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It’s impossible to fault Leif Ove Andsnes’ way with Schubert’s D major Sonata from a pianistic standpoint. His impeccable technique easily navigates the composer’s tricky
Leif Ove Andsnes and Mariss Jansons turn in one of the best Grieg Concerto recordings in many a moon. For starters, EMI’s engineering conveys impressive
Sara Chang brings her stunning virtuosity to Dvorák’s magnificent (and inexplicably underperformed if not under-recorded) Violin Concerto. Even as she plays with impressive technical finesse
Norwegian pianists are expected to play Grieg just as all American pianists are deemed born to play Gershwin. That’s not true, of course, but in
Written in 1918, Karol Szymanowski’s unique opera King Roger is a work of striking beauty and intensity. The libretto, sung in Polish, reflects the composer’s
It’s unlikely you’ll need all 66 of Grieg’s Lyric Pieces, and this compilation offers 18 of the better known among them in winning accounts from
There’s mostly devilish Liszt here, with a heavenward nod or two thrown in for good measure. Atypically for Liszt, the so-called Dante Sonata boasts no
Leif Ove Andsnes has perceptively matured as an artist since these reissued 1992 Chopin recordings. For that reason I am inclined to gloss over the
Britten and Shostakovich were friends, and both of these concertos are youthful works cast in brittle, neo-classical forms. To that extent, they go well together.
Among the pianists of the younger generation, Leif Ove Andsnes distinguishes himself by his original choices of repertoire and pungent pianism. His healthy musicianship shows
