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CD, Godowsky (composer)
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There's no need for analogies about a surfeit of Viennese cream-cakes with this excellent CD: the musical inventions is so brilliant and varied, and the performance so coruscating, that one's... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th July 2008
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2008, Editor's Choice
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The sound quality throughout is amazingly good...there are several valuable additions to this great pianist’s discography. Not least among them is a superb live performance of the Emperor Concerto,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2019, Archive/Reissue of the Month
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Diapason d’Or, October 2019, Collectionneur
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Historic Recording
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Rarities of Piano Music at »Schloss vor Husum« from the 2024 Festival
Severin von Eckardstein (soloist), Alfonso Soldano (soloist), Christian Grøvlen (soloist), Matthias Kirschnereit (soloist), Patrick Hemmerlé (soloist), Clare Hammond (soloist), Chiyan Wong (soloist), Gottlieb Wallisch (soloist), Saskia Giorgini (soloist)
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Here is a cunning and potent mix of every conceivable form of pianistic and musical intricacy (it excludes the merely decorative, salon or ephemeral). Everything is of the most absorbing interest;... —
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One of the most breathtaking feats of virtuosity ever accomplished by any pianist, let alone with such poetry and beauty. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Winner - Instrumental
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A collection of miniature piano rarities and transcriptions put together to fascinating effect. —
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Michael Rabin on the Bell Telephone Hour: 1954/62
Michael Rabiin (violin), Bell Telephone Orchestra, Donald Voorhees
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A whistle-stop tour of violin virtuoso showpieces, many composed by the great masters of the instrument. Siem faces up to the challenges set by Kreisler and co with gusto. —
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