In his first album in more than 20 years, pianist Ivo Pogorelich plays two sonatas by Beethoven and Rachmaninov’s second Piano Sonata.
Tag: Sonata
Review: Four Recent Chopin Albums (2019)
Four recent Chopin release reviewed: Albums by pianists Gábor Farkas, Chen Xue-Hong, Vladimir Feltsman and Charles Richard-Hamelin.
Review: “Romance” – Isata Kanneh-Mason Plays Clara Schumann
Isata Kanneh-Mason presents a varied program of Clara Schumann’s music with piano, celebrating the famous pianist and composer’s bicentenary.
Review: Mozart – Piano Sonatas – Lars Vogt (2019)
Lars Vogt plays Mozart’s solo piano sonatas k280, k281, k310 and k333.
Double Review: Beethoven – Cello Sonatas – Marc Coppey, Leonard Elschenbroich
Two new versions is of Beethoven’s complete Cello Sonatas reviewed: Leonard Elschenbroich with Alexei Grynyuk on Onyx, and Marc Coppey with Peter Laul on Audite
Review: Ivan Bessonov Plays Chopin
For his debut album, pianist Ivan Bessonov presents a diverse program of Chopin’s work, with the main piece being the second Piano Sonata.
Review: Beethoven – Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 8 – Jonathan Biss
Jonathan Biss continues his journey through the complete Beethoven piano sonata. In this volume (2019), he plays sonatas No. 8 (“Pathétique”), 10, 22 and 31.
Review: Mozart – Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1 – Peter Donohoe
Peter Donohoe presents the first volume of what will become a complete cycle of the Mozart piano sonatas (Somm Recordings, 2019)
Review: Schumann – Violin Sonatas – Eriikka Maalismaa, Emil Homlström
Eriikka Maalismaa (violin) and Emil Homlström (piano) gives an account of the complete Violin Sonatas by Robert Schumann, played on period instruments.
Review: Paul Lewis Plays Weber and Schubert Piano Sonatas
After a remarkably consistent flow of impressive releases of the Viennese repertoire, Paul Lewis combines two Weber and Schubert piano sonatas not heard often in concert or in the studio.
