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Marc-André Hamelin’s freakish proficiency at the piano both suits and serves Alkan’s music to extraordinary ends. He accomplishes technical miracles in the Symphony for Solo
Piano enthusiasts curious about Charles-Valentin Alkan’s loopy, visionary piano writing may want to start with the bite-sized Esquisses Op. 63, rather than face the mammoth
Here are 80 minutes’ worth of highlights from Arthur Rubinstein’s April 20, 1963 recital in Nijmegen, and “high” is the operative word. The performances bring
Although no audience appears to be present throughout this Liszt recital recorded in Tokyo’s Aoyama Tower Hall on June 11 and 12, 1972, both the
Eric Himy’s big, luscious sonority and splendid ear for tone color suit Debussy’s keyboard aesthetic to perfection, although his personalized interpretations may not satisfy all
Audite’s third of four double-CD sets devoted to Géza Anda’s Cologne Radio broadcasts mostly features solo works otherwise available in the pianist’s commercial catalog. However,
I first encountered Nadia Reisenberg’s 1955/57 Chopin Nocturne and Mazurka cycles for the Westminster label via audiophile cassette reissues released by Connoisseur Society/In-Sync. Fine as
I discussed Triadic Memories, the longest yet arguably most accessible of Morton Feldman’s late piano works, in my review of Sabine Leibner’s recording (type Q9036
Sergey Koudriakov’s highly sectionalized treatment of Schubert’s D major sonata fastidiously pours over details at the expense of organic flow, spontaneity, and lyric simplicity. Consider
The Chopin Etudes and Polonaise-Fantasie stem from Sviatoslav Richter’s February 21, 1960 Prague recital. I believe all of these are new to CD, excepting Op.
