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At 36:43, Evgeni Koroliov’s Kreisleriana times out to be one of the longest on disc. This is not so much because of slow tempos as
Orfeo has corralled a collection of Mozart sonata performances from the Salzburg Festival archives that features pianists approaching Mozart on diverse, often antipodal, and sometimes
Collectors who’ve enjoyed Luc Beauséjour’s sensitive collaborations with violinist James Ehnes in the Bach Violin Sonatas will find the harpsichordist on solid footing as a
Markus Becker is both master and slave to the fast tempos he chooses for the Hammerklavier’s outer movements, which come close to matching Beethoven’s optimistic
Haydn’s piano sonatas embody the sound of surprise within decorous, economically expressive parameters. The best Haydn pianists bring out these qualities by staying out of
Listen to the opening theme of the minuet finale of Sonata No. 49: those B-naturals would make you swear that this is Prokofiev in his
Next to his horrific, effects-mongering 2005 Beethoven release (type Q9410 in Search Reviews), Fazil Say mostly behaves himself with Haydn. The five sonatas included here
Kenneth Gilbert’s Goldberg Variations has been a mainstay of the catalogue for more than a decade, and it remains one of the best harpsichord versions
Opus 111 has repackaged several items from its Bach holdings to celebrate the composer’s 250th deathday in 2000. One is the brilliant harpsichordist Pierre Hantaï’s
Take a major label’s best-looking pianist, research his back catalog, identify all of the repertoire linked with film soundtracks, then slap on a cover photo
