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It’s funny how Brahms’ youthful, big-boned F minor sonata often proves to be a youth tonic for veteran pianists, who gleefully brave the work’s considerable
Norwegian pianists are expected to play Grieg just as all American pianists are deemed born to play Gershwin. That’s not true, of course, but in
Having heard composer/pianist Nöel Lee play Debussy marvelously in concert, I held similar hopes for these 1971 recordings, now inexpensively reissued. The piano itself, a
After his first visit to a recording studio in 1933, the frustrated Charles Ives wrote: “A man may play to himself and his music starts
Liszt’s 12 Transcendental Etudes withstand Freddy Kempf’s impetuous artistry and staggering technical proficiency to more convincing effect than his wayward and willful Chopin on a
In 1994 Testament released Solomon’s complete studio Chopin recordings on a single CD, well transferred from the best existing source material. That hasn’t stopped Pearl’s
Had I chosen this CD’s subtitle, I would have substituted the word “heirloom” for “heritage”. Most of the pieces are charming, lightweight salon fluff. Some
The Swedish Baroque composer Johan Helmich Roman (1694-1758) wrote a series of gorgeous assagi (“essays” or “attempts”) for solo violin. It’s a shame that these
Period performance conventions are well and good, but not when they become mannerisms or bad habits. Regarding harpsichordist Ottavio Dantone’s first Well-Tempered Clavier installment, I’d
Pianist Germaine Thyssens-Valentin (1902-87) studied with Isador Philipp and Marguerite Long at the Paris Conservatoire while the school was still under Gabriel Fauré’s directorship. She
