{"title":"SUMMER BLOWOUT SALE 2026","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOver 1,000 titles\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ef\u003cspan\u003erom top classical labels are on sale now at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eArkivMusic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eCelebrate summer with a collection of music filled with color, charm, and discovery. From the shimmering worlds of \u003cstrong\u003eDebussy \u003c\/strong\u003eand \u003cstrong\u003eRavel \u003c\/strong\u003eto the folk-inspired melodies of \u003cstrong\u003eDvořák \u003c\/strong\u003eand \u003cstrong\u003eGrieg\u003c\/strong\u003e, the vibrant landscapes of \u003cstrong\u003eRespighi \u003c\/strong\u003eand \u003cstrong\u003eCopland\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the timeless brilliance of \u003cstrong\u003eMendelssohn\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eSaint-Saëns\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eVivaldi\u003c\/strong\u003e, this sale brings together recordings perfect for the season. Browse titles spanning beloved classics, orchestral favorites, chamber music, and contemporary discoveries, and find something new to enjoy all summer long.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShop now before the sale ends at \u003cstrong\u003e9:00am ET, Tuesday, July 28th, 2026.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"best-of-schubert-234757","title":"Best Of Schubert","description":"Classical Music","brand":"Naxos","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":44626943738090,"sku":"730099666626","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/205604.jpg?v=1778349473"},{"product_id":"britten-peter-the-wolfyoung-persons-guide-234272","title":"Britten: Young Person's Guide; Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals; Prokofiev: Peter \u0026 The Wolf","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe French composer Camille Saint-Saëns was prolific and lived a long time, although by the time of his death in 1921 music had changed beyond anything he could have conceived. He was a gifted pianist and, in common with many other \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewell known\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e French composers, found employment and distinction as organist at one of the principal churches in Paris. The popular \u003cem\u003eCarnival of the Animals\u003c\/em\u003e, described as A Zoological Fantasy, was written in 1886, originally for two pianos and a small chamber orchestra, to celebrate that year's carnival. The composer forbade further performances of this occasional music, except for \u003cem\u003eThe Swan\u003c\/em\u003e, which enjoyed immediate and irresistible popularity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Soviet composer Sergey Prokofiev wrote his \u003cem\u003ePeter and the Wolf\u003c\/em\u003e in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1936 to introduce to children the instruments of the orchestra. He had taken\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehis two sons to see performances at the Moscow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChildren's Music Theatre and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eis had suggested to him the possibility of a composition of this kind. The\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eboy Peter, represented by the strings, is playing in the meadow, forbidden\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eterritory. A \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ebird,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e shown by the flute, sings in a tree: a duck, the oboe, swims\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ein the pond, and a cat, the clarinet, comes onto the scene, sending the bird up\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eto a higher branch. Peter's grandfather, the bassoon, warns the boy not to\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eventure out, but meanwhile a wolf, the French horns, comes into the meadow,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand adventures ensue with spoken narration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTen years later, in 1946, the English composer Benjamin Britten was asked\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eto write music for an educational film introducing the instruments of the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eorchestra. For the purpose he chose a theme by the great 17th century\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEnglish composer Henry Purcell and wrote a set of variations, each of which\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eshows the characteristics of a particular instrument or group of instruments.