Tchaikovsky - Piano Sonatas / Leslie Howard (2006)
Classic | 1CD | APE (image+.cue) | lossless |44,1kHz| 195 Mb

Tchaikovsky - Popular works in modern processing
Classical | 1CD | MP3 | 256 kbps |44,1kHz| 106 Mb

Volodos: Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No.1, Rachmaninoff - Solo Piano Works (2003)
1CD | EAC Rip | APE(image) + CUE + LOG | 54:27 | No Scans | 191 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Sony
This very fine Tchaikovsky First Piano Concerto will come as a surprise to those who view Arcadi Volodos merely as a barn-storming virtuoso with few ideas and even less subtlety. His attack on the opening chords is big and bold, to be sure, but he never bangs, and once the first movement proper gets going he s noteworthy for the smoothness and flow that characterizes the first subject, and the very relaxed wistfulness with which he shapes the work s more reflective moments. In truth, Volodos and Ozawa have a tendency to let the tension sag a little in the movement s later stages, particularly just before the coda, but only very slightly.