The only Chopianist I care to listen to
Chopin: Mazurkas (Linn)
Tranquil and haunted
Arvo Pärt: And I heard a voice (ECM)
Remembering Christoph von Dohnanyi
The former Cleveland Orchestra conductor died on Saturday at the age of 95
Transcending misery
Galina Ustvolskaya: Symphonies 1-5 (BIS)
Go get this record!
Arirang (Orchid)
No relationship with the keyboard
Pierre Boulez/Alfred Schnittke: Piano works (Naxos/BIS)
A riveting selection of itinerant tunes
Gypsy Melodies (La dolce volta)
A well-watered lawn
Viktor Kalabis: Chamber music (Hyperion)
Defying categorisation
Valentin Silvestrov: “… flowering over Lethe…” (ECM); Violin concerto (Naxos)
A fruitcake rather than an egghead
Somehow Alfred Brendel managed to appear both deadly serious and not serious at all
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