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Instrumental » Piano Solos
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Technically, this is a tremendous disc. All the evidence tells us that Mendelssohn was something of a speed merchant and when...he asks for Presto, Shelley takes him at his word, with a fleetness... —
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Shura Cherkassky: The Complete 78rpm Recordings (1923-1950)
Shura Cherkassky (piano), Robert Lortat, Marcel Hubert, Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra, Jacques Rachmilovich
APR’s is the most comprehensive single collection and has, by a country mile, the best annotation, booklet (Jonathan Summers) and transfers (Seth B Winner)...evidence, if it were needed, of... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2023, Archive Issue of the Month
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Kozhukhin plays Mendelssohn with an almost business-like elegance…the mechanics of this pianist’s impressive hands trump the expressivity of an imagined singer’s voice. Grieg’s straightforwardly... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2019, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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this sweeps the board in this repertoire. —
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Initially I was not entirely convinced by the modern copy of an 1830 Pleyel...But soon I was relishing the clarity and sheer beauty of the sound and, for the most part, of Ronald Brautigam playing.... —
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One of the main reasons for the success of this disc is that instead of doggedly ploughing his way through a chronologically ordered selection of Songs Without Words, Sebastian Knauer has chosen... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2009, Editor's Choice
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Martin Jones' musicianship is perhaps seen at its best in his playing of the 'Songs Without Words'. For many years Mendelssohn's music for the keyboard was neglected but this six CD set, so... —
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Korstick - who has recorded extensively for CPO - specialises in romantic music, and is clearly completely at home in this repertoire...This is a disc that I cannot fault at all - highly desirable. —
