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The main problem here concerns overly reverberant and murky sonics, which seem to make the ends of Ingrid Fliter’s soft phrases disappear. You especially notice
Among the Piano Classics label’s initial releases culled from the back catalogs of various independent labels, I’m especially glad to reconnect with Michel Dalberto’s two
The Bach, Scarlatti, and Couperin selections plus the two Liszt Rhapsodies comprise a very rare 1955 Georges Cziffra Supraphon LP (catalog number LPV 364 for
Susanne Grützmann delivers a quick, assertive, dry-eyed, and sharply articulated Kreisleriana first movement that’s guaranteed to make you take notice. She achieves the same effect
Nearly an hour of solo cello music can be a slog, even if it’s Bach, and for all his charm, Alfredo Piatti was no Bach.
Lilian Akopova’s solid, clean, and tasteful Schumann Carnaval goes in one ear and out the other. Who cares if all of the Préambule’s notes are
Lise de la Salle’s highly accomplished virtuosity and innate sense of drama easily lend themselves to Franz Liszt’s wide-ranging piano idiom. The opening Dante Sonata
For years Johanna Martzy’s 1954-55 solo Bach recordings for EMI commanded huge sums on out-of-print LP lists, even after they were reissued in a French
Louis Lortie’s survey of the complete Années de Pèlerinage adds up to his finest Liszt playing on disc. The interpretations abound with new-found reserves of
Eldar Nebolsin’s Schubert playing is straightforward, intelligently musical, and technically superb. His mastery is such that he can afford to dispatch the Wanderer Fantasy’s notorious
