Feyzi Erçin

Awesome Combination of Poetry and Pianism

16.10.2020

Hamamatsu winner Can Çakmur’s most recent CD for BIS is mostly the seldom played or recorded transcription of Schubert’s eclectic song...

Schuch invites us to the bottom of Beethoven's music

18.09.2020

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No. 8, 16, 17 Garson, “Pathetique Variations” Pousseur “Coups de Des En Echos” Ruprecht, Sonata in...

How do you like your Beethoven in the 21st century?

30.01.2020

A fifth of the 21st century has already passed. Following Daniel Barenboim, Paul Lewis and most recently Igor Levit, Fazıl Say celebrates...

Cleverly coupled waltzes and a medievally violent and passionate Rite

13.09.2017

Go East! Stravinsky, Brahms, Hindemith, Manav Gülru Ensari (piano), Herbert Schuch (piano) C-AVI AVI8553376 * * *...

Surely the best Mozart solo piano CD of the past year

04.03.2017

With playful, witty, childish, full of original and kindly embellished ornaments, the first sonata is a joy to start Prosseda's wonderfully executed Mozart

Tough task of a Chopin programme fails

02.09.2016

Nargiz Aliyarova Plays Frederic Chopin Nargiz Aliyarova (piano) Etcetera KTC 1508 * * Tough task of a Chopin programme fails Nargiz Aliyarova...

A flexible voice that responds to a variety of Schubertian nuances

02.09.2016

Schubert: Goether Lieder Mauro Peter (tenor) Helmut Deutsch (piano) Sony 88875083882 * * * * A flexible voice that resonates and also responds...

Variety of tone and expression key to Sudbin's success

14.04.2016

D. SCARLATTI: 18 Sonatas Yevgeny Sudbin (piano) BIS 2138 * * * * * I initially thought that knowing Gramophone had chosen this as their CD of the...

Różycki Piano Concertos & Ballade in G Major

24.03.2016

Różycki Piano Concertos & Ballade in G Major Jonathan Plowright, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Delightful discoveries from a...

Musical Bach, that is non-glamourous, full of nuance

14.04.2015

Bach: English Suites by Piotr Anderszewski * * * Piotr Anderszewski (piano) Recorded in the Philharmonic Concert Hall (Warsaw) Warner...

Inconsistent renderings of the Bartok concertos

09.02.2015

Bartok: Violin Concertos * * * Isabelle Faust (violin) Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding Harmonia...

Nice music making but the point of a "Dichterliebe' remake for cello and piano is difficult to find

09.02.2015

Schumann: “Dichterliebe” Op. 48, Fantasiestücke Op. 73. Andante and Variations Op. 46 * * * Jan Vogler (cello),...

Valuable for collectors, otherwise a bit of an overkill

09.02.2015

Wagner (Tausig), Verdi (Liszt) * * * Transcriptions & Paraphrases Orazio Sciortino (piano) Sony Classical Why should...

A perfect Mahler reputation

09.02.2015

Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Kindertotenlieder, Rückert-Lieder * * * * * Christian Gerhaher...

Does not work for me…

09.02.2015

J.S.Bach: Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin (Vol. 2) * * Isabelle Faust (violin) Harmonia Mundi The...

Kavakos, Leipzig Gewendhausorchester and Ricardo Chailly play Brahms and Bartok

09.02.2015

Brahms, Bartok * * * * * Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Leipzig Gewendhausorchester, Riccardo Chailly Decca Before admiring...

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