Since you are interested in Chopin: Etudes Op 10 & Op 25, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bartok: The 3 Piano Concertos Stephen Kovacevich (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ Philips / CD - released 1/Oct/1990 ] 'In each of the concertos it is Kovacevich's reading of the finale which crowns the performance...the recording represents the work of Philips engineers at its refined best [Concertos 1 & 3]' Gramophone |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Preludes op.23, op.32, op.3 no.2 Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ Decca Originals / CD - released 25/Mar/2007 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - 'Perhaps what strikes home most of all is the sheer aristocracy of his playing...everything is beautifully moulded and proportioned, beautifully balanced and blended.' Gramophone... |
CHOPIN / DEBUSSY / RAVEL
Recital (rec 1965) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ Decca Originals / CD - released 20/Jul/2007 ] 'Ashkenazy plays it marvellously well, and seems oblivious of the difficulties [Gaspard]. His soft playing is really soft, and yet always full of atmosphere and tension. He is lazily relaxed in 'Ondine', hushed and mesmeric in 'Le Gibet', and what... |
DEBUSSY / RAVEL
Music for Two Pianos Vladimir Ashkenazy & Vovka Ashkenazy (pianos) [ Decca / CD - released 16/Sep/2010 ] "Ashkenazy père et fils… clearly having much fun, especially in Rapsodie espagnol, drawing a wide range of colour, and some wonderfully delicate shading." BBC Music Magazine, November 2009 *** |