Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.22 in F major, op.54

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.22 in F major, op.54 — comparing recordings with the following artists: Wilhelm Backhaus (1969), Paul Badura-Skoda (1969), Daniel Barenboim (1984), Ronald Brautigam (2007), Friedrich Gulda (1967), Maurizio Pollini (2003), Artur Schnabel (1935)

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.15 in D major, op.28, “Pastoral”

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.15 in D major, op.28, “Pastoral” — comparing recordings with the following artists: Wilhelm Backhaus (1961), Paul Badura-Skoda (1969), Daniel Barenboim (1984), Ronald Brautigam (2005), Emil Gilels (1982), Friedrich Gulda (1967), Artur Schnabel (1935)

Mozart: Piano Concerto No.22 in E♭ major, K.482

Comparing recordings with the following artists: Géza Anda, Camerata Academica (1962) / Vladimir Ashkenazy, Philharmonia Orchestra (1978) / Daniel Barenboim, English Chamber Orchestra (1971), Kristian Bezuidenhout, Petra Müllejans, Freiburger Barockorchester (2012)

Mozart: Piano Concerto No.17 in G major, K.453

Mozart: Piano Concerto No.17 in G major, K.453 — comparing recordings with the following artists: Géza Anda (1962), Vladimir Ashkenazy (1977), Daniel Barenboim (1968), Kristian Bezuidenhout/Petra Müllejans (2012), Arthur Rubinstein/Alfred Wallenstein (1962), Andreas Staier (1995)

Arthur Rubinstein’s Recordings

A “statistical overview” over the recordings on the 142 CDs included with the box set “Arthur Rubinstein, The Complete Album Collection”

Yulianna Avdeeva — Piano Recital, Baden/CH, 2014-03-08

(…) Yulianna’s playing was excellent! She is very virtuosic and very expressive! Where the tempo permits, she is nearly as clear in the articulation as Steven Hough — but she is way more expressive; unlike Volodos, she follows the score; she is not overpowering the music like Volodos, but has more agility than her Russian colleague (and avoids his unnecessary additions, I should say), she is often almost as fast and eruptive as Cziffra in the virtuosic octave passages, but in general keeps her articulation under control…