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J. S. BACH
Bach: Partitas BWV825-BWV830 Andras Schiff (piano) [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] MARBECKS STAFF PICK: CD OF THE YEAR 2009 MUSICWEB UK RECORDING OF THE MONTH "Schiff's…unashamedly and masterfully pianistic, contrasting sustained tone and light staccato teasing out fragmentary motifs." BBC Music |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: The Piano Concertos Rafal Blechacz (piano) / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Jerzy Semkow [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] "…I would trade these richly satisfying accounts any day for others that lack the musical integrity and clarity of conception that Blechacz and Semkow bring to these works." Gramophone Magazine, December 2009 |
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RACHMANINOV
Piano Concertos nos. 2 (with Tchaikovsky-Piano Concerto No 1) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) / Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra / Stanislaw Wislocki / Wiener Symphoniker / Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "Svyatoslav Richter, one of the greatest pianist of the 20th century who was largely self-taught, had survived traumatic events and restrictions on his concert tours during the... |
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SCHUMANN
Schumann Gold [2 CDs special price] Various Artists including John Elliot gardiner, Hagen Quartet, Fritz Wunderlich, Lynn Harrell, Vladimir Horowitz & Anne Sofie von Otter [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 7/Apr/2010 ] Schumann's music embodies the Romantic spirit in all its passion, fantasy and sense of longing. This specially priced 2 CD set, celebrating his 200th birthday, is an essential collection of favourites. |