Fernand Braudel
Fernand Braudel (1901-1985), the most celebrated French historian of the postwar era, taught at the Collège de France and was a member of the École Pratique des Hautes Études. His widely acclaimed works include A grand sweep of [... more]
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Comp Etudes
 A wonderful disc that deserves a larger audience: It's taken me a while to develop a true appreciation for Saint-Saens' works. Like many I have been familiar with his Carnaval since early childhood, followed by his Organ Symphony after its final movement' [... more]
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Eli Barnavi
Elie Barnavi is Director of the Department of History at the University of Tel Aviv and Associate Professor at the Ecole des Haute Etudes et Sciences Sociales in Paris. The history of the Jews spans more than two millenia and encompasses most ... [... more]
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Etudes, Images-Lere Et 2ieme..
Chronique amazon.fr: Après de remarquables Concertos pour piano de Beethoven ainsi que le Concerto pour piano de Dvorak gravés sous la direction de Nikolaus Harnoncourt, le pianiste français nous offre une lecture intelligente et [... more]
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12 Etudes For Pno/Pno Son
Un Essentiel amazon.fr: Ici, Debussy transfigure les styles et l'harmonie, à tel point d'ailleurs que son professeur s'insurgera des prétentions du jeune élève : "Mais enfin, Monsieur Debussy, entendez-vous ?" - & [... more]
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Comp Etudes
From Amazon.com: At 77, Earl Wild realized his long-held ambition to record all the Chopin etudes, which have been in his repertoire for years. Given the legendary pianist's flamboyant reputation, however, the results are more mild than wild. His [... more]
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Etudes Op10/25
Solving problems: I enjoy this CD. This is a collection of piano exercises developed by Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) "simply to give himself new technical problems to solve." The first set Op. 10 were composed at the age of nineteen, and the [... more]
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Etudes
Wonderful music, but uncompetitive performances: Ligeti's piano etudes are amongst the greatest works of the post-war era--and one of the ideal introductions to post-war modernism--and thus it was logical for Naxos to record them. What a pity they chose [... more]
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V2 Pno Wks Etudes Suite
The low price is an attraction, but...: I bought this 2-CD set because it was onsale..... Unfortunately, I was somewhat disappointed when I played it. The selection itself is good, it contains the complete Etudes, En blanc et noir, and some other not-so- [... more]
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Etudes (Complete)
Skryabin, a hinge between two ages: The world was changing fast. Composers were catching up with the limits of tonality, but Skryabin was pointing a way to an almost contrapuntal, modern, overlapping, layered tonality that--like Bach--didn't work if you [... more]
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Comp Etudes
Sorry Mr.Piers lane. Not 4 stars...: I`m the reviewer of the below one. (Kim yong rahn.) I made a mistakes. His playing is excellent.I didn`t understand what he wanted to express at first. Now I can understand it. 4 stars will be not enough. 5stars. Good [... more]
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Schumann: Fantasy; Liszt: Transcendental Etudes
Amazon.com essential recording: These works present severe challenges even to the most accomplished virtuosi, and Kissin comes through with flying colors. He responds to the Schumann, which requires both tenderness and passion, with exquisite sensitivity [... more]
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