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Most of Arcadi Volodos’ first all-Liszt outing for Sony concerns itself with the composer’s introspective, poetic, and mystical persona. The main exception occurs at the
Philips’ new “Artist’s Choice” release devoted to Alfred Brendel recordings selected by the pianist taps into previously unpublished live and broadcast material. According to Brendel’s
Within seconds after Jeux d’eau begins this Ravel recital, we’re on sonic red alert. Is the Teatro São Luis’ overly resonant, muddy acoustic to blame,
This new disc from virtuoso harpist Andrew Lawrence-King will appeal not only to those who love the particular full-bodied, abundantly resonant sound of the baroque
Piano music occupied Hans Gál (1890-1987) throughout his long life, and all of it is immediately appealing, harmonically ingenuous, extremely fluent, well crafted, and supremely
Now past the midway point in his projected cycle of Scarlatti’s complete keyboard sonatas, Pieter-Jan Belder partitions Volume 8’s 54 works among fortepiano, organ, and
Evgeni Koroliov’s second all-Mozart recital disc (the first was for Hänssler Classics, Profil’s parent label) contains much to admire and respect. The pianist’s jewel-like symmetry,
François-Frédérique Guy first came to my attention with a 1998 Harmonia Mundi “Les Nouveaux Interpretes” release that featured an impressive performance of Beethoven’s huge Hammerklavier
It’s strange that a 2006 publication and copyright date is credited to these 1993 Chopin recordings; perhaps they’ve appeared somewhere before. In any case, pianist
Couperin seems to be making a pianistic splash lately, what with Angela Hewitt’s excellent Hyperion recitals, and now this marvelous new release from Alexandre Tharaud.
