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In the main, Claudio Arrau’s live Beethoven Op. 2 No. 3 from the 1976 Prague Spring Festival differs little from his Philips studio version of
The first volume in APR’s survey of Alfred Cortot’s “late recordings” begins with the pianist’s 1947 Schumann Kinderszenen. It’s a less technically secure reading than
Believe it or not, this is Ronald Smith’s third recording of the Chopin Etudes. His two previous editions were done for Nimbus–the first in 1980,
APR has been reissuing its series of Simon Barere’s Carnegie Hall concerts in a systematic chronology, preserving complete recitals intact whenever possible, such as this
Sergio Fiorentino’s Bach subscribes to all the pianistic notions that characterize the grand Romantic manner. He pulls out all the dynamic and coloristic stops in
APR’s valuable Fiorentino series continues with the pianist’s long-out-of-print early 1960s recordings of the première, Swiss year of Liszt’s Années de Pèlerinage and the Venezia
The booklet accompanying Volume 2 of APR’s valuable Simon Barere series includes a photo of the poster advertising this concert. It shows a Peter Lorre
Thick and fast they came at last, and more, and more, and more, wrote Lewis Carroll in “The Walrus and the Carpenter”. He might have
Robert Casadesus’ reputation has faded in the years since his 1972 death, perhaps because his often understated, aristocratic pianism lacked the flashy virtuosity of some
APR has been devoting much effort on behalf of the late pianist Sergio Fiorentino’s recorded legacy, from live concerts taped in his final years to
