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Special offer. Schubert: the Symphonies
RecommendedChamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Well known for his deep scepticism and deliberate avoidance of performing tradition, Harnoncourt breathes new life into the music by looking afresh at the sources and encouraging his players... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2021, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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Building A Library, March 2024, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Sviatoslav Richter plays Beethoven
Royal Festival Hall, 18 June 1975
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
This is an astounding disc. It contains some of the greatest piano playing I have ever heard, and the most profound interpretation of what is, for me, Beethoven's greatest piano work, the Hammerklavier... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Historical
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Historical
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Special offer. Annie Fischer plays Beethoven & Schumann
Annie Fischer (piano)
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Joseph Keilberth
you are made aware once more of Fischer's robust poetry, of her economical, never inflated or exaggerated style. Less mercurial than, say Moiseiwitsch, less vertiginous than Argerich in the... —
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Cziffra's potent combination of gypsy-like abandon with absolute control of rubato and cumulative build-up makes for very exciting listening. —
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Special offer. Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem
Elisabeth Grümmer (soprano) & Hermann Prey (baritone)
Kölner Rundfunkchor & Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Otto Klemperer
Klemperer underlines the grand architectural proportions of the German Requiem while piercing close to its spiritual heart...the performance itself builds in monumental intensity from a fairly... —
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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... —
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Special offer. Claudio Arrau plays Beethoven Piano Sonatas
Swedish Radio Studios, Stockholm, 5 April 1960
Claudio Arrau (piano)