Icon: Josef Lhevinne

Stephen Cera
Monday, February 12, 2024

Stephen Cera celebrates this great pianist of the era of Russian Romanticism, taking his relatively few recordings and exploring them to reveal what makes his playing so special

Josef Lhevinne (Tully Potter Collection)

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