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“Una Mabel Who?” Don’t worry, that’s also how I responded to a fellow historic piano recording geek’s inquiry about Una Mabel Bourne (1882-1974). Actually her
Serious and substantial piano works from the 20th century’s second half by lesser known composers are plentiful–you just have to seek them out. Consider, for
Here’s the second installment of Ruth Slenczynska’s Chopin Etudes cycle originally released on Musical Heritage Society’s subsidiary label Orpheus, and now available via digital download.
Abram Chasins (1903-1987) wore many musical hats. His gifts as both pianist and composer met with critical acclaim in the late 1920s and early 1930s,
The Bulgarian pianist Dora Deliyska has a penchant for “conceptual” programs that mix and match works related by genre or theme. Her 2018 Capriccio release
Collectors who’ve resisted the thorny atonality of Ernst Krenek’s mature piano music will find his earlier works for the instrument, well, tonal and not all
Jascha Heifetz was not only one of the greatest, if
Schumann’s multi-dimensional C major Fantasie can absorb a wide range of interpretations, from Pollini’s symphonic discipline and Kissin’s impulsive fervency to Arrau’s full-bodied volatility and
Among the 53 compositions comprising Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Greeting Cards Op. 170, 21 are for solo guitar. Each piece is based on the name of a
Maurizio Pollini’s recordings of the late Beethoven sonatas released in 1977 represented a modern-day gold standard. Objectivity and classical rigor defined Pollini’s Beethoven style, along
