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Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos; Solo Works
'Yuja Wang’s performances are of a wholly individual character and brilliance that discourages comparison'
Medtner: Sonata-Ballade, Sonata-Idyll, Forgotten Melodies
'Emanuele Delucchi’s performances burn with conviction, affirming Medtner as a recondite genius beyond reductive labels'
Beethoven: Kavatine – Sonatas Op 109, Op 110, Op 111
'There’s no denying his clarity: fingerwork is immaculate (passagework, trills and tremolos are unfailingly neat) and textures are lucid'
Haochen Zhang plays Beethoven & Liszt
'Haochen Zhang's precision is stunning – the bounce he brings to the streams of notes in the finale of the Beethoven, the clarity he gives to the bel canto filigree in the Liszt, the assured voicing...
Bartók
'Her fifth album for Rubicon finds Sonya Bach as attuned to the music of Bartók as she was to that of Chopin, Rachmaninov and Mussorgsky on previous releases'
Rachmaninov: Piano Sonatas Nos 1-2 & The Isle of the Dead
'Giltburg brings muscularity to Rachmaninov’s sonatas but sacrifices some of the music’s lyricism and rhythmic clarity, partly due to recording balance and interpretative choices'
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