January 2019 – The Piano Files

Edwin Fischer: A Discography

by Mark Ainley / Feature / Recordings / No Comments / January 25, 2019

Since my introduction to historical recordings in the mid-1980s, Edwin Fischer has been one of my favourite musicians. The Swiss pianist had famously made the first complete recording of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier in the 1930s

Nikolai Orloff

by Mark Ainley / Feature / Recordings / Review / No Comments / January 12, 2019

One of the great and perhaps unexpected benefits of the CD era has been the publication of rare historic recordings to an astonishing degree. Recordings that were never released during the LP era have been

Favourite Releases of 2018

by Mark Ainley / Recordings / Review / 6 Comments / January 1, 2019

We are truly living in the most amazing time to be enjoying historical piano recordings: the offerings that are now available were an absolute dream even just a decade or two ago, let alone in

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Edwin Fischer: A Discography

Nikolai Orloff

Favourite Releases of 2018