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Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes And Impromptus

39 reviews
Frederic Chopin, Claudio Arrau

Philips, 1997

Claudio Arrau, Enchanting
The eloquence of this enchanting artist is an absolute joy. Excellent recording. A treasure in my collection.

The Chopin Collection

14 reviews
Frederic Chopin, Artur Rubinstein

RCA Victor Europe, 1991

The ultimate interpretation
The ultimate way to apreciate the work of Chopin. powerful then again delicate. Sublime piano by Rubinstein. Curacao, apri1 14th 2008

Schubert: The Complete Impromptus

12 reviews
Franz Schubert, Alfred Brendel

Philips, 1997

little music
Franz Schubert's piano impromptus are not big music. Not only are the pieces relatively brief, but the absence of instruments other than solo piano and the evasion of bombast by Schubert altogether make these compositions small music. But small is beautiful. Alfred Brendel is at his understated best in his mastery of this genre. Lovers of the keyboard already know that Brendel can flow ...

Chopin: Greatest Hits

5 reviews
Frederic Chopin, André Previn, ...

Sony, 1994

Fantastic!!
Frederic Chopin is a very talented artist and composer. A must have of any Chopin collector.

Artur Rubinstein in Concert

1 review

Deutsche Grammophon, 2008

Rubinstein in the indian summer of his career
Following their release of Artur Rubinstein's Grieg, Chopin and Saint-Saëns concertos, Deutsche Grammophon issues another fascinating programme about the great pianist, recorded two years earlier, in August 1973, at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Rubinstein can be heard and seen in Beethoven's 3rd and Brahms's 1st, both accompanied by the Concertgebouw Orchestra under Bernard Haitink. ...

The World's Favorite Piano Music

13 reviews
Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, ...

RCA, 1992

My favorite CD!
Van Cliburn is a master pianist, and this CD is pure listening enjoyment. I generally am not into clasical music, but this is fun. His working fingers convince me that they are not working. They are dancing, and they are having great fun. WONDERFUL!!

Chopin: Favorite Piano Works

14 reviews
Frederic Chopin, Vladimir Ashkenazy

Decca, 1996

Why are you waiting?
Ashkenazy is one of the titans of Chopin. Davidovich and Arrau are the other two. They're all you need. Get Davidovich for the concertos, (inlcuding the Krakowiak--Op 14), Arrau for the nocturnes and a few micscellaneous pieces. Ashkenazy handles everything else. (Btw, Ashkenazy vs. Davidovich re. the impromptus is a toss up. But since the impromptus aren't on this disc, you can make that ...

Gabriela Montero plays Chopin, Falla, Ginestera, etc. [Includes Bonus CD]

22 reviews
Frederic Chopin, Manuel de Falla, ...

EMI Classics, 2005

Non-professional Review
Okay, I listen almost exclusively to classical music, but I do so simply for the pleasure and nothing more. I cannot tell you about Gabriela Montero's technique, and, when she improvises, I have no ability to judge the music's intrinsic value, authenticity, or whatever. I can only tell you this: while I own many dozens of albums, running the full spectrum of the classical genre, I value none of ...

Schubert: Impromptus For Piano

15 reviews
Franz Schubert, Murray Perahia

Sony, 1990

OMFG!
Perahia's recording of Schubert is amazing! Every track on this CD is moving, insightful, and fun. Though the only other renditions I've heard are Horowitz's 899 #4 and Brendel's 899 #3, I liked Perahia's versions more. The beginning of Perahia's 899#4 is like a nice psychoacoustic tickle. All of the other impromptus also have interesting moments that touch multiple senses during careful ...

Story Of Chopin In Words And Music

2 reviews
Frederic Chopin, Ingrid Haebler

Vox (Classical), 1995

BEAUTIFUL MUSIC/WAY TO LEARN ABOUT CHOPIN & HISTORY
The music is so wonderful, perhaps a better description is that the music is so beautiful that it almost seems surreal - Wow! So breathtaking, so Chopin!!! Add to the music, a great written biography on Chopin's life and you've got one incredible hour of enjoyment/learning. The first 1/2 hour mixes Chopin's story with his music; the second 1/2 hour is some of Chopin's greatest works! Great for ...

