
Australian Decca has released eight double-CD sets featuring Julius Katchen in his complete recorded repertoire. Volume One is given over to most of the late
The late Julius Katchen took to the Romantic piano concerto repertoire as if all the war-horses in this two-disc set were written especially for him.
It’s interesting to hear Gershwin’s concerted works juxtaposed with Ravel’s two piano concertos, especially the jazz-influenced G major one. Rhapsody in Blue and Concerto in
Volume 8 in Australian Decca’s Julius Katchen series offers rare solo recordings from the 1950s and ’60s. Most of these are new to CD and
While the late Julius Katchen made some of his biggest pianstic splashes in the burly waters of Romantic repertoire, he had to work a little
To the casual ear, neither Brahms’ B-flat Concerto or Paganini Variations sound as difficult as they actually are to play. Julius Katchen, though, relishes their