Chopin - Étude Op. 10 No. 6 in E flat minor 'Lacrimosa'
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Instrumental » Piano Solos » Etudes
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Some extremely daring speeds guarantee excitement, pushing the technical limits in what are, of course, despite their generic title (Études , or Studies), so much more than technical exercises,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th April 2024
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2024, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Winners, Piano
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024, Shortlisted - Debut Solo Album
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Sunday Times, 20 Best Classical Albums of 2024
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Recording of the Year and Instrumental Award
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Newcomer of the Year
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Four Pieces - Four Pianos
RecommendedSchubert, Chopin, Liszt, Stravinsky
Alexander Melnikov (pianos)
They are all works requiring formidable technical ability, and pianist Alexander Melnikov brings clarity of touch and virtuoso flair to them all, transferring as if effortlessly from instrument... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th January 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2018, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2018
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Winner - Instrumental
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The Op 25 Études are of special interest, the real prize being No 7 in C sharp minor, a reading of the rarest refinement and flexibility...Lortat’s exquisite touch draws from the instrument... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2023, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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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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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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First up is the famous Chopin, which in Wallfisch's hands flows like a river of silk, pulsing with a burnished warmth, spontaneity and vigour. His long partnership with York is shown at its... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2010, Editor's 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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