Berman; Lazar

Big Boxes: Lazar Berman’s Complete Sony Recordings

Jed Distler

When Soviet authorities finally permitted Lazar Berman (1930-2005) to tour […]

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Big Boxes: Abbado’s Complete RCA and Sony Recordings

Jed Distler

Packaged in original jacket facsimiles, Sony/BMG’s complete collection of Claudio

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Berman’s Liszt Transcendental Etudes: Justly Legendary

Jed Distler

The late Lazar Berman (1930-2005) recorded two complete cycles of

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Liszt: Années/Lazar Berman

Jed Distler

Slightly more warmth and detail emerges in DG’s 20-bit remastering of Lazar Berman’s 1977 recording of Liszt’s Années de pèlerinage compared to the label’s earlier

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Liszt: Piano concerto, etc./Berman/Maag

Victor Carr Jr

Lazar Berman and Peter Maag aim for maximum vulgarity in Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1–not necessarily a bad thing in this blatantly self-aggrandizing work. In

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Mahler’s Ninth, Chamber Style

Jed Distler June 15, 2025

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CD From Hell: Sinopoli’s Tired, Decadent Elgar Symphonies

David Hurwitz June 15, 2025

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CD From Hell: More Faux Elgar, For A Change

David Hurwitz June 15, 2025

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