
Systematic treatment of Paderewski’s large discography is long overdue, and here we have his earliest recording sessions (1911-1912) complete, including seven previously unpublished sides, all
Chopin dominates Volume 3 in APR’s slowly progressing survey of Alfred Cortot’s post-war HMV recordings. Although the pianist’s erratic technique had slipped by the time
Although Claudio Arrau made many distinctive studio recordings, he often lived more dangerously in front of an audience, as these previously unreleased performances from the
Benno Moiseiwitsch’s 1949 recordings of Chopin’s First, Third, and Fourth Scherzos first appeared in the U.S. on a short-lived RCA Bluebird LP that used to
APR’s second volume devoted to pianist Benno Moiseiwitsch’s Beethoven features the pianist’s previously unissued recording of the Kreutzer sonata with violinist Jascha Heifetz. Little interpretive
Pianist Andor Foldes made a series of recordings for the small Danish Tono label in 1950 and 1951. They appeared on 78 rpm discs just
Orchestral and solo works make up Volume 4 of APR’s survey devoted to the late Sergio Fiorentino’s 1960s Liszt output for the small Concert Artist
APR’s second volume devoted to Cor de Groot’s early recordings unearths some real rarities. A 1937 Beethoven Appassionata, for example, stems from a privately made
In the main, Valerie Tryon illuminates Ravel’s ravishingly refined piano writing with rounded corners and pastel shadings, in contrast to the more firmly etched rhythms
The big news about this recording of Alkan’s mammoth Concerto for Solo Piano can be found on the front cover, below the work title. It