Live concert performances from the Ludwigsburg Festival 1956 prove Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli a consummate Mozartean.

The assembled Columbia Recordings by Ossy Renardy from 1938-1939 reveal a fine-tuned artist of heightened sensitivity and burnished style.

The reissue of the Grechaninov chamber music from 2002 still invests a relatively obscure body of work with undeniably melodious and spirited power.

Andres Segovia in 1961-1962 inscriptions that demonstrate the breadth of his repertory on the instrument whose legitimacy for the classics he proved time and again.

The long-defunct Remington label delivered some rare Erno von Dohnanyi inscriptions, along with the vintage EMI recording of the Piano Concerto No. 2 , faithfully restored by Pristine Audio.

Volume two of the survey of Othmar Schoeck’s violin works enjoys the artful collaboration of two well matched musicians, including violinist Bagdasarjanz and the composer’s daughter at the keyboard.

Zephyr restores a wonderful, colorful 1998 concert of Ravel and Falla, two “Spanish” masters by temperament bonded by the magical craft of the late Michel Block.

In his New York appearances, Serge Koussevitzky revitalizes the “Dead End Kids” New York Philharmonic during a critical period of transition, with programs that include a Shostakovich Fifth, new to Koussevtizky’s repertory.

A double-disc collection from a most exciting pianist for certain.

Both of these recordings offer valuable insights into the artistry of legendary pianists. For me, though, the Richter is a far more appealing artifact. (Note: these are SACDs.)