Instrumental, Piano Solos, Polonaises, Liszt (composer)
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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,... —
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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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Shura Cherkassky: The Complete 78rpm Recordings (1923-1950)
Shura Cherkassky (piano), Robert Lortat, Marcel Hubert, Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra, Jacques Rachmilovich
APR’s is the most comprehensive single collection and has, by a country mile, the best annotation, booklet (Jonathan Summers) and transfers (Seth B Winner)...evidence, if it were needed, of... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2023, Archive Issue of the Month
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Horowitz: The Historic Return, Carnegie Hall 1965 & The 1966 Concerts
RecommendedVladimir Horowitz (piano)
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Grammy Awards, 8th Awards (1965), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Grammy Awards, 8th Awards (1965), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Grammy Awards, 8th Awards (1965), Classical Album of the Year
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Emil Gilels: Early Recordings Volume 3
All tracks recorded in the USSR, 1935-1955
Emil Gilels (piano)
Outstanding early Gilels, with some superb Liszt including his legendary Figaro Fantasy from 1935. The Scarlatti Sonatas may not stand the test of time so well, but this is a must. —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2012, Re-issue of the Month
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Horowitz: Legendary RCA Recordings
Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
NBC Symphony, RCA Victor Symphony, Arturo Toscanini, Fritz Reiner
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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... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2007, Re-issue of the Month
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York Bowen - The complete 78rpm Recordings
Edwin York Bowen (piano)
Aeolian Orchestra, Stanley Chapple
Bowen's supple musicianship and commanding technique (you sense there's always more in reserve) could hold their own with anyone's in his era. His Beethoven and Debussy are special. Reasonable... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2008, Re-issue of the Month
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Special offer. Ruth Slenczynska - Complete American Decca Recordings
Ruth Slenczynska (piano), Wiener Symphoniker, Symphony of the Air, Carl Melles, Henry Swoboda
I’d rather listen to Ruth Slenczynska playing Chopin than just about anyone else. Three specific characteristics are her rhythmic acuity, razor-sharp precision in chord playing and rapid passagework,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2021, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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