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Women and the Piano (Hyperion); Alexandre Tharaud: Mémoire (Erato)
★★★/★★
Every now and then, a record label allows a pianist to present an album of favourite pieces. The result is usually a disastrous self-indulgence. The two present releases take us halfway to a world of whimsy, for where there is no turning back.
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