Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet celebrates a special birthday with a release featuring selections from classical, jazz, and film music.
Review: “Freudvoll und Leidvoll” – Songs by Liszt – Jonas Kaufmann, Helmut Deutsch
Tenor Jonas Kaufmann and pianist Helmut Deutsch feature some of Franz Liszt’s finest songs.
Review: “On DSCH” – Igor Levit, Piano
Pianist Igor Levit performs Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes and Fugues, with Ronald Stevenson’s Passacaglia On DSCH.
Review: “…Le Temps perdu…” – Imogen Cooper, Piano
Imogen Cooper in piano works she studied in her youth, by Ravel, Liszt, Fauré and Resphigi (Chandos, 2021).
Review: “Phidylé” – Kateřina Kněžíková, Soprano
Soprano Kateřina Kněžíková collaborates with Robert Jindra and the Janáček Philharmonic in a series of songs from the turn of the 20th century.
Review: Mozart & Contemporaries – Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano
Víkingur Ólafsson explores piano music by Mozart and his contemporaries like Haydn, CPE Bach, Galuppi and Cimarosa.
Review: Chopin – Complete Nocturnes – Jan Lisiecki
Jan Lisiecki returns to Chopin with a performance of the complete Nocturnes.
Review: Busoni – Piano Works – Peter Donohoe
Peter Donohoe performs original works and transcriptions by Ferruccio Busoni.
Review: “Summertime” – Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano
Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason in works by Gershwin, Barber, Beach, Copland and Coleridge-Taylor
Review: “Baroque” – Nicola Benedetti, Violin
Nicola Benedetti and the “Benedetti Baroque Orchestra” play Violin Concertos by Geminiani and Vivaldi.
