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Eugene Istomin - The Complete Concerto & Solo Piano Recordings | Classical Music Collection for Relaxation & Study
Eugene Istomin - The Complete Concerto & Solo Piano Recordings | Classical Music Collection for Relaxation & Study

Eugene Istomin - The Complete Concerto & Solo Piano Recordings | Classical Music Collection for Relaxation & Study

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Eugene Istomin (19252003), one of Americas most respected pianists, was highly esteemed by audiences and colleagues alike for his all-encompassing virtuosity and unusually wide-ranging repertoire. 2015 marks Istomins 90th-anniversary year, a milestone that Sony Classical celebrates with the first ever release of his complete concerto and solo recordings for Columbia Masterworks in a limited edition original jackets collection. Many of the performances appear in their first authorized CD editions, including the 19-year-old pianists recorded debut in Bachs D minor Concerto led by Adolf Busch; his youthful concerto collaborations with Pablo Casals; Chopins complete Nocturnes; Brahmss Handel Variations; Schuberts D major Sonata, D 850; plus the long-out-of-print Rachmaninoff 2nd, Tchaikovsky 1st, Brahms 2nd, Chopin 2nd, and Beethoven 4th and 5th Concertos with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

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As a 30-year old, my knowledge of Eugene Istomin was limited to the used LPs I could find, and the well-known Beethoven "Triple" often attached to the classic Szell/Fleisher collaborations. Other reviewers certainly seem to know more in terms of his comprehensive discography, but the recorded music here is both important and commanding. Ormandy's Beethoven and Brahms is nowhere more convincing than here, and this "Rach Two" is better than the one he recorded with Rubinstein years later. Bruno Walter is a warm and congenial partner in the Schumann, while the first disc features decent performances under Casals. All of the solo selections are terrific. For old-timers and old-timer wanna-bes, perhaps, but a very reasonably priced and lovingly crafted set.