María Dueñas plays Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole and Korngold’s Violin Concerto with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra under Gustavo Dudamel.
Review: Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 1 – Piemontesi, Gewandhausorchester, Honeck
Francesco Piemontesi plays Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1 live with the Gewandhausorchester under Manfred Honeck, plus the Op. 118 Piano Pieces.
Review: “Mujer Fatal” – Aigul Akhmetshina – Mezzo-Soprano, Antonio Pappano, Piano
Mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina and pianist Antonio Pappano perform songs by Montsalvatge, Ravel, Tchaikovsky, Gershwin and others on ‘Mujer Fatal’.
Review: Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 24, Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 3 – Rafał Blechacz
Rafał Blechacz plays Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24 and Beethoven’s No. 3 with the Dresdner Philharmonie under Kent Nagano.
Review: ‘Lunaris’ – Bruce Liu, Piano
Bruce Liu plays a night-themed program pairing Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight’ and ‘Waldstein’ sonatas with works by Chopin, Debussy, Scriabin, and Cage, on DG.
Review: Beethoven – The Violin Sonatas, Vol. 1 – Alina Ibragimova, Cédric Tiberghien
Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien open a period-instrument Beethoven violin sonata cycle with the three Op. 12 sonatas and the ‘Spring’ Sonata, on BIS.
Review: Beethoven – The Last Three Piano Sonatas – Mitsuko Uchida (Live)
Mitsuko Uchida plays Beethoven’s last three piano sonatas, Opp. 109, 110 and 111, recorded live at Suntory Hall, Tokyo.
Review: Jorge Bolet – The Ambassador Auditorium Recitals
Jorge Bolet plays Schumann’s Fantasy, Chopin’s Ballades and Liszt transcriptions in two live Ambassador Auditorium recitals from 1981 and 1986.
Review – Piano Postcards – Stephen Hough
Stephen Hough plays Piano Postcards, a recital of miniatures and his own transcriptions of Disney songs, Rachmaninoff, Chaminade and folk tunes.
Review: Schubert/Liszt – Wanderer Fantasy, Tchaikovsky – Concert Fantasy – Lukas Geniušas
Lukas Geniušas, Modestas Pitrėnas and the Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen pair Tchaikovsky’s Concert Fantasy with Liszt’s orchestration of Schubert’s Wanderer Fantasy.