Customer Review: This is without question the best collection of Chopin interpretations that I have. Of course, I favor the more romantic piano players so keep that in mind
Customer Review: This is a masterful performance by the great Vladimir Ashkenazy of Chopin's favourite piano works. If you love Chopin's music and Ashkenazy's magic touch, this 2-disc CD is a must. Apart from all the all-time favourites such as grande valse brillante, op 18, nocturne in E flat major, op 9 no 2,... more info
Customer Review: The CDs in this set are not packaged in standard jewelboxes nor even in cheap sleeves, but are mounted directly atop a printed surface. As a result, when I purchased the set from my school bookstore, I found that several of the CDs had dried flecks of ink on the data side that made it impossible to... more info
Customer Review: This is Horowitz at his best. Starts off with 6 Scarlatti sonatas, and then moves on to a wonderful interpretation of Chopin's 4th Ballade. The Liszt 2nd Ballade follows and is easily one of the definitive interpretations of the work. Ending with a Chopin Waltz and a Rachmaninoff prelude this... more info
Customer Review: What can one say about Pollini at this point? Once again he delivers careful, intelligent performances that somehow come across as impersonal and unpoetic. The "meaning" of a piece of music may be a subjective matter, but the issue does not seem to have crossed his mind. One suspects that he (and... more info
Customer Review: INTRODUCTION: As previously concluded in my review of the good but less than great collection of Rubinstein's Chopin outings on RCA (The Chopin Collection), his tendency 'to play everything in a similarly smooth manner with an unfailing beauty of tone' creates results that are 'never less than... more info
Customer Review: Upon first listen, you might think that "Codex Faenza: Instrumental Music of the Early 15th Century" is wrongly named. These works were composed by 14th Century composers, such as Machaut and Landini, and several songs appear as vocal arrangements without instrumentation. That's where the... more info
Customer Review: Horowitz Live and Unedited [includes Bonus DVD]
The sound is simply astonishing, as if it were recorded on 21st century equipment instead of forty years ago. If you enjoy classical piano, this is an essential for your collection. Horowitz at his best.
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