Of course, the listener can tell the Handel Suites played by Andrei Gavrilov from the Handel Suites played by Sviatoslav Richter. Gavrilov's Suites are superbly played, thoughtfully performed, and persuasively interpreted. Richter's Suites, however, are supremely well played, penetratingly performed, and profoundly interpreted. Gavrilov's Suites ...
This two-disc set of Handel's Suites performed by Andrei Gavrilov and Sviatoslav Richter is just as good as their other two-disc set of Handel's Suites but with one big advantage. Here as there, Handel's Suites are models of wit, sensitivity, affection and virtuosity. Here as there, Gavrilov's performances are fluent, muscular, and persuasive and ...
It's often easy to fault compilations over the depth of their selections, the quality of their artists, the evenness of their reproduction, and general adherence to their themes; in many cases, listeners are left disappointed, especially by budget samplers that purport to give more for less. However, Deutsche Grammophon's Piano Moods is hard to ...
Crammed with many of Rachmaninov's most popular works, this 2004 compilation from EMI Classics is a fine starter set, superior to most greatest-hits packages. Complete performances of the Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, the Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, and the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini are always preferable to excerpts, and this album ...
There are basically two kinds of performances of Bach's keyboard concertos -- those played on the harpsichord and those played on the piano. There are likewise basically two kinds of performances of Bach's keyboard concertos played on the piano -- those played as if the piano were a percussion instrument and those played as if the piano were a ...
Finding decent albums of Edvard Grieg's best-known works is not difficult since they are regularly released by the major labels, and the handful of pieces nearly everybody knows -- the Piano Concerto in A minor, Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, From Holberg's Time (also known as the Holberg Suite), and Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, in various arrangements -- ...
An oddly chosen assortment of works performed by an oddly chosen assortment of players, this two-disc collection of Chopin's solo piano music brings together two of the better sets of Chopin recordings of the previous four decades along with a handful of not nearly in the same league recordings. Agustín Anievas' 1969 recording of the waltzes is ...
This CD of Mozart works used in hit films, presumably released in conjunction with the Mozart 250th birthday hoopla, actually stands out from among EMI's reduce-reuse-and-recycle CD releases as a compilation that's both enjoyable and useful. The value of the collection lies in its scope and in its quality of being current -- all the films whose ...
A splendid program superbly played, Russian pianist Andrei Gavrilov's 1993 collection of Grieg's Lyric Pieces falls only just short of greatness. Certainly, the selection is splendid. Out of 66 pieces, Gavrilov has chosen 24, mixing some of the best known, such as Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, Op. 65/6, and the March of the Dwarves, Op. 54/3, with ...
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