Chopin - Étude Op. 10 No. 12 in C minor ‘Revolutionary'
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Some extremely daring speeds guarantee excitement, pushing the technical limits in what are, of course, despite their generic title (Études , or Studies), so much more than technical exercises,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th April 2024
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2024, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2024, Finalist - Piano
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Special offer. Four Pieces - Four Pianos
RecommendedSchubert, Chopin, Liszt, Stravinsky
Alexander Melnikov (pianos)
They are all works requiring formidable technical ability, and pianist Alexander Melnikov brings clarity of touch and virtuoso flair to them all, transferring as if effortlessly from instrument... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th January 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2018, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2018
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Winner - Instrumental
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The Complete Chopin Edition
RecommendedKrystian Zimerman (piano), Claudio Arrau (piano), Anatol Ugorski (piano), Maurizio Pollini (piano), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Maria João Pires (piano), Martha Argerich (piano), Rafal Blechacz (piano), Yundi Li (piano), Lilya Zilberstein (piano), Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Kurt Bauer, Heidi Bung (pianos),...
The quality, both of DG's chosen recordings and the set's general presentation, is just about as good as it gets. To have in one box such wonders as Zimmerman's Ballades, Pollini's Etudes,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th April 2010
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Building a Library, November 2010, First Choice
17 CDs
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2018, Archive/Re-Issue of the Month
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Diapason d’Or, January 2019, Collectionneur
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The Complete Masterworks Recordings Vol. I
RecommendedThe Studio Recordings 1962-1963
Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
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Grammy Awards, 5th Awards (1962), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Grammy Awards, 5th Awards (1962), Classical Album of the Year
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Grammy Awards, 6th Awards (1963), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Grammy Awards, 7th Awards (1964), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Murray Perahia plays Chopin
RecommendedMurray Perahia (piano)
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta
A self-recommending six-disc set...which includes the Gramophone Award-winning disc of the Etudes. As Bryce Morrison said of that disc: 'From Perahia there is order and lucidity at the heart... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2014, Re-issue of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2003, Winner - Instrumental
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Instrumental
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Grammy Awards, 45th Awards (2002), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Pollini is the absolute master of the technical difficulties as the very opening band proclaims, but he also hits off the mood of the more introverted pieces with precision. — More…
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1970s
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I expected good things from Maurizio Pollini, but his recording on Deutsche Grammophon provided more passion, more colour, more drama, than my wildest dreams. — More…
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Building a Library, September 2006, First Choice
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Chopin & Godowsky - Études
For the first time on record, Boris Berezovsky plays Chopin’s original etudes and Godowsky’s versions side by side allowing listeners to compare them.
Boris Berezovsky (piano)
Berezovsky's technical command in Godowsky is formidable — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2005, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2005, Editor's Choice
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