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Bliss Premières (Volume 1)
Solomon (Piano)
New York Philharmonic, Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, Constant Lambert
To have this treasurable recording of the world première [of the concerto] issued commercially is an incredibly exciting find... Solomon is dazzling - a colossal virtuoso in the Horowitz class... —
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The Transcendental Tradition
A recital of transcriptions given in The Recital Hall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver 21st April 1976
Ronald Stevenson (piano)
All Stevenson's readings flow with an inner warmth, a musical breathing that has little to do with stereotypical rubato and, above all, a desire to speak and communicate with all the richness... —
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Avoiding salon platitudes, Kentner’s readings exude a rich, fin de siècle perfume. Islamey may be less dazzling than some more recent recordings, but it is beautifully laid out and thoroughly... —
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3
Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
New York Philharmonic, Sir John Barbirolli
This is the Rachmaninov Third to end all Rachmaninov Thirds, a performance of such super-human pianistic aplomb, pace and virtuosity that it makes all comparisons, save with Horowitz himself,... —
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Vassily Sapellnikoff & Xaver Scharwenka: The Complete Recordings
Vassily Sapellnikoff (piano), Xaver Scharwenka (piano)
Here is a virtuoso from the Golden Age who deserves a place alongside the Rosenthals and Hofmanns...I love the pacing, the tempo relationships, his effortless fluency and (easily discernible)... —
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Kentner, a 'great-grandpupil' of the composer, offers Liszt that is aristocratic and technically exquisite - La leggierezza and La campanella as light as sound itself. Colour and sonority are... —
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Ney and her husband, the conductor Willen van Hoogstraten, display great chamber-like rapport in Mozart’s K450, notwithstanding stylistically antediluvian phrase-tapering and swoopy portamentos.... —
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Wilhelm Backhaus: The Complete Acoustic and Selected Early Electric Recordings
Wilhelm Backhaus (piano), Royal Albert Hall Orchestra, New Symphony Orchestra, Landon Ronald, Sir John Barbirolli
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