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe alternative title of the work, Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eis an exact description. The other title, \u003cem\u003eThe Young Person's Guide to the\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOrchestra\u003c\/em\u003e, makes fun of the titles much \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efavored\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e by writers of moral tales in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethe 19th century, providing \"young persons\" with advice on how to regulate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eevery aspect of their lives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAt the most\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eexciting part of the concluding fugue, the brass instruments play again the original theme,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eleading to a grand conclusion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":259}' class=\"EOP SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Naxos","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":44626921324778,"sku":"730099549929","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/126789.jpg?v=1778341616"},{"product_id":"james-galway-serenade-232691","title":"James Galway - 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The clarity with which he delivers the words makes it easy to slip into the language of Schubert’s work and tap into the small details that render the story so devastating at the end—try listening to him sing of how his love 'loves hunting green' without your throat catching a bit. It’s these small details that make this English \u003cem\u003eMüllerin\u003c\/em\u003e so rich and compulsively listenable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e--\u003cem\u003eVan \u003c\/em\u003eMagazine (Olivia Giovetti)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the third in the Signum label’s sequence of Schubert song cycles using an English version of the texts by Jeremy Sams. His is in no sense a literal translation and is never in the least archly “poetic”, but is instead couched in relatively, plain, direct English which captures the spirit and directness of the original German while jettisoning any faux-Romantic or medieval archaisms such as “fain would I”. The translation is vernacular and quotidian but not modish or vulgar – and Sams does a fine job of reproducing the rhyming, strophic form of some songs, finding workable rhymes which do not sound forced, so in “Mine” we hear “sound, round, resound” and “found”, and “shine, wine, intertwine, combine” and “mine” sequentially to reproduce the effect of the German. The freedom of the English into which some songs are rendered might initially take the listener aback but a moment’s reflection will confirm the aptness and fidelity of Sams’ rendering; hence, the opening song begins “A miller loves to sit and dream of somewhere” rather than “To wander is the miller’s delight, to wander” or some such precious transliteration – and I know which I prefer. Sometimes the translation is both felicitous and amusing, as when in “Impatience” (Ungeduld) Sams picks up on the German: “ich möcht es sän auf jedes frische Beet\/ Mit Kressensamen” (I’d like to sow it in every fresh bed with cress seeds) and translates that colloquially as “I want to sow the words in watercress” so that it rhymes with “happiness” in the next line, and in “The Hunter” the miller girl’s cabbage patch (Kohlgarten) is transformed into a “strawberry bed” so that “fruit” rhymes conveniently with “shoot”. 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I decided to record the pieces over a short period of time, in order to keep the spontaneity of the interpretation. I am very thankful to the Teldex Team (René Möller and Jakob Bötcher) and the piano technician Gerd Finkenstein for sharing this musical experience together, and creating an exciting recording.“\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEW\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-id=\"41b404e9\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41b404e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"elementor-widget-container\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Bulgarian pianist Dora Deliyska has a penchant for “conceptual” programs that mix and match works related by genre or theme. Her 2018 Capriccio release “The B-A-C-H Project”, for example, juggled preludes and fugues by Bach and Shostakovich alongside decidedly non-Bachian études of Liszt and Chopin. The ordering of pieces seemed less curated than lumped together. The same can be said for her new 80-minute survey of Études and Préludes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor instance, the first three selections (Ligeti’s Der Zauberlehrling, Debussy’s Étude for Chromatic Degrees, and Chopin’s “Winter Wind”) texturally complement one another, while Chopin’s nocturne-like Op. 25 No. 7 étude easily elides into Ligeti’s gorgeously lyrical Ligeti Cordes á vide. On the other hand, I glean no insightful programmatic agenda within the small groups of Chopin, Debussy, and Kapustin Preludes placed in succession.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJudging from the present disc (as well as her Liszt and Schubert Gramola releases), Deliyska is more of a poetic than heroic pianist. Indeed, her Chopin “Octave” and “Winter Wind” etudes are less incisive here than her aforementioned Capriccio disc. Her note-perfect Chopin F-sharp minor and B-flat minor Preludes and sharply detailed Debussy Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest lack sweep and abandon. Yet what sexy inflections throughout Debussy’s Pour les arpèges composes, and strong inner rhythm in the sedately paced Ligeti L’escalier du diable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDebussy’s La Puerta del Vino adds up to a curious blend of spiky articulation and curvaceous lilt. However, the concluding three Preludes from Kapustin’s Op. 53 set reveals Deliyska’s stylistic ease with the composer’s jazz-based idiom. 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