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So far as I know, Markus Becker is the only […]
Although Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) is best known for his virtuosic organ works, his F minor piano concerto is thoroughly idiomatic and often evokes Schumann’s propensity
There’s only one small negative issue with this otherwise excellent release: in the somewhat angular first movement of the first sonata, Tanja Becker-Bender sounds somewhat
What an odd disc this is. When later Viennese composers write self-consciously referential works on themes of their illustrious predecessors, it often becomes painfully obvious
These glittering, virtuoso concertos make welcome additions to Hyperion’s “Romantic Piano Concerto” series (now at 47 volumes!). Salomon Jadassohn was a respected Leipzig pedagogue whose
Max Reger’s Bach transcriptions for piano solo are comprised of four organ preludes and fugues plus 16 chorale preludes. Piano mavens will find it fascinating
Imagine this: Brahms’ wistful, long-lined lyricism years before Brahms was born; Schubert’s effortless melodies and off-the-wall modulations long before Schubert matured; Chopin-like roulades and decorations
Markus Becker is both master and slave to the fast tempos he chooses for the Hammerklavier’s outer movements, which come close to matching Beethoven’s optimistic
Charm, harmonic sophistication, and idiomatic keyboard fluency simply ooze from the best of the 40-odd piano sonatas by Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812). Slowly but surely
George Antheil wrote wonderfully crazy, uninhibited, and sometimes-prophetic music. Listen to the recently unearthed First piano concerto, where the soloist’s bare-boned unison lines play against
