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Schumann: Piano concerto; Piano Quintet. Maria Joao Pires, piano; Claudio Abbado, Chamber Orchestra of Europe. DG 289 463 179-2.(Review)

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Schumann: Piano Concerto; Piano Quintet. Maria Joao Pires, piano; Claudio Abbado, Chamber Orchestra of Europe. DG 289 463 179-2.

Old war horses never die. For those folks who don't already own a copy of Schumann's venerable classic, this one with pianist Maria Joao Pires is as good a place as any to start, although a less expensive route would be with Kovacevich and Davis (Philips) or Cliburn and Reiner (RCA), both at mid price (and the former in a wonderful two-disc set with other piano concertos). Anyway, Pires is quite lovely in the piece and not without requisite power and authority in the work's ...

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