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Isao Tomita’s 1974 recording of electronically performed Claude Debussy tone paintings is a classic of its kind. Combining technical wizardry, judicious musicianship, and boundless imagination,
Busoni’s piano music still awaits the attention that it truly deserves, for it’s the product of a remarkable musical mind. Who else could take an
Although Volume 8 of Hyperion’s complete Gottschalk survey contains lots of salonish dross in relation to the more visionary works featured on earlier volumes, pianist
The live and seemingly unedited performances on this disc took place during the 12th Van Cliburn International Competition. Two selections showcase Gold Medal Winner Alexander
The dominant lyrical and reflective aspects of Prokofiev’s Eighth and Ninth sonatas bring out the best in Peter Dmitriev. Each first movement benefits from the
If you want every Janácek piano piece extant, significant or slight, in superb, beautifully engineered interpretations at rock-bottom cost, look no further. Häkon Austbo is
In Schubert’s oft-recorded Impromptus, young Taiwanese pianist Chiao-Ying Chang has the advantage of a refulgent Kawai concert grand, with vibrant surround-sound engineering to match. There’s
Pianist Sa Chen won the Crystal Award (third prize) in the 12th Van Cliburn International Competition, where the live performances included on this disc were
Boris Berezovsky offers a live program of Chopin Etudes placed alongside Leopold Godowsky’s infamously difficult Chopin Etudes transcriptions, allowing listeners to experience Godowsky’s textural elaborations
A friend of mine once likened a particularly metronomic performance of Beethoven’s Appassionata to a man being pursued by hornets. I don’t know who’s pursuing
