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Piano enthusiasts drawn to Shura Cherkassky’s charismatic and capricious artistry will find the previously unpublished Cologne radio broadcasts contained on this release both valuable and
Although the live April 6, 1959 Beethoven Fourth Concerto performance with Claudio Arrau and Christoph von Dohnányi has circulated in the underground, I believe ICA’s
Although Sviatoslav Richter’s June 11, 1967 Royal Festival Hall recital has not previously been released commercially, none of the repertoire is new to the pianist’s
The Bach, Scarlatti, and Couperin selections plus the two Liszt Rhapsodies comprise a very rare 1955 Georges Cziffra Supraphon LP (catalog number LPV 364 for
This recording, from the BBC vaults, documents Renata Tebaldi’s Covent Garden debut (or, more specifically, the second night of her debut season), in later June,
My count may be slightly off, but there are approximately seven separate recorded performances of La traviata starring Maria Callas, all but one taken from
Much as Arthur Rubinstein enjoyed making recordings, he loved to play in public even more, and his extant live performances usually communicate more verve, sweep,
This performance isn’t perfect technically: the chorus gets a little bit off the beat in its first stanza, there are a couple of unimportant brass
