Pizarro; Artur

Oswald and Napoleão Really Romantic Piano Concertos

David Hurwitz

These two works have all of the advantages and disadvantages […]

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Ravel: Piano works/Pizarro SACD

Jed Distler

Within seconds after Jeux d’eau begins this Ravel recital, we’re on sonic red alert. Is the Teatro São Luis’ overly resonant, muddy acoustic to blame,

Liszt: Rhapsodies/Pizarro

Jed Distler

Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsodies used to be popular concert staples, yet they seem to have completely vanished from the repertoires of today’s pianists, even the thrice-familiar

Chopin: Piano music/Pizarro SACD

Jed Distler

The plangent, slightly nasal tone of the Blüthner grand Artur Pizarro uses for this uneven Chopin recital really opens up and fills the room when

Beethoven: Name sonatas

Jed Distler

Artur Pizarro stretches the Pathetique sonata’s grandiose introduction to the point where the silences between phrases read like exit cues. However, once the Allegro proper