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Piano that sounds like a piano

Some time back several of us agreed that it's hard to find a piano recording that really sounds right. Well, I have found one that's better than most.

SACD PentaTone PTC 5186 024 Beethoven Sonatas, Mari Kodama.

This is a new recording (Jan 2003) by the audiophile recording outfit Polyhymnia. It is a hybrid, so you can play the Redbook/SACD game if you like.

Nice music too.
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muralman1
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Ok, sorry to say this, but the piano recording I deem the most real goes to Jim Brickman, "No Words." To bad the score is not of the best.

Nojimo , "Plays Liszt," is the best to listen too, and the recording is very good.
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shadorne
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Try Dave Grusin Homage to Duke - Sophisticated Lady
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shadorne
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Try also Telarc Rachmaninov Piano Concertos 2&3 Horacio Guitterez
batalok
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Try Bert van den Brink+Hein van der Geyn: Friendship.
grimace
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Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues played by Jenny Lin on the Hanssler Classics label is exceptionally good. The performance is first rate all the way and the recording is really, really good. Big and dynamic with excellent timbres. Can't go wrong with this one.
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