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Bernd Glemser presents Chopin’s Ballades and Scherzos in an unusual yet effective running order. He alternates between each group in ascending numerical order, beginning with
Over the past few years EMI France has blessed avid piano recording collectors with budget-priced boxed sets respectively devoted to French and/or French-based artists like
This is a very enjoyable disc. Per Norgard’s music inspiration ranges wide, from pop music idioms and tangos (in Animals in Concert), to simple tunes
These very early Philip Glass works date from the late 1960s, well before the composer entered into mainstream culture with his operas and movie scores.
As a Schumann player, Michael Korstick’s rapier-like articulation and steel-edged tone in extroverted, virtuosic passages and tendency to fidget in more introspective, lyrical episodes reminds
Scelsi was crazy, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. His music falls unnaturally into two phases: pre- and post-breakdown. It’s difficult to say which
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of pianist Clara Haskil’s death on December 7, 1960, Universal Classics has assembled all of her recordings for the Decca,
Listeners accustomed to modern-day Schubert interpretations may be caught off-guard by Ralph Votapek’s tendency to roll chords not meant to be arpeggiated and to play
My colleague at CTFrance.com, Christophe Huss, raved about this recording, so I snapped it up online with interest. How right he was! Zhu Xiao-Mei has
Zhu Xiao-Mei’s recording of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 follows her 2008 Book 2 release. The pianist’s warm sonority and genuine affinity for the music
