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Review – Piano Postcards – Stephen Hough
Stephen Hough plays Piano Postcards, a recital of miniatures and his own transcriptions of Disney songs, Rachmaninoff, Chaminade and folk tunes.
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Review: Schubert/Liszt – Wanderer Fantasy, Tchaikovsky – Concert Fantasy – Lukas Geniušas
Lukas Geniušas, Modestas Pitrėnas and the Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen pair Tchaikovsky's Concert Fantasy with Liszt's orchestration of Schubert's Wanderer Fantasy.
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Review: Beethoven – Complete Variations For Piano, Vol. 3 – Cédric Tiberghien
Cédric Tiberghien pairs Beethoven's Diabelli Variations and early variation sets with Ligeti's Musica Ricercata and Kurtág's Játékok.
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Double Review: Haydn Piano Sonatas – Donohoe & Kozhukhin
Haydn piano sonatas from two pianists: Peter Donohoe and Denis Kozhukhin.
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Review: Schubert – Treasures – Rudolf Buchbinder, Piano
Rudolf Buchbinder plays 160 of Schubert's published dances - waltzes, ländler, and ecossaises.
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Martha Argerich – The Best Recordings
The Classic Review editorial team’s picks of the best recordings by pianist Martha Argerich, curated for her 85th birthday.
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Review: Inferno – Behzod Abduraimov, Piano
Behzod Abduraimov plays Czerny, Liszt, Debussy, Stravinsky, and Brahms on Inferno, a fire-themed piano recital.
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Top Five – Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2 – The Best Recordings
The Classic Review editorial team's recommendations for the best recordings of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2.
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Review: The Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Edition – 1991-2007
Hyperion's 50-CD box of the first 50 volumes of its Romantic Piano Concerto series: 130 works, 59 composers, 19 pianists, 14 orchestras.
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Review: Arcadi Volodos Plays Schubert and Schumann (2026)
Arcadi Volodos plays Schubert's Piano Sonata D. 850 (Gasteiner) and Schumann's Kinderszenen, Op. 15 in a live recital on Sony Classical.