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Schumann - Toccata in C major, Op. 7
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Instrumental » Piano Solos
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There's nobody like Horowitz: he injects personality into every phrase. While there are perhaps hints of excess mannerism, the finest moments are unforgettable, such as the witchy close of Kreisleriana. —
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Building a Library, May 2014, Second Choice (available as a single CD)
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Building A Library, December 2025, Top Choice (Kreisleriana)
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The Complete Masterworks Recordings Vol. I
RecommendedThe Studio Recordings 1962-1963
Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
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Grammy Awards, 5th Awards (1962), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Grammy Awards, 5th Awards (1962), Classical Album of the Year
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Grammy Awards, 6th Awards (1963), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Grammy Awards, 7th Awards (1964), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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to hear Nelson Goerner navigating Schumann's variety of textures with so much delicacy, good sense, beauty of tone and rapt atmospheres is a treat indeed...the intelligence, spirit and vividness... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2015, Disc of the month
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Building A Library, December 2025, Top Choice (Kreisleriana)
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His playing is chiefly enjoyable for its unmannered simplicity, its respect for the composer's own wishes. —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2005, Instrumental Choice
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A chance to discover the elegant playing of this largely forgotten pianist. —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2015, Re-issue of the Month
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Sviatoslav Richter - Pianist of the Century
RecommendedSviatoslav Richter (piano)
Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Symphoniker, Witold Rowicki, Stanislaw Wislocki, Herbert von Karajan, Kurt Sanderling
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Building a Library, December 2012, First Choice
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Emil Gilels: Early Recordings Volume 1
All tracks recorded in the USSR, 1935-1951
Emil Gilels (piano)
Here, in performance after performance, is the sort of playing that made Rubinstein, on hearing the teenage Gilels in Russia, exclaim, 'if that boy ever comes to America I might as well pack... —
