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In many respects Jorge Bolet (1914-1990) was an outlier, a […]
As with its predecessors, Audite’s third and apparently final release
Collectors who know Jorge Bolet as the reserved and occasionally
Decca’s latest big box compilation focuses on the British label’s
Because Jorge Bolet (1914-1990) recorded relatively little during his prime,
Despite early critical acclaim, Jorge Bolet’s career never really took off until the early 1970s, when he was approaching his sixth decade. Yet the pianist’s
Jorge Bolet’s noble, somewhat restrained Liszt playing evokes a sound-world far removed from the pyrotechnicians who barnstorm their way through the etudes or opera transcriptions.
The panache and poetry distinguishing Jorge Bolet’s finest concert performances rarely emerge in these frankly enervated readings, available again via Arkivmusic.com’s on-demand reissue program. True,
You might wonder why Jorge Bolet opted to record 16 of Debussy’s Preludes rather than all 24. Perhaps it’s just as well, for much of
Two Jorge Bolets existed. One was the reserved elder statesman who appeared in studio recordings; the other was a virtuoso firebrand who came alive in
