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Sviatoslav Richter’s unusually broad tempo for the Rachmaninov Concerto’s opening movement may raise a few eyebrows, yet it allows for an insidious transition into the
An hour with Cziffra is like a day at the circus. You behold his fanciful phrasing and roller-coaster technique, gape at those souped up rhythmic
It’s good to have Kempff’s early fifties Liszt recordings for Decca available again. The sound is murky, yet the pianist’s subtleties of touch and color
Anyone who still harbors doubts about the Martha Argerich phenomenon should buy this sensational overview of her finest solo DG recordings. Pianistically, Argerich can do
Recorded between 1964 and 1983, these selections by Borodin, Chopin, Liszt, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Ravel and Schumann cover a fair, albeit incomplete spectrum of Ashkenazy’s large,
What can Alfred Brendel possibly find in recording the Beethoven Concertos for the fourth time? For one thing, Simon Rattle and his characterful Viennese musicians
Byron Janis was at his height in the late 1950s and early 1960s, when these splendid performances were recorded. His coiled virtuosity and imaginative yet
