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from notes by Bryce Morrison © 2004
extrait des notes rédigées par Bryce Morrison © 2004
Français: Isabelle Battioni
aus dem Begleittext von Bryce Morrison © 2004
Deutsch: Viola Scheffel
OLGA SAMAROFF & FRANK LA FORGE: The complete recordings |
Anatole Kitain - The complete Columbia recordings, 1936-39 Anatole Kitain (1903–1980) was an exact contemporary and fellow pupil of Vladimir Horowitz in Kiev, where he studied, as did the slightly older Simon Barere, with Felix Blumenfeld. All three developed fabulous techniques and were romantic pianists ...» More |
Chopin: Ballades & Sonata No 3 ‘Lovely playing which I enjoyed from first note to last for its poetry and passion as well as seemingly effortless keyboard fluency and command’ (Gram ... ‘The Scherzo is as light as gossamer and the finale has both a heroic sense of struggle and passages of the most delicate filigree. Demidenko keeps yo ...» More |
Chopin: Four Ballades & Four Scherzos ‘This is astonishing piano playing and Chopin interpretation, at its very best, fully measuresup to the greatness of these pieces. And to their freshn ... ‘In the use of words like sensational, extraordinary, phenomenal, etc., critics have to be sparing, at risk of their credibility. But these adjectives ...» More |
Chopin: The Complete Works Since his triumph as winner of the 1970 Chopin International Piano Competition, Garrick Ohlsson has established himself worldwide as a musician of magisterial interpretive and technical prowess. This monumental recording project—first instigated by t ...» More |
Eileen Joyce - The complete Parlophone & Columbia solo recordings ‘Listening to Joyce is strangely addictive. One cannot wait, as it were, to read the next chapter. She shares with Kreisler and Tauber the same unteac ... ‘The quality that comes across in these performances is the sheer joy of playing. Joyce possessed a formidable technique and an interpretative mind th ...» More |
Guiomar Novaes - The complete published 78-rpm recordings This double album draws together for the first time all the published 78-rpm recordings made by Brazilian Guiomar Novaes. She is better known today for her later recordings from the LP era, but these early miniatures, recorded between 1919 and 194 ...» More |
The Stephen Hough Piano Collection 'This is a fine introduction to the piano playing of one of the great talents of the present age' (MusicWeb International)» More |
York Bowen - The complete solo 78-rpm recordings ‘Well filled set and plenty to arrest the imagination’ (MusicWeb International)» More |