Brahms - Ballades (4), Op. 10
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Instrumental » Piano Solos
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Special offer. Johannes Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3, Chaconne & Four Ballades
Alexandre Kantorow (piano)
[Sonata] The moods of the three inner movements are beautifully expressed. I would easily call this my new favorite performance of Piano Sonata No. 3—every aspect of youthful genius is thrown... — More…
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Plowright’s Brahms could easily be described as rugged: thunderclouds often loom and there are few moments of brighter outlook along the way…dark Brahms, then, but Plowright’s powerful, uncompromising... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2017, Editor's Choice
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Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Ballades Op. 10
RecommendedPaul Lewis (piano)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding
[Lewis and Harding] encapsulate the contrasting moods of defiance and lyricism without indulging in unwarranted touches of rubato or having to negotiate awkward gear changes…Lewis brings all... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th April 2016
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Special offer. Emil Gilels plays Schumann, Brahms & Chopin
Abbotsholme Arts Society, Staffordshire, 22 March 1979
Emil Gilels (piano)
The pianist endows these pieces with dignified maturity and a sense of poetry...the performances complement those studio accounts by reflecting Gilels's palpable engagement and desire to communicate... — More…
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Biret's bold, meaty technique fits the music well. — More…
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Building a Library, March 2003, Budget Choice
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[Vogt] may well have conducted the orchestral tuttis, but everything sounds like large-scale chamber music…The pianist’s thinking behind this programme is evidently the way in which this music... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2020, Editor's Choice
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Brahms: Solo & Duet Piano Music
RecommendedWalter Klien (piano), Alfred Brendel (piano), Beatriz Klein (piano)
this collection makes an admirable way to explore Brahms's most familiar and rewarding piano repertoire. Klien's performance of the F minor Sonata is unsurpassed, with all the spontaneous buoyancy... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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The Ballades confirm his mastery of sonority, balance and deportment. Kozhukhin takes care to articulate each note, where the majority of pianists phrase by the bar...this is worth pursuing. — More…
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This is an outstanding performance of Brahms's G minor Piano Quartet, unforgettable for its spontaneity and uninhibited Romantic warmth and verve. The booklet reminds us that this 1971 recording... — More…
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Building a Library, June 2001, First Choice
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