Chopin
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His Chopin is as flexible and feather-light as it is fluent and fiery, as compelling in its sense of structure as in its relishing of detail. The whole experience radiates joyful, youthful exuberance. — 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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Nothing in the entire literature of Etudes surpasses Chopin’s Op. 25, and the best interpreters not only clear all the technical hurdles but project the 12 pieces as a progressive sequence.... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2021
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Diapason d’Or, October 2021, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2021, Piano
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Opus Klassik, 2022, Instrumentalist of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Piano
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The Gramophone Good CD Guide awarded this its highest accolade, denoting "an unrivalled version, a cornerstone of the catalogue", adding that "this is surely the greatest, certainly the richest... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Instrumental
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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In performances captured across much of the three-week competition, the Canadian pianist has something consistently interesting and always fully idiomatic to say about Chopin’s music...by any... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2021, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Shura Cherkassky: The Complete 78rpm Recordings (1923-1950)
Shura Cherkassky (piano), Robert Lortat, Marcel Hubert, Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra, Jacques Rachmilovich
APR’s is the most comprehensive single collection and has, by a country mile, the best annotation, booklet (Jonathan Summers) and transfers (Seth B Winner)...evidence, if it were needed, of... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2023, Archive Issue of the Month
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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No point trying to fault anything: the lightness and flexibility of her touch takes the breath away, and her sound is at every moment transparently controlled, each piece displaying insight... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2012, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2012, Editor's Choice
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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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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 sound quality throughout is amazingly good...there are several valuable additions to this great pianist’s discography. Not least among them is a superb live performance of the Emperor Concerto,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2019, Archive/Reissue of the Month
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Diapason d’Or, October 2019, Collectionneur
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Historic Recording
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The uncanny, shimmering half-lights of "Catacombs", the bustle of the "Market Place at Limoges" and the majestic expanse of "The Great Gate of Kiev" show the dynamic range and perception of... — More…
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Building a Library, July 2002, Historic Choice
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