Review – The Piano Files

Walking Up the Mountain Track – An Enlightening Publication

by Mark Ainley / Feature / Review / No Comments / December 2, 2021

The greatest performers in musical history were focused on their craft from the context of a wider landscape – they were more than ‘performers’, weaving their musical expression on a much wider canvas than is

Favourite Releases of 2020

by Mark Ainley / Feature / Recordings / Review / 3 Comments / January 16, 2021

I regularly state that we are living in the best time for the availability of historical recordings (I’ve actually been saying this since the 1990s), and 2020 was no exception. With the vast majority of

Favourite Releases of 2019

by Mark Ainley / Recordings / Review / No Comments / December 31, 2019

I’ve stated previously that I believe we are living in the best time for the availability of historical recordings and 2019 was a banner year that proved that point. We saw increasing numbers of stellar

Marcelle Meyer’s Last Records: World Premiere Vinyl Release

by Mark Ainley / Feature / Recordings / Review / 3 Comments / September 5, 2019

Anyone who explores historical recordings is interested in ‘what might have been’ – opportunities for recordings that never transpired, missed chances that were not realized. Fortunately in some cases, new technology and the hard work

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

Celebrating Eileen Joyce

by Mark Ainley / Recordings / Review / No Comments / March 19, 2018

A number of CD companies are doing a wonderful job producing box sets featuring a complete artist’s recordings, such as Sony’s exemplary Maryla Jonas set that was featured here recently. Eloquence have more than outdone

The Maryla Jonas Story

by Mark Ainley / Review / No Comments / September 29, 2017

The release of the complete commercial recordings of Polish pianist Maryla Jonas is true cause for celebration amongst pianophiles. I had long called for an official documented issue of her performances; in fact, a few

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