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For this recording of Schubert’s A minor D. 845 and A major D. 959 sonatas Thomas Günther employs a Viennese fortepiano made by the firm
Alkan’s Concerto for solo piano (a/k/a movements eight, nine, and ten of the composer’s Twelve Etudes in the Minor Keys Op. 39) has long been
Why do artists need to impose a thematic concept upon a program that easily stands on its own? This disc is a case in point.
Although Wilhelm Backhaus’ Beethoven ranked high among a certain generation of collectors, I’ve always felt his heartfelt, boldly communicative interpretations rather casual from a stylistic
Brilliant Classics continues its series featuring winners of the Holland-based Young Pianist Foundation Competition, this time with 2001 contestant Mariana Izman. Her all-Schumann debut recital
As with this series’ previous nine volumes, Siegbert Rampe programs familiar and obscure Mozart keyboard music in interesting juxtapositions, dividing the works among clavichord, harpsichord,
Back in the late-’50s/early-’60s, my violin teacher sent me home after each week’s lesson with a handful of LPs–recordings of famous violin pieces, transcriptions, and
The premise of this recital is not only to recreate as closely as possible Chopin’s concert of February 21, 1842, on an instrument he might
I gather that this oddly programmed double album consists of live performances, judging by the smattering of applause after each disc’s final selection. Disc 1
For a less caustic, more ample-toned, and softer-edged set of Shostakovich Op. 34 Preludes than we usually hear, check out Konstantin Scherbakov. His performances contain
