Chopin - Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise, Op. 22
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In performances captured across much of the three-week competition, the Canadian pianist has something consistently interesting and always fully idiomatic to say about Chopin’s music...by any... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2021, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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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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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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Special offer. Alfred Brendel: 1968-2001
RecommendedPreviously Unpublished Live and Radio Performances
Alfred Brendel (piano)
It would be foolish of a reviewer either to celebrate the oddness of these performances, or berate them for being perverse. They are the product of a searching and unquestionably 'interesting'... — More…
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Building a Library, June 2017, Also Recommended
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Cortot’s 1928 recording of the Second Sonata is one of the earliest studio recordings of the work. He takes dizzying tempos at various points: both the scherzo and the finale are rapid and threaten... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2007, Re-issue of the Month
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Arthur Rubinstein plays Great Piano Concertos
RecommendedArthur Rubinstein (piano)
RCA Victor Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, New Symphony Orchestra of London, Symphony of the Air, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Alfred Wallenstein, Josef Krips, Daniel Barenboim, Stanislaw...
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Grammy Awards, 6th Awards (1963), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Grammy Awards, 15th Awards (1972), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Grammy Awards, 19th Awards (1976), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Grammy Awards, 19th Awards (1976), Classical Album of the Year
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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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A sense of delight permeates his performance of the Ravel waltzes; he digs into the scrunchy textures and lets the composer's lime-and-soda harmonies fizz and gleam...Shame about the sound quality,... — More…
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Special offer. Romantic Piano Concertos, Vol. 2
Martin Galling (piano), Maria Littauer (piano), Felicja Blumental (piano), Susanne Lautenbacher (piano), Peter Toperczer (piano), Marylène Dosse (piano), Claude Paillard-Françaix (piano), Bela Siki (piano), Ilse von Alpenheim (piano), Frank Glazer (piano), Rosario Marciano (piano), Mary Louise Boehm...
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Coming soon. Emanuel Ax Plays Chopin
RecommendedEmanuel Ax (piano), Pamela Frank (violin), Yo - Yo Ma (cello)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Charles Mackerras
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Building a Library, January 2020, Also Recommended
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Building a Library, March 2023, Also Recommended
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