Solo Piano

A collection of 24 posts

Live Performance

Evgeny Kissin at the Barbican: Bach, Chopin, Shostakovich

Kissin remains a force to be reckoned with

Live Performance

Schubert and Byrd at Wigmore Hall: Mishka Rushdie Momen impresses, again

Mishka Rushdie Momen remains, as much as ever, a name to watch

Chopin

Benjamin Grosvenor's Chopin

This is core repertoire, so it needs to be special. It is

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Music at St Mary's, Perivale: Nikita Lukinov

A fine recital

21st Century

Josef Bardanishvili: Complete PIano Music

A fine traversal of the piano music of Josef Bardanashvili; the recorded sound, like the playing, is exemplary

Contemporary

Benjamin Grosvenor at the Wigmore: Brett Dean, Bach, Brahms

A phenomenal beginning to what I truly hope was an enriching day

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Variations: Mishka Rushdie Momen's ravishing disc

Momen has a way of drawing the listener in

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Pianist Yuki Negishi in recital

A terrific way to spend a weekend lunchtime

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Paul Wee plays Alkan's Concerto for Solo Piano at Wigmore Hall

Remarkable

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Nicolas Hodges impresses in Messiaen's Vingt Régards

A memorable evening

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Yuki Negishi's “Preludes”: Arensky, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Gershwin

A wonderful disc, imaginatively programmed and superbly played

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John McCabe's Farewell Recital

Both valuable historical document and joyous voyage of musical discovery

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To Spring: pianist Di Xiao's new album

Pianist Di Xiao is a musician of exquisite sensibility ... yhis is a delectable disc

Chopin

Chopin Mazurkas from Peter Jablonski

This is refined, poetic piano playing of a sort rarely heard today

Contemporary

Images: Lorenzo Soulès' superb new disc

This is a disc to treasure, it also announces a pianist of real talent, Lorenzo Soulès

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Cascade: Cordelia Williams plays Beethoven, Prokofiev & Schumann

A thought-provoking gem of a recital, beautifully performed and recorded

Live Performance

Illia Ovcharenko impresses in Gstaad

This is a musician of the highest order: the real deal

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Benjamin Grosvenor stuns at the Proms

A truly lovely, and impressive, Proms recital from Benjamin Grosvenor

Langgaard

Rued Langgaard: Symphony 1 & Piano Music

Two fabulous discs, both stunningly recorded and played. Together, they make a great introduction to the music of Rued Langgaard

Schumann

Emile Naoumoff plays Schumann

An amazing disc , one for pianophiles - and lovers of Schumann - the World over

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Leif Ove Andsnes plays Dvořák on Sony Classical

While pretty much ebverybody knows the “New World” Symphony, Dvořák's solo piano music is rarely heard outtseie of the Czech Republic. Even his magnificent Piano Concerto (which will be the subject of a future post) has never really taken off, despite a magnificent recording by Sviatoslav Richter and

Chopin

Louis Lortie's Chopin on Chandos: Volume 7

A brilliant disc in each and every way

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Enigma: Jazz meets Classical

The disc is beaufullly recorded, but it is Nigishi's innate musicality that allows the music to shine - very strongly recommended

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