Odradek Records
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Discs like this are vital, reminding us of the importance of music today as well as referencing earlier epochs, reframing works we thought we knew so well. The recording, in itself a work of... —
Awards:
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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The mercurial moods of the master of Empfindsamkeit, who is also arguably among the earliest important composers for the piano, are not easily rendered on the modern Steinway. Forte’s heartfelt... —
Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Solo Music
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Special offer. Boundless: Beethoven Complete Works For Piano Four Hands
Artur Pizarro & Rinaldo Zhok (piano)
Artur Pizarro and Rinaldo Zhok are a fine partnership, bouncing ideas to and fro with zeal. —
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This album of operatic arias is entitled ‘Majesty’ and there’s certainly an imperious ring to her bright, hard tone which earns the ‘majestic’ tag. It’s not a tone I warm to, however...The best... —
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[In 'Sorrow in Springtime'] and in ‘Floods of Spring’, Op. 14, No. 11, pianist Vittorio Forte underlines the impressionistic elements. (The Bechstein piano is carefully captured by specialist... —
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Pizarro is at his most expansive in the Sonata, delivering many passages of wonderfully reflecctive playing, especially in the central slow movement…[he] conjures up some marvellously rich sonorities…[and]... —