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Most piano collectors are aware of Tatiana Nikolayeva’s 1987 Melodiya and 1990 Hyperion cycles devoted to Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes and Fugues, together with a recently
If you want Mozart’s piano sonatas served up with limpid grace, surface charm, consistently steady rhythms, elegant fingerwork and sparkle, you probably won’t like Claudio
Stefan Vladar’s crisply delineated, slightly dry yet superbly poised and characterful Haydn interpretations simply delight. His urgent, impetuous phrasing in the C major sonata’s finale
For the most part Arcadi Volodos’ recital from the Musikverein Wien on March 1, 2009 is about sensuality and tone painting, as aptly demonstrated by
Behold Lang Lang’s Sony Classical debut recital, recorded live in Vienna and available on DVD, in Blu-Ray format with special added 3-D performances, on high-grade
Collectors seeking a fairly inclusive, space-saving, attractively-priced boxed set of J.S. Bach’s original solo keyboard works played on the modern concert grand can’t do better
According to this release’s booklet notes, violinist Julia Fischer learned and recorded Paganini’s Op. 1 Caprices in a matter of months. Yet these 24 pieces
Steven Osborne’s suave and patrician Beethoven playing often recalls the meticulous reserve that Solomon brought to his 1950s recordings of this composer, but with a
Alain Planès never played better on disc than in this 1996/2006 Debussy cycle for Harmonia Mundi, now reissued complete as a specially-priced 5-CD set. I’ve
The past three decades have seen a slow but steady discovery of Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel’s extensive solo piano output. Listen to this remarkable music without knowing
