Instrumental, Piano Solos, Piano Sonatas, Bartók (composer)
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What impresses above all in this recording is the deep inwardness of the playing. This is not one single performance; it's the distillation of a lifetime's performances of these seminal works.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2026, Recording of the Month
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Bartók: Sonata for two pianos and percussion
& other piano music
Cédric Tiberghien (piano), with François-Frédéric Guy (piano), Colin Currie (percussion), Sam Walton (percussion)
Tiberghien meets all the technical challenges in these pieces with seeming effortlessness. His touch is pellucid, and he knows ho to bring out the charm of Bartók’s arrangements; every grace... —
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As she navigates through this widely varied repertoire, she reveals her virtues clearly...if you're interested in a preview of the next pianistic generation, you'll want to hear this release. —
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Panache is Kantorow’s strength throughout the program, but it is combined with probing emotional maturity, which is rare. I doubt that any prediction will come true for him other than the prediction... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th October 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2020, Editor's Choice
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Radu Lupu: The Unreleased Recordings
Decca Masters and Radio Tapes 1970-2002
Radu Lupu (piano), Tel Aviv String Quartet, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Kazimierz Kord
The very qualities that limited his discography - doubt, self-criticism, an acute fear of exposure - are precisely those that give these recordings their emotional charge. Heard now, they do... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2026, Archive Issue of the Month
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Bibileishvili displays admirable versatility in both technique and temperament. There are no flashy gimmicks, and her emotional sincerity shines through not just the more transparent episodes... —
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Special offer. Kocsis plays Bartók - Complete Solo Piano Music
RecommendedAll of the solo piano recordings now appear for the first time in an integral collector edition and this set is a “must” for any collector interested in one of the major contributions to twentieth-century piano repertory
Zoltán Kocsis (piano)
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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The overall excellence of Tamara Stefanovich’s interpretations is enhanced by a superb multichannel recording characterised by full-bodied ambience an concert-hall realism. Stefanovich voices... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2019, Editor's Choice
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Bartok, Ravel: Works for 2 pianos and percussion
Martha Argerich & Nelson Freire (pianos), Peter Sadlo & Edgar Guggeis (percussion)
