Chopin - Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47
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Instrumental » Piano Solos » Ballades
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The Gramophone Good CD Guide awarded this its highest accolade, denoting "an unrivalled version, a cornerstone of the catalogue", adding that "this is surely the greatest, certainly the richest... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Instrumental
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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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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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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Andsnes is not interested in being different, just in being honest. Yes, there is pain. But only where Chopin writes it. And it is offset by myriad beauties of tone and understanding. A delectable... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2018, 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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Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 and Ballades
RecommendedSeong-Jin Cho (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda
…his playing is unfailingly cultivated and his sound beautifully focused and poised.[Concerto in E minor]…Cho commands the work, and he leads the dance in the finale — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th November 2016
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Doyen’s Chopin, luminous but never underweight, is extremely enjoyable, and his less portentous approach to Liszt also serves as a corrective to the overly earnest recordings and performances... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2019, Reissue/Archive of the Month
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York Bowen - The complete 78rpm Recordings
Edwin York Bowen (piano)
Aeolian Orchestra, Stanley Chapple
Bowen's supple musicianship and commanding technique (you sense there's always more in reserve) could hold their own with anyone's in his era. His Beethoven and Debussy are special. Reasonable... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2008, Re-issue of the Month
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an understated view of the composer, yet one that is fully cultivated and always convincing...not that Lortie is afraid of big expression, or lacking in virtuosity: his elegant playing always... — More…
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a musical personality of a beguiling charm, a quality rarely encountered in today's more severe musical climate...You are reminded, too, of a naturalness and insouciance far removed from so... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2015, Re-issue of the Month
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