Rostropovich, Master Cellist

5 reviews
Mstislav Rostropovich, Frederic Chopin, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2002

Rostropovich at 75 - A Look Back
To celebrate the 75th year of the birth of cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, the various labels he recorded with over his illustrious career have issued several excellent collections. EMI outdid themselves by issuing, among other sets, the breathtaking 13-CD box set "The Russian Years," featuring rare recordings and numerous premieres made by Rostropovich during his tenure behind the Iron Curtain. ...

Bartok: Complete Solo Piano Music

9 reviews
Bela Bartok, György Sándor

Vox (Classical), 2003

Best classical value out there
To put this set in perspective, for months I would go to my local Tower Records fishing for worthwhile classical CDs at least once a week. One of the discs that sat in the bins the longest was a single CD of Bartok piano music, played by Zoltan Kocsis. It was Volume 7 of a complete series. This CD listed for $17.99, and as long as I went to that Tower Records, it did not budge an inch, nor was ...

Horowitz: The Last Recording

6 reviews
Haydn, Liszt, Wagner Chopin, Vladimir Horowitz

Sony, 1990

The Last and One of the Very Best
It is truly amazing to think that Horowitz was 86 years old when he made this recording. The virtuoso passages of Chopin that require fingertip pyrotechnics are played with flawless precision and a sense of nuance and shading that is exquisite. At his very best, Horowitz took music to a level where he made the piano into his palette and painted a marvelously subtle musical picture. On the ...

Schubert: Impromptus D 899 & D 935 / Radu Lupu

11 reviews
Franz Schubert, Radu Lupu

Decca, 1999

Schubert Impromptus at their best
For this record review, I plan to examine to a recording of the eight Schubert Impromptus, D899 and D935, performed by famed pianist Radu Lupu and recorded by Decca Records in 1982. This album has special significance to me as I have personally learnt and performed two of the tracks on the album. In my sophomore year of high school, I was studying the Schubert Impromptu in E Flat Major, a ...

Mitsuko Uchida Plays Schubert

5 reviews
Franz Schubert, Mitsuko Uchida

Philips, 2005

Days and Evenings with Schubert and Uchida
Mitsuko Uchida is one of the major stars of the piano keyboard today and while her repertoire is wide, her interpretation of Franz Schubert's piano music is among the finest both on the concert stage and on recording. The two seem to be from the same soul: Uchida somehow finds the spiritual core of Schubert and traverses the hurdles of his Olympian pieces with complete ease and assurance. ...

Schubert: Greatest Hits
Julius Levine, Mischa Schneider, ...

Sony, 1994

The Sofia Recital 1958

17 reviews
Frederic Chopin, Franz Liszt, ...

Philips, 2001

terrible coughs.
there are two recordings that would've perhaps been much more appreciated had there not been several people who coughed their way through the entire concert. the furtwangler 1942 recording of Beethoven's sixth symphony and this one. jesus. i'm not one to complain about coughing, but we have issues here. was it communism?? really, were russians this worse off??????? things set aside, the ...

Piano Favorites

7 reviews
Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, ...

EMI Classics, 1995

Elegance at the piano
I grew up listening to Moura Lympany's playing, especially Litolff's Scherzo. Never could understand how a person could play with absolute control at high speed. In this recording, most (though not all - the Etude in C# minor an obvious exception)of the music is more laid back, and played with great grace and with the controlled touch of a pianist at the peak of her career. The ambience of the ...

Fauré: Piano Music complete [Box Set]

2 reviews
Gabriel Faure, Bruno Rigutto, ...

Brilliant Classics, 2006

Excellent
A famous set from the 70s reissued cheap. Excellent in every way.

Music for Solo Harp

7 reviews
Elizabeth Hainen

Naxos, 2002

Gorgeous!
For a long time, I've loved music for the solo harp. For a long time, too, I've (please forgive me) not been a fan of the market of solo harp recordings. Why? Honestly, it comes down to the selection of peices. That is, too many solo harp records either tend to fall into a mode of ultra-glissando bombasticness, or are simply trying to be too 'pretty' and end up instead as pretty boring. That is ...

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