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2019 release. Beatrice Rana, in the words of the New York Times, is a pianist who "has ferocious technique but is distinguished by her musical intelligence." Here she plays virtuosic, poetic works that evoke the creative ferment of Paris in the transitional early years of the 20th century: piano transcriptions of Stravinsky's iridescent ballet scores The Firebird and Petrushka, and Ravel's Miroirs and La Valse.

Deluxe two CD edition. 2022 release. The most unforgettable songs from Disney's iconic films reimagined by the greatest living pianist, Lang Lang's The Disney Book tells the story of a century of magical, joyous entertainment for all. Join him on an uplifting, virtuosic journey to experience beloved songs from Disney films with collaborators from across the globe, including Andrea Bocelli, Sebastian Yatra, and Jon Batiste, performing hits from Snow White, Encanto, Beauty and the Beast, Pinocchio and many more.

(6th) "Richter's friendship with Prokofiev dated back to their student years, and Prokofiev entrusted him with the premieres of the Sixth and Seventh Sonatas and wrote the Ninth Sonata for him". (7th) "a superb achievement" "a big wartime work... that can easily sound sentimental if played with less elegance than this, and a brilliant final toccata in 7/8 rhythm [Gramophone] (8th) "(the recording) is the Prokofiev 8th Sonata which encompasses breadth and depth in a way none can match"[Penguin Guide3*]"

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On Volume 5 of Howard Shelley's complete Mendelssohn piano music series, he continues to overturn the conventional wisdom about the composer's unjustly neglected piano music, again demonstrating convincingly it's claims on our attention.

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Angela Hewitt's notes for this important new album describe a teenager's moment of revelation when she first came to appreciate the epic masterpiece that is the Liszt Piano Sonata. Here we have a heart-felt recording where this palpable sense of wonder is manifest alongside Hewitt's enthralling technical facility at the keyboard. The program is completed by the second half of Liszt's dazzling second Annee de pelerinage collection: The three Petrarch Sonnets and the noble Dante Sonata, the latter composed as a fund-raiser for the Bonn Beethoven monument in 1839.

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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Vol.7 The latest installment of Angela Hewitt's much-lauded Beethoven cycle is bookended by the great 'Tempest' and Op.109 sonatas. The performances are as usual complemented by Angela's own booklet notes which provide real insight into how she approaches these masterworks.

Clementi on Clementi

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Steffen Schleiermacher's cleverly conceived collection of five possible realizations of "Twenty-five Pages" makes it possible to experience both directly and drastically the immense variety of potential sound results: from the extremity of the first version in which the texts of all "25 pages" are played simultaneously, to it's direct opposite where all the pages are played consecutively by a single player with an aleatoric ordering of the pages and choice of clefs.

Richter Archives, Vol. 2: Chopin Recitals 1954-1977 (Live)

Grieg: Piano Music, Vol. 10

Grieg: Piano Music, Vol. 5

Grieg: Piano Music, Vol. 6

Haydn: Piano Sonatas Nos. 20 and 30-32

Beethoven: Bagatelles and Dances, Vol. 2

Beethoven: Bagatelles and Dances, Vol. 1

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Balakirev: Islamey

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 3

Mozart: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 4 (Piano Sonatas Nos. 3, 7, 11 a

Grieg: Piano Music, Vol. 2

Beethoven: 'Eroica' Variations / 32 Variations, Woo 80

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Schumann, R.: Kinderszenen / Papillons / Carnaval