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The serious, craggy demeanor Stefan Vladar brought to his solo Brahms recordings for Sony spills over into his Chopin. He reads between the Ballades’ narrative
Numerous textual differences distinguish the original 1928 manuscript version of Villa-Lobos’ 12 Etudes for Guitar from the composer’s revised version published in 1957. These principally
Composer/guitarist/baritone Frank Wallace and soprano Nancy Knowles have been performing together as Duo Live Oak (and before that as Trio Live Oak) for years and
What a brilliant idea to juxtapose Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s recording of Charles Ives’ Concord Sonata with a wide-ranging selection from the composer’s 114 songs. To answer
Leon McCawley makes a formidable impression throughout Schumann’s Davidsbündlertänze, where his varied tone color and articulation deliciously animate the mercurial piano writing. McCawley’s supple technique,
Nowhere does Vanguard Classics indicate that the Liszt performances gathered for this reissue respectively date from the early 1970s (Russell Sherman’s Transcendental Etudes, which first
Ralph Votapek manages to fit both books of Debussy’s Preludes on one disc by virtue of his generally brisk tempos and refusal to linger more
All four works offered here are among Bach’s most popular and frequently recorded keyboard compositions. Though Pieter-Jan Belder faces plenty of competition, even at Brilliant
Behind every Mozart solo piano composition is the human voice, and many interpreters understandably build their interpretations from the melody line down. By contrast, fortepianist
I can understand how Alain Planès’ impressive dynamic range, tempo fluctuations, and penchant for surprising accents address the “Sturm und Drang” qualities that run rampant
