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June 8, 2007
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4 Ballades; Waltzes in E flat Op 18, and A flat Op 42; Nocturne in F Op 15/1; Mazurkas in F minor Op 7/3, A minor Op 17/4 and in D Op 33/2; Etudes Op 10/3 and 10/4.
This is a stereo-only reissue by Sony Japan of one of the most celebrated classical piano recordings of the 1990s. When released in ... more |
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June 7, 2007
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Mari Kodama is a relatively young Japanese pianist whom I have never heard before. I gather she's married to the conductor Nagano, which certainly helps one's contacts in the cutthroat world of classical music. This is the third SACD of Beethoven sonatas she has recorded for PentaTone. Reviews of ... more |
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June 7, 2007
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There are, amazingly, a dozen Mozart Requiems already on SACD. On the face of it, this expensive Universal Japan SACD of the traditional Süssmayr completion, without coupling, with only Japanese booklet notes, and stereo only, would appear to be a non-starter. Yet, such is the artistic quality on ... more |
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June 7, 2007
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This PentaTone remastering incorporates most of the pieces from two Arrau LPs released in the mid-1970s. The SACD contains the full LP contents of the 26 Chopin Preludes, but only Papillons from a Schumann anthology which originally also included Opp 15, 19 and 28. Arrau was born in 1903. These ... more |
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May 29, 2007
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This excellent SACD, with the Telarc-like warning on the back : 'EXTREME SURROUND SOUND!' is one of the bare handful dealing with contemporary classical music. Such is the excellence of the production, and the diversity of the compositions, that after playing this SACD ten times, I can say that it ... more |
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