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No matter where you turn, promising young pianists lurk, and major labels snap them up. The latest discovery to grace EMI’s debut series is Russian-born
It appears that Bridge has picked up the Beethoven cycle that Garrick Ohlsson began for Arabesque. Or perhaps “Volume 1” implies that the pianist is
Many young pianists get pushed into their first recording sessions like fruit snapped from vines before it turns ripe. By contrast, Romanian pianist Herbert Schuch,
There’s no denying Masaaki Suzuki’s Bach credentials, but despite plenty of virtuosity and enthusiasm, these performances are let down by two factors. The first of
The main obstacle here concerns Arte Nova’s thin, dynamically constricted, monochrome sound quality. It makes the presumed concert grand Peter Dmitriev uses sound like a
With projects such as world-premiere recordings of the complete works of Sainte-Colombe and the keyboard oeuvre of Thomas Tallis, as well as being home to
As he has shown in previous volumes in this Organ History series, Arturo Sacchetti is a consistently fine and often imaginative organist, and here he
Marc Pantillon’s sensitively executed, thoughtful Brahms interpretations offer much to savor. In the first Op. 10 Ballade, he plays the “Edward” theme’s recapitulation slightly slower
Konstantin Lifschitz seems to relish cyclical programs, like all the Schubert Impromptus together, the complete Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues, and the present recital given over
There’s no doubt that Miguel Baselga’s impetuous temperament and skillful instrumental prowess suit the unfettered virtuosity that permeates much of Albéniz’s piano music. If anything,
