Lang Lang: Dragon Songs (Plus DVD)17 reviews Lang Lang Deutsche Grammophon, 2007 Thoroughly enjoyable! + A Dialogue in Tradition + Great job! + Album of Utter Finesse             Steinway Legends: Vladimir Horowitz1 review Johann Sebastian Bach, Frederic Chopin, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 2006 So perfect! Everything Horowitz plays is so perfect! How can anyone say otherwise. This CD is an enchantement from A to Z. I love absolutely every piece from that exceptional CD. Horowitz is one of the best pianist that ever lived, he is a giant of the piano never equalled to this day. I know there are other ...             Stephen Hough's Spanish Album4 reviews Isaac Albeniz, Claude Debussy, ... Hyperion UK, 2007 Gazpacho + Exquisite! + The Hough effect + Sparkling sensuality             Chopin, Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 114 reviews Frederic Chopin, Franz Liszt, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 2007 Piano Concertos Refreshed + Yundi Li plays Liszt and Chopin + Virtuoso playing, but requires better ensemble work. Standard repertory, but exceptional performances characterize this release. The pianist obviously has something to say, and says it in a way that is most refreshing. No lover of fine pianism can afford to pass this by.             Chopin Edition: Complete Works (17 CD Box Set)3 reviews Frédéric Chopin, Sir Neville Marriner, ... Brilliant Classics, 2007 Brilliant Classics does it again + Worth Buying + Another triumph for Brilliant Classics For some unfathomable reason, pianists love to mutilate Chopin's music more than any other composer's in the piano repertoire. It almost seems like a parlor game to see who can come up with the most foreign interpretation. Tempos get warped, dynamics are modified, and an audience never hears 3/4 ...             Glenn Gould: Hereafter7 reviews Humphrey Burton, Glenn Gould Juxtapositions, 2006 more than Gouldiana + If you like Glenn Gould + A Revealing Perspective on a Musical Genius Glenn Gould has become a cottage industry, I guess. What does it matter, when films this fine come along. Bruno Monsaigneon strikes gold with a fresh look at a music giant. All Monsaigneon's films are gems. (his film of Menuhin's return to Russia - the patience and vision sticks with me. It should ...             The 5 Browns31 reviews The 5 Browns Sony BMG Masterworks, 2006 Fabulous piano! + The 5 Browns + An Amazing Family It's a treat to become acquainted with the music of the Five Browns! Wonderful selection of titles on the CD. So glad to have it!             Harris Goldsmith Plays Beethoven Beethoven, Goldsmith Brilliant Classics, 2007 A rare opportunity to hear Harris Goldsmith's brilliant Beethoven interpretations. His is an unusual approach to some of these classical sonatas. Especially remarkable is the large-scale overall concept on which his interpretations are based. New Yorker Goldsmith has a versatile talent. He is not just a pianist, but also an author, a critic and a musicologist. For quite some years he has ...             The Piano Collection [Box Set]1 review Isaac Albeniz, Ludwig van Beethoven, ... Brilliant Classics, 2007 Unknown Quantities I really can't review the boxed set of disks because I didn't buy it. And I didn't buy it because no where is there a listing of what exactly is included. Apparently there are people who buy because it has a pretty cover - but before I fork over $72 I want to know what pieces are included and ...             Beethoven: Piano Sonatas , vol. 28 reviews Beethoven Harmonia Mundi Fr., 2007 Beethoven 2, Paul Lewis Sonatas + Beautiful pianism, somewhat restrained + Beethoven at its best!! + A bit of a letdown             Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 35 reviews Ludwig van Beethoven, Christian Gansch, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 2007 Distinctive, Imaginative Playing from Pletnev and the RNO in these two Beethoven piano concerti + Mastery and originality all in one. + Pletnev on Beethoven 1 & 3 + An imagiinative triumph for Pletnev             BRAHMS: PIANO CONCERTOS, TWO RHAPSODIES, OP. 79, INTERMEZZOS, OP. 117 & OP. 1192 reviews Jules Eskin, Johannes Brahms, ... Sony Classics, 2007 An Intimate Conversation Between Brahms and Ax + Strong Brahms playing, if a bit faceless The two CD album recently released by Sony is a gathering of some of the finest moments Emanuel Ax has recorded of the music of his beloved Johannes Brahms. Long respected for his intelligence, self-effacing performances where it is clear that the genius of the moment is the composer not the ...             Aria: Opera without Words9 reviews Vincenzo Bellini, Percy Grainger, ... Decca, 2007 Not Liszt + Aria: Opera Without Words + Aria Sings + Aria my response + Jean Yves Thibaudet plays opera arias on the piano             Rameau: Keyboard Suites10 reviews Jean-Phillipe Rameau, Angela Hewitt Hyperion UK, 2007 Rameau on Piano + Easy on the Ears + Ken's Revew + A Daring Venture into Harpsichord Territory + Muscianship of the highest order             Aaron Jay Kernis: 100 Greatest Dance Hits Felix Fan, Aaron Jay Kernis, ... Black Box Classics, 2007             Volodos Plays Liszt [Hybrid SACD]9 reviews Franz Liszt, Arcadi Volodos Sony Classics, 2007 Volodos the Artist + Five stars, but I do have a few comments for pianists + Sensational! + Historically great Liszt - we need more stars + Extraordinary CD             Leos Janácek: A Recollection4 reviews Leos Janacek, Andras Schiff Ecm Records, 2001 Lovely, Dark, and Deep + Heart over Head + Haunting and Timely It's late November and you're walking out in the woods. There's a crisp coolness underfoot and in the air. And you've just lost a dear friend to time and circumstance.... That is the type of Recollection which this music evokes for me. The excellent liner notes by Imre Kertesz and Robert Cowan ...             Beethoven: Piano Sonatas , vol. 28 reviews Beethoven Harmonia Mundi Fr., 2007 Beethoven 2, Paul Lewis Sonatas + Beautiful pianism, somewhat restrained + Beethoven at its best!! + A bit of a letdown             Rameau: Keyboard Suites10 reviews Jean-Phillipe Rameau, Angela Hewitt Hyperion UK, 2007 Rameau on Piano + Easy on the Ears + Ken's Revew + A Daring Venture into Harpsichord Territory + Muscianship of the highest order             Volodos Plays Liszt [Hybrid SACD]9 reviews Franz Liszt, Arcadi Volodos Sony Classics, 2007 Volodos the Artist + Five stars, but I do have a few comments for pianists + Sensational! + Historically great Liszt - we need more stars + Extraordinary CD