Sorry about the continuing website problems ! I am trying to improve this ASAP.The Google translate buttons are useless and produce garbled language, hence its best just to read the original postings in English. Some links do not work either, others do. Some updates, like the inclusion of the new Mendelssohn CD Album hasn’t happened […]
Recommending books is a tricky business, and tastes are wildly different. Interest in serious literature can be a conversation killer these days, intellectual discourse increasingly getting frowned upon. But for those who have munched their way through one of the greatest novels in literary history, the “A la Recherche du temps perdu ” by Proust, here is […]
For those who thought Ignaz Friedman’s truly spectacular Mazurkas couldn’t be matched: think again. Maryla Jonas has left a very small legacy of recordings, but her Mazurkas have — particularly in the more sombre pieces –a quality which I have not heard by any other pianist ever.I wonder whether this profound depth, which is a hallmark […]
It is always astonishing what gems are waiting to be unearthed ! For example: Grete Scherzer, a totally obscure pianist without hardly any information on the net. But a sensational Gaspard de la Nuit by Maurice Ravel , one of the best ! For the connoisseur : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixdE4gCTPrc Here is all that’s known about this extraordinary pianist: […]
The new Double CD Album with the 48 Songs without Words has been released by Oehms Classics. Click here to purchase from Oehms Classics