Chopin - Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 39
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Instrumental » Piano Solos » Scherzos
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Nothing in the entire literature of Etudes surpasses Chopin’s Op. 25, and the best interpreters not only clear all the technical hurdles but project the 12 pieces as a progressive sequence.... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2021
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Diapason d’Or, October 2021, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2021, Piano
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Opus Klassik, 2022, Instrumentalist of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Piano
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In the use of words like sensational, extraordinary, phenomenal, etc., critics have to be sparing, at risk of their credibility. But these adjectives are all appropriate to this new Chopin recital... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2004, Disc of the Month
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Building a Library, January 2020, Also Recommended
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Here, on this richly filled CD, is a positive cornucopia of musical genius.
Martha Argerich's 1961 disc remains among the most spectacular of all recorded débuts, an impression reinforced by... — More…Awards:
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Building a Library, July 2005, Mid-Price Choice
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Building A Library, July 2021, Recommended Recording
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this brilliant disc deserves its legendary appellation...Argerich performs with such white-hot intensity that it scarcely feels like a studio recording. Her volcanic energy can leave you scrambling... — More…
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1960s
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Building A Library, April 2022, Also Recommended
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The Complete Chopin Edition
RecommendedKrystian Zimerman (piano), Claudio Arrau (piano), Anatol Ugorski (piano), Maurizio Pollini (piano), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Maria João Pires (piano), Martha Argerich (piano), Rafal Blechacz (piano), Yundi Li (piano), Lilya Zilberstein (piano), Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Kurt Bauer, Heidi Bung (pianos),...
The quality, both of DG's chosen recordings and the set's general presentation, is just about as good as it gets. To have in one box such wonders as Zimmerman's Ballades, Pollini's Etudes,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th April 2010
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Building a Library, November 2010, First Choice
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One of the most individual things about this stunning debut by Benjamin Grosvenor is his pervasive sense of balance and his unerring blend of Classical restraint and Romantic ardour...He is... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th July 2011
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, Instrumental Finalist
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2011, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2011, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Winner - Instrumental
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Historical
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A generous selection of Rubinstein's early Chopin recordings shows a seemingly effortless, intuitively musical response to each piece. Sound quality is not an issue when faced with such great... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Coming soon. Chopin: The Last Breath - Four Scherzos, Barcarole, Nocturnes Op. 62
Alessandro Deljavan (piano)
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Shirinyan joins the most admired Chopinists in her embrace of the music’s contradictions and, more importantly, its imaginative reach. Once you hear her play, you are unlikely to forget her. — More…
