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from notes by Leslie Howard © 1992
extrait des notes rédigées par Leslie Howard © 1992
Français: Alain Midoux
aus dem Begleittext von Leslie Howard © 1992
Deutsch: Anne Steeb/Bernd Müller
A generation before the now iconic Dinu Lipatti died of cancer at the age of 33, a much less remembered Polish pianist, Karol Szreter (1898-1933), died of the same disease at almost the same age. A pupil of Egon Petri, his brief career began in ce ...» More |
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 |
Olga Samaroff and Frank La Forge were amongst the earliest pianists to record for the US Victor label, both making most of their discs in the acoustic era before 1925. Samaroff was the greater virtuoso, as can be heard in her famous recording of W ...» More |
‘Here’s something a little bit special to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Percy Grainger … Grainger was a charismatic pianist and a ... ‘The best of Grainger’s shellac efforts retain their vividness and communicative immediacy. Even if Grainger had never met and befriended Grieg, his i ...» More |
As one of the great pianists of the 20th century, Wilhelm Backhaus (1884-1969) needs no introduction. He recorded almost continuously from 1908 until his death, but this set, focusing on his earliest recordings, completes APR’s coverage (see also ...» More |
‘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 |
‘I suggest you look in this particular disc for something of Lamond’s greatness’ (MusicWeb International)» More |
'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 |
‘Rosenthal had an inimitably seductive manner of playing … with Ward Marston’s superb restoration and remastering, APR’s exemplary annotation and ... ‘The artistry of Moriz Rosenthal (1862-1946) arguably stands head and shoulders above all recorded Liszt pupils’ (Classics Today)» More |
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 |