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The French Piano School: French School Pianists Play French Concertos
Jeanne-Marie Darre, Alfred Cortot (piano), Kazuko Kusama, Hisatada Otaka, Marcelle Herrenschmidt, Lucien Wurmser, Victor Gallois, Jean Doyen, Jean Fournet, Francis Poulenc (piano), Marguerite Roesgen-Champion, Marius-François Gaillard, Jean Françaix, Leo Borchard, Nadia Boulanger, Arnaud de Gontaut-Biron,...
Here, recorded between 1930 and 1949, are 14 works for piano and orchestra played either by their composer or by someone well acquainted with them...Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2025, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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This set, with beautiful restorations and a booklet containing insightful essays and complete documentation, makes clear that the world suffered the loss of an extraordinary talent who abundantly... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2021, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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Mozart & Haydn - Complete Concerto Recordings (1933-1947)
RecommendedEdwin Fischer (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Unnamed Orchestra, Edwin Fischer Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Edwin Fischer (conducted from piano), John Barbirolli, Lawrance Collingwood, Josef Krips
...you will hear a delectably light-fingered virtuosity...combined with a poetic commitment rare in today's chaotic musical marketplace...APR's transfers are admirable and all three discs are... —
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Building A Library, January 2022, Also Recommended - K466
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Malcolm Binns - A 90th Birthday Tribute
Malcolm Binns (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Norman Del Mar
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one of the indisputably great pianists in history, albeit captured when he was judged to be past his prime (he was 65 when he made his first disc recording) - though few living pianists at the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2012, Re-issue of the Month
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Myra Hess: Live at the University of Illinois
Myra Hess (piano)
University of Illinois Sinfonietta, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, John M Kuypers, Victor Kolar
This has been an outstandingly successful series of discs – the quality of the transfers, given some intractable problems, has been generously, often triumphantly high…the series has both expanded... —
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Doyen’s Chopin, luminous but never underweight, is extremely enjoyable, and his less portentous approach to Liszt also serves as a corrective to the overly earnest recordings and performances... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2019, Reissue/Archive of the Month
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Yakov Flier was a distinguished pupil of Igumnov, and on this disc plays consistently better than his teacher. The Kabalevsky 24 Preludes have phenomenal élan, and everything is fresh, even... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2008, Re-issue of the Month
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These recordings were made in 1931-37, and the producers have exercised great care in getting the finest sound from them... I think most listeners would not be aware of the 78 rpm origins of... —
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Building a Library, April 2016, Also Recommended
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Here is baroque playing to gladden the heart... Busch and Serkin illustrate time and again what interpretative integrity is possible when great artists are committed to each other. —
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Building a Library, January 2017, Also Recommended
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