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from notes by Leslie Howard © 1996
extrait des notes rédigées par Leslie Howard © 1996
Français: Hypérion
aus dem Begleittext von Leslie Howard © 1996
Deutsch: Hypérion
Frederic Lamond - The complete Liszt recordings, HMV/Electrola 1919-36 ‘I suggest you look in this particular disc for something of Lamond’s greatness’ (MusicWeb International)» 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 |
Liszt: Complete Piano Music Leslie Howard’s recordings of Liszt’s complete piano music, on 99 CDs, is one of the monumental achievements in the history of recorded music. Remarkable as much for its musicological research and scholarly rigour as for Howard’s Herculean piano p ...» More |
Liszt: The complete music for solo piano, Vol. 38 - Les Préludes ‘A rewarding collection, very well played and recorded’ (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) 'Prueba evidente del absoluto dominio y comprensión musical que posee el intérprete de la obra del compositor hungaro' (CD Compact, Spain)» More |
Simon Barere – His celebrated live recordings at Carnegie Hall, Vol. 5 - Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 2 & appendices 'The fifth and final volume of Simon Barere’s live Carnegie Hall performances includes a fascinating, typically vertiginous performance of Rachmaninov ...» More |
Vassily Sapellnikoff & Xaver Scharwenka - The complete recordings Vassily Sapellnikoff (1868–1941) and Xaver Scharwenka (1850–1924) were among the earliest generation of pianists to record, and on this ground alone it is surprising that their complete recordings have never before been transferred for modern list ...» More |
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 |
Harold Bauer - The complete recordings Gramophone» More |
Irene Scharrer - The complete electric and selected acoustic recordings ‘If [Irene Scharrer]'s remembered from her recordings it’s really only the one, and that was ironically the last she made, Litolff’s Scherzo from the ...» More |
Liszt: Marc-André Hamelin plays Liszt ‘The virtuosity with which all this is despatched is exceptional’ (BBC Record Review) ‘There are few living pianists who can match him in dexterity, power and daring. For heart-thumping virtuosity Hamelin is in a class of his own’ (Clas ...» More |
Louis Kentner – The pioneering Liszt recordings, Vol. 2 'Excellently transferred from 78s dating from 1939-59, this selection ranges from Liszt’s early exuberance to the grim-faced austerity of his final ye ... BBC Music Magazine» More |
Simon Barere – His celebrated live recordings at Carnegie Hall, Vol. 1 - 1946 |
Simon Barere – His celebrated live recordings at Carnegie Hall, Vol. 4 - 1949 |
Simon Barere - The complete HMV recordings 1934–1936 |
Liszt: Piano Music |