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Mendelssohn: Songs without Words

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by: Daniel Barenboim

Release Date September 16, 1996
This is a lovely double CD set. Mendelssohn solo piano music is beautiful and very escapist. Although I am a classical buff myself, I am buying a second copy to give to my fashionable electric guitar playing mate who wants to get into classical but doesn't know what he'd like. I reckon this stuff is hard to dislike and very accessible to classical newbes. I also have no complaints about Barenboim's performance/interpretation of these works.

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Chopin - Complete 1950S RECORDINGS /STEFAN ASKENASE

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from: DG Original Masters

Release Date January 17, 2005
This is a fascinating issue. Stefan Askenase is not a name that springs readily to mind these days when one is thinking of the great interpreters of Chopin. But back in the 1950s and 1960s, his name was as synonymous with Chopin in the Deutsche Grammophon catalogue as Kempff was with Beethoven or Schumann. The set collects Askenase's Chopin performances for DG. Askenase was the kind of pianist whose playing often gets described as 'cultured'. That is to say his performances are elegant and urbane, but play down the virtuoso display the music sometimes calls for. Thus Askenase is disarming in the Nocturnes, which are a real highlight on the set. He does not always convince, though, in his performance of say the Polonaises, and the second and ... Read More:

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Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2; Songs without words

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by: András Schiff Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks Charles Dutoit

Release Date January 24, 2000
This is a fascinating issue. Stefan Askenase is not a name that springs readily to mind these days when one is thinking of the great interpreters of Chopin. But back in the 1950s and 1960s, his name was as synonymous with Chopin in the Deutsche Grammophon catalogue as Kempff was with Beethoven or Schumann. The set collects Askenase's Chopin performances for DG. Askenase was the kind of pianist whose playing often gets described as 'cultured'. That is to say his performances are elegant and urbane, but play down the virtuoso display the music sometimes calls for. Thus Askenase is disarming in the Nocturnes, which are a real highlight on the set. He does not always convince, though, in his performance of say the Polonaises, and the second and ... Read More:

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Piano Moods

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by: Various Artists

Release Date June 11, 2007
This is a fascinating issue. Stefan Askenase is not a name that springs readily to mind these days when one is thinking of the great interpreters of Chopin. But back in the 1950s and 1960s, his name was as synonymous with Chopin in the Deutsche Grammophon catalogue as Kempff was with Beethoven or Schumann. The set collects Askenase's Chopin performances for DG. Askenase was the kind of pianist whose playing often gets described as 'cultured'. That is to say his performances are elegant and urbane, but play down the virtuoso display the music sometimes calls for. Thus Askenase is disarming in the Nocturnes, which are a real highlight on the set. He does not always convince, though, in his performance of say the Polonaises, and the second and ... Read More:

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Classic FM Relax 3CD

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by: Various Artists

Release Date October 29, 2007

There are so many classical music compilations which claim to `relax' the listener that it becomes either daunting for the newcomer to know which to buy, or repetitive to others who have already purchased several such collections. There's no answer to which is best, for they all have their merits, some being better quality performances, others offer a better selection of music, and others may just be great value for money.

The Classic FM series of CD releases - and they are growing in number - generally offer a little of all these attributes, and are increasingly becoming the first choice of classical music compilation for many people.

This 3CD set entitled `relax' is certainly good value and as usual is well ... Read More: