| | MPR: New Classical Tracks: Scharwenka's piano concerto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | International Piano Quarterly recently wrote, Hamelin is "one of the most adventurous, and certainly one of the most courageous pianists of recent times." Hamelin's latest project highlights works written by two hugely successful virtuoso pianists of the 19th century: Anton Rubenstein and Xaver Scharwenka. |
| | Xaver Scharwenka was a Polish pianist and composer born in 1850. |
| | While the beginning chords of the Tchaikovsky concerto are bold and romantic, the introduction to the Scharwenka concerto is almost sinister; it feels like a phantom may be lurking in shadows. |
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