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This is one terrific disc, back in classy “Harmonia Mundi […]
The cover of this CD, a lumberjack hacking at a huge log with an axe, is delightful. Replace the log with a twig, keep the
Following his excellent Haydn and Mozart fortepiano recordings for BIS, Ronald Brautigam turns his attention to the first volume of a projected cycle devoted to
You really want to love these performances. Kristian Bezuidenhout plays on a deliciously crisp reproduction of a period (1820s) piano, and his passagework really glitters.
It’s easy to understand why critics have favorably responded to Kristian Bezuidenhout’s Mozart playing: He’s a flawless technician and a musician of great finesse, who
Ugly is as ugly sounds. Here is yet another barfalicious period instrument ensemble–amateur hour masquerading as scholarship. Brautigam is a fine artist, usually, but he’s
Sonically speaking, as of January 2011 this is the best-engineered period-instrument recording of Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations. It features what appears to be a well-preserved and
For this recording of Schubert’s A minor D. 845 and A major D. 959 sonatas Thomas Günther employs a Viennese fortepiano made by the firm
How much you enjoy this recording may come down to your taste for the fortepiano. This particular instrument (a copy of a 1795 Anton Walter)
The Christopher Clarke fortepiano (based on an 1827 Graf model) that Andreas Staier uses for this Schubert recital stands out both for its striking variety
