APR
Mischa Levitzki (piano): Complete HMV Recordings (APR)
This splendid twofer just shouldn’t be missed [SG]
Elly Ney (piano): Brahms & Schubert (APR)
There is some beautiful playing in these wartime recordings [RCh]
Shura Cherkassky (piano): The Complete 78-rpm Recordings 1923-1950 (APR)
An opportunity to savour Cherkassy’s seductive magic [SG]
Wilhelm Backhaus (piano) The Complete Acoustic and Selected Electric Recordings (APR)
Backhaus’s earliest recordings reappear, in largely pre-existing restorations, to renewed triumph [JW]
Shura Cherkassky (piano) Complete Recordings (APR)
Astonishing playing from a giant of the piano world [RCh]
Chopin: Robert Lortat – Complete recordings (APR)
Muscular and occasionally idiosyncratic playing from the latest discovery in APR’s French Piano School collection [RCh]
Chopin: 24 Preludes, 14 Waltzes (APR)
Expert re-masterings breathe new life into these treasured recordings [SG]
Kathleen Long (piano) The Decca Solo Recordings 1941-1945 (APR)
A well deserved release for this supremely gifted but neglected pianist [RCh]
Robert Lortat (piano) – Chopin Recordings (APR)
Lortat, a real competitor to Cortot in Chopin, finally receives the transfers he deserves [JW]
Kathleen Long (piano) The Decca Solo Recordings 1941-1945 (APR)
Refined inscriptions, lovingly restored [SG]
Schubert: Wanderer Fantasy and Sonatas (APR)
(Déjà Review) Performances which reflect Smith’s formidable credentials as a Schubertian of distinction [JW]
Kathleen Long (piano) The Decca Solo Recordings 1941-1945 (APR)
Insightful, stylish Kathleen Long – a pianist too often taken for granted [JW]
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