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Instrumental » Piano Solos
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Seong-Jin Cho’s latest project shows all the consideration and respect for the music that we’ve come to expect from this South Korean artist. He talks in the booklet of how he has immersed himself... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2023, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Instrumental
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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If you want to hear these pieces played on a sleek grand piano using an engagingly post-historical approach, with flawlessly stylish ornamentation...and a variety of dynamic nuances...then look... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Special offer. Handel: Winged Hands
RecommendedThe Eight Great Suites & Overtures
Francesco Corti (harpsichord)
Corti’s playing throughout can be described as electric: his playing lacks nothing in terms of pure excitement and adrenaline. He also goes for a big, one can even say orchestral, sound in many... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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The large-scale Haydn E flat Sonata is superb, above all the middle movement in an astonishing and other-worldly E major. Hewitt's dynamic range is bold - she refers to Haydn's feeling for... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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as Lisa Smirnova's vivacious account of the Eight Great Suites reminds us, they're a treasure-trove of Handelian wit and humanity. Purists will certainly need to take them on Smirnova's terms,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2012, Instrumental Choice
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[The 'Harmonious Blacksmith'] gives Koopman scope to demonstrate his virtuosity and his innate exuberance. For the most part, though, his playing seems to have acquired a degree of restraint... —
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What is certain is that these pieces are inventive and full of vitality. In short, they are unashamedly intended to please the senses and, in the hands of stylistically informed players they... —
