the violinist explains how he aims to treat these works as music
What a wonderful idea: Here’s a program that features transcriptions of Domenico Scarlatti’s keyboard sonatas along with original works that use the sonatas as a
Because Robert Schumann’s Album für die Jugend is essentially a group of teaching pieces for student pianists, few pianists take the trouble to play them
Rudolf Buchbinder’s second Sony Classical CD features live performances of several Schubert works that he has previously recorded in the studio. Audiences seem to inspire
If Mitsuko Uchida’s latest foray into Schumann strikes certain listeners as micromanaged, italicized, and arch, it must be said that nearly everything she does has
