Pianist Alexandre Kantorow in a solo piano program, playing the early Piano Sonata No. 2 by Brahms, and Rhapsodies by Brahms, Liszt and Bartók.
Review: “Encounter” – Igor Levit, Piano
Igor Levit plays piano transcriptions of music by Bach, Brahms and Reger, with Morton Feldman’s “Palais de Mari”.
Review: Beethoven – Complete Piano Concertos – Bavouzet, Swedish Chamber Orchestra
After recording the complete Piano Sonatas, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet performs from the keyboard Beethoven’s complete Piano Concertos, along with the “Grand Quintet”.
Review: Bach – Goldberg Variations – Lang Lang, Piano
Pianist Lang Lang performs Bach’s Goldberg Variations in a new album for Deutsche Grammophon.
Review: Picchi – Canzoni da Sonar – Concerto Scirocco, Genini
Concerto Scirocco under Giulia Genini perform Picchi’s complete “Canzoni Da Sonar Con Ogni Sorte D’istromenti”, In the first recording of the full set.
Review: Grigory Sokolov Plays Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart
Deutsche Grammophon presents a set of two CDs and one DVD of Grigory Sokolov in live performances of Sonatas and shorter pieces by Beethoven, Brahms and Mozart.
Review: Schumann – Fantasy, Kreisleriana – Yeol Eum Son, Piano
Pianist Yeol Eum Son perform three works by Robert Schumann – The Fantasy in C, Kreisleriana, and Arabesque
Review: Chopin – 24 Preludes, Schumann – Ghost Variations – Eric Lu, Piano
Eric Lu plays Chopin’s 24 preludes and Schumann’s “Geistervariationen”, in his first solo album since winning the Leeds Piano Competition.
Review: Beethoven – The Last Three Sonatas – Pollini (2020)
40 years after his original recordings of Beethoven’s late Piano Sonatas, Maurizio Pollini return to the last three sonatas in a new live recording for DG.
Review: Bach – Johannes Passion – Herreweghe (2020)
Philippe Herreweghe and the Collegium Vocale Gent return to Bach’s Johannes passion in their third recording of the piece.