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The strong contrapuntal acumen distinguishing Evgeni Koroliov’s Bach characterizes his late Beethoven, especially in the Op. 101 sonata. He contours the first movement’s part writing
One wouldn’t naturally pair Schubert’s leisurely, lyrical G major D. 894 sonata with Schumann’s more compact and volatile counterpart in G minor, yet they happen
Composers are often the most literal performers of their own
In a 1973 Rolling Stone interview with Jonathan Cott, Glenn Gould discussed recording Scriabin’s Piano Sonata No. 5 where he simultaneously deployed four ranks of
One wouldn’t immediately link Franz Liszt and Olivier Messaien, yet both composers celebrate virtuosity and sonority in equal doses, while their sound worlds coexist to
These are great recordings, and Chandos has wisely put them
Mahler’s music is so inherently orchestral that any piano transcriptions,
Thirteen discs of this stuff is torture–27 works that graphically
Shura Cherkassky fans will welcome the first reissue of the
The booklet notes accompanying this release evoke images of nature and poetry that wildly contrast with Greek pianist Paris Tsenikoglou’s largely stiff, literal, and unimaginative
