Piano

A collection of 85 posts

Ligeti

Ligeti Etudes & Capriccios on Naxos

Chen offers an intersting alternative to Aimard and Driver, at his best in the more lyrical pieces

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Yoav Levanon at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival, 2023

There is no doubt that Levanon is a major talent

Scarlatti

Superb Scarlatti from Sergio Gallo on Naxos

A fascinating release - fine playing by Sergio Gallo

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Valentin Malinin, piano: Jaén Competition winner, 2021

A most rewarding release, well -balanced, and showcasing a majotr talent

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Après une rêve: Emmanuel Despax's new disc (and Wigmore concert)

This is a treasurable disc born of a musician of the highest possible musicality

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Benjamin Grosvenor plays Robert & Clara Schumann & Brahms

A superb disc, beautifully recorded - and an 86 minute playing time!

Rachmaninov

Anna Fedorova returns in Rachmaninov

Commanding Rachmaninov and heartbreaking Silvestrov combine to create a winner

Mozart

Ecstasy and Abyss: Martin Fröst conducts (and plays) Mozart

Life-affirming, profound, entertaining - this release is all these things, and more

Beethoven

Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4 (Leonskaja, Pizarro, Zhang)

Elisabeth Leonskaja's new Beethoven concerto disc, plus Artur Pizarro and Hauchen Zhang

Brahms

Simply Superlative Brahms from Alexandre Kantorow on BIS

Alexandre Kantorow is absolutely the real deal

Mozart

Mozart from Minnesota: Walter Klien & Stanslaw Skrowaczewski

This is a triumph of restoration, and the music chosen could hardly be heard in finer performances

Rachmaninov

Anna Fedorova plays Rachmaninov

This is highly significant, intelligent Rachmaninov playing from Fedorova, a pianist who is clearly a major, major talent

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A Star is Born: Liszt's Transcendental Studies from Alim Beisembayev

A necessary purchase for all lovers of piano music. Alim Beisembayev is the real deal

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Khachaturian's works for piano and orchestra

Sughayer is the perfect pianist for this repertoire, and this is an ideal, varied, programme.

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Igor Levit in Henze's (and Wagner's) Tristan ... and more!

A terrific release - emotionally demanding, for sure, but I for one would not have it any other way

Beethoven

Sunwook Kim plays late Beethoven on Blu-ray

Sunwook Kim is one of the finest interpreters of Beetoven around today

Beethoven

The Art of Transcription: Beethoven Eroica and Mozart 20 on solo piano

A must-have for all pianophiles. Paul Wee specialises in the improbably difficult; he is the real deal,

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Visions: Tamara Stefanovich and Pierre-Laurent Aimard

A terrific disc. Unmissable

Beethoven

Interview and review: Pierre-Laurent Aimard in Beethoven

It was a pleasure to catch up with Pierre-Laurent Aimard during last year's Berlin Festival and to talk about his recording of Beethoven's “Hammerklavier Sonata,” which he has coupled with the “Eroica Variations”. The “Hammerklavier” has a massive reputation amongst pianists and non-pianists alike. Is he, I wonder, attracted to

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Francesco Piemontesi plays Schoenberg, Messiaen & Ravel

As disc programming goes, this is spectacular

Contemporary

Thoughts about the Piano: Claudia Chan's fascinating programme

Buy this disc for Chan's performance of Xenakis' Evryali alone, then go on to peel away the other discoveries ....

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L‘Oiseau rebelle: Contemporary Piano Music from Orléans

L’Oiseau Rebelle Music by Langgaard, Bertrand, Lourié, Stockhausen, Kabalevsky, Xenakis, C. P. E. Bach, Cardew, Rossini, Terentyev, C. Schumann and Cage plus Snoop Dogg. Mikhaïl Bouzine (piano). B RECORDS LBM 037 78 mins This is one of a series of discs released by prize-winners to the Orléans Festival of

Mozart

A new Mozart Piano cycle from Federico Colli on Chandos

This is some of the finest Mozart on the piano I have heard in many a moon

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Lucas Debargue at the Wigmore Hall

Franck/Debargue, Ravel, Scriabin, Liszt Lucas Debargue (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 1130am, 24.4.2022 (CC) Franck/DebargueTrois Pièces pour grand orgue: Fantaisie RavelGaspard de la Nuit ScriabinFantaisie in B minor, Op. 28 LisztAnnées de pèlerinage, Italie: Après une lecture de Dante Lucas Debargue has always struck me as one

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Béla Bartók et la Virtuosité: Piano Works

A fabulous disc, one entirely worthy of exploration