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Piano duets, K 358 & 381; German Dances, K509; Fantasia & Fugue in C, K394; 6 Variations in F; Fragment, K624 Andreas Staier,

Christine Schornsheim (Stein vis-à-vis) Harmonia Mundi HMC 501941 (2007) 63:20 mins Played on an original 1777 Stein vis-à-vis (a type of hybrid piano-harpsichord) with tremendous sparkle and verve, these Dresden china-shattering, mid-noughties performances fire on all cylinders.