

The decisive and absorbing interpretive profile that Nelson Goerner brought to his 1997 EMI debut Chopin release may have softened around the edges over the

Chopin’s Mazurkas and Polonaises may be nationalistic in origin, yet their musical impact is universal. They also seem to withstand a wide range of interpretive

Because Howard Shelley has turned out to be one of

At 22, Nelson Freire recorded Brahms’ F minor sonata for his debut recital LP on the CBS label, a superb performance first reissued as part

Cédric Tiberghien’s earlier Chopin recordings sometimes teetered over that fragile line between personalized poetry and contrived mannerism. In the Op. 28 Preludes, however, the pianist

For his first solo Beethoven release Evgeny Kissin offers a selection of live recordings dating between 2006 and 2016. The Op. 2 No. 3 sonata’s

To several generations of piano lovers, Alicia de Larrocha and

Reviewing Christian Tetzlaff’s 2005 Hänssler recording of the Bach Sonatas

Evgeny Kissin’s Sony Classical and RCA Victor recordings date from

To tie in with the 1950 anniversary marking J.S. Bach’s
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