Kentner; Louis

Big Boxes: Profil’s Louis Kentner Box

Jed Distler

Profil’s 10-disc Louis Kentner collection offers a diverse, if somewhat […]

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Historic Hungarian Pianists Play Liszt

Jed Distler

The pianists featured in this collection of archival Liszt performances

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CD From Hell: Historically Dreary Kentner in Bartók and Liszt

Jed Distler

On February 27, 1946 pianist Louis Kentner presented the European

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Liszt: Piano pieces/Kentner

Jed Distler

Louis Kentner’s Liszt playing grew more expressive and characterful in the 1950s and ’60s in contrast to his younger, more reticent shellac-era counterpart. Yet while

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Menuhin’s Bach Sonatas for Violin & Keyboard

Jed Distler

First the good news: Yehudi Menuhin and Wanda Landowska’s powerfully inflected Bach E major Sonata, recorded in 1945, has never sounded better on disc. Andrew

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A “Dutchman” to Treasure from Norway

Robert Levine July 6, 2025

Mahler Sixth from Gulag Currentzis

David Hurwitz July 6, 2025

CD from Chelm: Another Dull Jansons Mahler 2

David Hurwitz July 6, 2025

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by Robert Levine
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Finally, It’s SIR John
by ClassicsToday
June 24, 2024
He’d received many honors before, but it wasn’t until last week that John Rutter, best known for his choral compositions and arrangements, especially works related