Chopin - Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu'
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Instrumental » Piano Solos » Impromptus
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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,... — More…
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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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Chopin Evocations
RecommendedDaniil Trifonov (piano), with Sergei Babayan (piano)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev
In this work, Trifonov staves off potential sentimentality and produces – as usual – an exquisite tone…Some listeners will undoubtedly miss the epic nature of the original orchestration, but... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th October 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - instrumental (piano)
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This is Schubert as a natural Romantic, rather than as a Classic straining at the leash. Which makes the transition to Chopin easy and natural. — More…
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The first prerequisite of great Chopin playing is arguably beauty of tone, as well as refinement and variety...Lortie is a model Chopinist: eloquent but never sentimental, elegant without ever... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2014, Instrumental Choice
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Murray Perahia plays Chopin
RecommendedMurray Perahia (piano)
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta
A self-recommending six-disc set...which includes the Gramophone Award-winning disc of the Etudes. As Bryce Morrison said of that disc: 'From Perahia there is order and lucidity at the heart... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2014, Re-issue of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2003, Winner - Instrumental
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Instrumental
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Grammy Awards, 45th Awards (2002), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Moura Lympany: The complete HMV recordings 1947 -1952
The Matthay School Volume 5
Moura Lympany (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik, Herbert Menges, Walter Susskind
Dame Moura's virtuosity quietly stuns. Her Mendelssohn, Liszt and Litolff are fleet and joyful; Granados's The Maiden and the Nightingale and Debussy's Clair de lune sing from the heart. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2013, Re-issue of the Month
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We can almost take for granted Tharaud's virtuosity, his sensitivity of touch and his satisfying mixture of imagination, intuition and good sense. But he is extraordinary in one very special... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2010, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2018, Archive/Re-Issue of the Month
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Diapason d’Or, January 2019, Collectionneur
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Marguerite Long, Vol. 2 - Chopin, Debussy, Milhaud & Ravel
Marguerite Long (piano), Philippe Gaubert, Pedro de Freitas Branco, Darius Milhaud, Georges Tzipine
There are many imaginative touches as well as the dexterity for which Long was famous. She is gentle and affectionate in the F-sharp minor Mazurka Op 59/3, and more so in the D-flat Waltz Op... — More…
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